Daladier May Rule Without Parliament in Crisis Plan
Premier Daladier reportedly weighs dissolving the chamber and governing France for a period without Parliament if it rejects his three year plan to revive the economy. Lebrun, Reynaud and Daladier urge nation support via radio appeals as Socialists and Communists mobilize against the decrees and labor unions threaten a general strike.
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Paris
Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Paul Reynaud
Chamber
Nnly
Radical List
Ebrun
Dis
Republicans Lead In Votes In Early State Totals
Washington reports preliminary results from 24 states showing Republicans at 51.5 percent of the two major party vote, Democrats 40.1 percent from 24 states. Republicans elected 170 representatives and Democrats 262, with closes in Minnesota and Wisconsin and shifts by third parties.
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Washington
Georgia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Farmer-Laborites
Isconsin Democrats
Meteor Mistaken for Falling Plane Over Western States
A bright fiery streak with a luminous tail was seen at 10 000 feet over Lake Elsinore California and across Utah and Arizona prompting pilots and residents in Salt Lake City Los Angeles and other towns to mistake it for a plane in trouble Major Walter K Burgess reported the flash illuminated his army ship and surrounding area before fading to white
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Ke Angeles
Jornia
Arizona
Utah
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Lake Elsinore
Calif
Walter K. Burgess
Major Burgess
Flashes In The News: Oil Spill From Well Near Evansville
In Evansville Indiana farmer Edward Stein drew oil from a water well instead of water. Geologists suspect gas forced oil from a plugged nearby well. In Fulton Missouri 85 year old W A Noble recovers after challenging modern autos with a new buggy.
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Evansville
Ind
Edward Stein
Fulton
W. A
Billy
Duck hunt mishap told with vivid detail in Mt Vernon
Grant Falk of Conway described how his friend James Scamlon shot himself in the foot during a duck hunt. Falk's demonstration with his gun ended with a misleading “Bang” and the accidental wound to his own foot.
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MT. Vernon
Wash
Grant Falk
Conway
James Scamlon
Falk
Evanston Postmen Get Taxi Fleet for Routes
Evanston's 40 mail carriers now ride to routes in eight taxicabs after the new post office opening. The cabs will operate on two daily round trips, saving a total of 17 minutes per day in delivering mail.
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Evanston
Ill
Americans Return to Conservatism Says Moley in Atlantic City
F Raymond Moley, once a Roosevelt brain trust, told Life Advertisers association that Americans across parties tire of panaceas and seek fundamental sound economics. He warned Republicans not to outbid Democrats as the nation drifts toward conservatism.
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Atlantic City
N. J
F. Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Brain Truster
Life Advertisers’ Association
Senator Norris to Visit TVA Dams in Tennessee
Senator George W. Norris arrives in Memphis with Mrs Norris to inspect TVA works. The 76 year old plans a two week tour visiting the Tennessee Valley Authority dams after arriving from Little Rock.
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Memphis
Tenn
George W. Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
Little Rock
TVA
WPA Administrator Urges Civil Service for Relief Workers
Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, tells 1,000 supervisory employees that relief units should be under civil service to end charges of politics. He envisions housing, soil and human conservation, and potentially arms production, with jobs based on ability rather than need and pensions as a right.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Civil Service
Hopkins
United States
Tensas Parish Hunters Held in Parish Violation
About 20 people were arrested in Tensas Parish for violating act 251 which requires hunters to obtain camping permission and register names and license numbers with the sheriff. Arrested from Monroe Shreveport and other northern towns plus some from south Arkansas. All released on bond pending December 19 hearings. Other arrests expected as deputies probe further violations and the duck season brings more visitors.
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ST. Joseph
Tensas Parish
M. D. Harper
Harper
Monroe
Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Coleman
Gannett Sees Roosevelt Losing If He Seeks Third Term
Frank E. Gannett, Rochester publisher, says he believes a Roosevelt third term would be defeated. He clarifies a recent interview misquoted he predicted renomination in 1940 but not reelection. He argues a Democrat Republican coalition would be needed, possible and probable.
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Miami Beach
Fia
Roosevelt
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Gannett
Mr. Roosevelt
Citizens In Dictator Nations Are Wooden Soldiers On Strings
DeWitt MacKenzie reports from Sofia on a Bulgarian peasant who praises the United States and contrasts American freedom with dictatorship. The writer notes totalitarian regimes shape thought as rigid mental regimentation and reflects on liberty as a defining American virtue.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Sofia
Balkan Mountains
United States
America
Biggest trade accord ready for signature
The United States Britain and Canada prepared to sign a $1.5 billion yearly trade pact at the White House with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Sir Ronald Lindsay to speak for their governments. King also planned talks with President Roosevelt on Western Hemisphere defense amid tense U.S.-Germany relations over Nazi actions against Jews.
