France vows aid to Britain should attacked
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet told the chamber that in case of unprovoked aggression all French forces would defend Britain. He urged Britain to reciprocate and reaffirmed the Franco British entente as the basis of policy. A no surrender bloc formed amid fears of ceding French Somaliland to Italy.
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Paris
Georges Bonnet
Chamber of Deputies
France
Great Britain
Bonnet
Britain
Prerich
British Somaliland
Italy
Daladier
New Congress Eyes 1940 Work Ahead in Shape of New Deal
Washington dispatch notes the upcoming session with Democrats still in control and Republicans having gains. Analysts foresee no broad bipartisan alliances, as Democrats hold the White House and both houses while conservatives push a calmer appraisal of issues and party positions.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Theatre Ticket Clipping for Dixie Strand Admission
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. C. F. Shafer of 345 Walnut Street to tonight's Dixie theatre showing Listen Darling with Freddie Bartholomew and Judy Garland or There Goes My Heart with Fredric March and Virginia Bruce now playing at the Strand theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
C. F. Shafer
Walnut Street
Freddie Bartholomew
Judy Garland
Dixie Theatre
Fredric March
Virginia Bruce
Strand Theatre
Snyder Trial Nears Finish
Los Angeles December 19 The Snyder trial nears a verdict that could free or imprison the ex-husband of Ruth Etting. Charged with three counts of attempted murder two counts of kidnapping and one of violating the state gun law the case stems from a October 15 shooting in which Etting's husband Myrl Alderman was wounded. A mystery witness testimony was expected and closing arguments could be lengthy jurors six men six women will hear the case before nightfall. Snyder testified self defense after claiming a pistol was pointed at him.
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Los Angeles
Martin
Snyder
Ruth Etting
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Christmas Seals Sent Out By Local Society
Christmas seals, 1 800 sheets of 100 each, have been distributed in the county. President Frank M. Hollis Jr of the Taylor County Tuberculosis and Health Association announced today. If all are bought, a fund of 1 800 would be raised for local anti tuberculosis work, though about 25 percent return is expected. Promptness in returning the seals or the 1 for each sheet is requested by the association.
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Frank M. Holis, Jr
Taylor County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Hollis
Usua
Hitch-Hiker Burns from Slate Dump Fumes
A 35-year-old Burlington North Carolina hitch-hiker, found on a Maitland slate dump, is under hospital treatment for severe burns and carbon monoxide poisoning. The fumes emanated from the burning slate dump.
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Welch
Frank Haford
Burlington N. C
Maitland
Carpenter Completes Work On Own Casket
Brockton Mass December 19 Charles A Lapworth 69 finished his own casket a gold trimmed blue silk box made over months He says he does not expect to use it until he is past 100 and is merely getting ready
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Brockton
Mass
Charles A. Lapworth
Lapworth
Truck Kills Gas Employee in Macomber Fatal Accident
Andrew F. Montgomery, 54, state sports foreman for Hope Natural Gas, was killed near Macomber while directing a company truck on a narrow road. Driver Harry Brinkley, 25, said Montgomery tripped and was trapped beneath the trailer. Survived by three brothers, all named Montgomery, with origins in Waynesburg Pennsylvania.
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Kingwood
Andrew F. Montgomery
Hope Natural Gas Company
Macomber
Harry Brinkley
Montgomery
Brinkley
Gas Company
Waynesburg
Charles II, Montgomery
Chester P. Montgomery
Rachel
Marion County
George R. Montgomery
Jane Lew
Steel Corp Official and Daughter Missing Near Biscayne Bay
Charles F. Rye, 50, a United States Steel Co official and his six year old daughter Dorothy are missing after a motor boating trip near Biscayne Bay. Rye, from Pittsburgh, came to Miami Beach for a rest from a nervous breakdown. A small boat with a torn bow was found stranded on a Miami side island with a bottle of fuel empty. A man's tennis shoe, raincoat, and eyeglasses were left aboard. A wide search by land, air, and water continues for both.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Charles
Rye
United States Steel Coorp
Dorothy
Biscayne Bay
The
Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Miami
Child Struck By Machine Leaves EightYearOld Hurt
CLARKSBURG December 19 Eight year old Glenn Edward Sinnett who guided two playmates home through traffic last night was struck on the return trip and critically injured Doctors said there is only slight hope he would regain consciousness.
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Clarksburg
Glenn Edward Sinnett
Argentina Displeased By Landon Monroe Doctrine Talk
Delegates at the Pan American conference voiced displeasure over Alf Landon's Monroe Doctrine stance as Argentina seeks continental solidarity and defense assurances. Isidoro Ruiz Moreno signaled progress toward a broader accord despite disputes, while U.S. good neighbor policy and past assurances shape the debate. Landon’s world broadcast addressed the issue from outside the conference hall, framing the remote dialogue.
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Andrue
Lima
Alf M. Landon
Argentina
United States
Isidoro Ruiz Moreno
U. S
Areehtina
Roosevelt
Landon
Tobacco Men Reject Plan For Control
Washington reports farmers rejected marketing controls for tobacco amid mixed results on quotas for cotton and barley. Voters failed to reach the two thirds requirement, leaving the administration’s New Deal farm program in doubt as growers in several states cast ballots against marketing quotas for flue cured tobacco and rice.
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Washington
Negro WPA Worker Confesses to Street Slaying
Connellsville police said Luther Royston, 25, a WPA worker and former circus roustabout, confessed to fatally beating and robbing Henry D. Foster, 69, a retired farmer, on December 3. Royston reportedly waylaid Foster on a dark street two blocks from the police station, striking him and fracturing his skull with a brick.
