Yugoslavia Proposes Peace Plan to Hungary at League Talks
At the League of Nations council Nicolas Titulescu presents Yugoslavia's appeal as an olive branch to Hungary. France backs a draft for an international criminal court to curb terrorism while Yugoslav and Hungarian envoys seek a concrete settlement, with talks continuing for days.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Geneva
Nicolas Titulescu
Romania
League of Nations Council
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Hunry
Titulescu
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Council
France
International Criminal Court
Tibor Eckhardt
League
New League
Alexander
Marseille
Pierre Laval
Council of the
League of Nations
Bogoljub Yevitch
Yevitch
Leagues
Laval
Europe
Du Pont Paid Bribes for Arms Trade in 1929
Evidence before the Senate munitions committee shows Du Pont officials acknowledged commissions on powder sales to China in 1929. A 1 percent commission went to Col. de Fremary and 4 percent to Chinese forces in Nanking, with graft admitted by E. K. V. Casey for the Polish and Balkan contracts.
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Washington
du Pont Company
China
Senate Munitions Committee
du Pont
de Fremary
Poland
du Ponta
Warsaw
Anyon
du Lone Files
Balkans
Casey
Col. de Fremary
Yugoslavia Will Follow League Ruling on Hungary Charges
Belgrade officials said Yugoslavia will not take independent action against Hungary if the League of Nations sides with Hungary in the present dispute. British influence through Prince Paul regent reportedly restrained Belgrade from unilateral moves amid fears of war and international criticism over deportations.
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Yugoslavia
League
Hungary
Alvin J. Steinkopf
Associated Press
Belgrade
League of Nations
Thia Aaslaratian Oe
Prince Paul
London
Geneva
Two ships stand by disabled Japanese freighter Victoria Maru
New York dispatch reports two vessels Pacific Trader under Karl Clasen and Dutch Tanker Amsterdam have reached the stricken Victoria Maru about 500 miles north of the Azores. They stand by to rescue the crew as storm conditions ease. The Victoria Maru lost her rudder and bridge in heavy seas and her captain and two mates were killed. SOS and intercepted messages describe a chaotic scene with a wireless failure and ongoing rescue efforts.
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New York
Azores
Victoria
Mackay Radio
Pacific Trader
Karl Clasen
Amsterdam
American Petroleum Company
Karl Clason
SOS
Anne Cannon Smith Files Her Claims To Bulk Of Estate
Anne Cannon Smith of Concord enters Forsyth court demanding the Reynolds tobacco fortune be distributed by law. She alleges the Reno divorce she obtained from Smith Reynolds was illegal and accuses Libby Holman of knowing its invalidity. She contends the proposed settlement harms her child Anne Cannon Reynolds II and names the Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company as overreaching, seeking to invalidate the agreement and have the estate allotted under proper law.
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Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman
Reno
Winston-Salem
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Concord
Reynolds Tobacco
Smith
Forsyth Court
Reynolds
Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company
Anne Cannon Reynnlds II
J. F. Cannon
Holman
the Cannon
Supreme Court
Ann Cannon Reynolds II
North Carolina Cold Snap Forecast With Sparse Snow
The weather bureau forecast a low of about 28 degrees in this part of North Carolina tonight with little chance of significant snow. Snow was reported in Henderson around noon and charts showed snow along the state line from Tennessee to Eastern Virginia.
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N. C
Raleigh
North Carolina
United States Weather Bureau
Henderson
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Virginia
Senator Huey Long Moves to Quash Libel Suit
Washington December 10. Senator Huey P Long of Louisiana filed in the District of Columbia supreme court to quash the summons and service in the 8500 000 libel suit brought against him. Brig Gen Samuel T An L
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Long
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Today
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Samuel T. An- L
Tax board assesses Winston-Salem woman for 1982 income taxes
Mrs. Natalie L. Gray of Winston-Salem North Carolina was assessed 88526 in 1982 income taxes in a stipulation judgment filed by the board of tax appeals. She had originally claimed 36788 and charged off 871448 as a bad debt deduction.
