Fascist Press Rouses Tunisia Debate and Corsica Grievances
Rome dispatch reports the fascist press highlighting unsatisfied national aspirations straining Franco-Italian ties. Deputies heckled Foreign Minister Ciano over Tunisia and Corsica while anger at postwar French actions fueled calls for restitution and control of Djibouti and Somali coast ports.
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Rome
Stalus
France
Il Pagolo di Roma
Ibridentisy
Foreigh
Catine Galeazzo Ciano
Corsica
Tunisia
James Roosevelt Joins Goldwyn as Movie Executive
James Roosevelt eldest son of the president announced his entry into the film industry as vice president of Samuel Goldwyn. Details of his role and salary were not disclosed. Roosevelt, in seclusion, issued a statement through Jack Lawrence expressing pride in joining the motion picture field and serving the public.
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Hollywood
Dane Roosevelt
Marion Pierre
Samuel Golden
Tre
Roosevelt
Jack Lawrence
Goldwyn
Goldwyn m
Executives of 60 Big Concerns Called To Tell of Patents
Washington dispatch reports the national economic committee summoning sixty top executives from automobile and glass makers to discuss patent use. Edsel Ford leads the list and is slated to testify. subpoenas are advised for several industry leaders including Keller of a major corporation and GM figures Kettering and S. A. Graham.
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Washington
National Economic Committee
Justice Department
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Gliss
Homay
K .T. Keller
Er Corporation
William S_ snirdsen
General Motors Corporation
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Robert C. Graham
Graham- Paige Motors Corporation
Alfred Reeves
Assayi
Hull Promises Endeavor To Stimulate Trade With Guayaquil
Secretary of State pledges to stimulate trade among American nations during Pan American Conference talks in Guayaquil. He notes a new U S Ecuador trade pact and Ecuador joining the Lima meeting invitation, reflecting improving regional ties amid earlier obstacles.
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Hull
Guayaquil
Weander
Wail
United States
Courney
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Gueyaqwil
Quito
Father Coughlin again center of fire for radio speeches
The radio preacher attacks critics in a weekly address claiming a Detroit rabbi and Ford statements were misrepresented. He says the printed quotation attributed to Ford was written by Rabbi Leo M. Franklin and denies Ford's involvement or persecution claims.
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Father Coughlin
Iapi
Ter
Ford comments on persecution and bankers in Germany
An interview recounts Henry Ford’s view that persecution in Germany was minimal and not the responsibility of the German government, but rather of war mongers and international bankers. Rennett clarifies Ford did not attack Germany or endorse Nazism and that Ford questioned whether persecution existed and who bore responsibility.
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Ford
Germany
Rennett
Bureau hints at nationwide super highways plan
Wartinstan Mees report cites Bureau of Public Roads study of a 12-lane system with three east west and three north south routes to bypass cities. It notes 1938 funding of 218 million dollars for 15315 miles of road work and calls for removing curves and improving sight lines on main roads.
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Wartinstan
Mee
Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Tomer
United States
Wallace
The
Burean
Strughires
Bureau
States
Territories
Roosevelt Ends Visit Heads to Chapel Hill Address
President Roosevelt closes a two week Thanksgiving tour at Warm Springs Georgia tonight and travels by special train to North Carolina for a formal address at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He plans a two hour stop in Columbia South Carolina for breakfast with state leaders and a motor tour before resuming to Washington Tuesday. A brief speech on the Carolina leg may include a short wave radio broadcast to Europe and South America, with observers noting possible topics on suppression of minorities.
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Roosevelt
Chapel Hill
N.C
Warm Springs
Iran
Carolina
Washington
Columbia
8. C
University of North Carolina
Europe
South America
Wife dies in Riverside Drive tragedy after long separation
New York dispatch reports Mrs. Tielen Care died by her own hand in a Riverside Drive apartment as her estranged husband Alexander Care, a former showgirl, searched for her. After tucking their 12 year old daughter to bed, she reportedly prepared a gas-filled room and left a farewell note before the gas odor alerted neighbors. Detectives labeled the death as suicide. the husband, later found, went to his daughter's mother's bier at the undertaking parlor.
