Wintry Blasts Sweep Across Country At Many Points Today
Arctic storms lash coasts and inland regions with high winds and freezing temperatures. Shipping dangers rise along the Atlantic and Pacific as vessels struggle against gales and heavy seas. Fatal cold claims several lives in New York state Minnesota and Iowa as blizzards sweep the nation.
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North Atlantic
Quebec City
Brooklyn
Emile Francoui
Antwerp
New York
Nova Scotia
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New England
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
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Ore
Cascades
Los Angeles
Middlewest
Appalachian
Middle
TVA Report Prompts Debate On Valley Development Plan
Washington reports mixed Capitol action on a Roosevelt era plan to develop Mississippi Valley resources. Senators and representatives praise, warn, and critique a proposed 1 billion dollar, 20 year river program including rural electrification, dam construction, power unification, and federal assist for appliance sales, with White House considering private interests in TVA expansion.
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Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Dies
D-Tex
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Texan
Wilson
House Flood Control Committee
Congress
White House
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ten Killed in Mine Train Boiler Blast at Montgomery
A locomotive explosion on a three-coach train carrying miners to an Elkhorn Piney Coal Company mine in Montgomery West Virginia killed ten and injured many more. Fireman and engineer among the dead, with over 100 aboard as debris flew 100 yards. Officials rushed victims to a local hospital amid fears of additional deaths. The blast was blamed on a buckled fire box cover and loose boiler tubes. The incident followed by a separate Berlin reporting note on a purge and arrests in Saar territory.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Elkhorn-Piney Coal Company
W. M. Blankenship
D. L. Oxley
Army Air Fliers Centralized On Two Coasts
An army armada of nearly 1000 fighting planes forms a general headquarters air force. Base locations include Langley Field Virginia Hamilton Field California and Barksdale Field Louisiana with Fort Crockett Texas as an interim central wing site. By June 30 units move to Barksdale. Andrews leads the new structure replacing Foulois authority.
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General Headquarters Air Force
Atlantic
Pacific
Southwest
Benjamin D. Foulois
Air Corps
Army Corps
Frank M. Andrews
Langley Field
Air Force
Hamilton Field
California
Barksdale, Field
Louisiana
Fort Crockett
Texas
Barksdale Field
Hollywood on horseback at Pagadena racetrack
In Pagadena California a vivid scene unfolds at a sunny racetrack where actors and actresses mingle with gamblers. The narrator notes entrenched wealth and faded glamour as race day draws crowds and big spenders, while mocking tax talk and the era’s showy excess.
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Pagadena
Calif
Graham
Senor
Hollywood
Garbo
Los Angeles Reports New Auto Death Toll Record
Los Angeles, Dec. 27 AP. The city has the highest automobile fatality rate among twelve large U.S. cities and recorded its 462nd traffic death this year Basilio Martinez, 53, was killed at an intersection late last night in the latest fatality.
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Los Angeles
Basilio Martinez
Anti gambling raids shake Albuquerque last night
Raids against alleged gambling in violation of state law continued as investigators entered a deserted gaming house at 1907 West Central and seized gambling devices which were destroyed. Wayne Honeycutt and J R Fellows were taken into custody and released on $1000 bonds. arraignment date pending.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Wayne Honeycutt
J. R. Fellows
West Central
Germans Rally to Saar Election From New York
A German American delegation sailed from New York on the Deutschland carrying 30 voters to participate in the Saar plebiscite. It was the final of three group trips, totaling about 700 travelers, with roughly a quarter holding American citizenship.
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New York
Hudson
State to show Hauptmann at Lindy's home
Flemington N J Dec 27 AP The state of New Jersey an official source said today has decided to ignore one of the cards in its hand against Bruno Richard Hauptmann its new alibi law By invoking the law passed by the 1934 legislature the state could force Hauptmanns defense to give notice of any intention to claim that Hauptmann was not at the scene of the Lindbergh kidnapping at the time of the crime The official source said the state has determined not to invoke the
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Flemington
N. J
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Cause Of Carlsbad Fire Unknown Verdict
In Carlsbad New Mexico a coroner's jury found the cause of the Carlsbad Inn fire unknown after testimony fluctuated between an unidentified man with a gas stove and an accidental cigarette. Four people died seven injured eight escaped as the blaze gutted the two story rooming house with an estimated loss of five thousand dollars.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Carlsbad Inn
Tom Wood
Ira J. Stockwell
Rule Craddock
Mailing State Income Tax Forms Declines This Year
Santa Fe AP Chief Tax Commissioner Byron O Beall said 15000 state income tax forms are being mailed today down from about 20000 last year because many forms went to exempt individuals. He noted slightly over 6000 people paid the tax last year.
