Philippines battered by Bulusan floods and typhoon
Nine people drowned as floods swept down Bulusan volcano slopes in Sorsogon while a typhoon and heavy rains hit eastern and southern Philippines. Irosin suffered the worst, with bodies recovered and dozens missing. Red Cross aid authorized. refugees sheltered in religious facilities. Seawall damage reported in Mindanao and several islands affected by rising waters and mudflows.
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Manila
P. 1
Bulusan
Sorsogon
Philippine Islands
Father Beyano
Manila Weather Bureau
Trasin
Irosin
Weather Bureau
Philippines
Capiz
Father Bayano
Red Cross
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Mayon
Dutch East Indies
Phillippines
Japan
Kamchatka Peninsula
Aleutians
Alaska
Daivn
South America
Shinmitake
Matina Soa
Hawaiian Islands
APJ
Tunaulan
la Vanguardia
Tacloban
Leyte
Bombing Planes Spread Terror in Fukien Province
Fifty five civilians and three soldiers were killed in heavy bombing by nationalist planes in Fukien province. Foochow and nearby areas were attacked, with dozens of homes destroyed and hundreds injured or displaced. Eugene Chen accused Chiang Kai-shek of using planes on his countrymen, while official reports claimed three planes were shot down. Gunboats have taken over Foochow forts, reflecting intensified national government actions.
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Nanking
China
Fukien
Foochaw
Ghangchan
Eugene Chen
People’s Independent
Chen
Sun Yat-Sen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shen
Foochow
Shang‘hai
Peiping
Pukien Province
United States
Embezzler Surrenders to Police in St Louis
Norman B. Kirby a 39 year old Chicago man surrendered to St Louis detectives stating he is wanted in Chicago for embezzling about $1000 from former employers. Kirby formerly served as office manager and bookkeeper for F D Farnam & Co manufacturers of asbestos products. He admitted taking various sums and said he surrendered on advice of a Christian Science practitioner. His salary had been reduced from 150 to 60 dollars a month.
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ST. Louis
Norman B. Kirby
Chicago
Kirby
F. D. ‘Farnam & Co
Weight loss advice from Oklahoma man who shed 227 pounds
Oklahoma City dispatch reports J. R. McCarty who dropped from 565 to 338 pounds shares tips for shedding weight. He urges quitting excessive eating and cutting butter and sugar while eating spinach and turnips, aiming to reach 220 pounds.
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Oklahoma City
J. R. McCarty
McCarty
Christmas Dinner Draws 12000 in St Louis Auditorium
AP reports about 12,000 guests including Mayor Bernard Dickman and city employees attended a Christmas dinner in the new municipal auditorium in St Louis.
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Associated Press
St, Louis
Bernard Dickman
New Municipal Auditorium
Police search for boy sought in slaying of girl
Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec 26 AP Authorities widened the manhunt in southern Michigan for William McCann 20 sought in the slaying of Margaret Peevey 23 deaf mute whose body was found in a field near Grand Rapids Three bullets from a small bore rifle were fired into her head and her clothing torn Sheriff Fred Kelley said McCanns parents said the couple once dated the victim The parents asked newspapers to publish a parental appeal to McCann to turn himself in and face the charges
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
William McCann
Margaret Peevey
Lloyd A. Walcott
Mecann
Fred Kelley
Hunt
McCann
Kelley
Cummings to resign soon as banking watchdog
Walter J. Cummings is expected to retire in mid January as chairman of the Deposit Insurance Corporation and aid to determine how to aid 600 state banks seeking insurance. The decision on recapitalizing these banks lies with President Roosevelt, Jesse Jones, and the RFC as English scientists introduce bretex plant for fiber pulp and cattle feed seed.
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United States
White House
Rice Pierce
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Henry R. Lee
Nashville
Tenn
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington
Walter J. Cummings
The
Cummings
Woodin
Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Jesse Jones
RFC
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Franz Josef Land
Marjorie de Haven Lockwood
Victor Fleming
Paul A. Lockwood
Los Angeles
Fleming
Marjorie
San Francisco
Lockwood
Missouri
Mexico
George H. Brown
Southern Trust Company
Fansas City
George E. Davis
Cecil Lund
Laurens
St. Joseph
Gerald Winters
Maysville
Charles A. Walker
Adeline Walker
Kansas City
Brazeau
J. E. Milster
E. E. Kimmel
G. R. Milster
Mrs. Kimmel
Pope’s
Hammond Ins
U. S
Epperson Underwriting Co
Jefferson City
Ziegler Coal
J. D. Reed Coal CO
Stoppan
Phil A. Dallmeyer
Optometrist
E. High
Board of Directors
Henry J. Lueckenhoff
Cashier
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