Chiang Kai-shek shifts to military focus amid reorganization
Chiang Kai-shek stripped civil duties to concentrate on resisting Japan. He became commander in chief of the army and took charge of the navy as China mobilizes a new 800000-strong force behind the Guomindang lines. Finance Minister H A King became president of the executive yuan. The government also released all political offenders, signaling broader freedom. Japan presses advances across Shantung and other fronts, threatening further incursions.
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Shanghai
China
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang Waishek
H. A. King
Viran
Russia
Shantung Province
Will Consider Market Change
A special meeting of the Master and City Council may be held this week to consider a petition to modify the market schedule. Petition signers would be reassessed, and the majority of attendees favor shifting to a two day market week instead of three. If approved, Wednesday workers would take Thursday positions and the market would resume later in fall.
Weather report fragment with scattered clouds and warm
Fragmentary weather note indicates a mixture of mostly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with light rain or showers possible in the extreme west. Forecaster mentions mild to warm overnight conditions and variable winds, with reference to Kesapeake Bays area and general southwesterly trends.
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Jans Bats
Tomigne
Kesapeake Bays
Omadepara
A. Orrasiee
Cummings Calls for Anti Trust Law Reform in Harmony with Needs
Attorney General Cummings urged Congress to study antitrust enforcement and align the Sherman Act with current realities. He cited decades of changes, court interpretations, and calls for faster justice, more judges, uniform federal court rules, and a permanent admin officer to streamline proceedings.
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Cummings
Washington
Jan
Congress
Ite
Geikis
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Supreme Court of Uniform
Pencil cause of injuries in bus crash suits in Wellsburg
Two damage suits for 5060 each were filed in circuit court by Sylvia B. Miller and Irvin L. Miller against Blue Ridge Transportation Company White Star Lines and Penn Bus Company. The March 28 1985 incident in Wellsburg West Virginia involved a round pencil causing the plaintiff to fall breaking bones and injuring a finger and back. The suit seeks damages for the loss of the wife’s services.
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Sylvia B. Miller
Irvin L. Miller
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
White Star Lines
Penn Bus Company
Harold H. Hoffman
Miller
Wellsburg
W.va
Washington
Blind pensioner to receive dog support aid
In Des Moines on January 3, it was announced that a blind pensioner will receive twenty dollars every two months for support of his guide dog. The aid is part of the state program for the blind with Bessie Negel, director of the aid division, noting one of the 386 pension checks includes a two dollar allowance for the animal’s eyes.
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Des Moines
Bessie Negel
State Aid
Tip Prizes Divided For Accident Tipsters In City
Prizes are split between tipsters in the week’s news. A Hancock district resident who tipped on the accident receives half of the first prize, and a Wilikunaport resident who pointed out the same incident earns the other half. A Frederick Street resident is tied to another tip about a vehicle crash into a building.
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Hancock District
Baltimore & Chis
Wilikunaport
Government loans for public power plants OK'd by Supreme Court
Washington Jan 3 The Supreme Court ruled the government could make loans and grants for publicly owned electric plants. Secretary Ickes, the PWA administrator, said the decision would affect 52 power projects costing 82,026,288 with 30,191,944 allotted as loans to be repaid and 21,674,408 as Federal grants.
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Washington
Jan
Supreme Court
Ickes
P.W.A
Gas Station Robbery Reported At Sherwood Station
Thieves forced entry to the Sherwood Filling Station at West Washington and Winter streets after 11 PM, taking about $45 from the cash drawer via a window break. A separate report notes a crime against W. O. Spithman, an incn) post office employee, with a hat and four pairs of gloves stolen from his parked car overnight.
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Sherwood
West Washington and
Winter Streets
W. OC Spithnan
Incn
Post Office
Cats Rescued From Tight Garage Gap By Police
Chicago officers Solberg and O'Hayer freed two distressed cats trapped between garages. They dangled meat to tempt the animals, then used tools to widen the gap. The incident followed a nearby crash injuring two people last Friday.
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Chicago
John Solberg
Edward O'Hayer
Funkstown Officials Nominate Unopposed Presidency Candidate
The newly organized Funkstown Wish and Game Arson Now noted officers last Friday and will meet next Monday night. Ray Mack, clerk to the Board of Conny Commissioners, announced a well known sportsman was nominated for the presidency without opposition.
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Funkstown Wish and Game Arson
Ray Mack
Board of
Conny Commissioners
Insurgents Seize VillaStar On Teruel Front In Snow
Insurgent troops reported capturing the strategic town of VillaStar five miles west of Teruel in a swift flank action on the Teruel front. Government reinforcements were unable to halt the advance, though officials contradicted insurgent claims.
