Wreckage Seen as United Airlines Liner Vanishes
In California the missing United Airlines transport with twelve aboard was overdue and feared crashed as searchers sighted wings on a ridge near Saugus north of Burbank. R. E. Dickinson reported the wreckage spread in a valley below and prepared for a check, while other airliners carried crews into worsening weather.
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Burbank
Calif
United Airlines
Here
Saugus
R. E. Dickinson
Dickinson
United Airline
Union Air Terminal
Funeral for Arthur Bris bane famed editor and columnist
Funeral services were held at St Bartholomews Park Avenue for Arthur Bris bane a renowned editor and columnist who died in his New York apartment He was buried in Allaire New Jersey after a private service He was reportedly the highest paid US newspaper writer earning 260000 yearly.
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Arthur Brisbane
New York
St. Bartholomew's Church
Park Avenue
Brisbane
Allaire
N. J
America
Congress poised to renew strict neutralit y law and curb arms exports
Congress moves toward renewing the neutrality act with stricter mandates and tighter export controls. Debate centers on mandatory features, petroleum and copper quotas, and embargo rules potentially covering civil wars and nonmunitions.
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Secretary of State
Ride slaying rocks Chattanooga as shells yield clues
In Chattanooga Tennessee Burns Fort known as Buster Fort 34 year old convicted liquor dealer was found dead on a country road with three bullet holes in his head. Two empty shells from a heavy automatic pistol were the only clues for police who questioned about a score of people but made no arrests. Chief Ray Bryan released a statement noting that Woodrow Levan 25 and an unnamed man previously took a flying lesson with Fort at the municipal airport and rode with him afterward.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Burns
Buster) Fort
Fort
Ray Bryan
Bryan
Woodrow Levan
Man killed in hunting accident in St Bernard parish
New Orleans December 28 A hunting trip in St Bernard parish ended in tragedy when Matthew Cantrelle Jr 33 a sugar refinery foreman was mistaken for a deer and shot by his brother in law John Echubert The accident occurred yesterday authorities said
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New Orleans
Matthew Cantrelle, Jr
John Echubert
St. Bernard Parish
New York to Ring Out 1935 and Welcome 1936 in Style
New York city impresarios promise a gay year end with higher receipts as midnight crowds near 1,000,000. Nightlife venues boost cover charges by one to five dollars on New Year Eve with some clubs maintaining last year’s price while others cut. Broadway venues feature enhanced floor shows as celebrants ring in the new era with festive revelry.
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New York
Gotham
Broadway
Jack Dempsey
Broadway Dance Palace
Theater Belt
Two Seamen Fatally Burned In Tanker Explosion
New Orleans December 28 Two seamen died in an explosion aboard the tanker Dillwyn of C D Mallory and company in the Gulf of Mexico about 165 miles southwest of South Pass. Kenneth Horton 23 of Virginia was injured while cleaning a gasoline storage tank when a fellow crewman struck a match. Horton died en route to port for treatment.
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New Orleans
Kenneth Horton
Virginia
8500 Voters Face Loss of Right to Vote
Ouachita parish residents risk losing voting rights for two years if they do not sign state poll books by midnight Thursday December 31. Sheriff’s department notes that about 8,500 voters must sign in the final four days to maintain full voting strength, with 7,900 signed so far for 1936.
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Ouachita Parish
Sheriff's Department
YULES DEATHS PASS 750 MARK
Chicago dispatch reports Christmas holiday and weekend violence causing over 750 deaths nation wide with at least 555 from traffic accidents. Fireworks burns drownings and shootings add to totals as states vary in fatalities. California led traffic deaths with 58 while Kentucky reported 11 from violent causes.
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Chicago
Kentucky
Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
California
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Pennsylvania
Northwest
State laws on pay and hours may be sought by Roosevelt
Washington dispatch reports that the Roosevelt administration and congressional leaders are studying ways to spread minimum wage and maximum hour standards across states instead of pursuing a new national act. The plan relies on each state legislating locally with federal oversight only for interstate or national issues, depending on widespread conformity.
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Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Chautauqua
N. Y
Europe
United States Supreme Court
Hemisphere
Edward J. Duffy
Capitol
Supreme Court
NRA
Skreberg
L. D. Summers
Citizens
Arkansas
Mena
Peace Hopes Enhanced by Colony Offer
London reports hope in European diplomacy as Hitler weighs peace or war options during his Berchtesgaden retreat. The decision on Spain’s crisis and German actions could shift Germany toward cooperation or deep isolation, amid the standoff over freeing the captured steamer Palos.
