France Moves to Strengthen Somaliland Defenses
Paris reports France nearly doubles its force in Somaliland with a second destroyer to Djibouti and the D Iberville returning from Beirut to reinforce the garrison of 1 500. France and Britain urge editors to avoid panic while Turkish, Italian, and colonial moves in East Africa are watched closely.
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Paris
France
Italy
Somaliland
Djibouti
D’iberville
Beirut
Syria
Epervier
Mediterranean
D'Iberville
Tunisia
Italy Abandons Hope Of Territorial Gains
Italian sources said Rome abandoned any hope of territorial gains at France’s expense and had no plan to invade French Somaliland. Four weeks after protests over Africa, diplomats suggested a settlement could hinge on Tunisia independence within French North Africa.
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Navy
Cesar Campinchi
Erik Labonne
Tunisia
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Tunisian
Rome
Italy
France
Somaliland
Marseille
Djibouti
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Ethiopia
East Africa
Eritrea
French Foreign Legion
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Foreign Legion
Africa
Missouri Weather Tracks Rain Snow and Cold Wave
Weather report notes rain on Thursday with snow in western and northern areas, colder conditions in the west and north, and a cold wave in the northwest. Friday expected to be snow free but much colder in the east and south. Highs around 38 and a low near 17. River stages show varied changes across Kansas City, Waverly, Boonville, St. Thomas, and Lake of the Ozarks with notable rises and falls.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville Car Ge Ie Ee
St. Thomas
Lake of the Ozarks
Man's Lost $900 And Another $780 Found by Officers
Kenneth Cooper of Redding reported a missing $900 hidden in his mobile home. Police, while searching the vehicle, uncovered $780 behind a cereal box. Cooper said the $780 was from a prior hiding and not related to the missing $900, which was later found in a coat pocket.
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Redding
Calif
Kenneth Cooper
Cooper
New Cold Wave Forecast Across Plains States
The Associated Press reports a new cold wave projected to hit ice bound plains states with freezing conditions across the nation. Frigid air from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast caused exposure deaths and treacherous highways. Rising temperatures offered brief relief in some regions while Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakotas faced more cold and snow or rain.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Florida
Parsons
Kas
Waterbury
Conn
Birmingham
Ala
Midwest
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ohio
Cotton
Mt. Mitchell
N. C
Asheville
Atlanta
Mph
Murky weather forces two fliers to bail out near Waco
Two airmen bound for Randolph Field from Lubbock were forced to parachute after their plane ran low on fuel in heavy fog. They landed about 15 miles south of Waco, Texas, with both men reported safe. The aircraft was last seen in unknown location.
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Waco
Tex
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Here
Cecil Wesley
Lorena
George Holmes
Lubbock
Frederick Lovell Celebrates 100th Birthday with Dance
Hollywood reports Frederick Anthony Lovell, a geologist and mining engineer born in Providence, Rhode Island, celebrated his 100th birthday by dancing for three of his daughters. He moved to California in 1876 and notes he has smoked since age 10 and has never known a stomach ailment.
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Hollywood
Frederick Anthony
Lovell
Here
Providence
R. I
California
Great Air Victory hailed by rebel heads
Rebels claim a great air victory as Franco’s northeast offensive expands into a double flanking push toward Barcelona. Insurgents report downing 20 government planes while government claims four aircraft losses and continued defense of Artesa. Both wings push eastward seeking to close gaps and seize fortifications, with reports of 7,000 prisoners and 39 planes destroyed from insurgent actions.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Spain
Barcelona
Balager
Borjas Blancas
Mediterranean
Artesia
Artesa
Balaguer
Vida
London
Italians Attack Borjas Blancas On Lower Segre Front
Four Italian insurgent divisions attacked the Castelldans sector in a bid to reach Borjas Blancas and cut the Lerida Tarragona highway. Government forces reported the assault three days behind schedule as mortars and air bombardment roared from behind a ridge.
