Italy Masses Armed Forces Near France in Spain
Reports indicate Italian troop concentrations in northern Spain near the French border as Mussolini backs Tunisia and headers a possible return to colonial ambitions. France fears German backing for Rome and Daladier and LeBrun hold Paris talks on a no war pledge. Italian demonstrations in Tunis provoke arrests as tensions rise under uncertain confirmation from Spain.
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Associated Press
Spain
France
Tunisia
Germany
Rome
Paris
LeBrun
Daladier
Italy
Ttalians
Tunis
Lourano
Thousands Are Made Homeless by Philippine Typhoon
A powerful typhoon swept southeast of Manila causing floods and widespread destruction. Reports indicate dozens dead and thousands displaced across at least fifteen provinces. Two dredges valued at $100,000 each sank in Legaspi harbor while salvage efforts for a German Condor plane in Manila Bay were abandoned.
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Manila
Dec
Mindoro
China Sea
Legaspi
Manila Bay
Cardinal O'Connell Celebrates 79th Birthday Quietly
Cardinal William O'Connell, dean of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States, marked his 79th birthday in Boston in a subdued observance. He spoke with reporters, urging faith in God to cure the evils of the contemporary world.
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Boston
Mass
United States
William Cardinal O'Connell
Trade pacts echo high tariff roots in two nations
Washington reports outline a limited tariff reduction program with Canada and the United Kingdom aimed at reviving global trade. Cordell Hull backs equal treatment while preserving broadly high tariff norms, noting Germany’s rigid trade barriers. The deals cover modest duty cuts, with Britain and the US accounting for about half of annual global exchanges.
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Ry Morgan M. Beatty
Washington
Canada
British Empire
Germany
Cordell Hull
Hull
United States
United Kingdom
British Isles
Planial
Great Britain
Ellen Berlin Heiress Named in Own Right
Clarence H Mackay's will names daughter Ellen Berlin heiress share of vast estate along with three siblings. Widowed Anna Case, former Met opera star, receives cash and securities totaling multiple millions. Michigan guard John Brennan, 200 pounds, declares himself smallest in his family in Rayne Wisconsin.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
John Brennan
Michigan
Brennant
Rayeine
Wis
Japan States Position Open Door Policies
Tokyo informs US and British ambassadors that Japan may revise the Open Door principles in China. Inner-circle sources say no need for conflict if powers recognize Far East realities, though the stance unsettles the United States and Great Britain.
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Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
United States
China
Arita
Japan
Far East
Great Britain
Ambassador to China recalled for consultation with Roosevelt
Acting Secretary Sumner Wells announced that Nelson Johnson, United States Ambassador to China, has been summoned home immediately for consultation with President Roosevelt and other officials. He is expected to arrive mid January after travel via London. Johnson has served at his post for four years.
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Washington
Sumner Wells
Nelson Johnson
United States
China
Roosevelt
Johnson
London
Body Believed Found From Wrecked Plane Near Point Reyes
A body likely identified as co pilot Lloyd Jones of Seattle has been recovered from the surf near Point Reyes as investigators probe the air transport disaster. Five of seven aboard the liner died in the ocean after being washed from the plane.
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Oakland
Cal
Lloyd Jones
Seattle
Point Reyes
Civil Aeronautics Authority Board
Islands in Pacific to aid flying engineers surveyors
Suva Fiji Dec 8 British cruiser Leander has landed an engineer and surveyors on Hull and Christmas Islands in the South Pacific. The move highlights the role of these islands in developing trans Pacific aviation. Christmas Island lagoons suit seaplane landings, forming key links in air routes between western Canada Australia and New Zealand.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Leander
Hull
Christmas Islands
South Pacific Islands
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Christmas Island
Cyrus Woods Dies at 77 Former Ambassador to Japan
Cyrus Woods, 77, former United States Ambassador to Japan, died in Philadelphia. He was the only envoy in Tokyo to remain at his post during the 1923 earthquake and had been in the hospital for five weeks.
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Philadelphia
Cyrus Woods
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Woods
Guerrillas in China Attack Nippon Force Then Halt Drives
Chinese military spokesman said Japanese drives were halted on three fronts along the river west of Canton and checked. He noted difficulty in holding garrisons on the Hunan and Hupeh fronts, with south Hunan guerrilla activity forcing reinforcements. Fresh Japanese regiments head west while exhausted units retreat, showing continued Chinese resistance.