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Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Adolf Hitler
Europe
London
Derfuehrer
Hitler
Germany
Palos
Farmers Protest Snow Clearing Interfering With Sleighing
North country farmers protested snow removal on state highways, saying plowing to bare macadam blocks sleigh routes and cuts fuel access for hauling wood. One farmer described returning with a truck to reload wood after plowing. They were not against plowing, but opposed extreme clearing.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
North Country
Lindsey Named Aid 10 Banking Commissioner
State Senator Coleman Lindsey of Minden was appointed chief deputy state banking commissioner by J. S. Brock with Governor Leche's approval. Lindsey, previously deputy in charge of the debt moratorium act since 1934, will continue administering the statute and serve as Brock's first assistant.
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Baton Rouge
Coleman Lindsey
Minden
A. R. Johnson
J. S. Brock
Richard W. Leche
Lindsey
Brock
Pope Discusses Church Affairs With Fumasoni-Biondi
Pope Pius the 12th, aged 79, spoke with Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi in the Vatican today signaling reduced restrictions on visiting officials. The pope, long ill with paralysis and pain, discussed ecclesiastical problems in his sick room, a rare public departure from prior bans.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi
Washington
Vatican Department For Propaganda of the Faith
Eugenio Cardina Pacelli
New Loyola President Named in New Orleans
The Rev. Harold A. Gaudin S J succeeds Rev. John W Hynes S J as president of Loyola University of New Orleans. Gaudin comes from Spring Hill College Mobile Alabama while Hynes native to El Paso Texas completed the canon law term.
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New Orleans
Harold A. Gaudin
S. J
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Ala
John W. Hynes
Loyola University of
Italy Faces Post Sanctions Slowdown in Industry
Milan reports Italy's north industrial zone stalls after sanctions end. Despite high wartime output, demand for war materials drops and production lags. Unemployment ticks up in year-end figures per I Sole via the Federation of Industrial Workers, though official numbers are not issued.
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Milan
Italy
League
I Sole
Federation of Industrial Workers
Twins Wed to Twins Across States in Unusual Romance
Louise and Ots Coats of Seattle married Hubert and Herbert Sharp, twin brothers from Corinth, after four years of correspondences. The couples met two weeks before their weddings in Marion, Arkansas, spent a Memphis honeymoon, and planned an unannounced destination.
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Memphis
Tenn
Coats
Louise
Ots
Seattle
Wash
Hubert
Herbert Sharp
Corinth
Miss
Marion
Ark
Herbert
John Henry Sharp
Labor leaders to push new gains in winter drive
Washington December 28 AP expects strong labor push with Roosevelt support to extend gains under four New Deal years. John L. Lewis predicts steel and automobile drives to a head before next summer as strikes loom and coal contracts renew with soft coal operators.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Titus Funeral Held for Veteran Advertising Man
Samuel Edgar Titus, 59, long time newspaper advertising executive, died at 204 Breard Street Sunday morning from a heart attack after brief illness. Funeral service was held Monday at Mulhearn Funeral Home with burial in River View. Survived by widow Mary Smith Titus and a daughter Mrs. G Avery Cabinett of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. native of Auburn.
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Samuel Edgar Titus
Breard Street
Mulhearn Funeral
Riverview Burial Park
Woman and Baby Die in Kerosene Explosion
In Loganport Louisiana a kerosene can exploded while lighting a fire injuring and burning five others. Mrs Dewey Bates, 34, and her 11 year old child died from the blast. Dewey Bates suffered severe hand injuries while trying to save them as the Sabine river house burned and collapsed during a party gathering.
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Logansport
Dewey Bates
Sabine River
Here
Dick Plunket
Betty Jo Plunket
Buy Levon
Levon
Tech student dies in car crash near Jonesboro
John Roy Black Jr. 19 of Bienville, a Louisiana Tech sophomore, was killed when his coupe lost control on a rain slick highway eight miles north of Jonesboro. Witnesses say he was passing at high speed as the car rolled five times. He suffered head and internal injuries and a broken left arm. Funeral arrangements pending. He leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. John Roy Black Sr and a sister Daphaney, 12.
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Jonesboro
John Roy Black, Jr
Bienville
Louiisiana Tech
Ruston
Here
Young Black
Quitman
Avecadia
John Roy Black
Bienesville
Daphaney
Look to Future Archbishop Pleads for New England Life
The Archbishop of Canterbury urged Britain to turn from the past and look to the future in a radio address. His reference to keeping recent memories silent sparked debate as observers linked it to abdication and calls to reestablish national foundations.
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Canterbury
Great Britain
Edward VIII
All England
Sor
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