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Santa Fe
Byron O. Beall
Relief and NRA Top Debates as Congress Opens
Washington observers foresee three pivotal debates when Congress convenes next week focusing on relief funds, the cash bonus, and the NRA. Roosevelt's January 4 message is expected to outline a middle course with possible guidance on work relief and public works funding likely ranging from three to six billion dollars, while the soldier bonus remains a debated option.
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Congress
Washington
World Court
Roosevelt
White House
NRA
Wounding at Raton Club House
Colfax county officers investigated the wounding of Mike Rokus, proprietor of a Van Houten clubhouse, on Christmas night after an altercation with George Tsalarakis who allegedly started the disturbance and was ejected. Rokus was in critical condition.
Ashland Hotel Fire Destroys Squam Lake Hotel
A morning blaze in Ashland New Hampshire destroyed the Squam Lake Hotel with 50 rooms, the hotel annex drug store and garage, plus two residences. Estimated damage reached 100000 dollars as fire crews from six towns and 100 factory workers fought the flames in gale winds, with no injuries reported.
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Ashland
N. H
Squam Lake
Carl Crowley
Ashland Fire Department
Turner Plans 400 Mile Per Hour Air Speed Try
Seattle dispatch reports Col Roscoe Turner, famed racing pilot, intends to attempt a land speed record above 400 mph next summer. The low wing single seat monoplane, designed by Prof H W Barlow of the University of Minnesota, aims to beat the current 314 mph mark set at Istres by Raymond Del Monte.
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Seattle
Roscoe Turner
America
H.W. Barlow
University of Minnesota
France
Raymond del Motten
Istres
Jimmie Wedell
New Orleans
Funeral services for Miss Romero held in Peralta
Funeral services for Miss Romero fifty nine daughter of the late Placido Romero of Peralta New Mexico will be held at Peralta this morning. Miss Romero who apparently retired in good health died in her sleep Christmas night.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Romero
Placido Romero
Peralta
Man Found Dead Near Deming Likely Suicide
Deming New Mexico December 27 AP The body of an unidentified man with a bullet through the right eye was found about a mile west of town last night. A coroner’s jury ruled death by poison and a pistol shot, both related to personal safety. Officers think the man was a transient with no id or label clues on clothing.
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Deming
N. M
Here
William C Fleming Dies at Roswell Home
William C Fleming a Roswell resident since 1898 died suddenly at 6 50 this morning at the family home southeast of Roswell He was a farmer livestock trader and former district court bailiff He was a church member survived by widow two sons and five daughters with services tabbed through Ballard Funeral Home pending arrival of relatives
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William C. Fleming
Roswell
Mr. Fleming
Fleming
M. E. Church
South
Jack
Matt Fleming
Jack Richardson
Glen Yarnell
Elizabeth Fleming
J. R. Best
Silver City
N. M
H. W. Yost
Phoenix
Arizona
Possible end of infantile paralysis forecast at science meeting
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Pittsburgh the forecast of an end to infantile paralysis centers on two vaccines. One from Philadelphia showed rapid immunizing effects within about three days to a week in 25 children, neutralizing the 1934 California virus. The other from New York uses formalin treated virus to reduce virulence.
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Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Philadelphia
New York
John A. Kolmer
Temple University
California
Maurice Brody
M. D
New York City
Vaccination Hope for Sleeping Sickness Progress
Pittsburgh reports a promising start toward a sleeping sickness vaccine. The effort follows methods used by the New York City Health Department and parallels the polio vaccine program. Dr Morrie Brody presented the preliminary animal test results at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
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Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advance of Science
New York City
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