Ashland Fire Destroys Six Buildings in N H
A December fire in Ashland New Hampshire leveled the Squam Lake hotel its annex drug store hotel garage and two residences in the business district. Damage was about 100000 with guests evacuated in subfreezing temps. No injuries reported as embers blew away from dense areas aided by cold wind and help from nearby towns.
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Ashland
Squam Lake
Carl Crowley
Plymouth
Continental Paper Company
Packard Woolen Company
Wheeling High Boys Form Domestic Science Club
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 27 a group of eighteen high school boys organized a domestic science class to compete with the girls. They aim to cook meals including omelets devil's food cake creamed peas and spinach for their mothers.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling High School
Young Explorer Delves Into Milwaukee Zoo Ice Pool
Eight year old Donald Manchester, a Byrd fan, explored the zoo ice sea lion pool in Milwaukee. He began his Antarctic like expedition but underestimated the ice strength and slipped under the surface, ending with a frigid ducking up to his chin as rescuers reached him from the water.
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Milwaukee
Donald Manchester
Byrd
Donald
Antarctica
James E. Bryan resigns as landing deputy sheriff
James E. Bryan submits his resignation as deputy sheriff to Sheriff Max C. Malott. No successor named yet, and the post will remain vacant.
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James E. Bryan
Max C. Malott
Decision on Lumber Code Far Reaching Ill- Connected Ruling
Judge Merrill E. Otis ruled the NRA price fixing for lumber illegal in Federal district court in Kansas City. He said Congress has no power to fix prices in interstate commerce and denied a temporary injunction against the Sutherland Lumber Company. The case involved cash and carry lumber yards in Oklahoma, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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Kansas City
NRA
Merrill E. Otis
Congress
Otis
Robert Sutherland
Mae G. Sutherland
Sutherland Lumber Company
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Blue Eagle
Maurice Milligan
United States District Attorney
To Roast or Not to Roast in Butler Pa
Kind-hearted Wil lam Williams in Butler trades a goose for security after a man lacking cash offers the bird to cover a debt for his boy and his dog. In Baltimore, C Edward May a 40 year soft drink bottler is found dead from gas escaping a wall jet, ruled death by own action.
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Butler
Pounditaster Willam Williams
Williams
Walt
Baltimore
C. Edward May
Herzon
Relief Cash Bonus And NRA Chief Topics Of Congress Debate
Congress opens with three major debates relief the cash bonus and NRA as leaders forecast. Roosevelt's January 4 message expected to cover relief and NRA with possible talk on soldiers' bonus. Public works appropriations eyed from 3 to 6 billion though some expect less to ease relief load.
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NRA
Congress
Washington
World Court
Roosevelt
White House
Szom
Trotzky Safe in France to Stay There
Paris December 27 French officials said exiled former Communist leader Leon Trotzky was safely hidden in France and would not be extradited, even if the Soviet Union asked. He is kept far from Paris under guard while France refuses to force him to leave, citing political refuge traditions.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
France
Moscow
Leonid Nicolaieff
Sergei Kiroff
Leningrad
Trotzuky
Russia
Secret Service
Trotzky
Soviet
Trotz
Infantile Paralysis End Forecast By Scientists
Pittsburgh reports scientists forecast possible end of infantile paralysis based on two vaccines from Philadelphia and New York. In a Philadelphia test 25 children showed antibody protection after vaccination, with no adverse effects. Results suggest vaccines may stop epidemics. immunity measured by antibodies increased in most subjects.
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Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Philadelphia
New York
John A. Kolmer
Temple University
California
Kolmer
Penguin Talks From Antarctic Broadcast With Byrd
NEW YORK December 27 In a two way radio broadcast Admiral Richard E Byrd spoke briefly about Antarctic discoveries and the status of expedition parties from the base and Little America. He noted Christmas meals with hamburger steak instead of turkey and described the weather as cold with 23 degrees.
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Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Baee
Little America
Gould Heiress Elopes With Texas Actor
Anne Gould. heiress of Jay Gould's family, eloped with Frank Spencer Meador a 24 year old San Saba Texas actor. They married in Harrison New York after a detour from Greenwich Connecticut. Justice of the peace Lea Anintaer performed the ceremony with town clerk William A Wilding as witness.
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New York
Anne Gould
Jay Gould
Texas
Frank Spencer Meador
San Saba
Harrison
N.Y
William A. Wilding
Wilding
Irving Sirkin
Woman Severes Artery While Cutting Grapefruit
Mrs. Ella Tseminger of Funkstown severed a thumb artery this morning while cutting grapefruit. She was removed to the hospital after losing considerable blood.
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Severs
Ella Tseminger
Funkstown
Cold Spell Leaves High Death Toll
An Arctic blast sweeps the country causing numerous fatalities and disrupting shipping along the North Atlantic coast. The British freighter Quebec City ran aground near Brooklyn amid 40 mile an hour winds, while the Belgian freighter Emile Franecqui fights a gale off Nova Scotia with a crew of 35. Heavy seas batter Maine as 57 mile an hour gales hit New England, with rain snow sleet hail and lightning. San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest endure the storm’s tail as the AP notes continued coverage on page 10.