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Segre
Spain
Castelldans
Borjas Blancas
Cogull
Soleras
Granadella
Barbera
Lerida
Tarragona
Safer Driving Trim Preserves 1938 Traffic Deaths Pace
The National Safety Council projects total US traffic deaths for 1938 at about 31 500 if the April 1938 trend holds, down 8 000 from 39 500 in 1937. November deaths were 3 110, a 17 percent drop, with 28 370 highway fatalities in 11 months, while Rhode Island and Michigan led in declines.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
D. D. Fennell
Rhode Island
Michigan
Roosevelt Liberal imprint on High Court could endure decades
President Roosevelt nears the second term midpoint with a notably altered Supreme Court. A third of justices may be Roosevelt selections, with youthful choices like Black and Reed shaping rulings for years. Speculation centers on Cardozo’s successor and possible aging justices Brandeis and McReynolds.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Cardozo
Black
Reed
Justice Brandeis
Justice McReynolds
Three Rs See Decline As Nation of Poor Spellers
Paul Moser of Chicago business college, ex-president of the National Commercial Teachers Federation, laments at its 41st annual convention that teaching readin arithmetick and rite is fading. He cites modern reading methods that teach sentence reading over letter drills, causing missed letters and poorer spelling.
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Chicago
America
Paul Moser
Business College
National Commercial Teachers Federation
Defense Attorneys Seek to Halt Trial of Dr. La Mance
Attorney for Dr. William La Mance charged with murder in the death of his wife at Laclede last August asked the Missouri Supreme Court for a writ of prohibition to stop Judge James S. Rooney from proceeding. A stop order was issued and the trial, tentatively set for January 2, faces questions over venue and a prior hearing before a Justice of the Peace.
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William LaMance
Laclede
Supreme Court
James S. Rooney
Rooney
Liberty
Paul van Osdel
Brookfield
Linn County
Chariton
H. K. West
LaMance
Justice of the Peace
Lou W. Libby
West
Jefferson Township
Libby
Linn
Escaped Iowa Convict Captured in St Louis
Police in St Louis captured Fred Hector 33 of Ashton Iowa after he confessed to escaping from Mount Pleasant Iowa on Christmas Eve. He faces Texas County authorities for burglary and larceny warrants related to a Licking Missouri robbery. Hector said he drove from Iowa with two companions who vanished while he slept. He was serving a 10 year forgery sentence at the time.
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ST. Louis
Robert Stuart
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Stuart
Fred Hector
Ashton
Hector
Texas
Licking
James Hanson
Hanson
Navy hides sailing hour for warships to Caribbean maneuvers
New York December 28 Navy yard officials kept secret the sailing hour next week of seven warships bound for winter war games in Caribbean waters. More than 60 000 men and 4 000 officers will participate in maneuvers focused on defending the Canal Zone and nearby areas.
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New York
Navy Yard
Caribbean
Canal Zone
Teacher Leads Pupils Out of Burning School
In Goodman Missouri on December 28 a fire engulfed Eagle country school. Teacher Eleanor Chapman directed students to safety just before the roof collapsed. No injuries occurred but the building was destroyed.
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Goodman
Eleanor Chapman
Eagle Country School
Marion woman recovers after operation at St Marys
Miss Dorothy Elliott of Marion is reported resting easily at St Marys hospital after undergoing an operation earlier in the day.
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Dorothy Elliott
Marion
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bishop Lillis Critically Ill at Kansas City Home
Bishop Thomas F. Lillis aged 77 of the Kansas City Catholic diocese is critically ill at his home in Kansas City. Extreme unction was administered this morning as a severe cold and heart muscle degeneration worsened with age.
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Lillis
Kansas City
Thomas F. Lillis
Archbishop Glennon to Visit Ill Bishop Lillis in Kansas City
Archbishop John J. Glennon of St Louis said he planned to visit Bishop Thomas F Lillis who is ill in Kansas City He will leave tomorrow and reach Kansas City tomorrow afternoon to go directly to Bishop Lillis home for the visit.
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ST. Louis
John J. Glennon
Work Starts Jan 2 on Two State Institutions
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark announced that work will begin Jan. 1 on a 42000 improvement program at two state institutions. A recent grant of 20835 from the public works administration supports the project after a prior request was pressed in a White House visit with Secretary Harold L. Ickes. Of the total, 27000 funds Renovations at the state industrial school for Negro girls in Tipton, and 15000 buys hospital kitchen and elevator equipment at the state penitentiary.
