Ethiopians Prepare For Mass Attack On Italians
Ethiopian forces push into Italian outposts in Tigre and along the Takkaze as a first battle signs a larger assault. Rome reports 3,000 Ethiopians attack advance posts with Eritrean troops holding and retreating. Italian losses include officers killed and wounded, while Ethiopian casualties are described as considerable.
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Tigre
Rome
Ethiopia
Italy
Takkaze
Mai Timchet
Dembguina Pass
Relief Workers Get 1,000,000 In Wages Before Christmas
Tennessee Works Progress Administration employees will receive about 1 million dollars in cash wages before Christmas. Administrator Harry S. Berry said the payroll division is mailing 3,000 checks daily, totaling roughly 60 thousand dollars, with December payroll around 1.5 million dollars and 86 thousand for administrative costs. The move aims to bring a brighter holiday to 480,000 workers who faced winter fear and hardship.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Works Progress Administration
Wil Ba
Harry S. Berry
WWPA
Berry
Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds Across Regions
Fragmented forecast notes cloudy skies and possible snow flurries. Vermont and Virginia entries mention rain or precipitation with uncertain timing. Kentucky hints at snow Thursday into central areas, with temperatures noted but details unclear.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Hauptmann seeks test to prove innocence
Bruno Richard Hauptmann offered to take a test to prove his innocence in the Lindbergh baby kidnap murder. Governor Harold G. Hoffman declined to comment, with New Jersey authorities silent on the request as Attorney General David T. Wilentz and other officials weighed the appeal.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptma
New Jersey
Harold G. Hoffman
Charles A Lindbergh, Jr
David T. Wilentz
Layman Held for Killing Four WPA Workers in Los Angeles
Charles N. Layman, 44, a water works helper, was held on murder suspicion after four WPA workers were shot in a drainage ditch. Layman, said to suffer paranoia, claimed the men had provoked him and shouted he would kill those who worsened his relief status. He bought the rifle yesterday and faced a possible psychopathic exam after an inquest set for soon.
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Los Angeles
Charles N. Layman
Francis Secvist
Harold Johnston
James Healey
Coef Gill
Layman
Trenty
Will Lewis
WPA
L. JL. Curtis
Ing “T
Laval Given Majority In War Dispute
Premier Pierre Laval won a 306 to 259 confidence vote in the French chamber after defending France's role in the Franco-British peace plan for Italy and Ethiopia. He urged postponing interpellations to Dec. 27, while Socialists pressed for Dec. 20 discussions, as Britain prepared to respond to the plan from Paris and London.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Europe
League of Nations
England
Devon Francis
Associated Press
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
Legion Demands Bonus Payment From Roosevelt
American Legion national commander Rast Murphy met with President Roosevelt at the White House to press for cash payment of the World War I bonus. The plan includes pensions for widows and dependents, universal service for wartime, and strong national defense. Murphy said he hopes a bonus bill becomes law, with expected unity from veterans groups.
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Washington
UPI
American Legion
Roosevelt
White House
Rast Murphy
Legion
Murphy
John Thomas Taylor
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
Hepburn McLaglen and Laughton Named Greatest
Associated Press Stall Writer Robbins Coons praises Katherine Hepburn Victor McLaglen and Charles Laughton as the year’s standout performers in film. Hepburn’s Alice Adams portrait is highlighted as a dominant feminine role. McLaglen’s Gypsy Nolan from The Informer is praised for his intensity and fear driven performance. Laughton’s portrayal is applauded for its depth and humanity beyond mere acting.
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Robbins
Ilrayal
David Capers
Opihiu
Heph
Alice Adamse
Victor Messiglen
Offie Hull
Laughton
Death of 9 month old leads to murder charges
In Whitesburg Kentucky the parents of nine months old Thomas Mahan are jailed without bond on murder charges after the baby's death. Robert Mahan 22 was arrested for cruel and inhuman treatment. His wife Helen 18 testified she had not been charged until after her testimony. The judge reserved ruling on whether both parents share blame. A physician attributed the death to pneumonia with prior injuries including a broken thigh and spinal curvature. Mrs Mahan testified her husband had earlier abused the infant and jumped on him.
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Whitesburg
Thomas Mahan
Robert Mahan
Helen Mahan
Sandy ‘Adams
Mahan
Kentucky
G men spurn help for Milne search
New York December 17 federal agents, refusing New York police aid, pressed a fruitless search for Caleb Jones Milne, 24, heir to a Philadelphia textile fortune. Police said Milne remains missing. A reported $50,000 ransom and a tainted package with a wristwatch failed to yield any leads.
