King Edward at Fort Belvedere Amid Divorce Crisis Rush
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and advisers converge on Fort Belvedere as King Edward faces an early decision between throne and marriage to Wallis Simpson. Duke of York and Duke of Kent attend the meeting while a Cannes flight bearing Simpson partisans is tracked to France. Sir John Simon offers no new Commons remarks.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Fort Belvedere
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Duke of York
No. 10
Downing Street
Walter T. Monckton
Sir Eric Mieville
Monckton
Windsors
Baldwin
Home Office
Croydon
Cannes
Simpson
le Bourget
Lyon
Commons
John Simon
Behind the Scenes in Washington on Rate Cuts
Washington reports show AT&T and government negotiators reached a compromise reducing long distance rates by 12 million dollars as part of informal talks. Wheat led the FCC effort, using company data to persuade a cut, while officials hope lower costs spur business and faster progress.
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Shington
Dec
American Hone & Telegraph Company
Telefone
Illinois Bell Telephone
Supreme Court
Vised
Maemedere Communications Commis
Paul Walker
FCC
Wheat
Carl Wheat
Public Utilities
the of Los Angeles
Walter S. Gifford
Gifford
Samuel Becker
John Bickley
Walker
Atlantic Coast
San Francisco
Eastport
Cape Mendocino
Calif
Ship strike halts Orient trade and raises prices
American ship stoppage blocks Christmas trade with the Orient at Shanghai and Hong Kong. Cargo delays force manufacturers to seek substitutes, toy dealers fear shortages, and film programs suffer as Hollywood content shrinks. Porters report losses and prices for imports rise 10 to 25 percent, while foodstuffs climb.
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Shanghai
United States
Hollywood
Pacific
10000 Voters Yet to Sign 1936 Poll Books in Ouachita Parish
More than 10,000 Ouachita parish voters have not signed the 1936 state poll books at the sheriff's office. The deadline is midnight December 31 with only 19 days left. About 5,000 had signed by Tuesday.
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Ouachita Parish
Quachita
Monroe
Winter Blast Takes 9 Lives Across Midwest
The cold wave blamed for nine deaths as subzero temps eased from the Dakotas to Minnesota and Illinois. Eleven below in Dickinson North Dakota and 13 below in Freeport Illinois were reported. Snow, slick roads, and lingering cold affected Nebraska and surrounding states while a fishing tug, Dorothy Irene, with two aboard, was missing on Lake Michigan.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Dakotas
Minnesota
Dickinson
N. D
Illinois
Freeport
Chicago
Nebraska
Sidney
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Washington
Ohio
New Jersey
Dorothy Irene
Pensions for Vets Widows to be Sought in Congress
Washington dispatch reports the new congress likely to pursue broader pension legislation for widows and orphans of World War I veterans. A uniform bill may extend pensions to families of veterans from World War I Spanish American Indian and Civil wars. support from veterans groups signals legislative momentum.
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Washington
Congress
Gasque
South Carolina
House Pensions Committee
House Pension Committee
Veterans’ Organizations
Rankin
Mississippi
House Veterans Committee
Edith Maxwell Trial Postponed to Wednesday
Wise Virginia December 8 Edith Maxwell a Wise county school teacher returns from Richmond for a second bid at conviction in the slaying of her father Trigg Maxwell. Judge E T Carter set trial for Wednesday with 65 veniremen and 30 defense witnesses and 45 commonwealth witnesses summoned.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Richmond
E. T. Carter
Carter
Wise County
Commonwealth
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Morgan may be summoned again in railway finance probe
Senate investigators heard that the Van Sweringen brothers lost their $3 billion railroad and industrial system on September 30 1935 and regained control the same day without capital input. The probe opened with testimony that a Morgan banking syndicate sold control for 274682, climaxing day one of the inquiry into railroad financing. A frail glass jar maker from Muncie Indiana led the session.
