Thelma Todd Found Dead In Car In Hollywood
Thelma Todd blonde screen actress was found dead today in her car in the Seaside residence garage. Detectives note blood at mouth and nose but no immediate sign of foul play and suspect possible heart attack. Coroner summoned. body found after maid reported she did not appear since Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Seaside
Lieut. A. S. Roselli
West Los Angeles
Miss Todd
Hollywood
Bruce Clark
May Whitehead
Todd
Mies
Santa Monica
Coast Highway
Japanese Army Extends Reach Into North China Front
The Japanese army pushed farther into North China around Kalgan on December 16, seizing posts near the railroad station as infantry and bayonets move to tighten control in the interior region.
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North
China
Associated Press
Kalgan
Chahar Province
North China
Trial Date Set For Van Vlack In Idaho Slayings
Douglas Van Vlack pleaded not guilty in Twin Falls before District Judge Adam B. Barclay. His murder trial for slain highway patrolman Fantasma Cooper is set for January 20. He sat quietly as about 100 people watched the brief hearing. He is jailed on the four floor as prosecutors plan to call witnesses on his state of mind and to present character testimony from Tacoma. The case also involves the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff Henry C. Givens and the death of his former wife Mildred Hook.
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Idaho
Douglas van Vlack
Adam B. Barclay
Fantasma Cooper
van Vlack
Buhl
Henry C. Givens
Tacoma
Larson
van Vinck
Here
Mildred Hook
Nations to skip war debt payments nine countries default
Belgium Estonia and Latvia were poised to inform that they would again skip semi annual war debt payments. Eight others already had notice. Total due yesterday from 12 nations was 965 million 414 thousand 177 dollars 64. Finland alone 230 thousand 452 dollars expected to be paid. Britain France Italy Poland Romania Czecho Hungary and Lithuania also unable to meet the obligation.
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Washington
Belgium
Estonia
Latvia
Finland
Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Rumania
Czecho
Hungary
Lithuania
Hoover Moves to Block Borah Nomination in Washington
Mark Requa Republican national committeeman from California pressed Hoover's plan to head off Borah at the national committee meeting. He spoke with Ezra Whitla and other party leaders to ensure Borah's nomination is eliminated, signaling Hoover’s aim.
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Washington
Mark Requa
California
Hoover
Requa
Mondey
Ezra Whitla
Idaho
Borah
Fire kills nine at Irkutsk worker house
A fire at a worker community house in Irkutsk killed at least nine people and left many more missing. Reported delays in ladders and water supply hindered firemen as the building housed about 160 persons.
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Moscow
Irkutsk
Army Pilot Killed in Miami Plane Crash
Second Lieutenant Robert L. Carver of the 55th pursuit squadron at Barksdale Field La. died when an Army plane crashed into a swamp near Chapman Field twelve miles south of Miami. A West Point graduate of 1932 and Randolph Field 1933, he was single.
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Miami
Fla
Robert L. Carver
Barksdale Field
Chapman Field
West Point
Army Training School
Randolph Field
Texas
Murderer Is Identified In Liggett Publisher Killing
Wesley Andersoh identified Isadore Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann as the slayer of Walter Liggett, publisher of a weekly newspaper. Mrs Liggett had previously identified Kid Cann as the killer. Police later arrested Andersoh, identified as Mr Isaacson, and the suspect woman near the Liggett home after tracking license plates. The attorney general and police officials coordinated at the Capitol in St Paul.
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Minneapolis
Peter S. Neilson
Wesley Andersoh
Isadore
Kid Cann
Frank Forestal
Keyness
Walter Liggett
Isaacson
Liggett
St. Paul
H. H. Peterson
Anderson
Ligcett
Forestal
Governor Cooney Dies and Holt Becomes Montana Leader
Montana governor Frank H. Cooney died of a heart attack while at a Florida highway officials meeting. W. Elmer Holt, president pro tem of the senate, automatically becomes chief executive until the November 1936 election. Cooper had been lieutenant governor and a Democrat. Holt is also a Democrat.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Frank H. Cooney
Cooney
Highway Officials
Miami
Fla
W. Elmer Holt
Miles City
Senate
John E. Erickson
Erickson
United States Senate
Thomas J. Walsh
Holt
Helena
State Capitol
Lucky break aids miner to correct limp
In Bingham Utah on December 16 a 45-year-old miner named Timothy broke his leg in a truck collision two years earlier. The leg had healed with a limp. Doctors proposed breaking and resetting the leg to correct the limp. Timothy initially refused but last Saturday slipped and broke the same leg again in the same spot, making a reset possible.
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Timothy
Utah Weather Tonight and Tuesday Warmth Needing Change
Utah weather forecast shows little temperature change tonight and Tuesday with steady conditions. Expect partly clear skies and light winds as the next system remains distant.
