Roosevelt seeks emergency relief funds for work program
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt urging immediate congress approval of 6.8 billion dollars to fund Works Progress Administration costs through June 30. action needed early January as Congress convenes January 5. Hopkins notes winter rolls near 2,078,43 while labor groups push new unemployment estimates and self registration pilot plans to count jobless.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Carent
Works Progress Administration
Fiany L. Hopkins
WEA
Perkins
Lost art of driving a flivver in Kansas City
A clipped, humorous note describes a retired baseball pitcher nicknamed Ditcher cherishing a 1924 Citadel Ty five as he parks a tiny car in a downtown lot. An attendant balks at fitting the contraption, and Nichols asks Steigmantly why. The reply cites the crowd’s inability to drive such a vehicle in the space.
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Kansas
Ciadel
Nichols
Two Philadelphians Named to Papal Mission for Manila Congress
Vatican announces Pope Pius XII names Monsignor J Carrall and Louis Fitzpatrick of Philadelphia as members of the papal mission to the Eucharistic congress in Manila. Carrall designated as monsignor and Fitzpatrick as knight of the sword and cape.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Auto Workers Seek Glimak Plan in Auto Industry
Washington dispatch reports United Auto Workers presses for a national bargaining plan with General Motors and threatened strikes if terms fail. UAW chief Lewis cites fair relations with Chrysler but tense talks with GM. strikes loom at Libbey Owens Ford plants as efforts draw Labor Department intervention. Philip Murray appears before labor board amid charges of violations of Wagner Act.
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Lewis
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Libbey
Owens
Ford
Py Glass
Labor Department
Philip Murray
Labor Relations Board
United Sites Steel Core
Wagner
Woodlawn Church to Present Nativity Tableau
Woodlawn Methodist Church plans a nativity tableau presented by its young people. The performance titled The Star of Bethlehem features a modern group worship scene andatr-of-the-nativity representation based on Margaret Tarrant’s art. Henry Moeller directs the program on Sunday in the church auditorium.
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Guditarium St DB
Sundey
Henry Moeller Ditecar
Margaret ‘Tarrant
Hethlehem
Randolph Field Observes Christmas Day Service
Randolph Field will observe Christmas in the traditional manner Sunday with Catholic and Protestant services at 7 40 p m. Chaplain George J McMurry will speak on The Christ Calla. Special music has been arranged for the event.
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Randolph Field
George J. McMurry
Faint Heart Spares of Albuquerque Robbery Attempt
In Albuquerque Teo 49 Tuan Gothen alive Anais hears neighbors scream as youths beat Gomez and threaten with a pistol. A shot grazes his head. The assailants flee with $43 from Yrisarri’s purse after demanding a large sum of money and displaying slips to prove funds.
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Fragmented Bexar Facts column hints at holiday plans and locals
A tangled Bexar Facts column lists scattered names and events, including Dely’s first game, visitors from Kansas City and Minneapolis for Christmas, and a canceled booking for Ziegfeld Follies in Texas theater. It notes local figures like Elizabeth Hill and Florence Earn, plus library displays and a Lone of read snapper fish to San Francisco.
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Hendball
Lom Dely
Dely
Joseph V
Dynan
Phil
James
Kansas City
Joe
Wilson
Minneapolis
Hunkabunk
MAT
Irwin Ge
Jis
Florida
Mvins
Fannie Brice
Florence Earn
California
Elizabeth Hill
Irvin Martin
Ramo Heights
Bob Warren
Thomas A. McCrary
San Francisco
Will W. Wood
Cohen
Fickle Fortune Befuddles Swain Coldmeus
A confused report shows Arthur C. Smiths, 26, applying Saturday for a license owed Garnet z, Bretkey, 18. By Monday he patreceited the one pivation, Thursday tie renewed the Tequest and another licenses issued. The second license has been returned, issued.
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Swain Coldmeus
Oia
Arthur C. Smiths
Garnetz
Bretkey
Special Delivery Men Get Christmas Break
Postmaster General Farley announced temporary postal workers would replace regular messengers on Christmas Day. Eligible temporary staff will cover routes so regular carriers can spend the holiday at home.
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Waslington
Bes
Postimaster
Farley
Postasters
Textile trade plans parley with Japan to discuss imports
Washington December delegates from the cotton textile industry announce plans to meet Japanese manufacturers in Tokyo to address rising gray goods and velvet textiles imports while maintaining American wage standards. Dr. Oauding F. Murchison, president of the Cotton Textile Institute, says the aim is friendly cooperation to solve the influx problem and protect raw cotton buyers.
