Plane search continues for missing Northwest Express transport
In Spokane on December 25, air and ground crews search snowbound Utat peaks for nine exsons missing since December 14. Thirteen planes stand ready as weather limits visibility, awaiting a break to resume the rescue of Northwest Express transport flight.
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S. Western Air Express Transport
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National Guard
Aidines Brabsport
Lient
Byron
Gropwr
Washington National
Curly Top Delights Elkhart Train Crew on Christmas Morning
Elkhart’s Curly Top Violet Schmidt, a fourth grader famed as the Twentieth Century sweetheart, waved to the Century train as it passed at 7 am. Crew and passengers shared a warm moment, gifting her a Santa spree while her financially strained parents watched. she dreams of a future ride on the rails.
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Bibra Bgerlee
Elegart
Sid
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Violet Schmidt
Eikhart
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Santa Claus
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George Schmidt
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Saint Nick
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Santa
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St Vincents Catholic School
Ourry Top
Russia Tense as War Scare Grows
Moscow reports Christmas observances as tempers rise over Spanish Fascist attacks. Headlines denounce the sinking of the Komsomol and push for a strong navy while Russians accuse Germany Italy and Japan of forming an anti-communist alliance amid war threats.
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Russia
Moscow
Komsomol
State Pays Damage After Bruno Trial
New Jersey was ordered to pay a $1500 claim tied to the Hauptmann trial. Attorneys contend the sum covers losses claimed by Pincus Fisch, brother of Isidore Fisch, who Hauptmann had implicated in the Lindbergh kidnapping. Fisch was brought from Germany to testify but never took the stand.
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Bruno
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Allomeys
Pincus Fisch
Isidore Fisch
Hauptmann
Lindtrygh
Fisch
Germany
Trike Pickets Back After Houston Waterfront Raids
Seamen resume picketing after police raids on the Houston waterfront leave about 20 injured. Lieut Murray is removed from ship channel duties as Chief Honea orders a full investigation. Violence cited as subsiding, but tensions remain high among longshoremen and strikers amid ongoing strike activity.
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Houston
Strik
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J. E. Murray
McDade Texas recalls grim necktie party massacre
In McDade Texas on Christmas Eve 1885 a gunmen clubbed town outlaws during a festive dance. Eleven men were hanged after masked raiders and a Welcoming committee lured visitors, plundered valuables, and disappeared with return of armed citizens who dispensed swift vigilante justice.
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Mcdade
Bastrop County
Tex
Hensee
Texas Central
Strike Front Quiet for Christmas
San Francisco December 25 Maritime strikers observed Christmas day after barbed exchanges with West Coast shipowners Families of strikers joined meals at a public auditorium while unions contributed to strife damaged by talks. Assistant Secretary McGrady planned a meeting tomorrow between offshore ship operators and the Masters Mates and Pilots union as negotiations continue. West Coast shipowners blamed Harry Bridges for delaying votes on settlement proposals and strikes leaders accused employers of trying to fracture the united front.
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Perry
Bortelity of
Edward F. McGrady
Committee
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Harry Bridges
Francis Perkins
Perkins
United Front
McGrady
Launch Probe in Fatal Explosion
Coroner George F. Baler ordered Fireworks store clerks and customers to testify as investigators probe an explosion that killed two and injured ten in a midtown Asheville fire. The dead were Red Corn, 30, a clerk, and Maude Stepp, a patron. Her 11 year old son Lawferte was tossed into the street.
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Asheville
N. C
George F. Baler
Maude Stepp
Lawferte
Ventriloquist Wills $10,000 to Dummy
New York reports ventriloquist Ed Bergen bequeathed 10,000 to his stage dummy Charlie McCarthy. He set up a trust with the Actors' Fund of America for 500 yearly maintenance and the remainder for entertainment of orphans and hospital children.
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New York
War Bergen
Ventrilo~ Quist
Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Peron
Actors’ Fund of America
Charlie
French Workers Go On Three Day Christmas Vacation
Paris reports a three day holiday as French workers join a festive Christmas celebration. Many factories operating under the 40 hour week closed until Monday and department stores also shut for the period.
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Paris
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