Insurgents in Spain launch big spy hunt
Foreign observers in China note a complex political moment as Japan proposes a Japan China Manchoukuo defense bloc and economic cooperation while campaigns press for ending foreign holdings in China. Sir Samuel Hoare warns Britain against forced Nazi labor faction alignment. Crieff by election ends Duchess of Atholl’s bid after resigning her seat.
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China
Japan
Hongkong
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Britain
Nazi
Labor Front
Crieff
Scotland
Duchess of Atholl
Chamberlain
Roosevelt to Get Report on Rail Situation
Wheeler has pushed possible drastic road reorganization to cut watered stock and reduce dividend costs. Joseph B. Eastman works on a transportation study focusing on subsidies to highway motor carriers through favorable taxes.
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Roosevelt
Ing. Wheeler
Joseph B. Eastman
D. C
Good Fellows Fund Urges Holiday Aid Distribution
The Good Fellows Fund seeks donations of any amount to supply groceries clothes and toys for needy families. Funds received within 24 hours will support Christmas relief efforts organized by the News-Star-World to create a peaceful season.
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News-Star
Argentina and United States Trade Off Key Defense Pledge
Conference discussions reveal differences between Argentina and the Mello Franco Concha Hull plan on continental defense. The majority text favors joint consultation and direct action while Argentina stresses defending democratic principles and coordinating sovereign aims through consultative meetings.
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Argentina
United States
Hull
Carlos Conchy
Peru
Mello Franco
Concha
Pedro Manini Rios
America
U S Visas in Spain Hunted
United States relief work in Europe highlights wheat donation and Red Cross drive seeking 600000 dollars for processing and shipment. Grain to feed 2500000 people for six months with distribution based on need. Red Cross vice chairman Ernest J. Swift cites 3715000 needy children under 11 in Barcelona visit. Gasoline tax policy analysis shows 35 percent higher consumption in states without tax hikes since 1930.
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Europe
United States
Red Cross
Ernest J. Swift
Barcelona
Mangham Junior Literary Club Hosts Luncheon Meeting
Mangham Missis Ola Cooper and Dorothy Stark co hosted the Mangham Junior Literary club at Miss Dorothy Stark's home. Luncheon served to a list of members and guests including Miss Mattie L. Adams, Mrs. Don Case, Miss Beulah Curry, Mrs. Nathan Blair, and others. Mrs. Nathan Blair presided, minutes were read by Miss Bessie Noble, and papers on chinaware and silverware were presented.
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Missis Ola Cooper
Dorothy Stark
Mangham
Mattie L. Adams
Don Case
Beulah Curry
Nathan Blair
Janet Hixon
Bessie Noble
Ada Preston
Forest Terral
Sybil Tillman
Inez Reynolds
Doris Terral
Deaths Wanda Lou Johnson at three weeks old
Wanda Lou Johnson died in a local hospital. aged three weeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Johnson of 805 South Third Street. Survived by parents a twin sister Glenda Sue a brother Clarence B. Johnson Jr and grandparents Mr and Mrs W L Johnson Harrisonburg. Funeral arrangements by Mulhearn funeral home to be announced later.
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Wanda Lou Johnson
Clarence B. Johnson
South Third Street
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Glenda Sue
W. L. Johnson
Harrisonburg
Jurors Fail To Reach Verdict In Colonel Gimp Case
The jurors remain deadlocked on the Colonel Gimp kidnapping case. Accused Snyder is alleged to have forced Alderman at gunpoint to his Hollywood Hills home where a shooting occurred in front of two women last October 15. If convicted on all five charges he faces up to 90 years in prison.
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Uncle Sam
Snyder
Alderman
Hollywood Hills
Gimp
Plane Crash Kills Two Army Fliers in Norfolk
Two Army fliers died instantly when their pursuit plane crashed and burned near Norfolk Virginia during a routine training flight. Witness Jeff J. Bean said the plane dived from about 500 feet and the motor appeared to have cut off before impact. The dead were Lieutenant Gale Ellis from Beaver Falls Pennsylvania and Private Charles S. Downer from Tarentum Pennsylvania.
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Norfolk
Gale Ellis
Beaver Falls
Charles S. Downer
Tarentum
Jeff J. Bean
Fliers Die In Plane Crash Off Portsmouth
The plane crashed and caught fire asBean tried to rescue a flier but was driven back by flames. Navy officials removed the bodies from the smoking wreckage and took them to the naval hospital in Portsmouth.
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Bean
Navy
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Kennedy family heads to Swiss Christmas retreat
Mrs Joseph Kennedy wife of the US ambassador to London and eight of nine children depart for a Christmas vacation at St Moritz Switzerland. Ambassador Kennedy and son Jack remain in the United States. A note on tire wear cites summer wear due to dry gritty pavements.
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London
Joseph Kennedy
United States
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Whiskey for the Holidays Prompt Men’s Names and Savings
An advertising line invites readers to state the men who receive whiskey during holidays and the bottle count for personal hospitality. It suggests deducting a dollar per quart to show total savings, ending with a promotion rationale.
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Lynn
Mass
Leo H. Wade
Leo
Wade
Annabella
Miami
Fla
Rio de Janeiro
Good Fellows Fund
U.S.A
Cn EE Franks
U.S
Billy
Spinelli
South America
Kate Talbert
Virgie Evans
Talbert
E. T. Lee
Mable Nash
M. K. McConnell
Dow Case
Edna Sims
Linda Pardue
George Huff
Katherine Wilson
Ola Cooper
Ethel Watson
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Colonel Gimp
T. B. Wilson
Gus Maese
Philadelphia
COPR
News-Star—World
Dad
Star—World
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