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Connellsville
Andrew W Thomas
Luther Royston
WPA
Henry D. Foster
Thomas
Foster
Theft of Men's Socks Leads to Small-Claims Fine
Wilson Shahan of Preston County bought two pairs of socks for 7.05 dollars each at O. J. Morison store and pleaded guilty to shoplifting. Justice A. B. Knapenshue fined 10 dollars with 4.10 dollars costs. The loot was described as the most expensive ever obtained locally. Pope Pius allegedly worsened but official sources denied a setback. The pope attended the opening of the third academic year of the Pontifical Academy of Science amid cold and rain.
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Wilson Shahan
Preston County
O. J. Morison
Shahan
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knapenshue
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Pius
Pontifical Academy of Science
Parking Meters Bring In $209.50 In Two Weeks
Parking meter collections for the last two weeks totaled 209.50, taken up by police and checked by the finance office, announced City Commissioner Joseph B. Bradford. He noted Christmas shopping boosted meter use as meters were full.
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Joseph B. Bradford
Former Grafton Man Praised For Brave Spirit
George W. Pollock, a former Grafton bank official confined to bed since June 13 and a partial cripple for almost 13 years, is the subject of a feature in Sundays Clarksburg Exponent Telegram praising his courage. It notes his bedroom office at 309 Elm Street and his plans for Christmas despite his condition as he nears his 64th birthday on January 4.
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Grafton Bank
George W. Pollock
Clarksburg
Elm Street
Pollock
Social Security Council Backs Expansion of Old Age Insurance
The Social Security Board backs expanding old age insurance to about 8.6 million currently excluded by 1940 and later to most workers including farmers and professionals. A contingency fund would replace the 1980 reserve plan, funded by a federal subsidy and payroll taxes. Senator Vandenberg praised the advisory council and urged bipartisan action while cautioning gradual extension to new groups.
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Social Security Council
Washington
Social Security Board
Advisory Council
Vandenberg R
Mich
Congress
Man Burns Face In Auto Radiator Alcohol Blast
Kesner Bryan tried lighting a flame near a radiator to check water level and coolant. The alcohol in antifreeze exploded injuring his face in Augusta Kansas on December 19.
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Augusta
Kas
Kesner
Bryan
Britain will keep Somaliland denial from Chamberlain
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons there has been no proposal to cede British Somaliland to Italy. He rebutted a French press claim that Britain planned to bow to Mussolini to calm Italian demands in East Africa as a Labour seeks a vote of censure over post Munich appeasement.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Italy
British Somaliland
Mussolini
France
East Africa
French Somaliland
Djibouti
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Steal Pants and Cash In Pittsburgh Holdup
In Pittsburgh on December 19, three masked gunmen forced 90 members of an exclusive club to strip their pants and frisk pockets. They fled in a waiting car after a member chased them, but the license number was misread. The loot from Squirrel Hill was between $10,000 and $30,000. The crime occurred six years ago.
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Pittsburgh
Squirrel Hill
Salazar in Custody After Texas Killings
A young farmhand Frank Salazar admits in a drunken frenzy he killed the parents of Wilma Kennedy after abducting her from Miles Texas. District Attorney O D Fisher vows to seek the death penalty. Salazar says he was crazy drunk and had not told the girl about the killings. He is jailed in Austin as officers fear transporting him to Miles. The suspect confessed to police and reporters.
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Austin
Tex
West Texas
O. D. Fisher
Frank Salazar
Wilma Kennedy
Paul Kennedy
Miles
Salazar
Kennedy Farmhouse
Sher
Rumania Plans Removal of 150000 Jews from Romania
Bucharest reports the foreign office outlined a plan to move 150000 Romanian Jews to Palestine and British colonies. It envisions settling 50000 Jews annually in the Holy Land and British possessions, with wealthy Jews asked to fund the effort and communities invited to subscribe. A government report on the mass colonization project was promised.
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Bucharest
Rumanian Foreign Office
Palestane
Great Britain
Holy Land
Prominent State Mason Dies in Wheeling
Wheeling kernel reports the death of Robert G. Linsley a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow He served as grand senior warden of the grand commandery Knights Templar Funeral services will be held Tuesday His widow a daughter and two sons survive
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Wheeling
Robert G. Linsley
Grand Commandery
Knights Tem
Comptroller halts relief loans to mills in injurious ruling
Washington reports Comptroller General Richard N. Elliott vetoed Security Administration loans totaling 3.05 million dollars to five cooperative mills including Kerland Homesteads Tennessee Red House West Virginia and Illinois projects. He said the loans violate relief appropriations, risk industrial unemployment and compete with southern cotton. Elliott blocked the funds and pledged to seek new evidence to test legality.
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Washington
Richard N. Eliott
Security Administration
Ievy Mills
Elliott
Cote Ton
Land Cooperative Company
Kerland Homesteads
Tennesse
Red House
Ws Association
Kdhead
Hott
FSA
Westmorell
Pennia
Ty= gart valley
Virginia
Federal inquiry opens into Musica smuggling plot in New York
The federal government launches a coordinated probe into an international smuggling network linked to Philip Musica. Investigators focus on a McKesson Robbins operation involved in an $18 million crude drug scheme as Musica lies in Brooklyn morgue with his widow the sole mourner nearby Cypress Hills Queens.
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New York
Philip Musica
McKesson
Cypress Hills
Queens
Musica
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Myra Alderman
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Grafton
Somaliland
Rumania
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