Welles Retires From His Cuban Post Tomorrow
Ambassador Sumner Welles announced he would leave Cuba tomorrow afternoon for Miami and then Washington to resume duties. Jefferson Caffery will arrive in Havana within three to four days to serve as president's personal representative. Grau San Martin said discussions with Welles on the Platt amendment did not indicate a U S intention to abandon the treaty.
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Sumner Welles
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Washington
State Department
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Roosevelt
Caffery
Ramon Grau San Martin
Grau San Martin
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Cube
Seven Pier Workers Survive Smoke Filled Caisson Rescue
Seven bridge pier workers known as sandhogs faced death as a fire burned below an air lock in a Missour river caisson 102 feet down. They sang to cope as rescuers, led by I B Hayes, extinguished the blaze with high pressure water and brought the men to the surface one by one. Survivors include J J Murphy foreman, Jack Wright, Elmer and Ben Bradley, John Lacey.
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Kansas City
Missour River
I. B. Hayes
J. J. Murphy
Foreman
Jack Wright
Elmer
Ben Bradley
John Lacey
Icy Winds Sweep Europe and North America
Across Europe and North America icy winds and snow prevailed. Temperatures ranged from 40 below in White River Ontario to 18 above in Chicago, with five deaths in Hungary and four exposure fatalities nationwide. An ice choked Thames and widespread frost bites in Milwaukee accompany theft of a fur coat from opera star Maria Olszewska.
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Associated Press
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Weather Map Shows Rain Area Across Southern States
A barrier of southeast winds blocked the cold northwest wave, keeping the south warmer. The weather map indicated rain in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama and Texas with December temperatures above normal from Atlanta southward. New Orleans saw 63 as the low and 78 as the high in the past 24 hours.
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Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Alabama
Texas
New Orleans
Paraguay Claims Victory in War With Bolivia
Paraguay announced a victory in the Chaco Boreal war with Bolivia with Asuncion reporting the surrender of over 13 000 Bolivian troops and large munitions captures. La Paz gave mixed statements denying Kundt’s removal while naming Jose Lanza acting chief of staff. Jack Smith and Robert O'Dell of Kansas City.
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Associated Press
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Bolivia
Chaco Boreal
Asuncion
la Paz
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hans Kundt
Jose Lanza
Kundt
Jack Smith
Robert O'Dell
Kansas City
Europe hums with talk of disarmament
European capitals including London and Berlin discussed disarmament and a potential reshaping of the League of Nations. Italian Under-secretary Fulvio Sovich attended dinners in Berlin with President Hindenburg and Chancellor Hitler, setting the stage for talks. France awaited details from Paris on Hitler’s appeal for a European peace plan centered on a strong and equal Germany.
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League of Nations
London
Berlin
Fulvio Sovich
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
France
Hitler
Andre Francois-Poncet
M. Francois-Poncet
Germany
Cotton Reduction Plan Takes Shape in Cotton Belt
Memphis officials and farmers discussed the 1934 cotton reduction program outlined by Oscar Johnston of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The plan aims to form a nationwide organization to measure yields from 1928 to 1932, pay acres rentals of three and a half cents per pound, and provide a parity premium of at least one cent per pound. Landowners would lease 40 percent of land to the government, allow tenant renting, and ensure work for tenants with rent-free housing if needed. Nonparticipants would lose access to government loans.
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Tenn
Oscar Johnston
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Johnson
Cotton Belt
Novelists Count Olga Tolstoy Dies in New Haven
New Haven reports the death of Count Olga Tolstoy, noted novelist and son of a Russian figure, in a brief obituary notice dated December 12. The item highlights Tolstoy’s lineage and literary renown.
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New Haven, Conn
Olga Tolstoy
State Highway Officials Visit Here to Discuss Pavo and Monticello Roads
Judge Max L. McRae and H G Smith toured county roads with the highway committee. They recommended certification of the Pavo road into the state system by January first and urged paving the Monticello Road as an urgent priority with remaining grading by county forces if right of way is secured promptly.
