FDR Urges Private Rail Ownership to Preserve Solvency
President Roosevelt argued the Interstate Commerce Commission should help keep railroads solvent under private ownership while avoiding government control. He warned against subsidies edging toward state socialism and said no concrete RFC plan exists beyond limited loans. He noted continued railroad readjustment, potential line abandonments, and eventual consolidation to improve service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Finmaimee Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Nelson
Joseph B. Eastman
Commerce Commission
Weather forecast by region with rising clouds and warmth
The report outlines a cloudy pattern across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky. Increasing cloudiness tonight with warmer conditions in the southwest portions and potential snow in the northern areas. Saturday expects more clouds and a slight rise in temperatures across the region.
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Neal
Kentucky
Guardsmen Ready to Move Quickly to Wrigley Plant
Nashville dispatch reports two national guard officials arrived in Hickman County as observers near the Wrigley plant of Tennesser Products in Tennessee. Capt Parker B Simmons said a riot squad trained in crowd control stood by for rapid action if trouble arose. A temporary injunction barred former employees from interfering with the plant’s resumed operations following the strike and job reentry disputes.
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Nashville
National Guard
Hickman County
Wrigley, Tenn
Tennesser Products Corporation
Parker B. Simmons
Tennessee National Guard
J. H. Clagett
Centerville
Landon Declines 1940 GOP Presidential Bid
Washington December 20 Former Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas says he will not be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1940 and would not accept the nomination if offered. He emphasizes he plans to stay active in party affairs and would visit President Roosevelt soon with Senator Capper.
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Dumely
Paralel
Washington
Alf Mt. Landon
Kansas
Arival
Gridiron Club
Tinner Landon
FDR
White House
Landen
Capper
Landen Silhaly
Kington
Landon
Cannol
TVA Evidence To Contradict Berry In Hearing
Dee Mh 6 testified before a three man federal commission that he never heard of two powers of attorney claimed by Berry and associates to settle two claims against the Tennessee Valley Authority. Attorneys produced documents dated Nov 25 1985 canceling those powers and granting Berry a 12 1 2 percent share of any condemnation costs. The TVA counsel argued the signatures belonged to Senator Berry and Harris said he secured the powers without Berry knowledge. The revised papers cite the great expense of a condemnation hearing.
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Krnosvglgi
Wepnessee Valley
Inday
Deva
Berry
Noul
AL Piciris
Harris
TVA
Daniel Agreiec Fly
Auhority
Edward L. Moreland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology System
Moreland
TVA Lovely
Iise
Leader sought in wholesale murder plot in France
Paris December 10. Police pursued Roger Million alleged leader of an abduction and murder syndicate after the death of dancer Jean De Koven. His mistress Renee or Colette Tricot and a German ex-convict Weidmann implicated. three other gang members shot. The trio fled Nantua last night, leaving baggage behind in a blue car.
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Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
France
Judiciary
Police Fist
Nantua
Roger Million
Weidmann
Miss de Woven
Syndicate
Hiller
Million
Tobby
St. Cloud
Roger Leblond
Renee
Colette” Tricot
Puce Eight
Weather Toll Across Nation Hits Twenty Five Dead
A winter storm system stretched from the Pacific Coast to Florida causing widespread disruption. The death toll reached 25 with eight in New York, ten in western Pennsylvania, and seven in the South. Low temperatures, gusty winds, and drifting snow hindered travel from Buffalo to Florida's citrus belt, with incidents blamed on icy highways and a deadly train collision in Avgell, Cutt. Continued on Page Eight.
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Pacific
Florida
Rockies
Pennsylvania
New York State
Florida Peninsula
Gainesville
Rai Amd
Niles
Buffalo
Durand
Mich
Avgell
Cutt
Slayers Captured After Farm Wife Tells of Killing
In Crete Illinois two robbers who killed a farmer and shot his wife were captured. Sheriff deputies from Witt and Cook counties arrested John Sillica in Whiting Indiana and Mike Munjas in Indiana Harbor. The farm wife Hulde Pansa identified them and they confessed. Guns used in the slaying were found at their homes. Mrs Pansa crawled a half mile through near zero weather to report the crime.
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Crete
Fil
Witt
Cook Counties
John Sillica
Whiting
Ind
Mike Munjas
Indiana Harbor
John Surdusowski
Whiting Police
Hulde Pansa
Joliet
Pansa
Condemned Youth Ends Life in Cell Block Jump
Douglas Van Viack, condemned for murdering his wife after kidnapping her in Tacoma, slipped from guards and leaped 30 feet to his death in his Idaho death cell hours before scheduled execution. Witnesses recalled his final moments and warden reports describe the fatal plunge and immediate death on impact.
