Typhoon E floods Manila. nineteen dead across provinces
A powerful typhoon swept SE of Manila causing extensive floods and property damage. Nineteen deaths were reported with many regions in Leyte Samar Camarines Sur and nearby provinces hit hard. Communications disrupted and relief efforts underway as Red Cross mobilizes.
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Manila
Mindoro
China Sea
Segtrs
Sorsogon
Albay
Camarines Sur
Masbale
Romblon
Marinducque
Leyte
Samar
South Tavahas
Luzon
Philippines
Samar Island
Leganepl
Red Cross
Sfforts
Manila Bay
Weather Update for Regions Affected by Rain
Cloudy conditions with occasional rain across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky tonight and Friday. Temperatures trend cooler with scattered showers and mostly fair skies in eastern and central areas. North portions see colder nights and Friday cooler daytime highs across the region.
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Raln
Tennessee
Northurst
North Central Pactions
Virginia
Calder Kentuchky
Wkesson Robbins Seek New Corporate Setup
New York December filing shows Wkesson Robbins Inc petitioning for reorganization under Chandler. Balance sheet lists assets of 86.6 million and liabilities of 75.3 million, amid equity receivership in Stanford Connecticut for alleged mismanagement and falsification of books. NYSE suspended dealings in the firm’s securities as Hartford stockholder sues.
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New York
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Chandler T. A
Ianford, Conn
New York Stock Exchange
Wil
Hartford
Coi Tt
Unternns Anic
C. F. Michaels
I Sant
Chemists Plan
Morris Predicts Continued Slump
Morris, a Grimes, Iowa dirt farmer, warned the National Association of Manufacturers that America remains in a prolonged slump. He compared the economy to feverish illnesses and urged coordinated action among industry, labor, and farmers to restore purchasing power and avert failure.
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New York
Lewis Morris
Grimes
Towa
National Association of Manufacturer
Morris
Teacher sues over ouster for reading deemed indecent
In Redkey Indiana a teacher, R Phinney, sues school trustees for 1000 dollars claiming he was forced to resign after reading to pupils from Carl Cartm er's Stars Fell On Alabama and W E Woodward's A New American History. Trustees allege indecent books and threaten to dismiss him.
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Portland, Inc
Dee. &Py
Aim
R. Phinney
Redkey
Nira
Phinney
Carl Cartmer
Alabama
W. E. Woodward
Americas May Ban European Propaganda
Lima Peru December 8 A proposal to ban European political propaganda may come before the Pan American conference opening tomorrow The Argentina delegation indicated it drafted a tentative recommendation and will seek direct wording at today’s meeting Secretaries Hull cautious approach noted as he surveys all delegations before proposing concrete measures Brazil is expected to back the United States policy including continental defense If any sense of unified action emerges it will depend on further informal talks and positions of the Latin American states See PAN AMERICAN Page 4
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Lima
Peru
United States
Americas
Argentina
Hull
Roosevelt
Europe
Hult
United Hemisphere
Brazil
Socialite's confession case heads to court in Bassett slaying
Seattle court weighs admitting an oral confession from Mrs Milli cent Fawcett via Mrs Mary Eleanor Smith about the 10 year old Bassett disappearance. Fawcett, a 48 year old larceny convict, testifies of Smith detailing Mayer and accomplice slain Bassett and dismembered body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Chester Batchelor
Millicent Paddieford Fawcet
Mary
Leanor Smith
James Eugene Bassett
Smith
Decasto Earl Mayer
Bassett
Annapolis
Anti Trust Laws May Face Delay
Washington news reports the federal monopoly committee may delay any new anti trust legislation for a year or more. The panel plans a broad groundwork study of business machinery, gathering data on patents in the auto mobile industry and later on the glass container industry before adjourning for holidays.
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Washington, Dec
IPJ
Federal Monopoly Committee
Thiz
City to buy land from Legion Post for center armory
City votes to purchase four and a half acres of Legion Park property and secure an option on 11 and a half more acres from Kingsnort Investment Company for an armory and center. Plans advance with PWA grants approved totaling 199 503 dollars and bids to begin before year end. Rights of way negotiations directed by City Attorney. possible condemnation if needed. Local officials travel to Atlanta for final plan approvals.
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Legion Park
Kingsnort Investment Company
F. L., Cloud
Oscar King
Allen Dryden
Atlanta
Center Street
Pia
PWA
Johnson City
Bristol
Gonter Street
T. A. Dodson
TVA Experts Clash Over TVA Power Income Forecasts
TVA witnesses offered sharply different projections of profit or loss from power sales. J A Krug forecast a $3 million net gain after all costs for 10 dams, while Arthur E Morgan warned of deficits with seven dams and Moreland cited a $19–20 million annual out of pocket cost for 13 dams. The committee will decide based on staff engineering input.
