Roosevelt plans 10 000 Army planes in new defense drive
President Roosevelt intends to send a joint session message January 4 proposing an Army air force of about 10 000 planes plus other defenses. A week later a second message would outline the broader plan to build a total air fleet of 13 000 aircraft, including 3 000 Navy planes. Allies warn Germany’s aerial strength threatens world balance.
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Edward Febomar
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate House
Germany
Malin Craig
Army
Europe
Munich
War
Navy Department
United States
Pan American delegates hail Lima conference as milestone
United States delegates at the eighth Pan-American conference in Lima praise the gathering as a remarkable achievement and model for future Western Hemisphere assemblies. The talks yield about 130 resolutions including the Lima declaration for solidarity and defense. Washington plans include a highway conference in Santiago and a meeting on intellectual cooperation.
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F.D.R
Lima
United States
Washington
Santiago
Chile
Ben N. Cherrington
State Department Division of
Laurance Duggan
State Department
South America
Girl Beaten With Axe by Grandfather in Fireattack
In Newark New York on December 26 193? a 13 year old girl Virginia Debacker was beaten with an axe by her 60 year old grandfather Jacob Debacker who then hanged himself as the girl lay unconscious. He burned two barns and a garage before the attack leaving the girl with a skull fracture and very critical condition.
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Newark
N. Y
Virginia Debacker
C. R. Kempston
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Jacob Debacker
Record Cold Grips Wide Area with Snow and Wind
A severe cold wave blankets northern states as wind, rain, and heavy snow disrupt travel. Temperatures drop below zero from North Dakota to North Carolina with 10 below Forecast for Nebraska. Chicago shares a sharp 11 degree plunge to 24, while many cities report subzero readings. Forecasters expect eastward advance Tuesday with more snow in Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Minnesota.
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Chicago
North Dakota
North Carolina
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Bismarck
N. D
Devils Lake
Moorhead
Minn
Madison
Wis
Peoria
Ill
LaCrosse
Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
North Central States
J. R. Lloyd
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Mercury
Kansas City
William Seigle Dies. Johns Manville Leader Was 59
William Robbins Seigle, 59, chairman of the board and research director of Johns Manville, died in St Marys hospital Rochester of pneumonia after an abdominal operation on December 6. Survived by widow, six children and two brothers, Seigle spent nearly four decades with the company and its predecessors, rising from a Brooklyn starting job to lead multiple plants and product lines.
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Rochester
Minn
William Robbins Seigle
Johns-Manville Corporation
St. Mary's Hospital
Seigle
Horatio Alger
H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company
Brooklyn
T. F. Manville
Prospects of McKesson and Robbins Probe Continue
Federal and state investigators prepare to question 15 witnesses, including 10 directors, as the grand jury probes the drug firm McKesson and Robbins. Donald Coster killed himself after being linked to Philip Musica, with Musica relatives jailed on conspiracy and securities charges. Charles F. Michaels, former EVP, is noted as a potential witness.
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New York
McKesson and Robbins
Donald Coster
Philip Musica
Robert Dietrich-Musica
George Dietrich - Musica
George Vernard - Arthur Musica
George
Arthur Musica
Robert Musica
Federal Grand Jury For Tomorrow
Charles F. Michaels
Coster-Musica
Wheeler Defends Free Speech Over Broadcasters Chief
Senator Wheeler of Montana challenged Neville Miller of the National Association of Broadcasters over limits on free speech. He warned against superpatriots regulating speech and said no censorship should silence radio figures like Father Coughlin if their views differ.
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Wheeler
National Broadcasters’ Association
Washington
Montana
Neville Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
Charles E. Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Miller
Key Position Captured by Insurgents in Catalonia Drive
Associated Press reports insurgents under General Franco made gains in Catalonia advancing toward Barcelona. Borjas Blancas and nearby Mont Blanch were cited as targets while government sources claimed slowed progress. A separate espionage case led to the arrest of 50 people tied to documents found in a British official’s valise.
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Associated Press
Spain
Catalonia
Barcelona
Mediterranean
Franco
Borjas Biancas
Lerida
Tarragona
Sierra de la Llena
Mont Blanch
Helena telephone manager dies from gunshot wound
Albert E. Jones, 53, Helena manager for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph, died tonight from a bullet wound to the head in a case police say relates to personal safety. Jones led local operations for five years, previously worked at Conrad, Havre and Miles City. Survivors include his widow and one daughter. Police could not determine if it was suicide.
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Helena
Albert E. Jones
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Roger Smith
Jones
Conrad
Havre
Miles City
Smith
Holiday Death Toll Tops 450, Slightly Below Last Year
The Associated Press reports more than 450 lives lost during the holiday weekend with 341 traffic fatalities. California led with 25 deaths, New York 37, Pennsylvania 30, Texas 35, and seven states plus DC reporting no violent deaths.
