Landon to Address Pan American Conference on Solidarity
Lima Peru December session stalls over a continental solidarity and defense resolution as delegates including Hull Mello Franco Najera and Landon prepare for his Sunday address. Argentina favors milder terms while Brazil and Venezuela push for a stronger stance. Committees discuss recognizing conquered territories and U S mediation in the Spanish war while seven nations reserve points on a tariff resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Cordell Hull
Isidoro Ruiz Moreno
Afranio Mello Franco
Francisco Castillo Najera
Mexico
Hull
Argentina
Brazil
Venezuela
United States
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas
Chile
Peace Committee
Patter Son Survivors Await Rescue Near Juneau
Eighteen survivors of the wooden motorship Patter son huddle around camp fires in wintry weather on the sixth day after a wreck near Juneau Alaska awaiting rescue by air or sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Patterson
Express Car Fire Fatal Near Connellsville
A Baltimore and Ohio express car fire killed E. D. Owens a 45 year old messenger from New York City. Martin Egan of Connellsville survived with burns after oil lamp explosions trapped them on the car side and forced a perilous climb down a ladder as the train sped away four miles from Connellsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
E. D. Owens
New York City
Martin Egan
Egan
Oweris
Broad Ford
Leroy Berkey
Home for Christmas Forever
A Baltimore incident recalls a truck fatally running over a cardboard box where 9 year olds Robert Schwartz and Harry Schoeffield played. Harry died quickly and Robert, badly injured, survived fourteen months to ask to go home for Christmas before passing away.
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Baltimore
Robert Schwartz
Harry Schoeffield
Harry
Robert
Dogs killed on quail hunt after CO gas incident
Two Nashville hunters traveling to Dresden, Tennessee, faced a fatal outcome when five trained bird dogs died from carbon monoxide poisoning during the 135 mile drive.
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Dresden
Tenn
Nashville
Nazi celebrate Christmas as Germanic solstice tradition
Berlin reports instructions from cultural departments urge observing Yuletide as an ancient Germanic custom under National Socialism. Yule is hailed as a winter solstice rejoicing older than Christ with plans to remove Christmas carols from schools and limit church based rites. Bishops stress gospel not to be abandoned and Christians urged to pray for peace work. Religious education faces weak Nazi support as many teachers and governors oppose removal of religious classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Theodore Heckel
Church Foreign Affairs Department
Germany
German Nazi style party planned for Czecho-Slovakia
Prager Zeitungdienst announced the near term formation of a German national socialist party in the reshaped republic. About 35,000 Germans would come under Nazi control though still under Czecho-Slovak sovereignty. The organ of Ernst Kund envisions a party organized along German lines with labor front Hitler youth and food front structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Reich
Prager Zeitungdienst
Republic
Ernst Kund
Sudeten Party
Labor Front
Hitler Youth
Food Front
Southside Baptist Church to Welcome New Pastor
Church officials announce Rev. J. A. Chambers of Jackson Kentucky has accepted a call to become pastor of the Southside Baptist church of Decatur. He will start the new duties at the first of the year and comes with strong recommendations. The congregation projects a fine program in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Chambers
Jackson
Southside
Lonely Child Visit Requested by Santa Claus
Announcement invites volunteers to call g199 to obtain a name of a lonely child whose address is missing, so a visit can be arranged from Santa.
