California fires in Santa Monica and San Bernardino region under control
Fires in the Santa Monica and San Bernardino ranges were checked after burning 12 000 acres and destroying 350 homes. One death was linked to the Santa Monica blaze amid evacuations, with 8 000 acres burned in the wider Los Angeles area and property losses exceeding 2 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
San Bernardino
Topanga
Santa Ynez
Los Fiores
Temescal Canyons
Louis, Silvers
20Th Century-Fox Film Studio
Los Angeles County
Pacific
Richard Dix
Fernwood
Pacific Palisades
Santa Monica Canyon
Bel-Air
Rivera
W. C. Fields
Mary Astor
Claudette Colbert
Joan Crawford
Los Angeles Fire Department
David Imet Trewitt
Trippett Ranch
Santa Ynez Canyon
E. H. Carroll
Arrowhead Springs
Attorneys Prepare Final Arguments in Berry Kidnapping Case
Olympia November 24 Attorn ies for Irving Baker along with other defendants in the Berry kidnapping case spent Thanksgiving preparing final arguments for a superior court jury set to hear them tomorrow Trials ended with Baker recalled to the stand he testified Mrs Berry entered his car uninvited for a July 4 ride from Mud Bay to Olympia He said she sat close and claimed fondness while asserting she had no children and wanted them but that the doctor could not have any He claimed he was happily married with two children and asked her to leave him alone
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Olympia
Wash
Irving Baker
Superior Court
Kent W. Berry
Coast Guard
Baker
Thanksgiving Prayer Emphasizes Peace Tolerance and Freedom
Americans gathered for Thanksgiving prayers urging peace and tolerance for all peoples. Rabbi Samuel F. Friedman in Plymouth spoke against anti-Semitism while President Roosevelt planned a Warm Springs visit and a radio address. The day featured CCC turkey drives, charity dinners, and weather that affected travel and football games.
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Plymouth
Mass
Samuel F. Friedman
United States
Friedman
Roosevelt
White House
Warm Springs
Palestine
Garner
Uvalde
Tex
CCC
Blackshirt youth group at center of Oklahoma City inquiry
Oklahoma City officials probe a blackshirt student group calling itself Curiosity Club, claiming 24 boys and nine girls, with leaders Milton Walser and Manford Ishmael, aim for a bloodless revolution and social reform. Principal Tra Baker suspends Ishmael and warns of disciplinary action. The group defends free speech and assembly while advocating radical changes.
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Oklahoma City
Curiosity Club
Los Angeles
New York
de Louis
Chicago
Youngstown
Milton Walser
Walser
Ishmael
Tra Baker
Classen High School
Baker
Woman 113 Dies at Home in Corpus Christi
Clara Ramirez born in Mexico City in 1825 died at her home in Corpus Christi yesterday. Family records show she was 113 and that she came to Corpus Christi 93 years ago when the city was a Mexican village.
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Corpus Christi
Clara Ramirez
Mexico City
Kansas expects 30000 claims as unemployment aid begins
Topeka reports the unemployment compensation division anticipates about 30 000 Kansans will file claims in January when the program takes effect. About 11 to 12 million dollars will fund payments from employer contributions this year. Claimants must register with the state employment service before filing.
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Topeka
Kansas Labor and Industry Commission
William A. Murphy
Kansas
Murphy
Kansas State Employment Service
Lowest Fall Temperature Logged in City
The fall season’s coldest reading reached 11 degrees above zero as Prof. C. J. Posey reported. The gas office thermograph showed a steady drop from 5 p m, hitting 12 degrees at 8 30 a m with a cloudless sky over Lawrence.
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C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Guards sent to eject strikers in French plants
Paris reports mobile guards rushed from central and southwestern France to the north to eject 26 000 striking metal workers inside factories. Strikes rose to over 40 000, with coal miners and railroad workers joining in sympathy. Daladier orders continued occupation removal as labor unrest grows nationwide.
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Paris
France
Daladier
Nord Department
Denain
Valenciennes
Anzin
General Confederation of Labor
Ambulance Speed Limit Enacted in Topeka Safety Drive
Topeka officials launch an intensive traffic safety campaign after three fatal crashes in a week. Mayor H G Barrett sets a 35 mile per hour limit for ambulances on city calls and urges obeying fire apparatus right of way. Municipal judges raise fines for violators and patrols push stricter enforcement.
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Topeka
H. G. Barrett
Ambassador Dieckhoff sails home to explain U S attitude
German ambassador Dr Hans H Dieckhoff sailed for Germany at New York on the German liner Hansa to justify the United States stance on anti Jewish measures. He left after saying he would depart Friday and declined to say if he would return. Seventy police guarded the pier but no demonstrations occurred.
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New York
Hans H. Dieckhoff
United States
Hansa
Dieckhoff
Outline for arms work on other details defense plans
Washington reports three days of secret talks between the war department and aircraft officials outline a program to build 1000 planes monthly, expand the air force and navy, and gear industry to defense. Targets include 9280 army air corps planes, 400000 munitions, and a two year 2 billion dollar power construction plan.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Air Force
Army
Air Corps
Navy
National Guard
Man Who Escaped Death in Crash Killed by Wind
George H. Tilbury 61 of Kennewick Washington escaped injury in a Columbia River highway crash with Grover Young of Portland when a strong wind blew him from a stone guard rail as he signaled for a ride. His body was found at the base of a 350 foot cliff.
