Speedy action against plotters aimed at Stalin
Moscow reports swift government action against a band of young Communists accused of planning assassinations of Joseph Stalin and other leaders with alleged support from exiled Leon Trotzky. Fourteen plotters including Leonid Nicolaieff are to stand trial before a military collegium as 103 others have been executed since Sergei Kiroff's December killing.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotzky
Leonid Nicolaieff
Sergei Kiroff
Leningrad
Supreme Court
Kiroff
Nicolaieff
Trotzky
France
Paris
Russia
Gregory S. Zinovieff
Leo Kameneff
Trotzky Won’t Be Surrendered in France
Paris officials said Leon Trotzky remains safely hidden in France and will not be surrendered, even if the Soviet government seeks his extradition amid reports from Moscow naming Leonid Nicolaieff as a confessed slayer.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
France
Moscow
Leonid Nicolaieff
Sergei Kiroff
PARS
Fire destroys Squam Lake hotel in Ashland
Fire leveled the 50 room Squam Lake hotel its annex drug store hotel garage and two residences in Ashland New Hampshire causing about 100 000 in damage Fire Chief Carl Crowley said the blaze began in the hotel garage at 4 am and was under control by 9 am Twenty hotel guests lost nearly all belongings and were forced into the streets in subfreezing temperatures none injured Firefighters from six towns 100 factory workers and the Ashland department fought the fire aided by a gale blowing from the east
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Ashland
N. H
Squam Lake
Carl Crowley
Ashland Fire Department
Christmas lights delight Monroe travelers on Dixie-Overland
The Monroe beat officer reported that travelers on the Dixie Overland Highway remarked on the festive downtown lights. Salvation Army worker Lt Viola Figgins visited, and Otto Scoggins arrived from relatives for Christmas. A child urged gifts to the Good Fellows fund, offering only bubble gum in place of presents. Jimmie McCormick explained facial scratches from a rose bush.
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Monroe
Joe Anders
Viola Figgins
Salvation Army
Sanford
Fla
A. B. Figgins
Otto Scoggins
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Good Fellows’ Fund
Martha Jean Boyd
Martha Jean
Santa Claus
Jimmie McCormick
Trousdale and
Wright
Jes’ Ramblin
Moodie Faces Legal Hurdle in North Dakota Governor Run
Governor-elect Thomas H. Moodie holds a certificate of election amid a court fight over his residency. Opponents plan quo warranto actions to challenge his right to the office before he takes power, arguing Moodie did not meet the five year North Dakota residency requirement. Moodie voted in Minneapolis in 1930 but contests lost ND residence.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Thomas H. Moodie
Moodie
Minneapolis
Mixed reaction on vast Mississippi valley program on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill reacts to a proposed vast program for Mississippi valley resources. Senator Wheeler calls the report fundamentally sound. Rep. Wilson hails it as interesting and encouraging. Rep. Dies warns of high costs and limits on expenditures. Proposals include unifying electricity supply, rural electrification funding, and local finance for flood control.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Wheeler
Montana
Mississippi Valley Committee
Wilson
Louisiana
House Flood Control Committee
Dies
Texas
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Louisiana Board Approves Large State Loan in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana state board of liquidation authorized borrowing 1,163,000 as part of a plan urged by Senator Huey P. Long. Funds include 1,000,000 for LSU to build a pharmacy and dental school plus capacity for 1,000 more students, 50,000 for back tax collection, 10,000 for civil service, 100,000 for printing, and 3,000 for a PE director. The loan relies on higher franchise taxes and the governor may appoint a Favrot successor without election. details continued on the tenth page.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
State Board of Liquidation
Attorney General's Office
O. K. Allen
George K. Favrot
East Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tax Commission
Louisiana Civil Service Commission
Long
Judge Favrot
Sixth Arrest In Lancaster Payroll Robbery
Manuel Mailler was arrested in Charlotte in connection with the $18 000 Springs Mill payroll robbery at Lancaster South Carolina. He joined his brother James and Leroy Holliday in the city jail as detectives promise a complete clearing of the case. Three others were being held in Lancaster related to the robbery.
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Charlotte
N. C
Manuel Mailler
Lancaster
S. C
Frank Littlejohn
Manuel
James
Leroy Holliday
Littlejohn
S C
Fifteen miners killed in locomotive engine explosion
Fifteen miners were killed and at least two injured when a locomotive exploded on a train taking workers to a Montgomery West Virginia mine. The blast disrupted a large mining operation and prompted emergency response.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
W. Va
West Virginia
Death stay granted for Akron poison killer Shank
Federal Judge John E. Martineau stayed Mark H. Shank's execution for the fourth time in a year, citing insufficient rights or sanity questions. Shank, convicted of four poison murders, sat unmoved on the Tucker prison farm cot as viewers awaited the electric chair.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Tucker Prison Farm
Akron
Ohio
John E. Martineau
Death Row
S. L. Todhunter
Shank
Todhunter
Saline County
Alvin Colley
Benton
Pulaski County
Three Debates Seen as Looming in Congress
Washington describes three major debates as Congress opens: relief, the cash bonus and NRA. Other key issues include unemployment insurance, inflation, social security measures and possibly the world court. Roosevelt works on a January 4 message widely seen as seeking middle ground.
