Franco-British Peace Plan for Ethiopia Sparks Global Tension
Emperor Haile Selassie urged the League of Nations to convene a special assembly as the Franco-British plan would cede roughly two thirds of Ethiopia to Italy in exchange for peace. Smaller powers oppose the partition while rebellion grows in Britain’s House of Commons and Dessye reports a battle near Makale with Italian casualties.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
League Assembly
League
Council
Mussolini
East Africa
House of Commons
Geneva
Dessye
Addis Ababa
Deaba
Makale
Japanese Troops Enter Kalgan City in China
A small Japanese detachment entered Kalgan in Chahar Province early today. The population and Chinese troops watched in silence as no shots were fired and no protest was voiced.
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China City
Kalgan
Chahar Province
China
Hamilton man seeks to halt processing tax
In Cincinnati on December 13 a Hamilton man William Heib filed in U S District Court to block the hog processing tax. Heib seeks to restrain Internal Revenue Collector T J Conner from collecting 1716.94 dollars in processing taxes.
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Cincinnati
United States
William Heib
Hamilton
Heib
Internal Revenue
T. J. Conner
Friday the 13th anecdotes span many lives across cities
A jumble of brief items notes Friday the 13th superstitions and incidents from Clifton New Jersey San Diego Marysville Pennsauken Racine North East Detroit and Detroit. Events include birthdays licenses fires births and a long string of misfortunes tied to the date.
Roosevelt to Propose Continuation of Neutrality Law
President Roosevelt said a continuation of the temporary neutrality law will be proposed to the next Congress as the current act expires next February. He indicated a final form would take a couple of weeks and noted Navy reserves expansion discussed with the high command. He cited 150 000 reserves as a long term goal and said London talks were not part of the navy discussions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Navy
Woman insists on seat in love jury
In Urbana on December 13 Mrs. Wilbur Kite sat with 11 men on a alienation of affections case. Judge C E Buroker offered to excuse her but she remained. The suit, valued at 20000 dollars, is brought by Albert Thomas, a Salem Township farmer, against Boggs McClellan, a former central Ohio baseball player, with testimony set for today.
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Urbana
Wilbur Kite
C. E. Buroker
Albert Thomas
Salem Township
Boggs McClellan
Central Ohio
Liquor Department Eyes Part Time State Stores
Ohio's Liquor Control Board may drop the push for private liquor agencies and replace them with part time state stores. The board asked Director James W. Miller to open new agencies and renew no expiring contracts in cities, while exploring part time stores for rural communities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Department of Liquor Control
Liquor Board
James W. Miller
Miller
Japan raises fleet equality with Soviet Russia at naval conference
Tokyo argues for a universal standard applying to all nations including Soviet Russia to ensure equal total fleet tonnage. France and Italy may be swayed as Japan seeks support for sea power parity. Delegations hope to reach a compromise to replace the Washington and London treaties before 1936 expiry.
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London
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Tokyo
France
Italy
Asiatic Empire
Washington
Britain
United States
Conway Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
In Batavia Ohio Judge Charles White sentences 65 year old Charles Conway to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second degree murder. Conway admitted shooting and killing Charles Fawley, 21, near Batavia on October 1.
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Batavia
Charles White
Charles Conway
Ohio
Conway
Charles Fawley
Here
SEC Votes to Permit Financial Aid to Athletes
The Southeastern Conference approved allowing financial assistance to athletes, seen as official sanction of subsidizing athletic ability.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Conference
Two Professors Slain at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York authorities attributed the December 13 fatal shootings to the persecution mania of Victor Koussow a 52 year old former medical and law student who had been fired for irritable conduct. He killed Dr Arthur Taylor Rowe and Dr Paul B Wiberg and wounded Dr William H Crawford before shooting himself.
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New York
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Victor Koussow
Arthur Taylor Rowe
Paul B. Wiberg
Koussow
William H. Crawford
Nicolaieff
Dr. Crawford
Dr. Wiberg
Kosesow
Kossow
Gurses
Three Injured in Auto Crash on 30 Highway
Three people were injured when two Clarksville cars sideswiped and left the road on U S 30 two miles west of Wilmington. Miss Lavon Windross 20 fractured leg and bruises Miss Josephine Windross 18 bruises both taken to Hale Hospital Calvert 24 head and face cuts treated and released William Villars 88 uninjured driving west blinded by oncoming lights Both cars damaged but not overturned. accident investigated by State Highway Patrol.
