Rublee Invited To Berlin Conference
George Rublee, American executive director of the International Refugee Office, invited from London to Berlin to discuss plans for moving nearly 700,000 Jews from Germany. The Madison, Wisconsin native and U.S. government adviser will present counter proposals to Dr. Hjalmar Schacht’s Reichsbank plan before traveling next week, with approval sought from 32 governments on Evian conference list.
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London
George Rublee
International Refugee Office
Berlin
Germany
Rublee
Madison
Wis
United States
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Nazi plan links Jewish emigration to foreign aid and exports
Berlin sources report a four year self sufficiency program depend on other governments agreeing to buy German goods and finance Jewish migration. Proposals include allowing Jews to move up to 20 percent of their wealth and serving as traveling salesmen to promote German products in exchange for emigration credit.
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Schacht
Reich
Germany
Berlin
Gambrill Funeral Plans Completed
A congressional delegation and government officials will attend the funeral of Stephen Warfield Gambrill who served Maryland’s Fifth District in the House for 14 years. Mass will be by Representative Maas and Senator Tidings and Radcliffe, with services at 2 30 PM and burial at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Prince Georges County.
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Washington
Congress
Stephen Warfield Gambrill
Maryland
House
Barkhead
Goldsborough
Lewis and Cole
Maas
R-Minn
Mass
House Naval Affairs Committee
Gambrill
Tidings
Radcliffe
Garner
Senate
James Shera Montgomery
Hey. Barner Phillips
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Prince Georges County
Italy and France clash over colonial borders and Corsican history
The piece argues that Italy seeks Tunisia Djibouti Corsica Savoy and Nice but notes these lands were long French possessions. It recounts France's 19th century gains in Tunisia Djibouti and Corsica and describes Sardinia’s historical influence, with Corsica as Napoleon’s birthplace and ongoing French control.
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Tunisia
Djibouti
Corsica
Savoy
Nice
Italy
France
Great Britain
Somaliland
Lles
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Britain
Turil
Genoa
Napoleon
Victor Emanuel
Sardinia-Piedmont
Napoleon II
Alps
Alpes Maritime
Permanent Agency Urged by Fechner
Director Robert Fechner urged President Roosevelt to make the Civilian Conservation Corps a permanent government agency with long range planning. He said continued work requires intelligently prepared plans and noted that in 1937 Roosevelt asked Congress to permanize the emergency agency for employment.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congress
CCC Seeks Longer Program But Receives Brief Extension
The article notes Congress rejected a recommendation to extend the CCC beyond three years and instead approved only a three year extension, amid a context of many young men unable to find private sector work due to a poor economy.
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Congress
CCC
Ife
Court Appeals Chesapeake and Potomac Telephones Case
Charges alleging use of telephone wires to spread race track information were certified to the Supreme Court after a company demurrer was overruled. The indictment followed a December 6 grand jury in Martinsburg West Virginia naming the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and four men.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Supreme Court
Demurrer
Four Plead Guilty in Bookie Operation Case
Four defendants admitted guilt in a bookmaking scheme in Florida with fines totaling 570 lira.
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Talips
Blood donors rally to aid terminally ill Nashville girl
In Nashville Tennessee 10 year old Gladys Avaritt battles aplastic anemia. A Santa letter asks for blood to sustain her through transfusions. The American Legion and volunteers including firefighters police and citizens donate blood and bring gifts to the hospital.
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Nashville
Tenn
Gladys Avaritt
Santa Claus
Gladys
American Legion
Snown
Nashvillians
Leaders May Have Memory Loss on Capitol Talks
President Roosevelt predicted congressional leaders will suffer a temporary memory lapse in the days before January 3 as they confer on the legislative program. When questioned, leaders will say they have forgotten, a line the President and Vice President Garner described as planned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Death by Own Action Verdict in Hagerstown Case
Coroner Acting Coroner C Edward Heard issued a certificate of death by own action for David W Ridenour 57 of East Franklin Street. His body was found Monday evening in Ankielam creek near the dual highway ridge east of Hagerstown after he apparently leaned from a near 40 foot structure to the water below.
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C. Edward Heard
David W. Ridenour
Ankielam Creek
Dual Highway
Hagerstown
Ridenour
East Franklin Street
Mrs. Shepard Noted Philanthropist Dies At Sumner Home
Margaretville date line reports Mrs Finley J Shepard former Helen Gould died at her summer home after a long illness She inherited one sixth of Jay Gould s 85 million estate and began charity work soon after his death in 1892
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Margaretville
Finley J. Shepard
America
Helen Gould
Roosevelt May Seek Public Office in 1942
James Roosevelt said in an interview he might seek election to public office in 1942 but is too busy for 1940. He plans to keep Massachusetts as his legal residence while dividing time between New York and Hollywood for work with a movie company.
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Boston
James Roosevelt
Massachusetts
New York
Hollywood
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