Ousted Cuban President Cited After Impeachment Vote
Havana reports the Cuban senate, acting as a court, completed organizing to try President Miguel Mariano Gomez on impeachment charges after a 111 to 45 vote in the house. If removed, Vice President Frederica Laredo Bru would instantly become president.
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Havana
Senate
Court of Justice
Miguel Mariano Gomez
House of Representatives
Gomez
Cal
Fulgencio Batista
Supreme Court
Juan F. Edelman
Dr. Laredo Bru
Laredo Bru
San Salvador quake toll tops 250 with 800 injured
San Salvador reports a devastating earthquake that struck San Vicente. Rescuers search ruins for bodies as the death toll is estimated at 250 and injuries exceed 800. Relief work is led by Interior Minister Calderon with Red Cross teams aiding the wounded. The Santa Rita volcano eruption has subdued as residents return to their ruined homes.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
San Vicente
Calderon
Red Cross
Santa Rita
Fisher Body Sit Down Strike Reaches One Week
Kansas City reports the Fisher Body plant sit down strike marks its seventh day with 2400 workers idle and payroll at 125000 weekly. union figures claim 800 strikers while company counts about 525. protest arises over a dismissal for violating a safety rule.
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Kansas City
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Crash Kills A Cripple In Kansas City
Cleo Sexton age 29 of St. Joseph died en route to a hospital after a car struck Sexton and his companion John Sparks as they walked on highway 71 north of Kansas City. Sparks suffered a crushed chest and multiple fractures. Driver Frank Martin said he was blinded by incoming lights as he towed the injured men to a hospital.
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Kansas City
Highway 71
Here
Cleo Sexton
St. Joseph
John Sparks
Sexton
Sparks
Joe Hockaday
Frank Martin
Stock Market Index Dips on Mixed Trading
The stock index for 60 stocks rose to 68.5 yesterday from 67.9, reflecting mixed trading. Investors watched momentum shift as gains in some sectors offset weaknesses in others.
Seattle Dock Strike Delays Santa in Trek to Alaskan Christmas
Seattle's Alaska Steamship Yukon lies at West Seattle awaiting an end to a Pacific coast maritime strike. Santa Claus organizer George Pointer rehearses his role in a department store amid 200 pound frame and gifts valued at 2000 dollars for 6500 Alaska children, delaying usual northern rounds past Christmas.
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Seattle
Alaska
Santa Claus
Santa
Alaska Steamship Company
Yukon
George Pointer
Treasury aims to freeze gold inflows under new credit plan
Washington unveils a broad treasury program to neutralize gold imports as a source of unmanageable credit. The plan includes buying all gold, depositing future acquisitions in an inactive account, and using Treasury purchases to redeem bills when gold flows out, aiming to remove loanable funds from the market during inflows and restore them when outflows occur.
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Washington
Treasury
Equalization Fund
Federal Reserve Banks
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Reserve Board
New York
Pay to Aid Farmers as WPA to RRA Transfers Begin
Topeka December 22 Kansas farmers cut off WPA projects will receive checks for a month’s work to tide them over during transfer from WPA to rural resettlement administration rolls. Jonas Graber says no investigation is needed. needy farmers will be covered by RRA subsistence grants during the transition as winter reduces available WPA projects. More than 21,800 farmers have been employed on WPA projects.
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Topeka
Kansas
WPA
Rural Resettlement Administration
Jonas Graber
National Emergency Council
Santa Fe Buys Railroads and Sets Debt Settlement
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads to acquire control of the Pecos and Northern Texas railway and the Pecos River railroad. The purchase settles $7,455,000 of debt owed to Santa Fe by the Eastern Railway company of New Mexico.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company
Pecos River Railroad Company
Eastern Railway Company of
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Maritime strikes threaten deadlock across industries
AP reports the Pacific coast maritime walkout risks deferring settlement as the sailors union waits on a tentative agreement. Across the country, 26 000 automobile and glass workers remain idle while auto, bus, restaurant and Goodrich plant workers stage or discuss strikes. The Deadlock involves Pennsylvanian plants and national labor board oversight.
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Associated Press
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
San Francisco
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Corporation
Brooklyn
National Labor Relations Board
Rochester
N. Y
Akron
Akron, C
Goodrich
United Rubber Workers of America
Dr. Anderson Endorses The Christmas Seal Sale
Dr. Arthur S. Anderson, president of the Douglas County Medical Association, endorses the Christmas Seal Sale urging that buying seals supports tuberculosis fight. He says seals offer a New Year message of cheer and hope for sick children while advocating ongoing clinics and X-ray services for all regardless of finances.
