Radio Aided Escapees In Richmond Scare
In Richmond December 14 a short wave radio was used by Roy Kelly and accomplice to track police and broadcasts explained the fugitives actions. Roy Bishop stated the hunt had broadened to Floyd County and southwest via, while Trooper Lloyd Thomas fired upon a car attempting to stop them between Stuart and Ille.
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Burlington
N. C
Ishop
Kelly
Lloyd Thomas
Thomas
Stuart
Ille
Securities Commission charges Fidelity Investment Association
The Securities Commission filed a federal bill in Michigan to stop Fidelity Investment Association from selling securities. The firm, based in Wheeling West Virginia, allegedly sold 600000 of securities nationwide and continues monthly payments by investors. It sells investment contracts and certificates requiring initial and monthly payments.
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Ashington
E Securities Commission
Fidelity Iatment Association
Michigan
Eeling
W. Va
Commission
United States
Itsell A
Lopez De Mesa Urges Pan American League At Conference
Lima Peru December 14 AP Lopez De Mesa foreign minister of Colombia urged converting the Monroe Doctrine into a Pan American project with shared responsibility for all American states He called for a league of nations and noted a broader northern outlook amid European pressures The peace committee was asked to study a declaration against recognizing territory gained by force including Ethiopia Manchukuo and Japan's puppet governments in China since 1937.
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Andrue Berding
Lima
Peru
United States
Monroe
Republic
Americas
Ethiopia
Manchoukuo
China
Chinese claim recapture of Sitang village in central China
Chinese dispatches from Shanghai report the village of Sitang, 20 miles southeast of Yochow, recaptured as lines along the mountains from Tungting Lake to Hupeh firmed. They say a fresh 20,000 Japanese division has reached the Yangtze estuary in recent days amid the ongoing counteroffensive against Japan.
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Shanghai
Sitang
Yochow
Tungting Lake
Hupeh Province
Hankow
China
Hunan
Yangtze River
German Found Guilty Spying In Canal Zone
Hans Heinrich Schackow a 26 year old German steamship company employee was found guilty of photographing Canal Zone fortifications in Cristobal Panama. The Canal Zone court marked its first espionage case with a two hour jury deliberation. Four Germans faced charges with two others Gutman Gross and Kubrig to be tried later. All were arrested October 16 at Fort Randolph guarding the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.
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Cristobal
C. Z
Hans Heinrich Schackow
Employe
Calan Zone
Canal Zone
Schackow
Ingeborg Waltrant Gutman
Gilbert Wilhelm Gross
Ernest Robert Edward Kubrig
Fort Randolph
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Ruth Etting Weds Alderman During Ex-Mate Trial Nears End
In Las Vegas Ruth Etting married Alderman Myra Alderman a former pianist linked to the ex-husbands shooting case. The ceremony occurred in Judge William Orr’s chambers and followed by a Los Angeles return flight. Witnesses included Edith Snyder and Bernard Cohen as the Snyder trial proceeded.
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Ruth Etting
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Martin Snyder
Myra Alderman
Snyder
William Orr
C. H. Sloan
Edith Snyder
Misa Etting
Bernard Cohen
Nick Castro
Walter Quinton
Lloyd Payne
Ates
Miss Etting
Alderman
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Jerry Giesler
Alma
Giesler
Aroadcasting
Secretive federal case on West Coast spy scare unfolds
Government agents labored in secrecy as they prepared to present to the federal grand jury the case about the Pacific coast manager of the official Soviet Russia travel bureau and a former Berkeley police officer.
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Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
West Coast
Pacific Coast
Soviet Russia Travel Bureau
Berkeley, Calif
Spy menace warning heard by House committee
Washington December 14 The House committee investigating un Americanism was told the spy situation in the United States constitutes a very serious menace John C Metcalfe the investigator said the real aim of the American Nazi movement is to build a spy organization and a sabotage machine in the United States and a German minority
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Washington
Dec
House
United Staes
John C. Metcalfe
United States
Taxation Battle Looms As Business Men Demand Relief
Washington reports show pressure to repeal the undistributed profits levy as business leaders testify before a Senate committee. Senators Van Nuys Norris Vanderberg and Herring weigh repeal, amendments, and the feasibility of extending incentive taxation to spur expansion and profit sharing. Roosevelt seeks revival of higher rates.
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Washington
Senate
van Nuys
D-Ind
Congress
Roosevelt
Norris
Ind-Neb
Vanderberg
Kmich
Senate Finance Committee
Herring
D-Iown
Thomasville Junk Man Arrested For Receiving Stolen Property
Louis Silver owner of the Thomasville Junk and Metal Co. is jailed on two counts of buying and receiving stolen property. Three local youth ages twelve and thirteen are held for juvenile authorities after round ups linked to recent petty thefts. Four bicycles and tools from Crutchfield Hardware were recovered, with Silver allegedly buying the stolen items though he says he did not know they were stolen. Bond set at $500.
