Nazi Decree Seizes Jewish Wealth in Germany
Berlin reports that the economics ministry decree empowers Nazi officials to liquidate Jewish assets valued at about 2.9 billion marks with total wealth estimated around 3.08 billion marks. Jews cannot sell valuables without permission, must place securities in banks, and face real estate restrictions. A trustee may be installed for owners abroad who refuse to sell. The move signals Aryanization of German wealth and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Deutsche Emeine Zeitung
Economics Ministry
Hermann Goering
Fairy's Will Is Challenged In Probate Case
In York a $1,500,000 fortune tied to the late Mrs Edna Elliott faces challenge as George R B Morss of Bartlesville Oklahoma files to probate and claim, while two beneficiaries William Reilly and Je Kniskern seek to probate the will. Lawyers move for jury trial as dispute over kinship and eligibility unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Usher
William Reilly
Roxy Theater
Je Kniskern
Radio City Hall
Edna Elliott
George R. B. Morss
Bartlesville
Oklo
Fourteen Miners Die in Nova Scotia Coal Mine Disaster
Nova Scotia on December 6 reports a deadly coal mine accident at the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal company Princess area shaft. A railway cable snapped, sending 250 loaded mine cars down a mile incline and killing fourteen workers with several more seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company
Garner Pushed as Candidate for President
John Nance Garner born near Detroit in 1868 draws boyhood friends in Clarksville Texas to a rally for a national Garner for president movement. The gathering aims to form the first Garner for president club near his birthplace with vows to frontier virtues thrift self reliance and hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville, Tex
John Nance Garner
Texas
Red River County
Detroit
Garner
Paul Y. Anderson Dies in Washington At 45
Paul Y. Anderson, 45, Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Star-Times bureau, died after an apparent overdose of sleeping tablets. A Pulitzer prize winner, he was reported to have said he would end it all while in his garage. Sam A. O Neal rushed him to a hospital where he died within two hours. Anderson, born in Knox County, Tennessee, began work in 1911 on the Knoxville Journal and contributed to national magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul Y. Anderson
St. Louis
Anderson
Sam A. O'Neal
Knox County
Tennessee
Knoxville Journal
Stein Shovel Kibitzers Seek Conveniences at Rockefeller Center
New York readers report on John D. Rockefeller Jr forming the Side walk Superintendents club to improve steam shovel and blasting safety at Rockefeller Center. Suggestions arrive by letter and drop box from workers and passersby, asking for features like a pre blast whistle and a clock for lunch breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller
George W Ward Dies in Union Parish
George W Ward aged 51 longtime resident of Union parish died after a short illness at 4 40 am Tuesday The funeral will be held at the First Baptist church Wednesday at 2 pm Rev C W Holmes of Overton Texas will officiate with Rev M A Treadwell of Farmerville assisting Interment in Farmerville Cemetery under Masonic lodge auspices Ward was active in lumber enterprises in Farmerville and Overton He is survived by his wife two children from a previous marriage Mrs Martis Wooster of Overton Texas and George Ward Jr Farmerville six sisters and three brothers.
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Farmerville
George W. Ward
Union Parish
Louisiana
Texas
First Baptist Church
C. W. Holmes
Overton
Tex
M. A. Treadwell
Baptist Church of
Masonic Lodge
Ward
Treasury Eyes Curb on 1943 Spending Policy
Washington report says the Treasury urges conservative spending for Roosevelt’s 1943 budget in contrast to Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles. Morgenthau signals possible deficit reduction despite defence plans, with projected shortfall around 4 million dollars this fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Eccles
Federal Reserve
the Treasury
New York
Monroe Sales Executives Form New Chief Group
Monroe officials elected at Hotel Virginia dinner naming Joe Ramey as president and Bob Burns as vice president. Charter members include executives from Magnolia Petroleum Gulf Refining Seven-Up Monroe Coca-Cola and many local firms. Continued on fifth page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Sales Executives’ Club
Hotel Virginia
Joe Ramey
Bob Burns
G. D. Holland
Alston Prophit
Bill Mintz
W. A. Burgoyne
Sam Smith
C. J. Mosely
J. C. Liner, Jr
P. N. Edwards
Magnolia Petroleum Company
FE. F. Jones
Gulf Refining Company
H. M. James
James Machine Works
Paul A. Reising
Monroe Company
S. H
Womack
Goodyear Service
Gardiner Young
Bancroft Bag Factory
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
B. A. Trousdale, Jr
Trousdale Printing Company
I. A. Faulk
Faulk-Collier
L. N. Waddell
Monroe Wholesale Drug Company
William Mintz
Terminal Paper Bag Company
KMLB
C. S. Walker
Life and Casualty Company
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
W. D. Bates
C. A. Prophit
United Gas Corporation
J. M Cobb
J. M. Cobb Broker
Roosevelt to hold broad conference on liberal domestic program
President Roosevelt aboard the train to Washington plans mid afternoon talks with state officials and diplomats including Summer Welles Hugh Wilson William Phillips and William Bullitt. He will also confer with Secretary Perkins and Warren Madden as labor board members oppose amending the labor law.