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Arthur S. Anderson
Douglas County Medical Association
Anderson
Russian Workers Demand Navy Aid for Spain
Moscow reports widespread worker meetings urging immediate dispatch of a Soviet warship squadron to Spanish waters after the Kon somo sinking. Officials gave no clear action. embassies cite calls to declare fascist ships pirates. Some groups pledge contributions to build new ships and Ukraine backs ten motor ships to aid Spain.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Konsomo
London
Russia
International
Ukraine
Spain
SHIFT PLANE HUNT LOSES LAST LEADS IN WESTERN AIR DISAPPEARANCE
Salt Lake City reports a missing Western Air Express plane and seven aboard have shifted search southward as army reserve fliers patrol. In Spokane, Northwest Airlines officials await word from ground crew near a St Paul Seattle liner wreck on Cemetery Ridge. No hope for pilots Joe Livermore and Arthur M Haid. Reserve lieutenants assigned to Salt Lake City airport as Allan Barrie of Western Air says the hunt is closing the Salt Lake end. The search has exhausted clues. focus moves to Milford Delta corridor 180 miles south of Salt Lake City. The last contact reported December 15. A sputtering engine had been heard near Alpine leading to land and air searches. The Northwest plane wrecked near Kellogg Idaho. pilot Hind's wife notified after a three day delay due to her recent delivery.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Army Reserve
Spokane
Wash
Northwest Airlines
St. Paul
Erwin McWilliams
Byron van Cott
Allan Barrie
Western Air
Peselonats
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Barrie
Milford
Delta
J. Samson
O. K
Wasatch Mountain
Alpine
North Idaho Woods
Kellogg
National Guard
Byron Cooper
Hind
Upturn on Farms Noted in Wichita Summary
Frank M. Butcher of the federal intermediate credit bank of Wichita reports improved farm loan repayment trends. November repayments exceed prior year and month, with 94 percent of 1936 disbursements repaid by November 30, against 80 percent in 1935. Loans and discounts total $16,220,391 for 11,214 borrowers, up 29 percent from a year ago.
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Wichita
Kan
Frank M. Butcher
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Butcher
Credit Bank
Braddock McCarthy Bout Postponed To January
Buffalo promoter Charley Murray said Jimmy Braddocks four round bout with Jack McCarthy of Boston has been postponed from next Monday night to January. It remains a tune up for Braddock before his June 3 heavyweight title defense against Max Schmeling. The delay comes after McCarthy suffered a hand injury in a Boston workout.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jimmy Braddock
Jack McCarthy
Boston
Charley Murray
Braddock
Max Schmeling
Murray
McCarthy
Windsor's Christmas Gift to Duchess Opens Yale Season
Engesfeld Austria December 22 The duke of Windsor received his first Christmas present from Cannes where Wallis Simpson waits to wed. The package, heavily insured, likely jewelry. A photograph of Baroness de Rothschild may follow. Christmas at the chateau underway with flowers, greenery, and Edward helping with decorations as Windsor unpacks luggage including a battered gray fedora and English whisky.
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Engesfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Cannes
Wallis Simpson
England
Baroness de Rothschild
Kitty
Eddie
Bruderschaft
Chateau
Edward
Windsor
Madrid bombarded as Franco forces attack capital
Insurgent Spanish gunners shelled Madrid concentrating on the telephone building and surrounding areas. A plane attack in Rosares district failed to hold, with socialist pilots driving fascist ships away. Government forces reported advances near Cetafe hill and fortified lines near Guadalajara and Soma Sierra while a Portuguese consulate closure was ordered in Gijon.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Salamanca
Francisco Franco
Tarragona
Barcelona
Valencia
Alicante
Cartagena
Malaga
Gijon
Santander
Bilbao
Madrid
Spain
Rosares
Government Defense Council
Pozuelos
San Fernando Bridge
Boadills
del Monte
Moncloa
Guadalajara
Soma Sierra
War Ministry
Cetafe Hill
Ril. AD
Aggie Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship Selection
A Kansas State college senior, Trorton M. Lande, was chosen by the district Rhodes committee as one of four scholars to study at Oxford University. The grant carries a $2,000 annual stipend and Lande plans to reside at Oxford beginning next October.
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Trorton M. Lande
Kansas State College
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Laude
John M. Phillinn
Kansas City
Oxford
Rescue party in storm near Cemetery Ridge wreckage
Spokane reports say a rescue party trudging toward the Northwest Airlines plane wreckage on Cemetery Ridge faced a blizzard and heavy snow. Kellogg base dispatch notes rain turning to snow with fierce winds endangering the snowshoe trek from yesterdays start toward the summit south of Kellogg Idaho.
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Spokane
Wash
Dee
Mullan Canyon
Northwest Airlines
Cemetery Ridge
Kellogg
Idaho
British Announce New War Vessels Under Treaty Clause
London reports Great Britain will convert five aging cruisers into anti aircraft ships to avoid scrapping under the escalating naval treaties. The move precedes a broader arms race as Jane's Fighting Ships lists the United States at 85 ships and Britain at six inch gun upgrades. Japan delays consent on 14 inch limits, while Italy France Germany and Japan have dozens more ships in build or plan. Projections include four 35,000 ton battleships for Japan and possible 16 inch guns for US battleships if ordered.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Japan
Washington
Jane’s
New Year Book
Jane's
France
Italy
Germany
Navy
Navy Department
SLAIN IN TRAILER HOME IN Kansas City
Clarence B. Todd, 42, WPA worker, was shot to death at his trailer home after a stranger called to him from the vacant lot. Mrs. Todd described a two-shot sequence as her husband rose and approached the door, the second shot striking him in the chest. She knew of no enemies of her husband.
