Jane's 1937 Aircraft Yearbook Rates U S as Largest Fleet
London reports Jane's 1937 edition places the United States among the largest air forces and possibly most efficiently equipped in the world. It also notes Germany's planes match US and Britain in power but not in numbers, France lags though expanding, and Russian air power remains largely unknown yet enormous with likely American design influence.
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London
Jane
United States
Germany
Great Britain
C. G. Grey
France
Red
Madrid
Cpa
Spain
Grey
Dodd Reveals Motivation Behind Berlin Resignation
Ambassador William E. Dodd disclosed that he faced real discouragements during his Berlin tour and said he sent correct reports to Washington. His resignation, effective January 1938, followed Nazi hostility toward him as persona non grata, while he planned to resume writing a history of the old south and decline a U.S. professorship due to retirement age.
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Berlin
William E. Dodd
Washington
Dodd
Hugh R. Wilson
Old South
America
University of Chicago
Yuletide Illumination Contest Draws Many Entries
Entries for the parish wide Christmas lighting contest are piling up at the Chamber of Commerce offices. Prizes totaling over 400 dollars will be awarded, with a grand prize of 100 dollars for the best display. Entries must be in by December 21 and displays must be lit nightly from 6 to 10 pm through New Year’s Day. Continued on Fifth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
George D. Holland
Evacuation Warning For Nanking As War Looms Over City
Japanese authorities in Shanghai urged all foreigners and Chinese noncombatants in Nanking to evacuate quickly as hostilities threatened the former capital. The city was described as one large fortification and safety could not be assured in the refugee zone. United States officials were asked to relay the warning to nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanking
Suemasa Okamoto
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Washington
Kiangyin
Three Alabama Sisters Plead Guilty in Fake Marriage Scheme
Three sisters Frances Reid Ila Izelle Reid and Mrs F S Barley pleaded guilty in United States district court Huntsville to using the mails to defraud by a fake marriage scheme. Judge John McDuffie was to sentence them this afternoon after out of state witnesses testified.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
United States District Court
John McDuffie
Mobile
David J. Davis
Birmingham
Frances Reid
Ila Izelle Reid
F. S. Barley
Jack Maguire
Maguire
Reporter Marries Ensigns Fiancee
A three column Seattle Times society page shows Miss Nanon Grinstead announced engaged to Ensign William Calhoun Thompson Jr of Dublin Georgia. She wed William Speidel Jr Times police reporter, with Mrs Speidel stating she chose him after knowing him longer.
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Seattle
Dev
Nanon Grinstead
Seattle Times
Ensign Willian
Calhoun Thompson, Jr
Dublin
Miss Grinstead
William Speidel, Jr
Times
Bill
Speidel
Large Cotton Income Expected Despite Lower Prices
The 1936 cotton crop, though faced with price declines, should yield growers total gross income near or above last year. Estimated 1936 income reaches $987 million, up from $861 million in 1935 and $822 million in 1934, with cottonseed and price adjustments included. The season’s average price to producers was 12.3 cents per pound, slightly higher than the prior year.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Lawrence Westbrook
WPA
White House Christmas Celebrations Share Twofold Plans
The White House sets two family dinners and two parties for young people along with two Christmas trees. Grandchildren of the Roosevelts will attend one luncheon dinner while another targets grown ups. A children's party is scheduled for December 27 with Sara Roosevelt and Bill Roosevelt among honored young guests. On December 30 the president and first lady host about 400 guests.
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Washington
White House
Elliott Roosevelt
14 Big Planes Serviced for Long Flight
San Diego mechanics serviced 14 big patrol planes for a non stop 3080 mile flight to Coco Solo C Z under Lt Commander B E Grow. The mass transfer includes 98 officers and men and aims to arrive in 26 hours weather permitting. It marks the Navy's fifth long distance start from San Diego Bay this year.
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San Diego
Calif
Coco Solo
C. Z
B. E. Grow
San Diego Bay
Canal
Hawaii
Consolidated Aircraft Company
Arma
Massive Wagner Act Use Reveals 2.6 Million Workers
The National Labor Relations Board reported 2,611,487 workers invoked the Wagner Act to file unfair labor practice complaints or seek collective bargaining elections. Since 1945, 9,645 cases closed affecting 1,098,318 workers, with 3,484 cases involving 1,513,169 workers still pending as of November 1.