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Washington
Dec
Roosevelt
State Department
Summer Welles
Hugh R. Wilson
William Phillips
William C. Bullitt
Germany
Italy
France
Perkins
Warren J. Madden
National Labor Relations Board
PD Harold Oliver
Georgia
White House
Freak Mishaps of 1938 Ranked by National Safety Council
The National Safety Council lists freak accidents from 1938 with several incidents noted. Beaumont Texas workers stranded atop a storage tank after an explosion. a second blast drives them to safety. Calf eye surgery by Verne A. Scott at John Tarleton College involved a cutting incident caused by a fainting student. A New York bridge incident sends William de Lorenzo and companion into a moving train below after swerving to avoid a collision. Connie Holmes delivers a safety talk when his slap ignites matches in his pocket. A Sapulpa fire station slide down a brass pole ends with Fire Continued on Fifth Page.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Beaumont
Tex
Verne A. Scott
John Tarleton College
Stephenvefie
Scott
Dr. Scott
William de Lorenzo
New York
Connie Holmes
Palestine, Tex
Sapulpa
Ofla
Good Fellows Fund Receives Major Cash Gifts Boost
The Good Fellows fund grows to 195 dollars after a spree of donations and an upcoming Punch Bowl football game benefiting the fund. Ticket sales begin at Seville High School with Commercial Club members coordinating, aiming for a record crowd to help with food and clothing appeals.
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Good Fellows Fund
Monroe
Good Fellows’ Fund
Seville High School
Brownfield
All-Stars
Nighthend
Good Fellows
Nam
Juvenile Driver's Wild Auto Rampage Shocks New York
The 15 year old Harold Snyder was arrested as a juvenile delinquent after borrowing a neighbor's car and wrecking it along with six other autos and two trucks in a wild ride of under a mile. He was lightly cut on the face when the vehicle finally stopped.
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New York
Harold Snyder
Labor factions split over Supreme Court labor ruling
Washington reports both AFL leaders and CIO allies claim victory or caution after the high court reversed a Labor Board move on subrogation of a Consolidated Edison contract with the IBEW. AFL chief Green predicts broader reversals, while CIO counsel Pressman warns limits apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
Supreme Court
National Labor Board
C. St. O
Labor Board
Consolidated Edison Company
International Brother of Electrical Workers
Flier Admits Arms Embargo Violation on Mexico Flights
Lloyd P. Clevenger an aviator was sentenced to 18 months in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to transporting two U S airplanes to Mexico to aid the Cedille rebellion. The case involves a Texas Mexican border court and a related conspiracy charge under the neutrality act.
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Brownsville
Tex
Lloyd P. Clevenger
United States
Mexico
G. RR. Kennamer
Montgomery
Ala
Cloyd P. Clevenger
New York
Canspiracy
Tne
Howard F. Klein
Mexico City
Klein
George Joh
Kiein
General Cedilio
State Department
San Low Potosi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U S Experts See Spread of Paper Plants
U S government experts discussed a planned 14,000,000 paper mill at Lufkin Texas by Southland Paper Mills Inc. The project could herald wider newsprint production in southern pine regions if successful. Forest Service had long tested slash pine for newsprint with experimental labs in Madison and Savannah.
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Washington
Lufkin
Tex
Forest Service
Madison
Wis
Savannah Ga
Charles Hert
Southland Paper Mills, Inc
Death Near for Mrs Hahn in Ohio Clemency Review
Columbus December 6 Anna Marie Hahn the Cincinnati poison slayer faced a clemency review as Governor Martin L Davey prepared a factual report from a hearing held last week Earhart said the governor would decide whether to commute her sentence to life or allow her to die in the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Martin L. Davey
Daniel
Earhert
Davey
Cincinnati
Hahn
Ohio
Earhart
Indicted Wife of Supreme Court Justice Ties to Smuggling Case
New York December 6—federal grand jury probes a smuggling plot tied to Elma N Lauer wife of a state supreme court justice as co conspirator Albert N Chaperau faces charges. Names including George Burns Gracie Allen Jack Pearl Wallace Ford and Jack Benny appear among potential witnesses and suspects in the widening inquiry. Lauer was ordered to surrender with bail set for Chaperau at twenty thousand dollars after a Park Avenue raid on smuggled finery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hollywood
Elma N. Lauer
Supreme Court
Lauer
Albert N Chaperau
Grand Jury
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Jack Pearl
Wallace Ford
Mece
Newsen
Jack Benny
Radio Somcien
Joseph Moskowitz
Film Execuive
Ralph Hitz
Noel Palleis
Park Avenue
United States Attorney’s Office
Renunciation of War Agreed by Two Nations
Paris reporting that Germany and France signed a two-sheet vellum declaration to promote good neighbor relations and peace. The text states no territorial changes and commits both governments to consult on future disputes while noting Austria’s disappearance and Sudetenland’s fate. The ceremony occurred in Paris with von Ribbentrop and Bonnet, and talks to follow on Tunisia and Corsica.
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Paris
Dee
Prance
Germany
Pect
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Georges Bonnet
France
Oower Wee
Foreign Office
Amid von Ruebentrop
Eee
Bonnet
End von Bile Bentrag
Beecomes
Hitler
Austria
German Convicts Two Americans Over Currency Violations
Dr. Michael George Albert of New York and Dr. Oscar Lavine of Mount Ramner Maryland were convicted in Germany of currency law violations. Albert received one year hard labor and a 9 006 mark fine or two months extra prison. Lavine got six months hard labor plus a 0 2490 fee or two months extra prison. Time served will offset sentences. both may appeal.
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Vienna
Michael George Albert
New York
Oscar Lavine
Mount Ramner
Toey
Germany
Albert
Alberts Vane
Lavine
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Aroeriaiee
Wrreker
Louisville
J Erle Davis
Furth
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Charles Faby
William Green
American Federation of Labor
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General Couriel
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