Public Service Workers Strike Paralyzes Paris Utilities
In Paris a 120,000 strong public service walkout halted bus and subway service. Police evicted strikers from six electric plants and two gas works as mobile guards protected operations. Premier Chantemps condemned the strike amid Communist backing and warned of hidden political aims.
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Bulletin
Paris
Po-lice
Camille Chautemps
People’s Front
Camille Chantemps
Chantemps
Communist Party
Power Group 10 widens probe of unlicensed hydro plants
The Power Commission will scrutinize about 1,400 hydroelectric projects nationwide under federal jurisdiction rules. Chief Engineer Roger B. McWhorter leads the inquiry to decide if unlicensed plants violate the federal power act and affect water resources, spanning five regional offices. States listed include Maryland 3, Virginia 34, West Virginia 9, North Carolina 49, South Carolina 23, Georgia 28, Florida 3, Kentucky 3, Tennessee 18, Alabama 12, Arkansas
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Commission
Roger B. McWhorter
Clyde L. Fearye
Power commission _ statistics
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Tennes
Alabama
Arkansas
Wife Of John D. M. Hamilton Granted Divorce
Mrs Laura Hall Hamilton won a district court divorce from John D M Hamilton in Topeka Kansas. Judge Otis Hungate granted custody of their two children Daniel 20 and Laura 12 after an hour long trial. The petition cited gross neglect, abandonment over a year and excess cruelty. The couple wed on December 28 1915.
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Topeka
Kas
Laura Hall Hamilton
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Erman
Otis Hungate
Hamilton
Daniel
Laura
Pilgrim Fellowship Holds Holiday Conference Speech
E. B. White of Pleasant Hill Tennessee will speak tonight at the annual holiday conference of the southeast Pilgrim fellowship of the Congregational Christian Church in Greensboro.
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Pilgrim Fellowship
Greensboro
EB. White
Pleasant Hill
Tenn
The
Southeast Pilgrim Fellowship
Congregational Christian Church
Woman Dies in Auto Crash Near Blair Park
A Winston-Salem woman, Mrs. J. B. Slate, died in a morning collision on the Asheboro road just beyond Blair Park. Four others were injured, one critically, when Leo McSwain of Archdale in one car and Fred Slate of King in the other collided as McSwain said a front wheel locked while braking.
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Blair Park
Asheboro
J. 8. Slate
Winston-Salem
Leo McSwain
Archdale
Fred Slate
King
McSwain
Enterprise
Dr. J
Slate
J. W. Slate
High Point
Mattie Slate
Fred
Pr. Slate
Guilford General Hospital
Winston Woman Fatally Hurt in Crash and Child Support Hearing
In Morganton, Ned A. Parks, 24, surrendered on a non support warrant for a child of Mrs. Martha Ryan. The same morning, Mrs. J. S. Slate was killed and four others injured in an Asheboro Road crash near Blair Park, with Leo McSwain, 17, charged with manslaughter.
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Winston
J. Ed Butler
Parks
Washington
Madman Kills Three Wounds Ten in Oakland Rampage
Bonifacio Aranda 28, a Filipino dishwasher, killed three countrymen and wounded ten in a stabbing and shooting spree after his wife left him. He was held at Alameda County Hospital. Police Captured him after terrorizing a three block area. The dead were Severo Dulay 65 Liogarda De Guzman 25 and Tony Buenconsyo 30.
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Oakland
Calif
Bonifacio Aranda
Alameda County Hospital
Lee Brown
Dan Huge
Arands
Severo Dulay
Liogarda de Guzman
Tony Buenconsyo
Leader at Lake Junaluska Dies
James Atkins 53 longtime manager of the Southern Method ist assembly grounds at Lake Junaluska N C died at home of heart ailment. A son of the late Bishop James Atkins of Waynesville he helped promote the grounds and served as receiver during financial difficulties. With Rev W A Lambeth he was credited with restoring the property to debt free church control.
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Lake Junaluska
James Atkins
Southern Methodist Church
Assembly
Atkins
Waynesville
W. A. Lambeth
High Point
Fire department Lt Donnie Etheridge dies battling blaze
Lieut Donnie T Etheridge of the Savannah fire department died in Savannah Ga today while fighting a downtown building fire. Officials said death appeared to be a heart attack occurring minutes after he fell about five feet from a ladder.
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Savannah
Donnie T. Etheridge
Savannah Fire Department
Etheridge
First Wife Contradicts Healy Death Details
Betty Braun Healy, Ted Healy’s first wife, says he did not die penniless. She cites his Hollywood real estate, ranch property, and a $100,000 life policy. Co workers funded his funeral after the coroner attributed death to alcoholism. no will reported. Healy earned about $1,750 weekly and supported friends.
