Loyalists and Insurgents Clash in Barcelona Air Raids
Rival air raids by Loyalists and insurgents devastate Barcelona and Palma. Fifteen insurgent bombers attacked Barcelona from a Mediterranean base while twenty four Loyalist bombers crossed 1500 miles to hit Palma. Heavy casualties and scattered debris mark the conflict along the eastern coast and Balearic Islands.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Palma
Baleric Islands
Mediterranean
Spanish Republic
Majorca
Balearic
New Landing Gear Coming Air Industry
Dayton, Ohio December 8 Major Carl F Greene head of the Air Corps Engineering and Procurement branch says experiments with three wheeled landing gear to replace the orthodox undercarriage will revolutionize airplane design and landing. Plans allow landings with less regard to wind direction or altitude, affecting aircraft operation and airdrome construction.
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Dayton
Ohio
Carl F. Greene
Air Corps Engineering and Procurement Branch
Armstrong is chosen mayor for fifth time
LOS ANGELES Dec 8 Constance Worth granted divorce from George Brent in a brief hearing. Daytona Beach Fla Dec 18 actress from Australia Edward H Armstrong center of a political fight a year ago and Brent failed to annul their marriage, was returned to office for the fifth time as mayor of Daytona Beach.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Constance Worth
Daytona Beach
Fla
Australia
Edward H. Armstrong
George Brent
Brent
Senators Would Face Pressure If Roosevelt Sought Third Term
Washington dispatch notes 17 Democratic Senators opposed to third terms in 1940 if Roosevelt seeks another bid. The list includes Ashurst, Barkley, Copeland, Gerry, Glass, Harrison, Hayden, King, McKellar, Neely, Pittman, Sheppard, Smith, Tydings, Wagner, Wheeler, and George of Georgia who supported the 1928 anti third term resolution. Also mentions McNary Steiner and Walsh voting against the measure.
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Preston Grover Washington
Roosevelt
Ashrust
Senate
Washington
United States
Coolidge
Ashurst
Arizona
Barkley
Kentucky
Copeland
New York
Gerry
Rhode Island
Glass
Virginia
Harrison
Mississippi
Hayden
King
Utah
McKeller
Tennessee
Neely
West Virginia
Pittman
Nevada
Sheppard
Texas
Smith
South Carolina
Tydings
Maryland
Wagner
Wheeler
Montana
George
Georgia
McNary
Steiner
Oregon
Walsh
Massachusetts
Society Aviatrix Sets New Record
New York December 8 Jane Shattuck Topping society aviatrix set an unofficial record with a Detroit to New York City night flight time of two hours and 20 minutes.
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New York
Jane Shattuck Topping
Society Aviatrix
Detroit
New York City
Party at Coffee Shop Hosted by Mrs T George
Mrs Tom George hosted a bridge luncheon at the M and M Coffee Shop this afternoon with two tables of players. Guests included Mrs C C Ruthford, Mrs Russell Cook, Mrs Drew Painter, Mrs David Burnett, Mrs Ernest Stender, Mrs William Beck, and Mrs Walter Robinson.
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Tom George
C. C. Ruthford
Russell Cook
Drew Painter
David Burnett
Ernest Stender
William Beck
Walter Robinson
Ashurst's Unburned Bridge and Court Bill Shift
Senator Ashurst, who warned against a growing Court, now supports the President's Court bill after once opposing increasing Court membership. He defends the switch as consistency in a cautious political maneuver. The piece notes Coolidge era backlash and hints at further details on Page Two.
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Ashurst
Roosevelt
United States
Coolidge
Winter Strikes Atlantic Coast From Maine to Florida
Winter spreads along the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida with snow and midday temperatures dropping in New England and the mid Atlantic. A fresh cold wave threatens the south and eastern Rockies with icy roads reported in many areas. Ten deaths attributed to weather conditions by noon today including five in the south from exposure and two in Western Pennsylvania.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
New England
Middle Atlantic
Rockies
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Pulton
Storm ties up big city in New York state
Buffalo, N Y December 8 Carried in off the Great Lakes by a 47 mile an hour gale the worst December snow storm in 10 years all but paralyzed New York State s second largest city Eleven inches of snow fell during 24 hours and the temperature dropped to 22 degrees during the night.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Great Lakes
New York State
Plane crash kills two in Austin residence
A misty night collision at a University of Texas area home ends in the deaths of Leonard Albright, two, and Capt. F A Avelino of the Mexican Army when a Kelly Field attack plane plummets from the fog into Spencer D. Albright Jr.'s house. A three-year-old boy narrowly survives with bruises.
