Washington News Behind the News Dec 1 War Price Scheme
The White House reportedly studies a plan to control prices if a European outbreak occurs. A committee system would supervise utilities housing construction and commodities with indirect controls first, then voluntary and later possible price proclamations. The report emphasizes no arbitrary fixing, uses NRA-like codes, and notes political funding tensions as Republicans debate the Dupont and Frank program.
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Washington
White House
Justice, Commerce, Agriculture and Treasury
Iens
Roosevelt
Congress
Cuenb
Winance
Siduilar
Sono
Weather Forecast for Washington December 1
Fair weather expected in Washington with minimal temperature changes. Friday night and Sunday look fair with rising and setting times listed for the sun and moon. Tides are noted at 5.59 p.m. and 1.26 a.m. with morning rises and an evening set.
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Waship
Washington
Hampshire
Twenty Six Children Killed In Bus Train Crash
A fast freight train struck a loaded school bus in a snow storm near Midvale south of Salt Lake City, killing 26 students aged 14 to 18 and injuring many. Rescue teams, ambulances, and doctors rushed to the scene as bodies lay along the tracks over about a mile.
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Salt Lake City
Midvale
Salt Lake General Hospital
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Farrel Lu
Bluffdale
Riverton
South Jordan
Crescent
Herriman
State Police Radio Brings Quick Results
Deputy Sheriff Percy B Larrabee of this city asked Concord to radio a message to State Police Sergeant Henry J. Parent of Exeter after telephone attempts failed. The relay to Framingham and out over short wave brought results in eight minutes between 4 30 and 4 58 p m.
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Sergi
Henry J. Parent
Exeter
Percy B Larrabee
Concord
Massachusettts
Framingham
Pasrent
Manchester
Portsmouth
Dover Jewelry Salesman Robbed
Dover New Hampshire jewelry salesman William Downes reported to police that $1500 in jewels were stolen from his parked car. The jewels were in four cases strapped to the roof of the vehicle, the theft occurring in Greenfield Massachusetts.
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Greenfield
Mass
Dover
N. H
Wilam Downes
State Liquor Store Closed During City Caucus Hours
By order of the State Liquor Commission the Market Street store will close at 4 p.m. today for the remainder of the day during city caucus hours.
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State Liquor Commission
Market Street
Republicam Caucus
Dave Smith
Jack Sweetser
2063 Deer Slain In Vermont During Nine Day Season
Hunters completed a nine day season in Vermont ending yesterday with 2063 deer slain, down from 2424 last year. Windham County led with 563, Windsor County followed with 355, and complete totals were expected to rise.
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Montpelier
Windham County
Windsor County
Believe Truck Used In Bank Robbery Found
A stolen mute mobile believed to be the getaway vehicle in the East Milton Savings Bank robbery was found abandoned in Forest Hills ten miles from the bank. Police towed the car for fingerprint analysis as they pursue two armed suspects who restrained employees and customers during the robbery.
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Boston
Rec
East Milton
Forest Hills
St Andrew's Lodge Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
St Andrew's Lodge No 56 A F and A M elected officers during a Wednesday meeting. Master J Henry Concannon Senior Warden Eric F Parsons Junior Warden Chester A Davia Treasurer Alonzo W Parks Secretary Willis N Ruggs Standing Committee J T Davis Ralph W Jenkins Representative to Grand Lodge Allan E Brigham. Installation set for December 18.
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St. Andrew's Lodge
A.F
A. M
J. Henry
Concannon
Eric F. Parsons
Chester A. Davia
Alonzo W. Parks
Willis N. Ruggs
J. T. Davis
Ralph W. Jenkins
Grand Lodge
Allan £. Brigham
Proper Telephone Instruction For Portsmouth Students
Portsmouth High School students in office practice will receive guidance on proper telephone use from Miss Orintha Chick, supervisor at the local telephone exchange, during two morning periods.
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Portsmouth High School
Orintha Chick
Light Selling Pressure Marks Stock Market Day
Light selling edged the market lower in New York trading on December 1 with steels and motors under pressure. U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Boeing American Smelting Allied Chemical John Manville and Santa Fe faced declines while North American International Harvester Loft Southern Railway Great Northern U S Gypsum and International Telephone held up.
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New York
Steels
Motors
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
John Manville
Santa Fe
North American
International Harvester
Loft
Southern Railway
Great Northern U. S. Gypsum
International Telephone
Grangers To Meet In Concord December 13 To 15
The 35th annual state conference of grangers will be held in Laconia from December 13 to 15, announced today.
