Madrid Hospital Clinico Falls to Government Forces
Reports from Madrid indicate the strategic Hospital Clinico in University City was captured by government troops after an all-morning battle with insurgents. Heavy artillery, mines, and tanks were used, with the ruin cleared and insurgent resistance collapsing after twelve hours. Government lines held as bombardment and counterattacks continued in Cuatro Caminos and Rosales districts.
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MADRID
Clinico
University City
Rosales
Cuatros Caminos
Hospital Clinico
Cuatro Caminos
BURGOS
BILBAO
Spain
Needed moisture falls in Kansas
Snow and rain spread across western Kansas as winter wheat crops gain needed moisture. Morland records three inches of snow, Colby reports an inch and a half covered ground, while other areas see rain and snow with melting on southern points. Skies stay cloudy and heavy, wet flakes fall in some towns.
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GARDEN CITY
Kas
Kansas
Morland
Colby
Mercy Death Bill Rejected by House of Lords
London December 1 The House of Lords rejected the mercy death euthanasia bill by 35 to 14 after a brief debate. Lord Dawson of Penn and the Archbishop of Canterbury opposed it. Canterbury argued extreme cases should be left to the medical profession to handle.
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LONDON
house of lords
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Canterbury
Bishop Says King Edward Needs Grace of God
The Bishop of Bradford told a Bradford diocesan conference that King Edward VII needs the grace of God as much as any subject. He urged the king to show positive signs of awareness regarding personal affairs while noting that the king is held to a standard of kingship by the English people and must be dedicated to the care of God.
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Edward
Grace of God
LONDON
Bradford
Edward VII
A. W. F. Blunt
Church of England
Wallis Simpson
Blunt
Birmingham
FOX
Threats of Revolt Over Minority Leader in Republican Party
The story reports internal tensions within the Republican leadership in the United States House of Representatives. Representative Fish vows to seek a liberal policy and may push for new leadership if Snell cowers to the Roosevelt and New Deal stance. Senators Nye Norris La Follette and Frazier echo calls for a more progressive, less old-guard leadership to avoid party splits.
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NASHINGTON
house of representatives
Fish
Representative Snell
Snell
house of repesentatives
Roosevelt
Nye
R.N.D
Pacific Mutual Case Is Argued In Court
Deputy State Attorney General Frank L Guerena argued that the rehabilitation plan of State Insurance Commissioner Samuel Carpenter for Pacific Mutual Life Insurance does not violate due process. He said the plan affects no actual loss to policyholders and involves no taking of property while maintaining due process. Harold Judson challenged figures given by actuary William Breiby supporting the plan.
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LOS ANGELES
Depuy
Frank L Guerena
Samuel Carpenter
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
Guerena
Carpenter
Geurena
Harold Judson
Pacific Mutual
William Breiby
Senator Johnson Shows Improvement After Illness
Washington December 1 report states Senator Johnson, Republican of California, is "somewhat improved" after several months illness. His office says there is "every prospect" he will resume duties before Congress convenes January 5. APRA in
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Johnson
Cal
congress
Diplomats required permit to wed foreigners per Roosevelt order
Washington reports an executive order signed by President Roosevelt on November 17 barring American diplomatic and consular officers from marrying foreigners without explicit permission of the secretary of state. The move follows a wartime world tension warning against increasing such marriages. It notes 18 percent of foreign service officers and 27 percent of embassy and consular clerks are married to aliens, but clerks are exempt. The piece cites Ruth Bryan Owen’s marriage to Danish Captain George Rohde as a recent prominent example and notes her resignation after the ceremony at the White House residence.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Roosevelt
OWEN
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
George Rohde
Owen- Rohde
Hyde Park
Valley of Moon Fire Controlled Near Glen Ellen
Fire in the Valley of the Moon was checked by backfiring today after approaching within a quarter mile of Glen Ellen California. Mrs Eliza Shepard sister of the late Jack London said many small homes burned but there were no reported fatalities.
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GLEN ELLEN
Cal
Gee
Valley of the Moon
Eliza Shepard
Jack London
Flames Destroy Crystal Palace in London Fire
London reports Crystal Palace reduced to smouldering ruins after a spectacular blaze last night. The mirrored edifice, built in 1851 at about £1.3 million, served as an amusement center for generations. no lives were lost though damage remains unestimated.
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LONDON
Crystal Palace
Priest Ends 259 Day Fast and Seeks Forest Life
In Bombay a Jain priest named Misrilalji ended a 359 day fast weighing 65 pounds. He sought to unify 32 Jain sects but failed. During the fast he lost 82 pounds from 147 to 65, his third long fast after 149 and 172 days. He now wishes retirement to a lonely forest.
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BOMBAY
Misrilalji
France to Offer U S 536 Million War Debt Settlement
Washington officials report Paris may propose paying about 536 million dollars to the United States as a full and final settlement of France's war debts. The plan would be in twelve billion francs, likely in annual installments over 20 to 25 years with no extra interest. The talks yielded no definite time or terms.
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PARIS
France
United States
United States treasury
Washington
chamber of deputies
R. Walton Moore
Willam C. Bullitt
von Delbos
Moore
Bullitt
Dr. Delbos
Delbos
Ambassador Bullitt
state department
Mr. Delbos
Williams Reinstated to Wausau Vocational Class
T Harry Williams, teacher in Wausau Wisconsin, resumes history classes after a suspension over Armistice Day remarks about Abraham Lincoln. The vocational education board reinstated him following a University of Wisconsin extension division statement that it could not consent to withdraw him from teaching in Wausau. Williams says his remarks were misconstrued and not intended as an insult to Lincoln.