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Hendaye
VillaStar
Teruel
Francisco Franco
Ternel
Insurgenigs
Wounds Fatal Edward J Neil AP War Correspondent
Edward J Neil AP war correspondent dies from a government shell wound near Teruel Spain while reporters rode in an automobile. Mass was said for him at Zaragoza Cathedral with AP wives marking two minutes of silence. Neil also served in Ethiopia and stayed on in Spain to cover the conflict.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
Teruel
Spain
Neil
Zargoza
Hiliopia
Kent Cooper
Associated
Eddie Neil
Deposits Of Closed Bel Air Bank Insured
Harford bank Bela With deposits totaling about 846 000 closed doors and entered receivership as of December 1. State bank commissioner Warren F Sterling will serve as receiver. Only about 10000 of total deposits were insured by the FDIC. repayment could begin in ten to fifteen days.
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Bel Air
Harford Bank of
Bela
Mary
State Bank
Warren F. Sterling
Window Shot Out Sparks New Year Crime Tale
Police investigate a fourth floor apartment window shattered by a gunshot during a New Year celebration. Fragments found in a kitchen area as officers trace the shot to a suspect, with reports of weather forecasts and local names interwoven in the fragmented text.
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Robert
Train Crash Causes Probed In Butler Indiana
DeKalb County coroner and crossing watchman report seven killed in a wreck when a vehicle crossed gates and was struck by a passenger train in Butler Indiana. Six of the dead were high school students from the local area. Investigators consider fog or steam as potential factors.
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Butler
Ind
Jan
Piu
Indiana
DeKalb County
BO. Shook
John Fige
Building bids open for municipal plant and street works
The city plans to open bids for building and equipment including horse stables, storage, and surface materials. A concrete plant and machinery storage area on Prospect Street are part of the project. The site will be closed during bid processing and completion timelines are noted by the municipal departments.
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New
Roosevelt cites 10 wrongful business practices
President Roosevelt outlined ten wrongful business practices he said should end. They include tax avoidance, excessive capitalization, questionable investment writeups, security manipulations, price rigging and collusive bidding, high pressure salesmanship, patent law misuse to keep prices high, unfair competition driving small producers out, intimidation of governments by threats to relocate, and shifting production to cut labor costs.
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Waslington
Congress
Roosevelt
Née
House
Senate
Rusin Ss
Avollanes
Many jobless files for unemployment claims at re employment office
Hundreds gathered at the K of P Hall this morning to file for unemployment compensation as the Unemployment Compensation Board offers a 310,000 fund for weekly payments to Marylanders able to work but jobless. The federal census showed 58,281 Marylanders totally unemployed and seeking work.
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K. of P. Hall
Unemployment Compensation Board
Maryland
Store Manager Injured In West Franklin Street Crash
Joseph Danowitz general manager of the local Giant store on West Franklin street was seriously injured in an accident that also involved two other occupants of the car. The vehicle ran over a machine causing damage at the store area near South Potomac street. Danowitz had been visiting Cartistany on leave when the incident occurred.
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Joseph Danowitz
West Franklin Street
Hart
Greencastle
Danowitz
Washington
South Potomac
Cartist
Holiday Apple Sales Boost Storage Hoses Report
Growers reported today that small apple shipments during the holidays left hoses with a large Hana shortage. Holiday sales were not as strong as hoped as apples in snow bring around 1 dollar per bushel.
Roosevelt warns capital abuses threaten system unity
President Roosevelt told Congress that misuse of capital powers must end to prevent collapse of the capitalistic system. He urged cooperation between capital and labor with the government, stressing power and responsibility, and signaled a no-balanced-budget outlook for the next fiscal year. He warned of international instability and emphasized strong self defense and democratic peace efforts.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt's Sixth Personal Address to Congress
President Roosevelt delivered his sixth personal address to Congress on January 3 in Washington. He previously spoke at joint sessions three times to report the state of the Union and appeared in person May 22, 1935, to explain his veto of the soldiers' bonus bill and on May 20, 1934, to eulogize General Lafayette.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
State of the Union
Senate
House
General Lafayette
Mundelein attacks selfish employers over wages
Cardinal Mundelein addressed 1,000,000 Roman Catholics in Chicago urging action against selfish labor practices by employers who flatter the church yet pay meager wages. He warned against using the church as a police force and cautioned about communism masking corrupt treatment of workers, including women.
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Chicago
George Cardinal Mundelein
Holy Name Societies
Gomez to Seek Quick Divorce in Reno
An alleged Hollywood drama centers on Gomer Gomez, pitched as a New Yankees ace, planning residence in Reno to pursue a rapid divorce. Details are fragmented with garbled OCR, but the gist cites a quick divorce move tied to a New York actress and related entertainment circles.
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Hollywood
Ernod tLefiys Gomes
New
Yankees
Reno
Mez
Glea
New York
Gomer
Welfare chair needed for disabled woman in Williamsport
A welfare chair is needed for a disabled woman unable to walk. Anyone with spare chair please contact via phone 2370. Also, Williamsport meeting of the Mens Degaroide Club and Third Ward Democratic Club announced for tonight at 7:30 and 8:10 PM respectively with full attendance urged.
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Williamsport Meeting
Os Mens Deagoeride Club
Wiltatusport
Cmb Rooms
Third Ward
Democratic Cluic
Mamor
South Potomac Street
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