Winter storms plunge northern regions leaving devastation
The Associated Press reports blizzards in the East and floods in California caused at least 77 deaths as winter swept across the northern hemisphere. In Northern California hundreds were homeless while the Sacramento Valley saw crops livestock and homes washed away by three to seven inch rains. The disaster reached Europe near Castlecary Scotland where workers recovered thirty bodies from a rail wreck in Britain's worst such crash in 22 years.
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Associated Press
California
Hemisphere
Sacramento Valley
Europe
Castlecary
Scotland
Britain
Senate Hopes For Vote On Farm Bill By Next Wednesday
The Senate makes slow progress on the farm bill with leaders hopeful for a vote by next Wednesday after a weekend session and the end of committee amendment processing. Administration leaders expect housing legislation to follow once the farm measure clears. The House passed its farm bill yesterday as debate continues in Washington.
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Washington
House
Borah
Idaho
Italy withdraws from League of Nations in Mussolini address
Italy declares withdrawal from the League of Nations after a seven minute council meeting led by Premier Mussolini. He proclaims departure with regrets, aligning with Germany and Japan in anti communist pact and signaling non cooperation with Geneva. The move follows a May 11 1936 estrangement.
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Associated Press
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Italy
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Sea of Nations
Benito Mussolini
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Germany
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SWOC Congress Opens Amid Labor Board Tensions
Philip Murray of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee warns that recent National Labor Board rulings could threaten industrial unionism as SWOC begins a three day congress in Pittsburgh. Officials review over 1,700 resolutions on wage and hour policy before contract expirations with 445 steel companies in March. John L. Lewis and UMWA leaders are set to speak on Thursday.
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Wee
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
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Congress
American Federation of Labor
Armaments Spending in 1937 Reaches Record Levels
AP reports nations spent nearly eleven to twelve billion dollars on armaments in 1937 up from 1913 levels. World armament totals rose sharply. Europe accounted for about 7.68 billion of the world total. Seven major powers including the United States Britain France and Germany dominated the rise, while 64 nations contributed data.
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Eums
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Soviet Russia
Plans for Duke CentennialCelebration in 1939
On the thirteenth anniversary of the Duke endowment plans were announced for a broad centennial celebration in spring 1939. The program includes symposia lectures by authorities, Duke faculty lectures, scholarly books from Duke Press, and an April 21 to 23 culmination with academic processions and visiting delegates.
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Durham
Duke
Duke University
Trinity College
Duke Press
United States Embassy Seeks Missing New York Couple
Moscow report says the US embassy could not locate Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Robinson who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the city.
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Moscow
United States
Donald L. Robinson
New York
Passengers From Huge Liner Await Rescue
Passengers from the luxury liner President Hoover huddle on two small Japanese islands awaiting rescue ships. The $8 million liner ran aground on Hoishoto Island after breaking up on rocks near Formosa. A skeleton crew stays aboard to prevent further damage as four rescue ships approach.
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President Hoover
Pacific
Hoishoto Island
Here
Formosa
Shanghai
Navy
Hoover
Hayake Island
Dollar Line
San Francisco
Alden
Baker
John D. Edwards
Train Hits Auto Near Flemington Killing Four
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck an automobile near Flemington, Gratton W Virginia, killing two men and two women and injuring another man. The dead were David Foster 22 Newburg Raymond K. Butcher 34 Clarksburg Minnie Rollins Edith MelIntyre both of near Clarksburg. Injured was Charles L. Lawson Grasselli. The car was pushed several hundred feet down the track in a Washington to Cincinnati rain.
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W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Flemington
David Foster
Newburg
Raymond K. Butcher
Clarksburg
Minnie Rollins
Edith MelIntyre
Clarksbure
Charles L. Lawson
Grasselli
Here
Galloway
Washington
Cincinnati
Japanese siege pounds Nanking as Chinese defend walls
Japanese artillery and aerial bombardment intensify on Nanking as siege guns threaten encirclement. Battles report PuKow railhead within reach and Wuhu and Taiping already in Japanese hands, with Americans and others inside the city amid ongoing heavy fighting.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtze
Pukow
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Taiping
ANS
Panay
Hankow
Amoy
Formosa
Insurance Firms Must Pay Jobless Tax Despite Bank Membership
Raleigh December 11 Attorney General A A F Seawell ruled that insurance companies membership in the federal home loan bank does not exempt them from taxes under the state unemployment compensation law. The ruling was sought by Charles G Powell chairman of the unemployment compensation commission.
