Pacific Coast Guard Tightens After Seizure of Jap Papers
Los Angeles dispatch reports heightened security after seizure of a suspicious bundle of letters from a Japanese liner and a fishing boat capture by U S customs. Destroyers patrol San Diego and San Pedro. Mare Island yard ringed by extra guards. Tatsuta Maru raid confirmed. Nancy Hanks detained with possible five more boats held for suspected Japanese ownership.
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Pacific Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
San Diego
San Pedro
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
United States
Frank J. Hennessy
Bremerton Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Hennessy
Los Angeles Harbor
Nancy Hanks
Nancy Hanks Ac
Leche Spends Holidays At Baton Rouge
Governor Richard Leche cancels Christmas at Covington home due to his son Richard Jr illness. He will stay in the capital with state officials over the holidays as the mansion is decorated for Yuletide and the 35 pound prize gobbler is carved. Officials include E A Conway, A P Tugwell, L B Baynard, Lucille May Grace, T H Harris, A R Johnson.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Richard Leche
Covington
Richard, Jr
Louisiana Poultry Association
E. A. Conway
A. P. Tugwell
L. B. Baynard
Register of the State Land Office
Lucille May Grace
T. H. Harris
A. R. Johnson
Four Generations Of Roosevelts In White House
A four generation Roosevelt family reunion filled the White House with Christmas gaiety as holiday greetings were prepared for radio. The president hosted relatives including his 84 year old mother Sara Delano Roosevelt and grandchildren. The scene included Barbara Dickerson?
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Beth Campbell
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Santa Claus
John Boettiger
Seattle
Wash
Lafayette Square
Franklin, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Harry Hooker
Hall Roosevelt
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Rochester
Minn
Wounded Panay commander issues official bombing report
The Panay’s wounded commander Lieutenant Commander James J. Hughes disclosed an official eye-witness account of the attack by Japanese naval planes on Dec 12. He said the gunboat was sunk without warning, painted with large flags, and subjected to 56 minutes of bombing and machine-gunning, with 24 direct hits.
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Washington
Panay
James J. Hughes
Yangtze
Japan
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Hull
Tokyo
Hughes
Shang
Hai
United States
Flyng Squadron
Koki Hirota
Joseph C. Grew
Hirohito
Nanking
Roosevelt Aking
Hirota
America
Foreign Office
China
Wheeler proposes independent watchdog agency for Congress
Senator Wheeler of Montana urges a permanent, independent congressional watchdog to audit government appropriations. He cites lack of mechanisms to verify relief needs and budget figures, proposing an agency to investigate department requests and draft annual budgets, similar to the existing budget bureau.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Rural Resettlement
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congressional
Budget Bureau
Rebels fail to aid Teruel as siege tightens
Dispatches from Madrid report 400 insurgents in Teruel holding out against Francoist Aragon forces. The besieged group, in a decayed city quarter, fought with machine guns and rifles as water and electricity were cut, awaiting surrender or death with government forces closing in.
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Teruel
Spain
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Madrid
Vance to Appeal 20 Year Sentence
Claude Vance a Shaw druggist convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in the slaying of Night Marshal FE C Harrington last June was released on a 10000 appeal bond. Judge William A Alcorn granted bail after denying a new trial. Defense argued the appeal would rest on a bill of exceptions to the prosecution's closing argument.
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Cleveland
Miss
Claude Vance
Shaw
FE. C. Harrington
William A. Alcorn
Vance
State Supreme Court
Harrington
Benoit Named Monroe Mayor To Succeed Deceased Arnold Bernstein
Monroe announces Harvey H. Benoit as mayor to fill the unexpired term after Arnold Bernstein. The governor appointed him, citing Benoit’s strong record and public promise to govern without bias, with the newspaper pledging cooperation for progress.
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Harvey H. Benoit
Richard W. Leche
Monroe
Arnold Bernstein
Benoit
Eye Gift Bridges Life Between Grown Man and Boy in New Orleans
Sixty eight year old John Amos with heart disease says he is glad to donate his eye to 19 year old Frank Chabbina Jr in a grafting operation. Amos described the moment they shared a hospital bed and the boy's emotional birthday revelation as doctors prepared to remove the eye.