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Washington
Dec
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Ouachita Parish Police Jury Adopts 1938 Budget
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury approves a 1938 budget of 131164 dollars, up 6164 from last year. The health unit gets a 1000 dollar rise to total 9200, as Dr Williams reports typhoid shots for 9056 people, 902 diphtheria shots, 1588 smallpox vaccinations, 91 anti rabies treatments and 1747 lab examinations.
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Ouachita Parish
G. Douglas Willams
Chief Problem of Anti Trust Law Disclosed
Senator O Mahoney argues the main issue in revising antitrust laws is the effect on business. He met with Attorney General Cummings to discuss potential major action in the 1938 Congress session. He favors a proposed federal licensing bill for interstate commerce, claiming it would set business free after 50 years.
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Washington
Dee
Mahoney
Wyoming
Cummings
O'Mahoney
Borah
Crop control approval seen in house and senate action
Washington reports optimism as the crop control bill gains momentum with key House and Senate votes. The House rejected eliminating marketing quotas for cotton by 980 to 59 and the Senate defeated a McNary amendment 51 to 28, signaling progress toward final passage this week.
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Washington
Dec
House
Senate
McNary
Leche Proposes Full 12 Month Salaries for Teachers
Governor Richard Leche told the state board of education that he plans no tax increase but urges payment of a full 12 months salary to teachers. The remarks were made in Baton Rouge on December 8.
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Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
State Board of Education Today
Gas leak blamed for Dinty Moore’s explosion at 315 Catalpa
Fire and municipal inspectors say a three quarter inch pipe under the floor leaked gas and ignited, wrecking Dinty Moore’s restaurant at 315 Catalpa street. Eight people injured. most recovering. The pipe had cracked in a seam from rust and dampness. A licensed plumber had just replaced internal fittings, not beneath the floor. Cause of ignition remains undetermined. stove or heater flames possibly sparked the gas.
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Dinty Moore's Place
Catalpa Street
Campbell
Lt. Bimmett
Wiley Harrell
Funeral Home
St. Francis Sanitarium
Five Die As Cold Wave Grips Nation From Maine To Florida
Winter spread along the Atlantic seaboard bringing snow and icy temperatures from Maine to Florida. Ten deaths were attributed to the cold with five in the south from exposure and several other fatalities across Pennsylvania New York and nearby areas. An icy road sent a physician to a fatal death in the barge canal near Fulton New York as eleven inches of snow fell on Buffalo and flurries spread through western Massachusetts and northern New York.
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Associated Press
Atelantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Rockies
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Shetche Ding
Barge Canal
Fulton
N. Y
Butefalo
Massechuesetts
Upper
New York State
New York City
Weather Beereay
Reto
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Colorado
Katesas
Mississippi Valley
Carolinas
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Plane strikes house in Austin kill two occupants
An airplane described as a streak of lightning plowed into the Albright home in northwest Austin killing 2 year old Leonard Albright and pilot Captain F A Avelino. Spencer Albright III survived with bruises and Mrs Albright was stunned. Aircraft crew from San Antonio investigated the crash.
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Austin
Tex
Dec
Ican Arma Air Corps
Leonard Albright
Mfr
Spencer D. Albright
F. A. Avelins
Albright
Spencer Alebright
Alebright
Kelnfeld
San Aretonia
Avelino
Envernement
University of Texas
Dave Peeler
Hudson Anderton
Homer Sandaers
W C T U Provides Baby Layette Through Good Fellows
W C T U early Christmas layette for a baby funded via the Good Fellows program. Donation, valued at five dollars, passes through West Monroe Welfare association to assist west bank families with children. Merchants and individuals urged to contribute clothing, fruit, nuts, or other goods to baskets aiding needy households.
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Good Fellows Fund
West Monroe Welfare Association
Good Fellows
Monroe
West Moncroe
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Ius
Ensig
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Daniel
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Chicago
A. E. Campbell
South
W.C.T.U
OOD Fellows Fund
J. F. Wetzel
Allan
Fillger R Speed
W. C. TU
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