Ethiopians Strike Back as Italians Press Front in Africa
Ethiopian guerrillas smash Italian columns near Azbi amid day-long fighting that leaves 55 Ethiopians and 20 Italians dead, with 100 and 50 wounded respectively. Italian air raids target encampments near Antalo and Daggah Bur as Harar Jijiga corridor fears grow.
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Arbi
Italy
Mariotti
Azbi
Makale
Ruggiero Santini
Halian
Askari
Antalo
Amba Alaji
Jijiga
Ethiopia
Harar
Daggah Bur
Addis Ababa
Djibouti
Pierre Laval
Jews in Germany Lose All Political Rights
Berlin reports a government decree stripping Jews of all political rights and citizenship under the Nazi regime. The same action bars Jews from voting or public office, with Jewish officials slated for pension on December 31, 1935, and introduces blood honor laws restricting marriages and status among Jews and quarter Jews.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Nurnberg
Nazi Party
Three Cent Millionaire Faces Trial
Ted Baxter known as the three cent millionaire stands trial in federal court for a May hoax. The Tulsa bank floor rented and a supposed billion dollar tank car plant were used to promote bonds and a grand scheme. No money changed hands in the elaborate fraud involving an $8,000 home and hired servants.
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Miami
Okla
Ted Baxter
Baxter Oil Company
Tulsa
Bankers Vote Viewed as Non Political at Convention
Robert V. Fleming new president of the American Bankers association said the election of an anti New Deal official carried no political implications as bankers returned home from the annual convention in New Orleans. The contest centered on Orval W. Adams of Salt Lake City, who was nominated from the floor for second vice president before E. G. Bennett of Ogden was chosen. Fleming called attempts to label the vote political erroneous.
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New Orleans
Robert V. Fleming
American Bankers Association
Orval W. Adams
Salt Lake City
Adams
Roosevelt
E. G. Bennett
Ogden
Utah
Bennett
Dear Says Leche Dummy Candidate at Rally
Representative Cleveland Dear denounced Judge Richard Leche as a dummy candidate for governor on the eve of the January 21 Democratic primary in Shreveport Louisiana. Dear claimed the administration forces planned to back Leche for governor and Earl K. Long for lieutenant governor, then have Leche resign so Long could ascend to the governorship. He said the state machine does not back the Leche campaign.
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Shreveport
Cleveland Dear
Richard W. Leche
Dear
O. K. Allen
Judge Leche
Earl K. Long
Huey Long
Earl Long
Leche
Mr. Dear
Bob
Government To Seek Early Ruling On TVA
The government plans to ask the Supreme Court for an expedited date to hear the Tennessee Valley Authority Act case. Solicitor General Stanley Reed is also said to seek a reply postponement to a separate challenge by eight southern rice millers against processing taxes under the AAA act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
High Court
Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Supreme Court May Rule Soon On Bankhead Act
The Bankhead cotton act faces a possible Supreme Court ruling before next planting season. Texas planter Lee Moor argues the program lacks constitutional justification, while the government cites public welfare during emergency. A decision on validity could follow deliberations on broader questions.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Texas
Pardon Of 60 Political Prisoners Ties To Quezon Era
Manila November 14 60 political prisoners were pardoned by retiring governor general Frank Murphy as the Philippines begins self rule under Manuel Quezon. Murphy said the act would set an example of liberalism for the new government. Some freed were Colorum society members from Surigao province.
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Manila
P. I
America
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
Commonwealth
Frank Murphy
Colorum Secret Society
Surigao Province
Fenner Chosen President of New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Fenner of Fenner and Beane named president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange to succeed Caswell P. Ellis. Garner E. Tullis named vice president and Dr. E. Grinnen treasurer in the new leadership slate announced yesterday.
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Fenner
New Orleans
Charles E. Fenner
Fenner and Beane
Six Children In Family Do Lot Of Eating
In Marshall Arkansas on November 15 the McElroy family prepares for winter with Mrs. McElroy listing pantry totals. She canned numerous fruits and vegetables including apples peaches tomatoes beans corn kraut and more totaling hundreds of quarts.
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Marshall
Ark
Junior McElroy
Guards Defend Convicted Negro in Mob Scene at Court
John Henry Sloan, a stuttering Black man who confessed to killing a white youth Otis Gay, was escorted to prison for electrocution December 10. State troops and guards repelled a mob that attacked the convoy with tear gas and fists, leaving several injured as they prevented lynching.
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Moultrie
John Henry Sloan
Lindley Camp
Sloan
Otis Gay
Daughter of One Time Louisiana Governor Dies
Funeral services were held in New Orleans for Mrs. Jessie Hebert Montejo 86 widow of F J Montejo and daughter of the late Paul Octave Hebert governor and Civil War general She survived by a daughter Miss Jessie Montejo Loyola University professor and a son Manuel Montejo financier of San Jose Costa Rica
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New Orleans
Jessie Hebert Montejo
Paul Octave Hebert
Louisiana
F. J Montejo
Montejo
Iberville Parish
Jessie Montejo
Loyola University
Manuel Montejo
San Jose
Costa Rica
Government of Britain holds house majority
Returns from the general elections show the national government retaining a majority in the house of commons with 308 national government members elected. Ramsay MacDonald was defeated, while Malcolm MacDonald fell with his father and Anthony Eden was reelected as minister for the League of Nations.
