Lindberghs Land as British Police Brace for Arrival
British officials announce extra police will patrol Liverpool docks for Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh and 3 year old Jon, while London officers stand ready to offer protection. A stormy Atlantic crossing may delay the New York to England voyage aboard a freighter carrying the family.
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Associated Press
London
Liverpool
Charles A. Linderberg
United States
Jon
Lindberghs
England
New York
Charles Lindbergh
North Atlantic
International Mercantile Marine Company
Cobh
Irish Free State
Basil Harris
United States Lines
Ethiopian forces reportedly seize Adi Quala near Eritrean border
Unconfirmed reports from Addis Ababa said northern Ethiopian troops captured Adi Quala ten miles inside Eritrean territory and fifty miles south of Asmara in the Italian east African colony.
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Addis Ababa
Reuters
Adi Quala
Asmara
Italy
Christmas War Contrast In Europe Under Ethiopian Crisis
Christmas is shadowed by war as Italo Ethiopian fighting mars Europe. Italy presses its east African campaign while the League of Nations struggles to halt hostilities turning a nativity observance into an arms inventory. Britain’s foreign policy also figures into the tense scene.
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Europe
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Laval
France
Italy
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Associated Press
East Africa
League of Nations
Skirts Rule Ends as Oak Park Votes Men Back In Power
Oak Park Georgia ends year with men regaining control as six women councilors, single exception, do not seek reelection. Mayor Mrs S S Youmans cites political fatigue and town improvement as reason for stepping aside.
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Oak Park
Possibility of Compromise Bonus Bill Hinted
Speaker Burns said a compromise bonus measure might be worked out acceptable to the administration though not a probability. He hopes a quick disposition would aid adjournment in May and noted the president's promise of a breathing spell remains in effect.
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Washington
Burns
Delta mail plane crashes near Birmingham airport
A mail plane crashed into a thicket about a quarter mile from Birmingham Municipal Airport in the early hours. Pilot R B Reinhart of Dallas escaped serious injury, walked away, and was found dazed, taken to hospital with non serious condition. Investigators suspect engine cut out or misjudged altitude in darkness.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. B. Reinhart
Dallas
Reinhart
Relief policy held unchanged in Roosevelt remarks
Washington dispatch reports the Roosevelt administration will not alter the policy for 3,500,000 employables. The president said the $4 billion work fund is meant to cover them and no more, with local agencies handling other destitute cases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charls Funeral Held in Cincinnati
Ella Charls Louisiana state director of transients died Sunday in Cincinnati from a heart attack while visiting relatives for the holidays. Funeral services were to be held here today.
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Cincinnati
Ella Charls
Louisiana
Miss Charls
Christmas Tide Opens Prisons Gates for Many
Goodwill across 18 states freed more than 1 000 prisoners on Christmas Day 193? with pardons and paroles. About 500 Alabama inmates were set to return home, under Governor Bibb Graves to rejoin families, with high return rate statistics. Other freed include seven life-term killers, a former U S congressman Donald F Snow of Bangor Maine and 850 additional inmates nationwide.
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Chicago
Maine
California
Minnesota
Florida
Alabama State
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Massachusetts
Colorado
Donald F. Snow
Bangor
War hero James Floyd North dies in Mississippi
Corin th Miss December 24 Sergeant James Floyd North 44 World War I hero dies today on leave from Mare Island navy yard San Francisco. He silenced a German machine gun killed seven of a relief crew at Belleau Wood captured another machine gun and 28 prisoners after a 500 yard charge with 10 marines and later retreated under fire from 14 German machine guns. He was wounded twice and was one of two sergeants in the marine corps allowed to remain on active duty despite disabilities.
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Corinth
Miss
James Floyd North
North
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Marine Corps
Belleau Woods
Soissons
Shreveport Resident Narrowly Escapes Death
Shreveport, La. police said 29 year old salesman C. P. Gross narrowly escaped death last night when an unidentified black assailant slashed his throat within an inch of the jugular. Gross was hospitalized with blood loss but not in danger.
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Shreveport
C. P. Gross
Gross
Louisiana campaign in turmoil over Leche tax raid allegations
In Opelousas on December 24, Congressman Cleveland Dear accused Judge Richard W. Leche of securing a tax reduction for Canal Bank & Trust in New Orleans while Leche served as governor's secretary. Dear cited a July 1934 New Orleans petition seeking $9,972.58 in fees for Leche’s tax work, casting Leche as aligned with the state machine and critical of shared wealth rhetoric. The report also covers other campaign speeches from Greensburg to Hammond as state machine candidates defend their record against Home Rule rivals.
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Opelousas
Cleveland Dear
Richard W. Leche
Canal Bank & Trust Company of
New Orleans
Leche
O. K. Allen
Dick Leche
Dear
Canal Bank & Trust Company
Louisiana Tax Commission
Louisiana
Civil District Court of
J. S Brock
H. G. Thompson
John F. Finke
United States
Earl K. Long
Allen J. Ellender
Machine
United States Senate
Long
State Senate
A. L. Ponder, Jr
Supreme Court
Good Fellows Fund Receives 905 822 Cash and In Kind Gifts
The Good Fellows Fund reports 905 dollars in cash plus in kind help valued at donations for Christmas relief. Ouachita Baking Company gave 50 loaves, Vita-Creme and Big Chief Meal provided 10 sacks of meal each, while Louisiana Paper supplied trucks and a driver for basket distribution. Salvation Army, led by Captain George W. Whitaker, prepared to serve a Christmas dinner at 201 Wood Street to those without families before Tuesday night.
