Chiang’s Wife Seeks Rescue For Generalissimo From Captor
Shanghai dispatch reports Mrs Chiang Kai Shek the former Meiling Soong and a billionaire heiress flew to Sian Fu to ransom or act as hostage for her husband Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek seized by Marshal Chang Hsueh Hang. She traveled with T V Soong and W L Donald to press private negotiations. Government allows departure but limits commitment while surrounding actions continue.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Sian-Fu
Chang Hsueh- Hang
Japan
Chiang
T. V Soong
W. L. Donald
Marshall
Woman Shot in Estate Dispute Near Columbus
Mrs. Margaret Strope, 60, was shot twice by her husband William, 62, in Fayette county near Washington D. H. during an argument over an estate left to Mrs. Strope by her father. Strope killed himself after the shooting. their daughter Fern, 21, witnessed it and drove her mother to a neighbor’s home for help. The couple had been separated six weeks and Mrs. Flynn had accompanied them prior to the incident.
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Columbus, CO
Margaret Strope
William
Stropes
Sentenced To Chair Shows No Emotion
Heber L. Hicks, convicted of the torso murder of retired Cincinnati fire captain Harry R. Miller, was sentenced by Judge Roscoe O'Byrne to die in the electric chair on April 10, 1937. The jury of 11 farmers and a truck operator found Hicks guilty of first degree murder on the 12th ballot, carrying the mandatory death penalty. Hicks showed no emotion as the sentence was passed.
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Brookville
Ind
Heber L. Hicks
Harry R. Miller
Cincinnati
Roscoe O’byrne
Hicks
Texas mill produces cottonseed bread and pastry flour
Fort Worth reports a Tex as mill has produced a bread and pastry flour from cottonseed. The flour contains 50 percent protein and has shortening properties and nutritive elements.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
All-South Development Council
Townsend Club Christmas Party Set for December 23
Elyria Townsend Club No 1 plans an oyster supper and holiday gathering at 136 Middle Avenue on Wednesday evening December 23 with supper served 7 to 8 30. Members from surrounding clubs and the public invited to join the town holiday festival hosted by the Townsend group. Plans also advance for a second bazaar early next year under chairwoman Mrs Burrell as the club adopts the Townsend National Recovery Plan Inc charter. A minority committee will select officers in January for a six month term.
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Elyria Townsend Club No
Burrell
Middle Avenue
Elyria
Townsendites
Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc
Townsend Movement
Aviator drops eggs to firefighters in mountain country
Bend Oregon report says L. J. Sobler, a Portland aviator, parachuted to isolated fire camps delivering nine dozen eggs packed in a wooden crate. He cracked only three eggs, and loaves of bread lashed under the crate cushioned the landing.
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Bend
Ore
L. J. Sobler
Portland
Buffalo skeleton found beneath Indianola surface
In Indianola Iowa the complete buffalo skeleton was recovered from 30 feet underground and will be turned over to the Iowa State Historical Building in Des Moines. Dr Louise Fillman head of geology at Simpson College calls it among the finest specimens she has seen.
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Indianola
Iowa
Iowa State Historical Building
Des Moines
Louise Fillman
Simpson College
Mother and son enroll as freshmen at State College of Washington
Pullman report notes Martha Brown graduates from Anatone birth school and earns diploma while her son Estel Brown also enters SCW as a freshman. Mrs. Brown studies English and Estel majors in forestry at the college.
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Pullman, Wash
Bysmun Estel Brown
Anatone
Wash
Martha Brown
State College of Washington
Pratt grows California’s first naturally ripened Hawaiian pineapple
Vallejo California resident R D Pratt claims the distinction of raising the first Hawaiian pineapple to ripen on California soil. The feat followed meticulous care of a pineapple plant grown for seed and strict attention to its cultivation, culminating in the fruit gracing Pratt’s table.
