Food for Spain Is Still Sought Amid Negotiations
U S officials seek assurances from General Franco that Spain will stay neutral in the European war and end anti American press campaigns. Ambassador Alexander Weddell negotiates with Franco and Serrano Suner as Britain and the United States discuss relief aid, including milk and vitamin shipments, to Spain and unoccupied France.
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Spain
United Sever Rend
Cary
United States
Alexander Weddell
Madrid
Amis
State Department
London
Red Cross
France
Britain
Argentina
Canada
Roosevelt
Franco
Substitute Speaker of House Rotates Amid Slow Session
In Washington on December 27, the House saw rapid changes as Sam Rayburn left on vacation and Rep. Cole of Maryland presided briefly before Rep. Ramspeck of Georgia acted as substitute. The Thursday session drew 28 members and lasted 12 minutes as the impromptu leadership shuffled amid a slow term.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Cole
Maryland
Ramspeck
Georgia
Rayburn
Hitler uses Romania push to block Russia and back Britain
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Hitler floods Romania to shield invasion of England and deny Soviet opposition. He traces long rivalry between Germany and Russia over Ukraine and Danube mouths, noting recent talks in Bucharest and looming Danube occupation.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Herr Hitler
Rumania
England
Fuehrer
Russia
Germany
Britain
Mussolini
Romania
Hitler
Russian
Ukraine
Balkans
Danube
Black Sea
Reich
Danubian
Bucharest
Slugging Victim Identified in Monroe Case
Monroe police identified the slugging victim as S. W. Sedberry, 38, of 316 Hart Street. Sedberry, a steel worker, sustained a fractured skull and head injuries after an attack on Adams Street near North 1st Street and recalled being struck by a man he did not know. He said robbery motive and $20 found in his watch pocket were not recovered by the assailant. Sedberry, who regained consciousness later at St. Francis Sanitarium, described the assault as unprovoked.
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Adams Street
North 1Éth Street
Monroe
S. W. Sedberry
Hart Street
Sedberry
St. Francis Sanitarium
Deaths: Brig. Gen. Peter Murray and J Lawrence Toole
Brigadier General Peter Murray, 73, retired U S Army who served in the Spanish American War and commanded the Third Brigade in St Mihiel in World War I, dies. J Lawrence Toole, veteran newspaperman and editor of Game and Gossip, dies in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Peter Murray
Portland
United States Army
Brigerdun-St. Mihiel
San Francisco
J. Lawrence Toole
Game and Gossip
Augustus E Staley Sr Pioneer in Corn Soybean Processing
Augustus Eugene Staley Sr 73 a pioneer in corn and soybean processing and founder of the A E Staley Manufacturing Company of Decatur Indiana died. He helped build the Decatur plant into a major food processing firm with national reach. His death closes a long career that shaped midwestern agribusiness and starch production.
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Augustus E. Staley
Miami
Fila
Augustus Eugene Staley
A. E. Staley
Decatur
Mrs Loulie H House Widow of Col Edward M House
Mrs Loulie Hunter House of New York widow of Colonel Edward M House, who was President Wilson's intimate during World War years.
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New York
Loulie Hunter House
Edward M. House
President Wilson
Head of Group Quits His Post
William Dudley Pelley said he disbanded the Silver Shirts of America and came to Indiana to publish books while publishers noted the Dies committee remains interested. Carl Losey said nationwide inquiries would probe his corporation for Pelleys publications and a business magazine.
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Noblesville, Ind
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts of America
Dies Committee
Indiana
Carl Losey
Fellowship Press, Inc
Waid
Pelley
Washington
House Committee
Joe Starnes
Nazi Party of Germany
Liberation
Silver Shirts
Indianapolis Star
Silver Shirt
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana Ku Klux Klan
Stephenson
Michigan City
Madge Oberholtzer
Wilentz Stricken at Florida Track
New Jersey Attorney General David Wilentz, resting at a Miami hotel after a heart attack at Tropical Park race track, was reported to be recovering. Mrs. Wilentz said he felt fine after a physician found no serious issues and the couple planned to return to New Jersey early January.
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Miami
Fia
David Wilentz
New Jersey
Tropical Park Race Track
Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
ASCAP and Radio Chains Face Antitrust Action
U S justice department ordered criminal proceedings under the Sherman act against ASCAP BMI NBC and CBS in Milwaukee charging illegal pooling discrimination price fixing and boycotts to control music for broadcasting. Attorney General Jackson said actions aim to stop practices limiting competition and harming the public.
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Washington
Jackson
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
Federal District Court
Milwaukee
Wis
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Broadcast Music, Inc
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
ASCAP
NBC
CBS
Arnold
BMI
Society of European Stage Authors and Composers
Permanent rate reductions on rail fertilizer transport
Atlanta December 27 temporary reductions on rail hauling of fertilizer and materials between southern points will become permanent. The Southern Freight Association reports the new rates average about 1 dollar per ton lower than the former normal rates set by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The cuts were first published in 1939 with further reductions for long hauls implemented later.
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Atlanta
Southern Freight Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Real estate transfers show two parcel trades
Mrs Dottie Davitt and others sell the south half of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter in section 14 township 15 north range 2 east for 120 dollars to Robert B Nelson. The McHenrys transfer lot 5 in McHenry subdivision of the south half of section 6 and the north half of the north half of section 7 township 16 north range 4 east for 700 dollars to Crecy Elizabeth Eppinett.
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Dottie Davitt
Barney E. Davitt
Annie Mae Horne
Robert B. Nelson
Wilton H. McHenry
Neal W. McHenry
Armand C. McHenry
Carl H. McHenry
Crecy Elizabeth Eppinett
McHenry
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