Winduna Kidnappers Fail To Get Ransom In Indiana
Two armed gunmen kidnapped a 3 year old boy, his mother, nurse, and grocery boy in Centerville Indiana, demanded 3800 dollars, but released them hours later as a police chase followed. No one hurt, no ransom paid, suspects at large.
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Centerville
Ind
Charley Daugherty
John Bryan
Jn. Merendryan
Norma Schroy
Jalan Dunbar
Shapescape
Arthur Quigley
Ford Cage 16 To Be Given Review
Detroit December 24. Ford Motor Company faced overtures from United Automobile Workers and drafted a campaign to resist a National Labor Relations order. A company spokesman said the case would go to the U S Supreme Court if needed. The board gave 10 days for compliance with its order. A Ford representative noted.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Antomobile Works Ops of America Today
Nationad
United States Supreme Court
Ford Company
Paris Strikes Challenge Chautemps Polish Labor Calm
In Paris labor authorities led by Premier Camille Chautemps aimed for a strikeless Christmas but wage and transport protests spread. Rouen port crews disrupted loading and street car workers planned a midnight walkout while clerks and service staff joined. The dispute tested the People’s Front government as comm mentaries and party alignments shifted ahead of parliament debates.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
France
Rouen
Valenciemmes
Trowbler
People's Front
Chautemps
Paties O
Hely
Christmas Weather Clears Montana Roads Ahead
A national winter pattern brings typical Christmas weather across Montana with clear skies and cold temperatures. State officials report no major road closures, though drivers should remain cautious on mountain passes and watch the forecast for any winter storms. Authorities note highway crews will be ready to open routes quickly after any new snowfall.
Resistant pacifism on the record by Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson argues that peace can be defended by non-resistance or by positive resistance to encroachments. She praises Pacifists like Gerald Hoard and Miss Brittain for their stance, and warns that resisting with force risks transforming societies into aggressors. The piece urges living by law, mutual respect, and persistent refusal to violate peaceful standards.
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Dorothy Thompson
Far East
Wea
Gerald Hoard
Misa Vorn Wetttain
Great Britain
Teruel Situation In Doubt As Forces Clash
Reports from the front state Franco Spanish government claims destroyed the last insurgent holdouts at Teruel and vows a final drive to crush the rebellion nationwide. Insurgents deny annihilation, saying hundreds remain and reinforce south of the Aragon front as 40,000 insurgent troops under General Mughal Aranda move northwest of Teruel toward an enveloping operation.
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Feruch
Spain
Teruel
Aragon
Mughal Aranda
Chick
Arawon
Imgh
King George to Greet World in Christmas Message
The King of England will read a five minute Christmas greeting to the world from London. King George will speak at 2 p.m. local time, eight a.m. MST, delivering the broadcast to mark the holiday.
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England
London
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George
Christmas Observances Quietly Mark Helena’s Christmas Day
Christmas found Helena in reverent calm as churches held services and Midnight Mass at Stelena cathedral drew hundreds of residents. Protestants planned communion at St Johns Lutheran and St Peters Cathedral. most denominations held Christmas services, with some programs tomorrow. Welfare agencies completed Christmas labors.
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Itowan
Salemn
Stelena Cathedral
Melena
Largy
St. Johns
Earthquakes Hit Mexican Towns Cause Wide Damage
Reports from Ometepec Guerrero state say 96 death shocks damaged almost all 1,000 buildings but spared serious injuries. tremors echo earlier quake in Mexico City with four dents and extensive damage. Nearby Abathon states report quake damage as 4,000 residents in Pacific canal town react to shocks. Cracks opened, continued at intervals for hours.
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Mexico City
Ometepec
Guerrero
Ime
Omotenoe
Pacific Canal
Holiday cheer lifts material business across regions
A holiday mood swept markets as stores ran up brisk sales near last year’s peak. In New York metropolitan areas surveys show activity only seven tenths of one percent below 1946 figures while airlines report heavy traffic. In Washington, President Garner and cabinet members observed a quiet holiday week with families spending in major cities.
