Release of Boy of 10 Hoped for
Tacoma reports negotiations for the release of 10 year old Charles Mattson are under way with a ransom of 28,000 dollars likely to be paid within 12 hours. A family friend says the Department of Justice truce opened talks between the Mattson family and the abductor as authorities examine similarities to a neighbor kidnap attempt involving John Franklin.
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Charten
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Charles Mattson
John Franklin
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George C. Franklin
John
W. W. Mattson
Kidpaper
Prospects Bright for Tool Makers in Early 1937
New York December 29 closing down the mid year report shows marching tool makers ending 1936 on a high note with optimism for the first quarter of 1937. Industry leaders predict continued gains as demand strengthens and production expands.
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New York
Montana Supreme Court Denies Writ in Consumers Gas Case
The Montana Supreme Court denied a writ of supervisory control and ordered dismissal of rate federation proceedings against Consumers Gas Co. The decision allows utilities to seek federal court review when state remedies are deemed insufficient, aligning with a recent US Supreme Court shift. Justice Mortis wrote the majority. Chief Justice Sands dissented. Continued on Page 2.
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Rnfirmal and Public Service Commission
State Supreme Court
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Consumers Gag Company
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Sweet Grass
Broad
United States Supreme Court
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United States’ Supreme Court
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Public Utility Commission
Consumers Gas Company
C. F. Mortis
Sands
High Court
Palace Politics Prompt Liberal Opposition to Roosevelt
New York Post correspondent Robert Allen reports a grave tension inside Roosevelt administration circles. Liberal lieutenants reportedly fear a shift in monetary and fiscal policy, threatening a public attack in Congress if the president does not concede. The piece questions loyalty and hints at anonymous pressure from liberal associates.
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Beeles
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Grandparents Offer All Possessions to Return Kidnaped Matison
Domestic reports from Tacoma detail grandparents offering everything they own to retrieve the kidnapped Matison child. Washington state weighs armament shipment limits as national policy. Roosevelt advocates a new push to abolish child labor. A Minneapolis heiress allegedly commits suicide in New York. A Nazi freighter is released as Germany seeks surrender of cargo and positions. Defense junta claims 6,000 fascists killed in the southern offensive.
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United States
Roosevelt
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Germany
Mattrid—Defense Junta
Gloomier Note on Popes Condition
Vatican City reports Pope Pius III rests restlessly after four days of worsening condition. Dr Amanti Milani, his chief physician, spent the night in the papal apartments monitoring the pontiff while doctors seek a sedative without harming his weak heart. Embezzlement Admitted in Wyoming case. Wortham pleads guilty to misappropriating county funds of 5845 dollars.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius III
Vatican
Amanti Milani
Papal
Roosevelt hints at federal steps to curb child labor
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that a federal move to abolish child labor shorten hours and raise wages is being considered. He did not specify steps but said constitutional action might be required and noted Justice Department study of interstate licensing bills. He also disclosed his son James will come to Washington for a White House position, with no title decided.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Supreme Court
Sidney Hillman
NSA
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Department of Justice
James Roosevelt
White House
Pressure on Spanish Reds as Berlin notes U S planes sale
Berlin reports Nazi warships ready to press the northern Spanish coast to force surrender of the Palos freighter held after Basque seizure. Cargo claimed by Basques as munitions. Berlin warns ships of any nation may be searched. Britain fears US arms licenses may sway Hitler on Spain. calls for export ban.
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Palos
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Koenigsberg
Selger
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Madrid Claims Severe Rout Of Invading Fascist Army
Madrid reports Socialist troops killed about 6,000 fascist soldiers and pushed back enemy forces in a southern offensive aided by German units. Dispatches from Jaen province note shifting fronts toward Cordoba, with limited gains and Madrid claiming control of the Zaragoza valley. The war ministry cited a US permit for nearly 3 million dollars in planes and armaments to Bilbao defenders. Continuous artillery fire marked the day with no decisive breakthrough.
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Andujar
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Lopera
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Teruélo
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War Ministry
Zaragoza
United States Department of Stats
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Americatron
Just A Minute With Irvin 5 Cobb In Santa Monica
Santa Monica California December 29. The dispatch page signals a tangle of Spanish fronts and a looming Madrid showdown while China news brings miscast generals and shifting color designations. A cleaner takeaway remains a Japanese backed note as the balance of power in Asia shifts amid war chatter.
Pilot killed in Wyoming plane crash near Deertrail
A small airplane crashed in the hills south of Deertrail during a blinding snowstorm, killing its lone occupant. The deceased was identified as Charles Ia Gua, a former Denver National Guard pilot, who had been transporting a Waco plane from Troy, Ohio to Los Angeles.
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Ohio
Los Angeles
Son of President Shows Improvement in Boston
Boston dispatch reports at Massachusetts General Hospital the continued improvement of Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of the president. He was admitted for a sinus operation and later treated for a streptococcus infection. A separate obituary notes the death of Mary Pella Seult Uda 91 a cousin of the widow of the former president Benjamin Hartizot.
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Massachusetts General Hospital Tonight
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Mary Pella Seult-Uda
Benjamin Hartizot
Glendive youths face juvenile delinquency charges over school protest
In Glendive on December 18 fifteen high school students were charged with juvenile delinquency after a student demonstration led to the firing of Athletic Coach H Lloyd Hribar. The school board accepted resignations of Principal Ralph Scudder and assistant principal Leo Smith while seeking a replacement coach. Judge Leiper will hear the case January 12. In Rochester Julius Bakrow, 74, father of Beatrica Bakrow, editor and wife of Playwright Kaufman, died.
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Schoo Board
H. Lloyd Hribar
Ralph Scudder
Leo Smith
Smith
Scudder
Hribar
Leiper
Frank F. Letper
Rochester
Julius L. Bakrow
Beatrica Bakrow
Kaufman
Roosevelt moves to block arms to Spain amid neutrality gap
Washington action aims to close a defect in embargo rules allowing a proposed shipment of planes and motors to the Spanish government. President Roosevelt backs new legislation granting discretionary power to halt such exports to nations in civil strife. The Case license for 2 777 000 dollars worth of aircraft drew sharp government criticism. Senate leaders plan quick neutrality amendment to thwart the shipment.
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Viralers' Company, Ltd
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Plane engines shipped to Spanish loyalist government
Baltimore dispatch reports that 15 airplane engines were shipped to the Spanish loyalist government by an American exporter with a license from the War Department to export aircraft parts valued near 3 million dollars. Washington officials said obsolete air corps stock is first made unserviceable and sold only as scrap metal. Snow in Death Valley brings large losses to Scotty's Castle area as a gale sweeps from Tonopah and Goldfield.
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Joreay
United States Army Air Corps
Robert
Cuse
Jaraay City
Washington
War Department
Air Corps
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Los Angeles
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Absard
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Inquest Planned Over Santa Fe Crash Deaths
Bodies of twelve crash victims were recovered from a canyon near Burbank California. Coroner Frank Nance said an inquest will determine if negligence occurred in the Sunday night train wreck. All nine passengers and crew were found dead in the Haer’s cabin after the wreck was sighted by a car two hours later.
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