Ethiopian War Minister Leads 100,000 Against Italian Forces
Ethiopia mobilizes 100,000 troops under War Minister Ras Mulugheta to attack Marshal Badoglio’s northern Italian forces centered near Makale. Emperor Haile Selassie orders the Dessye headquarters moved toward Quorum as Ethiopian troops and 30,000 guerrillas prepare a counter offense to drive Italians from Tigre province.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Ras Mulugh‘la
Pietro 3Adogilo
Makale
Haile Selassie
Essye
Quorum
Lakechangi
Dessye
Tigre
Mulagiéta
Ras Seyoum
Rasassa
Aduwa
Aksum
Ddis-Ababa
Dee
Itallah
Wfar
C.P
Italy
Uarieu
Neiabien
Christian Ozanne
Havas
Ras
Lake Acangi
Makalek
Rochester Messenger Held For 250000 Threat Case
Roland E. Markell a 21 year old Rochester messenger was jailed in Buffalo after a signed confession confessed to demanding 250000 under death threat from Frank E. Gannett publisher of Gannett Newsplaces and Louis A Wehle Rochester brewer. United States Attorney George A Grobe said the suspect confessed. Police labeled him a thrill seeker.
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Buffalo
C.P
Frank E. Gannett
Gannett Newslavers
Louis A. Wehle
Rochester
N.Y
Brewer
Roland E. Markell
United States
George A. Grobe
Markell
Rochester Artists
Seven Sailors Saved After Ship Wreck Near Veracruz
Seven seamen swam to shore after a four hour struggle in the Gulf of Mexico. Their fishing vessel was wrecked off Puerto Alvarado while the ship hove to for eight days to avoid a storm. All survivors were rescued in reportedly critical condition.
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Vera’ Cruz
Mexico
A. P
Gulf of Mexico
Puerto Alvarado
Base Ship Nears Charcot Island Supply Depot
New York dispatch says Wyatt Earp reports a base ship within 60 miles of Charcot Island a key supply point for missing Antarctic explorers Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick Kenyon. Ellsworth and Winnipeg pilot began November 23 to span the continent and their plane wireless failed near halfway. If forced down rescue parties expect they may head for Charcot Island.
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New York
New York Times
North American
Alliance
Wyatt Earp
Charcot Island
Lincoln Ellsworth
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon
Ellsworth
Winnipeg
Kipling Reaches Seventieth Birthday In Secluded Sussex Home
Canadian Press reports Rudyard Kipling turns 70 living in near isolation at his Burwash estate in Sussex. He seldom appears in public, keeps a hedge against attention, and has declined royal honors while receiving honorary degrees from eight universities and Magdalene College Cambridge.
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Kipling
John Insefield
James Iice
George M. Tevern
Robert
Bridgey
Kiplin
Jon
Alfred
Austin
Jie
Victoria
Windler
Osc
Waa
London
England
Porland
Mag‘dalene’ College
Cambridge
Chicago Gang War Claims Four Lives in Weekend Bloodshed
Chicago area violence leaves six bullet wounds and four dead including Albert Prignano, 3. Prignino political boss, Leo Pansarella, 25, and two women killed at a Westside apartment. Philip Mikes, 34, implicated in the shootings.
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Chicago
C.P
Frank
Nitti
al Capone
Opaereus
Albert Prignano
Nla
Eee
CAGO
Albert
Leo Pansarella
Ivas
Lof
An. A
Westside
Philip Mikes
Edmonton Plans Work Wages Scheme
EDMONTON adopts a plan to study a work and wages scheme. The special relief committee will seek from the relief department details on trades of those on relief and classify the data. It will also survey city owned buildings for potential improvements before reporting to the city council.
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Edmonton
Special Relief Committee
Special Relief Department
Father Coughlin Demands Million Votes of Confidence
Detroit dispatch reports Rev. Father Charles Coughlin urged followers to back his money reform campaign with one million votes within three weeks. He criticized industrialists opposing regulation as thick headed and welders and announced plans for a national weekly paper to print truth long withheld from the public.
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Detroit
Charles Coughlin
Coughlin
Lord Reading Dies at 75 Former Viceroy and Secretary
London reports the death of Rufus Daniel Isaacs Lord Reading at age 75. He served as Viceroy of India from 1920 and held multiple top posts including Foreign Secretary and Attorney General.