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Hollywood
Betty Braun’ Healy
Ted Healy
Healy
Betty Hickman Healy
FDR Seeks Stronger Navy Amid Global Armament Rise
President Roosevelt announced plans to build two new battleships and 16 minor vessels, signaling a possible push to seek greater naval armament from Congress. He cited global disarmament trends and said many nations are not slowing the arms race.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Taylor
Dcolo
House Appropriations Committee
Rain Forecast As Pacific Northwest Faces Flood After Storm
Northwest rain returns as a three day flood ravages the region. Fireman remains missing after a Great Northern wreck near Monroe while a Canadian National engine crashed through a bridge north of Victoria and a Canadian Pacific car slid in a North Bend snowslide. Vernonia reports 100 families marooned as the Nehalem overflows.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Great Northern
Monroe
Canadian National Railways
Victoria
Canadian Pacific
North Bend
B. C
Jackson accuses big business of striking against government
Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson accused big business of striking against the government to liquidate the New Deal. He told the American Political Science Association that recession is a cudgel to extract concessions and argued the recovery program boosted business profits while labor and small merchants lagged. The article notes continuation on page two.
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Philadelphia
Robert H. Jackson
Big Business
American Political Science Association
As & Cudgel
Jackson
Hunt Club Arrests Stir Legal and Policy Questions
About a dozen members of the Sedgefield Hunt were cited after a December 11 chase in Jamestown township. The case, to be heard in Greensboro, questions whether fox hunt spectators following hounds are hunters under the law and whether hunt club members require licenses.
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Sedgefield Hunt
Greensboro
General Assembly
E. L. Leonard
Jamestown Township
Sedgefield
Mark Lewis
R.F.D
G. W. Brison
T. W. Rochelle
High Point
Douglas Jobe
Raleigh
Louise Caston
Asheboro
Charles A. Brown
Charlotte
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Paschall
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Tryon
British Declines Japanese Version Of Yangtze Gunboat Attack
The British embassy in Tokyo refused to accept Japan's military version of the attacks on the gunboats Ladybird and Bea on the Yangtze river. Imperial headquarters had labeled the strikes a mistake and expressed regrets. One British sailor was killed.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Ladybird
Bea
Imperial Headquarters
Yangtze River
Colette Tricot Husband Jailed In Paris Slaying Case
Henri Tricot, husband of Roger Million s alleged mistress, is held for investigations after he told police that Million was implicated in the slaying of Jean De Koven, a Brooklyn dancer. Paris detectives described apartment searches as yielding high importance discoveries amid an alleged murder for profit ring.
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Paris
Henri Tricot
Roger Million
Million
Jean Te Koven
Brooklyn
Tricot
St. Cloud
Miss de Koven
Eugene Weildmann
Colette Tricot
Government closes on Teruel as insurgent holdouts burn
Spanish government troops move to seize two dynamite-damaged buildings sheltering Teruel's garrison amid heavy fighting. Insurgents bombard the city from the air, four planes downed, while civilians and troops withdraw to remaining refuges as fires engulf the convent and seminary. Front along Aragon sees resumed activity and flood-damage repairs.
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Madrid
Teruel
Bank of Spain
Seminary
Santa Anna Convent
Aragon
Huesca
Traffic Deaths Near 40000 in 1937 Forecast
The National Safety Council projected 1937 traffic fatalities around 40,000, an all time high. Through November 1937, 35,610 deaths occurred, up six percent from the prior year, while per mile rates showed no actual increase.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Government Views on Boycott Movements and 1938 Outlook
Secretary of Commerce Roper said the department favors stimulating trade with every country and that changes would come from the state department. He noted the sun is shining on the economy, banks are sound, and durable goods production should improve as deferred orders clear. He warned only psychological fear differentiates current recession from 1929.
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Washington
Roper
Department
State Department
Hunt Assailants Hunted in Elkin Police Case
Elkin officers hunted two men today in connection with the assault on Morris Myers 51 on a highway near here Monday. Myers was knocked unconscious but not robbed, police said.
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Elkin
Morris Myers
Here
Occupation By Japs Awaited: Tsingtao Tension Rises
Chinese prepare for possible Japanese takeover at Tsingtao amid explosions that cut telegraph and radio links in Shanghai. 159 Americans remain unmoved by evacuation as foreign vigilantes form to guard sites and prevent looting. Japan claims right to extend military law into Shanghai international settlement and French concession.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Tsingtao
United States Warcraft
Marblehead
Pope
Furthr
Japan
International Settlement
Ireland renames state Eire as new constitution takes effect
Dublin observes Constitution Day as the 15 year old Irish Free State becomes Eire Ireland in English. De Valera proclaims a milestone toward independence. a two chamber legislature, prime minister and president are outlined, with De Valera to serve as premier and a new president to be chosen.
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Dublin
America
London
Ulster
Northern Ireland
Eire
de Valera
Free State
Taoiseach
der Fuehrer
Four Children and Heroic Father Die in Farm House Fire
A farm house fire near Belmont, WN, killed four children and their father who died after trying to rescue them. The father Theodore Decest rich, 48, died hours later in Wellsville Memorial hospital after his son Theodore, Jr., 10, died from burns. The other victims Lucille, 6, Jack, 8, and Ruth Eva, 2, were found in the ruins.
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Belmont, WN
Theodore Decestrich
Wellsville Memorial Hospital
Theodore, Jr
Lucille
Jack
Uth Eva
Here
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Power Group 10
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J. S. Slate
Madman
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Hunt Club
Muder
Jean de Koven
Department of Commerce
Associated Press
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