Germany and France discuss differences after war pledge
Paris dispatch reports talks between German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and French Foreign Minister Bonnet focus on avoiding war while outlining Germany’s positions. Germany agrees not to press colonial demands, not back Italy’s aims for Tunisia or Corsica, and not push south of the Pyrenees, while seeking France to limit action against its eastern European economic drive toward Russia and Ukraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Italy
Tunisia
Corsica
von Ribbentrop
Bonnet
Pyrenees
France
Europe
Russian
Ukraine
Britain May Finance China Amid Far East Tensions
In London the British government weighs aiding China to curb Japanese dominance in the far east with export credits. The Earl of Plymouth warns Japan of incalculable repercussions while Lord Elibank urges broad economic action including restricting Japanese exports and closing key ports to Japanese shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
China
Far East
Earl of Plymouth
Japan
House of Lords
Britain
Lord Elibank
Peer
Hongkong, Indian and
Straits Settlement
Lord Plymouth
United States
New Deal Aims to Hold Expenditures Despite Defense Rise
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration plans to keep total outlays for next fiscal year at the 1938-39 level despite higher defense costs. A high official said cuts in other areas, including relief, would offset armaments increases while pay as you go financing was favored. The WPA is funded until March with expectations of more needed. defense spending could reach 1.5 billion next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Navy
Twenty One Lumber Dealers Plan Louisiana Tour
Twenty one representatives of the Wilneis Lumber and Material Dealers Association Inc will visit lumber industries in Monroe Shreveport and other southern sites during a nine days tour. The group will travel by special bus leaving Springfield Illinois on December 11. They will tour Vandalia Benton Memphis Little Rock Mountain Pine Hot Springs Crossett and Huttig before arriving in Shreveport December 15 for a Frost Lumber Industries hosted stay at the Washington Square Hotel until December 17. C C Sheppard of Clarks and John L Avery will host and guide the tour with Monroe businessmen invited to join in tours of local lumber facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilneis Lumber and Material Dealers Asociation, Inc
Springfield
Tumor and Material Industries
Monroe
Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Clarks
Lumber Industries
Shreveport
South
Vandalia
Benton
Ill
Memphis
Fenn
Little Rock
Mountain Pine
Hot Springs
Crossett and Huttig
Ark
Frost Lumber Industries
Washington Souree Hotel
John L. Avery
C. C. Sheppard
United States
Mr. Sheppard
Hotel White
Farm Bureau stands pat on AAA farm legislation
The American Farm Bureau Federation signals support for continuing the Agricultural Adjustment Act at its New Orleans convention. Officials say most state federations back current programs with minor administrative changes, opposing two price domestic allotment and warning against soil wealth loss and export problems. Edward A. O Neal criticizes the two price plan as impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
New Orleans
Deep South
Farm Bureau
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Wallace
First regular ultra high frequency newspaper facsimile broadcast
St Louis reports W9XZY the Post Dispatch experimental facsimile radio station inaugurated the world first regular UHF broadcast of newspapers. No 1 of Vol 1 contains nine pages eight and a half by four columns using seven point type. Transmission takes 15 minutes per page and range is 20 to 3 miles. Broadcasts run daily and Sunday at 2 pm CST. Ten to fifteen receivers placed at staff homes. RCA plans receivers around 260 dollars within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
The
Post-Dispatch
Radio Corporation of America
Anna M Hahn Faints After Plea Refused
Anna Marie Hahn, condemned poison slayer, fainted after Governor Davey refused clemency as her electric chair execution approached. Her attorney sought a federal writ of mandamus while she sobbed by a picture of her son Oscar and recalled the court fight to save her life.
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Columbus
Dee
T.e Courvel
Anna Marie Hahn
Joseph Houdin
Mell G. Underwood
Martin L. Davey
Mrs. Hahn
Oscar
Death Row
Foreign toys show decline in U S Christmas imports
The commerce department reports a shift in toy trade with more U S made toys in Santa’s bag this Christmas. Foreign shipments are under one percent of total as munitions plants crowd toy factories, with Japan supplying about half as many as last year and raw materials diverted to military use. The United States now exports nearly twice as many toys as it imports.
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Washington
America
Commerce Department
United States
Japan
Department
Ducks Roost In Marquette Jail Site Stirring Sleep
In Chicago the Marquette police station houses a dozen ducks in a cell after neighbors complained of noise from the birds kept in a home basement. Sergeant James McGinnis hears the duck complaints as inmates report lack of rest.
