King Edward Faces Crisis Over Marriage to Wallis Simpson
Britain reels as King Edward his cabinet debates marriage to Wallis Simpson and abdication. Prime Minister Baldwin contends any marriage must be queen, while supporters push for royal freedom. Turret Belvedere holds the king awaiting decisive word amid constitutional crisis and public pressure.
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Lardes
Dee
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Stanley Baldwin
Fort Belvedere
Fila
Rathermere
Edwin
Belvedere
Lord Rotharmers
Doghcalman
Iing
Mrs. Simpson
Thenkingdltwan
Cardest
Sywlig
Soverelen
Rothermera
England
Pulligher
Hadte
Automatic Sprinkler Halts Garage Basement Blaze
A fire at a Weld County garage basement broke out around 2 10 a m Saturday. The automatic sprinkler system activated, extinguishing the fire before Greeley fire department arrived. A wood partition was burned, with water damage on a boiler room wall. Fire Chief Jess Mason attributed the blaze to ignition from an oriented furnace near a partition panel.
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Weld
Greeley Fire Department
Jess Mason
Pontiac Fire Captain Slain While Named in Black Legion
Pontiac Michigan December 4 Fire Captain William W H Bradburn and fellow firefighter Donald H L Slusher were shot and killed on the second floor of a fire station. The pistol lay near Bradburns body. Bradburn was among 18 police and fire department members named in a grand jury report as Black Legion members. No charges have been filed.
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Pontiac
Mich
William WH. Bradburn
Donald HL Slusher
Bradburn
Pontiac Police and Fire Department
Black Legion
Corgey
Briggs Well Worker Receives Broken Hip
Ralph Brown twenty four, Eaton, an employee of Manning and Martin Drilling, was hit by falling tools while working on Briggs No. 3 barrier near Greasewood. He was taken to Gresley hospital around 2 a.m. Roosevelt Speeding Home Aboard U S 8 Closter at San Dec. 6 The American round cruiser In Sunapee tonight maintained speed over 23 knots in choppy waters off the southern Mrozttian canal as President Roosevelt rests in the ad aural's cable from biz South American goodwill tour.
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Ralph Brown
Eaton
Manning and Martin Drilling
Greasewood
Barrick
Gresley Hospital
Roosevelt
U. S
Closter
San
Sunapee Tonigh
Mrozttian Canal
Pope Stricken by Paralysis in Both Legs
Vatican dispatch reports Pope, age 79, struck by paralysis in both legs with possible loss of mobility. Doctors said the condition began with a slight ailment and may endanger his ability to walk again.
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Pope Plus XI
Pope
Vatican City
Dec
Pila
Benig
Counlry
Hon
Man Fatally Struck After Berthoud Pass Crash
Herbert M. Bartley of Broomfield Colo. was fatally injured when a car skidded on snow covered Berthoud Pass while he and a companion halted to chain up. Sheriff reported he stepped into the road to signal an approaching vehicle and was crushed before aid could reach him.
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Associated Prem
Colo
Herbert M. Bartley
Broomfield
Ceuteriag
Berthoud Vass
S.J. Barna
Bartley
Sherrie Burns
Dr Frasier Returns to Greeley on Monday
Dr George W Frasier president of College of Hollection will return to Gresley Monday from Ghjtaga where he is attending the level and con ference an informal gathering of heads of higher institutions of learning which is held each year Dig Frasier test for Chicago Tuesday.
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George W. Frasier
College of Hollection
Gresley
Ghjtaga
Heads of Higher Institutions of Learning
Dig Frasier
Chicago
Heaviest Air Raid Adds to Madrid Dead
Madrid reports its heaviest aerial assault of the civil war with at least several dead and extensive damage. A bomb devastated a house near the Glorieta de Quevedo, burying occupants as searchers comb through the rubble. Two planes crashed after a 16 minute dog fight with fascist Squadron reprisals. Late afternoon artillery hit the million dollar telephone building with shrapnel warnings on the north side.
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Madrid
Glorieta de Quevedo
Agtd
Wier on Stand Bombs Roberts In Murder Trial
Ex-chief Roberts faced cross examination as Wier, co defendant, testified about Roberts boasting of underworld connections and plans to kill or silence witnesses. Wier reiterated earlier charges that Roberts knew men in Denver who could force women to leave town and claimed Roberts helped cover up a bootlegger murder. The testimony detailed threats to strike down a supposed informant and described the pair’s effort to dispose of a body.
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Wier
Roberts
Saaull Roberts
To Wederworks
Hal Wier
Greeley Cief
Ray 1
Buller
Weld
Fancher Larchet
Denver
Roberta
Fat Wier
Svacil Roberts
E. Butlitt
Keota
Stoberts
Roberty
H Taylor Charged With Misusing License
Herachel Taylor of Seventh Street Grealay appeared before Judge TG English Saturday morning charged with misuse of license. Taylor allegedly drove Leonard Gleason's car to a hospital incident, with damaged or junked license plates found in a nearby junk heap. Bail or further action set for December 28.
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Herachel Taylor
Astreet Grealay
Juatee TG
Morrisge
Seenes
Bentence Wua
Patil
Gatd Taylor
Leonard Glea Son
Taylor
Chauffeur Permit Applications Open in Greeley
Weld county operator's license bureau on Ninth Avenue in the Park Place building will accept 137 chauffeur license applications and issue permits soon after the filing period ends.