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Thomasville
Louis
Thomasville Junk and Metal Co
Theodore Smith
High Point
Alonzo Jewel
Wilbur McDonald
John Pittman
Roy Wentmoreland
Earl Pleasant
May Bros
Crutchfield Hardware Company
Silver
Smith
Jewel
McDonald
Peace societies to meet in Greensboro
Guilford county peace groups gather at the courthouse in Greensboro to condemn wartime oppression in Europe and Asia. Three educators from the University of North Carolina and Guilford county will deliver twenty minute speeches at the gathering.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Europe
Asia
Frank Graham
Keener C. Frazer
University of North Carolina
J Clyde A. Milner
WPA Workers in Northwest Carolina to Get Million Soon
Raleigh officials said 58,000 relief recipients statewide would receive wages totaling nearly 1 million dollars in time for Christmas.
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WPA
NW. C
Raleigh
Egypt approves five year defense plan costing 88.5 million
Cairo sources report the Egyptian defense council authorized a five year program to reorganize land sea and air defenses at a total cost of 88.5 million dollars. The plan includes modernization across military branches and aims to strengthen national security.
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Egypt
Cairo
Egyptian Defense Council
Memel Annexation Quietly Forecast by Berlin
Berlin sources expect Memel to join Germany within weeks under Hitler. The Memel Diet’s pro German stance and troop readiness in East Prussia, with likely Reichstag invite on January 30, signal a swift move echoing Sudetenland tactics. Diplomatic observers note foreign pressure and Jewish emigration coverage.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Reichstag
Lithuania
Fuehrer
Tilsit
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Sudetenland
Europe
Soon Will Be Free To Marry Carole Lombard
Clark Gable's strained marriage to Maria Brattingham Gable appears headed for divorce court. A ruling on the legality of their property settlement, granting $286000 to Maria, was to be presented to Superior Judge Ruben Schmidt. Gable and Carole Lombard had announced nuptial plans but details remained undisclosed.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Maria
Bra
Ttingham Gable
Ruben Schmidt
Gable
Miss Lombard
Refugees head to Shanghai as migration rises
Five hundred sixty two Jewish refugees are expected to arrive in Shanghai on Monday from Germany, increasing to more than 1,000 the number who have sought new homes there in recent months.
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Shanghai
Germany
Ecuador leader dissolves assembly and calls new vote
President Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez dissolved the national constituent assembly over power disputes to promote an army officer. Deputies were detained, the army stood ready, and reports said assembly president Ariaga Luque may have fled. new elections would be held immediately.
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Quito
Ecuador
Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez
National Constituent Assembly
Assembly
Arivaga Luque
Anglo American Unity Against Japan Seems Likely
Tokyo reports authoritative sources saying Japan will pursue a strong policy toward both the United States and Britain. Signs cited include the recall of Ambassador Nelson Johnson from China and Anthony Eden's U.S. visit. Finance Minister Ikeda announced 5.628 billion yen in bonds this year as the war in China continues.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Nelson T. Johnson
China
Anthony Eden
Fumimaro Konoye
Osaka
Washington
Johnson
Nichi Nichi
America
Seihin Ikeda
House of Representatives
Britain Reprimands Italian Aggression Risk in Mediterra
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that any Italian attack on Tunis would be a matter of grave concern to Britain. The remark followed a Nazi press boycott of a dinner where Chamberlain spoke and amid broader outrage over German envoy and press absence.
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Commons
Tunisia
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Mediterranean
Tunis
Ahjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Dininer
Berlin
Earl Baldwin
Labor Party
Foreign Press Association
Dyer Hearing In Richmond Friday
Greensboro dispatch reports Solicitor H L Koontz will travel to Richmond for a Friday 11 o clock hearing before Virginia’s secretary of the commonwealth on the rendi tion warrant of Dr John W Dyer a High Point physician sought in Guilford county on contempt charges Extradition question centers on whether fugitive status alone justifies surrender Dr Dyer escaped from Guilford jail after a dental operation while under order to pay alimony to his wife
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Enterprise
Greensboro
H. L. Koontz
Richmond
Virginia
John W. Dyer
High Point
Guilford County
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Dyer
John W. Carter
Danville
The
Commonwealth
D. Dyer
Emperor Bao Dai Speeds to Emergency Operation
Emperor Bao Dai is flown to Saigon for an emergency operation after severe leg injuries from a hunting accident in the mountains 25 miles north of Saigon. The flight was made to the Annam capital to seek urgent medical treatment.
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Emperor Bao Dai
Saignon
Indo-China
Annam
Saigon
Here
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