Nanking Hopes Rise After Late Civil War Reports
Nanking officials gain renewed hope for an end to China's civil war and Chiang Kai-shek's release after talks with Chang Hsueh-liang's adviser James Elder. A spokesman cites an autographed letter and a telegram from W. N. Donald and notes rumors of Chang fleeing Sianfu. The control yuan condemns Chang to public execution for the rebellion.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chang Hsueh-Liang
James Elder
W. N. Donald
Chiang
Sianfu
Chang
Shanghai
Marshal Chang
Taiyuanfu
Shensi
Peiping
Tientsin
Sian
Control Yuan
Council
Packing Company Manager Dies After Riding Accident
Andrew P. Miller general manager of the American Packing and Provision company in Ogden and former president of the Utah Manufacturers' Association died after a horse he rode fell with him. He never regained consciousness following the Sunday accident at a local hospital.
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Ogden
Andrew P. Miller
American Packing & Provision Company
Utahnufacturers’ Association
Noted painter Robert W. Grafton dies at 65
Robert W. Grafton, 65, a noted American portrait painter, died in Michigan City Ind today.
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Michigan City
Ind
Robert W. Grafton
Tuberculosis Classified as Communicable Disease in 1907
In 1808 Dr. Hermann M. Bigge urged notifying cages of consumption and free sputum examination. Due to strong opposition it was not until 1907 that tuberculosis was finally classified as a communicable infectious disease and made legally reportable, following New York’s example later adopted by others.
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Hermann M. Bigge
New York
Three Die In House Fire In Janesville Wisconsin
A mother Mrs. William Ryan 40 died at the stairway in a two story home in Janesville along with her children Frances 6 and Billy 5 who were found under a bed. The father escaped with a four months old baby by leaping from a second story window after an explosion believed caused by coal gas. The kitchen stove in the front bore the dog’s charred remains.
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Janesville
Wis
William Ryan
Frances
Billy
Storm Storms Trigger Five Vehicle Accidents
Stormy conditions led to at least five accidents over two days per city police. Officers cited reduced visibility and driver haste as main factors, detailing collisions involving Isabell Chapman, Mabel Campbell, K L Fry, a taxi driven by R C Bailey, and others, with minor injuries and vehicle damage reported.
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Bill Cavanaugh
Isabell Chapman
North Third
Don Lewis
South Third
Mabel Campbell
South Arthur
W. C. Whittle
South Thirteenth
Main
Center Streets
K. L. Fry
Hawthorne Avenue
Lester Young
North Arthur
Glenn Thomas
Carey
Idaho
Clark
Garfield
Ward W. Little
L. G. Stewart
Tax Conference Called by F D R
President Roosevelt convened a White House conference on taxation with Senate Finance Chairman Harrison and House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton invited to discuss tax policy. The talks aim to determine if changes to existing law are needed and whether the budget can be balanced within two years without tax increases.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hawkins Girl Dies After Hospital Operation
Hawkins Idaho June girl daughter of John L Albiston and Sarah Ellen Littlefield Albiston died at a local hospital after an operation for appendicitis. Survived by seven sisters and two brothers, including Lucille Capell, Lola Williams, Verla Marley, Bertha Harmon, LaVon Bower, and brothers Glen Elda Dall Ralph. Hall mortuary handles funeral arrangements.
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Idaho
Albiston
Pedestrian Fined In Traffic Case
Philadelphia dated report says Magistrate Walter Lownes fined Miss Mary Cash $4 and costs for walking into a moving car in a Lower Merion case. Harold Dilks Jr. quipped the magistrate’s one in a million, noting blame often falls on truck drivers.
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Philadelphia
Walter Lownes
Lower Merion
Mary Cash
Harold Dilks, Jr
Madrid Braces for Rebels After Deadly Bombing
Reports from Madrid on December 17 describe an air raid that killed 63 and wounded over 200 as government forces battled back. Officials said 100 planes engaged the invaders, with four enemy planes downed and one bomber destroyed while heavy fighting raged near Boadilla Del Monte and the university city.
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Madrid
Boadilla Delmonte
University City
Francisco Franco
Duke Receives 6000 Letters Amid Abdication News
The Duke of Windsor, Karl von Windsor, faced another bout of headaches as 6000 admirers sent letters praising his decision to renounce the British throne for Wallis Warfield Simpson. Eight hundred asked for jobs, mainly secretarial positions, while Austrian locals buzzed about the former monarch’s presence at Baron Eugene de Rothschild’s castle.
