New Defense Decrees Expand War Measures in Italy
The cabinet issued 22 decrees to relax financial rules and extend wartime safeguards. Additions include penalties for publishing military information and extended benefits for East African war survivors. Italy adds ministers to the defense council and strengthens pre military training oversight. In Rome, widows and mothers of World War dead rallied to support anti sanctions efforts. Emperor Haile Selassie established Dessye as Ethiopia’s military HQ and pledged to join the front if needed, amid celebrations as he plans further marches north.
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Defense Council
Italy
Rome
Il Duce
Mussolini
Associated Press
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Dessye
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Teele Hawariate
Hawariate
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David
Asfa Wosan
Markham plan to talk changes at national rivers meeting
A special New Orleans gathering December 13-14 of the national rivers and harbors congress will discuss flood control legislation with emphasis on Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana plans. The Illinois led group will consider forming a Mississippi valley branch and features leaders from Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas.
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Tory
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
New Orleans
Frank R. Reid
Illinois
Congress
House Committee On Flood Control
Mississippi Valley
Wade O. Martin
St. Martinsville
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Harry Jacobs
Louisiana State Board of Engineers
T. H. Powers
Cary
Miss
J. S. Allen
Greenville
Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners
J. W. Bradford
Itta Bena
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
J. G. Burke
Helena
Ark
Laconia Drainage
Grady Miller
Little Rock
Lamar Williamson
Monticello
Cadet David Metcalf Joins West erners Club at Castle Heights
David Metcalf of West Monroe, a Castle Heights cadet from Lebanon Tennessee, has been admitted to the West erners extrCurricular club and elected treasurer. The club includes cadets from states west of the Mississippi and from Mexico.
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David Metcalf
D. C. Metcalf
West Monroe
Castle Heights Military Academy
Lebanon, Tenn
Westerners
Mississippi River
Mexico
Autonomy push grows as Japan-backed unrest spreads in North China
Reports say ten trainloads of Japanese troops reached Shanhaikuan while Peiping streets see bold autonomy demonstrations. Fears mount of wider conflict in northern Henan and Hopeh as leaders push for self-government and Japan weighs opening military support.
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Great Wall
Manchoukuo
North China
Fengtai
Peiping
Henan
Kaifeng
China
Autonomy Movement
Nanking
Shantung
Chefoo
North China Plain
Hopeh
Prohibition Echoes and Odd Science in 1935
A Wall Street divorced mother and her 15 year old son are involved in a deadly intoxication incident by the Pacific edge. The son was rushed to hospital while the mother’s intoxication prevents her from speaking. An undersheriff notes the pair drank together and an official at the scene highlights the danger of alcohol. A Michigan study links stuttering cures to crawling, while the piece muses on evolution and Demosthenes.
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Pacific
Wall Street
Jack Ross
University of Michigan
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Demosthenes
Okaloosa Home Demonstration Club Meets At Mrs Coon’s Home
The Okaloosa Home Demonstration club met at Mrs Regan Coon's house with Mrs Jewel McQuiller addressing on orchard work. Refreshments served for nine members. Next meeting planned at Mrs L A Coon's home on December 10.
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Okaloosa Club
Okaloosa Home Demonstration Club
Regan Coon
Jewel McQuiller
H. P. McBride
F. J. Crowell
Alton Burkett
L. A. Coon
D. A. Coon
Walter Clowers
Will Bennett
McQuiller
Home Demonstration Club
Radium Economics: Tiny Amounts, Enormous Costs
The report notes radium scarcity with figures: fifteen grams yield one gram, one gram yields a quarter teaspoon, a teaspoon costs 280000 dollars, and hundreds of tons of ore are needed per gram. The data highlight extreme rarity and price of radium.
Gold Medal Haar lem Old Capsules Diuretic Ad
Ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Old Capsules as a safe diuretic to relieve kidney and bladder troubles. Claims include night bathroom visits, backache, moist palms, puffy eyes, and scarce, painful passage, with the product advertised as original and genuine from Haarlem in Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
Short Congress Session Seen For Coming Year
President roosevelt faces a short congressional schedule next year with talks focusing on veterans bonuses and cash payments. Veterans press for immediate cash or insurance certificates while budget implications and possible new taxes loom as the administration weighs budget balanced cash relief options.
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Congress
Washington
Christmas Good Fellows Appeal From Needy Children
Appealing letters describe three families and several children seeking clothing shoes toys and food for Christmas. One family notes the father is ill and unemployed, begging Santa to visit their Jonesboro road home with gifts. Donate to the Good Fellows fund at the World and News-Star Monroe address.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Jonesboro Road
Good Fellows
The
World and News-Star
North Second Street
Monroe
Good Fellows Fund
Four Die In Head On Collision On Lincoln Highway
Four persons died in a head on collision on the Lincoln highway near Bedford Pennsylvania tonight. A Bedford mechanic named William Mack was pulled from his blazing car but died. A Michigan bound car carried a man a woman and a child and crashed with Mack’s vehicle.
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Bedford
Lincoln Highway
Michigan
William
Mack
Mock
Tragedy Near Bedford Leaves Two Burned Bodies
Highway patrolmen reported two men found dead and badly burned about two miles east of Bedford. Investigators could not determine the cause due to the straight road at the location. The scene involved asbestos bearing stone fibers.
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Bedford
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