Premier Laval Defends Role as Deputies Back Policy
Premier Laval told the chamber he would resist further sanctions on Italy while pledging aid to Britain against any Italian attack. He warned Italy might embargo oil, risking war, and sought a narrow vote of confidence on his foreign policy as deputies from key groups cheered. France, the premier said, has...
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Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Great Britain
M. Laval
Tomor
France
Haile Selassie Draws Peace Terms With Italy
Addis Ababa December 27 reports say Emperor Haile Selassie drafted peace terms with Italy. The terms include withdrawal of Italian troops from Ethiopia and recognition of Ethiopia as a sovereign state along with a possible indemnity payment.
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Addis
Ababa
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
soVerisa
European fears rise as Italy faces sanctions and war risks
Britain weighs Mediterranean diplomacy while Italy pursues action in East Africa. France and allied states promise military support to deter German aggression, aiming to avert a broader war. Reports claim Mussolini may deploy troops to Libya as Ethiopia conflict intensifies and sanctions loom.
Actress Thelma Todd Death Probe Receives Beating Claim
A sensational unverified report claims a man involved in Thelma Todd death inquiries beat the actress days before her monoxide poisoning death on December 16. Captain Jesse Winn highlighted the report naming a central figure amid grand jury discussions.
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Los Angeles
Blast Furnace to Resume On Jan 1 Officials Announce
Portsmouth works officials of Wheeling Steel Corp announced the blast furnace down for repairs will resume operation January 1. Twenty two sheet mills placed in operation Thursday will operate next week and four pots in the sheet galvanizing department will run instead of three. Six open hearth furnaces will resume Saturday.
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Portsmouth Works
Wheeling Steel Corp
Gotham Grime Probe Pushes On as Grand Jury Reform Urged
New York authorities press a citywide crackdown on racketeering led by Governor Lehman and Prosecutor Dewey. A special grand jury sought relief but was ordered replaced to continue the extortion probe. The first panel questioned 50 witnesses on the Shylock loan racket with 28 indictments. interest rates reached 1040 percent.
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New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Dewey
Dr Condon Opens Vaudeville Tour In Boston Lynn
Noted personality Dr Condon announces personal appearances in vaudeville and motion picture theaters as part of a promotional tour. The ads promise screenings and stage appearances in Boston and Lynn Massachusetts with strong public interest.
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New York
America
Boston
Lynn
Temperatures Observer Seblemaan Reports Daily Readings
Today's minimum 1 degree and maximum 27 degrees noted. A year ago today the high was 44 and the low 16.
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Seblemaan
Uruguay Ends Diplomatic Ties With Russia
Uruguay broke relations with Soviet Russia and issued passports to Alexander Minkin and other Russian delegation members amid rumors of an armed rebellion inspired by Communist sources. The move followed uprisings in Brazil and accusations of Soviet involvement, with no immediate confirmation of the rumors.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Republic of
Russia
Alexander Minkin
Moscow
Brazil
Luiz Carlos Presters
Legation
Benson Named Senator to Succeed Schall
Governor Floyd B Olson named Elmer A Benson state banking commissioner as United States senator to fill the seat after Thomas D Schall died from injuries after being struck by a car. Benson, 40, a Farmer Labor advocate, is the son of immigrant Norwegian parents and a St Paul College of Law graduate.
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Floyd B. Olson
Elmer A. Benson
United States
Thomas D. Schall
Mr. Benson
Benson
Abandon Steamer To Walk Eight Miles Across Russian Ice
One hundred passengers of the Soviet steamer Lozovski abandon the stranded vessel and trek eight miles over ice toward the Okhotsk shore. Some reach land while others remain aboard. one passenger and one crewman are missing. The icebreaker Krassin and the rescue ship Unikt struggle with ice and supply shortages.
