Mania blamed in shooting of two professors
New York authorities attributed the fatal shooting at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center to persecution mania in a frustrated man who lost his job. Victor Koussow, 32, a former medical and legal student with Russian army ties, killed two dental school professors and wounded another before shooting himself.
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New York
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Himyets
Victor Koussow
Koussow
Nicolaeff
Kousson
Japanese Grant Naval Equality Debate Continues
Observers note the Japanese proposal to grant naval equality sparked trouble as delegates debate limits and which nations qualify. Norman Davis of the U S delegation reiterates the principle of equality and security while acknowledging differing needs among powers.
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Canada
Australia
Union of South Africca
Norman H. Davis
United States
Davis
Two youths die in crash near Joplin
Two youths died in a car crash near Melrose, Kansas, about 30 miles west of Joplin, when their vehicle struck a culvert approach. Ralph Worley, 26, and Wilbur Craig, 16, both of Hockerville, Oklahoma, were killed. a truck driver found the wreck.
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Joplin
Dee
Ralph Worley
Wilbur Craig
Hockerville
Oklahoma
Melrose
Kany
Here
Minnesota asks probe into graft after Liggett killing
Minnesota legislators were urged to create a seven member commission with a $50,000 appropriation to investigate graft and corruption in state government after Walter Liggett, Minneapolis editor, was shot. Governor Olson promised cooperation. FBI redraws bullet from Liggett’s body but federal action is not pursued. Attorney General Cummings rejected a federal takeover, offering only labs and records while urging state handling of the murder probe.
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Minneapolis
Walter Liggell
Marius Waddall
Plummer
Finnayer
Floyd B. Olson
Liggett
Builer
Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Minnesota
Cummings
Floyd Olson
Justice Department
Walter Liggett
Poll of St Louis milk producers on new pricing agreement
Market Administrator Fred Le Shipley announced a poll of milk producers in the St Louis area to decide whether they approve a proposed marketing agreement. The plan cuts class 1 milk price to 2.10 per 100 pounds from 2.25 and reorganizes into two classes. The draft received approval from Secretary Wallace and was prepared last month by a joint committee of industry representatives.
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ST. Louis
Fred le Shipley
Erta
Washington
Wallace
Kansas City Leaders Headed to Seek 1936 GOP Convention
Conrad H. Mann Herminn L Langwoorthy and Kansas City Chamber of Commerce officials depart for Washington to lobby for bringing the 1936 Republican National Convention to Kansas City. Mayor Bryce B. Smith joins them in New York en route.
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Kansas City
Conrad H. Mann
Herminn
L. Langwoorthy
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Bryce B. Smith
New York
Oklahoma City Fugitive Voss Shot After Escape Attempts
John Wilbur Voss, 19, who escaped federal custody three times, was shot and seriously wounded when he leaped from a rooming house window in Oklahoma City. Sheriff Stanley Rogers said Voss was pursued after tips placed him in the city attempting to visit his wife and 43 months old baby. He was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Oklahoma City
John Wilbur Voss
Stanley Rogers
Voss
Erie
Cuban Party Accepts Provisional Election in Havana
The Menocalista party announces acceptance of the provisional election results naming Jose A. Barnet and Elipio Mal as provisional president. The party revokes its withdrawal from national elections set for January 1 to establish a constitutional government to replace the provisional administration.
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Havana
Menocalista
Carlos Mendiola
Jose A. Barnet
Elipio| Mal
Mario G. Menocal
Twin boys born on Friday the thirteenth in Midwest town
North East Ind residents report twin boys born to Mrs. George T. Culley on Friday December 13. The couple, with a 60 year old father employed by the railroad, now has 13 children with seven still living from the family. The article notes the house and walls under construction, and that the previous twin birth died at birth.
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North East
Ind
George T. Culley
Navy appoints six new captains across several states
Washington Dec 13 Navy department announced appointments of new captains including Ernest W McKee Independence Iowa William R Purnell Bowling Green Missouri Samuel S Payne Monticello Arkansas Olaf M Husl vedt Decorah Iowa Alva D Bernard Lawrence Kansas and Harold C Train Kansas City Missouri.
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Washington
Navy Department
Ernest W. McKee
Independence
William R. Purnell
Bowling Green
Samuel S. Payne
Monticello
Ark
Olaf M. Huslvedt
Decorah
Alva D. Bernard
Lawrence
Kans
Harold C. Train
Kansas City
Junior College Debaters in Moberly Tourney
In Moberly Missouri five schools field junior college teams for a pre season round robin tourney. Missouri Valley Westminster Kemper each entered one team while Moberly and Wentworth brought two four speaker teams. Judges will score on 21 debates and declare the winner late today. Kemper won last year.
