Roosevelt Opens Inter American Peace Conference
President Roosevelt proceeds with the 21 republics peace conference in Buenos Aires despite the death of his aide Gus Generich. He cancels a motor tour, receives a Congress resolution of honor, and is met by massive Argentine crowds during a day of formal events and ovations.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Gus
Gennerich
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
Edward VIII
Prince of Wales
Casa Rosada
Augustin Justo
Indianapolis
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
U. S. Marine Corps
James Roosevelt
Associated Press
Sixteen Taken From Dis masted Cape Island Packet
A dismasted and leaking schooner, the Cape Verde Island packet Frank Brainard, was abandoned with 10 crew and 6 passengers aboard. The oil tanker Bancolite rescued survivors and planned to land them at Bermuda. The ship, valued at 20000 for cargo and 4000 for the hull, sailed from New Bedford on November 17.
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Associated Press
New Bedford
Mass
Cape Verde Island
Frank Brainard
North Atlantic
Bancolite
Imperial Oil, Ltd
Toronto
Bermuda
Brainard
Maritime Provinces
Eugenio Roza
John R. Banta
Winnipesaukee
Cape Verdes
Azores
Cold Wave Sweeps Over the East Today
A brisk cold front crossed the East causing shipping delays and widespread discomfort. Thermometers fell below freezing from the Midwest to the Northeast, with Newport Vermont recording 16 below and Miami reaching 73 degrees as the warm spot.
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Associated Press
New York
East
Whch
Rockies
United States
Miami
Fla
Quebec
Vermont
Newport
Decision Reversed in Portsmouth Beer Vat Death Case
New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict awarding Mrs. Margaret Ahearn $4500 for her husband Michael Ahearn death at Eldredge Brewing in Portsmouth. He died while descending into a beer vat allegedly from poisonous fumes. court found death resulted from heart failure due to exertion.
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Associated Press
Concord
New Hampshire Supreme Court Today
Margaret F. Ahearn
Portsmouth
Michael Ahearn
Eldredge Brewing Co
Ahearn
Supreme Court
Market Shows Little Action Amid Mixed Speculation
New York stock traders confined activity to specialties with Firestone Tire U S Rubber Stone Webster Westinghouse Westinghouse and Deere rising fractionally about two points. General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Woolworth American Telephone New York Central and General Electric drifted a shade.
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Associated Press
New York
Firestone Tire
U. S. Rubber
Stone & Webster
Westinghouse
Western Union
Deere
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
American Telephone
New York Central
General Electric
80 Singers to Perform in Portsmouth Chorus Concert
Out of 100 members the Portsmouth Community Chorus will present 80 singers in a Wednesday concert at Portsmouth Junior High School auditorium under Norman Moulton Leavitt. Guest violinist Kathleen LaCoy and soloists Mary Shaw MacMahon soprano and Sara Dickey Simpson mezzo contralto will perform with Amos Moody accompanying the group.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Junior High School
Norman Moulton Leavitt
Kathlen LaCoy
Mary Shaw MacMahon
Sara Dickey Simpson
Amos Moody
Taxpayers in Portsmouth Collect Big Monday Tax Total
Portsmouth residents paid 36761.02 in taxes Monday, one of the largest single day sums. An initial 10 percent levy on unpaid taxes begins today and will rise to 12 percent after the tax sale, scheduled for March.
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Portsmouth
Agreement on World War Debt Formula Reached
Paris reports the United States and France have agreed in principle on a new formula for war debt payments to aid world peace and economic stability. Britain would join a three power settlement. France would repay in 20 annual installments. The deal was negotiated by William Bullitt Leon Blum and Yvon Delbos in secret talks at the Foreign Office.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
France
Great Britain
William O. Bullitt
Leon Blum
Yvon Delbos
Foreign Office
Blum
Bullitt
America
Italy
Britain
Plans to Mediate War In Spain Reported
The Spanish government claimed a strategic success in Madrid and the Biscay region as Socialist forces press defense. Paris reports France and Britain may mediate the civil war while Vatican officials deny imminent armistice terms.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Bay of Biscay
Paris
France
Great Britain
Vatican
Holy See
Hospital Clinico Captured by Rebel Forces in Madrid
Government forces announced the seizure of Hospital Clinico in University City after an all morning battle. The structure suffered heavy destruction from cannon and mines as insurgent defenders were driven from the ruins amid ongoing heavy fighting around Madrid during the siege.
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Madrid
Clinico
University City
Made
Hospital Clinico
Seven Die in Quarry Dynamite Blast near Delta
An explosion at a slate quarry in southern York County near the Mason-Dixon Line killed seven men. Six victims were mangled. Frank Weaver died later in a York hospital. Four of the dead worked for Funkhouser Company, including Luther Williams 25 and Ralph Weaver. Names of other victims include Lush Lynn Winston Lynn Tweers Lee Jones 18 and Roy Ayres 18.
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Associated Press
Delta
Penn
York County
Frank Weaver
York
Nine Leap To Safety As Canal Tug Sinks Near Clyde
Nine crew members escaped when a canal tug sank near the Clyde coaling dock while towing two barges, one with wheat and one with pig iron. Chief engineer Costello says he caused a leak and nearly trapped below deck as ice formed and traffic stalled on both directions.
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Albany
N. Y
Clyde
Thomas Costello
Costello
Bruce Case Goes to Jury in Rockingham County Trial
Frederick Bruce sues Capitol Transportation Co for injuries from a July 4, 1935 collision at State and Pleasant streets. Trial began with defense closing and plaintiff’s counsel Sleeper and defense counsel Sewall presenting arguments before lunch. The case arose from a truck motorcycle crash and seeks damages.
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Frederick Bruce
Capitol Transportation Co
Rockingham County Superior Court
Sewall
State and
Pleasant Streets
Martha Page in Colonial Film Hideaway Girl at Colonial
A power robbery and a mystery frame the gay musical Hideaway Girl starring Martha Page in a Colonial Theatre program with Shirley Ross Robert Cummings and Monroe Owsley. The picture blends mystery and music in a midweek presentation at the Colonial Theatre.
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Martha Raye
Colonial Theatre
Shirley Ross
Robert Cummings
Monroe Owsley
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