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Utah
Cleveland Chosen For 1936 Republican National Convention
The Republican National Committee selected Cleveland as the site for the 1936 convention to nominate a presidential candidate. vote 54 Cleveland 39 Chicago 6 Kansas City 0. The decision was by secret ballot with a $150,000 designation guarantee and support from Mayo Harold H Burton Bolton and other party leaders.
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Cleveland
National Committee
Chicago
Kansas City
City
Calvin Coolidge
Roosevelt
Brown
Mayflower
Connecticut Avenue
Lafayette Park
White House
Henry P. Fistcher
Illinois
Missouri
Oregon
Charles E. Runyon
Utah
Jesse F. Cannon
Wyoming
Edward V. Robertson
States Continue Appeal for Cash in New Deal Push
Washington reports that many state and local authorities appeal for continued federal spending on relief as President Roosevelt shapes next year’s program. Governors and officials have visited the capital amid business pressure to curb federal expenditures and emphasize ongoing relief activities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Conference of Mayors
Congress
British plan faces critics over Italo-Ethiopian peace move
The Baldwin government prepares a counter attack against critics of the Anglo-French plan to end the Italo-Ethiopian war. A cabinet emergency session signals seriousness as Mussolini’s forces hold a defensive line in the south while 40,000 Ethiopian troops under Ras Des Demtu threaten.
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Peiping
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Kalgan
Tangku
China
Tientsin
East Shippeh Autonomous State
Yin Ju-Keng
North China Demilitarized Zone
Peace Preservation Corps
Shang Chen
Hopeh Province
Shang
Kingdom of Haile Selassie
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Geneva
Paris
Mussolini
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Dolo
Associated Press
Mbogadiscio
Mother in law loses in court in Rochester
In Rochester New York County Judge William C Kohlmetz suspends sentence for Edward Bullock 37 after he was convicted of assault for stabbing his mother in law Mrs Clara Williams 47 with a pen knife during a home argument Bullock said his mother in law provoked the attack by beating him with a chair and a mop handle
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N. Y
Castle
William C Kohlmetz
Edward Bullock
Bullock
Clara Wiliams
Kohlmetz
Hauptmann Fisch Said To Take Lindbergh Ransom Money
The New York Evening Post asserts Bruno Hauptmann and Isador Fisch collected the 50000 dollar Lindbergh ransom. Hauptmann denies kidnapping ties, claiming they only became involved after the abduction. Gov Hoffman received Hauptmann’s letter but finds no decisive evidence.
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Hauptmann
Fisch
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
Post
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Luther A. Campbell
United States Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Philippine Clipper Lands In Manila Bay
The Philippine Clipper completed an 8,000 mile maiden flight from Alameda California to Manila Bay arriving at 3 54 p m local time after 60 hours 4 minutes of air time The two clipper ships averaged 133 33 mph on the westward crossing Captain J H Tilton led a crew that started December 9 with 15000 pieces of mail It paused at Honolulu Midway Island and Guam en route to Manila with ten thousand onlookers watching the arrival.
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Manila
Transpacific
Manila Bay
Alameda
Cal
Guam
J. H. Tilton
Honolulu
Midway Island
Women Repair Muddy Lebette County Road Bedrock Moxie
Four farm women in Lebette county Montana urged road repair for months. Jennie and Faye Gaston hitched a team and hauled rock while Mrs A W Foster and Mrs E G Wolfe shoveled mudholes. Foster then smoothed the surface with her husband’s tractor.
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Eas
Lebette
Jennie
Faye Gaston
A. W. Foster
E. G. Wolfe
Breed Your Own Coat Scheme Prompts Women to Raise Minks
Billy Rose, a New York pet shop owner, urges women to raise their own mink coats. He notes two pairs sold at 150 dollars each and claims minks are easy to care for, costing about two cents daily to feed, yielding a stylish fur coat.
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New York
Billy Rose
Rose
New York Heir Kidnapped Amid Ransom Clues
Officials intensify search for Caleb J. Milne IV son of a Philadelphia elite after a ransom note postmarked Poughkeepsie claims he is kidnapped. Federal agents join New York police in the probe as grandfather Caleb Milne Jr. considers abduction theory.
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Caleb J. Mune, IV
Philadelphia
Caleb J. Milne
New York State
Scotland Yard
J. Schwarz
Modest Mu
Caleb
Frederic
Strange Man
Idaho Utah in Grip of Cold
Cold conditions stretched across Idaho and Utah with subzero lows and near zero readings. In Idaho Falls the low was one above zero with reports of several degrees below zero elsewhere. Utah recorded its coldest spell of the season with Soldier Summit at 14 below and Provo at 12 above.
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Utah
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Snake River Valley
Mercury
Salt Lake City
Soldier S
Coalville
Logan
Den
Provo
Lunchroom Chef Arrest Draws Patron Complaints
Chicago report says patron James Lorenzo had lunchroom chef Christ Bootas- tinister arrested after the chef allegedly threw a meat cleaver when Lorenzo questioned the quality of the food. The incident occurred amid tensions over the lunch program.
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Chicago
Christ Bootas
Tinister
James Lorenzo
Bootas
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