Panay Survivors In Shanghai Naval Probe Boarded Oahu
US gunboat Oahu arrived in Shanghai with dead and wounded survivors of the Panay. Japanese destroyers Otori and Kasasagi and British Ladybird escorted the vessel to Augusta where officers and crew were transferred. A naval court of inquiry began gathering survivor accounts as the disaster prompted immediate medical transfers and statements for the official inquiry.
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Shanghai
United States
Oahu
Panay
Otori
Kasasagi
Ladybird
Augusta
Yangtze
Charles L. Ensminger
C. H. Carlson
Standard Oil
Meian
Sandro Sandri
Oil Company
Naval Court of Inquiry
Pootung
Jory
Charles J. Whiting
Harold V. McKittrick
Abel C. J. Sabalot
Morton L. Deyo
Manila
Ensminger
Navy
Norman Alley
Universal Newsreel
Hollywood
Calif
Nanking
Alley
Hughes
James Joseph Hughes
Jim Marshall
Collier’s Magazine
Marshall
Wuhu
J. W. Geist
Altoona
Associated Press
Geist
Rail Lines Hike Passenger Fares Across State
The State Public Service Commission unanimously approved a fare increase from one and a half to two cents per mile on intra state trips with five days notice required. Inter state increases already took effect November 15 per the Interstate Commerce Commission. Several railroads including the Atlantic Coast Line and Frisco had already charged two cents per mile on one way trips.
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State Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta, Tennessee & Northern
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Gulf, Mobile & Northern
Tlinois Central
Mobile and Ohio
Frisco
FDR Opposes War Referendum Stance
President Roosevelt at a press conference rejected a public vote on going to war as incompatible with a representative government. A petition led by Representative Ludlow sought a constitutional amendment for a war referendum, gathering 218 House signers and forcing a House vote. He did not comment on Japan's Panay bombing, directing questions to the State Department.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Ludlow
D-Ind
House
Panay
State Department
Shop Lifter Held After A Rassle On Second Avenue
A negro shoplifter was fined in police court for petty larceny after a chase by store manager Bob Kemp at W. T. Grant. Kemp followed and asked the man to return to the store, a wrestling clash occurred on the street, and Patrolman Thornton later arrested him.
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Second Avenue
W. T. Grant
Bob Kemp
Kemp
Thornton
Doubtful What Will Be Revealed About Their Fate
Izvestia reports arrests on espionage suspicion while American circles doubt further details will be disclosed. The couple entered Russia with fraudulently obtained passports. Federal agents in New York probe if the "Robinsons" were agents of an American communist group opposing the regime.
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Izvestia
Russia
New York
20 Injured In Pere Marquette Train Wreck Near Detroit
A Pere Marquette passenger train bound from Detroit to Bay City derailed and overturned into a five foot ditch west of Detroit injuring twenty people. Injured passengers were carried 1000 feet over ice to ambulances en route to Bedford hospital. The train reached 50 mph when the rear wheels lifted the track and a section of rail was carried far by the slide.
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Detroit
Pere Marquette
Bay City
Mich
Bedford Receiving Hospital
Allan Huston
Saginaw
W. Hye Wallace
Catherine Schmidt
Tiffin
L. P. Naylor
East Orange
N. J
David Primeau
Grand Rapids
Railroad
Matt Butler
Flint
Staunton
Harry M. Lorbach
Palm Beach
Josephine Goman
Detroit Housing Commission
Catherine M. Worrilow
Beach
Calif
Ella Collins
Christmas Program Planned by Church of God
A Christmas program for the beginner, primary and junior departments is scheduled for Sunday morning at Sixth Avenue South. Mrs. W. D. Hardin, superintendent of the juniors, sponsors the event. An additional Christmas service for the evening hour has also been arranged.
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Church of God
Sixth Avenue
South
W. D. Hardin
Japan weighs response to U S Panay protest
Tokyo indicates it may refrain from a direct reply to Washington after apologizing before the U S note was delivered. Officials cite prior apology and say no new note yet. observers expect a formal response, while denying machine gun attack claims on the Panay.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Panay
Foreign Office
U.S
Joseph C. Grew
Koki Hirota
U. S
Yangtze River
Hirota
Washington
Cre Eline Eds Wes
Grew
China
State Department
Nanking
Hull
Navy
Mitsumasa Yonai
Madoc Plan Stirs Senate Debate As Congress Hurdles Bills
Washington December 17. Republican substitute for the undistributed corporate profits tax failed in a House subcommittee by 6 to 3 along party lines. The proposal by Crowther would have cut federal revenues by 416 million if in effect this year. Meanwhile the House Rules Committee granted right of way to the administration housing bill as Senate and House work to passages on farm and wage hour measures. The administration aims to move housing and slum clearance programs ahead with possible night sessions if needed.
