Missing Alaska airliner crew and 11 passengers safe after forced landing
Thirteen aboard an airliner overdue since Monday on a Cordova to Juneau route landed at Gull Cove in Idaho Inlet. Pilot Chet Brown and crew reported all safe and plan to depart when weather allows. Coast guard cutter Morris Paced and SAM confirmed undamaged plane and a lightened load for takeoff.
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Hoonah
Chet Brown
Cordova
Idaho Inlet
Gull Cove
Brown
Juneau
Guill Cove
Here
Coast Guard
Morris Pac
Pasengers
Morris
Alaska
Discoverer
Basiles
Sheldon Simmons
Gulf of Alaska
Kasilef
Seward
Seldovia
Gulf
Behind the Scenes Washington Reform Mail Adjustment
Washington sources indicate moves to reform maritime mail handling face cautious lobbying by shipping interests. Hamilton leads discussions as officials weigh adjustments affecting routes and delivery timelines.
Controversy Over Maritime Commission Members Surfaces
Washington reports new Senate charges alleging improper ties between merchant marine officials and subsidized ship operators. The maritime commission, created to run ocean mail contracts, faces scrutiny as Admiral Tayor Wiley and George Landick head adjustments with James Peacock as adviser amid calls to remove maritime affairs from the Commerce Department.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
M. M. Tayor
Henry A. Wiley
Orge Landick
Landick
James Craig Peacock
L Post Office
Treasury Procurement Office
Peacock
Shipping Board Bureau
Daniel Roper
Commerce Department
Strikes End in Agreement at Bendix South Bend Plant
Bendix Products Corp and United Automobile Workers reach a seven point settlement after a nine day sit down and walkout. About 1000 employees will be back to work by Monday with Local Union No. 9 as bargaining agent and the company to negotiate only with that union on pay hours and conditions. Homer Martin of Detroit calls the accord a major victory for workers and manufacturers.
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South Bend
Ind
Bendix Products Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
Homer Martin
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Woman killed when two trucks collide near Tallulah
Mrs Mike Bligton, wife of a Natchez area tenant farmer, was instantly killed when her truck was sideswiped by another truck near Tallula Bena nine miles north of Tallulah late Wednesday night. Wallace Lancaster Jr. was the driver of the striking truck. he surrendered to Madison parish authorities and was released on $400 bond after questioning.
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News-Star
Tallulah
Mike Bligton
Natchez
Miss
Talla Bena
Wallace Lancaster, Jr
Madison Parish
Three Robbers in Gary Slain After Holdup Attempt
Chicago police identify three slain Gary Holdup men as Daniel Collucci 31 Paul Hoffman 39 and Horace Simmons 50 all paroled convicts from Chicago Their companion Gus Kokenes 25 was captured after an exchange of shots with Gary officers at a horse race betting shop with a robbery record trail.
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Chicago
Police Bureau of Identification
Gary
Ind
Daniel Collucci
Paul Hoffman
Horace Simmons
Gus Kokenes
Position Of Edward Seen As Tottering
London reports that editorials on cabinet and King Edward amid Mrs. Wallis Simpson tensions were read by The Week as a threat to the monarchy. The Times and Daily Telegraph editorials are cited as revealing muttered threats by the old guard and contrasting royal vitality with cabinet inaction.
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London
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Times
Daily Telegraph
Times and Telegraph
Daily Mail
Thanksgiving Traditions Mark Monroe Observances
Thanksgiving in Monroe featured sunrise services at the Presbyterian church and a union service at 10 a.m. Needy families received baskets after a First Baptist sunrise breakfast. The duck hunting season opened, adding a rural note to shared meals of turkey n trimmins and goose. Local BTU church groups sponsored aid for orphans at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home and city inmates.
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Monroe
Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
60 Americans Leave Madrid in Monsoon Rain
In Madrid on November 26, 60 Americans evacuated the U.S. embassy for Valencia as artillery bombardment thundered nearby. They traveled by two buses a baggage truck and three private cars seeking a new refuge after the state department closed the official shelter. Thanksgiving meal accompanied by 60 Spanish omelets 60 slices of ham 15 loaves of bread and 60 oranges was carried along for roadside dining.
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Madrid
United States
Valencia
State Department
Railroad switchman dies from locomotive fall injuries
New Orleans reports Albert Hammon 55 a railroad switchman died from injuries suffered yesterday when he fell from a locomotive. He passed away today at a local hospital after the incident near the yards.
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New Orleans
A'bert Hammon
Trains Crash Near Buckner Leaves Two Dead
Two dead and two injured in a collision when a two engine freight train hit a slower train on a side track in Buckner Arkansas. Both engines overturned and six freight cars demolished tearing up track for about 100 yards.
