Selassie Not to Yield Plan Faces Ethiopian Officials
Ethiopian officials in Addis Ababa say Haile Selassie would lose his throne if he accepted the peace proposal tied to Britain and France. They insist northern Tigre province must stay in Ethiopia to prevent native chieftains from revolting, as talks with Laval and others on ending Italy's aggression proceed. Rome remains silent on whether Mussolini will engage with the proposed basis for peace.
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Devon Frame
Britain
France
East Africa
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Thorities
Tigre
Ethiopia
Tagant SS
Vittorio
London
Italy
League Committee of Five
TJ Duce
Halle Selassie
Rome
Mussolini
Berry Parley Score Is Zero For Textiles
Dec. 11. Conclusion of the Berry industrial conference found management and labor in the textile industry seeking solutions. Labor backs a pending national textile bill for better working conditions while management hopes the Supreme Court will rule on the Hoosac case. The report cites wage cuts and calls for tariff protection and new markets as responses.
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Washington
Berry Industrial Conference
Supreme Court
Congress
George L. Berry
Hoosac
Berry
House
Ellenbogen
Senate
O’mahoney
Dog Escapes In Police Car In Memphis Nightcap
A small rat terrier prowled a Memphis street at night barking and whining. Police received a frantic call and found the dog, which then jumped into a patrol car and curled on the rear seat before vanishing again into the night.
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Memphis
Tenn
Debt limit debate framed by Princeton economist
Prof. E R Kemmerer of Princeton University says a national debt between 55 and 70 billion dollars would be very oppressive but could be carried. He warns it would likely force heavy pressure for increased inflation.
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Washington
E. R. Kemmerer
Princeton University
40 Acres Sold In One Day Ad In The Daily
Moebes and Orr, local realtors, ran a 40 acre farm land ad near Six Mile in The Daily. About seven or eight people visited their offices on Saturday and Monday, and the tract sold on Monday. The small ads reach over 6,000 homes each afternoon, delivering sale messages cost effectively.
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Moebes & Orr
Six Mile
Esman
UA S
Farmer Victor Defeats RabidSeeking Dog Near Moulton Heights
J W Smith of Moulton Heights fought off a dog believed rabid while cutting sprouts Tuesday afternoon. The animal charged, bit his other dog, then lunged at him. Smith struck and killed the dog with a stick. The pet wore a homemade collar and rope on its neck. Orville Smith said the owner would likely destroy the dog to prevent rabies.
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J. W. Smith
Moulton Heights
Orville Smith
Mr. Smith
Body found in canyon identified as Ray Evans
Lindsay Okla December 11 A body tentatively identified as Ray Evans missing Shawnee civic worker and victim of Chester Comer was found in a canyon six and one half miles north of Lindsay Deputy Sheriff J P Mitchell said the body matched Evans described as a short man about 160 pounds with thinning red hair Comer died of wounds after arrest following reports Evans and other persons were missing
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Evans
Mitchll
Cuba's Mendieta resigns as Barnet assumes presidency
Cuba's President Mendieta resigns amid turbulent politics and kidnapping raids. Secretary of State Jose A. Barnet becomes president as Cuba closely watches for January elections. Military forces and police search Havana for the kidnapped millionaire Nicolas Castano and monitor attack on radio CMQ. Mendieta cites patriotic duty while stating his move aims to preserve Cuba's democratic process. United States Ambassador Jaffery notes noninterference and hopes for continued democratic development.
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Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Carlos Mendieta
Jose A. Barnet
Mendieta
Gerardo Machado
Barnet
Nicolas Castano
Coco
United States
CMQ
Communications Department
Jefferson Caffery
Defendent Freed In Auto Slaying Case Acquittal
Bascomb Guilford is acquitted by a jury in Dothan Alabama of manslaughter charges in the death of Judge H A Pearce run down Oct 26 1934. Jury out one hour forty five minutes. Two other indictments in the case expected. Mrs Guilford formerly Delia Massey alleged perjury for claiming Guilford was with her at the time. Defense rested on alibi.
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Dothan
Ala
Dec
Bascomb Guilford
H. A. Pearce
Guilford
Delia Massey
Welfare Department Alters Office Hours
Miss Louella Masterson director of Morgan county welfare announced new office hours from 8 30 a m to noon daily until further notice. The change was decided by the welfare board due to the extensive detail work on old age pensions.
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Louella Masterson
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Board
Police officer arrest in purse snatching case
Chicago police officer James Devery said he took no credit after outrunning and catching James O Connor a 27 year old suspect in a purse snatching. Devery noted O Connor’s wooden leg kept him from running faster.
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Chicago
James Devery
James O'Connor
O’connor
Hundreds View Beautiful Lights In Decatur Display
The Decatur business districts lit up with colorful festoon lights along Bank Street and Second Avenue drawing hundreds to view the spectacle. Stores opened late to observe the debut display though a formal holiday schedule is not yet set.
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Decatur
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Minneapolis Widow Identifies Kid Cann as Publisher Slain
Mrs. Walter Liggett positively identified Isadore Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann as the man who killed her husband, Minneapolis publisher. The showup occurred in the city jail with seven men present and witnesses, including her daughter, viewing the suspects. Blumenfeld protested innocence claiming he was in a barber shop downtown at the time of the 5 40 p m Monday crime.