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Washington
Senate
van Sweringen
J. P. Morgan
Capitol
Morgan
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Pope Pius XI Ready to Resume Full Duties
Vatican reports Pope Pius XI, 79, is much better after a paralysis attack and insists on resuming his full routine of active duty. Officials say he will no longer stay in bed despite medical advice, lifting worry in the Vatican and among citizens of the papal state.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Papal State
Mrs Simpson Keeps Fight for Morganatic Marriage
In Cannes, Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson vows to press a fight for a morganatic marriage with King Edward VIII despite his push to wed her and retain the throne. Lord Brownlow says she will stay at Villa Lou Vier until after Christmas, with daily press briefings at the gates.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
Flood Devastates Cagayan Valley in Philippines Disaster
Thousands die or go missing as the Cagayan River floods northern Luzon following a typhoon. Officials fear the toll may be the greatest disaster in Philippine history, with entire barrios wiped out and relief agencies rushing in.
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Cagayan
Philippines
Philippine Army
Commonwealth
Luzon
Landon Plans Two Day Stop After Florida Hunt
Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, who has had little luck hunting in Florida, planned another deer hunt before leaving for New Orleans. He would stop two days there before returning to Topeka. L. E. Phillips of Bartlesville, Okla., shot a deer yesterday as Landon’s party hunted on St. Vincent's island where rough Gulf waters disrupted a planned fishing trip.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Florida
New Orleans
Topeka
Kan
L. E. Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Landon
St. Vincent's Island
Gulf of Mexico
Needy Children Appeal to Good Fellows for Christmas Cheer
The Good Fellows appeal asks funds to aid unfortunates in the area with Christmas food clothes and toys. Donations noted include memorial gifts and local contributors as listed, with 75 letters from families addressed to the Good Fellows. Page 2 continues.
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Good Fellows
Santa Claus
Salvation Army
Argentina to Ratify Four Peace Pacts
Argentina will sign four long unratified peace treaties to win support from other republics in building Western world peace. Saavedra Lamas said other American nations would likely ratify as well, amid plans to coordinate these pacts into practical peace machinery.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Saavedra Lamas
inter-American Conference
Associated Press
Bolivia
el Salvador
Mexico
Montevideo
Francisco Castillo Najero
Alfonso Reyes
Water Works Bonds Voted in Winnsboro Special Election
In Winnsboro Louisiana voters approved 50000 in water works improvement bonds. The bonds are secured by water revenues and do not raise taxes. The town, with a strong financial record, paid all debts and had a year end surplus, aiding the PWA funds request.
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News-Star
Winnsboro
PWA
Human Mole Burrows 140 Feet At Missouri Prison Escape
Fred Turner, 22, hid underground for 64 days after vanishing from his cell October 4. He tunneled through a plumbing area and eight foot wall, aided by two cellmates, until surfacing outside the prison. Turner lost 30 pounds during the subterranean ordeal.
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Jefferson City
Missouri States
Fred Turner
J. M. Sanders
Turner
Everett Stewart
Mike Kaussman
President Roosevelt Heads North Toward Equator at Sea
President Roosevelt sails the Indianapolis toward the equator after completing a South American mission. At 24 knots off Brazil the ships run calm seas as searchlight drills illuminate the night for imagined submarines. They are halfway between Montevideo and Port of Spain, where refueling awaits Friday.
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President Roosevelt
Equator
Indianapolis
Brazil
Montevideo
Uruguay
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Cotton Crop Forecast Raised To 12,407,000 Bales
Government crop board estimates December 1 conditions yield at 12,407,000 bales up 7,000 from a month earlier. Harvested area 30,054,000 acres, 10 percent larger than 1935. Weather and drought affected regions differ, with gains in the eastern belt and declines in Texas and Oklahoma after August 1.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Georgia
Carolinas
Texas
Oklahoma
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Albert, Duke OF York
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Pensions
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Mrs. Simpson
American Beauty
Ray P. Cronin
Manila
Good Fellows Fund
Joe Biedenharn
Monroe Street
Pat Mason
J.C. Mims
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OW. Myers
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H. R. Speed
Monroe Typographical Union
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