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Kansas City
Clarence B. Todd
WPA
Todd
Strikers to Get Gifts from Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Pittsburgh Plate Glass plans Christmas gifts for 6000 striking workers. The company ordered presents of $1 540 for single men $1 for married men and $10 for those with families. Plants in Clarksburg W Va Henryetta Ohio Ford City Creighton Pa and Mt Vernon Ohio idle since October 24 by a federation glass workers strike.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Clarksburg
W. Va
Henryetta
Ohio
Ford City
Creighton
Mt. Vernon
Federation of
Flat Glass
Carolers Tonight Schedule and City Caroling Event
One hundred high school students toured four city sections last night singing Christmas carols under street lights. The float scene of shepherds before Bethlehem with Peace On Earth, Good Will Toward Men, lit by a bright star, will reappear tonight and tomorrow. Tonight junior high students under Oliver Hobbs lead the carols. Joe Williams will guide adults tomorrow. Schedule lists church starts and street corners for tonight and tomorrow.
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Herald Angels
Lawrence
Bernard Frazier
Arvid Jacobson
Bethlehem
Oliver Hobbs
Joe Williams
First Methodist Church
Tha—Twenty-First
New Hampsik
Massachusetts
Brisk Holiday Travel Boosts Lawrence Rail and Bus Offices
Travel through Lawrence is brisk as holiday traffic fills Union Pacific and Santa Fe stations. Students and others alike buy long distance tickets with many east and west bound sales. Intermediates rise, extra coaches run on Rock Island, UP and Santa Fe. Greyhound and UP/Santa Fe Trails doubled schedules. Fine weather aids on time performance.
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Lawrence
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
East
West Seaboards
Rock Island
Greyhound Lines
Union Pacific Stages
Santa Fe Trails
Mild Mercury Shifts to Topeka Weather Outlook
December 22 report notes above normal Kansan temperatures today and tomorrow with 40 to 45 degrees statewide. Tonight 28 to 32 degrees, western areas cooler. No Midwest precipitation reported in last 24 hours. Also, Perry McCullough, 62, Illinois GOP chair, dies of cerebral disorder in Lawrenceville. City library to close for Christmas. hours set as 6 pm Christmas Eve and all day Christmas.
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Topeka
Kansan
S. D. Flora
Midwest
Flora
Lawrenceville, II
Perry B. McCullough
Illinois Republican State Central Committee
City Library
Lillian Constant
Do Honor To Rockbound Coast Dinner Honors New England
The fortieth annual dinner of the Sons and Daughters of New England gathered 133 members and guests at the First Methodist church for reunion and business. Prof. Charles S. Skilton was elected president. Rev. Joseph F. King vice president. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Cook secretary. Prof. D. Hooker Spencer treasurer. Forty four new members were elected, total membership about 200. A radio play by Prof. Allen Crafton preceded the business meeting and turkey dinner. Roll call listed states and numerous affiliated societies. Main address by Dr. Lyle S. Powell on his China trip highlighted the evening. Deaths reported none. reminiscences on early Kansas history offered by guests.
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Sons and Daughters of New England
First Methodist Church
New England Society
Charles S. Skilton
Joseph F. King
Elizasbeth R. Cook
D. Hooker Spencer
Henry H. Asher
Robert McNair Davis
Byron F. Cooke
Mrz
Lawrence Journal
Paul R. Brooks
Allen Crafton
KFKU
Kansas
Richard Cordley
Howr
E. G. Vernon
Methodist Church
Boston
New England
E. M. Hopkins
Alllen Crafton
Charles Skilton
Howard EF. Koelb
First Baptist Church
Massachusetts
Versmont
Connecticut
Maine
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Hopkins
Colonial Dames
Daughters of the American Colonists
Daughters of 1812
Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
Daughters of the American' Revolution
Douglas County Historical Society
Kansas Society of Mayflower Descendants
Kansas State Historical Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Vermont Society of Topeka
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Washburn College
Rathering
Susan M. Guild
Powell
Lyle
China
Far East
Mra
Eva Horton
Dan Carlos
Harriet Haskell MacDonald
Agnes Emery
Hannah P. Oliver
Bushong
Rachel Bushong
Margaret Bushong
Ione Bushongs
Weather outlook for Kansas turns milder this week
Kansas forecast notes mainly clear conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler nights than days. Roads are mostly good except in Ottawa and Pittsburg areas where partial cloudiness appears. temperatures range from 30s to 40s with highs around 40 yesterday and today. Local coal firms Turner Coal Cody and John a Coal Co provide contact numbers.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Pittsburgs
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