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New York
Caleb Jones Milne
Philadelphia
Rhea Whitley
Caleb Milne, Jr
New York Times
Times
The
Mother Dies for Alleged Murder in Ontario Hangings
Ontario notes the execution of Elizabeth Tilford, 56, mother of nine, who died on the gallows at Woodstock county jail for poisoning her third husband Tyrell Tilford. First woman hanged in Ontario in 62 years, four children survive, and questions linger over potential government interference and her mental state.
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Woodstock
Elizabeth Tilford
Ontario
Frank Regan
High Court Moves to Speed New Deal Decisions
Speculation grows that the Supreme Court will issue faster rulings on New Deal cases as it shortens its Christmas recess to two weeks. The court may rule sooner on the AAA act Bankhead Cotton Control Law and the Tennessee Valley Authority, while heard arguments continue on constitutionality of amended AAA legislation and related actions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
AAA
Wallace
Frank J. Wideman
Homer L. Bruce
Houston
Texas
John P. Burlington
Bullington
Carter Con Company
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Congress
Court of Appeals
Kidnapers Die After Gun Fight In Cuba
Three prisoners in the Nicolas Castano kidnapping case were killed in a gun battle as they were moved toward Havana after Castano’s release. Two rural guards had earlier rescued the kidnapped capitalist from a farm near San Antonio De Las Vegas, sparking a manhunt for five suspects. Authorities say the trio killed were Aurelio Martinez Cuerva, Hic Estevez Ortega and Rafael Ponce Gonzalez. Castano remains under guard at his Havana home. The incident follows Cuba’s new anti kidnapping law enacted during a recent revolutionary strike, which imposes the death penalty upon conviction.
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Edmund A.ches
Associated Press
Havana
Nicolas Castano
San Antonio de Las Vegas
Retorim
Calvario
Aurelio Martinez Cuerva
Hic Estevez Ortega
Rafael Ponce Gonzalex
Castano
Jim Bester
Castang
Trike
Republicans Point Guns On New Deal in Hoover Speech
Hoover leads Republican push against New Deal relief plans in St Louis addressing delegates and critics. He urges decentralization of public works, reduction of federal aid, and removal of political influence from relief programs, praising voluntary service to replace federal bureaucracy. The speech sparks mixed reactions in Washington as campaigns heat up.
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New Deal
Hoover
Associated Press
Republican Party
St. Louis
Washington
Thomas D-Oka
Cleveland
Schall
R-Minn
Republican National Committee
A. O. BP
Michigan
Townsend
Verner W. Main
Howard W. Cavanagh
Mekethir
Mek Kellar
D-Tenn
F. E. Townsend
Hersbert Hoover
Roosevelt
John Marshall
Republican Club
Louis
Death of Blonde Film Star Baffles the Police
The death of blonde film comedienne Thelma Todd, aged 30, is ruled as carbon monoxide poisoning by county surgeon Dr A F Wagner after an autopsy. The case remains puzzling as witnesses place her alive Sunday afternoon and dead in her garage Monday morning with a front door ajar and signs of foul play suspected. Miss Todd’s chauffeur, Ernest Peters, says he drove her home after a cafe visit, while maid May Whitehead discovered the body and noted the door was slightly open. The heiress’s mink coat, jewelry, and handbag were left behind, heightening the mystery surrounding the circumstances.
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A. F. Wagner
Martha Ford
May Whitehead
Miss Todd
Ernest Peters
Santa Monics
Hollywood
Attic
Peters
Court bars radio from pirating AP news in ruling
The ninth U S circuit court of appeals reversed a Seattle district court decision and barred KVOS of Bellingham from broadcasting Associated Press news until the period of material damage ended. The court called KVOS practices unfair competition and unconscionable for harming member newspapers while performing a public function and legitimate business.
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San Francisco
HEVOS
Bellingham
Wash
Associated Press News
Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Seattle
KVOS
Vanderbilts Shine as Met Opens Season at New York
At the Metropolitan Opera season opener Le Traviata drew 4200 attendees with Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt in attendance. Edward Johnson directs the American-fluent Met with American ballet corps and principals Richard Crooks and Lawrence Tibbett. Lily Poe and Princess Engalieti among the notable figures in the refurbished auditorium as the season begins.
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Mary Elizabeth Plumver
Associated: Press
Cornelius Vanderbilts
Hee
Virndeebill
Ogie
Met
Edward Johnson
Citites
Ballet Corps
la Traviata
Richard Crooks
Lawrence Tibbett
Lurresia Bori
Lily Poe
Engalitebetl
California
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Jakele
Takkaze Crea
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Hauptmann
Richard G. Maslock
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Ray Murphy
Hepburn
McLaglen
Charles Laughton
Mate
Milne
Canada
Maniac
Ing
Columbia
Pesident Hoover
DEMS
Thelma Todd
Relman Moren
Lovely Blonde Film Commedienne
Vanderbilt Jewels
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