Borah Sought as Possible 1936 Republican Nominee
Wisconsin Republicans announce intent to push Borah for president with petitions planned. Senator Nelson and Bernhard Gettleman say Borah for President fits a liberalized party stance, opposing monopoly, supporting social security, agriculture, and veterans protections. Borah signals willingness to work with the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip E. Nelson
Maple
Wis
Bernhard Getteman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Borah
Old Guard
Nelson
Gettleman
Wall Street
Motor trucks serve 48,000 US communities beyond rail lines
The text notes that motor trucks in the United States reach about 48,000 communities not connected by rail. It emphasizes the widespread role of trucking in delivering goods to areas lacking railroad service and highlights the transport capacity of road networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Launches Move for Support of League Members
Privy council and other national figures back a push in Parliament following yesterday’s foreign policy debate over the criticized British and French plan for Italo-Ethiopian peace. The Commons continues the discussion as it nears adjournment with the government claiming a solid victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy Council
Commons
Italians and Ethiopians clash in Mai Tinchet valley conflict
Afghan? Actually: Ethiopians and Italians battled in Mai Tinchet valley near Addi Aitecheb and Dembe Guina. About 1,000 killed on both sides, including 600 Ethiopians. Italian losses 272 with seven white officers and 21 white soldiers. The fighting lasted three days as air raids intensified.
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Associated Press
Asmara
Eritrea
Mai Tinchet
Takkaze River
Addi Aitecheb
Addi Endeto
Dembe Guina
Ras Imeru
Eritrean Troops Celebrate Noisy Victory Dance After Clash
The report notes the high casualty contrast with only two white officers and 25 Askari wounded or killed. Eritrean troops celebrated with their traditional fantasy victory dance around the camp fire, whooping and leaping with arms brandished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Askari
Italy
Eritrea
Laval Declines Resignation After Talks With Lebrun
Paris reports Premier Laval will not resign after meetings with President Lebrun and rightist cabinet members. The decision follows discussions aimed at stabilizing France’s government during a period of political tension.
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Laval
Associated Press
Paris
Lebrun
Standard Oil Announces New Old Age Pension Plan
Standard Oil of New Jersey will launch a new old age pension plan offering employee contributions matched dollar for dollar up to three percent of salary and 50 cents on the dollar for additional contributions up to a total of 13 percent. About 50,000 employees nationwide will be affected as the plan replaces the prior pension system in light of the social security law.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Road contracts awarded for 20 projects in Louisiana
Louisiana highway commission awarded contracts on 20 road projects bid after opening Wednesday. Most are former-road type. Richland parish adds 6 222 miles of concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Richland Parish
Congress Likely to Allow NRA to Die Completely
The piece notes possible actions to dismantle the National Recovery Administration after emergency enactments. Harrison was in Mississippi while Coughton delayed group meetings until after January 3. NRA field investigation reports promised to Congress had not yet arrived, and the agency was limited to encouraging voluntary codes.
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Harrison
Mississippi
Coughton
NRA
Supreme Court
Roosevelt outlines plan to transfer NRA to government agencies
At a press conference President Roosevelt said the expiring NRA may be moved to two or three established government departments for the remainder of its life. Details were not final, but plans would divide NRA functions among departments through April. George Beery, industrial coordinator, is reported to be in harmony with the plan.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
George Beery
Obituary of Lena McCranie McCranie
The funeral for Mrs. Lena Bolleigh McCranie 53 a Bastrop native and World War I nurse who died in Tuscaloosa Alabama Rites were held at Bastrop cemetery after a service at Mulhearn funeral home She had lived in Miami recently and is survived by two Monroe sisters Pauline Bernhardt and Lizzie Keller and one brother Eugene Rolleigh of Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Bolleigh McCranie
Miami
Fla
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Bastrop
Mulhearn
McCranie
Monroe
United States
Pauline Bernhardt
Lizzie Keller
Eugene Rolleigh
Shreveport
Mrs. W. R. Holliday obituary at Lake Bruen
Mrs. W. R. Holliday aged 40 of Lake Bruen died December 13 after several days illness. She is survived by her husband two sons Ellwood and Jack three daughters Mary Will Grace and Maudine and one brother Tom L. Daniel of Shawmutt Alabama. Funeral services were held at Newellton with Rev. George of the Christian church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
W. R. Holliday
Lake Bruen
Ellwood
Jack
Mary Will
Grace
Maudine
Tom L. Daniel
Shawmutt
Ala
Newellton
George
The
Christian Church
Funeral services held for Claude E Colvin pioneer planter
Claude E Colvin lifelong Lincoln parish resident and prominent figure died after a lingering illness in Ruston. Funeral at Dubach Baptist church followed by interment in Unionville cemetery. Survived by wife Lois Joyner and children H J Colvin Paul Colvin Emersong C E Jr W H Cook L E Dawson Mery Jo Colvin sister Carrie Douglas and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Claude E. Colvin
Lincoln Parish
Dubach Baptist Church
Unionville
Colvin
Garland H
Sarah Crosby Colvin
Louisiana State University
Carrie Douglas, Dubach
Funeral held for H. D. Warren of Sterlington at West Monroe home
The 71 year old H. D. Warren died in a Monroe hospital from pneumonia. Funeral services were at his daughter E Boyd's home in West Monroe with Rev. Lofton officiating. Interment followed in Hasley cemetery. Survived by a widow, six children, two sisters and four brothers.