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Lloyd C. Stark
Public Works Administration
Harold L. Ickes
Washington
State Industrial School For
Tipton
State Penitentiary
Two Men Die in Coal Stripping Machine Accident
Forsyth Mont December 28 AP two workmen Mike Kenny four and Elmer Winters twenty seven were crushed to death when the bucket of a coal stripping machine was started while they were repairing a rock bank. Their bodies were found after the bucket was dumped.
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Forsyth
Mont
Mike Kenny
Elmer Winters
Roosevelt WPA Relief Debate Signals Possible Senate Action
Senator Byrnes said he would call the unemployment committee into session to discuss relief administration and remaining WPA funds. Senate leaders and Rep. Capper urged nonpartisan relief oversight proposing county boards to hear discrimination claims and curb political influence in work relief programs.
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Byrnes
Washington
D-Sc
Senate Unemployment Committee
Aubrey Williams
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hopkins
WPA
Col
F. C. Harrington
Army
Williams
National Youth Administration
Congress
Senate Committee
Sheppard
D-Tex
South Carolina
Capper
Kansas
Dr Thomas C Oyler Named To State Chiropractic Board
Governor Stark appointed Dr Thomas C Oyler of Brookfield to the state board of chiropractic examiners for a three year term and recommended his election as secretary. He succeeds Dr J F Fontana whose term expired.
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Chiropractic
Stark
Thomas C. Oyler
Brookfield
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Dr. Oyler
J .F. Fontana
Newark Police Seek "Kiss Bandit" After Two Attacks
Newark police scour the city for a youth described as the kiss bandit after two separate incidents in Weequahic. Miss Ethel Feinsilver reports a youth grabbed her by the nose and kissed her while exclaiming Oh baby Oh boy. Minutes later Miss Helen Bernhard said a youth pinched both cheeks in a separate assault.
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Newark
N. J
Ethel Feinsilver
Weequahic
Helen Bernhard
Silent Film Star Florence Lawrence Dies by Suicide in California
Beverly Hills police report Florence Lawrence, a star of silent films, committed suicide at her home by swallowing poison. She was found by Marian Henzer, rushed to Beverly Hills emergency hospital, where doctors could not save her. Lawrence, once linked with Universal early classics, had been with MGM stock company.
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California
Beverly Hills
Calif
Florence Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Mary Pickford
Maurice Costello
Clara Kimball Young
Bob
Marian Henzer
Lawnenee Sue
Ma Sterdom
Universal
Kansas City Crime Clean-Up Ask Spurs Political Clash
Attorney General Roy McKittrick told Governor Lloyd Stark he lacked funds and manpower to lead a Kansas City crime probe and urged a $100000 special appropriation in the 1939 session. Stark pressed for a drive on crime, noting resources and authority issues.
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McKittrick
Stark
Roy McKittrick
Lloyd C. Sterk
Kansas City
Star
General Assembly
Attorney General
St. Louisienna
Kanesas City
T. J. Gast
Dewey
New York
Attorney General's Department
X. xx
Jackson County
United States
Capitol City
Kansas City Pendergast
Hope for Two Trapped Miners Fades at Lake Shore Mine
In Kirkland Lake Ontario two miners John Holubec and Vito Viaisavyevich remained 2400 feet underground after a drift collapse caused by an earlier explosion. Rescue teams faced 20 degree below zero conditions and loose rock as they worked through 40 feet of rock to reach them. No sound had been heard since the blast and fear grew that the men were dead. The incident shook the community and several workers were treated for shock.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Lake Shore
Canada
John Holubec
Vito Viaisavyevich
Car Theft Charges Against Two Convicts
Prosecuting Attorney Carl F. Wymore filed charges yesterday against Harold Denman and Roy McKay two convicts for stealing an automobile. Highway patrolmen caught them after they had driven the car about five miles. The theft occurred on the Wardsville road while Joe Wilders was visiting a neighbor.
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Harold Denman
Roy McKay
Carl F. Wymore
Joe Wilders
Wardsville
Wilders
Chamberlain to Pressure Mussolini Over Spanish Intervention Bragging
London reports allege Prime Minister Chamberlain will press Il Duce in Rome on January 11 to stop boasting about Italian intervention in the Spanish civil war. Officials say the move aims to uphold the nonintervention pact and Anglo Italian accord while signaling opposition to Fascist Mediterranean agitation.
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Duce
Spain
London
Rome
Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Viscount Halifax
Africa
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