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Vallejo
Cal
R. D. Pratt
California
Pratt
U S Abstains From Peace Pact Resolution
Buenos Aires reports the United States abstained on a motion to coordinate Kellogg Briand and Saavedra Lima peace pacts with the league covenant. The U S delegation cited policy of non involvement and full cooperation with international peace efforts within its non entanglement stance. Argentina plans consultations with U S and Italy on commercial agreements as 37 peace and economic projects await signature at the final conference.
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Buenos Aires
United States
League of Nations
Saavedreda Lamas
League
Argentina
Rescue Santa From Whispering Campaign
In Michigan City Indiana on December 22 teachers and parents defended Santa Claus amid rumors that a teacher spread the idea there is no Santa. The school superintendent and several principals denied knowledge of the rumor and called for calm as the city debated the illusion of Santa. Local educators affirmed the Christmas program and Santa’s planned visit despite the scare.
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Michigan City
Ind
Santa Claus
M. C. Murray
Murray
Jessie Barnett
Jefferson Grade
British girl volunteer joins Spanish loyalists in Barcelona
A British girl volunteer wearing militia uniform and carrying kit prepares to depart Barcelona to join the Spanish loyalist forces, signaling international support for the loyalist cause during the conflict.
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Acme
Barcelona
Body Found Is Missing Nephew Of New York Millionaire
Corinth Mississippi December 22 authorities were informed that a body found at Port Arthur Texas resembled Larry Glass the 26 year old missing nephew of New York millionaire Harry Lissner Glass disappeared here December 13 and had been sent to Corinth by his uncle as an employee in Weaver Manufacturing Company owned by Lissner
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Corinth
Miss
Port Arthur
Tex
Larry Glass
Harry Lissner
New York
Glass
Weaver Manufacturing Company
Lissner
Chronicle Telegram Want Ad for Results
A terse request appears for a results oriented want ad in the Chronicle Telegram. The reader seeks a concise, direct notice likely listing items or outcomes sought in a classified style with minimal details.
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Chronicle Telegram
Hint of Broad Auto Plant Strikes As UAW Presses GM
Detroit December 22 John L Lewis powerful CIO committee backs United Automobile Workers strike pressure to win recognition from General Motors. Organizers claim enough of GM's 211 000 workers to tie up the company if a collective bargaining conference is not arranged. Brophy says CIO has devoted resources to the struggle as feeder industries feel the strike mood and GM officials indicate readiness for any contingency.
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Detroit
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
John Brophy
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
GMC
Homer Martin
UAW
Martin
Four Presidential Candidates Guests Of Gridiron Club
Washington history was made as President Roosevelt Gov Landon Norman Thomas and Larry Browder dined together at the Gridiron Club banquet and were lampooned in sketches. Landon met Roosevelt at the White House earlier, while reporters were excluded per club tradition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gor
Alf M. Landon
Norman Thomas
Larry Browder
Gov. Landon
White House
Herbert Hoover
Willard Hotel
Rexford G. Tugwell
Union League Club
J. P. Morgan
Tugwell
America
Election satire unfolds as Republicans mock 1940 bid
A theatrical party scene depicts Morgan presiding over a satirical GOP gathering. Figures like Hamilton wear a barrel while recounts and multilingual aid stagings unfold. The show parodies FDR and the New Deal, ending with a mock autopsy of the GOP and a boastful return in 1940 amid a large diplomatic turnout.
Navy Officers and Governors Lead Business Leaders
Navy officers and numerous state governors joined business leaders in a broad delegation highlighted by top officials. The gathering showcased cooperation between military leadership, civil authorities, and industry executives on national security and economic policy.
Young hunter Jackie Quaintance nets largest fox prize
Jackie Quaintance, seven, son of Mr and Mrs Stuart Quaintance near Sherrard, has captured a red fox described as the largest hare in the countryside. He trapped the animal on his father's farm, earning a notable distinction among local hunters and trappers.
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Sherrard
Jackie Quaintance
Stuart Quaintance
Jackie
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