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Moberly
Missouri Valley
Westminster
Kemper
Wentworth
Angl o French protest over Ethiopian peace plan
London reports a bitter flare in Parliament as Baldwin and Hoare face mounting protests over the League of Nations peace plan for Ethiopia and Italy. Critics demand stronger sanctions and warn the proposed territorial exchange may fail. Duff Cooper says terms may not satisfy both sides, urging continued league action. The League of Nations Union calls for sanctions until effective.
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London
Sormekia
Sir Samuel
League of Nations
Perec Plar
Baldwin
Hood
Gibraltar
Pierre Laval
Hoare
United Kingdom
Maly
Ethiopia
Alfred Duff Cooper
Britain
League
League of Nations Union
Soviet Union seeks allies as two foes loom in Europe
Moscow dispatch notes Soviet Russia, wary of Germany and Japan, seeks English and American support to curb German expansion and Japan’s Far East moves. The Kremlin calculates risk, signs mutual aid with France, hopes for League backing, and plans to build up war industries by 1938. England may loan 200 million pounds to bind Moscow and London.
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NEA
Moscow
London
Soviet Russia
Italy
England
Japan
Germany
League of Nations
Hitler
Cental
Europe
Russia
Soviet Union
America
Far East
France
Soviet
Siberia
League
Kremlin
Chamber of Deputies
Outer Mongolia
Grave possibilities oF war in Asia and Europe
The passage argues that Soviets view lands around Lake Baikal as theirs and warn against Japan. It notes Japan may attack if Germany enters war, while France and England delay action to rebuild air power and realign Europe. Versailles era states and minorities threaten immediate peace decisions amid economic strain.
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Lake Baikal
Japan
China
England
America
Germany
France
Russia
Poland
Mrs Williams Leaves To Teach In Peiping China
Mrs Walter Williams widow of the late founder of the University of Missouri journalism school sails for Peiping to hold a visiting professorship at Yen Ching University. She will stop in Kansas City California and Honolulu before Tokyo and Manchukuo for travel to Peiping, arriving about February 1 to teach through the semester and possibly next year.
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Columbia, Mo
Walter Williams
University of Missouri Journalism School
The
Orient
Yenching University
Peiping
China
Williams
Kansas City
California
Honolulu
Hawaii
Tokyo
Manchukuo
Missouri Journalism School
Bonus plans at veterans meeting in St Joseph
QIOCUSS BONUS PLANS AT VETERANS MEETING in St Joseph Missouri as of December 13 AP reports plans for immediate payment of the bonus to be discussed at a state POW WOW with American Legion cooperation. L W Byars of Columbia VEW commander says mobilizing every state to campaign for the bonus. The country has come to see veterans claim that they should not wait any longer for wage adjustments earned during World War I. Ear H Shackieford of Havana State commander will represent the region.
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ST Joseph
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Ll. W. Byars
Columbia
Byars
Ear H
Shackieford
Hanni
Elementary schools to buy new books for libraries
Teachers from all elementary grades will meet at the Junior College tonight and tomorrow to select library books. The school board has appropriated 500 for additional books, aiming to equip about 50 teachers with roughly 810 worth of books each. A large consignment of sample books, organized by grade, has arrived for six planned meetings.
Two Held After Threats Against St Joseph Mayor
Two of four men arrested in St Joseph Missouri for making threatening telephone calls to Mayor John Schuler are Howard Stevens age 2 and Raymond Butterfield age 23. Police say the suspects accused each other of making the calls and demanded the mayor meet them at Tenth and Charles streets with money or face violence.
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Joseph
John Schuler
Howard Stevens
Raymond Butterfield
Pa‘lice
Tenth
Charles Streets
Death recalls dancing team's gilded days
A sweeping reminiscence recalls Maurice and Hughes, famed dance partners, and Leonora Hughes as love and tragedy intersect in Paris and Buenos Aires. Carlos Ortiz Basualdo, 37, dies while speedboating on Lake Nahuel Huapi, amid tales of a missed romance and a vanished era of dancing prestige. The piece links a gilded era of international acclaim to personal losses, including Maurice's later life and Leonora's marriage. The closing notes reference Canada’s first Methodist church, 1788.
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New York
Maurice
Alughes
Leonora
Lake Nahuel Huali
Andes
Carlos Oditz
Basualdo
Paris
France
England
United States
Maurice and
Hughes
Yplisaere
Leonora Hughes
Caille Daron
Alpha
Lomega
Vernon, Castles
America
Carlos Basualdo
St. Patrick's Cabral
Dona Leonora
Carlos Ortiz Busualdo
Fothers
Maurice Iti
Basualdos
South America
América
Leonor Ambrose
Bariloche
Lake Nahuel Huati
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