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Russia
Lozovski
Okhotsk Sea
Sakhalin Island
Logovski
Krassin
Unitekt
Major Ohio River Deaths Near Sandy Springs
Eleven people die in three major Ohio River accidents near Sandy Springs in 23 months. The Kennedy family losses include Thomas 80 of Vancburg and members Mrs. Russell Kennedy 57 and Lillie Mae Kennedy 18 in the 1934 capsizing, plus Willard Kennedy 22 in the Christmas crash. A battered homemade boat drifted to shore as authorities search for bodies amid blizzard conditions.
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Sandy Springs
Kennedy
Scioto
Adams County
Thomas Kennedy
Vanceburg
Russell Kennedy
Lillie Mae Kennedy
Willard Kennedy
Jacob Kennedy
Long Lick
Lard Kennedy
Corbett Porter
Charles Porter
Quick’s Run
Odble
Clifford Fite
Manchester
Ohio
Davey advisers urge 600 move in Ohio state offices
Governor Davey’s get it done committee recommends abandoning the Ohio Hartman building now housing about 600 state employees due to fire hazards. It also calls for moving the Peters building quarters on Jan 1 to save about 32000 annually and relocating the gasoline tax division to the state offices building. The report urges 125 square feet per occupant and notes space ranges from 56 to 300 square feet. Transfer of the square and motor vehicle departments will follow, with transfer details pending.
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Davey
Sherrill
Ohio Hartman
Peters
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State Office
T. 8
Brindle
Public Works
Squar
Artichoke Sale Ban Enforced in New York
New York city officials extended a ban on selling small artichokes for a few days to squeeze racketeers from the market. Commissioner William Fellowes Morgan Jr. said inspectors found artichokes on sale from only a few pedlars after Mayor La Guardia ordered the restriction went into effect yesterday.
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New York
William Fellowes Morgan Jr
PaGuardia
Morgan
Knox Borah Nears Ohio Visitas Campaign Sparks in Columbus
Prominent Republican figures converge on Ohio as Colonel Frank Knox speaks at a War Veterans luncheon and the Ohio Editorial association dinner. George H. Bender notes Idaho Senator William Borah will visit Ohio in about 60 days, with Kansas Governor Alf Landon already campaigning in Cleveland. Observers weigh Borah, Knox, and Landon for Ohio’s 52 delegates to the Cleveland convention.
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Chicago Daily News
Republican War Veterans’ Club
Ohio Republican Editorial Association
Cleveland
George H. Bender
League of Republican Clubs
William E. Borah
Idaho
Ohio
Borah
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Republican State Central Committee
Quintuplets Born to Managua Couple in Nicaragua
In Matagalpa's Sabans Grande, Senor Timoteo Laines and his wife welcomed quintuplets three boys and two girls all healthy. Doctors note high infant mortality in rural areas like Matagalpa with limited communications and warn vigilance despite the newborns' good condition.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Maragua
Senor
Senora Timoteo Laines
Sabans Grande
Matagalpa
Ohio teachers seek broader federal aid to education
At the Ohio Education Association convention the resolutions committee moves to urge the national association to appoint a national committee to push for more universal education aid. Delegates gain representation on the executive committee and debate school funding while discussing flag salute policy and daily attendance figures.
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Ohio
Ohio Education Association
National Educational Association
Miss Inteen Galloway
Dayton
Cleveland
School Foundation
E. L. Bowsher
Bowsher
Legion
Campbell
Students Defy China Troop to Air Protest Crusade
Chinese student protests against Japanese aggression expanded across Henan and Shanghai towns as 2 000 students seized trains and stations demanding free transport to Nanking and a petition to the central government. Troops blocked routes, bridges were torn up, but authorities kept to nonviolent measures amid Sino-Japanese tensions.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Henan
Kaifeng
Japan
North China
Tang Yu-jen
Chinese Railways
Missionary Schools in China Accused of Fueling Anti Japan Action
A Japanese government spokesman quoted consular reports alleging that missionary schools under American and British influence helped lead Chinese student agitation against Japan. The spokesman did not name the schools and would not comment on possible government action, while press reports blamed a U S official at Yenching University Peiping.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
Army Planes Bomb Molten Lava To Save Hilo Water
U S Army planes were ordered to drop bombs on Mauna Loa lava to divert its flow from Hilo Hawaii. If bombing fails a 50 man detachment from the third engineers will use dynamite to open a new lava channel toward the ocean.