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Enzenfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Eugene de Rothchild
Duke
Vienna
Baroness Rothschild
Edward
Delay Granted In Finance Trial For Ben Diefenberg
The preliminary hearing for Ben Diefen dorf, financier accused by Karl Evans of purchasing a property offered for sale by the state, was postponed by Probate Judge John Jackson from December 1 to January 6 due to attorneys’ motion for continuance.
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Boise
Ben Diefendorf
Karl Evans
John Jackson
British Government Under Attack in House Debate on Unemployment
Independent Liberal MP Jock McGovern assails the cabinet as worn out and threat to resign to force the king's abdication. He denounces church leaders and condemns BBC broadcasts on the Duke of Windsor abdication as part of a wider attack amid unemployment concerns.
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London
House of Commons
Jock McGovern
Liberal
Edward
McGovern
Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury
Commons
British Broadcasting Company
B.B.C
Duke of Windsor
GOP Chairman in Chicago Refused Resignation Support Vote
The Republican National Committee rejected John Hamilton's resignation offer and extended a vote of confidence by 74 to 2. Hamilton, a Kansas attorney, defended his record amid mixed critiques from committee members including Arthur Curtis and Rep. Hamilton Fish.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Kansas
Cleveland
Gov. Landon
Hamilton
Arthur Curtis
Missouri
Hamilton Fish
New York
Curtis
National Committee
Fish
Alaska
E. A. Rasmuson
Old Guard
Waterfowl Refuge Planned on Snake River Islands
The U.S. Biological Survey has Idaho State Land Board backing to establish a waterfowl refuge on 50 small islands along the Snake River in western Idaho. The board voted to aid the survey by removing goats grazing on the islands to conserve vegetation for ducks and geese.
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Boise
United States Biological Survey
Idaho State Land Board
Snake River
Idaho
Feed Store Man Is Fed Up Now
Howard Miller a Kansas City feed store operator said his mail romance turned out to be a man. He learned the handwriting matched that of 53-year-old Robert Harvey jailed on mail fraud. Miller traveled from Harrisburg Pennsylvania after paying railroad fare and $50 for a trousseau. He demanded to know where the man is and said he wants to confront him.
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Kansas City
Howard Miller
Howard
Robert Harvey
Miller
Harrisuns
Film beauty Gail Patrick weds Robert Cobb at Tijuana
Gail Patrick film beauty married Robert Howard Cobb Hollywood restaurateur today at the Mexican border resort of Tijuana. The ceremony united two entertainment and culinary figures in a pageantry style wedding.
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Holl
Gail Patrick
Robert Howard Cobb
Hollywood
Tijuana
Wife Locates Elope Pair in Dover Road Comedy
An attempted elopement by James Wilson and Mrs Dorothy Barnett ends at a country inn after a broken down auto. Fireworks follow the discovery, part of the audience fun at The Dover Road staged tonight and Friday at 8 30 in Adelaide Anderson hall. Masque and Wie present with Delta Psi Omega affiliations. Cast includes Helen Pearce Hugh Hough Eldred Stephenson Howard Worley Douglas Hayes Helen Hale Helen Farmer Arthur Scott. Director Kathryn Groom with Joyce Thompson助手.
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James Wilson
Dorothy Barnett
Dover Road
Adelaide Anderson Music Hall
A. A. Milne
Masque and Wie
Delta Psi Omega
Helen Pearce
Hugh Hough
Eldred Stephenson
Howard Worley
Douglas Hayes
Helen Hale
Helen Farmer
Arthur Scott
Kathryn Groom
Joyce Thompson
Charles Parker
One Auto Wreck Victim Is Dead
Francis Clausen, 23, Yale Oregon native and son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Clausen, died in Boise from head injuries from an early Sunday automobile crash near Boise. Survived by parents and six siblings. Myrtle George of Nampa remained in critical condition, while John Bowen of Nampa was reported recovering.
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Boise
Francis Clausen
Michael Clausen
Yale
Ore
Myrtle George
Nampa
John Bowen
Jurors Sentence Wise Teacher for Father’s Death
A Wise county jury convict Edith Maxwell 22 of second degree murder in the death of her father Trigg Maxwell. The court fixed her punishment at 20 years in prison, the maximum for second degree murder, as she sobbed and leaned on her brother Earl Maxwell. Her prior first degree murder conviction of 25 years was set aside by the state supreme court.