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Associated Press
Arctic
North Atlantic
Quebec City
Brooklyn
Emile Franecqui
Antwerp
New York
Nova Scotia
Maine
New England
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
Cold Snap To Be Short Lived
A fast moving cold wave arrived last night bringing a 24 degree drop from yester day. Chewsville sub-station recorded 15 degrees at 7:80, rising to 16 an hour later. Cold spots included Thomas West Virginia four degrees Fronthare and Big Savage five. Moderate weather is forecast for tomorrow with increasing clouds and possible rain or snow at night.
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Chewsville
Thomas
W. Va
Fronthare
Big Savage
Noted jurist to keynote Washington County club banquet
Judge A G McKnight head of the NRA Compliancy Division, noted as a top Rooseveltl staffer, will be principal speaker at the Democratic Organization Club Christmas banquet at the Masonic Temple at 7 30 pm in Duluth resident now based in Washington The event expects 600 attendees with speeches by Cong David J Lewis Attorney General Wm Preston Lane Herbert R O Conor and Lane presiding Officers will be elected for the ensuing year after a pre banquet Board meeting
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A. G. McKnight
NRA
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Organization Club
Masonic Temple
Judge McKnight
Duluth
Minnesota
Washington
Democratic Club
Washington County
David J. Lewis
Preston Lane
Cong
Lewis
Lane
Tax Receipts On Increase Reflect Prosperity Boost
County Treasurer John G. Bower says his office has closed 9056 automobile accounts to date, nearly 600 more than the same period last year, signaling improving prosperity. Merchants report strong pre holiday sales. taxpayers are reminded to pay by December 31 to avoid extra interest.
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John G. Bower
Bower
Pet patient Herb near 200th birthday in Macon hospital
C B Herb an elderly Civil War veteran lies in a Macon hospital facing a serious heart disease He is expected to turn 200 on New Year’s Day if he survives Attendants give him constant care and support in a quiet room narrative tone of a hometown paper
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Macon
C. B. Herb
Macon Hospital
Herb
Triplet calves win odd names for reindeer trio
In Philadelphia area at Stanley Becker's farm near Bensalem a five year-old Guernsey cow Daisy bore triplet calves on Christmas Eve. The calves are to be named Dan cer Prancer and Dasher after Santa's reindeer. Former tax collector Barry M Hartle is confined at home due to a medical condition.
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Philadelphia
Santa Claus
Stanley Becker
Bensalem
Prancer
Dasher
Daisy
Guernsey
Barry M. Hartle
Japan Denounces Washington Naval Pact in 1936 End Date
Tokyo plans to denounce the Washington naval treaty before December 31 1936 with Admiral Yamamoto seeking a quick conference with Britain. Concurrently Chinese Communist forces threaten Kweiyang after capturing Swangping Shiping and Changan north and east of the city. Archibald Johnson editor of Charity and Children and father of Gerald Johnson dies at Charity observatory in Thomasville North Carolina.
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London
Tokyo
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Admiral Yamamoto
Hongkong
Kweiyang
Kweichow Province
Swangping
Shiping
Changan
Thomasville
N. C
Archibald Johnson
Charity and Children
Gerald Johnson
Baltimore Evening Sun
Bennington College Quits For Experience
Bennington Vermont December 27. Bennington College closes to give about 25 students practical experience. Assignments include marine biology study in Bermuda and factory labor in industrial centers, extending into late February when students return to resume classes. Music students plan to work in New York or Boston and prepare reports for counselors. Art students will study in private studios with two commissions including a portrait of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins in Washington.
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Bennington
Bennington College
Bermuda
New York
Boston
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perking
Washington
Explosion kills fifteen miners in Elkorn Piney coal line
Fifteen miners died and at least twenty were injured when a locomotive exploded on a coal train at Elkhorn Piney Coal Company in Montgomery West Virginia. Fireman D L Oxley and engineer were identified among the dead. Debris flung up to 100 yards. Dozens were hurled from the tracks into a freezing valley as ambulances and private cars rushed to Montgomery hospital.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Elkhorn-Piney” Coal, Company
Jon
Immédi~ Ately
W.om. “Blankenship
D. L. Oxley
Lincoln County
Charles Kitchen
Coal Valley Hospital
Armstrong Creek
Seven Million Share Accepted In Reynolds Estate Case
Winston Salem N C December 27 formal notice was filed by R C Vaughn as next friend of Christopher Reynolds posthumous son of Smith Reynolds to accept a seven million dollar settlement of the tobacco fortune. The proposal by the Reynolds heirs was approved by Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company guardian for Anne Cannon Reynolds, daughter of Smith Reynolds from his first marriage. Anne Cannon Reynolds and her mother, Mrs J J Cannon, questioned the plan arguing the terms favor the infant son while reducing the other beneficiary. Under the plan Anne would get nine thousand dollars less a two point six million dollar release set when her Reno divorce was finalized. The Reynolds side also includes Libby Holman Reynolds as survivor guardian. In a separate item from Audubon New Jersey, ten people were injured in an earth eruption near Wratten 68 Pack Horse Pike.
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Winston-Salem
X. C
Christopher’ Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
R. C. Vaughn
Libby Holman Reynolds
Heim
R. J. Reynolds
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Berlin
Mary Belle Spencer
Chicago
Bruno Hauptmann
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Audubon
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