Talmadge Assumes Dictatorship Powers
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge claims broad executive power as the legislature stalls 1936-37 appropriations. With funds dispersed without full legislative authorization, bankers and leaders question legality while Talmadge weighs declaring emergency actions and possible tax resistance amid anti Roosevelt political tension.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
Talmadge
Highway Department
I-Man
Milton Shirah
Colquitt County
Slation
Olin
W. D. Lanier
Short Session Expected As Congress Opens
Congress prepares for a likely brief session as lawmakers, led by McReynolds, eye a permanent neutrality law to empower embargoes on oil and steel and to extend mandatory arms embargo provisions. Senators McNary and Harrison also express hope for a light docket ahead of Roosevelt’s joint address.
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McReynolds
D-Tenn
House Foreign Relations Committee
White House
McNary
R.-Ore
Harrison
D.-Miss
Roosevelt
Ethiopian and Italian War Methods Debate Over Bombardments
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie protests to the League of Nations alleging poison gas and Red Cross ambulance damage in the southern front. Italy defends attacks as justified after two Italian aviators were killed and a Swedish ambulance reportedly attacked near Daggah Bur and Guenale river. The exact death toll remains unclear.
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League of Nations
Red Cross
Rome
Somaliland
Daggah Bur
Harar
Guenale
Dolo
Selassie
Swedish Red Cross
Red Crosses
Lindbergh Leaves U S for Quiet Time in England
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his family arrived in Liverpool on a ten day voyage and seek quiet rest in England. Spokesman W H Gregory says plans are indefinite and emphasizes the trip is not linked to business. He declines to explain motivations behind leaving the United States amid kidnapping and Hauptmann cases.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
W. H. Gregory
Morgan, Grenfell and Co
Lindberghs
America
Jon
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Gregory
Lindbergh
London
England
French Riviera
South Wales
Pilot picked up but all others lost in Mediterranean crash
Imperial Airways flying boat City of Khartoum with nine passengers and crew perished after a crash between Mirabella Crete and Alexandria Egypt. Pilot Vernon Gerry Wilson survived, picked up by Brilliant after the wreckage was found four miles southwest of Alemgirda. Searchers initially held hope for all aboard, but later reports confirmed the pilot’s rescue and no other survivors.
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Khartoum
Luke
Imperial Airways
Mediterranean
Alemandria
Egypt
Vernon Gerry Wilson
Mirabella
Crete
Alexandria
H. M. &. Brilliant
Gxandria
Iva
Secrch
drin _ me ene
Srilitamt
Wilson
Two Facing Long Terms in Prison in Fratricide Case
In Trenton, Stanley, 55, and his gray-haired stepmother pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the November 18 killing of Stanley’s 80-year-old father Edmondney. Judge Cowper ordered 12 to 20 years for the pair. Stanley’s term 10 to 18 years with cell blocks for tests on arrival. State witnesses said the son shot the father in his sleep over money, and the stepmother allegedly urged the crime and planned marriage. Trial was slated for Wednesday after grand jury action.
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Trenton
Stanley
Acion
Jones County
Ed Nney
C. Vernon Cowper
Ting
Gon
Jones Ty Grand Jury
Power Firm Joins Suit to Halt Santee Cooper Project
The South Carolina Power Company filed a U S District Court order seeking to enjoin the $87 6 million Santee Cooper power and navigation project in the lower state. Carolina Power and Light of Raleigh had already begun similar action. A hearing is set for January 16 in Columbia to determine whether to restrain progress and possibly refer the case to a three judge court.
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Charleston
G&8. C
Santee-Cooper Power and Navigation
U. S. District Court
South Carolina Power Company of
Carolina Power and Light Company
Raleigh
N. C
South Carolina Power Company
Owl Causes Big Backfire in Spartanburg Home
J T Warlick lit a fire in his laundry heater in his Spartanburg residence and the stove backfired badly. He pulled apart the stove and found an owl wedged in the stovepipe, black with soot and smoke. The owl flew away once the pipe was cleared.
