Desperate Desperado Harry Brunette Captured in West Side Siege
Federal agents ended a 45 minute gun battle on Riverside Drive capturing Harry Brunette 25 after a siege at an upper west side apartment His wife was wounded and taken to Bellevue Hospital Hoover called Brunette the worst criminal in the country and linked him to kidnaping a New Jersey trooper and multiple Midwest bank robberies
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New York
Upper West Side
Harry Brunette
Desperado
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brunette
New Jersey
Middle West
Riverside Drive
George T. Smith
Macomb County
Hoover
Mount Clemens
Mich
Browne Stone
West 102Nd Street
John Dill
Behind the Scenes in Washington Utility Drive Halted
Washington report notes a halted utility project amid court actions and rising litigation costs. Government policy shifts draw attention as the issue unfolds behind official routines.
Supreme Court Hurls Challenge to Utility Holding Suit Tactic
Washington reports that the Supreme Court ruled against mass suits against utility holding companies, allowing the government to focus on one key test case. Attorney General Homer Cummings led the effort, seeking to delay numerous suits and aiming to curb private lawyers fees tied to the New Deal era litigation surge. Eight justices joined in the decision, with Justice Stone absent due to illness.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
New Deal
Supreme Court
Congress
Guffey
America
Justice Stone
Holding Company Act
Homer
Cummings
Federal District Court
Electric Bond & Share Company
Speedier power decision sought in Southern rally
Mayor Ingram of Tarrant City Alabama says a Decatur Alabama meeting December 23 with Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee officials will discuss speeding up court procedures for PWA loans to municipal power plants. He avoided commenting on the Duke Power decision. Eight Alabama projects totaling 2 549 000 dollars are halted by injunctions tied to the same issue.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ingram
Tarrant City
PWA
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Authority Power
United States Supreme Court
Duke Power Company
Duke
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Hope Morgan’s Jealousy Motive Tied To Bride Slaying
Hope Morgan, 25, who killed her close friend a week earlier, hanged herself in the county jail using a scarf from her pajamas. Sheriff MacDonald said a confession was found on magazine margins noting jealousy as the motive and referenced a message to Daryl Minnis and a plea for forgiveness.
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Lansing
Mich
Hope Morgan
Allan A. MacDonald
Daryl Minnis
Daryl
the Giltners
Leland Gaw
Police Order Picketing At Orleans Ended In New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 15 police ordered an end to picketing by seamen and longshoremen. About 35 demonstrators were arrested for refusing to move. The Board of Trade moved to arrange delivery routes for Pacific coast cargo tied up locally as leaders met to plan next steps.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Board of Trade
Pacific Coast
George Reyer
Recorder’s Court
Charles W. Frank
Board of Trade
Exchanges
the Steamship Association
The
Clearing House and Dock Board
New Congress for President
Washington news notes a cross section of new members replying to an Associated Press questionnaire. most favor the White House stance on key issues except on relief where opinions split between federal and state jurisdiction.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Associated Press
White House
Mass funeral planned for family of fire victims
Akron Ohio telegram reports a mass funeral planned in Roanoke Virginia for the Thomas family victims of a Sunday two story fire. George Thomas 39 remains in critical condition while his wife Mary 29 and children Magdalen 13 Anna Mae 12 and George Jr 10 were placed on a train to join Mrs Thomas' former home.
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Akron, CO
Roanoke
George Thomas
Thomas
Mary
Magdalen
Anna Mae
George, Jr
Singing Mouse Heads for Fame in Chicago Radio Audition
In Woodstock Illinois Mickey the singing mouse is placed on a special diet to prepare for a radio audition set for Thursday. Dr W W Lichty prescribes the diet after Mickey stopped singing due to wet feet. The University of Chicago’s Maud Slye questions a singing mouse claim saying a breathing disorder may cause the sounds.
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Woodstock
Ill
Call of Fame
Mickey
Singing Mouse
W. W. Lichty
Mickey Stopped Singing After Getting His Feet Wet Sunday. Dr. Lichty
Herbert C. Gensch
Chicago
Maud Slye
University of Chicago
France Joins War Debt Defaulters in Semiannual Payment Delay
France joined a group of defaulters in the semiannual war debt payment delay today. A French note to acting secretary of state R Walton Moore cited economic depression and world conditions as reasons for not yet proposing settlement terms while hoping to resume negotiations through normal channels in the future.
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Washington
France
R. Walton Moore
Andre de Laboulaye
Ex-King's Pictures Banned by Germany
Berlin officials ordered German newspapers to ban pictures of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson. The prohibition, in place before King Edward's abdication, now extends to the prince. Editors were also told not to publish stories about the duke's stay in Austria.
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Berlin
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Edward
Austria
Bible Class Donation Boosts Good Fellows Fund
A Major Memorial Bible Class of the First Baptist Church contributed 25.00 and others gave totals to raise the Good Fellows Fund to 596.45 dollars on Tuesday. Donations included 5.00 from Boy's Bible Study at Louisiana Tech and 2.50 from the Woman's Auxiliary among many items listed.
