Robert Jackson eyed as future trust buster in anti monopoly push
Washington observers expect Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson to lead a broader anti monopoly drive if new federal anti trust legislation is enacted. Jackson already leads monopoly cases against the Aluminum Company of America and other firms and accompanied President Roosevelt to Florida to discuss a nationwide campaign. He notes conditions differ from 1929 and calls for revision and reinforcement of policy.
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Washington
Goce
Robert H. Jackson
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Aluminum Company of America
Roosevelt
Florida
Jackson
Auto Bus Collision Kills Orleans Man
Ronald B. Clements Jr., 30, of Nashville and New Orleans, was killed in a Nashville Chattanooga highway crash near Pelham. His mother Mrs. Ronald B. Clements Sr of Rome Ga was injured along with five others. Mrs Clements Sr remains in critical condition with internal and head injuries. Mrs Miriam Clements 5 suffered a broken leg while David 16 sustained leg injuries. Two bus passengers from Chicago were lightly hurt.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ronald B. Clements
Rome
Ronald B. Clements, Jr
New Orleans
Pelham
Nashville-Chattanooga
Jacob Ginsburg
Chicago
Clements
R. B. Clements, Jr
Miriam
David
World Without Germs Not Healthy For Living Beings
A Germless world built of stainless steel units at Notre Dame showed animals bred germ free but with delicate digestion. Researchers warned health and digestion rely on microbes, and missing elements may include vitamins or enzymes.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Indianapolis
University of Notre Dame
American Association For the Advancement of Science
J. A. Reyniers
P. T. Trexler
Reyniers
Last Chance To Obtain 1937 Poll Book Receipts In Ouachita Parish
Three days remain to secure 1937 poll book receipts required to vote in 1938 and 1939 elections. About 7,000 of Ouachita Parish's 16,400 voters had not obtained 1937 receipts by Tuesday noon and must visit the courthouse or tax assessor office by midnight Friday December 31 to renew their voting franchise.
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Quachita Parish
Joe Hanna
Ouachita Parish
Finders Keepers Baby Case Sparks Claim of Custody
Mrs. Peter Jaslow, wife of a milkman who found a baby girl on a doorstep in a Christmas bag, declares finders keepers. The welfare agency caretaker, Mae Thoma, notes adoption is the legal path. Nurses named the infant Margaret Brown, but the parents insist the baby belongs to them and threaten legal action.
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Philadelphia
Peter Jaslow
Finders Keepers
Mrs. Thoma
Woman Freed In Death Of Her Mother Warenn Ohio
The 28 year old Louise Campbell was released from Trumbull county jail after a coroner's inquest ruled the gunshot death of her mother Cordelia Campbell an accident. The mother died from abdominal wounds after a transfusion failed. Witnesses testified all examinations supported accident. The release followed private funeral services for Cordelia Campbell.
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Warren. O
Ohio
James A. Campbell
Cordelia Campbell
J.C. Henshaw
Campbell
Canvass on going to war proposed
Stuart A. Rice of Washington urged a nationwide house-to-house census to decide if the nation should go to war. He argued that a simple yes-no election is unfair since many abstain and others lack information, and many would inadvertently surrender others rights. He called for trained enumerators with power to compel participation.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Stuart A. Rice
Washington
United States Central Statistical Board
American Statistica) Association
Jose
Three Students Die in Alpine Avalanche at Mount Kenyatake
Three college students were found frozen to death in the Japanese Alps after an avalanche swept the Mount Kenyatake skiers. Eight others were reported missing following yesterday's slide.
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Osaka
Japan
Mount
Kenyatake
Relief costs seen as most grave threat to budget
Washington dispatch reports officials expect President Roosevelt to urge Congress to balance the 1938 39 budget by containing relief expenditures within bounds. The budget due January 4 will lack a firm relief figure and may be tentative. Treasury aides expect cuts in non relief and defense to achieve balance while defense spending nears the 1 billion dollar mark. Congress faces a busy session with government spending a leading topic and anti trust legislation likely to be added to the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Congress
Treasury
Noted French composer Maurice Ravel dies at 62
Paris reports the death of Maurice Ravel after a grave head operation. The renowned composer aged 62 had been in declining health, with his brother Edouard at his bedside. He gained fame as a leading modern French composer with works including Bolero and Jeux dEau.
