Death of Thelma Todd Deepens Mystery in Hollywood
Police search for a foreign looking man linked to Thelma Todd's death after a witness described seeing her with a dark complexioned man in a chocolate phaeton near Hollywood. Grand jury probes death timing as county chemist prepares a full organ analysis to confirm cause.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Hollywood
Carmen West
Thelma
Santa Monica
San Fernando Valley
Sunset Boulevard
Miss Todd
Phaeton
Vine Street
Santa Monica Boulevard
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Mrs. West
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Melye
Actor Thelma Todd’s friend declines to discuss affair
Roland West, linked to Thelma Todd in a mystery surrounding the actress’s death, said he would not discuss their relationship beyond calling her his best friend.
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Roland West
Thelma Todd
Weather Outlook Across Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Partly cloudy conditions continue in Tennessee with snow approaching the northeast tonight then clearing by Friday. Kentucky expects cloudy skies with snow in the east and central areas, easing to much colder Friday. Virginia remains cloudy with snow possible in western areas and colder Friday, with frigid conditions in the west.
Relief relief relief ready to start in Tennessee
In Nashville on December 19, under Burgess Askew Jr and Miss Ellen Wallace the Tennessee Welfare Commission set to begin relief for unemployables next week. Askew said strip issuances to clients would start soon to replace former grocery orders. The agency will aid about 19,000 direct relief clients with roughly 1.08 million dollars available.
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Burgess Ashew, Jr
Ellen i
Wallace
Tennessee Welfare Commission
Commmise Sion
Askew
TERA
Migs Wallace
Social Service
Commission
WEA
TVA Legal Challenge Reaches Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard five hours of arguments on the legality of Tennessee Valley Authority actions and the sale of surplus electric power to municipal entities. Alabama power company stockholders challenged a contract involving TVA lines and territory division.
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Supreme Court
Farney Johnston
Birmingham
James M. Berek
Stanley Reed
John O'Brian
Roosevelt
Alabama Power Company
TVA
Wilson Dam
The
Power Company
Federal District Court
Alabama
Sutfest
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Tennessee Valley
Roose
Japan to Expand Navy and Impose Construction Limits
London dispatch reports Japan presses to build a naval force equal to any. While allied delegates debate British cap on new construction, Tokyo signals firm stance and readiness to resist world opposition. Continued in part twelve.
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Lloyd Leheras
Associated Press Foreign Staff
London
Japan
Boondoggling And Fiddling Amid Hard Work Claims
The piece describes the drummer and fiddle players arguing that boondoggling or fiddling equals hard work. It notes talk of awards, testing, and effort to organize instrumental performances and public works projects. Mentions crowds of applicants and critique of earlier planning.
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Fiddler
Italian Counter Attack Routs Ethiopian Forces
Italian northern army repulsed a second Ethiopian assault south of Makale and struck back with vigorous counter-movements. Fascist forces pursued the retreating Ethiopians below Makale with machine gun fire as Italian officers claimed native attackers on the Takkaze River front were surrounded and near annihilation.
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Eritrea
Italy
Matkale
Takkaze
Siers
Makale
Renewed search for two bank robbers near Gatlinburg
Knoxville police and state officers widened the manhunt for Gus McCoig 22 and Pete Dean 18, two Tennessee convicts alleged to have robbed the New Tazewell bank of 2600 and killed Sheriff Hutchinson of Union County. They disappeared December 7 near Bentulstown in Claiborne county and were reportedly sighted near Gatlinburg.
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Lev
Lorlay
Gus McCoig
Pete Dean
Tennessee
Gatlinburg
Great Smoky Mountain
New Tazewell
L. BR. Hutchinson
Union Vouity
Bunelstown
Claiborne County
Pope Pius Inducts Sixteen Cardin als in Solemn Rome Ceremony
In St Peter's, Pope Pius I conferred red hats on sixteen of twenty new cardinals in a secret consistory, while four others await their hats at their posts. A Te Deum rang out as thousands cheered the pontiff's approach and the central altar procession proceeded past the tomb of St. Peter.
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A. E. Stuntz
Associated Press
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Vienna
Madrid
Warsaw
Paris
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Holy Father
I Processa
Martiniano
Sistine Choir
Ariglocrae
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Uren
Siaildeen
Baldwin Seeks To Save Govt In Ethiopian Peace Fallout
London reports Sir Samuel Hoare resigns as foreign secretary after the collapse of the Franco British plan for Tatlo Ethiopian peace. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin fights to save his government as ministers threaten to resign and a Commons explanation is anticipated.
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Samuel Hoare
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Britain
Sir Samuel
Balcwin
House of Commons
Pierre Laval
Ethiopia
Publisher in Mississippi scheme faces trial in federal court
In Memphis a federal trial neared its end for J. B. Pierce a 54 year old publisher of the Huntaville Daily Register and his 45 year old secretary chauffeur E H Roach. Court records allege Pierce used a canned sales pitch to collect 10 to 300 from at least 2500 farmers and merchants across Mississippi Tennessee and Alabama selling ads for a special paper edition. The government accuses the defendants of posing as federal officers.
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Memphis
J. B. Pierce
Huntaville
Ala
Daily Register
E. H. Roach
Pierce
Missippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Milne Heir Found Stranded After Kidnap Bid
Federal agents search for Milne of Milne family after a teenager was found near a road bound and gagged in a roadside incident. The youth showed signs of duress but no ransom was paid. Police and federal investigators pursue the abductors based on early reports.
Youth Abductors Abandon Caleb Milne Fourth
Caleb Milne the fourth, 24, grandson of a Philadelphia textile magnate, was lured from his New York City apartment by a note claiming his grandfather was ill. He was found near a road ditch in Doylestown bruised and dazed, in good condition aside from injuries. Federal agents, led by J Edgar Hoover, pursued the kidnapers in a three city drive as Philadelphia detective work followed leads from George Harvey and S B R Gerhart.
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Associated Preas
Doylestown
Caleb Milne
Department of Justice
Philadelphia
New York City
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Hoover
New York
Boston
Case Hight
George Harvey
S. BR. Gerhart
Milne
Opposition Gains in New Deal Poll
The fifth tabulation of The Literary Digest nationwide poll shows opposition to the New Deal rising fractionally. It reports 472,698 votes against and 346,682 for Roosevelt's policies from 34 states, with the current 57.69 percent opposed up from 57.24 last week.
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Literary Digest
South
Roosevelt
Ree
Ox Jrige Ciehty
Future careers predicted by fifth graders in Nashville
Fourth and fifth graders in Nashville schools described their ambitions as aviators, teachers, nurses, and engineers with a few aiming for law enforcement. Girls favored roles helping others such as a telephone operator, while boys envisioned adventurous jobs beyond blacksmithing.
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Robert 8. Dudley
Associated Press
Nashville
Lengley
Seve Intenden
Abductors Sought In Milne Kidnapping Case
Federal agents launched a grim search for Caleb J Milne heir of a textile family found dazed and bound in a roadside ditch. A government operative called the case positively kidnapping as G men narrowed suspects and Milne’s family reportedly paid a 25000 ransom at midnight.
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