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Washington
TVA
J. A. Krug
Husky
Wisconsin University
Arthur E. Morgan
Morgan
BE. L. Moreland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cemicit
Moreland
Krug
Wendell L. Wilkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
TEPCO ORDERED TO 10 CORRECT RATES
Nashville December 8. An offer was in the hands of the Tennessee Electric Power Co. demanding correction of discriminations against the Chattanooga Times. The State Utilities Commission said the rate given the Times was substantially lower than that for peers, and ordered an investigation into alleged discriminations. Guild asserts bias against TVA and municipal ownership.
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Nashville
Tennessee Electric Power Co
Chattanooga Times
State Utilities Commission
TVA
Jo Conn Guild, Jr
Pountly
Guild
Conmmission
The
Times
TVA Dasen
Chattanooga
Chattanooga T Imes
Times Printing Company
Chattanooga Free Press
Chattanooga Hare Stores, Inc
TEPCO
French strengthen patrol in Tunis amid protests
In Tunis today the French government reinforced armed patrols as the Italian consul-general lodged a strong protest over ongoing anti Italian demonstrations. A separate note from Tokyo reported ten of twelve aboard a Japanese airliner were missing after it was forced down in shark infested waters near Okinawa. In Chicago, eight guards clashed with striking newspaper guild members at the Hearst building, injuring several.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Tokyo
Okinawa
Teland
Formosa
Kyushu
Japan
Chicago
Zight
Bicws
Hearst
Evening American
Morning Herald and Examiner
Anna Hahn Dies in Ohio Electric Chair
Anna Marie Hahn, convicted slayer of four German men for their savings, died in Ohio's electric chair after prayer pleads. Burial followed at Mt Calvary Cemetery in Columbus with Catholic chaplain Sullivan attending.
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E. E. Easterly, JR
Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Ohio
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Joan A. Sullivan
Penitentiary
John A. Sullivan
Jacob Wagner
Cincinnati
George W. Keil
Business Leaders Hear Farmer Confesses Killer Confession
A Dec 8 dispatch reports W W Waymack, editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, telling Congress of American Industry that democracy rests on a large middle class led by individual farmers. He warned that a decline in farm owner-operators could reshape capitalism. Oakland police reveal Rodley Greig, 21, confessed to fatally stabbing Leona Wright, 19, after a night in Lovers Lane.
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New York
America
Congress of American Industry
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Waymack
W. W. Shoemaker
National Association of Manufacturers
Farmer
Oakland
Calif
Dec
LPI
Reilney
Leona Vlight
University of California
Oakland Hills
Rodley Greig
Berkeley
C. R. Kunes
Creig
Lucien Jewell
Tom Duffy
Greig
Miss Wright
Leona
Jewell
Tennessee leaf sales top twenty dollar average at Knoxville auctions
Tennessee farmers reaped thousands as tobacco prices stayed above 20 dollars per hundredweight across eastern through Middle Tennessee auctions. Final tallies show Greeneville leading volumes with strong top grades and a Knoxville average of 23.23 for 207,200 pounds sold. Greeneville posted a 24 peak before easing to 20.87.
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Knoxville
Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Greeneville
Maxville
Chandler Auto Strikes Elderly Woman in Indianapolis
Governor A B Chandler of Kentucky was in town for a speaking engagement when an automobile driven by Sgt Dan Gray hit 71 year old Helen Peters of Indianapolis. She suffered fractures to both legs a broken collar bone and head injuries and remained in critical condition at Methodist Hospital. Gray reported he could not avoid the collision due to heavy traffic and Mrs Peters ran into the street. The governor aided by Gray carried the woman to a nearby house and summoned help before Chandler spoke at Indiana University football dinner and after returned to check on her condition.
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Indianapolis
Dec
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Methodist Hospital
Helen Peters
Dan Gray
Kentucky State Highway Patrol
Chandler
Sgt. Gray
Indiana University
France frets over Italian push near France as tensions rise
Reports of Italian troop concentrations in Northern Spain near the French frontier alarm Paris. Italians in Tunisia protest Fascist aims while Berlin backs Rome. Daladier and Lebrun confer as Paris suppresses anti Italian demonstrations. Police quell protests in Tunis as 10,000 troops reportedly mass at Logrono. Rome warns and Tokyo cites open door changes in China.
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Frese
Spain
France
Tunisia
Germany
Rome
Lebrun
Daladier
Italy
Tunnis
Logrono
Catal¢nia
Dome
Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
United States
China
Paris
Foir
Joachim von Ribbentron
Berlin
Pertinax
Albert Lebrim
Itels
Iralian
Libya
Pastors Seek New Market For Marital Wares
In Ellton Maryland a wedding mill known for hurried nuptials faces closure as a 48 hour waiting period law takes effect. Local pastors plan new ventures with several halting operations moving out of town and an 81 year old minister pledges relocation to Alexandria Virginia for ceremonies.
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Eleton
Regal
Ellton
Gretna Green
Parsons
Edward Minor
Alexandria
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Ky. Dee
T. L. Buchanan
Olive Hill
Rufus Stegall
Stegall
Bieri
Elma N. Lauer
Supreme Court
Edgar J. Lauer
Wkesson, Robbins
Nam
By E A.chester
Basset
Guard Prince
N. Y
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
London
England
Legion
Morgan and Moreland
Anna Hahn
Des Moines Register
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