Lindberghs Plan Move to England Over Kidnap Threats
The Lindberghs have left America for England amid rising threats and fear of kidnapping. Colonel Lindbergh criticized New Jersey Governor Hoffman over Hauptmann doubts, choosing exile to give son Jon a normal youth. They keep American citizenship and may stay indefinitely in Britain.
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New York
Charles A. Lindberghs
Jon
America
England
Lindbergh
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
United States
Hauptmann
American Importer
Executive Order Terminates NRA and Reassigns Functions
President Roosevelt issues an executive order ending the National Recovery Administration. Key divisions move to the Commerce Department and Labor Department under a last-session act extending NRA to April with workers under the June 1937 work relief law. The change shifts review, business cooperation, and advisory councils to commerce. consumer division to labor.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Recovery Administration
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Division of Review
Division of Business Cooperation
Advisory Council
Congress
Supreme Court Takes Up Guffey Coal Law Review
The Supreme Court agreed to review the Guffey act’s constitutionality, allowing federal district court decisions to be bypassed in seeking final rulings on the bituminous industry regulation. The case centers on a tax powered code for soft coal akin to NRA measures.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Court of Appeals
Court of Last Resort
High Tribunal
NRA
Most of Nation Battered by Snow and Cold Wave
Bitter cold and heavy snow swept the nation with more than twenty deaths linked to the weather. Weekend traffic crashes rose as icy conditions plagued roads from Canada to Alabama with dangerous forecasts for a white Christmas. Minnesota and the Dakotas saw 18 to 20 degree readings as several states reported significant snowfall. Richmond and Atlanta recorded frigid lows while New York and New England faced near zero temps. Continued updates on the weather were promised.
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Canadian
Alabama
Carolinas
Virginias
Georgia
Washington, D. C
Arizona
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Richmond
Atlanta
New England
North Atlantic States
New York
Albany
Weather Bureau Pilot Saves Life By Jumping
Bell Buckle Tenn Dec 23 United States weather bureau pilot Joe Greer 34 bailed out of his plane before it crashed near Bell Buckle and uninjured afterward Greer who lives in Memphis said he flew from Sky Harbor on an observation mission at about 3 this morning with a 18000 foot ceiling before radio failure and loss of the homing device he rode the ship down or jumped after five hours fifteen minutes aloft amid hazy mountain tops ready to bail out if a landing site could not be found
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Bell Buckle
Tenn
Joe Greer
United States Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Nashville
Sky Harbor
Smith to Speak for American Liberty League on January 25
Alfred E. Smith will address the American Liberty League at a January 25 dinner in Washington. The keynote appearance follows his public criticism of some New Deal policies and places him on the national political stage alongside Charles A. Dawson and Dr. Neil Carothers. The event signals shaping roles for Smith in 1936 amid party shifts and ongoing debates over Roosevelt policies.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
American Liberty League
Smith
League
Roosevelt
Charles A. Dawson
Kentucky
Neil Carothers
Lehigh University
Schall
Minnesota
Olson
James A Farley
Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Murder sought in Thelma Todd death investigation
Los Angeles prosecutors seek murder in Thelma Todd death after a coroner ruled accidental by monoxide fumes. The grand jury will hear testimony from Miss Todd's maid May Whitehead and other film notables as officials consider jealousy or unrequited love as factors.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Thelma Todd
George Johnson
Miss Todd
May Whitehead
Confederate Veteran Frank Wells Dies in Mississippi
Frank Wells, a Confederate veteran from Red Banks Mississippi, died at his home Saturday. He fought in the battles of Shiloh and Gettysburg with company C of the 17th Mississippi and would have turned 100 in early January. Funeral services were set for today in Red Banks.
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Red Banks
Miss
Frank Wells
Wells
Shiloh
Gettysburg
17Th
Mississippi Regiment
Earl Long Attacks Home Rule in Louisiana Parishes
Earl K. Long campaigning in St. Landry, Evangeline, Mamou, and Eunice asserts tax policies benefited the people and accuses Home Rule opponents of fake pledges. He links the machine to opposition, cites Allen Ellender and Leche as key figures, and questions election representation amid illness claims by Leche and Allen.
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Eunice
Long
Allen
Earl K. Long
St. Landry
Evangeline
Mamou
Earl Long
Allen J. Ellender
United States Senate
Melville
Ville Platte
Richard W. Leche
O. K. Allen
Senate
Dear
Dick Leche
Bob Maestri
Louisiana
Oscar Allen
Oscar
Maestri
Leche
Man Dies From Charcoal Fumes In Trailer
Fred White 39 of Marietta Ohio died at a sanitarium after sleeping in a trailer with a burning charcoal fire. His wife suffered fumes but required little medical attention. They had parked on 805 DeSiard street about a week ago and were found after a friend knocked yesterday afternoon.
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Fred White
Marietta
Ohio
C. L. Mengis
Parish
White
DeSiard Street
Milne Kidnapping Tale May Be Faked Says Granddad Scouts
Federal investigators weigh inconsistencies in the Caleb Milne case as a Chester hotel register entry under the alias Harry McLaughlin prompts questions. Milne vanished December 14 from his New York apartment and was found gagged near Doylestown, with handwriting samples sent to Washington for comparison.
