Winter Cold Sweeps Nation Amid Infernos and Despair
Rioting cold blast from Maine to Florida sparks fires and deaths. In Lansing twelve killed as Kerns hotel fire ravages the building. in Tupper Lake twenty two displaced by tenement blaze. New York City reports two deaths from sub zero weather. Armories to shelter homeless. snow forecasts strain relief efforts.
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Lansing
Mich
Kerns Hotel
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New York City
Chicago
Liner Ruth Alexander Rams Ferryboat Calistoga in San Francisco Bay
The coastal liner Ruth Alexander arriving from Seattle rammed the ferryboat Calistoga in San Francisco Bay today but apparently caused no injuries.
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San Francisco
Ruth Alexander
Seattle
Calistoga
Public Works Grants Increase for North Carolina School Buses
The Public Works Administration announced a grant increase from 8183,600 to 197,000 for North Carolina to cover higher costs in constructing 750 school buses.
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Washington, Dee, N
Public Works Administration
North Carolina
Helen Sutton Dies at Estate of Donia Duke
Helen Sutton, longtime housekeeper for 34 years at the estate of Donia Duke, dies after a long illness in Raritan New Jersey.
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Raritan, N. d
Helen Sutton
Donia Duke
Byrd Antarctic expedition to depart late January 1935
General Electric radio station reported a Little America radiogram stating the Byrd Antarctic expedition planned to leave for New Zealand and New York in the last week of January 1935.
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Schenectady
General Electric Company
Little America
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand
New York
Weather memo for Carolinas with fair conditions
North Carolina forecast calls for fair skies with slightly colder coastal tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures rise slowly through the period as conditions stay dry. South Carolina shows similar trends with cooler coastal air tonight and Wednesday and gradual temperature increases.
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North Carolina
South Caroline
Endowment Anniversary Observed in Two Carolinas
Raleigh observed the tenth anniversary of the Duke Endowment with a morning tour of Rex Hospital the Methodist and Catholic orphanages and St. Agnes Hospital. A public meeting featured Dr Forest M Lester and Norman A Cocke with Governor Ehringhouse giving the welcome.
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Raleigh
Duke Endowment
Carolinas
Rex Hospital
Methodist Orphanage
Catholic Orphanage
St. Agnes Hospital
St. Agnes
Forest M. Lester
New York
Carnegie Corporation
Norman A. Cocke
Ehringhouse
Washington
Frances Oliver Bates
Charleston
Coordinated enforcement urged by President at crime conference
President Roosevelt calls for a double assault on crime as 500 experts convene to plan a unified national enforcement structure linking federal state and local agencies. He also urges building a public opinion body to back anti crime efforts and a national criminological institute to train peace officers.
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Richard Rendell
Washington
Roosevelt
National Crime Conference
Suubuty
Criminological Institute
United States
Du Pont aided Japan by tapping army ammo reserves
Senate munitions committee heard that Du Pont in 1922 arranged with the War Department to obtain 160000 rounds from army reserves for a Japan contract. Major Casey testified the army aided the company to bridge shortages and later found the arrangement nonstandard but not improper. Casey and Renée and Lamont Du Pont testified.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
du Pont Powder Company
War Department
Japan
K. K. V. Casey
du Pont
Department
Clark
D-Mo
Casey
Army
Aranged
du Pont Company
England
United States
War and Navy Department
Renee and
Lamont du Pont
Bankruptcy hearing date set for T. L. Bland in Raleigh
Federal referee W. B. Duncan scheduled December 18 for a third creditor questioning of T. L. Bland, once operator of several large North Carolina and Virginia hotels, who filed a voluntary bankruptcy plea.
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Raleigh
W. B. Duncan
T. L. Bland
Hauptmann Again Brought Into Court In Lindbergh Case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann appeared handcuffed in Hunterdon county court for a brief preliminary hearing on a bill of particulars in the Lindbergh baby murder case. Justice Thomas presided and postponed the hearing until Thursday so Edward Reilly could attend.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hunterdon County Court
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Supreme Court
Thomas Wrepare
Edward Reilly
Trenchard
Hauptmann
Bronx
Carpenter
Charlies A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hunterdon County
Frederick A. Pope
Justics
New York Banker Visits Studio in Hollywood
Will writes from Hollywood about a leading New York banker visiting the studio. He accuses the host of inflationism and questions whether industrialists and business leaders will invest to support the President or risk forcing actions they oppose. The writer reflects on wealth, economists, and the tension between policy and investment.
