France and Britain React to Washington Treaty Denunciation
Paris and London react as France signals it will denounce the Washington naval treaty of 1922 while Britain and the United States weigh responses. Tokyo moves to notify Washington of Japan's denunciation and prepare a public statement defending peaceful aims as Hirohito signs the instruments ending the pact.
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London
Paris
France
Japan
Great Britain
United States
F . S. Naval
Washington
Britain
Norman H. Davis
William H. Standley
Francois’ Pietri
Navy
Chamber ‘of Deputies
Haly
Pierre Laval
M. Pietri
Tokyo
Jimperor Hirohito
State Department
Mer
Warm December warm spell blooms in Kansas forecast
A mild late year spell brings a warm wind from the north into Kansas with pleasant temperatures across the state. Forecasters note a rare mid December warmth, predicting temperatures to rise above 50 degrees tomorrow afternoon, far above the typical 40 degree December norm.
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Kansas
Praeda
Coon
Roosevelt Cards Show Fireside Scene at White House
The 1934 Christmas cards from President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt depict them seated by a fireside in formal homey style. A vase of flowers and ship pictures adorn the wall with a ship model on the mantel and flags flanking the fireplace, signaling a blended personal and official tone.
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Washington
White House
Flying Hotel Ulver Crash Kills All Seven In Desert
The American built airliner Ulver of Royal Dutch Airlines crashed ten miles south of Rutha Wells during a desert storm, killing all seven aboard. Dutch and British search planes scoured the area as investigators suspected lightning. the victims included Professor Walch of Batavia University and M Beretti of Aneta agency.
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Iraq
Ulver
Royal Dutch Airlines
Rutha Wells
Royal Air Forces
Darly
Sng
Melbourne
Flying Hotel
Amsterdam
Bauiy Java
Walch
Batavia University
Aneta
Dutch East Indies
M. Kort
M. Beeknan
van Steenbermen
H. A. Walej Wyn
C. van Zadethors
G. J. Geysendorfer
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Sillevis
Flying
Amstram
K. J. Parmentier
J. J. Moil
Wilhelmina
Palestine
Royal Air Force
Batavia
Behind Oklahoma football coaches kept on the job vote outcome
Norman Oklahoma football players rallied to support coaches Jewie Hardage and Bo Rowland after a council vote indicated a majority favored retaining them. The measure, described as an entirely new light, suggested Hardage and Rowland would stay, though exact counts were not disclosed.
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Norman
Okla
Dee
Oklahoma
Jewie Hardage Sind Bo Rowland
Gl Footial Plieyers
Guy Y. Williams
Athletic Council
Cnaches
Hardage
Rowland
Williams
Towland
Williau
Biff Jone
Low State University
Huey Long
Lynn Waldorf
Kansas State
Maloney
University Roc
Jonah
L. A
Telenkese
Dongs
Maroney
Fort J.caveneworth
Kan
Mont Green wins bid for Colby high school building
Colby Kansas officials awarded the Mont Green construction company of Manhattan the contract to build a new high school. The low bid was 780, 000 dollars. The project plans a facility to educate about 400 students.
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New High School
Colby
Kan
Mont Green
Manhattan
Hv Ee Hoard
Educat
Cordiatelt
End to NRA clause cited in war mobilization plan
Washington officials disclosed that the war department mobilization plan contemplates abrogating section 7 A of the National Recovery Act which guarantees labor collective bargaining. The plan met resistance from labor leaders and a white house review is expected as committees weigh broader wartime labor policy.
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Washington
Senate
War Department
House, Foreign Affairs Committee
Bernard M. Kurach
World War Industries Ward
United States
Clark
D-Mo
NRA
Taher
Gol
C.T. Harris
Army Ordnance
Harris
Green
American Federation
Ac Labor
Hey
Huglish
Insull acquitted by jury in embezzlement case
Martin J Insull, son of Samuel Insull and a former high official in the Middle West Utilities system, was acquitted by a criminal court jury after a three week trial on charges he used 344720 dollars of company funds to boost a private brokerage account. The jury deliberated six hours and forty four minutes, reaching the verdict shortly after midnight.
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Chicago
Dees
Martin Jr
Insull
Samuel Insull
Martin
Inauil
Middle West Utilities ‘Company
Tulsa Hearing Details Kidnap Plot Involving Kennamer
Tulsa December story describes W F Gilmer Jr and Dr Py Gorrell hearing about a kidnap plot tied to Phil Kennamer who faces murder charges for the Thanksgiving night fatal shooting of John Gorrell. O Day, an extra Kansas City post office worker, recounted discussions detailing the alleged plan and fear surrounding Kennamer and his armed father, a federal judge. Virginia Wilcox, daughter of a Tulsa oilman, saw an airplane reportedly aiding an escape.
