Execution of Chiang Still in Doubt
Fear grew that a missing Western Air Express airliner with seven aboard including four stewardesses may have been forced down high in Utah Wasatch mountains. The twin motored plane last radioed at 3 27 A M M S T east of Mul ford Utah as army planes and volunteers scoured the region near Tiny Alpins 25 miles southeast of Salt Lake City with poor visibility.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Wasatch Mountains
Western Air Express
J. Samson
Mulford
Alpins
Here
Wasatch Range
Frank Eastman
Western Air
Legislation on Strikes Urged by Labor Dept Aide
The Associated Press reports a proposed federal measure to curb maritime strikes by mandating talks with longshore and seamen unions, creating mediation steps, and delaying walkouts during arbitration. In San Francisco, both sides in the West Coast waterfront dispute reached a tentative deal on hiring halls. no strike exists in the East.
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Biz
Associated Press
East
Joseph R. Ryan
International Longshoremen
Asgo
Strike in Mines Utah to be Settle
Park City Utah Dec 15 Twelve hundred striking metal miners of the rich north central Utah silver district voted today to end their walkout. They accepted an operator offer of 25 cent daily wage increases and preferential rehiring of strikers for a period of 48 hours.
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Park City
Utah
Madrid battle report asserts insurgent gains near capital
Government forces say Franco loyalists were driven back at Fresnedillas as German troops appeared on the front in Boadilla de Monte. Fierce fighting continued west of Madrid with rebels claiming heavy losses in the campus area dubbed the laught er house. The defense ministry urged surrender from fascist troops.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Fresdedillas
Boadilla de Monte
International Brigade
Defense Junta
Very Bad Man Surrenders After 43 Minute Shootout
New York reports Harry Brunette a 26 year old from Green Bay Wisconsin, trapped in a West Side hideout after a 43 minute battle with police and federal agents. He faced bank robbery kidnapping and jail breaking charges and surrendered amid tear gas and gunfire. J Edgar Hoover said a full confession was obtained and described Brunette as the toughest criminal seen.
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New York
Upper West Side
Midwest
Harry Frunette
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Eagar
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brunette
Hope Morgan Hangs Self in Michigan Prison
Lansing reports Hope Morgan, 25, who killed her best friend Elizabeth Giltner, was found hanged in her cell after writing remorseful notes and addressing wedding invitations. She had been denied a plea to escape punishment, and her father, Stuart Morgan, arranged cremation with ashes later spread on Lake Michigan.
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Lansing
Mich
Hope Morgan
Tersell
Elizabeth Giltner
Michigan State College
Iis
Relief Administration
Allan A. ‘MacDonald
Miss Morgan
Stuart Morgan
Hope
Lake Michigan
State beer board upheld by high court in license suspensions
The Montana Supreme Court issued a per curiam ruling against a Helena district court and Judge George W. Padbury Jr. directing the annulment of a restraining order and the dismissal of the proceedings. The Montana Board of Equalization had suspended several Helena beer licenses for five days after a hearing, naming licensees such as Beaupre and Hale, George Cooney, and others, with the action now upheld in part by the high court.
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State Beer Board
Board of Equalization
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Tewis and Clark County District Court
George W. Padbury, Jr
State Board of Equalization
J. H. Stewart
Sam Goza
J. J. Greene
District Court
George W. Fadbury, Jr
Supreme Court
Beaupre
World News Flows From Beijing to Washington
Civil war fears grow after Gen Kai Shek death announced by Marshal Chang. Nanking proclaims martial law, Vatican reports Popes’ health issues. Enzesfeld notes Austrian royalty rumors. Salt Lake City reports a transport plane overdue with four passengers and crew aboard. Washington records WPA chief Hopkins possibly bound for a new post. New York reports capture of a two gun bad man by G men in battle.
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Shanghai
Kai-Shek
Chang
Nanking
China
Vatican City
Enzesfold
Austria
Edward
Salt Lake City
Washington
Roosevelt
South America
Hopkins
WPA
New
New York
Downs Calls GOP Modernization as Hamiton Resigns
Thomas I. Downs, president of the Young Republican organization of Mines, says the G O P must be modernized as the national committee meets in Chicago to discuss Chairman John D. Hamiton's offer to resign. Hamiton says he will resign unless the committee expresses confidence in him.
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Chicago
Thomas I. Downs
Young Republican Organization of Mines
John D. M. Hamiton
Hamilton
Edward Windsor in Deep Mood After Abdication News
In Ensesfeld Atlatria on December 15 Edward, now Duke of Windsor, is described as morose and aged by recent events that cost him the throne for Wallis Simpson. A Rothschild household guest reports the duke's low mood as he rereads a telegram, with a Vienna news reel shown earlier proving a sorrowful blow.