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Frank H. King
Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Council
Commons
Malcolm MacDonald
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
President Roosevelt urges intensified highway safety drive
President Roosevelt addressed the American Automobile Association convention in Chicago urging a continued campaign for highway safety. He said freedom to use streets carries responsibilities and that federal and state investments in goods are nullified without safety. He noted the country is increasingly aware of highway fatality tragedies.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
American Automobile Association
Louisiana highway contracts go to low bidders
The Louisiana highway commission awarded contracts for 13 projects based on Wednesday bids and rejected bids on two more. Awards were given to the low bidders, with rejections in Bossier and Cameron parishes.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Bossier
Cameron
Guffey Coal Act Upheld by Kentucky Judge in Ruling
Federal district court judge Elwood Hamilton ruled the Guffey coal act constitutional and within Congress power to regulate interstate commerce. He said tax provisions impose 11 2 per cent production tax pending Supreme Court review and allowed a 13 1 2 per cent noncompliance tax to be withheld. An appeal to the circuit court and Supreme Court follows.
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Louisville
Congress
General Welfare
Supreme Court
Elwood Hamilton
Little Nra
Hamilton
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles S. Dawson
Roosevelt
Dawson
Clark Gable and Wife Reach Amicable Separation
Hollywood announces an amicable separation between Clark Gable and his second wife. Mrs. Gable says no immediate divorce, no other party involved, and a property settlement has been reached before Gable’s South American trip. Both say they remain friends though tensions rose from recent months.
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Hollywood
Calif
Clark Gable
Tom Maddox Granted 15 Day Stay of Execution
Tom Maddox, 27, condemned to hang at Natchez, was given a 15 day stay by Governor Sennett Conner. The stay follows his clemency appeal related to the murder of Lawrence Neece during a domestic quarrel with Maddox's sister, Neece's ex wife.
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Jackson
Miss
Tom Maddox
Natchez
Sennett Conner
Maddox
Lawrence Neece
Neece
Paroles Expected In Alabama Prisons This Christmas
Governor Bibb Graves explains the origin of Alabama Christmas paroles as he announces a revival of the program. He recalls the pattern from eight years ago when relatives pressed for parole and the effort to grant clemency to deserving inmates during Yuletide.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
New York Butchered Weather Spurs Early Month Buying
Dun and Bradstreet reports that colder weather boosts buying across many trade branches in the first weeks of the month. The survey notes better progress in several sectors and cites reliance on markdown offers as part of consumer response.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Black juror serves in New Orleans trial for first time in 47 years
In New Orleans on November 15 1944 John Cook became the first black juror in the city’s criminal district court in 47 years. He joined five jurors for the trial of Joseph Tarravello who pleaded guilty to possessing stolen property and received a suspended sentence.
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New Orleans
John Cook
Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Cook
Joseph Tarravello
Highway death in Kansas tied to sleet storm
A Kansas highway death is attributed to a sleet storm covering the region. Temperatures ranged from 16 degrees below zero to 30 degrees above in the south, as crews battled hazardous driving conditions.
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Kansas
Wide Area Is Struck by Snow and Sleet Across Midwest
Snow sleet and rain disrupted travel from Minnesota to Texas with subzero freezes in Minnesota and two inches of snow near North Platte Nebraska. A Kansas truck driver Melvin Smith died in a crash blamed on slick highways near Salina. Weather remained unsettled across the region with more snow forecast in Wisconsin and Iowa.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Kansas
Minnesota
Crookston
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
North Platte
Sioux Falls
S. C
Salina
Kan
Melvin Smith
Winona
Missouri
Woodward
Oklo
Amarillo
Texas
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California
Weather Outlook and Cold Snap in Monroe Area
The Monroe area endures continued cold with frost and cloudy skies. Temperatures leaned 32 to 37 degrees overnight with Miss Katie Key recording a 49 degree max and 44 degree min as a local observer.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Frost Expected In New Orleans Tonight
The United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans reports that frost is likely if skies clear tonight, signaling a chilly trend for the city and surrounding areas. End of excerpt mentions a forecast continuation.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Jean Batten Safe After Forced Landing in Brazil
New Zealand aviator Jean Batten reached Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian army plane after forced landing near Praia Secca due to fuel shortage. Her twisted propeller and damaged ship left in a salt swamp. three army planes aided the search and rescue.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Jean Batten
Praia Secca
Brazil
New Zealand
South Atlantic
Natal
National Telegraph
Batten
Araruama
Newton Braga
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Lee Moor
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Ramsay MacDonald and Son
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Mercy
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