Deserted by Parents Taken in by Church Home Trial Ends
A large federal trial in Springfield ends with 36 men found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct mails and disrupt interstate commerce by bombing trains in Illinois coal fields. Defendants include Harrisburg Sheriff Earl Evans and Progressive Miners of America leaders. Sentences cap at four years and $20,000 fines. new-trial motions set for next week.
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Springfield
Til
Progressive Miners of America
Islingis
A. M. Fitzgerald
ne+ fense counsel
Charles G. Brigete
John Tatman
Earl “Nip” Evans
Harrisburg
John H Fancher
Progressive Union
Dan Mr Gil
Jess Anderson
Fitzgerald
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Cor
U.maw.a. Ra
Progress Union
AFOL
United Mine Workers
Weather outlook for Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with possible snow flurries and colder Sunday night in Kentucky. Tennessee and Virginia expect mostly cloudy skies and cooler conditions Sunday and Monday, with a chance of rain in the southeast Sunday night in Virginia.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Deserted boys seek new home aid from local clubs
Two young brothers, ages unknown, were abandoned by their parents and left to endure cold and hunger in their home. Neighbors learned of their plight and offered food and shelter as Chil dren's Chacen Home and the Kingsport Kiwanis Club arrange aid for a new placement.
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Twa
Gmail
Hawkins County
Kingsport
Railroads gain authority to raise freight rates nationwide
Washington December 18 The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed railroads to raise tariffs on hundreds of commodities with estimated add on revenue of 15 to 20 million dollars annually. The order applies to fresh meat packing products brick and clay products sugar and other goods. earlier increases on heavy loading commodities were projected to yield about 47.5 million annually. A separate petition seeks a general 15 percent freight hike and a half cent rise in Eastern passenger fares, with a decision expected by March 1.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Fourth victim Panay bombing dies on vessel
Shanghai December 13 The US Asiatic fleet flagship Augusta cancels sailing to Manila as another Panay bombing survivor dies Seaman Edgar W Hulsebus of Canton Missouri dies of wounds from bomb fragments bringing fatalities to four Americans plus two others The board of inquiry continues its work delaying departure and seeking full details of the incident and possible deliberate machine-gunning of survivors
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Shanghai
Augusta
United States Asiatic Fleet
Manila
Panay
Edgar William George Hulsebus
Canton
China
Colin McDonald
Times of London
Pasay
Board
United States
Extradition Move Held Up in Crime Case
Detective inspector Walter Monaghan said authorities would not seek extradition of two New York men held for questioning in the death of a 49 year old divorcee. Louis H. Green and Fred A. Odenwalk surrendered to police in New York and denied knowledge Rose Ault was dead when leaving a hotel. Two Brooklyn men, Jacob Zelkind and Morris Engagels, were released on 2600 bond as material witnesses. Coroner said chemical analysis of the stomach would take days and that the victim had been drinking with no signs of violence found.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Monaghan
New York
Louis H. Green
Brooklyn
Fred A. Odenwalk
Ozone Park
I.I
Rose Ault
Jacob Zelkind
Morris Engagels
W. J. McGregor
973 TWOC Cards To Be Injected At Labor Board Hearing
The National Labor Relations Board will resume the hearing tomorrow with evidence on 973 TWOC membership cards at Borden Mill. Examined cards and signatures will determine how many employees are bona fide TWOC members, who is challenged or forged, and how many yards remain in TWOC despite action.
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Labor Board
TWOC
Borden Mil, Inc
National Labor Relations Board
James G. Ewell
Borden Mill Employe's Association
Twoc Gles
Browning Denies Appointing Solons in Extra-Session Fight
Governor Browning rejects a “deliberate misrepresentation” by seven challenged legislators claiming they hold jobs outside his jurisdiction. He cites Howell rulings on county unit primary law and board membership as dependent on the legislators’ eligibility after vacating seats for other posts. The seven named include Representatives Phillips Foutch Camp Spencer and others with appointments by state officials and district attorneys.