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New York
John Amos
Amos
Frank Chabbina, Jr
New Orleans
Chabina
Frank
Oil firms win injunctions against Louisiana taxes
Federal Judge Wayne G. Borah issued perpetual injunctions stopping Louisiana from collecting about 500000 in gasoline back taxes from Magnolia Petroleum Shell Petroleum and a Texas company. He also allowed future deductions of 3 percent for handling losses and temp adjustments for Shell. The state may appeal. Continued on Fifth Page.
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New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
Louisiana
Texas Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Borah
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Louisiana Gas Tax Suit Against Standard Oil
District Judge Charles Holcombe indicated a ruling soon after January 19 on a suit seeking 750000 dollars in gasoline taxes from the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana. The case centers on the state’s demand for taxes owed on fuel sales.
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Baton Rouge
Charles Holcombe
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Buying Power Of Year Held In AFL Report
The American Federation of Labor estimated over 1,000,000 jobs lost since September while wage gains kept buying power steady. Leon Henderson of the WPA had placed losses near 2,000,000. The AFL noted manufacturing hit hardest though November employment rose year over year. The index cited an average October earning of 65 3/4 cents an hour.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Leon Henderson
Works Progress Administration
Com
Legless man passes Oklahoma drivers test with 92 score
William Jennings Watson, disabled since infantile paralysis, scored 92 of 100 on a state drivers test in Guthrie Oklahoma. Examiner Charles C. Rice praised him as among the best drivers tested. Watson is transported to and from his car and uses hand extensions on the foot controls to drive.
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Guthrie
Okla
William Jennings Watson i
Charles C. Rice
Watson
Ford to appeal board ruling over union activity
Ford Motor company prepared to appeal the National Labor Relations Board finding that labeled Ford a Wagner Act violator. The board ordered reinstatement of 29 employees, cessation of discouraging union membership, and bans on dummy groups and intimidation. Ford called the decision unjust and intended to seek relief in higher courts.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
United States Court of Appeals
United Automobile Workers of America
Nian
Ford Brotherhood of America
Ford Service Department
Pope Defends Church Against Politics and Germany Persecution
Vatican City Pope Pius XII denounces religious persecution in Germany and rejects claims the church uses politics. He cites the trial of Jesus to illustrate his stance while urging faith over political action. In Tokyo, Japan admits responsibility for Panay sinking and vows punishment and safeguards.
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Associated Presa
Vatican City
Pius
Germany
Pilate
Jesus
Redeemer
Pigmatelli
Belmonte
Holy Father
St Peter's
Old Christmas Traditions Persist in Rodanthe N C
In Rodanthe, North Carolina, residents observe Old Christmas on January 5, a medieval custom where Santa arrives and animals kneel at midnight. The practice, once shared by nearby island communities, is fading with the younger generation, though older locals still honor the date.
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Rodanthe
N.C
Roanoke Island
Santa Claus
Rodlanthe
Ocracoke Island
Olater Berks
North Carolina
Proceeds From Dance Boost Good Fellows Fund
The Good Fellows fund received donations from a community dance proceeds and various contributions. Jean Hemler and Dorothy Yourse supplied clothing fruit and groceries while A Doc West and Mrs West donated a Christmas turkey for a fund drive. The 1937 Good Fellows program concluded with many grateful acknowledgments and continued support anticipated for next year.
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Good Fellows
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Tatsuta Maru
Leche
Mary
Joseph
Harvey Benoit
Er Saarat
Ford Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Grew
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Square
Rodanthe, N.C
Dance Boost Fund of Good Fellows
Good Fellows Fund
Ieee
Bissee Wien de Nes
Harvey Brown
John Gordon
Union 1
A. T
John M Rreard
Sree
Lo Monroe Nursery
Monroe Nursery
Three Mile Ind
Martha
Jean Hemier
Dorothy Younse
Ceres
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