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Good Fellows Fund
Woman's Auxiliary
Presbyterian Church
Circle No
Presbyterian Pacisued
Ceed Ems
Ee de Creee
Bill
Lewis and
Barry Bern
Cesar Senteeuekrdian
Winsor Greene
Carra Ann Young
First Baptist Church
SQUEEZE IN COTTON DENIED BY FIRM
New Orleans December 15 Garner M Tullis head of the cotton brokerage firm Tullis Craig and company denied reports of engineering a December cotton squeeze The statement said the firm took cotton on contract as routine business and did not plan to create a squeeze He called the sensational account greatly exaggerated in magnitude and effect and said the cotton was reasonably priced and could be merchandised at a normal profit
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New Orleans
Tullis, Craig
Tullis
Bride Fatally Burned in Aberdeen Plantation Fire
Mrs. Carlos Duke, recently married, died after her home burned at the Longmire plantation in the.Mailton community near Aberdeen Mississippi.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Carlos Duke
Longmire
Mailton
Here
Roosevelt Returns to White House Amid Urgent Tasks
President Roosevelt lands in Charleston after a 28 day Buenos Aires peace conference cruise. He faces a busy period with unsettled maritime strike issues, unpaid war debts, and a short window before Congress opens and his inauguration. Speaker Bankhead to confer on legislative proposals as waterfront questions loom.
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Charleston
S. C
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Ohe
James
Washington
White House
Congress
Bankhead
Mr. Roosevelt
Edward Looks for Visitors at Enzesfeld
Edward, former king of England, awaits guests at the Rothschild estate in Enzesfeld Austria. Lords and possible companions arrive as servants add furniture while gendarmes guard the chateau. The abdicated monarch spends a quiet day golfing bowling and socializing with friends.
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Enzelfeld
Austria
Edward
England
Eugene de Rothschild
Lord Brownlow
Duke of Windsor
Chateau
Enzesfeld
Fire destroys four Wisner buildings in Louisiana
Fire of undetermined origin consumed four Wisner business houses early today causing about 15000 dollars in damage. Buildings housed J D Bell W J Watson Mrs Dan Kennerly and the Jitney Jungle store. owned by Mrs Kennerly and F H Bates. Local and nearby fire departments fought the blaze with water from a Missouri Pacific tank.
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Wisner
J. D. Bell
W. J. Watson
Dan Kennerly
Kennerly
L. H Mce- Knight
F H. Bates
Missouri Pacific
Gilbert
Winnsboro
Terror grips Chinese over chief's fate
Shanghai reports say Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and several Chinese military leaders were killed at Sianfu after mutinous troops rebelled. Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang announced via radio as panic spread with conflicting accounts of Chiang's fate.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Cheng Hsueh-Liang
Chang
Shanghai
Sianfu
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Radio Today
Associated Press
China
Japan
Hachiro Arita
Shensi
Manchukuo
Manchuria
W. H. Donald
Monroe's Yale Electric Display Draws Statewide Visitors
Visitors praised Monroe's Christmas illuminations on DeSiard Street as the display attracted attention across the state. Chamber of commerce and Garden club officials said visitors from as far as Shreveport urged everyone in the Monroe trade area to view the lights. The display was turned on Saturday night and drew strong public interest as residents were invited to view the lights.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Garden Cuub
Shreveport
DeSiard Street
Monroe Trade Area
Garden Club
City may get new industry with Ray Handle plant in Monroe
Monroe plans a new factory after the Monroe Building and Loan association sold square 16 of Layton's second addition to J. R. Ray of Gadsden Alabama. Ray handles maker expects a plant here to produce broom mop and tool handles, likely employing many workers, with a $4000 site purchase.
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Monroe Building and Loan Association
Ray Handle Company
Monroe
J. R. Ray
Gadsden
Ala
Ray
Layton
S. H. McClary
Chamber of Commerce
Wally to Resume Social Activity at Riviera
Mrs. Wallis Simpson plans to rejoin Riviera society in Cannes after abstaining during the Edward VIII crisis. Detours include golf teas concerts the casino and bridge parties as crowds and paparazzi ease. Her hostess Mrs. Herman Rogers of New York confirms plans to resume social life on the famed waterfront Promenade La Croisette.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Simpson
la Croisette
Riviera
Herman Rogers
New York
England
Edward VIII
Rogers
Simpson
Edward
Enzesfeld
Austria
Archbishop’s broadcast sparks cross fire over Edward affair
Critics from pulpit and press attack the Archbishop of Canterbury for lecturing former King Edward VII after his abdication. Arguments surface that the archbishop’s remarks misplace blame on Edward’s social circle as government seeks to smooth succession to George VI.
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London
Caneterbury
Edward VII
House of Comemons
Edward
George VI
Empire
Wallis Warefield Simpson
Church of England
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Germany
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YALE
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