Princess Elizabeth Takes Brief Recess From Lessons
London dispatch notes a one hour break in Princess Elizabeth's schooling after the abdication news. The 10 year old heir presumptive to the British throne is shielded from full gravity of events while observers muse on future marriages and possible Prince Consorts amid royal upheaval.
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Conference closes with pledge of inter American consultative panel
Delegates reach agreement on essentials after a long session, creating a permanent inter American consultative committee with emergency consultation. Argentina pushes for no rival to the League of Nations, while Brazil’s security pact is revised. US delegates hopeful as Hull pact gains traction and neutrality talks advance. A steering meeting is planned for Saturday with December 23 as a possible date. A separate New Orleans item notes a hungry, exposed man found on Tchoupitoulas Street, identified as John H. Goodwin, 56, unemployed.
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Girl Slayer Goes 10 Death at North Carolina Gas Chamber
Raleigh NC December 11. Martin Moore 22 a Black hotel bell boy was executed in the gas chamber for the July Asheville hotel room murder of Helen Clevenger a New York University student. He confessed to killing and beating the 18 year old victim before death. He was pronounced dead at 10 46 a m after entering the chamber. Moore repudiated the prior confession ascribed by officials. He sang a hymn with two ministers before the chair. Earlier in the day three other Black men Willie Smith Beverly White and Farlander McCormick were executed for fatally beating an 80 year old woman during a robbery and for theft of hoarded funds.
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Two Men Electrocuted for Taxi Driver Slaying
Sam Anderson and Sam Powell were executed in Columbia for the January murder of taxi driver W. A. Daniel. They admitted beating and shooting him to steal his car and said liquor and the hard life contributed to their actions.
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Three Arkansas Negroes Executed at Tucker Prison Farm
In Tucker Prison Farm Arkansas three Black inmates were executed as part of the state’s capital punishment schedule. The report details the procedure and the timing of the executions, noting the date as December 11.
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Pope Pius XI Rests Quietly After Tranquil Night
In Vatican City on December 11 Pope Pius XI lay in bed but attended a chapel mass in his sickroom after a calm night. Attendants report the pontiff received digitalis before dawn and is holding his own against the paralysis that has confined him for a week. He went to sleep following his Rosary.
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Pope Suffering Relapse Spurs Doubt Over Walk Again
The 79-year-old pope remains bedbound with swollen legs and pain, with Vatican sources saying he may never walk again. Reports indicate a relapse as experts discuss stasis stagnation of the blood and potential prolonged bedridden status.
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Dancer Dies After Lion Attack in Baltimore Theater
Miss Gladys Cote, a young Chicago dancer, was fatally mauled by a lion during an animal act on a Baltimore stage and died later at University Hospital. The incident occurred December 11 as the act unfolded.
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