Britain and France Propose New Peace Plan to Mussolini
London reports that Sir Eric Drummond handed a peace appeal to Premier Mussolini this morning after a meeting with Italy. Laval and Hoare in Paris agreed to draft a definite peace program for submission to Italy and Ethiopia, hoping Il Duce would break his silence and seek an honorable peace. The oil embargo consideration by the League of Nations sanctions committee sits five days away in Geneva.
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London
Mussolini
Italy
Il Duce
Eric Drummond
Paris
Laval
Samuel Hoare
Ethiopia
League of Nations Sanctions Committee of 18
Geneva
Confesses 10 Hosiery Theft at Local Mill
Reading police report one of two suspects in hosiery mill robberies across ten cities has confessed to the thefts. Charles Britton 26 and James Hawley 41 were arrested for break ins at True-Tex Mill Wernersville and additional thefts in South Langhorne and other mills.
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Charles Britton
James Hawley
Britton
Wernersville
Philadelphia
Hawley
Reading
South Langhorne
Four Die In House Fire In Cleveland Family Perishes
In a two family dwelling fire in Cleveland a mother Olga Wheaton and her three children died after flames erupted on the second floor. Marion Wheaton the husband and WPA worker was rescued severely burned by Patrolman Lace Floyd. Six others escaped unharmed from the other suite as John Steiner and his four children fled downstairs.
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Cleveland
Olga Wheaton
Marion Wheaton
WPA
Lace Floyd
Wheatons
John Steiner
Wheaton
Floyd
Woman burned using oil on stove fire in Williamsport
Mrs Kieffer McElroy of Williamsport was burned when she attempted to rekindle a stove with coal oil. The oil flashed into flame burning her face and both hands but not seriously. A physician dressed the injuries.
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Kieffer McElroy
Williamsport
Bellefonte Man to Die in Electric Chair for Farmer Killing
Bellefonte Pa December 7 John Davis Jordan a former convict will die in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary early Monday for the slaying of a Chester county farmer. Jordan was trapped through the watch he stole from his victim.
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Bellefonte
John Davis Jordan
Rockview Penitentiary
Chester County
Jordan
Screen Tests Unsuccessful Ends Actress Life
HOLLYWOOD Calif Dec 7 Althea Freel 28 former New York actress and wife of Ross Alexander committed suicide with a small calibre rifle while her husband slept. She had been despondent over unsuccessful screen tests that raised hopes. Alexander said they had a small family spat and heard a shot from his bedroom. He rushed out to find his wife dead at Emergency hospital. Alexander, a juvenile leading man, was in Captain Blood after completing A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Hollywood
Calif
Althea Freel
New York
Ross Alexander
R. E. Burdick
Alexander
Itzel to Question Four in Slaying Case at Upper Marlboro
In Upper Marlboro Maryland Lieutenant Joseph H Itzel prepares to question four witnesses in the investigation of Miss Corinna Loring s slaying. One unnamed Mount Rainier resident is said to hold valuable information. The other two witnesses are woodchoppers who cut a tree in the Loring home yard on November 4, the day of the murder.
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Upper Marlboro
Joseph H. Itzel
Corinna Loring
Mt. Ranierman
Itzel
Loring
Hill Likely to Seek Congress in Dual Party Bid
Baltimore December 7 John Philip Hill a Maryland Assistant Adjutant General listed himself as a candidate for the House of Representatives He plans to run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries in the Third Congressional District barring his law practice becoming pressing Hill previously served in the House from 1921 to 1927.
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Baltimore
Hill
House
Democrats 10 Plan Banquet Here January 8
The Democratic Organization Club of Washington County moves its annual Christmas party to January 8 to align with nationwide kickoffs for the 1936 presidential campaign. James A. Farley announced opening Jackson Day dinner in New York with President Roosevelt to attend and speak, broadcast to communities over 5000 population. Leaders anticipate Roosevelt sweep locally but pledge vigorous outreach to counter opposition and explain his service to the nation.
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Democratic Organization Club
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
New York
Roosevelt
Organization Club of
Washington County
Farley
Wm. Preston Lane
Beans Trigger Alarms At Clifton Forge Grocery
Bean sacks failed the alarm wire causing a false alarm during a power outage and a mysterious third clanging. Police spent time chasing burglar alarms at a Clifton Forge grocer as beans and odd electrical quirks sparked the events.
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Clifton Forge
Costume Ball in New York Sparks Riotous Quatz Art Night
New York socialites filled Beaux Arts for a lavish costume ball themed Quatz Art Night In India. Dancers swelled to 400, 200 detectives observed the event into breakfast. Attire ranged Hindu, Persian, Chinese, Arabian and circus, with one man wearing a bath towel and others in bold, original outfits.
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New York
India
Park Avenue
Bombay
Italy Won't Turn Back Says Duce
Mussolini, addressing the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, defied 52 nations by vowing Italy will persist through its siege. He warned against premature optimism about a Paris peace appeal and noted absence of British and French ambassadors as sanctions and negotiations issues dominated the scene.
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Associated Press
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Eric Drummond
Mussolini
Breckenridge Long
United States
Paris
Laval
Samuel Hoare
Farm Leaders Are Keyed For F. D. R. Speech
Chicago dispatch notes President Roosevelt will outline farm policy at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention. Delegates expect about 15,000 inside the stockyard amphitheater with 25,000 more in anteroom loudspeakers. Secretary Wallace to defend the administration treaty Tuesday.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation Federation
Henry A. Wallace
Santa's Visit Looks Doubtful for Child
In Baltimore on December 7, Betty May Satti, a three year old girl, clings to belief in Santa Claus as her father Alfred J. Satti, 23, is found dead in police cell 13 by 6 p.m. The death appears self-inflicted. His widow Emma Satti recalls a life of hardship with unpaid bills, intermittent relief, and the loss of a baby to pneumonia last January.