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Washington
House
Vinson
Crowther
N. Y
Vincon
House Rules Committee
Senate
McAdoo
D. Calif
Roosevelt
Chris
Bill Dela
Senated
Nathan Straus
Exhumation of Bodies Delayed in City Fire Toll
Knoxville reports delay in the disinterment of four of nine victims from last week's tenement house fire as Coroner John Scott declines to require opening graves. Earlier he planned to secure a court order to exhume Mrs McKinely Conatsor and her three children to check for signs of violence or foul play.
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Knoxville
John Scott
McKinely Conatsor
Countess Renounces U S Citizenship as Tax Questions Loom
Countess Barbara Hutton renounces U S citizenship while tax authorities debate loss of millions in capital due to her dual nationality. The 27 year old heiress, linked to Woolworth millions, returns to London with her husband and child as questions arise about inheritance and taxation in Denmark and the United States.
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Albert W. Wilson
New York
Haughts von Revention
Woolworth
Morris Greenbaum
Labor Audit Bureau
Treasury
United States
Denmark
Barbara Hutton
Lance
London
Sunnett
Americ
SS Ae
Wiliam Waldort
Notable Attendees Listed at Event Clue
Astor the Duchess of Windsor Henry James the novelist Odele Astaire the dancing actress and Gordon Gelfridge London department store magnate appear in a crowd scene. A possible clue to the reason behind the gathering is suggested in the report.
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Astor
Duchess of Windsor
Henry James
Odele Astaire
Gordon Gelfridge
London
Couple Slain in Own Home. Slugged Attorney and Wife Die
Lee W. Branch former Georgia Bar Association president and his wife were shot to death in their Quitman home. Police captured Livingston Snow in the dining room after a brief struggle. Snow reportedly mentally ill. Russell Snow present at the scene.
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Quitman
Lee W. Branch
The
Georgia Bar Association
Grady Marable
Livingston Snow
Mra
Branch
Marable
Snow
Attorney Held On Reported Incident Charge
Louisville, Ky. December 17 N E Powell a 30 year old attorney was arraigned on a charge he hurt a 23 year old widow who came to his office for legal advice. His trial was set for December 28 and he was released on $10,000 bond. Mrs Ruby Coones signed the warrant charging Powell with offering her a drink of whisky and assault. Powell declined comment.
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Norristown
Ure
Wilma Carpenter
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Maryland
Mra. Carpenter
Bowers
Huntingdon Reformatory
Mary Griffin
Carpenter Home
Wilma
Louisville
N. E. Powell
Ruby Coones
Powell
Senator Holt Seeks Block on Nominee Over Father's Execution
Senator Holt of West Virginia urged a Senate committee to halt a presidential nomination, accusing the nominee of advocating the execution of Holt's father after his entry into the war. The hearing centers on alleged political influence and wartime actions amid ongoing confirmation scrutiny.
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Washington
Holt
D-W. Va
Senate
Blackstock Fined and Sentenced in Assault Case
Shreveport Louisiana December 17 Marshal Blackstock a heavyweight wrestler appeared in district court and was fined 250 plus costs and sentenced to three months on the parish farm for assaulting to kill C F Chumley who was cut in the neck. Blackstock claimed he did not remember details of the incident.
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Shreveport
Marshal Blackstock
E. P. Mills
Cirdido District Court
C. F. Chumley
Blackstock
Steel Parley Group Held In Investigation
Four delegates to the steel workers organizing committee convention were held on technical murder charges as police probe the death of 30 year old Rose Ault found in a hotel room. Brooklyn men Jacob Zelkind and Morris Engaold detained. Louis H. Green and Pred A. Odenwald arrested on murder charges pending inquest. Authorities deem it precautionary. coroner to set inquest time.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Rose Ault
Walter Monaghan
Jacob Zelkind
Morris Engaold
Brooklyn
New York
Louis H. Green
Pred A. Odenwald
Ozone Park
L. 1
Monaghan Annd
W. J. McGregory
Brooklyn men questioned in Rose Ault homicide case
New York police say L H Green of Brooklyn and Fred Odenwalk of Ozone Park were asked by Pittsburgh authorities to aid in the homicide inquiry. They told Brooklyn Deputy Inspector Gallagher they knew of Miss Rose Ault’s death and described four men in a Pittsburgh hotel room before returning home after the convention work.
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New York
Lowl H. Green
Brooklyn
Fred , Odenwalk
Ozone Park
Pittsburgh
Rose Ault
John J. Gallagher
Ang
Miss Ault
Jacob Zelkind
Morris Engaold
Post Offices to Stay Open Saturday Afternoon
Postmaster Leroy McEntire announced parcel windows at Bank Moulton street post offices will remain open Saturday afternoon for those sending Christmas packages. He urged mailing early to ensure prompt delivery. Arrangements for next week will be announced later.
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Leroy McEntire
Bank Moulton Street
Weather report for Tennessee and Alabama today
The Tennessee river falls to 18.2 feet as of seven o clock. Temperatures rise to 67 and fall to 58 with 0.63 inches of rainfall. Alabama sees cooler tonight with light rain in the north, Saturday fair but colder, winds shifting from southeast to northwest. Tennessee remains cloudy and colder with rain in the east and central portions tonight and Saturday, especially in the northeast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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