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H. D. Warren
Sterlington
Monroe Hospital
E. Boyd
Coleman Avenue
West Monroe
Lofton
the Baptist Church
Hasley Cemetery
J. B. Dykes
J. H. Mayson
J. E. Boyd
L. L. Warren
Monroe
J. D. Warren
Good Pine
J. C. Warren
Inda Knight
Collins
Miss
Lucy Ponder
Mt. Olive
J. P. Warren
Estelle Marie Davis Funeral Rites Held in Natchez
Funeral services for Estelle Marie Davis two and a half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B E Davis of 201 North Fifth street were held in Natchez Mississippi after her death from pneumonia at St Francis Sanitarium. Burial followed in a Natchez cemetery. She is survived by her parents three grandparents a foster grandfather an aunt and an uncle.
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Estelle Marie Davis
B. E. Davis
North Fifth Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Natchez
Miss
Enoch J. Davis
Monroe
Dan Jackson
Roxie
Jim Deach
Mississippi
Katie Buckles
Emmett P. Davis
Sugar's Daughter Undergoes Tonsilitis Operation
Five-year-old Joan Sugar, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Sugar of Monroe, underwent an operation for tonsillitis Friday morning at the Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic.
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Joan Sugar
Leon Sugar
Monroe
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
Former Wealthy Promoter Granted Old-Age Pension
Ferdinand Trottman a 72 year old former Milwaukee promoter who once amassed a quarter million dollars and introduced Jack Johnson and Bob Fitzsimmons to the city received an old age pension of 30 dollars a month. Trottman who now earns five dollars a week at a booking agency formerly ran the Standard theater from 1890 and a neighborhood movie theater from 1911 to 1932 and even paid a flyer 1600 dollars for a two week engagement in 1903 to bring aviation to Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Ferdinand Trottman
John C. Karel
Trottman
Jack Johnson
Bob Fitzsimmons
Standard
Salvation Army Red Kettles Aid Christmas Good Fellows Fund
Salvation Army workers man red kettles at Reinhardt building and near the Woolworth store and post office to help the Good Fellows fund. Volunteers endure cold as they urge contributions for needy cases and aim to reach $1000 before Christmas Eve. The fund stood at $691.98 on Friday and could receive additional gifts via the News Star and Morning World office.
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Reinhardt
Woolworth Company
Salvation Army
Good Fellows Fund
Good Fellows
News-Star
Morning World
Roosevelt, Jr. Injured in Auto Crash near Arborway
Kermit Roosevelt Jr. age 20 from Oyster Bay and his Harvard classmate William Burnham 20 of Brookline were treated at Forest Hills hospital after their car skidded from the Arborway near Prince Street in Jamaica Plain. Both sustained non serious injuries and were held for observation. Doctors later reported slight concussions for both men and police investigated.
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Boston
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr
Oyster Bay
L. L
Arborway
Jamaica Plain
Forest Hills Hospital
William Burnham
Brookline
Harvard
Roosevelt
Burnham
Prince Street
Frank Sullivan
Air preheaters Prevent Ice in Aircraft Carburetors
Air preheaters used on aircraft prevent ice formation in the carburetor and around the throttle valve, reducing icing risk and improving engine reliability in cold conditions.
Don't Entrust Your Family Health to Unknown Preparations
Advice urges consulting a family doctor before taking any headache relief. It promotes Bayer Aspirin as a safe, fast option for headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia based on scientists and millions of users. Emphasizes purchasing Genuine Bayer Aspirin by full name at drug stores.
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Bayer Aspirin
Milne Told to Relate Torture Story
G men led by J Edgar Hoover question Milne about alleged torture in a ramshackle house. They seek details on clothing found near a school behind a building as Milne, last seen leaving a New York apartment, is treated in hospital and not soon discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milne
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Washington
York
Retired Mississippi River Captain Louis Migaud Dies
Louis Calvin Migaud 80, long serving Mississippi river steamboat captain, died after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were scheduled in New Orleans. His father began teaching him to pilot at age 19 and he remained among the oldest captains at his retirement about five years ago.
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New Orleans
Louis Calvin Migaud
Migaud
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Congress
Lena McRanie
Ay Srs
Walker’s Grocery
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Heinz
Cudahy
Soliers
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