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Paris
Maurice Ravel
Ravel
Edouard
Clovis Vincent
Mirorirs
Ciboure
France
National Conservatory of Music
Pais
Steel production to rise in Alabama next week
In Birmingham Alabama the Republic Steel Corp will step up operations to raise area steel output to 63 percent of capacity next week an advance from 45 to 60 percent this week due to increased business.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Republic Steel Corporation
Farm tenancy aid and slum clearance to open shortly
United States will begin two long range federal programs early in 1938 to aid low income groups slum clearance and farm tenancy. The programs include unemployment compensation expansion and a $526 million slum clearance plan plus $100 million for the first year of the U S Housing Authority.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
United States Housing Authority
Luck Star Margaret Early Named Rose Bowl Mascot
Margaret Early aged 17 from New Orleans has been chosen as Alabama university’s luck star mascot for the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Year’s Day.
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Margaret Early
Alabama University
Pasadena
Miss Early
New Orleans
Rebel forces rush 10 help trapped group at Teruel
Franco Spanish frontier dispatches report Miguel Aranda relief column breaking through government outposts northwest of Teruel to aid 6 000 besieged civilians and insurgent officers inside the fallen city. Heavy fighting continues near the provincial capital as both sides clash and siege conditions intensify.
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Hendaye
Miguel Aranda
Teruel
Aranda
Bank of Spain
Barcelona
Madrid
Christmas Delayed For 100 Children In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a delayed holiday mail lead to 100 children awaiting gifts. An 11 year old Serafina, writing to Eleanor Roosevelt, described poverty and a WPA worker father earning 55 dollars a month. Mrs Roosevelt forwarded the letter to the juvenile bureau and gifts arrive Thursday.
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New York
Squirci#ri
Brooklyn
Serafina
Eleanor Roosevelt
Brookelyn Juvenile Aid Bureau
Mrs. Roosevelt
Infant Killed And Put Under Christmas Tree
In Greenbrook New Jersey a 5 month old girl Christina was found slain beneath a Christmas tree after a dispute with a tenant over heat. Neighbors describe the sorrow of Mrs Louis Bordelon and her husband as they recalled the tragedy. Detective Charles Allegar said Sophie Arcuri 24 confessed to slitting the throat of the child and a two month old boy was reported in the same household.
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Greenbrook
N. J
Louis Bordelon
Christina
Charles Allegar
Sophie Arcuri
Northwest Rails Under Ice Storm Across Pacific Northwest
A severe ice storm cripples travel and communication across the Pacific Northwest. Portland roads halt as 24 hour rainfall reaches record levels. A tugboat capsizes in Portland harbor with two survivors. two women reportedly killed in a separate incident.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
CCC Will Enroll 1 010 Young Men In South
Atlanta dispatch reports the Civilian Conservation Corps will enroll 1 010 young men across eight southern sites from January 1. Fourth corps area headquarters lists allotments: Louisiana 100, Mississippi 350, Georgia 140, Alabama 1 , Florida 10, North Carolina 200, South Carolina 100, Tennessee 140 to replace dropouts or discharges.
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Atlanta
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fourth Corps
Louisiana
Missignippi
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Americans Evacuate Tsingtao as Japanese Advance Forces Threaten
The U S gunboat Sacramento ferried 280 American refugees from Tsingtao as Japanese forces closed in. Tsinan fell into Japanese hands and Weihsien flagged the rising sun. Observers question whether Han Fu-Chu made a deal with the invaders while Chinese residents urged caution.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Sacramento
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Pope
Marblee Head
Tsinan
Weihsien
Shantung
Han Fu-Chu
White Horse Mountain
Tsiwan
Han
Advocates of Neutrality 10 Continue Fight In Congress
Washington lawmakers edged toward resuming a push for invoking the neutrality law over the Sino Japanese conflict. Senator Nye said Panay bombing settlement clears way for more objections to embargoing war materials, while the group splits on a war referendum and the Ludlow amendment.
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Washington
Dec BR
Congress
Nye Republican
Dackota
Pancay
Nye
Senate
Senate Neutrality Bloc
Vandenberg
Michigan
Clark
Missouri
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Capper
Republicat
Kansas
Taudlow
United States
Wheeler
Mone
Woman killed at Twin Oaks five Hurt in Crash
A Pennsylvania woman was killed and five others injured in a late night crash on a highway near Twin Oaks, Minden. Victims include A C Dunn Jr 14 with head cuts and a shoulder fracture, N Farr serious chest injuries, Clifton Shoemaker 21 facial lacerations, Jimmy A Mulhern 22 facial and head injuries, and Mark Williams 17 with bruises and shock. Farr and Mulhern were hospitalized in Ruston.
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Twitch Oaks Mra
A. C. Twinn
Philadelphia
Miss
A.C. Dunn, Jr
N. Farr
Panama Canal Zone
Clifton Shoemaker
Jimmy A. Mulhern
Girard
Mark Williams
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Ruston Hospital
Farr
Mulhern
Minden Sanitarium
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