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WAUSAU
Wis
T. Harry Williams
Abraham Lincoln
Williams
Wausau board of vocational education
University of Wisconsin extension division
Smith Charges May Be Dropped in Marble Savings Case
Rutland Vermont December 1 judge forecast dismissal of a misprision charge against Gov Charles M Smith arrested yesterday and indicated he would accept dismissal motions from remaining defendants after dismissing similar charges against two others in the Marble Savings Bank shortage case.
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RUTLAND, VI
Charles M. Smith
John S. Buttles
Marble Savings Bank
Buttles
Atlantic States Swept by Cold Wave
A December 1 report details a broad East Coast cold wave that froze rivers and impeded shipping, with ice clogging the Erie Canal and Lake Superior southbound traffic. Noted lows include Pulaski 28 below, Saranac Lake 24 below, Kane 21 below, and Machias 20 below. New York winds chilled streets to twelve above zero early morning.
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NEW YORK
Rockies
United States
Miami
Quebec
Vermont
Pulaski
N. Y
Saranac Lake
Kane
Machias
Canton
Erie canal
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Sault St. Marne
Reading
Berkshire knitting mills
Providence
R. 1
Niagara Falls
Lowell
Mass
United Plans Sleeper Planes Expansion
Harold Crary, United Air Lines general manager, announced plans to handle a 26 percent rise in passenger traffic next year. The expansion relies on 28 new Douglas transport aircraft and keeping 30 Boeing planes in service. Eight of the new planes will be sleepers for coast-to-coast routes via Chicago, Salt Lake City, and a third city.
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NEW YORK
Harold Crary
United Air Lines
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Ickes Back in Richmond After Auto Wreck Near Fredericksburg
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes escaped serious injury when his car overturned after being forced off a road ten miles north of Fredericksburg. He and administrative assistant E. K. Burlew suffered a slight cut on his hand while en route to Richmond for cornerstone laying ceremonies at the Medical College of Virginia.
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RICHMOND
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Fredericksburg
Ickes
E. K. Burlew
Medical College of Virginia
Four Transformers Ordered for Boulder Dam
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company announced receipt of orders from the United States reclamation service for four transformers for Boulder Dam. Each unit is to cost 100000 dollars.
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SHARON
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
United States reclamation service
Boulder Dam
Roosevelt Urges 21 Nations to Stand Firm Against War
President Roosevelt opens the South American peace parley in Buenos Aires urging twenty one New World republics to unite against aggression. He defends democratic government as the best path to peace while condemning trade barriers and stressing mutual security. He also says the United States won’t join the League of Nations and notes the death of Gus Gennerich.
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BUENOS AIRES
Det
Roosevelt
United States
Americas
America
League of Nations
August
Gus) Gennerich
Maritime Unions Threaten Sailings on Manhattan Liner
Striking maritime workers backed by two new unions seek to halt the liner Manhattan from sailing tomorrow. With 335 booked for Europe and 250 crew signed, the ship may sail freight to Havre despite French port cargo refusals. Unions include the American Radio Rhana and Maritime Fire men Offers and Watertenders.
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NEW YORK
United States
Manhattan
Havre
Washington
Rhana
Hoyts Haddock
telegraphists
Black
Diamond
Grace
International Mercantile Marine
United States Lines
SAN FRANCISCO
Hawaii
Edward F. McGrady
Samuel King
congress
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s Association
Seattle
Harry Lindeberg
coast sailor's
Bridges
Pacific
American- Hawaiian
Matson and
Dollar lines
Pacific coast
Eastern
Gulf ports
Denver Mint Receives Record Gold in 1936 Ten Months
Denver reports gold receipts through November 1936 totaling 55,810,704 dollars, enough to give every U S resident about 50 cents. Mint superintendent Mark A Skinner notes daily average 166,000 dollars, up from 1935 and 1934. October’s 8,334,251 dollars was the peak month, while June saw 2,741,036 dollars.
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DENVER
United States
Denver mint
Mark A. Skinner
Rocky Mountain
Inter-American Peace Conference Facts
Buenos Aires hosts a 21 nation gathering to discuss peace plans, trade cooperation, and mutual benefits in the western hemisphere. The talks open with President Roosevelt’s address, led by Carlos Saavedra Lamas, and include participants from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico and the United States.
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BUENOS AIRES
E.S.T
Roosevelt
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
League of Nations assembly
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
Peru
Brazil
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Panama
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Mexico
United States
Largest Bomber Is Given Test at Seattle Plant
The world’s largest bomber, a sixteen ton flying fortress, rests on Boe ing field’s runway for its first U S army test flight. John D Corkille pilots the takeoff as engineers install two new air compressors after adjustments. The aircraft carries two thousand pounds of bombs and has five machine guns with a top speed around 250 mph amid overcast skies.
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SEATTLE
Boeing field
United States army
John D. Corkille
army
Four Alarm Fire Strikes San Francisco Business District
A four alarm blaze tore through San Francisco’s market street business area early today causing about 150000 dollars in damage and injuring two firefighters. Fire chief Charles Brennan reported the fire began on the first floor of 543 Market Street and spread to the third floor as downtown apparatus battled the flames amid highly combustible paints and materials.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Charles Brennan
Market street
Band of Beavers Across U S Boundary Delays Deportation
INTERNATIONAL FALLS Minn December 1 The Canadian American boundary is an imaginary line to a band of beavers causing no border trouble as they raid Railay river island for wood and food. American owners urge deportation but the state game and fish department delays action until spring due to their winter sleep.
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INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Minn
United States
Railay river
state game and fish department
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