Bedford County Courthouse Fire Tragedy in Shelbyville Riot
Rioting mobs in Shelbyville Tenness ee resulted in the destruction of the Bedford county courthouse after attempts to seize a Black prisoner. Two killed, several wounded, 111 guardsmen deployed, fire resumed at dusk, and National Guard support ordered from Nashville to quell the unrest.
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Shelbyville, Tenn
Bedford County
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Coleman
Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
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E. K. Harris
Tennessee National Guardsmen
EB. K. Harris
Fve
R. P. Edwards
Pat Lawes
Mead Jones
Everett Patterson
Hershel Neely
James Bledsoe
W. M. Clayman
Lawes
Freeman
Fone National Guard
France honors World War I heroine Martha Richer Compton
In Paris, Martha Richer Compton addresses an American Legion meeting as France awards her the Legion of Honor fifteen years after the conflict. She acted as mistress to a German spy chief, obtaining crucial intelligence and thwarting numerous enemy plans.
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France
Martha Richer Compton
American Legion
Paris
Armaments Race Looms as Conference Adjourns
Bly The Associated Press reports that world powers Britain, the United States, and Japan face potential renewal of large shipbuilding programs akin to previous Washington treaty efforts. London reports fruitless tri power naval talks. Tokyo and Washington weigh abandonment and defense responses amid parity demands and Pacific fortifications.
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United States
Japan
London
Tokyo
Privy Council
Hirohito
Baron Kirichiro Turanuma
Counci
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Swanson
America
Sailors Rescue 120 From Sinking Orania After Harbor Collision
In Oporto Portugal on December 19 swift seamen saved 120 passengers from the Dutch steamer Orania just before she sank following a collision with a Portuguese freighter. The vessel listed heavily to port and efforts to beach her failed.
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SAVE
Oporto
Portugal
Orania
Weather Summary: Snow, Sleet, Rain Spread Across Regions
A northwest wind of 38 mph at 11 o clock created a windy night with a brief freeze. A mix of sleet and snow fell in northern areas, rain in the south, and fog lingered before clearing. Maryland saw both precipitation forms as the high reached 38 and the low 23. An inch of rain boosted December total to 2.51 inches with about 60 more inches needed to reach normal.
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Long Ridge
Mississippi
Maryland
Business Principles to Be Taken to White House
Major leaders of American business outline to the White House a plan for reviving normal industrial and trade processes. They urge a balanced budget, limiting expenditures to restore economic conditions and caution against government competition with private enterprise. The conference emphasizes orderly leadership and swift action on fiscal and monetary policy.
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White Suphur Springs
W. Va
Amtcrice
White House
T Heir
Businss
Congress
Christmas Program at Hyattstown Church Sunday Evening
Hyattstown Christian Church presents the Christmas program A Mother's Story of Christmas on Sunday evening at o o clock.
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Hyattstown Christian Church
Delphey's Daily License Service Promotes 1935 Tags
A Frederick advertisement touts Delphey's 140 West Patrick Street as the place for timely 1935 auto license tags. It promises convenient daily service with minimal cost to ensure no trouble or delays for motorists.
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Delphey’s
West Patrick St
Frederick
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