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Baltimore
Betty May Satti
Alfred J. Satti
Emma Satti
Betty May
Satti
Volcano erupts on Niuafoou Island near Fiji
A Niuafoou Island eruption sent lava streams into the sea prompting villagers to evacuate briefly while others on the island remained safe. Niuafoou lies northeast of Fiji in the south Pacific, with multiple nearby volcanic islands where eruptions are common.
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Sava
Fiji Islands
Niuafoo Island
Niuafu
Ninafoo Island
South Pacific Ocean
Traffic Court Baby Born Delays Hearing
James Thunell missed his traffic court hearing when his wife went into labor at a hospital. Ten minutes later their son was born. He mailed a $2.50 check to the court with an explanation. The dormont burgess asked the court to put the amount in the baby's bank.
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Pittsburgh
James Thunell
Burgess of
Dormont
Thunell
Parker denies sleuth’s claim on Lindbergh kidnapper
Ellis H. Parker, Burlington county detective who suspects Bruno Hauptmann, reportedly told state officials he had nothing of value on the case during the Flemington Hauptmann trial. Gov. Hoffman denied reports that Parker named a suspect or had custody of anyone.
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Ellis Parker
Burlington County
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Ellis H. Parker
Hauptmann
Flemington
Parker
Robert Peacock
Arthur Keaton
State
Harold G. Hoffman
Two Convicts Sought After Bank Robbery Bank loot and sheriff killed
Mountain riflemen and officers hunted three gunmen who robbed a new Tazewell bank of 1000 dollars, killed Sheriff Hutchinson and wounded posseman Barrett. Two fugitives were identified as Gus McCoig and Pete Dean, recent Nashville penitentiary escapees. Leonard Barrett was wounded. Possemen scoured East Tennessee mountains for the trio.
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New Tazewell
Tenn
Mountain
Knoxville
Leonard Barrett
Morristown
Upper East Tennessee
Death by suicide of Unionville harness maker Koontz
George L Koontz a harness maker of Unionville Maryland shot himself near his home late yesterday after being seen acting queerly by Margaret Lease who alerted neighbors. He died before help arrived and neighbors found him. Financial worries had left him in low spirits according to reports.
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George L. Koontz
Unionville
Margaret Lease
Koontz
Big Buck Hunter Nets 8 Prong Prize Deer
Joseph M. Hoffman of Williamsport felled an 8-prong buck weighing 165 pounds in Franklin County, the largest deer taken in the area this season. He has bagged a deer every year for seven consecutive years.
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Joseph M. Hoffman
Wiliamsport
Franklin County
Two Boys Severely Reprimanded In Juvenile Court
Justice George D. Hicks dismissed two Antietam Furnace youths with severe reprimands after they admitted breaking seventeen panes of glass and damaging the Antietam Furnace schoolhouse Thursday night. Deputies identified them, and parents were ordered to pay for the damage. The judge warned that future offenses could bring harsher punishment and noted leniency was exhausted.
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Antietam
George D. Hicks
Antietam Furnace
Max Malott
Justice Hicks
Persian cat rears chicks and kittens in bath time care
Mrs J W Price narrates her Persian cat’s unusual brood care the animal nursing ten chicks and three newborn kittens daily. After grooming the kittens with her tongue the cat then cleans and washes the chicks in the same manner for a curious household scene.
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Bamberg
J. W. Price
Weekly Weather Outlook for Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week for North and Middle Atlantic states shows rain along the coast at the start, with precipitation around Wednesday and again later in the week. Temperatures near or above normal early, turning colder toward the end. South Atlantic states expect considerable cloudiness with scattered rain in northern areas at the start and possibly later, temperatures mostly normal or above.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic States
Ethiopian capital under heavy air raid again
Addis Ababa reports a new heavy air raid on Dessre field headquarters of Emperor Haile Selassie. Italian planes dropped over 50 bombs in four raids, following yesterday’s attack that killed 55 and wounded 300 plus, with damage to the American hospital and Red Cross tents while the emperor again escaped injury.
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Emperor Haile Selassie
Dessye
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Dessre
Haile Selassie
King of Kings
Red Cross
Imperial Palace
Suit Over Injury to Race Horse Filed in Frederick
Claude S Keller of Allegany County sues John H Roney of this city for 1500 alleging negligence led to a valuable thoroughbred being kicked by two rival horses while in Roney’s care Keller asks damages and the case is set for court in Frederick.
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John H. Roney
Claude S Keller
Allegany County
Keller
Roney
Frederick
Two Drivers Found Dead in Indiana Truck at Elkton
In Elkton Maryland two Indiana truck operators Roy Shelley aged 33 and Audie G Ezell aged 37 were found dead in the cab of a large trailer truck from carbon monoxide poisoning. The men arrived at a fireworks factory overnight and were found slumped in their seats with the engine running.
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Elkton
Indiana
Roy Shelley
Audie G. Ezell
Indianapolis
Golden Betrothal in Berlin Becomes Golden Wedding
A fifty year gap between betrothal and marriage ends with Gustave Hutterson of Los Angeles and Mrs Ebriede Schulte finally wed after meeting again last May. The bride recalls they might have celebrated their golden anniversary if they had remained married then.
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Los Angeles
Germany
Gustave Hutterson
Ebdriede Schulte
Gustave
Thick winter fog blankets British Isles halting Sandown race
A dense winter fog covered nearly all of Britain and much of Wales, forcing cancellation of the Sandown Park race meeting near London at noon. The weather pattern halted outdoor events across the region, with officials citing extreme visibility as the reason for suspension.
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London
British Isles
Wales
Sandown Park
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