Madrid moves to end decentralization amid city fighting
The article reports on political turmoil in Madrid with Premier Largo Caballero banning revelry and warning discipline for those leaving the city. Fighting around the University area and near Fernando bridge pauses as weather disrupts near Pozuelo and Aranjuez. Farther north, forces push toward Guadalajara while U.S. gunboat Erie engages, tensions rise as Musel hills are affected. Independently, the Interstate Commerce Commission rejects extending emergency freight surcharges beyond December 31, with initial hearings set for January 6 and dissent from two commissioners.
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Real
Madrid
Ding
Largo Caballero
University Tion
Fernando Bridge
Pozuelo
Aranjuez
Toledo
Guadalajara
War Ministry
Espana
U. S
Erie
Musel
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mahaffie
McManamy
Ruling Nanking Tells Rebels to Prolong Action in China
The Nanking government ordered punitive military operations to resume against Lianfu rebel headquarters if Chiang Kai-Shek is not released by Sunday. The move follows another extension of grace to Chang Hsueh Liang amid mutiny and rising tensions. Shao Yuan-Shang, a political historian and Chiang staff member, died from wounds suffered during the coup.
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Nanking
China
Chang Hsueh
Liang
Lianfu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Chang
T. V. Soong
Sianfu
Shao Yuan-Shang
Shao
Day Of Injuries Dies Early Auto Collision
Hyde 19 of Leggett dies in hospital after a car crash near Leggett last night. Lynwood Sparrow and Elisha Abrams 49 in critical condition. God Sparrow 25, school principal, and Abrams 48 with skull injuries. Alonzo Sparrow 30 of Ineton NC riding with Sparrows escaped with minor cuts.
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Borc
Hyde
Leggett
Lynwood Sparrow
Elisha Abrams
Ecomber County
God Sparrow
Er Abrams
Legso
Alonzo Sparrow
Ineton
N. C
XXIV Speaks Not a Word and Goes to Work
XXIV remains silent while immediately getting to work, filling duties with brisk efficiency. The scene hints at decisive action and a swift transition to tasks, leaving no time for comment.
Cuban Legislators Gather To Study Impeachment Act
Radio messages speed up search for a Western Air Express plane missing since Tuesday with seven aboard. Faint voice calls, heard near Salt Lake City and St George, were detected on frequencies shared by United Airlines and Western Air Express. The Kingman Arizona station reported catching the best trace of the unknown caller.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
St. George
Utah
United Airlines
A. E. Cahlan
Western Air
Kingman
Ariz
Cahlan
Sugar Tax Bill May Face Impeachment Clash In Cuba
Cuban congressional leaders allied with military strongman Batista met in secret over the 1.5 million sugar tax bill. President Gomez signaled a veto fearing army run schools, while the House backed the measure 106 to 43, sending it to Gomez with ten days to act. Army supporters planned to push it through despite the veto.
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Havana
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Gomez
Fulgencio Batista
House of Representatives
Batista
House
Textile Worker Is Found Dead In Field
Kannapolis police report Leonard Daves a 30 year old textile worker was found shot to death in a vacant lot near a baseball park. Police Chief Ira T. Chapman said murder suspected and expected an arrest soon. The body was discovered by fellow mill employee Rebert Dancy shortly after midnight.
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Kannapolis
Leonard Daves
Ira T. Chapman
Daves
Chapman
Rebert Dancy
No. 1 Plates for Governor Raleigh Car in 1937
No 1 plates will be issued for the governor in 1937 while Ehringhaus rides in the state car. After he leaves office on January 7 he will have No 48. Former Governor Gardner will get No 49 and Cameron Morrison No 560 when out of office.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Max Gardner
Cameron Morrison
NC garment industry to undergo labor survey
Forrest H. Shuford, chief inspector of the labor department, announced a forthcoming survey of North Carolina garment plants. He noted the industry employs a large number of women and operates the longest hours of any state, highlighting extensive work schedules in NC plants.
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Raleigh
Forrest H. Shuford
Labor Department
North Carolina
Edward Windsors Calisthenics At Rothschild Villa
ENZELFELD Austria Dec 19 The Duke of Windsor seeks fitness after Britain's crisis rising early for calisthenics. He weighs 142 pounds and focuses on general health. Guests Baron and Baroness Eugene de Rothschild note his mood brightens with daily routines. He ends with nine pins and social drinks at a bar.
