France to Seek Concessions in New Syria Pact
Dec 30 Paris reports parliamentary deputies say France will seek military concessions from Syria in a new French Syrian agreement amid Italian colonial agitation. The plan would grant Syria substantial independence but keep French police and military control. Dispatches mention calm at Dihout with ships, Senegalese troops moving, and tribal clashes causing casualties.
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France
Syria
Daladier
Dihout
Gulf of Aden
Marseille
Italain
Tunisia
Italy
Suez Canal
Italy Flays French Stand on Chamberlain
Rome reports that France's stance toward Italy's territorial claims drew fresh Fascist attacks. The Ti Messeggero called France the main obstacle to European purification and said Italy viewed Chamberlain's January visit as a chance to press demands amid French resistance.
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Italy
Chamberlain
Rome
France
Teast
Britain
Ti Messeggero
Japanese cabinet shakeup seen amid mobilization row
TOKYO reports indicate imminent changes in Prime Minister Koxoye’s cabinet over the strict mobilization act. Three ministers held talks with Premier Koxoye, with Admiral Bugetsugu at center for pushing full mobilization. Harvard-educated Tkeda may give up the commerce post. Also carried is U.S. Treasury data for December and fiscal year totals.
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Toeio
Japan
Pamimaro Koxoye
Nobumasa Sugetsugu
Stow
Bugetsugu
Apt
Sehin Tkeda
Finance
Commerce
Audit probe ordered in McKesson and Robbins case
New York Dec 30 An investigation into auditing practices for the McKesson and Robbins case was ordered by the Securities and Exchange Commission to examine Price Waterhouse and Company procedures. Five men are jailed on blackmail charges linked to F Donald Coster Musica head of the firm who killed himself. Federal authorities plan a public hearing January 5 as police in Brooklyn arrest Joseph Pararantola and Michael Petrella and other associates on blackmail and related charges.
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New York
McKesson and Robbins
F. Donald Caster-Musica
SEC
Price, Water~ House and Company
New Yor
Joseph Pararandola
Michael Petrella
Brooklyn
Petrela
Coster-Musica
James Pyke
Gregory F. Noonan
U. S
Hat Petrella
Coster-Bisica
Joseph Brandino
Brandino
Mary
Walter H. Craeg
Ben Simon
Coster-Musics
Paracantola
Texas Crops Show Valuation Slump
The U S department of agriculture reports Texas principal crop farm values for 1938 at 309,587,600 dollars, down from 463,204,000 dollars the previous year. The data indicates a sharp decline in agricultural valuations across the state.
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Texas
Austin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tests Set For San Antonio Elementary pupils
Preparation for the annual midterm testing program in San Antonio public schools is under way under Miss Elma Neal, assistant superintendent for elementary education. Tests will reflect classroom work and national standards, with results aiding future instruction. About 11,850 elementary students are expected to advance to the junior high, offset by 6 year old beginners.
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San Antonio
Nea
Ite
Foster
Ollie
Storm
Spain crisis drives battle for Artesa in northern Lleida
At Hendaye, France, December 30, government forces rush men and guns to defend the Balaguer bridgehead and Artesa from Franco’s insurgent drive. Key roads to Catalonia, including the Balaguer-Artesa route, hinge on victory near the Segre river and Cameresa hills as fighting rages through the cold night.
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Hendaye
France
Artesa
Moriiero Peak
Cameresa
Segre River
Balaguer-Artesa Tord
Segre
Carbonera
Japan Denies Aims Beyond Chinese Resistance Areas
Shanghai December 30. Japanese authorities say the attack in Shansi province aims only to crush Chinese resistance in already controlled zones. They deny plans to push into new territory beyond the Yellow River as they focus on forces of en Hsi-Shan at the western boundary while the Chinese admit gains but expect easy retreat into the hills.
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Shanghat
Jede Vam Delgai Shansi
Yellow River
Shansi
En Hsi-Shanjalong
Cold Weather Helps Retail as Post-Christmas Trade Bounces
New York December 30 A dull post Christmas retail scene was steadied by disposal sales and stronger apparel buying amid colder weather Dun and Bradstreet reports in their weekly business review that final Christmas season results show about a 2 percent national drop from the previous year.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Health tips for New Year's Eve by safety council
The National Safety council issued New Year’s Eve advice warning drivers not to drink and drive and pedestrians not to jaywalk. It urged parents to stop their children from riding with drinking drivers and to set a good example.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Desperate struggle ends in Mrs Miriam Rieber's death
New York December 30 Mrs Miriam Rieber wife of financier Torkild Rieber died after a 35 story fall from a Central Park West apartment window during a 10 minute fight with nurse Helen Koerner who found her trying to move toward the open pane. The couple married in 1909 and they have a son Harald in Texas and a daughter Rul who was away with her mother.
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UPI
Miriam Rieber
Central Park
iGouth
Torkild Tieber
The
Texas Company
Texas Corporation
Rieber
Helen Kuerner
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