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Weld County
Tcense Hbureau
Ninth Avenue
Park Place
Greeley
Tcensea
WPA Official Loans Coat to a Picket
Denver WPA actions report a deputy Colorado administrator Hineet Corn loaned a coat to a man picketing at WPA headquarters protesting worker reductions. A second official lent gloves as four picketers demonstrated with banners calling for work and union rates. Paul D. Shriver warned funds are exhausted and no more money will be appropriated.
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Denver
Dec
WPA
Pieblo
Colorado
Denver Workers’ Alliance No
Oltior Pioketa
Paul D. Shriver
Treasury
Congress
Man Hanged at San Quentin for Silk Stocking Case
Calif Dec 4 Albert Waller Jr. faced the gallows after seeking death in a silk stocking killing plot. He dropped through the trap at 11:02 am MST and was pronounced dead ten minutes later. Blanche Cougina of Idaho Falls was named in the arranging scheme.
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San Quentin Prison
Calif
Albart Waller-Jr
Misa
Blanche Cougina
Idaho Falls
Ida
Walter
Trial of Wier Opens Dec. 10
In district court Judge Fred eria W. Clark postpones the Wier case to Thursday December 10, citing likely ongoing Roberts murder trial. Attorneys urged Wednesday or earlier start but court notes juror logistics and possible no breathing period between trials.
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Roberts
District Court
Frederia W. Clark
Wier
Ralph Noah
Seaion
Roberta
Clark
Callrde
Mmendeva
U S Consuls Win Permission For Marrying Foreigners
Washington December 4 The state department approved marriages for 40 foreign women linked to two American vice consuls following President Roosevelts order requiring prior secretary of state consent Acting secretary R Walton Moore announced that Clyde Salbert of Elkhart Indiana vice consul at Shanghai and Myles Standish of New York vice consul at Manchester England had been given permission to wed foreigners The decision clarifies new rules governing such unions.
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Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Secretary of State
R. Walton Moore
Clyin Salbert
Elkhart
Ind
Shanghail
Myles Standish
New York
Yicen
Manchester
England
Heck
Briggs No. 2 Penetrates Lakota Sand Oil Well
Briggs No. 2 of Continental Oil at Greasewood reached the Lakota sand on Friday night. The Dakota top was found at bar 6730 and contained water. Further results were expected to be known sometime Saturday.
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Briggs No. 2
Continental O1l Company
Greasewood
Yar
Sailor Admits Sending Threat to Miss Rogers
Jamea F. Hall, 20, a sailor from El Paso, Texas, admitted writing threatening letters to actress Miss Rogers in an extortion plot aiming to secure 5000 dollars. He was arrested near Long Beach Avenue after a cafe meeting was arranged. Hanson, chief of the Los Angeles FBI office, said the letters and admission were reported.
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Pevs
Los Angeles
Navy
Ciger
Hatson
Department of the Lice
Jamea F. Hall
Long Beach
King Edward III in Excellent Health, Says Royal Physician
Lord Dawson of Penn, the royal physician, reported King Edward VII's health as excellent and noted the monarch's strong physical and mental energy. Friends say the king's resilience supports his resolve amid a cabinet crisis over his marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson.
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London
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Edward Way Ty
Lord Dawson
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Mo Long
Rural Electrification Meeting at Kersey
Kersey high school auditorium 7230 will host a rural electrification meeting Monday evening. All farmers in terested are urged to attend. Southwestern Defeats Greeley in debate at Winfield tournament.
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Kersey
Kersey High School
Southwestern
Greeley
Winfield
Kan
Southwestern College
Greeley State College
Roberts Testifies on Murder Motives in Wier Butler Case
Roberta former Greeley police chief took the stand to defend himself in a trial over the Butler murder. He described his flight from La Salle to Greeley, the money dispute, and Hat Wier's fatal axe attack on Ray Butler. He acted to help hide the body and later detailed the sequence from the quarrel to the murder and disposal, breaking down under cross examination.
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Sead
Roberta
Greeley
Polled
Iis
Myer
Ray BE
Giles
Endlendons
Roberts
Sarehet
la Salie
Pi Ihe Guinetine
Pshevitl H. L. Carder
Carder
Torea
Art Nubaum
Grealey
Polive
Sarchet
Frank Daviy
J . Sarehet
Davia
Flo
Ray Butler
Clared
Nusbaum
Wier
Butler Place
Coal Salus
Barchel
Duller
Henry Speaker
Wyman
Manley
Jim
Ruperts
Mays
Cassidy Place
Cassidy
Briggsdale
Butler
Hat
Iit Wydow
Ray
Hag
Dr. Leying
Liathe
Atynd
Mrs Simpson Arrives in Blois For Hotel Stay
Mrs Simpson and her companions arrived in Blois and checked into the Hotel de France for the night. A hotel staffer said she telephoned London after reaching her room and desk clerks noted the party would depart early Saturday. The arrival attracted little local attention as residents largely did not know who she was.
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Prinet Biots
Wallla Warfield Simpson
Blois Inte
Hotel de France
London
Fourteen year old Virginia Duellay critically wounded in hospital
A fourteen year old girl, Virginia Duellay, was reported in a hospital today with a severe stomach injury from a gullet wound. Deputy Sheriff Jack West noted the incident as serious as locals spoke of the girl’s condition amid questions and fear.
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Gary
Tad
Virginia Duellay
Orphin Sith
Jack West
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