Four Die in Bronx Tenement Fire at Willis Avenue
Fire swept a five story building at 124 126 Willis Avenue Bronx early today killing four residents on the third floor and injuring four others including a 70 year old woman. Fire chiefs say the blaze began between the second and third floors and was fanned by a cold wind as investigators probe possible arson.
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New York
Willis Avenue
Bronx
Catherine Gibney
John
Lawrence
Minnie Johnson
Lillian de. Sena
Arthur Palumbo
Harlem
France backs Yugoslavia in clash with Hungary at League Council
In Geneva, Pierre Laval declares France stands beside Yugoslavia as the Yugoslav Hungarian dispute tests the League of Nations. He urges the council to apply the covenant to protect peace, citing revisions to borders and the Saar issue as precedent for international action.
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Pierre Laval
League of Nations Council
Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
France
Yugoslavia
Laval
Alexander
Council of
League of Nations
Europe
Saar
Suden
League
Posses
Marseille
Hungary
Chamber of Deputies
Merribers
Wea ver Opposes Holland for Western NC Census Post
Representative Zebulon Weaver announced he would oppose the appointment of R. F. Holland of Charlotte as census supervisor for North Carolina's western district. Weaver filed a protest with the census director. Holland, a former Asheville resident, was recommended by Senator Reynolds and Representative Bullwinkle.
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Weaver
Holland Asheville
Zebulon Weaver
R. F. Holland
Charlotte
North Carolina
Holland
Asheville
Robert R. Reynolds
A. L. Bullwinkle
Final Cotton Crop Report Figures Released
Washington December reports from the Department of Agriculture set this season's cotton crop at 731000 bales of 500 pounds each. The estimate contrasts with 9643000 bales projected a month earlier and 138047000 bales produced last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Insurance on Morro Castle Value Questioned
Washington reports the Swotanes company insured the burned liner Morro Castle while its books show the ship’s value had been written down by depreciation to 3,023,000. The discrepancy raises questions about the insurance coverage for the 4,874,230 vessel.
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Receives
Washington
Eera Svotanes Company
Morro Castle
South approves Bankhead Act urged for 1936 plebiscite
Southern agricultural commissioners unanimously back the Bankhead cotton control act. They urge farmers to vote on December 14 in favor of continuing the measure for another year. A plan to set yearly world cotton needs and state bale allotments is proposed, based on 1928–32 production averages.
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New Orleans
Bankhead
Agricultural Commissioners
Secretary of Agriculture
G. C. Adams
Georgia Agricultural Commissioner
Weather forecast by states and coastal winds
North Carolina shows cloudy skies with rain in central and eastern parts and light snow in the far west tonight with Sunday fair. South Carolina and Georgia expect partly cloudy and cooler with some rain possible, while winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras remain northeast to north. Hatteras to Jacksonville favor west to northwest winds with overcast skies and some rain tonight and Sunday. Charlotte AP notes official records for temperature and rainfall in key cotton areas and beyond.
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North Caroline
South Carolina
Georgia
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
South
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Cotton Estimate Up But Yet Under Quota
Washington reports the 1934 cotton crop at 9,731,000 bales as of December 1, with 745,000 bales under the Bankhead act quota of 10,476,000. The drought lowers lint yield to 169.2 pounds per acre, while harvested area totals 27,515,000 acres, about 8.2 percent below last year. The crop is 3,316,000 bales below 1933 and 4,935,000 bales under the 1928-1932 average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Henderson to be awarded Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Arthur Henderson, president of the League of Nations disarmament conference, is expected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Monday. He would be the official guest of the British legation. The 1933 prize, not awarded last year, was also anticipated but the recipient remained undetermined.
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Oslo
Norway
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Cotton abandonment rates across drought areas rise in region
Last year 3.2 percent abandonment from July 1 to December 1. Cultivated area July 1 was 28,412,000 acres, down 39.5 percent from the prior July 1. Abandonment exceeded average in Texas Oklahoma and western Arkansas but was minimal elsewhere in the cotton belt.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Cotton
Transpacific Air Transport Becomes Reality This Spring
Pan American Airways moves to experimental Pacific air service with early training flights starting next week from Bridgeport to prepare crews for long overwater routes. The plan foresees a chain of hops California to Hawaii to Canton with eight thousand miles of testing ahead via flying boats and sea navigation.
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Pacific
California
China
Air Lines
Canton
Pan-American Airways
Bridgeport
Conn
Pan-America
Caribbean
Miami
Pan-American
Hawaii
Honolulu
Midway Island
Midway
Wake Island
Wake
Guam
Manila
P. I
Unions 10 Push Labor Charges
The United Textile Workers plan to press more discrimination charges with the labor board after a Clinton mill in North Carolina was ordered to reinstate four union members. John Peel and Francis J. Gorman discussed expanding to include cases from Rosemary, Roanoke Rapids, Patterson, Lydia, and Atlanta Woolen mills, with decisions pending on five others. The board is led by Chief Justice W. P. Stacy.
