Nation aviation chiefs pay Wright tribute on 31st anniversary
Army Air Corps Chief Major General Foulois Navy Bureau of Aeronautics head Rear Admiral King and Bureau of Air Commerce chief Ernest Vidal visit Orville Wright in Dayton. Vidal carries a personal Roosevelt message praising the Wright brothers and aviation progress. The event marks National Aviation Day with flights nationwide and a note from President Roosevelt. The group also visits Wilbur Wright’s grave in Woodland Cemetery.
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Dayton
Wright Brothers
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Ernest L. King
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Ernest L. Vidal
Bureau of Air Commerce
Washington
Roosevelt
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Woodland Cemetery
Vidal
Wright Brother
Doctor Wright
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Wilbur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wright
Permanent PWA Plan Proposed By Resources Board
The national resources board proposes a six year public works budget with a ten billion dollar reserve fund and elimination of waste from uncoordinated spending. It urges extensions of subsistence homesteading and decentralization of industry along with federal control of mineral industries to curb waste and protect investments. Surveys would map power, irrigation and flood control in 17 watersheds as part of a broad long range plan.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
America
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
National Resources Board
Public Works Administration
Japan to Abrogate Washington Pact as 1936 Ends
Washington awaiting Japan’s formal notice of abrogation likely by December 31 1936. Saito may deliver official word to Secretary Hull signaling end of naval limits and potential automatic end to tri nation talks. Report notes Japan has nearly filled its 3 5 8 ratio ships while US and Britain lag behind.
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Lloyd A. Lehrers
Associated Press
Washington
Capitas
Japan
Hirosi Saito
State Department
Saito
Hull
London
United States
Great Britain
Kennamer Bound Over On Murder Charge
Whil Kennamer 19 son of Federal Judge Franklin E Kennamer bound over for district court trial in January on a charge of murdering John F Gorrell a 28 year old dentistry student during Thanksgiving night in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Kennamer
Tulsa
Okla
Franklin E. Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
Wreck of Old 97 Declared Author’s Property
The Supreme Court ruled that the song The Wreck of Old 97 is the property of author David Graves George of Gretna Virginia and that he may recover profits the Victor Talking Machine Company earned from the song.
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Washington
Supreme Court
David Graves George
Gretna
Victor Talking Machine Company
Fire at Thorncliffe racetrack kills 21 horses in Toronto
A blaze at Thorncliffe race track in Toronto killed 21 race horses including Ladder and White Thorn. The horses were owned by Frank E. Selke and Conn Smythe, manager of the Toronto ice hockey team. Investigators suspect incendiary origin.
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Dee
Ladder
Frank E. Selke
White Thorn
Selke
Conn Smythe
Thorncliffe Race Track
Watchman Is Slain Near Mill In Spartanburg
Van J. Coker, 64, night watchman at Fairmont Manufacturing, was found shot to death near the mill early today. His pistol was missing, but his pocketbook with cash and a watch were found on the body.
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Spartanburg
van J. Coker
Fairmont Manufacturing Company
Coker
Weather forecast for Carolinas and coast
Cloudy conditions with possible rain tonight and Tuesday across North and South Carolina. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift from fresh north to northeast, with moderate to fresh southwest winds in central and southern areas. Overcast skies prevail with rain on Tuesday, especially in the north portion. Coastal areas from Sandy Hook to Hatteras see fresh north winds turning northeast in the south portion.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy
Hook
Ten Die In Carolinas Highway Crashes Over Weekend
Ten people were killed in highway accidents across the Carolinas over the weekend. Five deaths occurred in South Carolina and five in North Carolina. Victims include 17 year old Thomas Shaw of McBee and 19 year old Theron Alvin Cowart in Columbia, South Carolina. A Norfolk, Virginia driver was absolved by a coroner’s jury in a separate case.
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Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Thomas Shaw
McBee
D. C
Thomas WH. Boyle
Norfolk
Theron Alvin Cowart
FERA
Columbia
8. C
Judan Gibson
East Weymouth
Mass
Sellers
Florence
Thomas G. O'Neill
Washington, D. C
Aa Tree
Power Executives Seek White House Meeting On TVA Policy
Thomas N. McCarter of the Edison Electric Institute and Public Service Corp of New Jersey heads to the White House for talks with President Roosevelt. The move signals possible compromise within the power policy dispute as TVA challenges surface and private power officials discuss capitalization and rate issues.
