Plain Talk by Landon at Parle in Lima
Lima dispatch reports Alf M. Landon Republican presidential nominee in 1936 warning that the United States will not tolerate any foreign government gaining a foothold on the continent. He denounces communism propaganda in Central and South America and asserts a long standing U.S. policy, aired from the Pan American Conference.
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Lime
Peru
Alf M. Tandon
United States
Washington
Central America
South America
Landon
United
Central Anatolia quake claims heavy toll in Turkey
Anica Turkey dispatch reports a series of deadly earthquakes in Central Anatolia causing widespread destruction. More than 100 houses wrecked and at least 900 residents left homeless while government medical aid rushes to the stricken district amid fears of higher casualties.
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Anica
Turkey
Kirshetueares
Anatolia
Rescue of Marooned Party Delayed Again
Eighteen survivors of the Patterson wreck at Cape Fair Weather died around camp fires as stormy conditions thwarted rescue efforts. Supplies had been dropped from planes to the castaways despite the bad weather.
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Junen
Alaska
Patterson
Cape Fair Weather
Former Reichstag Chief Warns US to Halt Nazi Activity
Gers a Seger former Reichstag member and editor of Neue Volkszeitung urged swift US action to curb growing Nazi activities on American soil. At a Washington Town Hall he pressed canceling exchanges with Nazis dissolving camps and semimilitary groups and tighter oversight of German American business ties to block Nazi propaganda. He also urged government scrutiny of inheritance cases involving German and American trustees.
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Washington
Gersatt Seger
Reichstag
United States
Seger
Jfep
Hitler
Neue Volksaalung
New York
Dies
Tesas
House Committee On To American
Europe
Nlrh
Colorado manies in queer accident
Deertrail Colorado December 18 Stephen Urso's car left the road into a ditch as his sons Alfonso nine and Philip thirteen attempted to push it free a shotgun fell from a door and discharged Alphonso was mortally wounded and died after his father hurried for help in a grim roadside accident.
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Deertrail
Colo
Stephen Urso
Alphonso
Philip
Utso
Tiny boat ends trip to California from city in Iowa via the Panama Canal
A 36 foot auxiliary ketch named Exchange completes a 9000 mile voyage from Davenport Iowa to Los Angeles California via Florida Panama Canal and West Indies after peril at sea. Crew Carl Bubotter 48 his son William 20 and Charles Waggener 24 endured starvation and thirst near Baloa Panama. They survived with rain water seabirds and sea turtles and landed December 18 in San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Calif
Los Angeles Harbor
Davenport
Iowa
Mississippi
Florida
Panama Canal
West Indies
Baloa
Panama
Carl F. Bubotter
Thea Boat
William
Charles G. Waggener
Bubotter
Guadalupe Islands
Walter Fisken
Eubotter
Ickes Criticizes Honor From Dictators and Wealthy Jews
Secretary Ickes warned in Cleveland that any American accepting a decoration from a dictator forfeits his American birthright. He questioned Henry Ford and Col. Lindbergh and urged wealthy Jews to exercise caution in acquiring wealth and behavior at a Zionist banquet.
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Cleveland
Ickes
Dean
Turing
Henry Ford
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cleveland Zionist Society
Boulder Dam accord reached by seven states
Conferees from the seven Colorado river basin states reached an ant MoUs agreement on a program for the financial operation of Boulder dam in Phoenix Arizona on December 18. The accord outlines the framework for funding and management of the project across state lines.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Colorado River Basin
Boulder Dam
Roosevelt May Refer Railroad Policy to Congress
Washington sources say President Roosevelt may defer major railroad and government reorganization proposals to Congress, using a forthcoming six member rail and tail labor committees report to shape his January message. The White House reportedly presses for a detailed study of carriers’ plight to guide legislative proposals and indicate his stance to the new Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Geoted Barrisov
Railway Labor Iaccatives’ Association
B. M. Jewell
Rail Labor
Young Floridan Yawning Unable to Halt
Tampa Florida December 18 G W Pope a young landscape architect has yawning every two minutes or more since Tuesday He appears healthy and cheerful yet cannot control the urge to gape He yawns as often as every few seconds having opened his mouth over 3000 times The physician said the condition is not serious though unusual and may end as mysteriously as it began Similar cases have stopped on their own over time.