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New York
Texas
Associated Press
California
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
New Jersey
New York City
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Nevada
Rhode Island
Vermont
District of Columbia
United States renews protest to Japan over bombings in China
State Department officials announce that Ambassador Joseph C. Grew renewed protests to Japan after Tokyo failed to satisfactorily reply to earlier objections. The note cites numerous bombings in China and urges Tokyo to investigate and halt wartime air attacks.
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Washington
State Department
China
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Grew
Hachiro Arita
Steady Upturn in Trade Forecast for 1939
William R. Kuhns of Banking predicts a steady uptrend in trade in early 1939. The American Bankers Association publication cites 43 percent of 3,000 bank directors and business men reporting improved business, 32 percent static, 25 percent down.
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New York
William R. Kuhns
Banking
American Bankers’ Association
Civil War Veteran Edward E. Paddock Dies at 92
Edward E. Paddock, 92, longtime eastern Montana resident and last surviving Civil War veteran in the area, died Sunday night in a local hospital. Born July 4, 1845 in Cleveland, Ohio, he served with the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin infantry and lived in Jordan for the past 25 years.
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Miles City
Edward E. Paddock
Montana
Mr. Paddock
Cleveland
Ohio
Jordan
Twenty-ninth
Wisconsin Infantry
Glass-coating scientist claims invisible pane breakthrough
Dr. Katharine B. Blodgett, a prominent woman scientist, announces a coating for glass that makes it disappear from view by the edges. Ordinary thicknesses transmit 92 percent of light, while the new coating permits 99 percent. The discovery could affect sunglasses, clocks, photo lenses, and camera optics.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Siegfried
Katharine B. Blodgett
Texas Congressman Warns on War Propaganda Collision
Representative Martin Dies of Texas denounces U S propaganda urging entry into war and urges Congress to reaffirm non interference with foreign nations and opposition to entangling alliances. He says Russia and England are pushing U S propaganda to divide public opinion.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Texas
United States
Congressional
Congress
Dies
Russia
England
Auto Death Toll Lower In Montana This Year
Helena Dec 26 Montana highway patrol supervisor Lou Boe Decker says 1938 will be a banner year for highway safety with auto deaths down to 30 under 1937 totals. He notes the toll should rise but remains optimistic over past years and law enforcement cooperation.
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Helena
Lou Boedecker
Montana Highway Patrol
TBE Ssdcrvsse Dows Sahd
Three Indians Die At Buffalo Falls Mystery
In Hardin Wyoming, three Indians plunged 250 feet to death at a long unused Buffalo Falls by the Big Horn river near Fort Custer. Bodies of Anna Door 26 Pete Charges Strong 45 and Fred Old Horn 50 were found at the cliff base amid bloodstained sagebrush as authorities called the Christmas week tragedy a mystery.
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Hardin
Buffalo Falls
Big Horn
Fort Custer
George A. Custer
Anna Door
Pete Charges Strong
Fred Old Horn
Redman
Weather forecast for Montana and Wyoming
Montana and Wyoming expect generally fair weather Tuesday and Wednesday with rising temperatures. Highs and lows not specified. no precipitation noted. Local meteorologists urge outdoor plans to proceed as conditions remain mild and dry.
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Montana
Wyoming
Two-Year-Old Slaying Said to Be Solved
In Brokane Washington Deputy Prosecutor Leslie Carroll reports James Leo Smith, 40, confessed to the 1937 assault and killing of Laura Kruse, 18, after following her, striking her unconscious, and leaving her dying. a written confession was anticipated but not yet presented as the notary was away.
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Brokane
Wash
James Leo Smith
Leslie Carroll
Laura Kruse
Minneapolis
Carroll
Smith
Kruse
Lee Markwood
Cold wave tightens grip with subzero Montana temps
Butte records zero at midnight and seven below by morning while Helena and Great Falls share the chill. Snow is light, roads clear and air travel reported good conditions as a second cold snap grips the state since Christmas with Hebgen dam noting a foot of snow.
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Flk
Montana Power Company
Helena
Great Falls
Butte
Hebgen Dam
Montana police chief dies after short illness
Hardin police chief Ed Tuck Buckner aged 33 died at a local hospital following a brief illness. Buckner served two years on the Hardin force and led the department as chief for about two months.
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Hardin
Ed T
Tuck) Buckner
Butte's Quiet Two Day Yuletide Ends City Holiday
Butte's Christmas celebration concluded after two days of church relief and charity events with markedly quiet streets. Most residents stayed home. only essential services and select shops and offices remained open as the city observed the holiday.
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Butte
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Hull
Andrue Berding
Montana Weather Bureau
Missoula
William Seigle
Johns-Manville Co
Pace
RULER
Pearl Buck
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Sweden
Stockholm
Christ
U.S
Cla Park
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