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Canton
Hunan
Hupeh
Five Chicago Guild members arrested in Hearst Building strike
Five Chicago Newspaper Guild members were arrested as blows and a melee erupted on a picket line around the Hearst Building during a strike against the Evening American and Morning Herald-Examiner. About 100 people watched as truck drivers approached. police opened a path through the line amid reports of drivers crashing the line with rubber hoses. The Guild pressed for job security and collective bargaining rights while both papers continued publication. LEXINGTON, by-Chance Play, sire of Psychic Bid...
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Chicago
Til
Chicago Newspaper Guild
Hearst
Guild
Evening American
Morning Herald-Examiner
Harry Wohl
Don Stevens
Chicago Guild
Virginia Gardner
Nat Aleskovsky
Herald-Examiner
First Woman Hangs in Ohio Electric Chair for Murder
In Ohio Penitentiary Mrs Anna Marie Hahn, 2, died in the electric chair as the state’s first woman executed. She pleaded for mercy as 12 inmates watched. Her final words were cut short by the current, after a plea to God. Her 13 year old son witnessed the execution, and she was found guilty of poisoning a boarder for his life insurance.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anna Marie Hahn
Libel Suit Filed on Ickes in Washington Case
Washington December 8 a libel suit seeks 750000 against Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes. Plaintiff John Glass a lawyer alleges a November statement by Ickes libeled him and damaged his standing with the bar.
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Washington
Harold Ickes
John Glass
New Insurgent Offense Planned, Reports Say
Dec ...Reports from Insurgents and Loyalists indicate Gen Franco plans a fresh offensive on the eastern front. insurgent authorities seal the French frontier to block leaks. Advices from Barcelona note large concentrations behind the Ebra River and roads crowded with troops and ammunition convoys.
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Hendaye
Franco
Barcelona
Ebra
Brutal Murder Confession by Rail Clerk in California
Railway clerk Rodney Greig, 21, confessed to fatally stabbing Leona Flught, 19, a former UC student. The body was found in Oakland Hills with multiple gashes after a quarrel in Greig's car. He described stabbing the breast with a six inch knife and slashing the throat to ensure death, then punching her to check for a heartbeat.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jewell
Rodney Greig
Leona Flught
University of California
Oakland Hills
Greig
Miss Flught
Panic during Queen Maud funeral building collapse
In Oslo during Queen Maud’s funeral, a small building roof collapsed killing one and injuring seven, including two women, as spectators watched from across the street near Our Savior's Church. Nearly fifty Japanese correspondents died covering the China war.
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Oslo
Dec
Queen Maud
Our Savior's Church
Norway
Conciliator Directs Agreement In Juneau Labor Talks
Quick settlement loom in the Juneau building trades dispute after a last night meeting mired with U S Labor Conciliator John O Connor officials from the Department of Labor the City Council and labor groups. O Connor reports to his chief and expects a reply today or tomorrow to a proposal pushed by William Green president of the American Popersive labor with Dr Steelman. The gathering included Juneau Building Trades Council carpenters longshoremen general labor unions APL CLO and Arthur Hailey for the National Labor relations board.
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Juneau
U. S. Labor
John O'Connor
Department of Labor
O'Connor
Steelman
Washington
Alp
Green
Willam Green
American Poperatives Labor
Storlman
al Jas
Juneau Building Trades Council
Carpenters Union
General Labor Urees
APL
CLO
Connor
Arthur Hailey
National Law
Hope Expressed by O Connor in Labor Dispute
Juneau chamber lunch hears Labor Conciliator John O Connor express optimism over settlement of building industry dispute. He cites 90 percent settlement rate from 23 000 cases handled by the Conciliation branch and notes witnesses in local cases. Also mentions actions on Buckley letter and unemployment concerns for Alaska.
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Juneau
Chamber of Commerce
Percy
Labor
John O'Connor
Department of Labor
O'Connor
Department
Joseph O. Rudeersburg
George
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Griffin
BE. W. Griffin
Charles A. Buckley
New York
Alaska
Congress
Roosevelt
Charles A. Bucking
Ces
Europea
Talerang
E. W. Griffin
Grea
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Ellen Berlin
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Surf
Pt. Reyes
Islands
Pacific
Warm Springs
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Lexington
Chance Play
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