Roosevelt plans broad government reorganization bill
President Roosevelt disclosed plans to ask Congress for legislation empowering him to reorganize U S government agencies. He said a conference with reorganization experts made good progress and some conferees would introduce bills. He noted possible changes from prior proposals and stressed coordinated intelligence needs and funding amid the spy war.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Sam
Sew Eruel
Senate
House
New York
OGPU
Roosevelt says Congress to decide WPA relief changes
President Roosevelt said Congress will decide if Federal relief procedure should be modified to address criticism of the WPA. He noted possible changes within the WPA agency and indicated he has ideas for amendments, amid ongoing charges of politics in relief efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Heat Wave Shrugs Into December At 92 Degree Citywide
Los Angeles records a December high of 92 degrees as shoppers endure a two hour heat spell marking the fifty fifth day of the season. The sweltering weather disrupted street activities during the Christmas shopping period.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Weather Bureau
Portland blanked Vancouver 8 0 in hockey game
Portland defeated Vancouver 8 to 0 in last night’s hockey matchup. The victory highlighted a dominant performance by the Portland offense and zero tolerance defense, sealing a decisive win.
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Portland
Vancouver
United States Britain trade pact will not throttle Nazis
In a Alaska filing Walter Sakow wins 45000 from J E Reily Investment Co and officers over Otter Creek placer claim dispute. The case marks another step in a long legal battle with appeals planned. The article also notes expert analysis suggesting the Anglo American treaty will not throttle German trade and outlines trade dynamics involving Germany, Britain, France and the United States.
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Alaska
United States District Court
Walter Sakow
J. E. Reily Ivestment Company
Harry Connelly
Harry Shepard
Otter Creek
Flat
Sakow
Shepard
Germany
France
England
Canada
United States
British Isles
Brazil
Luzon Gunboat Reaches Shanghai After Yangtze Voyage
The US gunboat Luzon arrived in Shanghai after a 600 mile downstream voyage from Hankow. It is the first foreign vessel allowed by Japan to sail downstream on the Yangtze since Japan took control above Nanking.
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Luzon
Shanghai
Yangtze
United States
Yangtze River
Hankow
Nanking
Noted painter dies from bath scalding in New York
Katherine August Carl, an eminent portrait painter famed for a portrait of Empress Dowager Tze Hsi of China, died in New York in her eighties from burns sustained while bathing. Her work hangs in the United States Museum and brought her notable fame.
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New York
Katherine August Carl
Rome Paris Rift Grows as Student March Roils Cities
In Rome 1200 students chant Forward Italy demanding French colonies as Tunisian tensions rise. Paris warns France will defend Tunis and Libya’s vulnerability looms. In Tunis Mobile Guards patrol while French troops await developments. Ukraine seeks autonomy from Poland with its own cabinet ministers in the Polish government.
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Associated Press
France
Italy
Lima
Peru
Rome
Libya
Tunis
Seme
Spain
Catalonia
Ukraine
Poland
Hollywood executives call for severing ties with Germany
Motion picture executives and actors sign a declaration of independence urging President and Congress to end economic relations with Germany. In coming weeks they plan to mobilize millions of theatergoers nationwide to sign petitions for delivery to Washington.
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Hollywood
Cal
Congress
Germany
Washington
Ketchikan Pioneer Mrs Van Zandt Dies in Hospital
Mrs 8 B Van Zandt aged 71 died today in a Ketchikan hospital after an extended illness. She came to Ketchikan in 1912 from Bellingham Washington and was born in Ontario. Survivors include her husband a daughter Mrs Marsden Brooks of Ketchikan and granddaughter Dorothy Chandler of Time Magazine. Remains will be sent to Seattle for cremation.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
B. van Zandt
Bellingham
Wash
van Zandt
Ontario
Marsden Brooks
Dorothy Chandler
Time Magazine
Seattle
Oklahoma City Letter Says Davis Claims Clinton Bank Robbery
From San Quentin Death Row Outlaw Ed Davis claims he and four others robbed an $11,000 Clinton bank, naming Harvey Bailey Wilbur Underhill Jim Clark and Big Bob Brady as co‑conspirators. Walter Philpot, 55, is serving 25 years. Police back Philpot amid the letter.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
San Quentin
Ed Davis
Clinton
Walter Philpot
Davis
Harvey Bailey
Alcatraz
Charles F. Urschel
Big Bob Brady
Wilbur Underhill
Jim Clark
Maiden Flight by Navy Airship Is OK
The world's largest nonrigid airship made its maiden voyage at Akron under Navy officers and Goodyear Zeppelin Company technicians. The silver ship, 246 feet long, is a sister to the L-1 launched last April and the flight was described as most successful.