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Tulsa
Okla
W. F. Gilmer,Jr
Joseph B. O'Day
Kansas City
John Gorrell
Phil Kennamer
Kennamer
Hell
Gorrell
Py Gorrell
Gilmer
O'Day
Hearine Gorrell
Virginia Wilcox
Coast Strike Settled After Pacific Electric Wage Pact
Washington reports Pacific Electric railway workers reach settlement after weeks of talks in Los Angeles. The agreement includes a wage increase with portions effective January and duties clarified, plus changes to working rules as negotiations concluded and terms to be signed.
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Washington
Milional Mediation, Board
Algl
Shirley Temple's Christmas Wish Reads Like Movie Script
Shirley Temple asked Santa for two gifts a large doll that can hold a bottle and a bath tub that fits a dell while the daybreak brings a streamline electric train to her new home Her brothers Jack and George and her father George Temple influence the wish and the article notes the family in Mallywood with Dr E O Morrig listed as a chiropractor in the piece.
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Mallywood
Cattis
ATS
Shirley Temple
Santa Claus
Christos
Shirley
Jack
George
George I
Temple
RFC Takes Over Moffat Line in Colorado
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation takes over the Moffat rail line in Colorado for the first time. John W. Barriger states RFC will appoint Wilson McCarthy as president and transfer most stock to RFC as trustee, with current executives resigning. The move aims to protect 10.5 million dollars in loans tied to the D and RG.
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Denver
Finance .Corporation
Moffat Road
Colorado
John W. Barriger
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson McCarthy
Oakland
Calif
RFC
Moffat
Barriger
Woman Held In Baby Abduction Ruse
Dorothy Marsh a 19 year old woman is jailed on a hold against will charge in Thidiinapolis after confessing to stealing a four month old baby to feign motherhood and regain her husband’s affection. The infant was recovered within four hours, and the baby’s parents Joseph Robbins and his wife and five sisters aided the investigation. Porter Marsh husband of the suspect is hospitalized in Plymouth Ind after an automobile crash.
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Thidiinapolis
Dorothy Marsh
Duck Stull
Albert Kelly
Joseph Robbins
Porter. Marsh
Found Dead in Truck Driver Edmonds Near City Hog Lot
Edmonds, about 30.2 driver for Bradhmiller, found dead in his garbage truck near the hog lot a mile and a half northeast of the city. Coroner Jones says preliminary exam indicates heart trouble. Edmonds lived on North Seventh Street, was married with three children, and had worked four years for his employer.
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Tom Filmiends
EL Mruchmiller
Jones
Edmonds
Haglet
Henry Whiteside
Bradhmiller
Chebaly
Brucktiller
North Seventh Streets
Death of Henry G. Trestun, cotton statistics pioneer
Henry G. Trestun, longtime secretary of the New Orleans cotton exchange and author of Hester's Cotton Statements, died at an advanced age. He served as secretary as the exchange grew and remained at his desk daily until a week ago.
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New Orleans
Dev
Henry G. Trestun
Yugoslavia forms new cabinet after resignations
Des 217 at 1 Bogolyub reports Belgrade describes the new cabinet arrangement with nine Serbs, three Croats, one Slovene, and one Moston Yevitch. His withdrawal triggered the fall of the previous cabinet and he will serve as premier and foreign minister.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bogolyub
Yeviteh
Yin Torating
Moston Yevitch
Malaria Epidemic Death Toll Exceeds Two Thousand
Unofficial counts from Colombo estimate over 2,000 deaths in the ongoing malaria epidemic in Ceylon. Rising quinine prices and further studies of malaria drugs are urged, with interest spanning India, Java and England.
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Colombo
Ceylon
India
Java
England
A Sudden Halt to Borahs New Plan
Washington reports a bid to oust Henry P Fletcher from the Republican National Committee chair failed after a poll showed 43 of 48 states against reform. Senator Borah and allies faced a weak rally, with Nye saying liberalization could wait to 1936.
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Borah
Washington
Henry P.fletcher
Republican National Committee
Nye
North Dakota
National Committee
Stage A Friendly Debate Washington Dees 21
AP report covers a senate munitions committee discussion on an embargo. Democrats explained their votes reflected associations with Republicans and logical reasoning. James M Watson of Indiana, former Republican leader, resisted implications of being influenced to support the embargo. The debate over protection and tariff reform included Clark and Watson exchanging remarks.