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Wise
Wise County
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Earl Maxwell
State Supreme Court
Research Chemist Dies In Laboratory Neckly In Cincinnati
Pred Thamann a research chemist at the University of Cincinnati medical college died in a laboratory flooded with fumes from an overturned hydrogen sulfite tank. Electrician David Butrell was overcome and hospital physicians said his injuries were serious. Eight employees fled the scene. The university suspects Thamann bumped the tank.
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Cincinnati
Pred Thamann
University of Cincinnati Medical College
David Butrell
University
Thamann
Lincoln Day Banquet Speaker Named in Boise
William B. Holden of Idaho Falls former Young Republican league chairman will address the Lincoln day banquet in Boise on February 12 and is based in Idaho.
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Boise
William 8. Holden
Idaho Falls
Young Republican League of Idaho
Auto Industry Seeks End to Widespread Strikes
Labor leaders from the glass and auto unions meet in Washington with John L. Lewis to coordinate efforts. Glass workers president McCabe and UAW president Homer Martin announce cooperation, as sit down protests and wage disputes continue at several plants and in maritime and trucking sectors.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Glass and Automobile Workers
Glen W. McCabe
Flat Glass Workers
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
McCabe
Martin
Kansas City
Fisher Body
Detroit
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Aluminum Company of America
Philadelphia
Bridges Seeks Unified Front for Maritime Workers
Pacific coast leader Harry Bridges urged a united front among all marine workers. Speaking to about 16 000 at Madison Square Garden he pledged west coast support to eastern strikers if unity is achieved and denounced International Seamen's Union officers as racketeering officials while accusing lines of stealing subsidies totaling 177 million dollars since 1928.
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New York
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Madison Square Garden
Federatio
International Seamen's Union
Four-Alarm Fire Probed at San Francisco Pier
Investigation pressed into cause of a spectacular four alarm blaze that nearly consumed Pier 46 State terminal shipping shed with an estimated $750000 loss. Three fire boats and a dozen engines fought the two hour blaze with 16 fire stations. Four firemen injured.
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San Francisco
State Terminal
Pope Pius XI Shows Willingness to Follow Doctors Orders
Vatican officials said on December 17 that Pope Pius XI, aged 70, is more inclined to heed doctors orders and conserve strength after 12 days in bed due to a circulatory ailment. He remains stubborn about inactivity but complies gradually.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Man Slaughter Charges Filed in Taxicab Death
Louis Hammond 25 faces involuntary manslaughter in the death of Peter Ladika 21, after a high speed, careless drive on December 10. Albert Harcourt injured. coroner's jury cites excessive speed. Hammond jailed in Murphy Idaho on grand larceny charges, detainer to Ban nock County.
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Robert S. Callis
Louis Hammond
Peter Ladika
CCC
D. W. Bliss
Hammond
Here
Cleveland
Bliss
Albert Harcourt
Owyhee County
Murphy
Idaho
George Riddle
Dwyhee County
Sheriff Riddle
Bannock County
Industry Not Failed Says Cady in Rotary Address
Wm S Cady general manager of the Tribune Journal company told the Rotary Club that American industry has not failed. He noted fewer than one in eight unemployed ever worked in industry and that over 50 years population rose 2.5 times while industry employed three times as many and wages rose twelvefold. He urged ending class hatred and unwarranted attacks on U S industry. Arthur M Petersen acted as president. Mary Lund played a piano solo.
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Rotary Club Today
Wm. S. Cady
Tribune-Journal Company
Cady
Arthur M. Petersen
H. B. Thompson
Mary Lund
Idaho Wildlife Federation Convention Set for January
Boise hosts the Idaho Wildlife Federation annual convention January 10 11 and 12 announced by President R G Cole. Weather forecast calls for light to moderate cloudiness in the south and north tonight and Friday with colder southern temperatures and generally fair conditions overall.
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Boise
Idaho Wildlife Federation
R. G. Cole
Hunt for missing Western Air Express transport in Wasatch
Snow hampers search for the Western Air Express plane and its seven occupants. About 500 men on horseback snowshoes and skis scour a six square mile area southeast of Salt Lake City near Lone Peak after fresh snowfall obscures clues. Ground parties alpine Draper and Alpine areas receive reports of possible traces as gray skies clear and the search widens despite difficult conditions.
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Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Milford
Utah
S. J. Samson
William J. Bogen
Wasatch Mountains
Here
John Campbell
Army Flier
Campbell
Fred Kelly
University of Southern California
Jimmy James
James
Frank Crismon
Wasa Mountains
Allan Barrie
Western Air
Expre
Wasatch Mountain
Lone Peak
Draper
Alepine
J. I. Hess
Forest Service Force
Hess
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Seattle
Wsuop
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Hendaye
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