Supreme Court Upholds Arms Embargo Act
The Supreme Court in a 7 to 1 ruling preserves the 1934 Arms Embargo Act citation broad latitude to the President in foreign offers. The decision affects forthcoming neutral legislation and upholds prohibitions on selling munitions for use in the Bolivia Paraguay Chaco war. The court also agreed to review the Frazier Lemke act mortgage moratorium case before year end adjournment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Roosevelt
Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
Plane shifts southward in missing Western Air Express search
Salt Lake City December 22 private and commercial ships shift search for a missing Western Air Express plane to the south while Army reserve fliers win over an aerial patrol. In Spokane Northwest Air Line officials await word on the scattered wreckage of a St Paul Seattle liner burning near Cemetery Ridge in Idaho. No survivors expected for the pilot and copilot. Two reserve lieutenants assigned to a month of active duty at Salt Lake City airport as Allen Barrie cites exhausted clues.
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Army Reserve
Salt Lake City
Associated Press
Utah
Western Air Express
Spokane
Wash
Northwest Air Line
Idaho
Allen Barrie
Western Air
Roosevelt weighs executive order to trim agencies
Washington December 22 President Roosevelt may seek authority to consolidate or eliminate minor agencies by executive order rather than a full congressional reorganization plan. Some advisers favor functional regrouping while others fear pressure from vested interests could derail the approach. The first step was moving the resettlement administration into the Agriculture department with Rexford Tugwell and Secretary Wallace approving the shift.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Resettlement Administration
Agriculture Department
Rexford Tugwell
Wallace
Stock Prices Rally After Oversold Market
In New York on December 22 brokers called the market oversold as buyers returned in stronger numbers. Leaders rose fractions to three or more points while bonds and major European currencies climbed. Notable gainers included Anaconda Copper, Kennecott, American Smelting, U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, AT&T, Western Union, Westinghouse, Sears Roebuck and Ural Case. New York Central, General Electric, Montgomery Ward, and DuPont lagged in a slim session.
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Associated Press
New York
Anaconda
Kennicot
American Smelting
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
American Telephone
Western Union
Westinghouse
Sears Roebuck
Case
New York Central
General Electric
Montgomery Ward
Dupont
Funeral for Dr John D Carty Held at Immaculate Conception
The funeral of Dr. John D. Carty will be held Wednesday morning with a high mass of requiem at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at nine o clock.
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John D. Carty
Church of
Ie Immaculate Conception
Nine
Coal Company Buys Property From J L Coleman
Consolidation Coal Company purchases part of J L Coleman's property at 217 Market Street securing waterfront access from its coal docks to the Ladd property near Thorner's fish market. The sale enables wharf extensions planned for spring 1937. Mr Coleman will continue business in the storefront portion.
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J. L. Coleman
Market Street
Consolidation Coal Company
Consolidation Company
Ladd
Thorner’s
Coal Company
Coleman
Cuban House moves to impeach President Gomez after veto
The Cuban House of Representatives votes 111 to 45 to impeach President Gomez for vetoing a 1.5 million sugar tax bill funding rural schools and army training. Senate to convene as court. Batista backed the bill, Gomez cites fear of educating Cuban youth in the fascist manner.
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Senate
Associated Preas
Havana
Gomez
House
Cuba
Col. Batista
Gomes
Batista
Comex
Earthquake toll rises in San Vicente disaster
Rescuers comb the ruins of San Vicente as official death toll reaches about 250 with at least 800 injured after a weekend series of shocks that leveled the town.
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Associated Press
San Salvadore
el Salvadore
San Vicente
Maine braces for floods from record December rain
Portland officials warned that heavy December rainfall threatens floods rivaling last spring. The Penobscot Kennebec and Androscoggin basins absorbed 7.52 inches, with the Androscoggin at Lewiston flowing at 20 000 cubic feet per second after a 12 hour rain, prompting flood concerns.
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Associated Press
Portland
Portland Weather Bureau
Maine
Penobscot
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Lewiston
Dartmouth appoints Dr John B McKenna as psychiatry consultant
Hanover December 22 Dartmouth College announces Dr John B McKenna senior physician at McLean hospital Waverly Massachusetts will join the college health service as psychiatry consultant January 1 He succeeds Dr John M Murray who resigns McKenna a 1924 Providence College and 1929 Harvard Medical School graduate has served at Rhode Island General and St Jo
Will Hear Petition in Court at Dover
A petition to lower the bail of Catherine McKinnon of Boston was filed after her $15,000 bail tied to the $10,000 Maybury Shoe Co payroll robbery on Oct. 16. The request seeks court-ordered conference with counsel away from guards and a restraining order on Manchester police interfering with visiting relatives.
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Associated Press
Rochester
Catherine McKinnon
Boston
Maybury Shoe Co
Superior Court
Dover
Manchester
Hillsborough County
J. A. Emery
Miss McKinnon
Demand War Vessels Sent to Spain Prompts Soviet Meetings
Moscow reports Russian workers hold meetings across the Soviet Union after the sinking of the motor ship Konsomol demanding the dispatch of war vessels to Spain. The government offered no sign of punitive action in response.
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Spain
Moscow
Soviet Union
Konsomol
Chandler Family Visits Ill Sister Undergoing Appendicitis Recovery
Mr and Mrs Chandler have returned from Orange New Jersey where they visited Ruth Chandler who recently had an appendicitis operation at Orange Memorial hospital and is now recovering.
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Chandler
Orange
N. J
Ruth Chandler
Orange Memorial Hospital
Children’s Christmas Party Set for January 3 at Masonic Hall
The Saint John's Lodge of Masons will host its annual Children’s Christmas party on Sunday, January 3, at the Masonic Auditorium starting at 2:30 p.m. Harold Marston and Rufus W. Ferguson are overseeing the arrangements.
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Saint John’s Lodge of Masons
Masonic Auditorium
Harold Marston
Rufus W. Ferguson
American wife of Chiang flies to prison in bid for release
In Nanking on December 22 American educated wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek traveled to his prison amid protests by officials. The crisis deepens as Chang Tso-lin’s rebellion shows no fast end. The Shensi provincial government is dissolved, with provinces ruled from Nanking. Mme Chiang and her brother packed heavy luggage, signaling a prolonged stay.
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Chiang
Husband's
Associated Press
Nanking
China
Chang
Japan
Executive Council
Shensi
Mme. Chiang
T. V. Shong
Nane
Four Escape From Jail At Hartford
Four prisoners escaped from Hartford County Jail after blinding a guard and scaling a wire fence. They fled in a stolen automobile toward downtown Hartford. The escapees are Charles E. Davis, John E. Vasseur, George Fitzsimmons, and Patrick P. Longo, all awaiting January Superior Court term.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Hartford County
Superior Court
Charles E. Davis
New York
John E. Vasseur
Presque Islé
George Fitzsimmons
Manchester
Patrick P. Longo
Louis Connors
William A. Seymour
Davis
Woodring urges 190,000 military experts reserve
Washington reports Secretary of War Woodring urged Roosevelt to create an enlisted reserve of 150,000 military specialists to fill crucial posts in mobilization. The plan would raise the National Guard to 210,000 and accelerate aircraft procurement to reach 2320 planes as soon as possible. The defense warning stressed that national security is the surest safeguard against aggression.
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Woodring
Washington
Roosevelt
War Woodring
Tional Guard
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