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Lavon Windross
Clarksville
Cc. L. Calvert
Josephine Windross
William Villars
R.F. D
Hale Hospital
Calvert
Wilmington
Villars
Farmers Form Co operative to Market Butter
One thousand nine hundred farmers from ten counties join to form a cooperative creamery enterprise in Mansfield to market about 1000 pounds of butter annually. Vance Clever of Richland County Farm Bureau reports strong support and outlines plans for headquarters churn and transport to marketing centers.
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Mansfield
Vance Clever
Richland County Farm Bureau
Clever
Post Office Building Damaged by Interior Fire
The $8,000,000 post office on Pennsylvania Avenue four blocks from the White House was scarred by an interior fire that raged in the early hours. Capital fire crews battled flames as smoke poured from the building while more than a dozen firefighters were overcome temporarily during the effort.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Dorothy Du Bourd Is Sentenced For Drunken Driving
Los Angeles December 13 Judge Charles Burnell sentenced Dorothy Du Bourd a 20 year old actress to six months in county jail for drunken driving. He had earlier ordered Tehachapi prison but reversed to give her a scare and preserve her film career. She testified she drank three beers on an empty stomach.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Burnell
Dorothy du Bourd
Burnell
Tehachapi
Nation's Sneezing Bill Sets at 100 Million
Chicago reports on the nation facing a winter health cost of 100 million dollars for common colds and related illnesses. Dr. Lloyd Arnold of the University of Illinois College of Medicine warns of thousands of winter deaths and widespread sick days, urging fitness and moderation to reduce illness.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Lloyd Arnold
University of Tllinois College of Medicine
Arnold
Two Men Die In Gasoline Spark Explosion At Here Pump House
A spark ignited gasoline at a pump house on U S Steel property three miles east of Here killing two electricians. The victims were Raymond Melinke and Del Webb, ages 45 and 49, who were repairing electrical equipment when the concrete building exploded.
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Comeaut
U. S. Steel Corp
Here
Raymond Melinke
del Webb
PWA and WPA Workers In Cincinnati Knife Fight
Two Black workers faced arraignment on a cutting to kill charge after a melee between Works Progress Administration and Public Works Administration crews in Cincinnati. Police said the clash began when PWA workers detained bystanders slowed traffic near road repairs and a conflict escalated with knives shovels and pick handles.
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Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
World wheat prices rise after Argentina sets minimum
World wheat prices jumped after Argentina fixed a minimum price about 76 cents per bushel for the 1935 crop. Chicago futures rose to over one dollar, with December and May contracts lifted. Winnipeg and Liverpool also gained as markets reacted. Canada faces a potential shift of its large export surplus to European ports.
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Chicago
Argentina
Winnipeg
Canada
G Men Refuse to Take Over Liggett Slaying Probe
Washington December 13 Attorney General Cumings rejected Minnesota Governor Floyd Olson’s request for federal takeover of the Walter Liggett murder investigation. He offered federal labs and identification records but said enforcement remains with state and local authorities. He added that any potential federal offense should go to the St Paul district attorney.
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Cumings
Floyd Olson
Minnesota
Justice Department
Walter Liggett
Minneapolis
Cummings
St. Paul
Robbery Homicide Probed In Cleveland Warehouse
Police hunted two robbers after Herman Wine aged 55 was found dead from a head wound in his small warehouse office. A money bag containing about $30 and keys Wine normally carried were missing.
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Cleveland
Herman Wine
Wine
Conferees OK Sales Tax Bill and Farm Exemptions Restored
House and Senate committees reach agreement on a sales tax bill restoring farmer exemptions with roadside stalls collecting tax. Food exemptions delayed to 1937, revenue split 60 40 to schools and counties, with township shares defined. Budget differences persist as governor’s veto posture shapes figures and use tax gains support in Senate panel.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Davey
Samuel A. Anderson
Licking
Clark K. Hunsicker
Pickaway
Harry J. Hansen
Paulding
Senate Taxation Committee
Ohio
State Tax Commission
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Marysville
Kas
W. M. Griffee
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Detroit
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Landon
Myers
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Kansas
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