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Hollywood
Calif
New York
Will
Great Britain to default on war debt due Saturday
Washington AP reports Britain formally notified the United States it will default on installments totaling 79,461,776 scheduled for Saturday. The note cites a broader intergovernmental debt revision and calls payments useless and unwise. Britain already defaults on 291,791,011 due December 15, with 117,670,763 outstanding. Finland is the only nation expected to pay.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
State Department
Finland
Coast Guard floats three trawlers after December snowstorm hits North Carolina
Hatters Inlet at Hatceras Inlet bar ashore five to six boats during a major coastal blizzard. Coast guard crews from the Hatteras station under Capt. Bernice Mal lance aided Betsy C Mary of New London Conn and Ladaograce of Philadelphia. Weather boss A W Drinkwater reported 28 degrees and a north wind as a 30 mile gale battered the coast.
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Hatceras Inlet
Dare County Weather Bureau
Hatteras
Bernice Mallance
Coast Guard
Dave
Dave’s
Hatteras Inlet
Betsy C
Mary
New London
Conn
Ladaograce
Philadelphia
A. W. Drinkwater
Weather Bureau
Guilford School Bonds Sold By Commission
Raleigh dispatch reports the local government committee selling bonds for Durham and Guilford county and approving new issues for Charlotte Bessemer City and Guilford county. Guilford sold $232,000 of school bonds to the Federal PWA at par with 4 percent interest. a further $16,000 for schools was approved.
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Raleigh
Commi
Durham
Guilford County
Charlotte
Bessemer City
Guilford
PWA
Grice Trial Nears End As Satterfield Testifies
In Grice murder case at Goldsboro the defense moves to refute charges of Ruby Grice and her brother Donald Sasser in the ambush slaying of Herbert Grice. Rufus Satterfield, the state's star witness, testified he fired the fatal shot in an alleged plot with Mrs. Grice and Sasser.
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Goldsboro
Ruby Grice
Donald Sasser
Paul Garrison
Rufus Satterfield
Herbert Grice
Satterfield
Raleigh
Mis
Sasser
Grice
Lewis and Hunt Convicted in Highway Robbery Case
Sam Lewis and Bill Hunt of High Point were found guilty by a Guilford Superior Court jury of highway robbery and aiding and abetting. They allegedly robbed night watchman Richard Smith of about 100 dollars on August 18 after inviting him to ride in their car. sentencing expected by Judge Thomas J. Shaw later today.
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Enteopore Greensboro
Sam Lewis
Bill Hunt
High Point
Thomas J. Shaw
Lewis
Hunt
Richard Smith
High Point Creamery
Smith
West Broad Street
C. L. Smith
Emma Jane Massey
Drew
Sallie May Smith
Ben Lassiter
Blizzard Paralyzes Chicago Traffic Subdues
A severe blizzard caused traffic paralysis in Chicago overnight with over ten inches of snow and high drifts. The Weather Bureau called it the worst storm in six years as two strong winds churned Lake Michigan and left loop workers stranded in hotels.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Lake Michigan
Fire sweeps Lansing hotel during early morning blaze
Smoldering ruins of the Kerns hotel sat beside the Grand River as police reported about half of nearly 200 guests accounted for after a 3 a.m. fire. At least 12 dead were confirmed and many others unaccounted for amid freezing temperatures and a dangerous river escape. Authorities warned it could take days to learn the full death toll.
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Mich
Kerns
Grand River
Roke
Alfred Seymour
Secial
Ag Charlies
D. Parker
Otisville
Donald B. Sias
Midland
T. Henry Howlett
Gregory
Vern Voorhees
Albion
John W. Goodwine
Marlette
David Monroe
I. Wishneff
Los Angeles
Vindown
John Seidlein
Sagview
McParland
Dayton
Anne Cannon Seeks To Gain Hugo Smith Reynolds Fund
In Winston Salem, Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith seeks to claim the Hugo Smith Reynolds fund and reap a larger Cannon fortune. If she is deemed the legal widow and the 1931 will invalid, she would inherit a third of the estate with her child receiving two thirds, while real estate would pass to the child subject to her life dowry. The case hinges on whether Libby Holman Reynolds and Christopher Reynolds are eligible, with a potential long court battle over the senior Reynolds will provisions.
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Anne Cannon
Hugo Smith Reynolds
Wisdow
Libby Holman
Winston-Salem
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Anne Cannon Reynoldi
Cannon Tower
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
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