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Washington
Congress
World Court
Roosevelt
White House
NRA
Dole
All Jinky Receipts Must Represent Cash Payment
Announcement detailing contest rules requiring receipts proving cash payments for Jinky sets. Entries must be from actual transactions and not leftovers. A grand prize of 100 dollars is offered, with listed local firms supplying free Jinkys.
Britain, Japan To End Washington Naval Treaty This Week
Tokyo illegally signals denouncement of the 1922 Washington naval treaty and expects formal move before December 31. Admiral Yamamoto seeks a British conference as tri power talks resume after Christmas. Delegates anticipate a 1935 naval conference with France and Italy discussed.
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London
Tokyo
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Yamamoto
France
Italy
Dixie farmers credit New Deal as they close 1934
Officials from Virginia to Mississippi praise crop control program for lifting southern agriculture. Mississippi's J C Holton cites income rising from 220 in 1932 to about 577 with benefits and higher livestock value, while Georgia's G C Adams attributes crop value gains to the national administration’s New Deal and forecasts a strong 1935.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Roosevelt
Virginia
Louisiana
Mississippi
J. C. Holton
Holton
G. C. Adams
Georgia
Harry D
Gate denies Vanderbilts bid for guardian of heiress Gloria
Surrogate James A. Foley formally denies Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt the appointment as guardian of her ten year old heiress daughter Gloria. A hearing on a related request for a co guardian of the child's property is set for January 3.
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New York
James A. Foley
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
Sisters Die in Double Tragedy at Burroughs Home
In Hot Springs Arkansas on December 27 two sisters from the Burroughs family were found shot to death. Christine Burroughs 27 killed her 14 year old sister Clare and then killed herself. Coroner J P Randolph called it murder and self infliction. Christine had recently suffered a nervous breakdown after returning from a position in Houston.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. P. Randolph
Christine Burroughs
Clare
Ed H. Burroughs
Randolph
Houston
Tex
Christine
Arctic Weather Renewed Fury Hits Coastal Ports
The Arctic blast swept the nation with renewed fury causing fatalities and endangered shipping. The Quebec City went aground near Brooklyn while the Emile Francqui battled a gale off Nova Scotia. Heavy seas hit Maine and New England as 70 mph winds battered the Pacific Northwest. A Portland hangar was demolished and Cascades blizzards raged.
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Associated Press
Arctic
North Atlantic
Quebec City
Brooklyn
Emile Francqui
Antwerp
New York
Nova Scotia
Houser
Emil Francqui
Maine
New England
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
Portland, Ore
Cascades
Sleeping Malady Vaccine Found in Early Trial
Pittsburgh December 27 A promising start toward vaccination against sleeping sickness was announced by Morris Brody M D of the New York health department at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The dead mouse brain virus given to mice produced immunity with no apparent ill effects.
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Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advance of Science
New York City
St. Louis
Train Explosion Kills Fifteen Miners in West Virginia
In Montgomery, West Virginia, a locomotive blast on a daily shift train to Elkehorn Piney Coal killed fifteen and wounded at least twenty. The crash ripped cars apart. fireman D. L. Oxley and engineer W. M. were among the dead.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Dee
Elkehorn-Piney Coal Company
W. M. Engineer
D. L. Oxley
Lincoln County
C. R. Stahl
The
Coal Company
Vandalism Blamed in Columbus Train Wreck
F H Krick superintendent of the Cleveland division of the Pennsylvania railroad blamed vandalism for a passenger train wreck near Columbus today. Three trainmen were killed in the incident.
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Cleveland
F. H. Krick
Cleveland Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
Enginemen Die In Train Wreck In Ohio
Engineer H. S. Beach of Columbus was killed and Fireman John Skolar of Cleveland was seriously injured when Pennsylvania passenger train No 614 derailed from the main line onto a siding and crashed into freight cars. Three others were hospitalized.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. S. Beach
John Skolar
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Treasury bids for Post Office construction at Bastrop
Washington December 21 treasury called for bids to construct post office facilities to be opened February in Bastrop Louisiana with the exact opening date to follow. The notice details requirements for bids and submission deadlines for contractors and suppliers.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Bastrop
Rogers Has His Say On New Year Predictions
In Santa Monica on December 1 a columnist notes Christmas spending hit four year highs and mocks expected New Year predictions from men who call for no inflation and fair returns, suggesting skepticism about government policy and economic assurances.
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Santa Monica
Calif
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Ignaty Yushkin
Wassily Ushkin
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Nikolai Antonoff
Leon Khanik
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Anne Gould
Jay Gould
Spencer Meador
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Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co
West Monroe
Sur-Way Stores, Inc
Holloway and Thompson, Natural Gas Co., Inc
Thompson's Pharmacy
Monroe Automobile and Supply Co
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co., Inc
J. W. Rogers
Eureka Grocery
Lee- Rogers Chevrolet Co., Inc
Central and Circus
Hard Office Supply Co
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Monroe Furniture Co
Monroe Hardware (Furniture) Co
Sandman’s Pharmacy
Piper Hardware and Supply Co
Hemp’s
Ouachita Baking Co
Ford Levi Stationery Co
North Side Pharmacy
Sister
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A. AL Ropert
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