Traffic Death Penalty Given Negro Pleader
Fred Willingham 35 pleaded guilty in the Eighth Judicial District Court at Columbia to a manslaughter charge tied to a traffic accident near Kelly. Judge Wiley Jones sentenced him to two to six years in the state penitentiary. Willingham was moved from Ouachita parish jail to the Columbia court after arrest in Winn parish.
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Fred Willingham
Eighth Judicial District Court
Columbia
R. A. Vincent
Kelly
Wiley Jones
Colfax
Ouachita Parish
Woods
Sikes
Winn Parish
Now Is The Time For All Good Fellows To Assist
The article urges early action for Christmas relief, linking Thanksgiving plans to Yuletide generosity. It highlights households facing hardship and urges Good Fellows to assist before the last moment, noting many without adequate food or clothing. See NOW IS TIME. Page 2
Thanksgiving Merrymaking Across Nation as Families Gather
The nation observes Thanksgiving with feasting and religious services. President Roosevelt hosts a turkey dinner aboard the destroyer Indianapolis en route to Buenos Aires for the inter American peace conference. Transport systems are taxed as millions travel to reunite with families.
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Associated Press
Turkey
United States
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Buenos Aires
New York
East Arkansas planter fund tied to Peacher peonage case
Federal DA Is ging charges eastern Arkansas planters raised a $5,000 defense fund for Paul D. Peacher city marshal of Earle who was sentenced to two years and fined $3 for subjecting seven Negroes to slavery. Peacher said he would not resign and left appeal decisions to his attorney.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Fred A. Isging
Eastern Arkansas
Paul D. Peacher
Earle
N. F. Lamb
Peacher
John E. Martineau
Arkansas
United States
Emarl
Associated Press
Bids Opened for Lacombe Bridge on Slidell Road
The Louisiana highway commission opened bids for Bayou La Combe bridge and approaches on the Slidell Covington road. T L James and Company of Ruston offered 128 788 dollars as the low bid. An 8675 dollar bid by T W Kleinpeter of Baton Rouge covered 1464 miles of grading and surfacing on the Hagan new levee road in Pointe Coupee parish. Award depends on an engineering check.
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Baton Rouge
Highway Commission
Bayou la Combe
St. Tammany Parish
T. L. James and Company, Inc
Ruston
T. W. Kleinpeter
Hagan New Levee
Pointe Coupee Parish
Turkey to Dine on Thanksgiving at National Zoo
On Thanksgiving Day a turkey named Jerry the Gobbier at the National Zoo faces a feast prepared by Zoo Director William Mann and staff. They planned an ample meal of grain and cranberries to balance a long history of man versus turkey.
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Washington
Jerry the Gobbier
National Zoo
Zoo
William Mann
Jerry
President Roosevelt to dine aboard ship on Thanksgiving
President Roosevelt plans a Thanksgiving dinner at sea aboard the U S S Indianapolis with Captain H K Hewitt and others aboard. The voyage to the inter American peace conference continues toward Rio De Janeiro with a harbor reception and talks with Brazilian leaders planned.
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U. S. S. Chester
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
H. K. Hewitt
O. C. Badger
J. Wilks
C. V. Ellis
Warm Springs, Ga
Buenos Aires
Chester
Secret Service
Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Supreme Court
Ranch men scour vast King cattle empire for missing Blanton brothers
Six mounted men comb the King cattle empire near San Perlita Texas seeking clues to the week old disappearance of Luther and John Blanton farmers. Ranger Captain Bill McMurray leads the investigation with help from residents and relatives. New search party heads by Constable Ernest Oakes and A J Faulk, entering the ranch at dawn amid community anger over the lack of progress.
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San Perlita
Tex
King
Luther
John Blanton
Bill McMurray
Ernest Oakes
Sebastian
A. J. Faulk
Consuelo Vanderbilt to Wed Henry Gassaway Davis aboard Alva
Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of William K Vanderbilt, will marry Henry Gassaway Davis III, former husband of Grace Vanderbilt, in a quiet ceremony aboard the yacht Alva off Miami Beach. The wedding occurs the day after Thanksgiving and links two prominent families in a seaside harbor setting.
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Miami Beach
Fla
William K. Vanderbilt
Consuelo
Grace Vanderbilt
Henry Gassaway Davis
Alva
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Arkansas State College
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Bendix
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Sherman Logue
Whigham
W. J. Gorman
Albany
Buckner
Buckner, Ark
St. Louis Southwestern
Good Fellows Fund
Kiwanis Club
Garsseessnsese
Arkansas Planters
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