Fire bombings strike Madrid embassy area and defenses
Madrid reports a fascist aerial bomb wrecked an occupied house near the American embassy, killing several Madrilenos. Government pursuit ships shot down two raiders as bombardment spread, injuring refugees and damaging the American owned telephone building. Authorities announced raids on a Fernando Elsanto street house and claimed socialist warplanes bombed Villasresl and targets in Grado Escampiero.
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Madrid
Reacuers
Caid
Fernando Elsanto
Ovyar
Villasresl
Alava
Grado Escampiero
Asturias
Pasales
WPA and RA to Aid Western Drouth Farmers
Washington officials debated winter relief for drouth hit farmers in the Dakotas Iowa Nebraska and nearby states. Relief Administrator Hopkins ordered that many farm families be transferred to the Resettlement Administration by December 15 for investigation and possible aid. Aubrey Williams said the conference covered moving up to 250000 drouth stricken farmers to RA while RA officials hoped for a workable transfer. Agricultural spokesmen said Wallace’s department likely passed complaints to more directly involved agencies.
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Washington
Works Progress and Resettlement Administration
Harry L . Hopkins
Resettlement Administration
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
WPA
Aubrey Williams
Neady
Agriculurs Department
Wallace
Drouth States
Perkins Hopeful of Ending Strike
Thousands of maritime strikers paraded Market Street to a civic center mass meeting as Secretary of Labor Perkins forecast an early end to the walkout now in its 88th day. About 200 longshoremen, many women and 70 children joined the parade, while speakers at city hall urged unity and a national maritime federation as workers press for fundamental union issues.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Civic Center
Perkins
Wall
Mervyn Rathbone
Central Strike Committee
Maritima Federation
Varads
Kalham
Greece
Franz Gartier
Lincoln
Lim
Neb
Shelby Jurors Begin Deliberations in Belade Case
Shelby, Dec, jurors in district court hear the belade murder case against John Helgarde. He is charged with the December 20 shooting that killed two officers. Deliberations proceed as the jury weighs the evidence and verdict.
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Shelby
John Helgarde
World News In GST Ponders Cabinet Proposals
The London government debates whether to abdicate or relinquish Mrs. Simpson while Mrs. Simpson and others in New York discuss Villa plans. Pope Pius XI is partly paralyzed, Paris shows support for Spanish neutrality as communists desert, and federal agents arrest in a Ginger Rogers related case. San Francisco ship strikers appeal to the public.
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London
King
Ginger Rogers
San Francisco
Sailor 20 Held for Threatening Miss Rogers
James F Hall, a 20 year old sailor on the Lexington, was arrested in Long Beach on an extortion scheme against actress Ginger Rogers. He allegedly wrote letters demanding $6000 and threatened violence if not paid. Hall faced arraignment on attempted extortion with $25 000 bail and awaits federal grand jury action.
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Los Angeles
Ginger Rogers
Manso
Department
Jamey F. Hall
Navy
Lexington
Long Beach
Hall
United States
David B. Head
Federal Grand Jury
Hanson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rogers
Explosion and Fire Kill Seven Children in Isolated Quebec Home
Chicoutim, Que dec 5 seven sleeping children and their mother died in an explosion and fire that destroyed their Isolated St Ambroise home. The accident began when a watchful dog knocked a gas can, father Lewis Brassard saved the baby by tossing it to a snowbank, his clothes then caught fire and he fled. 18 year old daughter Cyprienne rescued the infant.
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Ambroise
Iit 4 Watch
Lewis Brassard
Stassard
Cyprienne
President's luck as fisherman on Atlantic voyage
President Roosevelt aboard the Indianapolis off Cape Frio near Rio de Janeiro enjoyed fish chowder after a three hour whaleboat fishing trip. He caught five large groupers resembling sea bass during the voyage while earlier handling personal mail and official reports.
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Chester
Roosevelt
United States
Indianapolis
Cape Firc
Rio de Janeiro
First Fury of Winter Strikes With Snowstorm
A snowstorm blanketed highways and chilled the region driving temperatures below zero. Eight above at dawn fell to 11 below by 6 pm as four inches covered the ground. Planes grounded and buses delayed while snow plows operated on major passes. Montanawide forecasts promise more snow and continued cold with some warmth in the southwest.