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Hull
White House
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Ronald Lindsay
MacKenzie King
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
United
Life Term For Debt Faced By Broke Broker
Raymond R. Prochnow, once a wealthy LaSalle Street broker, faces life imprisonment for debt after the Illinois Supreme Court ordered his recommitment. He has served three years in debtors row, owes $35,282 to the Garnett estate, and contends the bank liquidated the securities used for the loan.
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Chicago
Raymond R. Prochnow
LaSalle Street
Prochnow
State Supreme Court
William Garnett
Garnett
Thomas Vent
Last of Brady Gang to Go Tonight at State Prison
James Dathover, 32, the final member of the Al Brady gang, faced execution by electric chair at the Michigan City state prison after midnight. He was convicted for the May 3, 1997 robbery and the slaying of State Policeman Paul Minneman. Delhover’s plea for clemency was denied, and his mother urged a different fate.
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Michigan City
Ind
State Prison
al Bredy
James Dathover
Madison
Paul V. Minneman
Logensport
Goodland State Bank
Delhover
Alfred Brady
Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr
Indianapolis
Bangor
Hie Las
Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
President Roosevelt
Washington
Cummings
Dalhover
Bertha Delhover Craig
Meredith Stewart
Roll Call Gains Momentum for Ouachita Red Cross
Roll Call Chairman Herbert L. Rosenhein reports a surge in Ouachita parish Red Cross membership with many new recruits beyond Monroe. Firms report full employee participation and widespread parish interest. Commissioner C R Tidwell stressed Red Cross life saving programs on radio.
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Ouachita
American Red Cross
DeSiard Street
Herbert L. Rosenhein
Monroe
Roll Call
C. R. Tidwell
Red Cross
Goebbels Resents LaGuardia Joke in Nazi Press
Berlin reports Propaganda Minister Goebbels derides Mayor LaGuardia over the Jewish guard posted at the New York German consulate. The Angriff mocks LaGuardia as impolite and tasteless, claiming the guard should target Jews rather than be Jewish.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
The
Angriff
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
R. LaGuardia
Britain backs Kennedy plan to move thousands of German Jews
The Picttish government agrees to study a plan proposed by United States Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy to remove thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi decrees. Prime Minister Chamberlain to comment in Parliament. Kennedy outlined a proposal to relocate up to 600000 Jews to Americas and parts of Europe, with Britain coordinating alongside the United States and France.
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London
United
Joseph P Kennedy
Nazi Germany
Chamberlain
House of Comemen
United States
Wee
Germany
South America
Muntich
French
Metherlands
Britain
France
Netherlands
High School Deaths In Louisiana Two Teens Die
A 15 year old New Orleans student Keith Parham fell from the 17th floor of the state capitol in Baton Rouge and 17 year old Ethel Lee Bison died after plunging from the Long-Allen bridge into the Red River at Shreveport. Coroner says Parham died by own action. inquest scheduled. Parham left home to attend Fortier High School and reportedly hitchhiked to Baton Rouge.
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Louisiana
Keith Parham
New Orleans
State Capitol
Baton Rowse
Ethel Lee Bison
New
Long-Allen Bridge
Shreveport
Red River
Baton Rouge
Fortier High School
Statehouse
Harry Jakmneton
FL. Parham
Larry Landry
Louisiana State University
Capitol
Parharm
Landry
Ded
Keith
Parham
State to bid on Pontchartrain span in public sale
Governor Richard W. Leche said the state would lead bidding on the Lake Pontchartrain toll bridge when offered for sale by receiver James W. Smither. Federal Judge Wayne G Borah set a sale date with minimum bid of 600000. bridge cost about 5000000, completed February 1920s, financed by Watson Williams syndicate, later placed in receivership after free ferries and bridges were built.
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New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Lake Pontchartrain
Wayne G Borah
James W. Smither
New Orleans-Pontchartrain
Borah
Watson-Williams Syndicate
Lnter
J. ¥. Sanders
United States Senate
Edwin 5
Big Floats Welcome Santa in Twin Cities Parade
North Louisiana hosts a Christmas parade December 3 in Monroe and West Monroe staged by the Chamber of Commerce retail merchants division. Mythical figures and Santa lead floats from News House and Company Memphis with themes from Merry Christmas to Santa himself. The route runs east of Five Points through DeSiard Street crossing river bridges, with school bands and visiting groups providing music for spectators and transportation for area children.
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Northest
Louisiana
Twin Cities
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Monroe
West Monroe
News House and Company
Memphis
Tenn
DeSiard Street
Trenton
Ling
Santa
Muanroe
Additional Rain Expected Tomorrow Across Southern States
Storms moving from the Mississippi basin will bring more rain to Georgia Tennessee Kentucky the Carolinas and likely Virginia. Temperatures will accompany the wet weather as forecasters note heavy overnight rainfall in many areas. Alabamians anticipate another soaking as northern sections endure drought relief.
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Mississippi River
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Carollinas
Virginia
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