RECORD-High November retail, wages up. 10B gold milestone
Chicago reports show brisk pre Christmas activity across sectors with November sales surpassing prior records. Wholesale orders rose 20 percent over the prior week, payrolls and wage payments climb, and the gold total of U.S. reserves tops ten billion dollars for the first time. Freight and passenger revenues also rise, with railroads seeing gains during Thanksgiving week.
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Chicaga’s. Bhs
Montgomery
Word and Company
Federal Reserve
Pissenger
Trent Craffle
Chamber of Commerce
World News In Gist From A Tarnished Page
A fragmented report notes Emperor Selassie and global tensions with Malians and Geneva warning signals. It mentions U S officials, damaged homes, and partial details about China Japan relations, with tentative moves on Chinese autonomy and possible League of Nations involvement.
Blue Ribbon Meats Fetch High Prices at Livestock Show Auctions
At the international livestock show auctions, blue ribbon meat commanded top prices. Purdue University’s Purdue Model VO hog topped the sale, fetched at the Holiday Inn Chicago hotel. A prize lamb carcass brought 140 per hundredweight, while Silver King the grand champion heifer sold for strong bids.
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George Dennis
Hanes
Priess
Purdue University
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Janssour
Talevisin
Notary Club
Angial Urew
Itolma Brothers
Harrow
Ritser
Robert Lemonk
Aledo
Former Evangelist Sees Hollywood as Christian City
Former evangelist Walker laments lack of genuine Christianity in Hollywood while claiming to have been converted by the city. He cites Mary Pickford Ginger Rogers Will Rogers and Fred Thompson as examples of open living or hypocrisy, noting both sin and hope coexistence in the area.
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Molys
Iped Walker
Walker
Wandust
National Whie Institute
Hollywood But Hat Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Ginger Rogers
Tate Will Rogers
Fred Thompson
Judge Theo Lentz Ends Life in Missoula Court Hall
Judge Theo Lentz a leading Western Montana jurist was found dead in the Missouri county capital today. A .32 caliber revolver lay near the body with a bullet wound through his mouth. Attaches Wallington and Catlin reported the scene and noted he had shown signs of nervous strain from overwork. Lentz, born 1874 in Williamson county Montana, was a Valparaiso graduate who studied at Michigan and came to Montana in 1904 to practice law at Glendive, later serving as county attorney.
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Pi— Hshrale
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Dawood Washington
Lynde Catlin
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Holley
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Wil Mamaon County
Mt. Ort
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Glendive
Roosevelt to open 1936 campaign with Jackson Day address
President Roosevelt will officially open the 1936 Democratic campaign with a January 8 speech at a Jackson Day dinner in Washington. James A. Farley announced 1,400 similar events nationwide and that the address will be broadcast. Farley spoke to state Young Democrats by telephone from the Biltmore Hotel, urging militant participation in the observance and party unity.
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James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee Tonight
Roosevelt
Washington
Farley
Biltmore
Tt Wag
Union
Andrew Jackson
New Orkenta
Na Hon Hay
President denies letting world down amid crisis
The Gleculives statement addressed to Episcopal Bishop Ashton Gidham of Albany is cited as a firmation of administration policy. Officials insist the U S remains out of foreign entanglements and avoids prolonging war, with no policy shift despite charters of go beyond actions by other nations. The president’s letter to Bishop Oldham, in response to an October appeal, remains under review.
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Ashton Gidham
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United States
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America
Montana Senator Murray Asks Roosevelt for Relief Funds
Senator James E. Murray, Democrat of Montana, appealed to President Roosevelt for additional direct relief funds and faster Works Progress Administration projects. He telegraphed from Warm Springs after Montana relief officials urged delaying cuts until relief can be more orderly. Montana officials warn of dire need and potential suffering without immediate action as federal projects fail to cover all unemployed workers.
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Washington
James KE. Murray
Montana
Largest Highway Contract Sale Set in Montana History
The state will award 27 highway contracts totaling 8 1730 000 in Helena on December 20, announced by state highway engineer W C Whipps. The plan includes 781241 miles of Medway, 33 treated timber bridges, concrete bridges, underpasses, and overpasses, benefiting both feeder and federal highway systems with extensive grading and surfacing.