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Austin
Tex
Leonard Albright
F. A. Avelino
Kelly Field
Avelino
Spencer D. Albright
University of Texas
Albright
Stock Quotations and Yukon Passage Report
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine American Can General Motors United States Steel and other stocks with small changes. Dow Jones averages industrials 129.60 rails 32.64 utilities 22.52. Davis, purser on the Silver Wave, travels aboard the Yukon toward Seattle on Alaska Steamship Company service via Lynn Canal.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
Cities Service
Pound
Bremner
Republic Steel
DOW, Jones
Davis
Yukon
George Davis
Lynn Canal
Alaska Steamship Company
Seat-te
Moving Mountain Slide Smashes L A Viaduct in China
Dec 8 dispatches report a dramatic shift in Chinese defense as Chiang Kai Shek leaves Nanking amid Japanese advances. Chinese authorities fear public panic. bridges and walls are blown to obstruct retreat and shield civilians. British gunboats reposition to guard shorelines while U S ships monitor threats near NanKing and Wuhu as combat lines draw closer on the Yangtze.
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Bulletin
Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Japan
Lnto
Chiang
Nanking
Jia
Froma
Ius
Yat River
United States
Guam
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Congress Talks Farm Aid Amid Cotton Boom
Washington, Dec. 8. Congress continues farm aid debate as a Department of Agriculture report shows the cotton crop this year exceeds 1926 by about half a million bales. The House has tentatively approved an amendment to provide mandatory loans to corn growers. In the Senate, Senator McNary failed to remove a provision granting the Secretary of Agriculture authority to require storage of up to 20 percent of current crops.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
House
Senate
McNary
Secretary of Agriculture
Eight Thousand Haitians Killed in Border Fight
Haiti President Vincent estimated in a December interview that about 8,000 Haitians have been slain on Dominican soil since October. Foreign Minister Leger said killings occurred during rounds to expel Haitians from the republic and its cane fields. Albert Norman, a medical patient, was dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Vincent
Santo
Domingo
George Leger
Republic
Santo Domingo
Albert Norman
St. Ann's Hospital
No Justice in Cold Toes Judge Rules
Anchorage Alaska December 8 A United States District Judge compelled to wear sheepskin shoes during sessions does not meet with Judge Simon Hellenthal s conceptions of judicial decorum He instructed U S Commissioner Thomas Price to find suitable quarters here for the District Court session to open December 18 Judge Hellenthal complained that during previous winter sessions here he had to wear extra shoes because of drafts and caught cold any way
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Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Simon Hellenthal
U. S
Thomas ©. Price
Hellenthal
Record Cotton Crop Predicted for This Year
Washington dispatch reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a record cotton crop for 1937 totaling 18,741,000 bales, each bale at 500 pounds gross. The prior record was 17,978,000 bales in 1926, with a new high average of 264 pounds per acre across about 34,000,000 acres.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Five Convicts Sentenced to Death in Lethal Gas Chamber
Sacramento report says Superior Judge Lemmon sentenced five Folsom convicts to die in the lethal gas chamber at San Quentin for the murder of Warden Larkin during a prison break. The defendants were found sane and denied new trials. The condemned are Ed Davis Wesley Eddie Fred Barnes Robert Cannon and Albert Kexiel.
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Sacramento
Ual
Lemmon
Folsom
Larkin
San Quentin
Ed Davis
Wesley Eidy
Fred Barnes
Robert Cannon
Albert Kexiel
Recital by Sixteen Students of Carol Berry Davis
A monthly piano recital given last evening by sixteen students of Carol Berry Davis at the Evangel Light Presbyterian Church featured each performer in a costume representing their selection. Participants included Harriet Stonehouse Hudon Dorothea Hudon Irene Williams Margaret Randa Mary Margaret Femmer Joan Hudon Jean Bulia Constance Davis Althea Cahill Patsy Shaeffer and Thea Hansen.
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Carol Berry
Alaska Ship Tie Up Rumor Reheard
Rumors of another tie up of Alaska steamers on December 15 prompted a denial from M. M. McKinistry, operating manager of Alaska Steamship Company, who said no information is available and a possible strike remains unknown.
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Seattle
Trme
Alaska
M. M. McKinistry
Alaska Steamship Company
Navy Officer Visits Governor
Navy officer visits governor amid ongoing military diplomacy and regional engagement. Officials discuss security cooperation, training programs, and potential joint exercises addressing regional stability and strategic priorities.
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NAVY
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Geo. Brent
Northwestern University
Evanston
Donald E. Erb
Stanford University
Portland
University of Oregon
Erb
Ricardo
Harvard Graduate School
Society
Aviatrix
Atlantic
STORM
Big City
N. Y. State
L.A
Yuteleetiyl
Los Ameles
Seatilete
Frank E. Hayward
Carol Berry Davis
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