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New York Metro
Oraliromia
Johbn Garner
Treasury
Henry Morgenthaw
Wi Tam Ny
Wishkol
Nos
Pont
James A. Farley
Frances Perkina
New York City
National Safety Council urges caution in driving
Chicago dispatch reports the National Safety Council urging a safe and sane driving policy during the Christmas holiday. Presidents Roosevelt and many governors backed the effort as last year’s Christmas period saw fatalities. Adverse weather forecasts and Midwest road conditions prompted warnings of dangerous travel.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
National Safety
M Movement
Roosevelt
Midwest
Roosevelt weighs Japan assurances after Panay attack
Washington reports said President Roosevelt weighed whether Japan’s latest assurances were adequate as naval reports stated Japanese planes flying near the Panay bombed gunboat markings. Japan’s foreign minister Hirota issued new apologies and pledges while U S officials demanded firm steps to protect American interests in China. Survivors and a naval board reported machine-gun fire on wounded Panay crew.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Panay
China
Hult
Choa
Koki Hirota
Navy
Naval Board of Inquiry
Jaimes J .Hughes
President Roosevelt Delivers Christmas Sermon From Peace Theme
In Washington the president read a sermon on universal peace during the National Christmas tree lighting at the Waite House area. He cited a column by Heywood Brown as shaping his message, urging goodwill and a cessation of executions in a year of striving for brotherhood amid war and hate. The event featured a retelling of an old dom inie’s spiritual struggle over what to say in his Christmas address.
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Roosevelt
Aulas Iscariot
LaFayette
Waite House
Heywood Brown
Noosevelt
Panay sinking blamed on Japanese navy amid war notes
United States notes place naval bombardment of the Panay and three Standard Oil ships on the Yangtze above Nanking on December 12 to Japan. Emperor approved statement says those responsible dealt with by law and vows to prevent further incidents involving neutral powers as war rages in China. The report, including stray references and a sermon-like digression, continues on page 2.
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Japan
Owever
Tokyo
Yangizi
Nanking
China
Tarahi
Japaneesroopa
Ymay
Judas Iscariot
Koki Htrott
Joans
Brown
Toad
Saya
Mann
Judas
Christina
Navy destroyers guard California harbors in patrols
Los Angeles dispatch reports US Navy destroyers maintaining initing patrols off southern California harbor entrances. A federal inquiry about a coastwise espionage drive yielded no reply. In San Francisco, letters aboard the Tatsuta Maru were seized for postal regulation violations. officials said they would be condemned. Federal marshals также seized the fishing boat Nanty Hanks, revealing an older credit.
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Los Angeles
California
United States
San Francisco
Pope Pius Defends Church Against German Persecution
Pope Pius told three cardinals at a Vatican reception that Christians face persecution in Germany and that the church should not engage in politics. He emphasized prayer as the remaining aid, stating the church’s reign is not of this world and urging reliance on God to aid the faithful in Germany and elsewhere. The discourse marked a protest against charges of political involvement.
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Pope Pius
Germany
Vatican City
Pius
Tony
Genterfield Summary Qualed Tope Phra A. Aaylig
Duke of Windsor telephones family from Cannes
The exiled Duke of Windsor, based in Cannes, called his mother Queen Mary in England and spoke with his brother King George VI and Princess Elizabeth during the Christmas period. The conversations marked a rare public contact for the former monarch who abdicated the throne.
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Cannes
Franne
Duke of
Windsar
Chetatmasthine
Queer Mary
Ngland
Ameobia
George VI
Wika Nioce
Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
U S Air Fleet Aims For Hawaii Record Flight
In San Diego on December 24 a detachment of eighty four officers and men from the mid Pacific sky defense frontier prepare to break a maiden flight time record to Hawaii. Twelve new navy PBY-2 Patrol planes have been delivered to the squadron, with personnel arriving from Pearl Harbor to test the new sky cruisers on their maiden flight.
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San Diego
Calif
America
Hawaii
Fleet Air Base
Pearl Harbor
T. H
First Lady Visits Seattle For Holiday Family Reunion
Seattle report says Mrs Roosevelt traveled across the continent despite storms to join her daughter and two grandchildren for Christmas at the Boettiger home. She planned a quiet day after arriving by train from Portland and completing a transcontinental air journey. Gifts and White House plans remained a family secret.
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Amertce
Iady
Boeske
Roosevelt
Portland
John Boettiger
Hoge Beata
Hoettiger
Washington
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