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New York
Mrs. Tielen
Cressmail Care
Riverside Drive
Todas
Alexander Care
Rorumitan
Tomead
Teveriy
Pratles
Eugene Reilly
Carr
Annual Meeting Opens For Montana Motor Trades
Helena hosts the Montana Motor Trades Association annual gathering with about 70 dealers, finance reps, and manufacturers arriving. Harvey Stowers of Studebaker delivers the main address, a luncheon follows, and sessions cover finances, minutes, and committee appointments.
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Montana Motor Trades Association
Helena
Thonghmrt
Guthter
Harvey Stowers
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Stoners
Studebaker
High Court May Rule on TVA Power Program
The Supreme Court may rule tomorrow on the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority power program. The decision, one of 24 cases argued, comes as justices prepare opinions after a two week recess. Utilities claim government electricity harms private firms. TVA power largely funded by Commonwealth and Southern subsidiaries within 200 miles of TVA dams.
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High Court
TAE Power
Washington
Supreme Court
Keowessen Valley Authority
Kansas
Kentucky
Consolidated Edison Company of
New York
The
Hat
T.v. Ay
Enslern Tennesses
Commonwwealth and Southern Corporation and Electric Bond and Share Company
T.V.A
Tennessee River
Clashes Across Nations Stir Antifascist Tensions
The report notes protests and clashes in Tunisia under French rule and in Corsica against Italian aims, with 500 French colonists in Tunisia opposing Italy and 30,000 Corsicans outside Ajaccio’s Italian consul, plus fiery anti-Italian declarations in Paris and Rome. Additional unrest includes French shipyard strikes, Nazi-aligned policy acts affecting Jews in Italy, and looming British and Chinese developments.
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Associated Press
Tunisia
Corsica
Paris
Rome
Italy
France
Ajavelo
Mussolini
Napoleon
Paria
Faternal
la Havre
Uner Normandie
Sudetenland
Reich Atag
Adolf Hitler
Luzon
Hankow
Shanghai
Yangtze
Blood spills during Tunis demonstration by French colonists
In Tunis on December 4, about 600 French colonists protested Italy’s Tunisia policy. Police restored order after clashes injuring several rioters. A bookstore and the Italian tourist office were damaged as rioters seized and destroyed newspapers and books. Fifteen arrested, including two Italians armed, an Italian anarchist, and a communist party secretary.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Italy
Allan
Iraianone
Pasciste Unione
Armii
Communist Party
Mouse That Slew Boa Is Executed in Tough Case
In a strange New York report dated December 4 a mouse named Herman, linked to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, is said to have killed a boa constrictor. Cornelius Denslow, museum supervisor, claims Herman was tossed to a stake and mortally torn during the incident. The tale notes the creature faced execution after being deemed a vicious animal.
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New York
Herman
Brooklym Children's Museum
Cornelius Denslow
Strike Ends After Two Weeks in Chicago Stockyards
Chicago December 4. The two week strike of CIO stock handlers at Chicago stockyards ended today. Striking workers from Local No. 587 voted to accept a proposal from Union Stock Yards and Transit Company through Mayor Edward J. Kelly. The company will recognize the CIO as sole bargaining agent and continue negotiations on ware hours working conditions and other CIO demands. If no written contract is signed within 10 days another strike could be called.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Edward J. Kelly
Henry Johnson
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
P.W.O.C
Tariff shift urged as US trade policy reevaluated
New York reports the National Association of Manufacturers calls for a full new catalog of U S foreign trade policy in light of global shifts. Italy and Germany gain ground while Canada and Latin America are seen as key outlets and raw material sources. The group warns tariffs must shield high wage America, cites receding cotton markets and rising imports despite protective bids.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
America
Association
Congress of American Industry
Italy
Germany
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Latin America
United States
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