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Raleigh
A. A. F. Seawell
Federal Home Loan Bank
Charles G. Powell
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Jackson Blames Big Business for Recession Causes
New York December 11 AP report quotes Robert H Jackson assistant US attorney general blaming big business for the recession. He argues government cuts failed due to private enterprises not serving consumers, urging price reductions to restore normal goods flow and housing materials costs higher than 1929 levels. He warns monopolists raise prices to suppress volume and stresses competition as life of trade.
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New York
Robert H Jackson
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Jackson
Pardoned convict found guilty in kidnapping Dr. Seder
Arnett A. Booth, 46, pardoned, was convicted by a jury in Huntington for abducting Dr. James I. Seder, 79, who died four days after escaping an abandoned coal mine while seeking water.
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Arnett A. Booth
James I. Seder
Russians Hold First Secret Election Tomorrow in USSR
Moscow dressed in holiday garb for the Soviet Union’s first secret direct election to choose 1,143 members for four year terms in the supreme council. Stalinstaked candidates were proposed in most districts and Dimitroff urged a 100 percent vote as a test of confidence amid “extreme tension” in world politics.
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Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Supreme Council of the Union
Red
George Dimitroff
Third Communist International
Stalin
Soviet of the Union
Soviet of Nationalities
Dimitroff
Italy
Germany
Japan
Russia
Justice department debate in North Carolina grows
Governor Hoey supports creating a state department of justice to coordinate police and court work. The commission studying feasibility heard officials and lawyers favor unity of law enforcement, while critics warn of duplication and cost.
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State Department of Justice
North Carolina
Hoey
Justice Department
J. J. Bailey
Greensboro
Southern Railway Police
Ihs
A. A. F. Seawell
Frank Winslow
Rocky Mount
State Bar Association
L. P. McLendon
Eighteen Utilities Rest Their Case Against TVA in Federal Court
After four weeks of defense, TVA opponents present evidence led by Wendell Willkie. The utilities argue that the unified TVA plan will cost $473 million to complete, mainly for power to compete with private firms, with flood control incidental. They claim federal power sales would invade markets, causing $33 million in facility losses and $26 million in rate regulation damages, constituting unconstitutional state-rights infringement. They also allege TVA would worsen refinancing and fixed charges, and that the system will run a $9 million annual deficit per MIT official Edward Moreland.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation of New York
TVA
Edward L. Moreland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Electrical School
Nurses exam results announced in North Carolina
Miss Bessie M Chapman secretary of the North Carolina Nurse Examiners said 222 of 286 nurse applicants passed November tests and will receive certificates. Among the successful names are Eva Mae Callahan Helen Clodfelter Nancy Louetta Ellis Kate Laurene Freeman Edith Flynn Hauser Maude Lucinda King Emily Gerture Laubscher Josie Seawell Ritter Martha Years Warner all of High Point.
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Raleigh
Bessie M. Chapman
North Carolina
Shippers urge I C C to block rail rate cuts plan
A shippers committee chairman told the Interstate Commerce Commission that railroads are keeping low rates that could be raised without action. He cited thousands of reduced rates below commission levels to meet highway and water competition and urged a full hearing before any changes.
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Washington
Shippers
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. C. Fullbright
Shippers Committee
Fullbright
Hi Way
Agen
Interstate Commerce Commissior Authority
Italy plans withdrawal from League of Nations
Geneva reports Mussolini announced Italy will quit the League of Nations. American and Italian sources say the move won’t alter Europe’s political outlook and reflects a long standing lack of cooperation. Italy’s withdrawal cannot take effect for two years due to covenant notice requirements.
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