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Tampa
Fla
G. W. Pope
Pope
Note by Farmers to Bring Changes in Control Laws
Washington December 18 Farmers rejected New Deal marketing controls for next year's barley and dark type tobacco crops. Growers votes handed the agriculture department four losses and one favorable in referendums for 1939 crops. Similar elections earlier saw flue cured tobacco rice and cotton producers approving controls. Congressional leaders foresee these referenda influencing the new Congress on farm legislation and actions.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Oughétory
Bis
Borah
Idaho Dee
Protests Over Speech By Father Coughlin Lake WMCA
A 1800 strong picket line surrounded WMCA in New York protesting Father Charles E. Coughlin’s speeches after the station barred him on November 27 for sending an advance copy of his remarks. Station cited untrue statements from his address and faced broader Catholic and civic groups in the protest.
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New York
WMCA
Charles EB. Cougalin
Derolt Radio J
Cathole Allen Zoll
American Patriots, Inc
Father Coughln
Senate split over third term as Holt measure looms
Washington December 18 P Senator McNary of Oregon opposing any move to bar a third term for President Roosevelt while favoring restraint by the Senate. Senator Holt D WVA plans a resolution condemning a third term. News notes a split among Democrats with several administration supporters voting for La Follette 1928 stance and predicts Holt’s passage amid mixed Republican support.
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Senate
Washington
McNary
Oregon
Jeader
Roosevelt
Holt
W. Va
United States
Walsh
Mass
Bridges
N.H
Nye
Townsend
Queston
Nationwide Social Security urged to extend coverage
Washington dispatch reports the Social Security advisory council urged extending old age insurance to nearly all Americans by adding benefits for wives widows and dependent children and disability protection. The plan would gradually include farm and domestic workers self employed professionals and more, with substantial financing changes to the act.
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Act
Advisory Council
Washington
Social Security Advisory Council
Grand Duke Declines Meeting Hitler in Paris Turmoil
In Paris a white Russian cortege formally recognizes Grand Duke Vladimir as czar and reports he will travel to Berlin for Christmas with his sisters. A Breton autonomous explosion near Pontivy damages a monument. Timor Miademis claims no throne claim in the Ukrains. Spanish insurgents renew artillery on Catalonia fronts as Madrid eyes an insurgent push along the Mediterranean.
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Czar
Paris
Germany
Hitler
Pius XI
Pontifical Academy of Science
Vatican Gardens
Rennes
France
Pontivy
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Russias
Berlin
Marie
Kira
Louis Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Soviet Union
Spain
Tremp
Madrid
Mediterranean
Valencia
Italian Mining Project Credit To Il Duce At Sardinia Opening
Premier Mussolini dedicated the Carbonia coal town in Southern Sardinia, praising fascism as the driving force behind Italy's modernization. He noted the town’s current 2000 population would grow rapidly under autarky and energy policy, as miners and workers cheered the ceremony.
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Il Duce
Carbania
Sardinia
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Acpostia
Carbonia
TL Duce
Mussolini
Ninety Robbed Of Pants In Swell Beacon Club Raid
Three masked gunmen robbed about 90 men at the Beacon club in Pittsburgh early today forcing them to remove trousers and seizing estimates of 10 000 to 50 000 dollars. A victim fainted as the robbers disrobed guests and searched pockets before fleeing in a waiting car after a telephone rang.
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Pittsburgh
Exclusive Beacon Club
Tos
Political protection of McKesson and Robbins hoax explored
Federal agencies deepen inquiry into the McKesson and Robbins drug company fraud and ties to alleged political protection. Prohibition era diversions, bootlegging, narcotics, and possible government collusion are under scrutiny as investigators pursue wider connections beyond F. Donald Coster and Philip Musica. Additional arrests and names are anticipated as the probe expands.
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New York
Coster-Musica
McKesson and Robbins Drug Corporation
F. Donald Coster
Philip Musica
Atch
Trons
Girard and Company
Musica
Coster
McKes ‘Son
Robbins
Thirteen Injured In Florida Rail Wreck
Thirteen people were injured but none seriously when the second section of a Seaboard air five tourist train collided with the rear of the first section near Coleman Florida. Both trains were damaged but resumed schedules with little delay.
Slayer of Texas Couple In Custody After Axe Slayings
Frank Salazar, a 23 year old Mexican man, is in custody for hacking Mr and Mrs Kennedy to death and kidnapping their daughters Fay 4 Imogene 3. Wilma Kennedy 16 who loved Salazar was unharmed but unaware of the killings. Salazar confessed to the slayings and claimed alibi questions remain as investigators seek motive linked to Wilma. The two girls were critically injured and hospitalized in San Angelo.
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Austin
Texas
Frank Salazar
West Texas
Wilma Kennedy
Miles
Salazar
Lee C. Allen
Paul Kennedy
Fay
Imogene
San Angelo
Wilma
Kennedy
Avatin
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