Lindberghs Complete World Flight Homeward Bound
The Lindberghs return with baby Jon after a 29 000 mile journey through 21 countries. Anne Lindbergh’s first priority is Christmas prep as Col Charles A Lindbergh plans further talks with reporters. They landed at College Point Queens after overnighting in Charleston and flew over Labrador Greenland Moscow Manaos and the Amazon.
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Labrador
Greenland
Europe
Moscow
South America
Manaos
Amazon
Charleston
S. C
Atlantic
Col. Lindbergh
College Point
Queens
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindbergh
Englewood
N. J
Flushing Bay
Glenn Curtis Airport
Sterilization plan targets 400000 Germans under law
Berlin reports 400000 people equally split by sex will be sterilized soon under the new German law effective January 1. Courts will perform operations across 1700 eugenic courts, with nine congenital diseases listed. Cost estimated at 14 million marks, seen as cheap next to 350 million annual taxpayer burden. Never was capital better invested. Religious freedom central to plan in Spain as Lerroux becomes premier.
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Berlin
Prussia
Madrid
Alejandro Lerroux
Spain
NRA board for little man may oversee NRA codes
Washington December 20 The administration weighs creating an NRA board to handle complaints from independents and small businesses stalled under fair practice codes Several Republican independent Senators have been invited to join and await powers details If empowered to reopen and revise codes the board could resemble the labor board and attract reluctant lawmakers wary of upsetting the NRA structure
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
National Labor Board
Senate
Hold Two In Liquor Raid
Keller L. Pryor alleged owner of the seized still near Thurmont was arrested and pled guilty before U. S. Commissioner D. A. Wolfinger to manufacturing. Earl Frazier arrested at the raid is held for Federal court action while Chester Frazier was dismissed. The other two furnished bond.
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Keller L. Pryor
Thurmont
U. S
D. A. Wolfinger
Earl Frazier
Chester Frazier
Speculator Livermore Missing From Home In New York
Wealthy stock operator Jesse L. Livermore, known as the boy plunger, is missing from his Park Avenue home. His wife reported he left yesterday afternoon after returning from business and has not been heard from since. Police check hospitals for possible accident while awaiting any trace of the 56 year old man amid prior legal troubles and a recent breach of promise suit.
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New York
Jesse L. Livermore
Wall Street
Park Avenue
Livermore
Naida Krassnova
Dorothea F. Livermore
Harriet Metz Noble
Omaha
Neb
Big Market for Cheap Airplanes Indicates Demand
Washington report shows a potential market for about 50 000 airplanes at 700 dollars each. A Department of Commerce survey found 12 000 pilots and mechanics ready to buy, with 55 000 more believed to be in the market, suggesting 85 million dollars initial revenue for the industry. Current licensed pilots total 15 000 and licensed airplanes 7 000, with 11 000 student pilots and 8 500 licensed mechanics also in the field.
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Washington
Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
RFC keeps gold price at 24.06 per ounce in new domestic metal
The RFC retains the gold price at 24.06 dollars per ounce marking the third posting for newly mined domestic metal. London's forward price stands at 82.59 pounds per ounce with sterling opening at 45.14 pence per pound.
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Washington
RFC
London
Long Urged to Resign by New Orleans Caucus
In New Orleans on December 20, a mass meeting of Fifth Congressional District citizens condemned Huey P. Long for traitorous conduct and demanded his resignation along with five other state officials. The city regular caucus voted 12 to five to reject any compromise on district attorney selection, citing corruption, waste, and abuse as reasons. Mayor George W. Hardy introduced resolutions urging resignations due to alleged manipulation of taxation and election machinery to block free expression.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Fifth Congressional District
Long
John H. Overton
O. K. Allen
Ellicott City Jewelry Store Looted
In Ellicott City Maryland on December 20 two men robbed Isaac H Taylor Jewelry store of 100 case watches 150 wrist watches and 200 rings valued at between 1000 and 2000 dollars. They climbed to a roof behind the shop and broke in through an upstairs window. A second item notes British warships are inferior to US and Japanese ships per the Jane’s reference.
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Ellicott City
Isaac H. Taylor
Roosevelt Pushes Liquor Tax Bill In Early Session
President Roosevelt informs Democratic leaders that the administration wants Congress to pass the liquor tax bill in the first week of the new session beginning January 3. He plans an executive session of the Ways and Means and Finance committees to draft the measure and prepares his annual message outlining stewardship and recovery program outlook.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Anick
White House
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Harrison
D. Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Thoughton
Capitol Hill
Two Men Sentenced for Parole Violation in Maryland
Earl Cave and Thomas Redman were sentenced to eighteen months each in the Maryland House of Correction by Judge Frank G. Wagaman after violating parole by failing to seek work as arranged. They had been convicted of receiving stolen goods during the November term, and parole was conditioned on immediate employment via Welfare Federation headquarters. They defied the conditions, prompting the judge to recall them and issue the new sentences.
