Solons Seek Battle Over Anti-Monopoly Policy
Congress wrestles with Roosevelt's annual address and anti monopoly rhetoric as the federal trade commission acts to curb anti competitive practices. Wallace distributes $195 million in road aid while urging states to pause allocations pending Congress review.
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National Chaina
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Federal Trade Commission
National Federation of Builders Supply Associations
National Association of Manuffacturers
Robert Jackson
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Manufacturers ’ Association
Copeland
Thedore Roosevelt
Wallace
Driving safety plea echoed by patrol captain
Captain Gilbert urged caution for drivers and pedestrians after a deadly highway stretch in multiple counties. He praised cooperation from officers and the public, noting arrests are not the goal but safer travel for all.
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Cullman
Madison
Franklin
Colbern
Lauderdale
Gilbert
Mont
Decatur Daily notes local travel and holiday events
In Decatur reports residents discuss the afternoon Alabama game and Sanford’s field goal wager. Holiday visitors include Zoe Pickens from Paducah and Miss Ruby Randolph from Nashville. Local officials, church members, and residents travel to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl and attend New Year events around town.
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J. C. Howell
Alabama
Slick
Sanford
Hogmia Pickens
Padicat
Zoe
Russellville
Decatur
Mack Pickens
Kentucky
Pickens
Paducah
Crimson Tide
California
Pasadena
Ben Britnell
Cooperation Continues Amid Tennessee Valley Driving Record
Motorists press to extend cooperative efforts to reduce careless driving in the Tennessee Valley. Officials reference a 1938 record and urge sustained attention to traffic safety and enforcement.
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Tennessee Valley
Three Firemen Battle Massive Broadway Office Fire
Three New York firemen were injured and three overcome by smoke after a nine hour battle to subdue a blaze that wrecked a four story Broadway office building at 442 Broadway and damaged adjacent structures. Police cleared New Year revelers as alarms drew gear and crews to the center of an area housing textile and silk firms. officials estimated $250000 in damage.
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New York
Broadway
One Celebrant Before Court on New Year Morning
A single celebrant faced a police court this morning on a lone charge of drunkenness after New Year festivities. Only one charge was brought, and the proceedings focused on that incident.
New Year Brings Snow and Cold Across Regions
The new year opened white and cold across the middle and south Atlantic states with Eastport Maine at four degrees below zero the coldest spot. An northeast storm warned from New York City to Boston blanketed New England with several inches of snow and caused dangerous driving conditions as Maine temperatures fell from 17 to three degrees.
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Associated Press
South Atlantic
Rocky Plains
Eastport
Weather Creatien
New York City
Boston
California
New England
Maine
Murder Trial At Yows Chapel Grips Lawrence County
The case centers on a fatal gun battle at Yows Chapel during evening services. Deputy Sheriff Dutton died in the clash as gunfire wounded several others. Rutherford faced a mistrial before a second trial resulted in a 35 year sentence.
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Lawrence County
Yows Chapel
Dutton
Rutherford
Five inmates thwarted in prison escape attempt
Warden Joel Moore announced that five men failed to escape Southern Michigan State Prison in Jackson on New Year’s Eve. A short circuit darkened floodlights as guards reported one manhole cover removed and three men found in a sewer beneath the wall. Suspects Malcolm Sister, 27, Harvey Gleason, 28, and Warren Nelson, 21, carried an acetylene torch. George Clair, 28, and Alonzo Bledsoe, 30, were later found attempting to climb a ladder. All surrendered without resistance.
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Jackson
Mich
Joel Moore
Southern
Michigan
Wim
Malcolm Sister
Berrien County
Harvey Gleason
Calhoun County
Warren Nelson
Macomb County
George Clar
Detroit
Alonzo Bledsoe
Jackson County
Cage Schedule to Begin Monday
The city league basketball schedule opens Monday night with Goodyear versus Riverside and Alabama facing Moulton Heights.