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Portland
Ore
George H. Tilbury
Kennewick
Wash
Columbia River
Tilbury
Grover Young
Columbia River Highway
Young
Thirty Below Temperature Reported at West Yellowstone
A 30 degree below zero reading was reported to forest service headquarters last night from West Yellowstone Montana near the western entrance of Yellowstone National Park.
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Yellowstone Bozeman
Mont
Forest Service
West Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Colombian Envoy to Berlin Recalled Over Berlin Incident
Colombia recalls its minister-designate Rafael Garamillo to Berlin after a November 10 anti-Jewish violence incident. Garamillo will depart for Paris and the post will remain vacant. Rocha Schloss to leave for Copenhagen, with a new first secretary as chargé d affaires.
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Berlin
Colombia
Germany
Rafael Garamillo
Paris
Garamillo
Legation
Rocha Schloss
Foreign Office
Ochn-Schloss
Hitler
Rocha-Schloss
Copenhagen
Jewish Personal Crises Rise in Berlin Amid Nazi Pressures
Reports from Berlin on November 24 describe escalating personal crises among Jews as the Nazi anti Semitic drive intensifies. Witnesses say some husbands chose death to shield non Jewish wives from further hardships, though no official figures were given.
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Berlin
Aeenis
Atlantic winds kill 13 in Britain and cause heavy damage
Winds from the Atlantic reached 108 miles an hour killing 13 people in Britain. Shipping and land property suffered extensive damage. The liner Queen Mary sheltered near Ryde instead of proceeding to Southampton.
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London
Atlantic
Britain
Ryde
Southampton
Lawrence Endorses Christmas Seals for Tuberculosis Fight
Mayor Alfred Lawrence endorses Christmas seals and health bonds to raise funds against tuberculosis. He urges widespread purchase of seals and placing the double-barred cross on greetings to show Lawrence’s community effort.
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Lawrence
Alfred Lawrence
Rabbi Friedman speaks from Plymouth pulpit in Thanksgiving sermon
In Plymouth Massachusetts 26 year old Rabbi Samuel F. Friedman of Beth Jacob synagogue delivered the Thanksgiving Sermon in the Church of the Pilgrimage. He called for unity between Christians and Jews and condemned Nazi persecution while praising American rights and liberty.
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Plymouth
Mass
America
Carl Knudson
Church of the Pilgrimage
Samuel F. Friedman
Beth Jacob
Germany
Wymouth
New Role for a Writer in Lyon County
Emporia Kansas November 24 Ted McDaniel of the Emporia Gazette was appointed Lyon county coroner by Gov Walter Haxman to fill the unexpired term of W T Crawford. McDaniel covers police city hall and sports and said being coroner will keep him busy as a single man.
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Emporia
Kan
Ted McDaniel
Emporia Gazette
Lyon County
Walter Haxman
McDaniel
W. T. Crawford
Music tuition costs in U S exceed one hundred million yearly
The National Association of Musical Merchandise Manufacturers estimates that more than 100 million dollars are spent on music tuition in the United States each year.
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United States
National Association of Musical Merchandise Manufacturers
Congress Eyes Radio Policy Probe To Improve Bed Time Stories
Washington reports Senator White of Maine proposed a sweeping inquiry into radio broadcasting policies. He sought objective study of chain ownership, newspaper control, superpower permits, international broadcasts, patent issues, libel responsibility, and foreign systems, with Democratic support expected. Senator Herring floated a voluntary board of review to enhance bedtime story quality.
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Congress
Washington
Senator White
R-Me
Federal Communications Commission
White
International Communications Conference
Cairo
Egypt
Senate
The
Communications Commission
Herring
Iowa
Board of Review
Coldest Morning Fires Hit Two Homes on Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving morning the day shift of the fire department fought two fires by 7:42 AM at 616 Lake Street and 1222 Mississippi Street. Firefighters extinguished attic flames at the Frye home and a blaze in clothing near a hot plate at the Dodson residence. Chief Ingels urged residents to heat gradually and avoid large fires.
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Hitler
Premier Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Lake Street
J. Frye
Earl Dodson
Mississippi Street
Colon
Frye
Dodson
Paul Ingels
Altho
Eighth Raid Kills in Barcelona Amid Air Attacks
Nine insurgent bombers hit Barcelona in the eighth raid in 22 hours with casualties not immediately known. Previous raids killed 48 and wounded 148. Government ships pursued bombers after dawn with anti aircraft fire and one bomber reportedly shot down.
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Barcelona
Mediterranean
Kansas Forecast Sees Fair Weather Warmer Tonight and Friday
The Kansas weather forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday. Morning notes show generally clear skies and good dirt roads. yesterday’s high reached 33 with a low of 11, while today’s record shows early readings around 27 at 7 p.m. and 1:10 a.m. reading at 00. A year ago today the figures were 46 and 29 respectively.
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Kansas
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