Christmas Toll Grows From Holiday Deaths Nationwide
Violent holiday toll climbs with 145 deaths nationwide from crashes shootings train wrecks and accidents. An Auburn Maine oil heater blast killed five in a family cottage including two sleeping girls. Other incidents include a Fort Dodge Iowa head on crash and a Lan caster North Carolina child killed by a car while admiring gifts.
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Danville
Ill
Fred Carter
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Illinois
California
Maryland
Ohio
Hopkinsville
Japanese Blockade Around Tsingtao Shrinks Coastal Trade
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese navy surrounding Tsingtao with a blockade. United States warcraft standby to evacuate about 300 Americans as Chinese residents and foreigners flee inland. Many vessels are sunk in the inner harbor to halt Japanese access amid rising North China tensions.
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China
Tsingtao
United States Warcraft
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Shantung Province
Orient
Navy
Hangchow
George VI Pleads for Peace in Christmas Broadcast
King George VI delivered his Christmas message from Sandringham urging the world to dispel enmity through peace and goodwill. He noted the crown's past and hinted the broadcast may not continue in the same personal form, as the royal family listened with Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother Mary to the nation’s gratitude for their support during the year.
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Frank B Kellog To Be Buried Monday
Burial services planned for Frank Billings Kellogg former secretary of state and world court judge in National Cathedral Washington. Kellogg body was sent from St Paul with Mrs Kellogg and relatives and will arrive Monday morning for services. Funeral rites were held Thursday at St John the Evangelist Church in St Paul.
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Special Italian Mission Set to Visit Japan to Foster Ties
A high level Italian mission including military and government representatives will travel to Japan to strengthen friendship and discuss practical benefits. Italy aims for closer economic and cultural ties while opposing communism, with Starace announcing the plan and talks expected to focus on collaboration rather than military alliance.
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Peace Lost Pastor Tells F. D. R.
President Roosevelt heard a 5 year old Presbyterian minister denounce the “Inconsistency and Mockery” of Christmas. Rev Peter Marshall preached to the president and an overflow crowd at New York Avenue church. The day included a three way telephone talk with absent Roosevelts from Seattle Fort Worth and Rochester hospital.
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Harry Hopkins
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John Boettiger
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Fort Worth
Tex
Navy rebuilding sparks major debate in Congress
Washington scene outlines looming clash over big Navy revival as a tool against recession. Administration keeps plans under wraps to avoid rallying peace groups and to counter lagging industry. Roosevelt letter cited as push toward naval construction, combat and auxiliary ships, amid relief politics.
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Cartwright
House Roads Committee
Explosion Wrecks Tank in Corapolis Plant Anew
An explosion wrecked a 20 000 gallon gasoline tank in Corapolis Pennsylvania. The blast hurled the tank top across railroad tracks and ignited a second tank. No one was seriously hurt though one worker was knocked down. Firefighters battled flames for three hours and prevented spread to other tanks containing 500 000 gallons. The plant had few workers on duty due to holiday.
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E. V. Helm
Bloody Christmas fighting near Teruel under siege clash
Dawn combat erupts in snow between Franco and government troops in the Teruel area as insurgents mass for a possible encirclement. Government forces retreat from Teruel as insurgent lines hold, with Gen. Miguel Aranda directing operations and Barcelona reporting insurgent gains.
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Miguel Aranda
National Defense Ministry
Barcelona
Two Boys Drown In Ice-Covered Lake
In St Louis a suburban ice lake claimed the lives of two 12 year olds James Knutsen and Edward Denton Jr. The boys had left home to seek Santa gifts. Divers pierced the ice and retrieved the bodies from 16 feet of water after cracks were seen in the lake.
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Payne Still At Large As Rumors Fly
Reports from North and South Carolina surface as Bill Payne, once jailed in Caledonia prison, remains at large. Local residents and family ties anchor his past in High Point while officials monitor possible hideouts in Wake County and Southport.
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Well-Known Woman Seriously Wounded
Mrs. Cornelia Campbell 55, former head of Youngstown Sheet and Tube, was critically wounded by a bullet in the abdomen during a Christmas party at the Campbell home north of Youngstown. Secret service officer Joseph Luarde said the shooting was accidental. Daughter Louise Campbell, 28, gave blood for a transfusion.
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Newton D. Baker, World War I Secretary, Dies at 66
Former secretary of war Newton D. Baker died at his Cleveland home after a heart attack at age 66. He had been bedridden since December 3 and withdrew from public life in later years. Survived by widow, three children, and five grandchildren, Baker was a key WWI cabinet member and a longtime Cleveland political figure.
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Elizabeth McGean
Six Pennsylvanians Drown After Car Plunges Off Embankment
Six Pennsylvania men are dead after their sedan plunged 560 feet off an embankment into a creek near Wellsburg West Virginia. Rescuers freed the bodies after three hours from about 10 feet of water. Identifications match Thomas Whitfield Samuel Ross Thomas Vanka Donald Everett John Kurkoski and Howard Codd. Witness Mrs Melvin Raleigh reported bubbles at the scene and described the car veering off the highway before a small bridge.
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Here
Herbert Traubert
Thomas Whitfield
Samuel Ross
Thomas Vanka
Houston
Donald Everett
John Kurkoski
Midland
Howard Codd
Canonsburg
Melvin Raleigh
Ratrigh
Prayers for Peace Amid Violence in Holy Land
In Jerusalem Christian faithful prayed at Bethlehem for peace as British troops quell new clashes in the Tiberias region. Forty three Arabs were killed and over 20 wounded. three British soldiers were hurt. A 12 hour curfew was set in Tulkarm. In Lebanon police uncovered an arms factory smuggling arms to Palestine and arrested the owners. Greek and Armenian Christians led masses.
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Panay Incident Hearing Closed As Hull Replies
The United States accepts Japan's guarantees against interference in China. Hull's reply tolls that the Panay incident lines are closed, with only technical points on indemnification left. The U S government relies on Navy court findings, not Japan's “mistake” version, in formulating its stance.
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Five Die In Cottage Fire Near Auburn on Christmas Day
A Lake Shore cottage fire at Lard pond Turner Auburn destroyed a festive gathering of 25 people. Victims include Jeane LaPointe 4 Jeanne LaPointe 7 Marie Marcis 70 Lena Fradas 39 Fred Coulombe 45. Joseph Lapointe 32 and Charles Gagnon 18 were injured or hospitalized with burns. Officials expect recoveries.
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Marie Marcis
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Lewiston
Fred Coulombe
Joseph Lapointe
Charles Gagnon
Giant Locomotive Plunges Over Wall in Pittsburgh Tragedy
A 185 ton Pennsylvania railroad express locomotive left its tracks in Pittsburgh and fell 60 feet into a street, killing engineer Oscar B. Rhoads 47 of Columbus and fireman William Strous of Carnegie. Two auto occupants escaped injury as the roaring crash echoed like an earthquake.
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