Assassination Cast Shadow On Sino Japanese Ties
Chinese authorities declare martial law in Shanghai and Nanking after the assassination of Tang Yu Jen pro Japanese vice minister of railways. Further anti Japanese measures and railway actions follow as Tokyo and Beijing assess the blow to relations.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Tang Yu-Jen
Nanking
Hankow
North China
Changchow
Japan
Wang Ching-Wei
Wang
China
Tang
Peace Pleas on Christmas Day Crown War Cry
Christmas day peace appeals rise as war news recedes. Gift exchanges in the United States boost retail sales with shoppers seeking seasonal bargains and festive cheer amid ongoing global tensions.
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Associated Press
United States
Bethlehem
George V
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Mercy Home Fire Ravages Birmingham Orphanage
The Mercy Home orphanage in Birmingham, Alabama burned to ruins, but 64 children escaped unharmed not losing their new clothing. Two department stores pledged to replace the outfits within hours after the $75,000 brick building was leveled by a blaze sparked by a short circuit in the Christmas tree lights used for gifts from the Civitan club.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mercy Home
Birmingham Civitan Club
Election Supervisors Named For Rapides Parish
Gov. O. K. Allen appointed Sam G. Allen to the Rapides parish board of election supervisors while Ben F. Lewis was reap pointed as board president. The ex officio third member, Mrs. W. T. David, registrar of voters, had discussed poll representation for opposing factions ahead of the January 21 primary.
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Baton Rouge
Sam G. Allen
Rapides Parish
Mr. Allen
O. K. Allen
Two Automobiles Hit Freight Engines In Christmas Crashes
Five persons were injured in two crashes where cars collided with Illinois Central freight engines. One wreck at DeSiard and Ninth injured Josephine Sullivan Rayville LA McDuffie Wilmot AR and Willie McClendon. Arm injuries and cuts reported. A second crash at Five Points crossing involved four Crossett AR men with injuries. Continued on Third Page.
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Josephine Sullivan
Rayville
Ray McDuffie
Wilmot
Ark
Willie McClendon
St. Francis Sanitarium
Crossett
Illinois Central
Five Points Crossing
Ara Lee Covington
One Dead Three Missing In Hot Springs Fire
Hot Springs Arkansas fire crews cleared charred ruins of a former theater and adjoining transient hotel as they prepared to search for three missing persons after a Christmas morning blaze. One dead and five injured were reported, including Mrs. J. K. Love of Jackson Mississippi. The missing were Mr. and Mrs. White Beam of Waldron Arkansas and J L Sanders, 31, of Tulsa Oklahoma or Lexington Kentucky.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. K. Love
Jackson
Miss
White Beam
Young Waldron
J. L. Sanders
Tulsa
Okla
Lexington
Three WPA Workers Die in Truck Train Crash at Paris
In Paris Tennessee three WPA workers were killed when a farm to market road project truck was struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train as workers returned after Christmas. Three other men were injured, with Vergil Dowdy seriously hurt and listed among the survivors.
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WPA
Paris
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Jim Snyder
Dorris Owen
Carl Collier
Vergil Dowdy
Harry Knight Sought as Killer in Montana Shootings
Grim posses hunted western Montana hills for Harry Knight Kingston Mont ex convict labeled cop killer by authorities. He is wanted for killing three men including Policeman Tom O Neill at a boarding house during a Christmas shooting. Officer James Moon ey was wounded as the chase continued.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Harry Knight
Kingston
Wrecked schooner found off Lorient coast
The wreck of a fishing schooner was located on the rocks off Lorient France today. The seven crew members are missing and presumably drowned in the Christmas storm.
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Lorient
France
Chicago Sees No Auto Fatalities On Christmas Day
Chicago police report no automobile fatalities on Christmas Day despite a snowstorm and icy streets. Minor accidents occurred as drivers heeded warnings, keeping Cook County deaths for the year at 994 with 774 in Chicago and 17,478 injured.
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Chicago
Cook County
Ted Healy In Christmas Jam Ends With Arrest
Los Angeles tale reports film comedian Ted Healy jailed on attempted arson charges after a Yuletide celebration. Healy, out on a $1,000 bail, faces a habeas corpus hearing tomorrow to challenge his release while denying memory of setting a fire in a neighbor's residence.
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Los Angeles
Ted Healy
Healy
Undertaker Killed in Ambulance Crash En Route to Fatal Collision
In Waycross Georgia an ambulance driven by R C Ulmer a local undertaker speeding to the scene of a Christmas night auto crash crashed into a parked truck and Ulmer was killed instantly His wife and son brought his body home in the second ambulance The holiday death toll in Georgia reached twelve
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Waycross
R. C. Ulmer
Ulmer
Georgia
Love secrets of Thelma Todd to be investigated
In Los Angeles a grand jury probes Thelma Todd’s romantic and financial life. Deputy DA Blaock will question two Hollywood men tied to her alleged romance with a San Francisco businessman. Roland West's statement on the Sidewalk Cafe ownership is under review.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
A. A. Blalock
Hollywood
San Francisco
Roland West
Miss Todd
Grand Jury
Medical Science Claims Life of NIH Woman
Anna Pabst a young laboratory assistant at the National Institute of Health died from meningitis contracted while inoculating an animal with meningitis culture on December 17. She fell ill December 21 while Christmas shopping and died at emergency hospital at 7 30 last night.
