Coster Aide Charged In Arms Plot In Spain Scheme
Benjamin Simon, 39, Bronx salesman, is jailed on conspiracy charges for helping F. Coster aka Philip Musica hide his swindling past. He allegedly aided Musica in forging certificates and in shipping 2 million rifles to Spain. Notes by Musica, who killed himself, are to be made public.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
McKesson & Robbins
Spain
Brien McMahon
U. S
Benjamin Simon
Bronx
Coster
Simon
McMahon
Washington, D. C
Marie Musica Girard
Cost Suskly
Samuel Reich
Musica
Pead
Finaay
Fairfield
Conn
Shutdown of WPA Looming
Washington reports a looming WPA shutdown as funds may run out by February 7. Leaders plan talks with President Roosevelt on an emergency appropriation, with estimates ranging from 500 to 750 million dollars for relief through mid year. If blocked, WPA could begin cutting rolls January 26 and end operations 12 days later, amid a dwindling balance from the 1.425 billion granted.
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Washington
WPA
Senate
House
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
CIQ
Captain Hill
Congress
Aubrey Williams
Relief Agency
Treasury
Woodruff
R.mich
Republican Conference Committee
Senator McNary
Oregon
Fidelity and SEC Reach Agreement to Enter Injunction
Attorneys for the Fidelity Investment Association agreed to enter a federal court injunction prohibiting practices the SEC says were fraudulent. Chester P. O'Hara said the consent aims to comply with SEC regulations, while company counsel disputed the fraud claim. The proceeding before Judge Edward J. Moinet noted the group operates under a West Virginia charter with Wheeling as home office and branches in 57 states.
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Detroit
Fidelity Investment Association
Securities and Exchange Commission
Chester P. O'Hara
Association
SEC
United States
Edward J. Moinet
Chester T. Lane
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Race Track Swindle Is Revealed By Indictments
A federal grand jury in New York charged Rufus Oliver and 18 others with mail fraud and conspiracy in a $190,000 race track confidence swindle. Victims were mainly elderly across Texas California and other western states lured by claims of fortunes from fixed races in American Canadian and Cuban tracks. Individual losses ranged from 1000 to 25000 as the ring operated after postal inspection linked much mail to local post offices.
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New York
Rufus Oliver
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
California
U. S
J. Dowling
Herbert N. Graham
Raleigh mining town swept by bad blaze
Fire swept Besoco near Beckley destroying five dwellings a recreation building the post office and Leconney Fuel store and offices. Volunteers fought for over four hours without control before the flame burned out high in the early morning hours.
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Beckley
Besoco
Here
Leconney Fuel Company
Argentina Holds Out as Peace Talks Continue
In Lima on December 22, Argentina rejected the majority defense declaration and submitted its own proposal, risking a split with 20 Pan American republics. Delegates, led by Hull and Peru, rushed to reconcile differences before adjournment, hoping for a settlement without excluding Argentina.
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Lima
Peru
Americas
United States
Argentina
Aranio Mello Franco
Hull
Carlos Gondha
Italy nullifies Mussolini Laval Tunisia pact
Italy informed France through ambassador Andre Francois-Poncet that the 1935 Mussolini Laval convention on Tunisia is no longer valid. Officials gave no text or further action details. The 1935 pact protected Italian citizens in Tunisia until 1965 amid Italian territorial ambitions.
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Paris
Foreign Office
France
Andre Francois-Poncet
Rome
Italy
Tunisia
Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Japan to aid China end concessions and extraterritoriality
Tokyo announces Premier Konoye stated Japan is ready to help China abolish the unequal treaties including concessions and extraterritorial rights. He said Japan respects Chinese sovereignty and would support full independence, signaling a bloc with China and Manchoukuo after its current campaigns.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
Mumimaro Konoye
Alrready
Manchouquo
Two Counterfeit Coins Only Loot Of Burglars
Burglars broke into Campbell Elementary School to steal cafeteria funds by smashing a door sawing a wall jigging the lockbox. After the effort they found only a dime and a quarter, both counterfeit, as reported from San Jose, California, on December 22.
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San Jose
Calif
Campbell
Fiend Killer Sought in Slaying of Margaret Martin
Police and state troopers scour snowbound Tunkhannock area for a supposed sex maniac or white slave ring killer who strangled 19 year old Margaret Martin and disposed her nude body in a creek. The Kingston native, a business school graduate, was last seen last Saturday after meeting a man who called with a job offer. An autopsy confirmed homicide by strangulation.
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Tunkhannock
Margaret Martin
Business School
Oal Duy
Kingston
Ray W. Greenwood
Martin
G.G. Guyler
Wil
Slayer of Policeman Dies In Prison Chair
Stephen Figuli, 21, of Cleveland, the last surviving member of a bank robbery gang, died in the electric chair at Ohio penitentiary for slaying Columbus detective Robert Cline. He faced execution with a prayer book in hand as the current killed him while three gang members and Cline had been killed in a February gun battle.
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Columbus
Stephen Figuli
Ohio Penitentiary
Robert Cline
Cleveland
Cline
Figuli
Parsons Mill Workers to Receive Turkeys for Christmas
Parsons Woolen mill General Manager Franklin W. Dorman announced that every employee will get an eight pound turkey this weekend as a Christmas gift. About 100 workers are employed. families with multiple workers will receive a single turkey.