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Minneapolis
John Hilborn
Walter
Isadore
Kid Cann) Blumenfeld
Hilborn
Blumenfeld
Liggett
al Marxen
Charity Matinee At The Princess Theatre
The annual charity toy matinee sponsored by the welfare board ladies committee will be held at the Princess Theatre Saturday 10 to 11 AM. Children must bring a usable toy and a small donation to support underprivileged kids at Christmas. The program features Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy two reel comedies plus a one reel cartoon. The Princess manager G P Banniza donated theatre and films to the welfare board.
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The
Welfare Board
Princess Theatre
G. P. Banniza
Princess
Weather update on Tennessee River and regional patterns
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 3.4 feet with no rainfall in the past 24 hours. Maximum temperature reached 62 degrees and a low of 27 degrees. Alabama reported partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some rain in the southwest and warmer northern areas. Tennessee saw increasing clouds and likely rain with slightly warmer conditions in the northwest.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Postponement in Power Loans Case Delays PWA Appeals
The D C Court of Appeals indefinitely postpones arguments on the legality of Public Works Administration loans and grants for municipal power and water projects in seven Alabama cities and two in Texas. An aide said the government staff is not ready to defend the constitutionality of PWA financing. The suits target payments to Plainview and Yorktown projects and involve Alabama Power Company and Gulf States Utilities Company along with twelve similar suits in state courts.
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Washington
Ickes
PWA
Texas Utilities Company
Plainview
Texas
Gulf States Utilities Company
Yorktown
Alabama Power Company
Decatur
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Guntersville
Harteelle
Russellville
Ala
Graves orders strict check on driver license compliance
Montgomery Alabama December 11 Gov Bibb Graves announced a new enforcement drive by the 74 man highway patrol. A $128000 patrol fund supports a county by county comparison of auto tags and driver licenses to ensure owners and non owners purchase licenses under the 1935 law. Non owners face penalties next as patrols look for cars without proper licenses.
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Montgomery
Ala
Highway Patrol Fund
Bibb Graves
Comptroller’s Office
Highway Patrol
Redistribution of Income Urged as Economic Policy
Secretary Wallace in his annual report urged redistribution of income as essential. He advocated boosting the share of national income for poorer people to lift consumption and spur production in factories and farms, contrasting with AAA crop reduction programs viewed as temporary.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
Key to the City Keeps Vanishing in Kansas City
Ray Murphy national commander of the American Legion took the city key from Mayor Don McCombs in a playful exchange but held onto it after a group of distinguished visitors returned it. The incident occurred in Kansas City on December 11.
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Kansas City
Kas
Ray Murphy
The
American Legion
Don ©. McCombs
Meehan Charged With Stock Manipulation Of Bellanca
John J. Burns of the securities commission charged Meehan in a hearing on whether Meehan should be expelled or suspended from the New York stock exchange and Chicago board of trade for violating securities laws. Burns said Meehan helped create an artificial Bellanca stock price to unload it between April and November this year, noting the stock was called a dog on Wall Street.
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Washington
Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
John J. Burns
The
Securities Commission
Commission
Meehan
New York Stock and Curb” Exchanges
Chicago Board of ‘Trade
Securities and Exchange Law
Burns
Bellanca
Wall Street
Townsend plan poll seeks House support for universal pension
Members returning to the reconvened Congress face a survey from Townsend plan co founders asking if they back a $200 monthly pension for all over 60 and whether they voted for H. R. 7154. The drive aims to crystallize support for the bill in the upcoming session.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
R. E. Clements
F. E. Townsend
Cotton Act May Rest on Briefs Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court considered abandoning oral arguments for the Cotton Act case as Solicitor General Stanley Reed fell ill after two tense days defending the farm program. Reed would likely miss several days, with Frank Wideman set to defend AAA amendments on December 16. A second New Deal case involving TVA and Louisiana rice millers was still on the calendar.
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Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Reed
High Court
Frank J. Wideman
TVA
Bankhead
Fan dancer and tavern keeper found dead in car
Miss Lillian Mann, 32, a fan dancer, and William B. Weir, 40, were found shot to death in a Blue Island car. Police theorize Mann shot Weir, then herself, as a handbag with a pistol was found on Mann’s lap. Weir was married and father of a 10-year-old son.
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Chicago
Lillian Mann
William B. Weir
Blue Island
Stuart J. Hein
Weir
Japan Demands Parity in Navies at International Conference
Admiral Osami Nagano told delegates at the world naval conference that Japan seeks a navy as large as any major power. He spoke as American and British delegates prepared to respond to the demand after a short adjournment.
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London
Osami Nagano
Japan
Polygamist Ready to Defend Faith in Arizona Trial
In Kingman Arizona on December 11 1930 polygamy defendant I t Spencer a 50 year old father of 18 testified he would go to jail for his religious belief in plural marriage. He defended his claimed open cohabitation as part of his faith while noting his excommunication in 1925. Price Johnson a resident of Short Creek colony also awaits trial.
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Kingman
Ariz
Spender
Price Johnson
Short Creek
Spencer
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Hauptmann
SEC
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Arista
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