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Washington
Anna Pabst
National Institute of Health
Gho
Miss Pabst
Many Fatalities Occur in State Christmas Day
Four die in New Orleans Christmas auto crashes and other incidents across Louisiana. Anthony Miller 35 died after losing control of his car Edward Gorbach 24 killed in motorcycle collision Charles Huber 59 struck by a car Lee Bridges 34 of Pine Grove La died from injuries near Hammond La plus Warren Ark resident James Henry Kite 36 fatally injured near Bastrop and others named in a continuing report
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Anthony Miller
Edward J. Gorbach
Charles Huber
Lee Bridges
Pine Grove
Hammond
Bastrop, la
James Henry Kite
Warren, Ark
John Henry McKain
Mack Despain
Law
New Deal Fight in Congress Sets Up Polar Battle
In Washington under a Yuletide snow, Roosevelt supporters seek a short harmonious session with limited major legislation, possibly neutrality and appropriations. Republicans advocate reopening the New Deal dispute broadly and attacking administration policies, while the American Liberty League pushes a drastic revision of past enactments.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
Arkansas Ex-Governor Charles H. Brough Dies at 59
Former Arkansas governor Charles H. Brough died at his Washington home aged 59 from angina pectoris. A Mississippi native, he taught at the Mississippi university before moving to Arkansas and was elected governor by his students serving from 1917 to 1921. He had recently chaired the Virginia District of Columbia boundary commission which reported to Congress.
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Washington
Charles H. Brough
Arkansas
Brough
Mississippi
Virginia District of Columbia Boundary Commission
Congress
Congo Missionary Dies on Christmas Day
St. Petersburg Florida December 26 Dr William Henry Leslie a 67 year old medical missionary under the American Baptist foreign mission society in the Belgian Congo for 38 years died Christmas day He was decorated by the king of the Belgians for his Congo work and retired from active service in 1932.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
William Henry Leslie
Congo
Leslie
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Belgian Congo
Africa
Hoffmans Denial of Hauptmann Reprieve Contemplation
Governor Hoffmans press representative said at present he does not contemplate a reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann if the pardon court declines clemency. The statement counters reports of a 30 day stay and notes previous denials as unauthorized.
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Trenton
N. J
Harvard G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
William Conklin
Hoffman
State House
John Favorite
Three Army Officers Die In Camp Smith Fire
Three army officers attached to a civilian conservation corps camp were burned to death and three others were critically burned in a fire at Camp Smith on the Little River Dam site in Waterbury Vermont. The victims included Capt. Roland D. Potter of Northfield and Capt. Edwin W. Boothby of Watertown Massachusetts, plus Lt. Leonard C. Bushey of Concord New Hampshire. Also burned were Lieuts. Charles H. Brooks Henry G. Howard and Sylvester M. Parshley. Several officers escaped before fumes and smoke overtook them as Waterbury and Montpelier fire crews struggled with the blaze amid water shortages.
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Waterbury
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roland D. Potter
Northfield
Norwich University
Edwin W. Boothby
Watertown
Mass
Leonard C. Bushey
Concord
N. H
Charles H. Brooks
Henry G. Howard
Sylvester M. Parshley
Camp Smith
Little River
Montpelier
Thirteen Lives Lost in 24 Hours Amid Bitter Cold
Bitter cold and heavy snow caused dozens of deaths with thirteen fatalities in 24 hours ending midnight. Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin each reported two freezing deaths while Missouri New Jersey Indiana Arizona Tennessee Montana and North Dakota had single losses. Numerous auto crashes and icy pavements compounded the danger as temperatures plunged nationwide. Phoenix posted a 78 degree high cooling the nation in contrast to Devils Lake North Dakota at 18 below zero.
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Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
New Jersey
Indiana
Arizona
Tennessee
Montana
North Dakota
Phoenix
Ariz
Seward
Alaska
Devil’s Lake
N. D
Bismark
Great Central Plains
Dixie
Texas Gulf Coast
New York
New England
New York City
Boston
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
St. Paul
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Milwaukee
Louisiana and Mississippi Under Severe Winter Cold
The deep south endures the coldest winter weather with New Orleans reporting 34 degrees and warnings of a freeze. The Mississippi delta drops to 16 degrees at Greenville and Clarksdale notes even lower readings with livestock protection advised. Monroe 22, Alexandria 27, Shreveport 24, with a warming trend expected tomorrow. Clarkdale records a new low for the winter as the cold wave continues.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mississippi Delta
Greenville
Clarksdale
Monroe
Alexandria
Shreveport
Former Coushatta Mayor Shoots Brother-In-Law
S. P. Caston Jr. lies in a Shreveport sanitarium with a bullet wound after Milton Brown, former Coushatta mayor, shot him Christmas afternoon. Brown says Caston threatened his father, 82-year-old S. P. Caston Sr., and advanced on him after warnings to stop. No charges had been filed.
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Coushatta
S. P. Caston, Jr
Shreveport
Milton Brown
Brown
Caston
S. P. Caston, Sr
Carey
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Poplarville
Undertaker
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Warren
Bastrop
Anna Ware
St. Louis
Nellie Tipton Muench
Isaac Kelley
Muench
Kelley
Miss Ware
Bruno
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