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Washington
Upj
T Ie Cotton Textic
Japan
Oauding F. Murchison
Catton Textte Institute
Sapan
Sugar tax bill fuels Havana political clash
In Havana the sugar tax measure, backed by Col Fulgencio Batista supporters, passed the lower house as political factions argued over loyalty to President Miguel M. Gomez. If Gomez vetoes, allies vow to push a bill challenging legislative acts while defenders claim funds will educate rural Cilban youth under army control. The plan would tax each bag of sugar to raise about $1.5 million annually for army run schools.
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Havana
Bes
Army
Muguel Marlana Gomez
Hiliun
Fulgencio Batizeta
House of Representatives
Gomes
Bylista
Mannett Hatista
Three Girls Die in Pittsburgh Home Fire
In Pittsburgh Der 19 report, three girls aged 12, 6, and 4 perished when a house burned while their mother was away. Rich Tate and Phyllis Anne Swartalander were at home with Audrey when flames trapped them under a bed and a blanket. The mother and Melvin Swartalander had just taken a ride on a party fire engine when the blaze started.
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Pittsburgh
Leifts
Rich Tate
Phyllis Anne
Audrey
Aira
Melvin Swartalander
Natrona Heights
Swartalander
Young Sufferer Gets Hope for Christmas Healing
Charley Mendenhall, a 19 month year old from Kansas, faces a skin disease but doctors now see a real chance for recovery. National attention grew after hospital staff arranged a Santa visit in downtown Fannin, lifting the boy who had never heard of Santa before. Proceeds from ads seek buyers for unused furniture and appliances.
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Kansas
Olfy
United States
Canada
Charley Mendenhall
Dirses
Santa Claus
Quiz Boy in Chums Death Faces Further Police Questioning
A 14 year old, Joly Macaei, is questioned by police over the death of Francis XX Laing at a Tidert Inn tenement. Investigation follows a November disappearance and a stack of obstructing boards found in the East Side residence.
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Francis XX. Laing
Tider
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Willams
Foys
School of Warwick
Marek
Pollge
Lalno
Eee
Jan
Wi SB
Francis
Willian
John
Warwick Institution
Industry Surges Ahead to New Peak in 1929-39 Data
Industry activity climbs toward a new peak as the seasonally adjusted index reaches 100.8, up from 96.4 four weeks prior and versus 97.0 a year earlier. Steel mills, cotton manufacturing, and power production drive the gains amid broader industrial output gains.
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New York
Associated Press
Travis Park group to stage Christmas play Sunday
Travis Park Methodist church will stage a Christmas play titled The Silence of God Sunday at 6:30 in the educational building under Mrs. Juanita Starck. Participants include Bill Gregory James Timmons Bob Baxter and others with chorus from the University providing music.
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Methodist Chth
Travis Park Ch
Goer
Juanita Starck
Bill Gregnor
James Timmons
Bob Baxter
Bens Tis McCune
Foret Duke
Jaci Rutherford
Sai Atitano Wi
Amnesia at Burlesque Show Stuns NY Visitor
A man, about 28 years old, arrived at Bellene hospital after a burlesque show with total memory loss. Dr Allan Murphy reports the patient cannot recall his name or origin, and staff treat it as an amnesia case in the psychopath ward.
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Der
Violim
Bellene Hospital
Allan Murphy
Senate probes piece together vast railroad finance web
Senate investigators adjourned for holidays and began sifting a bewildering mass of evidence in two week inquiry into railroad financing led by Chamasn Wheeler. Testimony shows Missouri Pacific borrowed over 23 million dollars from Reconstruction Finance Corporation, with nearly 8 million used to pay off prior lenders from a Morgan banking syndicate. I C C reluctant to approve loans, fearing a bailout of private banks.
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Chamasn Wheeler
Democrat
Montana
America
van Sweringen
Clevelard
A. B. Morgan and Company
Arthur
M. Anderson
George Whitney
Jet & van Sweringen
Missouri Pacific
Res Construction Pylanes Corporation
Miptey
Esrier Isans
Morgan
Alderson
REO
Wheeler
Interstate Commerce Comission
Teo
Christmas Star Comet Belief Questioned by Astronomer
SEATTLE Dec 19 Williayn O Hsle president of the Sea Astronomics spoke at St Clementa Episcopal Church claiming astronomers rationalize the Bethlehem star as a scientific comet rather than a literal miracle. He noted theorists consider a celestial event but maintain the star guided the Magi as a real phenomenon.
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Seattle
Williayn O. Hsle
Astronomics
Adritly
Bethlehem
Donatt
Palestine
St. Clementa Episcopal Church
Han
White Christmas Play by Government Hill youths
Government Hill Fall Methodist church presents a Christmas play titled White Christmas Toe White Christmas led by Rev Donald Redinoud. The youth group stages the modern interpretation of the Christmas spirit in a theater setting on a Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
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Goveraent Fall Methodist Church
Pam
Esek
Chris Spirit
Donald Redinoud
Ator
Are Ca
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