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Washington
Thomas N. McCarter
Roosevelt
White House
Edison Electric Institute
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
McCarter
Tennessee Valley Authority
Newton D. Baker
James M. Beck
TVA
Bernard F. Weadock
Mussolini Demands Indemnities for Ethiopian Clash
Mussolini in a Geneva message demanded an apology and full indemnities after accusing Ethiopian troops of a sudden unprovoked aggression that killed nearly 150 in Italian Somaliland. He claimed Italian forces were not to blame and condemned the Ethiopian protest to the League of Nations.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
I Duce
Geneva
League
Mussolini
South Carolina University Extends Holidays Over Flu
Dr. L T Baker president of the University of South Carolina ordered Christmas holidays start at 5 p m today due to an influenza outbreak with rising mild cases and limited infirmary space. Duke vs Gamecocks basketball remains on schedule tonight and classes resume January 3 at 8 a m.
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Columbia
8. C
L. T. Baker
University of South Carolina
U SGA Awards 1985 Women's National Championship
The United States Golf Association awarded the 1985 women's national championship to the Interlachen County Club in Minneapolis. The event dates are August 4 through 8.
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New York
United States Golf Association Today
Interplachen County Club
Minneapolis
Rigid guard in Saar area after fight
In Saarbrucken the League of Nations moved an international army into Saar to curb violence ahead of the January plebiscite. A British police officer fired a warning shot after his car struck a sidewalk injuring a woman. The officer Captain James Justice was suspended pending inquiry as the clash left Neumeister wounded and the Earl of Aylesford with a black eye.
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Saarbruecken
Saar
League of Nations
German Front
League Governing Commission
James Justice
Justice
Earl of Aylesford
Earl of Aylesford and Fraulein Kathe Braun
Neumeister
White House Silent On Reported Romance
Washington December 17 There was neither confirmation nor denial at the White House about a rumored engagement between Anna Dall daughter of the President and John Boettiger former Tribune staffer. The rumor followed Boettiger s resignation for a New York post. Both Dall and Boettiger are divorced and each has children.
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Washington
White House
Anna Dall
John Boettiger
Chicago Tribune
Burns Captured in Chicago linked to Brooklyn Armored Car Raid
Federal and Chicago police captured Joseph Burns 58 in a south side flat after an overnight stakeout. Investigators link Burns to the $427,000 Brooklyn armored car robbery and probe ties to two slain federal agents. Detectives seek remaining band members and test weapons found in his apartment.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Walter Johnson
Joseph Burns Dillinger
Burns
Michigan City
Ind
John Dillinger
Indiana
John Hamton
Joseph Fox
Edward Barce
John Stege
New York
George
Baby Face
Nelson
Department of Justice
United States Postal
John McWhorter
Carolina Mills Seek Hours Exemption Hearings
The NRA will hold public hearings on requests by three Carolina textile mills for exemption from the machine limitation provisions of the cotton textile code. Ellenboro Manufacturing of Ellenboro North Carolina Derry Damask Mills of Gaffney South Carolina and the Eee Mill of Landrum South Carolina seek to operate more than the standard two shifts totaling 40 hours per week.
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Washington
NRA
Carolina
Coton Textile
Ellenboro Manufacturing Company
Ellenboro
N. C
Derry Damask Mills
Gaffney
8. C
Eee Mill
Landrum
National Economy League Opposes Soldiers Bonus Payment
TheNational Economy League pressed a campaign against immediate bonus payments as veterans bloc leaders predicted the measure would win more than two thirds majorities.
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Washington
National Economy League
Veterans’ Bloc
90 Business Leaders Meet In Conference For Recovery
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia 90 business leaders gather for a Roosevelt era recovery conference called by the National Association of Manufacturers and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States The meeting aims to align business with government while considering unity against "wild" legislation and planning nine committees to cover key sectors including agriculture foreign trade social security and relief durable goods federal finance transport national recovery act and business financing The plan seeks cooperation with government unifying opinion and preservation of a balanced budget with flexible NRA use.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Dee
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
C. B. Ames
The
Texas Company
Ames
Honest divorce remark from Santa Monica letter writer
A Santa Monica reader quips that a wife is unaffordable, as he says she suits him fine but he cannot afford her. He also notes Florida’s cold spell and mocked a movement to unrecognize Russian. He adds that they did not sell as much as expected and questions the outcome of recognition.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Dea
Florida
Hasent
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