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ROISE
Idsho
i/Pi
Douglas van Y Vlack
van Viack
Lars van Viack
Tacoma
Wash
Van
Idaho
al Baker
Wiliam H. Gess
Gess
van Vinck
TPS Dividends Total $337,000 Sent Out
Tennessee Public Service Co. distributed dividend checks totaling $317,000 to about 1000 holders of its preferred stock. A $6.75 per share dividend was paid on 50,000 outstanding shares, covering arrears from the Depression era. Lamar, vice president and GM, noted payments in arrears ranged from $16 to $17 per share, the first on the ageage about a year ago.
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Bnonville
Tennessee Public Service Co
R We Lamar
Ar- Teage
Tragedy Fire Probe Seeks Cause In Knoxville
Police and fire inspectors traced a two story tenement blaze that killed nine people in Knoxville to a possible defective flue. Fire Captain Jake A. Weill said a formal report is expected and that charges are unlikely as the house was not condemned. Funeral services were set for five victims with others slated for tomorrow as survivors recall the deadly escape from the trapped second floor.
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Knoxville
Der
Jake A. Weill
Weill
Cora Tate
Eugene Tate
R. L. Melton
James Melton
Junior Melton
Mckinley Conaster
Luther
Virginia
Waller
Meknley Concaster
Forder
Conasler
Last Minute News Flashes Freight Rates Denied
Across the country a federal body overturned a petition by the nation's railroads seeking an immediate five percent freight rate cut, delaying any planned rate decrease. Assassination plot in Valenniennes France discovered by police with a seized letter detailing Lipin. In Nashville, state officials report the Browning administration may consolidate appointments to Hamilton County, mirroring Shelby. Two murder suspects in Paris surrender after linked to a high profile kidnapping gang.
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Valensiennes
France
Yeon Delbos
Lnday
Hamilton
Shelby Nashville
State House
Browning
Hamilton County
Shelby
Boys In Blue and Boys In Gray Set for Final Reunion
Gettysburg Pa Dec 10 Veterans from both sides announce plans for the seventh anniversary reunion next June 26 to July 6. About 3 000 men reply they will attend to dedicate a monument with an eternal peace light overlooking Cemetery Ridge and Little Round Top.
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Gettysburg
Paul Rey
Mason and Dixon Lne
Big Round Ton
Little Round Top
TVA Battle Today Looms In Utilities Case
Chattanooga officials report utilities prepared to rest their argument today in a federal three judge court opposing the Tennessee Valley Authority. Private power firms seek to show TVA usurps private operation, with TVA defense to begin Monday after a holiday break.
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TVA
Chattanooga
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation of New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
England ignores abdication date a year later
London marks the one year since Edward VIII abdicated with no public events. Edward stays in Paris with Wallis Warfield, now Duchess of Windsor, while George VI undergoes a busy buildup with multiple factory inspections and ministerial meetings. Official Britain continues to downplay the Duke of Windsor, whose popularity remains high among the masses despite fading official visibility.
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London
Britain
Edward VIII
Barck
Edward
Fort Belvedere
Paris
Wellis Warheld
Duchess of Windsor
George VI
George V
Duke of Windsor
Joe
Wallis Warfield
Duke Bult
Chateau de Cande
France
Nanking Under General Assault as Japanese Claim City Falling
Japanese forces launch a wide attack on Nanking after Chinese commander Tang Seng Chi refuses surrender. About 100,000 troops encircle the city and capture Purple Mountain while air raids bombard walls and river forts. US nationals inside and Panay report severed communications as Tokyo predicts the capital in the process of falling.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Tang Seng-Chi
Iwane Matsui
Purple Mountain
Great
United States
Panay
Chinkiang
Domei
Tokyo
U. S
Foreign Office
Screen stars and labor leaders in West domination suit
The depositions report Ay Tvan Cox, former secretary treasurer of a Longshoremen’s union chapter, filing a $5.10 million damage suit charging screen stars and film figures with leading a communist plot to control the western United States. Co-defendants include Fredric Murch, Franchoi Tone, Mary Astor, James Cagney, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Muir, and director Wilhelm Dieterle. Cox seeks $75,000,000 to the state general fund and $1,000 to a livelihood loss. He alleges conspiracies involving Bridges, Schmidt, and others across the CLO and Longshoremen’s ranks to incite strikes, violence, murder, and sabotage.
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San Francesco
Tvan
F. Cox
United States
Fredric Murch
Franchoi ‘Tone
Mary Astor
Samel Cagney
Hurry Bridges
CLO
Joh
Henry Schmidt
Peter Brown
Longshoremen's Union
Cox
Bridges
Schmidt
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Pikeville
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Homer Wolford
Sherman
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Austin
Tex
FP. A. Aveling
Amy
Byo Yeap Alt Leonard H. Albright
University of Texas
Knoxvillians
Interstate Enmilotes Boty Mission
Nati Railcoths
Surrendei
Roger “Scarface
Millon
Jean “the Little One
Boys In Blue
Boys In Gray
England
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