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Schedue
Helena
Bulto
Northwest
Billings
Spokane
MacDonald Pass
Boulder Hill
Deep Creek
Scott Hart
Montana
I T
Weather Bureau
W. E. Maughan
Buraau
Uniformed lobbyists in Louisiana questioned
A Santa Monica column muses on an old Louisiana bill requiring lobbyists to wear distinctive uniforms. It recalls green skull caps and plaid pants for newcomers and green caps with white suits for veterans, joking that further amendments could ban pockets or back-buttoning to curb stuffing items.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Louisiana
WORN BULL VIEWS UPON BAIT CRISIS
London voices weigh in on Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson crisis. Britons split between supporting the king and Baldwin, with several calling for compromise. Reactions span a Richmond Hill housewife to a Surrey man and a shopgirl amid royal marriage debate and empire duty.
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London
Britain
John Bulls
Joan Bulls
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Oma
Edward
Stanley Baldwin
Richmond Hill
Surrey
Mr. Baldwin
Wallis Simpson Flees To Riviera Villa In France
Wallis Warfield Simpson ends a two day flight across southern France and is driven through gates of a Riviera villa owned by Mr and Mrs Herman Rogers. British and French detectives guard the scene as bystanders watch. A 70 ton yacht Sister Anne stands by off Monte Carlo ready to sail if she seeks refuge at sea.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Herman Rogers
New York
Wallis
Buitain
Sister Anne
Monte Carlo
Mrs. Simpson
Pope Pius suffers partial paralysis but not grave
Vatican officials report Pope Pius XI in good spirits despite partial paralysis of the lower limbs. The 79 year old pontiff dictated and signed letters from bed as doctors treated him, with relatives briefed on his condition and hopeful for rapid improvement.
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Vatican City
Dec
Pius
Pontlict
Monsignor
Gonfalonieri
Holy Father
Malvestuti
Vatican
Woman dies after auto accident near Windham
In Lewistown on December 6, Leslie Saulsby, 32, died several hours after a car she rode in overturned in bitter cold while en route to a funeral for Mrs. Clara Heed. Her brother-in-law, Arthur Soulsby, 25, suffered fractures and injuries and remained hospitalized, expected to recover.
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Lewistown
Clara Heed
Leslie Saulsby
Windham
Arthur Soulsby
Teg
King Edward May Abdicate and George VI Could Succeed
London reports in Reynolds News that a strong belief exists among high circles the king has signed abdication papers. If Duke of York becomes king, he would be proclaimed King George the Sixth. Edward may leave the country to focus on the crisis with Mrs. Wallis Simpson as The Sunday Times condemns the romance. Scrutator warns against defying constitutional advisers.
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London
Reynolds News
Edward VIII
Duke of York
George the Sixth
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Sunday Times
Simpson
Aidward
Northwest Mining Convention Ends With Silver Demand
Spokane Washington December 5 The Northwest Mining association called for remonetization of silver at roughly the historical gold to silver value ratio. The 42nd annual meeting adjourned after three days of mining discussions urging a joint gold and silver monetary standard and a tariff on manganese to spur American manganese development.
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Spokane, Wesh
Northwest Mining Association
Wiranes
Blum Wins Out In Neutrality Crisis
Paris reports the popular front government of socialist Premier Leon Blum weathered a gravest political crisis. A test vote of confidence on Spanish neutrality saw the premier and his supporters emerge victorious, the fate of his regime pinned to the issue.
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Paris
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Women Join Pickets at Utah Copper Mines
Salt Lake City dispatch reports women joined pickets today at the Bingham copper mines 25 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The strike has seen violence earlier in the week, including rock throwing and fist fights, but today remained orderly as workers and pickets faced off without disorder. In Park City, local miners warned business leaders might back vigilante action to break the strike, though peaceable conditions prevailed so far.
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Bingham
Utah
Here
Park City
Ing
International Union of Mine, Mill and Stmelter Workers
Park Utah Club
Arma
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