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State Highway Commission
H. G. Smith
Fitzgerald
W. Fred Scott
Pavo Road
Florida Line
Monticello
Senate
Pavo
Judge McRae
Tampa
Thomasville
Cell replaces open range for young cowboy
Hutchinson Kansas December 12 An individual cell guards Jack Wisdom 26 who signed a statement admitting abduction and murder of Mr and Mrs Harry Pritchard Wisdom in Kansas State Reformatory feared prosecution over a $21 40 check. A Wichita merchant novelist died at 68 today in New Haven hospital from heart and gall bladder complications.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Jack Wisdom
EH Eubanks
Harry Pritchard
Kansas State Reformatory
Kansas
Pritchard
Sian
New Haven Hospital
Lindberghs Land Safely At Port of Spain After 914-Hour Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh landed the red hydro monoplane in Port of Spain Trinidad at 2 27 p m after a 900 mile flight from Manaus Brazil. Mrs Lindbergh used the wireless set throughout the journey keeping in touch with Pan American Airways stations. The flight began from the Amazon interior at 4048 am and lasted 9 hours 30 minutes.
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Amazon
Brazil
Upward Economic Trend Seen by Government
Washington reports tangible signs of revival in industry with the Commerce Department noting November may end the recession in industrial production. Labor Secretary Perkins says about two billion dollars added to pay envelopes from April to October 15, and reemployment reached four million by October 15. Prices under NRA codes up 16 percent and payrolls up 60 percent.
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Perkins
Washington
Commerce Department
Miss Perkins
Weather forecast for four states and region
Georgia shows cloudy conditions with possible rain tonight and Wednesday in central and north areas. Central and north portions may see rising temperatures on Wednesday. South Carolina expects rain tonight and Wednesday in the north, with warmer conditions Wednesday. Florida foresees partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with gradual temperature rises in the central region. Alabama remains cloudy and unsettled with showers tonight and Wednesday. Extreme Northwest Florida trends partly cloudy to unsettled conditions.
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Georgia
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Florida
Alabama
France confirms third default on war debt amid stand against Germany
Paris reports a cabinet decision confirming France’s third default on war debt to the United States and a firm stance toward Germany. Foreign Minister Paul-Boncour is to respond to Washington as ministers await next steps with the Little Entente and Allied partners.
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Inet
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Saar
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MH Prence
Irrance
Gold price again set at 34.01 an ounce
New domestic gold price held at 34.01 dollars per ounce for the tenth straight business day as the Roosevelt program continues. Treasury officials say they are buying all new domestic metal offered and monitor for any leaks before distributing the quotation at 9 45 a.m. EST.
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Associat’ d Press
Washington
Treasury
New York Federal Reserve Bank
NRA tightens grip on price violators in code fight
In New Jersey a vice chancellor orders a cash and carry cleaning firm to refrain from undercutting code prices. Across the nation NRA reports cutting violator listings cited to the FTC by about fifty percent as many small operators capitulate to minimum prices while larger rivals resist. The program aims to spare small cleaners from federal prosecution by persuading compliance.
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Washington
NRA
Samuel Buvemore
St. Petersburg
Gokition
Tampa
Pia
Akerman
Neu Goes on Trial for Deaths in New Orleans Case
Kenneth Neu, 28, on trial for the killings of Clark in New Orleans and Shead in New Jersey. Neu, a former sailor and cabaret entertainer, sang in court and expressed willingness to be hanged. Psychiatrists deemed him mentally normal. The state seeks the death penalty and plans extradition if not convicted here. Neu admits fleeing after Shead’s death to rob Clark, and two Savannah lawyers defend him with witnesses about detention and discharge for mental illness.
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Louis Kenneth Neu
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Shefield Clark
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Neu
Chirk
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Lawrence Shead
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Jersey
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Nell
Georgia Insane Asylum
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