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Cage
Goodyear
Riverside
Alabama
Moulton Heights
Alabama Leaders and Officials From Jan 1 Observations
Alabama reports from Jan 1 note Dr. Zeublon Judd addressing Hi Y Club leaders in Auburn with about 300 students. W H Holcombe Jr. files to run for Mobile sheriff. Governor Bibb and Dixie Graves return from Baldwin County, discuss 67 county jury commissioners and a football radio greeting. Limestone Mine No 5 marks 1000 hours without injury. Alabama gasoline tax hits a 1937 high of 13,294,892 with December 1,122,951.
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Auburn
Ala
Zeublon Judd
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Harry den- AP
Birmingham
Mobile
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Mobile County
Montgomery
Jai
Alabama
Henry Long
State Tax Commission
Japanese air raids push along Shantung coast and Taian area
Japanese warplanes moved east toward Tsingtao and the coast as bombing strikes targeted Taian and Taishan with over 700 bombs since operations began, destroying temples, houses, and damaging railways at Hsuchow. Civilian casualties were reported, while U S consul Sokobin said American lives and property were not in danger in Tsingtao.
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Hsuchow
Sunmnchai
Tientsin-Pukow
Taian
Taishan
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Samuel Sokobin
United States
Post Office Reports Spain Phone Service Out of Order
London Jan 1 The British post office said telephone communications with Spain are out of order and no restoration time is known. The last call to the Associated Press from Madrid was around 7 30 p m yesterday and from Valencia at 82 p m.
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London
British Post Office
Spain
Ord
Associated Press London
Madrid
Valecia
Joan Crawford Informs On Father Death In Texas
New York Jan 1 Joan Crawford received word that her father Thomas LeSueur died in Abilene Texas The actress was in New York with husband Franchot Tone awaiting funeral arrangements before traveling to Texas.
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New York
Joan Crawford
Thomas LeSueur
Abilehe
Tex
Miss Crawford
Pranchot Tone
Texas
Teruel Crisis Deepens as Loyalists Fall Back in Aragon
Insurgent forces drive government troops from Teruel area as counter offensive returns the city to insurgent hands. Loyalists retreat south toward the Turia valley while Franco's capital Salamanca reports heavy losses and bridges blown to slow pursuit.
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Aragon
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Salamanca
Turin
Turia
New Year Death Toll Rises Across States
The New Year brings a heavy death toll with 104 fatalities reported by noon across 29 states. Auto accidents, many in snow and ice, account for 90 deaths. Ohio reports 14 and Pennsylvania 10 in clear auto fatalities.
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Associated Press
United States
Auto Accident&s
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
New York City
Alabama Grid Jitters Mirror New Year Hopes
In 1938 Alabama faces football jitters ahead of Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl results as Auburn and Alabama fans rally around radios. Crowds pack to listen while experts split on California and Michigan State outcomes. A Birmingham auto crash claims a 1938 first casualty.
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Alabama
Auburn
Miabama
Crimson Tide
California’s
Golden Bears
Pasadens
Miami
Fla
Michigan State
California
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
State Highway Patrol
Ship Death Ship Survivors Describe Morgan's Brutal Rule
Survivors including Miss Cassanova and Mrs Turner tell how Morgan, insane with power after killing Faulding, ruled the ship at gunpoint. They recount assaults on Berdan and Turner boy, with food lacking for days until a navy plane spotted the drifting vessel. Miss Cassanova, a material witness, is held as authorities plan Monday arraignment.
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Morgan
Lillian Cassanova
New Orleans
Banson
Faulding
Horne
Spernak
Miss Cassanova
Lucile Turner
Aaffe
Coast Guard
Paper mills urged to protect newsprint industry
Secretary-Manager Cranston Williams of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association urged in Chattanooga that the only definite protection against price fixing on paper by Canadian manufacturers and Americans in Canada is to develop the Southern pine newsprint industry.
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Paper Mills
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cranston Williams
The
Southern Newspaper Publishers. Association
Canada
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