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Hawaii
United States Army
Mauna Loa
Third Engineers
President silent on Lindbergh exile and threats
President Roosevelt refused to comment at a press conference on the departure from the country of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh amid continued kidnap threats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles A. Lind
Spanish Storm Claims Fourteen Lives In December Tempest
Fourteen people died in northern and central Spain as violent wind and rain swept the region. Property damage was high as crews assessed the devastation across multiple provinces.
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Madrid
Spain
Child Dies in Crash at Wallbron
An automobile accident near Wallbron killed Rath Keller and injured three others, two seriously, late last night according to authorities.
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Rath Keller
Henry Ford
Milton Raymond
New York Central
Detroit
Washington, D. C
Mercury
Southland
Ice Endangers Boats on River
Ice fills the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati with 90 percent floating ice. two Cincinnati tugs, the Tom Greene and H Yeiser, are frozen, and no boats will leave Cincinnati harbor for days. Dam wickets are lowered to aid ice movement as tributaries freeze.
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Cincinnati
U. S. River Engineers
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H. ©. Yeiser
Portsmouth
Maysville
Yeiser
W. D. Kimble
Greene Line
Fred B. Winter
River Observer
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Ashland
Scioto
Licking River
Kentucky
Woman Escapes Assailant After Hour Snow Battle
Martha Moore 18 of Clay Lick fought off Warnie Martin 19 of Oldtown in a blizzard near Greenup county. Moore endured exposure with frozen hands and wrists after an hourlong struggle on a lonely road before escaping. Martin was arrested on a statutory charge and set for a hearing before County Judge J R Shepherd. Doctor H L Holbrook attended Moore.
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Dee
Greenup County
Martha Moore
Clay Lick
Jake Fisher
Miss Moore
Warnie Martin
Oldtown
Glay Lick
Martin
H. 11
Holbrook
Abduction Reported Near Kearney Nebraska
Delbert Slack of Lexington reports two gunmen abducted Marjorie Boggs, 18, after robbing him of his car and leaving him bound in a local schoolhouse near Kearney. Police later found no trace of Boggs, the vehicle, or the suspects.
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Kearney
Neb
Delbert Slack
Lexington
Mise Marjorie Boggs
Alee
Record Cold Wave Kills About 200 in 28 States
A severe cold wave across 28 states claimed roughly 200 lives. Traffic crashes led with 86 fatalities, 55 died from exposure, 17 in fires, seven from carbon monoxide, five by drowning, and 24 from various causes. Hospitals treated frostbite and exhaustion as frigid weather persisted coast to coast.
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Chicago
Great North Central Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Far South
Ohio Cold Causing 26 Deaths In Severe Freeze
Ohio endures a sharp cold wave with lows near 5 below in Cincinnati. The death toll reached 26 from exposure , traffic crashes, fires and suffocation as residents endure a white Christmas. Forecasters warn of lingering harsh weather despite slight warmup.
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Columbus
Ohio
Coldest Weather Of Season In Southern Ohio
Portsmouth and Scioto county endured the season's coldest conditions with official readings at 1 degree above zero. Unofficial lows reached 5 below and 6 below in nearby Buena Vista, while 11 a m temperature stood at 7 above as 27 degrees Thursday marked a thaw start. Traffic slowed due to slick streets and no accidents were reported. The weatherman forecasts only small temperature gains locally.
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Bismarck
N. C
Lexington
Bluegrass
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Mercury
H. A. Schirrman
Friendship
Dogwood Ridge
Sero
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