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Chicago
Marquette
James McGinnis
McGinnis
Bowley promotes four word political formula
Belvidere Boone county clerk William Bowley at 76 years old touts a four word rule for politics never refuse a favor. Now in his fourth straight year as Boone county clerk he credits the approach with his success.
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Belvidere
William Bowley
Bowley
Boone County
Construction bids opened on PWA projects in region
Bids have been opened or will open on multiple PWA projects in the area, totaling 421 666 dollars. Notable items include Northeast Center library Monroe 195 000 with bids opened December 12, College building Louisiana Tech Ruston 151 497 bids opened December 5, Courthouse jail Tallulah 63 962 bids opened December 5, Ferriday High school auditorium 39 406 bids opened December 5, Tallulah High school auditorium gymnasium 61 907 contractors J A Harper Crowville.
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PWA
George M. Bull
Fort Worth
Tex
Northeast Center
Monroe
Louisiana State University
Tallulah
J. W Smith and Associates
Ferriday High School
Tudor and Ratcliff
Alexandria
Tallulah High School
J. A Harper
Crowville
Woman Recovers $3092 After Replacing Purse
A woman left 3092 in a purse placed inside a spectacle case and returned the purse to the store forgetting the money. The store sold the purse to another customer before she later reclaimed the money during a repair visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louis
Garner for President Club Formed in Red River County
In Detroit Texas on December 1 an official Garner for President club formed in Red River County with all residents made members by decree of Dr Nowlin Watson. The meeting drew local former baseball players and relatives of John Nance Garner while he hunted nearby. Roy Miller praised Garner’s liberal stance and a traditional third term view was urged.
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Detroit
Tex
Red River County
John Nance Garner
Garner
Nowlin Watson
Clarksville
Texsy Democrats
Gerner
Watson
Uvalde
Texas
Coon Soto Hollow
Med River County
John Nance
Mee Maud Blair
J. R. Wright
Fred Moore
Isabel
Okla
John
James
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
Miller
Bergdoll Wife Seeks Return to End Exile
Mrs Bergdoll sails to Germany with four of five children to urge Grover Cleveland Bergdoll to return and serve his five year WWI draft dodger sentence. She plans to live in Philadelphia and raise their children in the United States, hoping to gain permanent resident status.
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New York
Mre
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Germany
Hamburg
Mra Bergdgl
Climen
Stra. Bergdoif
Philadelphia
United States
Senator Harvickrs Health Update Reported Ill
Senator Harv in Mississippi district missed last week with influenza and returned to the office today. He said he is weak but on the mend and will take a few hours to catch up on mail as he recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harviewn
Young German goes to trial in Canal Zone
A 19 year old German, Hane Heinrich Schackow, employed by Hapag Lloyd, faces a special panel of 100 jurors in Cristobal Panama Canal Zone on espionage charges for photographing fortifications including Fort Randolph. He is among four youths linked to the case. bail defaults set at $15000 for Schackow and $5000 for Grow.
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Canal Zone
Cristobal
Dee
Hane Heinrich Schackow
Haphag-Lloyd Steamship Line
Panama Canal
Canal Sone
Yente
Shackow
Ingebard Waltreunt Gutmann
Giebert Wilhelm Grow
Edward Robert Kulrig
J. J. McGuigan
Fort Randolph
McGuigan
C. P. Falerman
New York
Schackow
Mini
Embassy Airs View on German Decree Affecting Jewish Property
The United States Embassy in Berlin reports Washington seeks official German interpretation of the anti Jewish property decree issued by Walther Funk. It may affect American Jews owning property in Germany as sections restricting liquidation and real estate transfers appear not clearly distinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
State Department
Washington
Geremany
Des Schwarte Korpe
S 3
Nurnberg
Joe Buerckel
Alte Tria
Aryana
Gaenserndorf
Jaws Cec
Puercke
Ishor
Vice Consul Finds Anita in Barcelona Romance
In 1940s Barcelona a U S vice consul aids an American sailor reconnecting with his Barcelona wife Anita. The note traces a route past a cemetery and railroad bridges to locate Anita and reunite the couple amid wartime turmoil. Anita is located and overcome with emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anita
Conmeterien
Anite
Coneur
Lee Woreley
Many Good Fellows Gifts Requested For Yale Season
The article notes the Yale Good Fellows fund faces tightness as Christmas nears with only a small sum available. It urges small donations from many to meet clothing food fruit and toy needs, stressing the season should not be punishing for those with generous hearts.
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Yale
Good Fellows Fund
Donatons
Good Fellows
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