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London
C.P
Reading
India
Rufus’ Daniel Isaacs
Germany Plans Expansion In Baltic Theaters
Leningrad Pravda accuses Nazi Germany of seeking to create a second Manchukuo in Estonia. The article cites a German Wehmacht visit to Estonia and a squadron of German warships as evidence. It points to inspection of Dago and Ost islands as potential bases for a Baltic Fleet expansion.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Estonia
Skaya
Pravda
Communist Party
Eeologist
Wehrmicht
Oesel
Baltic
Three Die In Fire Relied On Faith
Newark reports a fatal house fire after an explosion in a two story frame building. Three Black residents refused rescue, reportedly invoking faith in Father Divine as flames trapped them on the second floor. Firemen battled smoke as a coal-filled scene ended in three deaths with neighbors recounting distraught pleas.
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Newark
Father Divine
Dan
Guatiean
Judd
Elizabeth
Speer
Manning Outlines Alberta Government Program for Coming Year
Cal gary report notes Hon E C Manning speaking at the Prophetic Bible Institute. He says codes under the Trades and Industry Act will avoid discrimination among producers distributors and consumers while the province prepares for social credit legislation and a February legislature session. Major C H Douglas, a Scottish engineer, will advise on Social Credit ideas as government reorganizes and advances provincial laws.
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Calgary
Alberta
Prophetic Bible Institute
Trades and Industry Act
C. “H. Douglas
Social ‘Credit Theor
Ies
Manning
Tarkington Predicts Doom for Novels and Poems
Indianapolis December 1930 Booth Tarkington, noted Hoosier author, warned that novels and poems may become extinct in 100 to 200 years as radio talkies and television reduce reading. He said books will persist as reference and scientific works, with future literature largely transformed.
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Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Radio v
Talking Pictures
Tarkington
Ontario hydro commission rejects rent offer for Chats Falls development
The Ontario hydro electric commission rejects Ottawa Valley Power Company's bid to rent half of the Chats Falls development. The offer included Hydro taking over the entire 54 percent callable Ottawa Valley Power bonds in exchange for Hydro bonds at 3 percent. The commission objects to pledging the province's credit.
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Toronto
C.P
Ottawa Valley Power
Falls
Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission
Ty Stewart Lyon
Hydro
Holmes To Succeed Coons At Moose-Jaw
Holmes promoted to head communications for the Saskatchewan district and traffic superintendent in Winnipeg. He replaces Donald Coons of Moose Jaw who retires after 45 years. L A Raymond becomes western traffic superintendent in Winnipeg effective January 1.
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Winnipeg
T. H. Holmes
Canadian Pacific Railways
Saskatchewan
W. M. Thompson
Western Lines Communications
Holmes
Donald Coons
Moose Jaw
Dunning Elected by Acclamation in Queens Two Member Seat
In Charlottetown on nomination day the two member Queens constituency elected Hon. C A Dunning, Minister of Finance, by acclamation after Dunning’s papers were the only ones submitted. Larabee resigned to open the seat. Dunning was not a candidate in the general election.
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Charlottetown
C.P
Ambitious Ottawa Boys Earn Commendations in Concert
In Ottawa on December 30, young local boys, under a juvenile organization and a city service club, were commended for their cornet techniques and musical progress. The event featured the governor general and Lady Tweedsmuir in attendance, highlighting the capital’s support for youth artistic effort.
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Ottawa
Muir
Canada
Tweedsmuir
Ja Citizens
Manchoukuan Army Advances Into Chahar Province
Dispatches from Shanghai report the Manchoukuan army thrusting into northern China’s Chahar province with Japanese escort. The invasion aims to isolate northern China and sever key trade routes, threatening central government control.
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Ister
Olga Sore Fe
Kwantung
China
Ieolia
Ang Iy
Moscon
Shanghai
Chahar
Chingés
Centra
Sheneihar's
Thern
Fata’ i Tirsel
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Weiner Office Nationale du Tourisme
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Barthelemy
Father Coughlin
Lord Reading Dead
Germany
Coons
Moose-Jaw
C.P.R
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