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Atts
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Medway
Sistem
Federal Highway System
Joseph L. Asbridge Dies Near Somers Montana Leader
Joseph L. Asbridge former U S marshal and Montan a Democratic leader died at his home near Somers. He came to the district from Helena in 1923 and was in his 70s at death. Arrangements were being made to hold funeral services Sunday.
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Joseph L. Asbridge
United States
Democratic Party
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Somers
Asbridge
Helena
Premier of France averts crisis with confidence vote
Paris reports Premier Pierre Laval survived parliamentary dangers as he fights monetary devaluation and Europe Africa tax issues. He won a vote of confidence by uniting nationalists and leftists to dissolve their political factions, while the franc surged in unofficial foreign exchange trading amid a dark political outlook.
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Premmier
Pierre Larval
Chamber of Deputies
Just a Minute with Irvin S Cobb in Santa Monica
Irvin S Cobb ridicules a controversial writer who challenges a joint debate on socio religious grounds and declines. He cites a single historic example of a man from Indian Territory who briefly converted during a lunar phase, then reverted, deeming joint debates unreliable and unproductive.
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Erasmus K. Doonhittle
Wolf Tall
Indian Territory
Irvin S, Cobb
Nana
Trio of Bad Men of Morgue Slabs
Wealthe Okla reports three of six heavily armed convicts who shot their way out of Muskoger Jail lie dead or wounded as authorities file murder charges against others. Dan T. Brady of Kansas City, a Walter O'Malley gang member, was shot dead by possemen at his hidout. Dewey Gilmore of Dallas, Texas, wounded but alive, led rescue efforts and possemen pursued the group to a mountainside.
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Dan T. Fieady
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Ireth
Dewey Gilmore
Dallas
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Possemen
Chester Davis Reunites With Brother After Years Apart
Sacramento notes a long awaited reunion as Chester Davis, administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, arrives for a fruit growers convention. Chester’s brother, a U S forest service employee, meets him at the station after decades apart. The pair recall their Grinnell Iowa farm days and their 1930s split, as welcoming farmers look on.
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iS DUCE STANDING PAT: QVERTURES ON PREME RED
Italian aims to win a quick major victory with sanctions deemed ineffective. An Ethiopian communique reports Italian air raids on Gondar killing civilians. Mussolini to address parliament as observers expect defiant tone and continued mobilization despite disease rumors.
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Saya Pranceso
Near Agreement in China Reported by Japanese Agency
Peiping December six tentative compromise in north China autonomy crisis appears near. Japanese News Agency says a temporary settlement was reached at a conference between Chinese national government envoys and north China rebels. Plan to create a north China commission with wide self government powers and a banking currency reform is included. Currency plan opposed by Japan. Gering Neb reports a man named vile Kiger, 30, jailed for one to three years for forging a $700 check in Najyth Bend.
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Najyth Bend
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Italian air raid devastates Ethiopian capital during Haile Selassie crisis
Dec 6 reports from Dessye detail a sudden air attack by Italian planes on Haile Selassie’s seat of power. Dozens killed, nearly 200 injured, with strikes hitting the American hospital, Red Cross tents, and imperial palace. The emperor escaped unharmed and a protest was sent to the League of Nations.
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Dessye
Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie
Red Cross
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Halle
League of Nations
Gertya
British May Act in Chinese Crisis Report
London reports that the Chinese government may bring the dispute with Japan before the League of Nations. Britain, an informed source said, may join in action to safeguard China's territorial integrity under the Nine Power Treaty. Signatories were closely watching North China tensions and Japan's obligations under the pact.
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Gertt
Ninepower Ieaty
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China Clipper 15 In A Read Of Schedule
Alameda Calif Dec 6 AP Flowers cut from Hawaiian gardens yesterday and letters written in Manila six days ago sailed into port aboard the China Clipper. The big flying boat completed her first round trip air mail service to the Philippines by dropping through a cloud bank seven hours ahead of schedule.
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Philippines
President Roosevelt silent on utilities measure test
Wilm Springs Ga December 6 President Roosevelt delays on the new deal utilities hosting measure and the holding company act while awaiting Supreme Court ruling. He signals readiness to act if the court identifies constitutional holes and keeps the government structure intact. He declined to comment on AAA tax processing while deferring judgment.
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