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Owl
Spartanburg
8. C
J. T. Warlick
Warlick
Seek release of road funds in South Carolina case
Chief Justice John C. Stabler heard a petition for modification of a supreme court order to release 1.471 million dollars in highway funds. Attorney General John M. Daniel filed the petition. the court will confer with other members before ruling. Funds were halted by an injunction tied to a political clash with the highway commission ousted by Governor Olin D. Johnston. The request covers 770,377 for accounts payable, 634,620 for reimbursements due January 15, and 16,875 for obligations due two days later.
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Columbia
D. C
Supreme Court
John C. Stabler
South Carolina
John M. Daniel
Stabler
Highway Commission
Olin D. Johnston
Daniel
Karpis Sighting Spurs Nationwide Hunt in Kansas City
U S agents focus on Kansas City after a cabin camp proprietor reports a photo resembling Al vin Karpis, the nations top criminal, traveling with Homer Fanning and Ollie Smith. G men press search though no definite lead exists.
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Alvin Karpis
Homer
Slim) Fanning
Ollie Smith
W. A. Smith
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Karpis
Fanning
Iowa
1936 Roars In With Wild Celebrations Across America
The new year sparked wild scenes from New York to Alaska with record revelry and lifted bans on noise and alcohol in places like Philadelphia and Atlanta. Business leaders predicted improvements for 1936 while governors and executives hailed a resilient economy as towns faced a deadly explosion in Buffalo killing one and injuring several others.
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All America
New York
Times Square
la Guardia
Snow Bath Tradition Ends With Frosty Dare
Hickory reports a boiler maker Goodman abandoned his New Year snow bath after family and friends teased him. He dressed, ventured into a snow drift in subzero wind chill, yelled for help, then returned home, ceasing the annual display.
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Hickory
Goodman
Ownership Key in Murder Car Case Unfolds in Chicago
Chicago police say ownership of the car used by the Sunday night assassination is the key to identifying the killer trio. Capt. Norton, retiring, indicates arrests of three Lapicola family members—Joseph 50 Eugene 30 Tony 28—are expected after a notary linked them to license plates for the car. Angelo Lazzia, who sold the car three months ago, denies any of the suspects bought it.
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Chicago
Albert J. Prignano
John W. Norton
Wicker Park
Norton
Prignano
Capt. Norton
Lapicola
Joseph
Eugene
Tony
John Stege
Charles Butalia
Angelo Lazzia
Fibber McGee Wins Liar Club Prize With Rat Story
Chicago performer Jim Jordan known as Fibber McGee captured the grand champion bar of 1936 in Burlington Wisconsin based Liars Club contest. He told how a frigid night drove a rat into a house and a clever trap using a falling thermometer pinned the rodent to the floor.
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Chicago
Jim
Ribber McGee) Jordan
Liars’ Club
Burlington
Wis
Jordan
Fibber McGee
Bus overturns on icy highway near Fort Mill no injuries
A Rock Hill Charlotte bus carrying fourteen people overturned on an icy highway two miles south of Fort Mill near the Catawba River early today. Police reported no injuries.
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Charlotte
Rock Hill-Charlotte
Catawba River
Fort Mill
8. C
Young Republican staffer losses amid budget cuts in Des Moines
Letcher Lusby of Chicago and Edward F. Thomas of New York were dropped from the national Young Republican headquarters staff in Des Moines. George Olmsted, chairman, cited lack of funds and pledged ongoing operation as a clearing house until February executive committee meetings. He urged regional and state leaders to push the movement with greater vigor.
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Des Moines
Letcher Lusby
Chicago
Edward F. Thomas
New York
Young Republican
George Olmsted
Olmsted
Insurance tax revenue rises in state report
An official statement shows the state insurance department collected 702 416 in insurance tax revenue last year, up from 698 865 in 1934. The figures reflect a modest gain in overall tax intake for the department during the period.
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Columbia
8. C
State Insurance Department
Bennettsville citizens pay December water bills with grant
In Bennettsville South Carolina Mayor T C Cromrand announced the water and night commission paid December bills for citizens. The commission planned a $20 000 census in its office to be used to cut taxes for residents, funded by a $3 900 grant from the same commission.
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Bennettsville
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