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Akron
Ohio
United States Navy
Goodyear Zeppelin Company
Swedish Foreign Minister Accuses Germany of Expanding Anti Jewish Campaign
Gothenberg Sweden December 9 Foreign Minister Richard Sadler accused Germany of trying to extend its anti Jewish campaign to Sweden. He said Swedish film concerns doing business with Germany were told it is improper to have Jews on their stalls, according to Sadler.
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Gothenberg
Sweden
Richard Sadler
Germany
Jury Still Deadlocked In Smith Murder Trial
After 48 hours in deliberation the Porrest V. Smith jury remained out this afternoon with no verdict report. Jurors could still convict of first degree murder with or without capital punishment or render a second degree ruling, manslaughter, or acquittal amid rumors of deadlock.
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Turr
Porrest
Smith
Thomas Colling
Hearing on Plane Crash Progressing
Captain Charles Stead testifies to the Civil Aeronautics Authority after surviving United Air Lines crash off Point Reyes on November 29. He says a little more or less gasoline might have saved the flight, noting longer aloft could have reached Oakland or avoided rocks on the coast.
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Oakland
Cal
Charles Stead
United Air Lines
Point Reyes
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Stead
Capt
Steud
Coughlin Sues For Two Million In Libel Case
Detroit radio priest Rev. Charles Coughlin files a libel suit for 2 million dollars against the Daily Detroit Free Press. He seeks 1 million for actual damage and 1 million for punitive damage over a news story about his radio address to German Jews.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Coughlin
Detroit Free Press
Coughlin
Threat Made Upon N Y Mayor La Guardia Receives Nazi Warning
A letter to Mayor La Guardia warning of harm arrives in New York with a Swastika signature. The mayor, noting the threat, asks police to investigate and informs postal authorities as part of the response.
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New York
LaGuardia
Eee
Letter of Woman's Hell Read in Bassett Murder Trial
Intercepted letters read to jurors in Seattle connect Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith and her son Decasto Earl Mayer to the 10 year old abduction and presumed murder of James Eugene Bassett. Warden and prosecutors describe confessions of both defendants and a dismemberment plan tied to Bassett's disappearance.
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Seattle
Mary Eleanor Smith
Decasto Earl Mayer
Mrs. Smith
Bassett
Mayer
John Schermer
Inez
Schermer
J. M. McCauley
Walla Walla State Prison
Bus Crash Injures 16 Children Near Tacoma
A school bus carrying 38 people crashed into a telephone pole and overturned between Tacoma and Seattle. Sixteen children were hospitalized with cuts, bruises, and several fractures. The bus was en route from Brown's Point to the Federal Way School near Seattle.
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Wash
Seattle
Brown's Point
Federal Way
Seatue
Roosevelts Defense Plan Favored At Pan American Talks
Delegates at the Eighth Pan American Conference in Lima express belief that President Roosevelts Continental Defense Plan will be adopted as a resolution. They say it is a declaration of defense against outside aggression and mutual aid, not a formal pact. Argentina opposes a pact, while Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Manuel Cordes Reyes supports the plan.
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Lima
Peru
United Sta. Telegates
Roosevelt
Legates
Argentina
Manuel Cordes Reyes
Nicaragua
Chinese Cross River Victory Over Nippons Near Yungsui
Chinese forces breaking months long blockade reportedly crossed the Liao River and routed the Japanese at Yungsui after three hours of flight. Yungsui lies on the Kiang-Nanchang Railway, 30 miles north of Nanchang, a key air base and capital of Kiangsi Province. Japanese advance stalled at 50 miles in 150 days of combat along the line. James P. English, recently in Juneau, departed Seattle aboard the Northland.
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Nanchang
Liao River
Yungsui
Yungsut
Kingian
Kiangs
Klukiang
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