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Ensesfeld
Atlatria
Eduard
England
Wallis Simpson
Duke of Windsor
Christmas seal campaign saves millions of lives
Santa Monica expects a look at how Misa Emily P. Bissell of the Red Cross sparked the Christmas seal drive that slashed tuberculosis deaths in America from 179 to 54 per 100,000 since 1907. Clinics rose from about 20 to nearly 1,000 and open air preventoriums for children now number 1,200. IRVIN S. COBB notes the effort and asks if you have met your quota.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Denmark
Delaware
Misa Emily P. Bissell
Red Cross
America
National Tuberculosis Association
Roosevelt returns to push for second term policy shift
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington after the Buenos Aires peace conference to accelerate preparations for the next four years. A brisk pace of extension talks on government recovery agencies unfolds as officials meet with Secretary Morgenthau to discuss renewal measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Buenos Aires
Charleston
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgen
Would-Be Suicide Clings To 18th Floor Roof
Maurice Nast teetered for nearly two hours on the edge of an 18th floor hotel roof in midtown New York threatening to jump. A cigarette lighted by a passerby distracted him briefly and a fireman seized him. Police and fire crews surrounded the scene as reporters and clergy urged him to safety.
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New York
Maurice Nast
Pennsylvania
Annie Huse
Legislative proposals offered at state social security meet
The Montana state social security board approved numerous recommendations to fulfill federal obligations. The day featured subcommittee reports on social welfare, with Helena asked to prepare a written legislative report for the January session. Dr. John J. OConnor and others led unemployment compensation and pooled fund type insurance discussions.
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Montana
State Social Security Board
Elmer Holt
Statehouse
Noming
John J. O'Connor
O'Connor
C. KE. Penjana Payne Templeton
Sesaton
Dr. O'Connor
Clarence Blewett
Butte
Lester Cole
Great Falls
Coal Miners Told Hours to Increase in 40 Hour Week
Washington dispatch reports the soft coal industry informing United Mine Workers that the work week will rise from 35 to 40 hours after March 31 with no wage increase. Strike talk begins in coal circles as miners anticipate seeking a 20 hour week or higher pay, or both, to renew the contract.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Wallace decries excessive grazing on western range
Secretary Wallace warned in Roosevelt era report that the western range, over a third of the United States, has been depleted by decades of unregulated livestock grazing. He noted the vast land once capable of heavy production now eroded by overgrazing.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
United States
Née
Ravalli County Sues Missoula Over Auto Licenses
Ravalli county files suit against Missoula county to recover 368 for automobile licenses bought by Ravalli residents. County attorney George McLean says about 76 car owners in the Bitter Root valley north end of Ravalli operate their vehicles under Missoula county.
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Hamilton
Ravalli County
Missoula County
Missoula
George McLean
Bitter Root
Ravaili County
Tokyo Bears China Chief Not Killed
Reports from Tokyo say General Chiang Kai-shek may still be alive after rumors he and key generals were executed at Sianfu. Dispatches mention Australian adviser Donald bringing terms for Chiang’s release and urging Chiang to declare war on Japan. China’s foreign office studies communist involvement as Tokyo weighs intervention.
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Tokyo
Chiane Kai-Shek
China
Sianfu
Shenji Province
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chang
Hau Shih-Ying
W. HB. Donald
Nanking
Loyang
Chiang
Donald
Chieftian
Japan
Kuomintang
Foreign Office
Chang -Hsueh-Liang
Cabinet Position May Be Created
Washington sources said Harry L. Hopkins was favored for a new cabinet post to be known as secretary of public welfare. Perkins' name also circulated. The plan would unify all public welfare operations under one portfolio, from the children’s bureau to education and the Social Security program.
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Washington
Igh
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Office of Education
Berg Salithera
Roosevelt
Paris Markets Guard Tightened After Farmers Boycott
Paris reports the government has strengthened guard around markets as a farmers boycott of the capital spreads. The move follows growing tensions and aims to ensure market operations and order in the city.
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Paris
Pope Pius Suffers Relapse Amid Illness At 79
Vatican City December 15 pope Pius XII again faced difficulty breathing after a relapse from ailments keeping him bedridden for days. Vatican sources say the 79 year old pontiff shows limited movements and old age infirmities as doctors report attempts to stabilize him with oxygen and rest.
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Vatican City
Vatican
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