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Nashville
Browning
R. B. C Howell
State Board of Elections
Howell
Assembly
Shelby County
Harry Phillips
Henry Foutch
Supreme Court
Scott Camp
Kenertal
J. M. Spencer
Election Commission
Teruel Falls After Government Offensive In Blizzard
Government communique reports Teruel has fallen as troops sealed off the city in a surprise offensive amid freezing blizzards. Civilians and soldiers are promised safety if they leave, while insurgents deny encirclement and claim traps. Sixteen killed and thirty-two wounded in Madrid shelling nearby.
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Hendaye
Terel
Teruel
Spain
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Army High Command
Memorial’s Fund To Fight Disease
Trustees of the Zachary Smith Reynolds foundation announced the income from the 7,000,000 memorial fund will be used exclusively for a North Carolina campaign to fight syphilis. A 100,000 donation was given to the state board of health to support the 1328 venereal disease program, the largest single gift in the South for disease prevention.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Zachary Smith Reynolds Foundation
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Tate Health Officers
South
Diplomat Robert Worth Bingham Dies in Baltimore
Robert Worth Bingham United States ambassador to Great Britain died in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore at age sixty six after a three day coma following an exploratory operation. The North Carolinian publisher of Louisville’s Courier Journal and Times had returned to the United States from Europe and his death was attributed to an abdominal Hodgkins infection not diagnosed prior to surgery. He was survived by his third wife Allen Muldoon Hilliard Bingham and several children including Barry and Henrietta Bingham.
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Baltimore
Robert Worth Bingham
United States
Great Britain
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
John Hopkins Hospital
England
William F. Rienhoff, Jr
Hugh H. Young
Byron Hilliard
Bingham
Barry Bingham
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
Henrietta Bingham
Young
R. T. Grinnap
Dr. Young
G men pursue Alcatraz escape claim amid clues
Justice department agents continue the Alcatraz escape case and search clues after two inmates Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole vanish. A life raft fragment found near Watch Harbor is examined as a mysterious launch and rowboat near Richmond draw scrutiny. No outside help confirmed.
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San Francisco
Justice Department
Alcatraz
J. L Pieper
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
Watch Harbor
Jose Espinosa
Richmond
James A. Johnston
Ten Needy Families Await Christmas Barrels in Kingsport
The Kingsport Times faces slow response as only five of ten charity barrels are filled for the city’s ten neediest families. Cash and coal donations are welcome to supply clothing, food, bedding, and essential goods for the widow, eight children, and other families described, with distribution on Christmas Eve.
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Kingsport
The
Kingsport Times
the Times
Cnal
Fimes
Times
Double Tragedy as Intruder Kills Woman in Philadelphia Home
A 38 year old divorcee Mrs Wilma Y Carpenter is shot and killed by an intruder in her Philadelphia residence. Her 22 year old friend Mary Griffin is assaulted as the intruder ransacks the house and leaves after taking a bath. Centrel Preas reports.
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Wilma Y. Carpenter
Value of Berry's land deemed negligible in TVA hearing
Five witnesses for the Tennessee Valley Authority testified that Senator George L. Berry and others' marble leases in the Norris dam reservoir have little or no value. TVA seeks to condemn the leases while Berry's side argues for compensation. The hearing resumes Monday.
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Knonville
Ten
Tennessee Valley Authority
George L. Berry
Norris Dam
TVA
Federal Commission
Lto
Elmen Wiltis
John J. Craig Marble Co
Knoxville
Te. A. Lewis
Tennessee Producers Marble Co
Lewis
Berry
Commission orders NBC copy of Adam and Eve broadcast
Washington audience reports the Federal Communications Commission demands an exact transcript of Mac West's Adam and Eve skit aired last Sunday. Chairman McNinch notes the probe stems from protests as indecent and profane and warns station licenses may be derelict if protests are substantiated.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
National Broadcasting Company Tonight
Mac West
Frank R. McNinch
Lenox R. Lohr
NBC
McNinch
Lohr
McNines
Wdereligtion
MecNinch
Housing Bill Passes House by Large Margin
The House approved a major housing program aimed at boosting construction and mortgage activity over five years. The bill, sent to the Senate 267 to 30, seeks lower down payments and federal mortgage insurance for multifamily housing.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Mott
Rore
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