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Grangers
Concord
Laconia
Conditions Deteriorate at Carroll County Jail and House of Correction
Sheriff James Welch of Carroll County warns of severe jail crowding with 16 capacity often housing 24 or 25 inmates and sometimes up to 40. Juveniles and women are housed elsewhere, with costs charged to Carroll County. Eight inmates once slept in a cellar kitchen due to space. If no action by the Legislature, he may petition the Federal Prisons Board.
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House of Correction
James Welch
Carroll County
Manchester
Ossipee
Nndor
Welch
Hillsborough County
Transportation and Board
Federal’ Prisons Board
Escape Fire At Lyman School In Westboro Mass
Thirty six boys and a master escaped from Bowlder Cottage at the Lyman School for Boys today as a fire of undetermined origin damaged the third floor. Albert Haven, master, discovered smoke and warned the boys. The school fire department extinguished the blaze with damage unofficially estimated at 315,000.
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Westboro
Mass
Bowlder Cottage
Lyman School For Boys
Loor
Albert Haven
Steamer For This Port Delayed By Bad Weather
The steamship Sextant is five days overdue with a rock cargo for National Gypsum Co. She sailed from Dingwall Nova Scotia and is due Saturday. Weather delays off the Nova Scotia coast postponed her arrival. She carries the year's final cargo to Freeman's Point.
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Sextant
National Gypsum Co
Dingwall
N.S
Nova Scotia
Freeman's Point
Few Appointments Still To Be Made
Concord report notes that after approving over 40 state posts this week Governor Murphy must still fill a state purchasing agent position state labor commissioner and a fifth member of the state planning and development commission with appointments pending as of December 1.
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Concord
Murphy
State Planning and Development Commission
State Troopers Switch to Winter Hats in December
State troopers nationwide mark the arrival of winter by replacing lightweight summer caps with regulation high Stetson hats. The switch, effective until next spring, applies when troopers are not riding motorcycles.
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Concord
Gorham to switch to buses on six mile streetcar line
AP dispatches report Gorham Berli line will replace its six mile streetcar route with buses leaving New Hampshire with only Manchester operating a streetcar system. Boston funeral services set for Morris Wolf first Jewish patrolman with 3784 arrests in 31 years service.
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Gorham
Berlin
Manchester
Boston
Morris Wolf
Wolf
Thieves Break Two Fall River Post Offices
Two suburban Fall River post offices Somerset Village and Swansea Village were broken into early today. Thieves cracked safes taking stamps and cash totaling about 800 dollars. Somerset loss estimated at 100 in checks 200 to 300 in stamps and 75 in cash. Swansea loss about 324 in stamps and 49.58 in cash.
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Fall River
Mass
Mickey
Somerset Village
Swansea Village
George M. Lynch
Somerset
Big Place
Harvey Lenon
Swansea
Daladier to Demand Parliament Action on Policies
Premier Daladier announced he would convene Parliament on December 8 to seek approval of his policies. He faced labor opposition but aimed to build a majority with his Radical and far right allies to override Communists and Socialists. In Romania, King Carol moved to cement power after a short general strike and a crackdown on the Iron Guard, amid concerns of fascist influence impacting France and North Africa.
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Bie AP
Daladier
Prairie
Labor
Romania
Carol
France
Corneliu Zelos Codreanu
Tron
Bucharest
Dalacier
Rush to speed munitions production in wartime
Washington December 1 AP Orders issued to accelerate munitions output as World War II preparations intensify. Louis Johnson, assistant secretary of war, told 200 army procurement specialists that designs must be simplified and production streamlined to meet emergencies and Roosevelts defense plans. He noted 16 009 items selected for schedules and 7 300 production processes touring in War Department plans with 55 critical items hard to produce without industrial education.
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Washington
Stredmline
Louis “Johnson
Secretary of War
Roosevelt
Congress
Johnson
Jargs
War Department
Braduysi
Che
Abduction of 8-Year-Old Mary Brown Near Oxon Hill
Footprints in melting snow and scattered school papers mark a statewide search for Mary Brown, age 8, taken from near her Oxon Hill Maryland home. Her 15-year-old sister Lucy reported two foreign-looking men abducting Mary into a truck. Lucy escaped through underbrush. Authorities detained two suspects in Washington but Lucy could not identify them.
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Washington
Mary Brown
Mary
Lucy Brown
Lucy
Oxon Hill
Maryland
School papers found trampled in slush near Washington
State troopers located Marys school papers trampled into slush southeast of Washington, indicating a disruption or incident affecting her schooling and raising questions about what happened to her belongings.
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Washington
Mary
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