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Washington
Natalie L. Gray
Winston-Salem
Board of Tax Appeals
Executives Salaries Jumped Sharply in 1934 Reports
Washington officials report that to SEC filings salaries of top corporate executives rose as much as 200 percent in 1934, with some salaries reaching new highs while others held steady. The officials consider extending salary disclosure to all large firms, potentially broadening reporting requirements.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
E. M. Allen
Mathieson Alkali Works
Daniel K. Weiskopf
National Distillers Products Corporation
Commission
Congress
Sec
Treasury
Four Americans Win Nobel Prizes In 1934 Awards
Stockholm reports four Americans and one Italian honored at the Nobel ceremony on December 10 1934. Medicine is shared by three Americans including George Minot William Murphy and George Whipple. Harold Urey is named among chemistry laureates.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oslo
Norway
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Norman Angell
Luigi Pirandello
George Minot
William P. Murphy
Harvard University Medical School
George H. Whipple
University of Rochester
Harold Clayton Urey
Satterfield Testifies in Grice Killing Trial
Rufus Satterfield, 42, under death sentence, began detailing his affair with Mrs. Grice as Don ald Sasser and Mrs. Grice’s brother face trial for complicity. On the stand he described prior visits to the Grice home and the unfolding relationship, with the October 22, 1933 killing looming as the trial paused for lunch.
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Satterfield
Grice
Ladder piece from Lindbergh ladder links to Hauptmann home
A state expert linked a rung from the Lindbergh kidnap ladder to wood from Bruno Hauptmann's Bronx home. Prosecutors say this new tie supports charges and a death penalty in the January 2 trial. Defense disputes the findings and seeks full disclosure.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur Kohler
Hunterdon County
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hauptmann
Bronx
Lindbergh
Frederick A. Pope
Associated Defense Counsel
Kohler
Pope
U. S. Forestry Service Laboratory
Madison, Wis
Hauck
George K. Large
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Trenchard
President Roosevelt Opens National Crime Conference
President Roosevelt took charge of the national drive against crime as over 750 suspects were rounded up in a big narcotics operation. He prepared a speech for the opening of Attorney General Cummings' four day conference, which gathers 500 delegates including judges, criminologists and officials to craft a national law enforcement program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cummings
J. H. J. Anstinger
The
Treasury
Relief Worker Saves Concrete In Freezing Night
Franklin December 10. Fred Shope emergency relief worker acted fast to shield a Coweeta experimental forest concrete reservoir from frost loss. He gathered his old clothes and bedding, walked four miles through the freezing night, and covered the poured concrete, saving the government money but losing his bedclothes.
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Franklin
Fred Shope
Otto
Coweeta Experimental Forest
Shope
Notre Dame Faces Shake Speare Knighted Irish In Santa Monica
Will Rogers notes Notre Dame's travel to Santa Monica as the Irish attempt new plays and passes. He praises Father O'Hara and Elmer Layden as capable successors after recent losses and predicts a top return next year amidst European war coverage.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Notre Dame
Wilk
Tulsa Youth Arrested In Perplexing Slaying Case
In Tulsa on December 10 Homer F. Wilcox Jr., 17, and his father went to police after a conference related to the slaying of John Gorrell. Kennamer, 19, is jailed for murder claiming self defense. The case ties to an extortion note targeting Wilcox’s daughter.
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Tulsa
Homer Wilcox
Sidney Born, Jr
Okla
Homer F. Wilcox, Jr
John Gorrell
Neous Mischier
Charles Carr
Gorrell
Phil Kennamer
Kennamer
United States
Franklin E. Kennemar
Holly Anderson
Wilcoxes
Wilcox
Virginia
Anderson
Born
Tulsa University
Gorrel
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