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Enzelfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Britain
Eugene de Rothschild
Chateau
Windsor
Baroness de Rothschild
Cear
Americas to unify if war shares rank
In Buenos Aires a Inter-American Peace conference plenary debated a Central American resolution for solidarity among 21 American republics. Argentina objected to wording about injury or aggression, with Hull pushing four projects to improve neutrality, culture, and trade. Bolivia and Paraguay relations were urged before December 23 adjournment.
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Buenos Aires
Peace Organization Committee
Argentina
Cordell Hull
United States
Bolivia
Paraguay
Neighbors testify on veteran cop Sullivan in revenge killings
Pittsburgh December report details neighbors accounts of Martin Sullivan 65 using beauty preparations and seeking contact with young girls. A 14 year old in Polish Hill district recalls seeing him makeup in hair and rouge with a girl, while others describe him with a blond child and car rides. District Attorney says Sullivan admitted shooting five people in revenge after detention for mistreatment of a 12 year old girl.
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Martin Sullivan
Pittsburgh
Duquesne
Sullivan
William Benda
Bernice Balchunas
Andrew T. Park
North Carolina Unemployment Insurance Law Approved by Board
The Social Security board approved the North Carolina unemployment insurance act passed at a special session. The approval completes enactment of unemployment laws in Social Security region four, which includes the District of Columbia, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. State officials brought the statute here Thursday.
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Washington
Social Security Board
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Nazis Boast of Employment Conditions With Wartime Plants Running
Berlin reports focus on securing bread supply for spring as butter and fat rationing spreads. Germany plans higher wheat imports after cutting to 160000 tons in 1935, with April bread fears and a push for abroad aid while rearmament supports war industries.
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Berlin
Third Reich
Reich
Germany
Ministry of Economics
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Ted
War Ministry
Thomasville furniture leader Robert Lambeth dies at 59
Robert L. Lambeth 59 longtime president of the Thomasville Furniture Company died at his Greensboro home after months of declining health from a heart attack. He previously visited Hot Springs and was hospitalized at Wesley Long. Funeral 3 p.m. Sunday at Main Street Methodist with relatives and church leaders attending. Interment in Thomasville cemetery. Surviving are a widow Esther Dorsett Lambeth and three of five children, plus grandchildren, a sister and a brother. He helped found Lambeth Furniture in 1901 and built a major southern furniture business with his family.
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Thomasville Furniture Company
Pioneer
Thomasville
South Mendenhall Street
Greensboro
Hot Springs
Wesley Long Hospital
Main Street Methodist Church
W. A. Stanbury
West Market Methodist Church
Lambeth
W. A. Lambeth
Winston-Salem
Western
Marion Y. Keith
Rose Lambeth
Harry Leigh Derby III
Harry Lee Lambeth, Jr
Carole Keith
Robert Lee Lambeth II
E. W. Dixon
D. T. Lambeth
John W. Lambeth
Frank S. Lambeth
John R. Myers
George H. Yow
David T. Yow
J. Walter Lambeth
North Carolina
Lambeth Furniture Company
South
William Norris Furniture Company
Powell Expects Staff for Unemployment Agency
Raleigh December 19 Charles G Powell chairman of the state unemployment compensation commission estimated today 40 to 50 persons would be employed in administering the unemployment compensation law He noted no difficulty in collecting the 9 per cent tax on 1936 payrolls He said employers would prefer paying to the state to gain state benefits Approx 8000 employers and 350000 employes would be affected by the law.
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Raleigh
Charles G. Powell
State
Pisherman's Luck on the San Joaquin River
Antioch California story reports William Schmidt bass fishing on the San Joaquin river when his line snapped while lifting a large catch. After hours of waiting, the tired angler hauled in the anchor and found the big bass tangled in the rope, a surprising turn of luck.
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Antioch
Calif
William Schmidt
San Joaquin River
Schmidt
Police Of Nine States In Search For Election Killer
Police from nine states hunted Joseph J. Bruno, serving a life term for murder in the 1934 Relayers election eve massacre, who escaped from a Schuylkill county prison guard. Governor Earle ordered an immediate inquiry after Attorney General Mariotti blamed a conspiracy of officials and others. Bruno, once a Republican leader in Relayers, disappeared yesterday while a guard awaited a dentist visit.
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Pottsville
Dee
Joseph J. Bruno
Relayers
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Charles J. Mariotti
Bruno
Guy Irving
Irving
Kelayres
Phillip
Herbert Gosslin
Weather Outlook for Carolinas and Georgia Coastal Area
Noon today shows cooler temperatures with highs near 40s and 58 yesterday in parts of the region. The forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight into Sunday, slightly colder on the coast and in the northwest, with winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shifting from fresh north to southeast and gusty in the south.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Windshatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
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