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Santa Claus
Santa
New Type of Combat Sup Is Developed
Washington reports the Army Air Corps is developing a revolutionary new attack bomber combining features of attack and bombing planes. A dozen manufacturers submit experimental models at Wright Field to outpace modern fighters and strafe ground troops. The project marks the air corps fifth aircraft category, with faster Flying Fortress upgrades and experiments in unmanned midget planes autogiros and Airacuda concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Army
Wright Field
Dayton
Buenos Aires
Kohler to Quit TVA Post After Accounting Reforms
Kohler, comptroller of TVA, said he would resign from his $9,500 job once he revises TVA accounting. He told the Wolverton committee he aimed to leave public accounting and criticized TVA books as he described his 20 years in private finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler
TVA Post
Washington
L. Kohler
TVA
Wolverton
N. J
Comptroller General of
United States
Comptroller General
Smiy Congress
More Aid for Needy Sought in Alabama Plan
In Montgomery on December 17 the Alabama league of municipalities committee on unemployment relief and public welfare urged federal state aid increases. Commissioner Hoyt Greer led calls for 50 percent federal matching for dependent children welfare and for 50 50 federal matching of general assistance, estimating Alabama could gain about 250000 dollars annually in federal funds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama League of Municipalities
Hoyt Greer
Sheffield
Wille
Congressional
Federal
Social Security Board
National Treasury
TVA Comptroller Accuses General Accounting Office of Obstruction
E L Kohler TVA comptroller testified before a joint senate house committee that the comptroller general and staff hampered TVA fiscal administration. He criticized former comptroller general McCarl and acting head Elliott for causing befuddlement and misrepresentation of TVA expenditures. The testimony began yesterday and Kohler was recalled today as the committee continued hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller General
TVA
E. L.kohler
Kohler
Compt
Fact
Taney
Senate-House
Bothy J. R. McCarl
R. N. Elliott
General Accounting Office
Jenkins
Ohio
Snyder Trial Near Close Takes Unsettling Final Turn
In Los Angeles on December 17, testimony in the Martin Snyder trial on attempted murder neared its end with denials about a letter from a New York woman signed Esther. Prosecutors sought to show Snyder’s other interests beyond Ruth Etting, as witnesses described prior affairs and a tense night when Myr Alderman was shot. The hearing recessed until Monday, with further testimony planned on photographic exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Martin
Snyder
Myr Alderman
Miss Etting
A. A. Blalock
Jimmy Fidler
John Swallow
Alderman
Fidler
Cnts
Edith
Toy Matinee Set Monday at Princess Theatre
A toy matinee at Princess Theatre Monday 4 30 pm features dance by Mrs G P Banaiza's Decatur School of the Dance and the film Everybody Sing with Judy Garland Allen Jones and Fanny Brice. Admission is a usable toy for needy children. G P Banniza donates venue and staff, no broken toys accepted.
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Princess Theatre
G. P. Banaiza
Decatur School of the Dance
Judy Garland
Allen Jones
Fanny Brice
Judy
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Decatur Picture
G. P. Banniza
New Bridge for Tallapoosa River at Tallassee
Montgomery officials report a formal work order for a new bridge over the Tallapoosa River at Tallassee. Contracts for substructure and road work total 176000, with bids for the steel superstructure to come later. Construction to begin in a week or ten days according to the state highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
Tallapoosa River
Tallassee
Highway Department
Morgan County pays teachers twenty thousand dollars
Checks totaling 20000 were distributed to Morgan County teachers led by Prof. George T. Woodruff. The pay covered Nov 21 to Dec 16 for 220 white teachers 35 negro instructors and 41 bus drivers. Schools dismissed for Christmas except three. Ryan Center Grove and Gandy's Cove release next Friday. classes resume January 2 after extra cotton-picking time.
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Morgan County
George T. Woodruff
Ryan
Center Grove
Gandy’s Cove
Newspaper Best For Advertising
Washington December 17 The federal home loan bank review states newspapers are the most effective advertising medium for progressive savings and loan associations. A poll of 271 associations found 55 percent of ad spend goes to newspapers and 72 percent rate them most effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Review
Savings and Loan
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Alky Racket Seen as Basis of His Riches
Bridgeport reports Philip Musica, alias F Donald Coster, built a pyramid of profits from illicit alcohol during Prohibition. Investigators link his bootlegging early schemes to his later rise as a legitimate businessman with McKesson and Robbins. Federal probes traced connections to Girard and Co., noting profits from alcohol and bond withdrawals aided his empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Dutch Schultz
Cokter
Signa
F. Donald .Coster
Washington
Coster
McKesson and Robbins
Girard and Co
Girard
Girard and Company
I Ae
McKesson and Robbinis
Coster case widens with new probes into drug firm fraud
New York reports ten investigations into F Donald Coster and his and alleged control of McKesson & Robbins assets while he faces a suicide attempt. Officials probe links to South American war funding and arms smuggling to Spain, prompting an adjournment to study the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Coster
Coster Gower
George Dietrich
George Musica
George Oe
Arthur Musica
Donald Coster
McKesson- Robbins
New York
McKesson & Robbins Drug Company
Pace
Weather Summary For Tennessee And Alabama
The Tennessee river remained stationary at 17.1 feet with 56 degrees high and 42 low and no rainfall. Alabama shows partly cloudy skies with colder conditions in the north and warmer in the south tonight and Sunday. Tennessee forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a colder west and central area and possible light rain in the extreme east tonight, with Sunday generally fair and rising temperatures in the west.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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