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Parsons
Franklin W. Dorman
Parsons Woolen Mill
GOP Charges TVA Inquiry Is Not Fair
The article notes Republican claims that the TVA inquiry is one-sided and reports three minority committee members seek a broader study with more funding. Democrats want extended hearings to answer many questions while awaiting Supreme Court ruling on TVA constitutionality. The panel’s term ends January 3 as Congress changes hands.
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Washington
TVA
Senate-House
Congress
Supreme Court
Two Army Fliers Dead In Virginia Plane Crash
NORFOLK VA December 22 Two army fliers were killed instantly when their plane crashed just outside the Norfolk city limits. An eyewitness Jeff J Bean said the craft dived from about 50 feet and the motor appeared to have cut off. The pilots did not try to bail out in parachutes as the craft burst into flames. Bean tried to reach a wing but was driven back by the flames.
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Norfolk
Army
Jeff J. Bean
Bean
Foe of Chamberlain Beaten in Bye-Election at Crieff
In Crieff Scotland Duchess of Atholl, dubbed the red duchess for backing Spain’s government, loses by 1,313 votes to William McNair Snadden in the parliamentary by election. She had held Kinross and West Perth since 1910 and ran as an independent after resigning her seat.
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Crieff
Scotland
Duchess of Atholl
Chamberlain
William McNair Snadden
Germany protests Ickes speech address in Washington
Germany lodged a strong protest over a speech by U S Interior Secretary Harold L Ickes attacking dictators. Berlin viewed the statements as impudent and insulting and linked them to Goebbels propaganda. The German charge d affaires in Washington delivered the note to the acting secretary of state.
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Berlin
Harold L. Ickes
D’effaires
Washington
Germany
Ickes
Relief and Social Security To Be Explosive Subjects
Washington, Dec. 22. The upcoming congressional session will face explosive debates over relief and social security as candidates argued for or against WPA funding and administration. The House appropriations committee may study WPA costs as Administrator Harry L. Hopkins seeks funds to finish the fiscal year, with broader WPA scrutiny expected.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
South
House Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Hary L. Hopkins
Congress
300 Workers Recalled By New York Central
Santa visited early as 300 workers at the West Albany locomotive shops were recalled to duty after six months. John Parsons, superintendent, said the move raises the shop force to about 1,500 employees in Albany New York.
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New York Central
Albany
N. Y
Santa
West Albany
New York Central Railroad
John Parsons
Confession to Murder by Spinelli Aimed at Family Murder
Los Angeles police said William Spinelli, a jobless boot black and husband of Rose Spinelli, confessed to killing and dismembering his wife after she threatened to leave him. Detectives plan a murder complaint as the suspect reportedly described quarrels and a blow in their bedroom. The case centers on the incinerated body found last week and statements from Spinelli and his son.
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Los Angeles
Rose Spinelli
Hubert J. Wallis
William Spinelli
Spinelli
Wallis
William, Jr
Helen
Office Wife Is Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Fern Patricia Dull, 34, a divorced housewife, was found guilty of manslaughter in the October slaying of Attorney William Holbrook in St. Joseph Michigan. Circuit Judge Mark D Taylor planned to sentence her today with a maximum of 15 years and consider a defense motion for a new trial during a possible 150120 day stay. The jury of two housewives and ten men, largely farmers, delivered the verdict after noon deliberations.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Fern Patricia Dull
William Holbrook
Mark D. Taylor
Taylor
CIO maneuvers to be fought in 1940 convention
Washington December 22 A developing Democratic dispute centers on John L Lewis and CIO pressure for league endorsed delegates to the 1940 Democratic convention The plan aims to place CIO aligned delegates within the party and backed policies Opposition is expected from conservative Democrats in the South Senator Hatch predicts a battles ahead Senator Davis notes potential cooperation with Lewis by Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to influence delegate selection The report hints at further developments on page three
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William B. Ardery
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Labor
League
Lewis
Democratic Party
Hatch
N. M
South
Davis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Guffey
Holt
Decis
Rearrest Ordered After Damron Murder Report
Police Chief H. H. Davis ordered the rearrest of George Franks after receipt of a state police lab analysis of items found in the room of Reuben Damron, who was bludgeoned to death last week. Henry Dingess, a reputed partner in a gambling operation, remains in custody with no charges yet filed.
Premier Daladier Wins Narrow Confidence Vote
The chamber of deputies in Paris approved Premier Daladier by seven votes, 291 to 284, in a new test of strength after he demanded passage of the 1939 appropriation bill unchanged.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Arrests Surge as Hunt Opens in Insurgent Spain
London reports say about 1000 arrests occurred in Insurgent Spain amid a large espionage drive. A shirt found in Harold Goodman's baggage at the Iran border led to the arrests, with British consular staff under suspicion and Franco being informed of regrets.
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London
Spain
Harold Goodman
San Sebastian
Iran
Goodman
Tashi
Te Ae Tea
Missimo Francisco Franco
Free Parking For Two Days In Grafton
Downtown Grafton offers free parking this Friday and Saturday to aid shopkeepers after meters drew local criticism. Mayor P F Gillispie announced removal of meter regulations, inviting resident W S Wren to City Hall to discuss alleged rude treatment by a patrolman and involving the officer in the inquiry.
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Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
Wren
City Hall
Gillispie
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