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Good Fellows Fund
Ouachita Baking Company
Vita-Creme Mills
Big Chief Meal Company
Louisiana Paper Company
Salvation Army
George W. Whitaker
Wood Street
Captain Whitaker
Old New Loves Of Thelma Todd Probed By Grand Jury
Los Angeles reports say the grand jury examined Ida Lupino and her father Stanley Lupino about Thelma Todd death motives. Lupinos described a vacant chair at Todd’s party and a new romance with a man from San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Grand Jury
Ida Lupino
Stanley Lupino
Miss Todd
San Francisco
Lupinos
Thelma
Miss Lupino
Roosevelts Prepare for Yale Christmas Visit
In a snow covered White House Roosevelt family plans Christmas routines. Grandchildren Eleanor and Curtis Dall and Sarah Roosevelt are expected to awaken early in the president’s room to find stockings by his fireplace. Adults will exchange gifts after lunch while children receive more. Mrs. Roosevelt keeps a busy day.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelts
Mr. Roosevelt
Eleanor
Curtis Dall
Sarah Roosevelt
Candidates To Offer Names For Watchers In January
Crowley La December 24 Candidates for all parish and ward offices may submit names of watchers for the January primary by December 27. The Acadia Parish Democratic Committee had requested that candidates name commissioners, and the board of supervisors of Acadia parish approved the plan.
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Crowley
Board of Supervisors of
Acadia Parish
Democratic Committee
Yule's Light Could Make Moon Dim
Chicago Christmas candles could brighten trees nationwide with millions of lights. The Chicago Lighting Institute says the tiny bulbs might emit 100 million watts hours enough to light Detroit on a dark night and total up to 500 million watts, about 25 000 times current city usage.
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Chicago
Yale
Chicago Lighting Institute
Detroit
Lindbergh Act Found Wise By Psychologist
Chicago psychologist Dr. Harry R. Hoffman says Col. Charles A. Lindbergh acted wisely amid real danger from anonymous threats. He notes crank letters received by the Cook County Chicago Behavior clinic show many authors are psychopathic and hold paranoid delusions.
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Chicago
Harry R. Hoffman
Cook County
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Thousands Pour Into Bethlehem for Christmas Eve
Bethlehem on Christmas Eve sees thousands of pilgrims from many lands arriving to mark the birth of Jesus amid prayers for peace in the Italo Ethiopian war. Pilgrims travel on foot or by car from Jerusalem, eight miles away, to attend the midnight star symbol blaze above the Church of the Nativity.
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Associated Press
Bethlehem
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Jerusalem
Continued Cold Weather Expected Across Nation
Chicago weather forecasters predicted continued cold conditions across the United States as snow blanketed many regions. The cold spell offered a chance to try out new skates, sleds, snowshoes and sport gear reportedly loaded by Santa Claus for his annual trip tonight.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
United States
Youngest Grandparents Claim Title in Uniontown Family
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on December 24 194? the Victor couple Mr. and Mrs James A Victor both age 32 are named as the latest candidates for youngest grandparents. Their daughter Mrs Bernice Victor Palo has given birth to a son aged 15 months.
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Uniontown
James A. Victor
Bernice Victor Palo
Landowners press compensation plan for Markham spillway
Senator Joe T. Robinson backs the Markham flood control plan and urges federal funding to compensate landowners along the Eudora spillway corridor in southeast Arkansas. He notes national importance and possible amendments to secure flowage rights and federal responsibility.
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M’gehee
Ark
Arkansas
Joe T. Robinson
Mississippi River
Senate
Eudora
Markham
Mason Ridge
Mason Bayou
Louisiana
Atchafalaya
Yoncapih
Arkansas River
Bus Crash Drowns Driver and Thirteen Passengers in Appomattox
Virginia Christmas tragedy deepens as identifications confirm many victims were returning home for the holidays. A damaged Christmas card bearing the name Miss Laura Davis and signature J. Jones helps identify the last body, with L. E. Gunn of Mercedithsville, Va, recognizing a young woman.
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Hopewell
Virginia
Appomattox
Laura Davis
J. Jones
L. E. Gunn
Mercedithsville, Va
Bodies of Two Slain by Madman Return Home
In Sapulpa Oklahoma on December 24 the bodies of L A Simpson and his son Warren 14 were found returning from a field where they were killed a month earlier by Chester Comer the hitchhiker. Relatives identified the bodies after hunters found them ten miles west of Sapulpa. Comer had killed five people and was shot resisting arrest. Earlier victims Ray Evans a Shawnee attorney and Comer's first and second wives were found.
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Sapulpa
Okla
L. A. Simpson
Piedemont Farmer
Warren
Chester Comer
Simpson
Here
Ray Evans
Comer
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