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Washington
United Textile Workers
Southern Mills
Labor Textile Board
Clinton Mill
Clinton
8. C
Justice Department
John Peel
Southern
Greenville
D. C
Francis J. Gorman
Labor Board
Rosemary
Roanoke Rapids
Patterson Mills
N. C
Lydia
Atlanta Woolen Milla
Atlanta
Gorman
Textile Board
W. P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Girls Stay Aloft As Endurance Flight Near Record
Jene Larene and Henrietta Sumner pressed toward the women’s endurance flight record in Oklahoma City with under 60 hours to go. They surpassed 189 hours early today, with the current record set at 240 hours. manager Kenneth Hunter said they are in good spirits despite cold weather after a recent trip to Dallas.
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Oklahoma City
Jene Larene
Henrietta Sumner
Dalas
Kenneth Hunter
Oklahoma
Snowfall Across Carolinas Brings Fatal Crash and Light Snow
Freezing temperatures spread through the Carolinas with the first winter snow, four deaths linked to the cold and a sobriety of accidents. Snow fell lightly along the coast while heavier amounts hit western foothills, with Asheville Spartanburg Greenville and Anderson reporting snow and Elizabeth City Georgetown noting traces. A Georgetown car crash killed G. T. Ford and his wife, injuring Mrs. PD. T. Smith as a cold wave intensified overnight.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Asheville
Spartanburg
Greenville
Anderson
Elizabeth City
Georgetown
G. T. Ford
Ford
PD. T. Smith
British probe on munitions trade gains U S aid
U S lawmakers pledge full cooperation with Britain if Parliament seeks a inquiry into munitions sales. Chairman Nye says Britain would gain from such a probe to curb the trade, noting ties between British and U S manufacturers. Committee adjourned for weekend, with plans for a large scale review early next week.
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Charles P. Nuter
Washington
Nye
R-Nd
England
Judge Sets Briefs in Battle Over County Power Plant
Federal Judge H. H. Watkins ordered Duke Power and Greenwood County to file written briefs by December 18 in the dispute over a $3 million county owned power plant on the Saluda River. The judge had earlier overruled Greenwood County’s bid to make the petition more specific.
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Annderson
8. C
Duke Power Company
Greenwood County
Saluda River
H. H. Watkins
Watkins
Southern Puba Utilities Company
Last Letters From Green And Black Are Published
Letters from Bascom G. Green and R. E. Black written before execution describe gratitude to supporters in High Point and mention Mr. Louis J. Fisher Jr. but do not address guilt or innocence in the Taylorsville bank murder case. The messages express thanks and a view of entering heaven.
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Bascom G. Green
R. E. Black
Lester Gredén
T. C. Barnes
Taylorsville
Black
High Point
Green
Death Row
Louis J. Fisher, Jr
Mr. Fisher
Chicken's Colds Last Five Months
Chicago report on chicken colds notes a bird illness lasts two to five months. Dr. John B. Nelson of the Rockefeller Institute urged keeping sick fowl away from the flock to prevent spread.
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Chicago
John B. Nelson
Rockefeller Institute
Department of Animal and Plant Pathology
United States Livestock Sanitary Association
Prison letters from Black and Green before execution
R. B. Black writes from death row the day before his death and Bascom Green echoes the same timing with a letter to friends. Both convey prayers for forgiveness and peace with God ahead of their electrocutions.
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R. BE. Black
Black
Bascom Green
LSU President Hanged In Effigy On Campus Flagpole
In Baton Rouge LSU President James M. Smith was found hanged in effigy from a campus flagpole. The act followed his refusal to allow a student meeting on Huey Long censorship of The Reveille. The crude figure was taken down by a university guard and removed.
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Baton Rouge, la
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
Dr. Smith
Huey Long
Revelle
Troy Middleton
Wes
James Monroe Smith
Jimmy the Stooge
Guard
University R. 0. T. C
Jesse H. Cutter
The
Reveille
David McGuire
New Orleans
Senator Long
Long
League approves secret Saar force under league control
In Geneva a secret session of the League of Nations approved forming an international force to patrol the Saar before the January 13 plebiscite. Great Britain Italy the Netherlands Sweden are invited to contribute. the army will be directed by the Saar governing commission led by an English president.
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Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
Saar
Joseph E. Sharkey
AP Foreign Staff
Geneva
League of Nations
League
G. G
Spain
Great Tain
Village Menaced by Flood Waters Near Kinston
Flood waters from swollen rivers threaten the low-lying village of Happersville across the stream from Kinston. Crests move toward Greenville and Williamston while Cape Fear near Fayetteville tops 39 feet and Neuse, Roanoke, and Neuse crests push higher, with over $100000 in central state road and bridge damage. Old rivermen predict recession within hours.
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Kinston
Happersville
Hoppersville
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Greenville
Williamston
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Roanoke
Neuse
Smithfield
Fear that Tulsa loan broker kidnapped spreads worry
Tulsa, Dec. 8. Fears that W. A. Delaney senior, 63, a loan broker, was kidnaped were voiced by friends after he was reported missing by his attorney W. L. Coffey. Delaney is father of W. A. Delaney Jr., who recently sold an oil pool stake for over a million dollars. The elder Delaney left his office at 2:30 p.m. supposedly to go home east of Owasso.
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Tulsa
Okla
W. A. Delaney
Delaney
W. A. Delaney, Jr
Fitts
W. L. Coffey
Owasso
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York
B. L. Livingstone
Transpacific Air Transport
S. C. Mill
Senate Munitions Committee
U. S
Dora Louise Paul
Wilton Junction
Leland Monasmith
Lane
Will Furns
Saar Board
Switzerland
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