FROGIOT AERIAL ATTACKS DISRUPT MADRID HOLIDAY
Madrid suffers Epiphany disruption as six-inch shells hit central districts during Feast of the Magi. Sixteen bombers and 24 fighters targeted Socialist lines near University City and Las Rozas, while authorities call for food and fuel rations and report Allied-style German replacements in Andalusia.
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Madrid
Jay
Diattet
Alrmien
University City
Las Rozas
Capitol
Carlos Expla
Foc
Guadarrama Forces Isolated From City
Fascist headquarters outside Madrid report Mount Cumbre heights seized isolating Madrid from government troops. Gen Franco’s insurgents and Moorish units pushed back Socialist forces after a three day battle with 620 government soldiers counted dead and estimates of at least 1000 government casualties. Road domination near Las Rozas gave insurgents a strategic advantage northwest of Madrid.
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Madrid
Mount Cumbre
Francisco Franco
el Escorial
Las Roazs
Isai
Army Costs Hike Budget of Soviet MOSCOW 1037
The Soviet Union's 1937 budget, estimated today, would be about 20 percent higher than 1927, driven largely by army and capital construction costs. Expenditures are set at 93,000,000,000 roubles about 18.6 billion dollars. The rise funds the army and public works and similar construction.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Directors Named for Reserve Banks in Dallas and West Texas
Dallas January 6 AP The Federal Reserve announces new and renewed directorships across Houston San Antonio and El Paso branches. B A McKinney says terms run three years. Houston reelected Sam Taub of Houston and named P D Doty of DeKalb and H Renfert of Galveston. San Antonio reappointed George C Hollis and Fogle Pass, Corpus Christi’s Edwin F Bate named to replace retiring director. El Paso saw Sam D Young of El Paso renamed. Tucson’s N B Martin and Las Cruces’ Frank M Hayner chosen to fill expired terms.
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Dallas
INS
Ap- 1
Russian Steamer Halted by Spain at Gibraltar
The Russian steamer Belmor canal on route from Rotterdam to Elba was halted today in the Straits of Gibraltar by a Spanish intercept trawler and scuttled to Ceuts Spanish Maraeed. An unconfirmed report from Seville radio claimed a fascist ware ship loaded with 600 tons of potatoes bound for Bilbo.
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Spain
Gibraltar
Belmor Canal
Rotterdam
Elba
Straits of Gibraltar
Seville
Bilbo
McCrory Stores Reports Strong December Gains
McCrory Stores corporation announced December sales of 6,714.34 dollars, up from 6,268,355 dollars, a 7.1 percent rise. For the 13 months ended December 31, total sales reached 49,934,000 dollars, up from 37,427,718 dollars in 1935, a 12 percent gain.
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McCrory
York
Jan
McCrory Stores Corporation
GM President Sloan joins GM high command amid auto strikes
Detroit reports that General Motors president Sloan joined the companys high command as strikes hit plants. Teencer claims indicate unions and labor conciliators may seek meetings, with Walter Perkins and other officials involved. The strike at Ternstedt Manufacturing halts 7000 of 12000 workers, signaling broad impact on GM operations.
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Detroit
Jan
Aleed P.sloan
Genseat Motors Corporation
J Sloan
F. Dewey
Labor Department
General Motors
Sloan
Ternstedt Manufacturing Company
Iuin
Pisher Lumber Corporation
Memphis
Tenn
New York
Capital
Homer
Marlin
C. A
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
White House
Willan
Knudsen
Isbor
Edward D. Binex
Flint
Mich
Martin
Bick
Black
Larry 8. Davidow
Michigan
Picketing Ends at Jersey City Piers Amid Strike
In Jersey City on January 6 a strike by seamen delayed American Export lines two ships to the Atlantic-Mediterranean route. Police Chief Walsh said picketers did not march from Hoboken as in prior days. The Dollar Line faced 14 ships idle as stoppages lingered. A disparate local scene follows with unrelated film mention.
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Jersey City
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Excohorda
Exilona
Harry A. Walsh
Atrikars
Nohoken
Gets Six Months for Each Capsule in Heroin Case
Richard Falcon, 30, of Vine Street, pled guilty to possession of narcotics and was sentenced to two years in prison, six months for each capsule. Arrested July 25 by Det. Joe Lara, he had previously served a two year federal narcotics sentence in LaPuna. Robert Baldwin, an Eastern stage actor from St. Louis, signed to a long-term contract with Rapuel Cohen for Major Pictures.
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Richard Falcon
Vine Street
W. W.mccrory
Criminal District Court
Uesday
Falcon
la ‘Puna
Joe Lara
Robert Baldwin
St. Louls
Rapuel Cohen
Major Pictures
Peggy Rich to Marry Siath in Mexico for Divorce
Blonde Peggy Rich announces she will travel to Juarez, Mexico, with her sixth groom to obtain a divorce so she can wed band leader Michael Tree. Existing marriage to Tree notes he has eight wives, but Peggy says the issue will be resolved once they reach Mexico. Bess Meredyth will adapt Drying Along the Mohawk from Walter D. Edmonds’ story for Twentieth Century-Fox.
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New York
Peggy Rich
Mexico
Juarez
Michael Tree
Peggy
50 Tree
Preey
Michael
Bess Meredyth
Walter D. Edmonds
Twentieth Century-Fox
Intangible Tax Act upheld by Third Court of Civil Appeals
The Third Court of Civil Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the tangible tax act in a suit by Texas Pipeline Co against Tax Commissioner R J Anderson. The court affirmed the district court, noting the $4,621,000 valuation was in line with county assessments and that the act provides a workable method for apportioning intangible values without violating due process. Treasury: receipts $102,165,731.78. expenditures $104,539,071.84. balance $1,903,503,773.28.
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Austin
Jan
Third Court of Civil “Appeals
Travis County District Court
R. J. Anderson
Texas Pips Line Company
Tew
District Court
Texas
Sbe
State Tax’ Board
Treasury
Washington
The
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