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Motors
James J. Watson
Republicn
Senates
Nanions Committee
Vierre du Pont
Vonitions
War Department
Millions Committee
Washington
Dees
Demncrats
Senate Munitions Committee
Clark
Moe
James Fh. Watson
Indiana
Senate
Watson
Iren Missouri
Panna
Trade to New Peaks as Holiday Buying Surges
New York reports retail trade hit new peaks in the past week per the Dun and Bradstreet weekly review. Early doubts about demand gave way to strong December sales with final week yet to come. The estimate now shows December sales 29 to 34 percent above prewar levels, marking the busiest Christmas season since 1930 with many lines exceeding prior records.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Review
Christmas Tree Atrea Policing Dept Gifts Display
Police department decorates a Christmas tree with gifts from friends and officers note gifts will be displayed. Thieves robbed Nic Edmondson Grocery at Ninth and New Jersey, breaking rear door and stealing canned goods and tobacco, loss not initially noticed. Mary M. Rutter of Baldwin files for divorce from George C. Rutter on grounds of neglect of duty and extreme cruelty, married 1933.
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Santa’ Claus
Santa Claus
Trocery
Nic Edmondson
Ninth and
New Jersey Stents
Taok
Mary M. Rutter
Baldwin
George C. Rutter
Rutters
Kansas Wheat Acreage Shows Increase
Toneka Dec 21 An estimate from the fortern-state crop reporting service puts Kansas winter wheat sown at 13 049 000 acres up 967 000 from last year. An early forecast of 95 000 000 bushels for 1934 is based on current conditions. December 1 wheat condition was 71 percent of normal, with a potential yield of 93 000 000 bushels and a possible low of 50 000 000 if severe weather or moisture deficiency persists.
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Toneka
Kansas
Fortern-State
Seals Sales Seek 2000 Quota for Douglas County
Christmas sales totals rise with 2018 receipts at the Universitas and Claskell Institute led by Elizabeth Washikie and Wahun lodge in women’s section. Treasurer Mrs. C S Hall reports 1495 collected so far plus 260 from bond sales. 25,000 county residents remain, 2,000 target to fund equipment and Legionville work.
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Universitas
Claskell Institute
Elizabeth Washikie
Wahun + lodge
C. S. Hall
Lawrence National Bank
Rose Morgan
Flora Boynton
Legionvilla
Kansas population study tracks marriage trends and gender balance
Topeka December 21 The Kansan reports on state population statistics from the Kansas State Planning Board noting urban females at 51 percent versus 48.8 percent males while rural areas show a male majority. The report also notes rising widows and widowers with more divorced women than men, especially in urban centers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas State Shanning Board
Planning Board
Aon OP
Fire destroys three buildings in Spring Hill Kansas
Firefighters using water buckets and chemical extinguishers checked a blaze in Spring Hill Kansas. Three business buildings were destroyed on the east side of the main street. The Odd Bellows Nally a Kenersl atore and a barber shop were burned. Population 7?
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Spring Hall
Kan
Mitin
Gol
Holiday Season III in Full Swing in Lawrence
Shoppers crowd Lawrence stores as Christmas rush hits peak. About 800 schoolchildren led by Miss Mabel Barnhart perform carols at Nioth and Massachusetts streets with brass accompaniment. Post office staff and eight extra workers handle packages and late hours. Christmas stamp sales reach 144 cent cards with daily post office box counts near 10,000. Deliveries ramp up with special trucks and wrapping depot praise.
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Lawrence
Postoffice
Nioth
Masachusetts
Mabel Barnhart
Ai Brass
CB. Sawhill
AL the Postorney
Washington Sto “Elon
MyWilliams
al Daly
Byindle
Siater
Stan
Williams
Percel
Lawrence, Merchants Bureau
Senate probes warship bid costs amid price surge
Investigators report rising ship costs from 1933 to 1994 suggesting private bids for destroyers doubled. Senate munitions panel plans public hearing to examine bid exclusions and price hikes, while legal actions surface for related cases. Former Stanford official linked to a murder case faces February trial.
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Wasaline
Ini
Nye
Senate
Isis
Altho
Stock Market Index Quiet as Trades Largely Idle
The stock market showed little movement with the main index holding near yesterday's levels. Traders cited cautious sentiment and thin volume ahead of upcoming economic data releases, leaving many shares flat and little pricing pressure across sectors.
Weather brief for Ottawa to Pittsburg region
Readable weather notes show clear to partly cloudy skies across Ottawa and Pittsburg area. Roads described as soft in Coffeyville and at Pittsburg with variable dirt conditions. Temperatures include past and present readings from gas office records with today’s noon and nightly minimums referenced.
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Ottawa
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Douglas
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