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Earl Cave
Thomas Redman
Maryland House of Correction
Frank G. Wagaman
Wagaman
Officer Wounded as Convict Shot in Paris Street Ambush
Eugene Teague, an Indiana state highway patrolman, was fatally shot in a pistol battle on a Paris street while officers ambushed escapee Edward Shouse from Michigan City penitentiary. Shouse was captured along with two woman companions. one officer died and Shouse surrendered after the exchange of fire. The women were identified as Ruth Spencer and Mrs. Frances Brehman. bullets shattered car windows as the escapees attempted departure. Earlier, Shouse had escaped with other prisoners in September. An unrelated crash on West Antietam Street damaged a wall.
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Parts
Eugene Teague
Indiana
Paris
Illinois
Edward Shouse
Michigan City
Ind
Shouse
Edgar County
France Hotel
Teague
Paris Hospital
Shonse
Ruth Spencer
San Diego
Calif
Frances Brehman
Ft. Wayne
September
Vigo County
Blind Actors Score Success in Pasadena Theatre Tryout
Pasadena Braille players presented An Hour in June a one act comedy by blind writer Louis Siggins. The cast including James Townsend drew hearty laughter as audiences forgot the actors are sightless and makeup aided concealment. The group plans The Intimate Strangers by Booth Tarkington in rehearsal for future performances in Los Angeles and beyond if successful.
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Pasadena
Calif
Pasadena Braille Players
Louis
Siggins
James Townsend
Booth Tarkington
Los Angeles
Port Chemical Company Named in $50,000 Suit
In Baltimore federal court yesterday Thomas Hawthorne of Nebraska, a 12 year old, sues The Porter Chemical Company for 50 000 damages. He alleges an explosion from a toy chemical set caused permanent injuries including the loss of an eye. Oswald and Oswald represent the plaintiff. The set purchased December 1931, exploded August 1932 after mixing chemicals in a test tube with matches. The instruction book and prospectus claim the outfit contained no dangerous chemicals.
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Porter Chemical Company
Baltimore
Thomas Hawthorne
Nebraska
Oswald
Hawthorne
Roosevelt weighs merging Navy and Coast Guard to fight smuggling
President Roosevelt seriously considers a consolidation of the navy and coast guard while keeping the Coast Guard as a Treasury service to combat smuggling, with the aim of strengthening enforcement. The plan envisions a more unified maritime security approach, affecting agency structure and operations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Blanket Code Renewed for Four Months in Roosevelt Announcement
President Roosevelt announced a four month renewal of the blanket reemployment code after January 1. He said the general code now covers 70 percent of workers who will eventually be covered by NRA codes and urged no letdown in the recovery program during winter. He expressed confidence that permanent codes for the remaining thirty percent of workers will be completed by the end of the extension period, reducing the need for the blanket agreement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Briles builds farm home for twenty five dollars
Lon Briles, a farmer near Hooker, Kansas, claims a record for economy in home building by making his own bricks from gypsum and constructing a complete farm house including frames and roofing for 25 dollars. In Seattle and the Pacific Northwest another storm series continues with three fatalities reported so far.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Lon Briles
Hooker
Briles
Ten Suspects Held in French Espionage Ring
An American salesman Robert Swiss and a naturalized Canadian couple led an espionage network reaching into the French Ministry of Marine. Ten arrests were made with one leader who escaped. Police found 10,000 francs and military papers in Swisss room while others of the ring prepared to flee. Secrecy surrounds operations as France expands border defenses to the sea.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine Reself
Robert Swiss
East Orange
N. J
Switz
France
Edouard Daladier
Metz
Lauter
Doll baby gains weight in old fashioned care
Findlay Ohio reports a doll baby born four months early weighs a pound and a half. Grandmother Mia Finerd says the child is doing fine and fed in the old way whenever she cries every 20 to 30 minutes with a teaspoon of milk. The mother Mrs Chas Carmen expects the girl to live and will not name her until a week old. The infant is kept beside the coal store in a small basket.
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Findlay
Ohio
Mia
Charles Finerd
Chas
Carmen
Church for Sale in Raleigh New Jersey
Heavily in debt, the John R. Pullen Baptist church with 200 members has been offered for sale. The congregation hopes to raise enough to cover $25,000 in debts and leave $5,060 to $10,000 to fund an inexpensive new house of worship.
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Raleigh, NJ
John R. Pullen Baptist Church
Babe Ruth to Seek Release for Kids League Project
Philadelphia December report says Babe Ruth will ask the New York Yankees for release to lead a nationwide kids league backed by a New York oil company. The plan includes films and training programs to teach baseball to children across the nation.
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Philadelphia
the Inquirer
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
New York Oil Company
Rade
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