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Philadelphia
Caleb J. Milne
Philip McMahon
Chester
Milne
Harry McLaughlin
Buffalo
Doylestown
New York
Washington
G-men
Good Fellows Fund Distributes Baskets in Monroe
Cash donations totaling 821.22 plus clothing and food items funded holiday baskets. Salvation Army, led by Captain George W. Whitaker, packed and distributed 120 baskets by noon Monday with 50 more to follow, including 50 West Monroe deliveries and 50 from Salvation Army later.
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Good Fellows Fund
Salvation Army
Monroe
George W. Whitaker
Army
West Monroe
Good Fellows
Whitaker
Eden Granted Mandate to End War and Enforce Sanctions
British policy shifted as Anthony Eden assumed control with a mandate to halt the Italo Ethiopian conflict through League sanctions. UK seeks wider penalties including an oil embargo and Mediterranean support, aiming to deter Italian aggression while coordinating with France and other powers.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Europe
London
Great Britain
France
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Italy
Stanley Baldwin
League Affairs
Eden
Britain
Geneva
Pardon appeal filed for Bruno Hauptmann in Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann filed a clemency petition with the New Jersey court of pardons. Col. Mark O Kimberling, prison keeper, delivered six copies to clerk Albert Hermann. The contents remain sealed under court rule as Irving Bleam witnessed Hauptmann signing. Governor Hoffman expected to convene the court later this week.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Col
Mark O. Kimberling
State Prison
Albert B. Hermann
Pardons Court
Ol. Kimberlin
Irving Bleam
Hauptmann
Bleam
Harold G. Hoffman
Stricken While Driving, New Orleans Man Dies
Fred Zimmer a well known south Louisiana resident died at a local hospital after being stricken with paralysis while driving near Morgan City on December 12. The New Orleans native had worked 25 years as a traveling salesman. He is survived by his brother Charles S. Zimmer of New Orleans. Funeral services were held in New Orleans this afternoon.
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Lafayette
Fred Zimmer
Louisiana
Morgan City
Charles S. Zimmer
New Orleans
August W. Johnson, Louisiana Lumber Leader, Dies
August W. Johnson, 59, assistant general manager of Louisiana Central Lumber, died at his Clarks home from a heart attack after a day of work. Funeral held at Clarks Baptist Church with interment in Old Bethel Cemetery. Community shocked by sudden death of prominent lumberman.
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Clarks
W. Johnson
Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Clarks Baptist Church
Paul Jones
Old Bethel Cemetery
T. E. Skirvin
W. E. Lewis
William H. Thomas
F. B. Wisinger
P. J. Goodnight
L. L. Johnson
W. L. McDermott
J. B. Wade
C. C. Sheppard
J. B. Stuart
J W. Clarkson
R. C. Cantrell
T. W. Beauchamp
S. H. Albritton
H. O. Cooksey
Newark Detectives Foil Kidnapping in Progress
In Newark on December 23 two men attempting to kidnap elderly diamond merchant William Beck fired on three detectives from the rocket squad. The suspects fled in a car with Beck bound and gagged, vanishing after the pursuit. the car was later found abandoned.
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Newark
N. J
John Sweeny
Frank Schenck
Louis Beck
Rocket Squad
William Beck
Baton Rouge Levee Contractor Dies of Heart Attack
Don B. Hearin aged 69 a Baton Rouge levee contractor and businessman died yesterday from a heart attack suffered Saturday He was a native of Marion Union Parish and leaves a widow a daughter and two sons all of Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Don B. Hearin
Baton Rouge Levee
Hearin
Marion
Union Parish
Autopsy Sought After Bus Plunge Kills 14 At Appomattox River
Officials ordered an autopsy to determine if driver L G Alford died before a drawbridge plunge sent 14 to the icy Appomattox. The bus from Atlantic Greyhound, brakes reportedly set, raised after 12 hours. Names identified include Mrs Anne W Duncan, Mrs J W Massey, Captain John B Belch, Mrs Ruby Matthews, and Mrs Gertrude among others.
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Hopewell
Atlantic Greyhound
Appomatetox River
D. D. McAfee
Rayleigh
N. C
L. G. Alford
McAfee
Arthur Clark
Richmond
Commonwealth
John T. Goodman
Anne W. Duncan
Pittsboro
Five Points
J. W. Massey
John B. Belch
John Cizler
Clarendon
Ruby Matthews
Gertrude
Senator Thomas D Schall Dies From Car Injuries
Senator Thomas David Schall, 58, a blind Republican from Minnesota, died from injuries after being struck by a motor car. His death spurs calls to curb automobile accidents as 36 000 lives were lost last year.
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Washington
Thomas David Schall
Minnesota
Hopewell
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Schall
Senate
Floyd B. Olson
Farmer-Laborite
Shirley Temple Dolls for Quintuplets Delight Ontario
Five dolls nearly as tall as the Dionne quintuplets arrive from child star Shirley Temple. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe will arrange them around the tree at the Dionne home during Christmas with the hospital used for a family celebration on Christmas Day.
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Challander
Ont
Dionne
Shirley Temple
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dafoe Hospital
Quinty
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