Cuban President Resigns as Barnet Steps In for Elections
Cuba's turbulent politics force President Mendieta to resign. Jose A Barnet becomes provisional president, with ministers kept in place. A crackdown on kidnappers and a raid on CMQ precede a planned provisional government for January. US ambassador comments on non intervention.
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Havana
Cuba
Los Mendieta
Jose A. Barnet
Mendieta
Barnet
Bihe
Repubt
Gerardo Machado
Barnett
Mendiet
Council of State
Inter
Tadio
Nicolas Casheana
Communications Department
United States
Jefferson Caffrey
Juba
Monocalista Party
Weather Outlook From Tennessee To Virginia
Cloudy and cold conditions span Tennessee with increasing cloud cover and a chance of rain or snow tonight and Thursday. Similar unsettled patterns stretch into Kentucky Virginia and the Carolinas with varying amounts of cloudiness and light precip.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Dette
Carolina
Leopold Outlines Parole Plan by Rebel Inmate Author
By John Lear Associated Press staff writer Nathan Leopold discusses a parole study in Illinois state penitentiary. He and other convicts worked with criminologist Ferris Laune to test inmates' judgments on fellow prisoners' parole chances. Leopold hid his identity, revealing the method for judging parole risk through inmate insights and correlations with outcomes.
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John Lear
Associated Press
Associated Tresn
Nathan Eapeld
Bobby Franks
Illinois State Penitentiary
Leopold
Ferris Laune
Laune
Lenpard
Silver Marts Fight Over America's Silver Policy
The London silver market remained unsettled as officials in Shanghai and Washington weighed the future U S silver purchase policy. Brokers awaited guidance as the price stayed unquoted for a third day, while Chinese bankers cautioned over the impact of a continuing decline.
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London
America
Walton U
Shanghai
United States
China
United States Treasury
Congress
Senate munitions panel to probe war causes with J P Morgan
The Senate munitions committee plans to begin January 6 an inquiry into what drew the U S into World War I with J P Morgan as a witness. The probe will study prewar neutrality and how American trade with the Allies fed a current toward war. Morgan, a key banker for the Allies, helped float loans that financed much of the trade.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Senate Munitions Committee
America
New York
Senate Banking Committee
Suane
Ater
Munitions Committee
J. P. Morgan and Company
Reporter Discovers Indiana Town Known as Santa Claus
Hershell Loosier, a reporter and poet, visits Santa Claus Indiana and meets the town’s few residents. The piece recalls how the reporter’s visit in Jay, Indiana helped draw world attention to the isolated village. The town’s postmaster role now requires special stamping machines and external help after Jim Martin’s death, with Oscar L. Phillips serving as postmaster.
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Indiana
Santa Claus
Kbul Herschell
Loosier
Nicholas
Bill
Little Jay
Todiacapolly
Washington
Oscar L. Phillips
J. FL K Jim Martin
Bill Horsehill
Farm Policy for 1936 Outlined by American Farm Bureau
Chicago December 11. The American Farm Bureau Federation released its 1936 policy for debate by delegates at the 17th annual convention. After five days of study a committee led by Charles E Hearst drafted the resolutions. The federation with about 300000 members will vote by states plus per 15000 farmer members. New Deal support was pledged in return for continued administration efforts to raise farm income.Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace and AAA head Chester C. Davis backed the administration in the agreement.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles E. Hearst
Des Moines
Hearst
Farm Organization
New Deal
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Lake County Faces Doomed Lands Without Levee Action
Ridgely December 11 Lake county with 4 000 inhabitants is doomed unless flood control works are built to reclaim lands annually flooded by the Mississippi River Farmers and business men urged immediate federal aid at a meeting with U S district engineers and Rep Jere Comper They called for a levee from Tintonville to the Ovina River and warned the land and people face destruction if politics intrudes on the project.
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Ridgely
Lake County
U. S
Jere Comper
Tennessee
Pomert
Tintonville
Ovina
J. S. Riley
W.S. Alexander
Peace Plan Sparks Ethiopian Opposition In Addis Ababa
Six Key Points by Albert W. Wilson report Ethiopian officials oppose a Franco British peace plan tied to land swaps with Italy. They warn Haile Selassie could lose the throne if he accepts, citing refusal to cede Tigre and Danakil regions, oil in Fafan valley, and limits on Italian colonization. The plan envisions a League backed framework with financial aid, while Rome and Paris push to delay sanctions and complete negotiations.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
House of Commons
Igre
Tigre
Ogaden
Fafan
Danakil
Evon Francis
Great Britain
France
East Africa
Haile Selaksie
Paris
Wolde Mariani
Laval
Mussolini
Vittorio Cerruti
Duce
London
League Committeee of Five
1 Duce
Rome
Musolisi
Polygamist Trial Nears Jury Stage in Short Creek Case
In Kingman Arizona on December 11 the polygamy trial of T. C. Spencer, a lifelong believer in plural marriage, moved toward the jury. He defends his alleged open cohabitation as part of his faith. Others such as Price Johnson and Lydia Spencer testified or were cited, with several witnesses upholding plural marriage in the Short Creek colony.
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Kingman
Ariz
T. C. Spencer
Price Johnson
Short Creek
Spencer
Fala Spencer
Lydia Spencer
Sylvia Allred
John ¥. Barlow
Isaac Carling
Elva
Roy Johnson
Fan Dancer And Lothario Killed
In suburban Blue Island last night Miss Lillian Mann a 32 year old fan dancer and William B. Weir a 40 year old tavern keeper were found shot to death in an automobile. Police Lt. Heinkal says Mann shot Weir then herself with a cloth bag pistol on her lap. Weir was married and father of a ten year old son.
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Ghicago
Dec
Lillian Mann
William B. Weir
Blue Island
Stuart J. Heinkal
Mish Mann
Weir
Ate
Fire truck theft suspends Raw City fire service
Special precautions against fire were advised today for Raw City residents as Mayor J. P. Willis explained the fire department is temporarily not functioning due to the theft last night of the city fire truck.
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Raw City
Okla
J. P. Willis
Youth chorus to sing for Hutchinson shoppers on dry theme
A youth temperance group chorus will serenade Hutchinson holiday shoppers with songs urging sobriety. Miss Blindhe Griffith says the program centers on the theme to drink dry but attract attention to restraint during the Christmas season.
Cotton Declared Threat to Southern Farmers at Mid-South Forum
Meriphis Dec 11 A forum on farm policy warned that cotton could drive Southerners toward bankruptcy unless diversification is pursued. Speakers include Cully A. Cobb AAA director and Oscar Johnson AAA cotton pool chief as John M. Graham of Rome Ga argues for a live-at-home program and warns misdirected credit harmed farmers and land.
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Meriphis
Commercial Appeal
Cully A. Cobb
AAA
Oscar Johnson
Cotton Pool
John M. Graham
Rome
Graham
Tall Story Club Promises Annual Far Fetch Tales
Burlington residents hear tall tales at the Tall Story Club meeting as members banter about New Year’s Eve world champion bets and quirky anecdotes. The gathering features colorful remarks by Irene Dawpright and others while critics mock sensationalism and celebrate originality in humor.
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Tall Story Club
Burlington
Wesster
Irene
Koatete
Gurlington Liars
Letab
Coda
Ain
Bo J. Wall
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