Thelma Todd Death Grand Jury Probes Murder Theory
Los Angeles reports a grand jury probes a murder theory in Thelma Todd's death. Kidnap threats emerge as a woman named Mrs Kane says she saw Todd alive after autopsy, and evidence hints the actress may have died from monoxide. Ex-husband Pasquale di Cicco is subpoenaed to explain potential motives.
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Thelma Todd
Los Angeles
Kane
Miss Todd
Hounie
Trocadero
Blaine Seed
Stanley Lupino
Grand Jury
Comedienne
George W. Rochester
Rochester
Pasquale di Cicco
di Cicco
New York
Cafe Trocadero
Hollywood
Gar
Sid Grauman
Relief funds approved as WPA slows nationwide aid
Nineteen Ohio counties began stop gap relief programs as a WPA official noted a slowdown in the federal program. Governor Davey completed action to appropriate 1,500,000 dollars from the general fund for relief in these counties that have not yet voted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Works Progress Administration
Davey
General Fund
Revised WPA employment figures reveal lag in job creation
Washington reports 180,900 of 213,000 quota jobs filled as December figures show only modest weekly gains. Hopkins cites cause unknown while legislature swiftly passes emergency relief measures and details of agency job totals across WPA and CCC programs.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Harter renews attack on Davey action in Columbus
In Columbus on December 20 the dispute between George J. Harter and Governor Davey escalated as Harter accused Davey of inviting him to the executive mansion to urge dropping a legislative inquiry into the Liquor Department. Davey countered that Harter sought favors in exchange for delay in permits.
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Davey
House
Journal
Daveyi
Hart
Department
Illinois Waives Tax Collection For Third Year
Springfield report notes Illinois yesterday waived the state and personal property taxes for the third consecutive year. Expenditures formerly funded by levy are now financed by the sales tax and from liquor licenses and imposts.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Minor California quake rattles dishes with no damage
A small earthquake rattled dishes in homes from Imperial Valley to San Diego last night but officials reported no property damage.
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California
San Diego
Calif
Imperial Valley
Fort Worth Attorney Falls to Death in Hotel Plunge
P1 P Norton a 25 year old junior attorney for the Securities Exchange Commission based in Fort Worth died after plunging from the 10th floor of the Rica Hotel in Houston. He died minutes later.
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Houston
Tex
P. Norton
Fort Worth
Junio
Federal Securities Exchange Commission
Rica Hotel
Borah Closer to Avowed Republican Presidential Bid
Senator Borah of Idaho declared his 1936 objective a liberal Republican platform and said he would cooperate with progressive groups to line up convention delegates. Wisconsin Republicans announced support for a Borah for president delegation and to circulate nominating petitions.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Borah
Wisconsin
Government predicts over billion from cigars and liquor taxes
Treasury figures indicate the government will collect more than a billion dollars in cigarette and liquor taxes in the coming period. The report highlights tax receipts as a major revenue source for the nation.
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Washington
Treasury
Milne Kidnappers Near Dover Farmhouse Linked to Leads
Federal agents search a Wrightstown farmhouse tied to the Milne kidnaping mystery as Milne, recovered drugged and shaken, provides leads. Investigators say four men abducted him from New York and fled with no ransom. clues extend across Pennsylvania Ohio maps examined.
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Caleb J. Milne
New York
Milne
Department of Justice
Caleb J. Milne, Jr
Milme
Bureau of Investigation
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cost Of Girl's Stroll Is $150 At Auto Plant
An anonymous stenographer at a Michigan auto plant was fined $150 for a shortcut through the assembly line causing injuries. An accident report to the Workmen's Compensation Board noted a finger injury, a burn from hot metal, and a sprained ankle as the costs of the incident.
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Lansing
Mich
Workmen's Compensation Board
NRA Expected to Expire on April Fools Day
Capitol Hill buzzed that Congress may let the National Recovery Administration disappear next April 1 or hand its remnants to another government agency. Neither the House Ways and Means nor Senate Finance committees have begun pre session hearings to draft replacement legislation, despite Roosevelt urging such hearings.
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Washington
Congress
NRA
Capitol Hill
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Dayton Power & Light plans $3.9 million Millers Ford expansion
Dayton officials announced a 3.9 million dollar expansion of the Millers Ford plant by the Dayton Power and Light Company. The project aims to increase capacity and modernize facilities.
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Dayton
Dayton Power & Light Co
Millers Ford
Seven Seas Spray Damages Boston Lightship Outbound Freighter
An outbound British freighter the Seven Seas Spray tore a gaping hole in the side of Boston lightship six miles east of Boston Lighthouse today.
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Boston
Seven Seas Spray
Winter Grips Ohio with Snow and Sharp Cold
A heavy snow blanket sweeps across Ohio as frigid air drives temperatures to near freezing. The northern region reports significant snowfall, shuttered roads, and dangerous travel conditions across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Farm incomes balance with total U S farm incomes
The AAA announced that the 1929 balance between gross cash income of farmers and total national money incomes has been restored. From 1929 to 1933 farm income fell 61 percent while overall money income fell 43 percent, then from 1933 to 1935 income rose about 6 percent with rural retail sales up 3 percent and city retail up 38 percent.
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Washington
AAA
L. H. Bean
Bean
Dean
Farm Credit Administration
Land Bank Commissioner
Robber Holds Up Bank Messengers in Dayton Heist
Armed with a sawed off shotgun a robber robbed Carl Schmidt drug store messengers Matt Keighley and Ralph Johnson in Dayton and escaped with $5000 in cash from a satchel brought from the bank.
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Dayton
Matt Keighley
Ralph Johnson
Carl Schmidt
Store Owner Tells Debtors to Forget
Knoxville, Tenn. December 20. Charlie G. Armstrong, former Knoxville clothing store owner now a Knox County trustee, declares a Christmas gift by wiping clean $38,000 in accounts payable from 7,000 debtors. He says he wants to meet old acquaintances and say they owe nothing.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Charlies G. Armstrong
Knoxville
U. S. Firms Reward Workers With Christmas Bonuses
A survey shows U S business institutions boosting worker bonuses this Christmas, with prizes from one week’s pay to six months or a year’s salary. Notable raises include City National Bank of Kansas City salaries up 10 percent, Thomas A Peabody factory workers sharing 100000 for 130 staff, Homestake mine $100 per worker, and 2500 Cutler Hammer Milwaukee employees receiving 3 percent of annual wages.
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City National Bank of Kansas City
R. Crosby Kemper
Thomas A. Peabody
North Manchester
Jnd
Homestake
Lead
8. D
Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Nine Deaths Blamed on Midwest Cold Wave
Bitter Northwest cold brought nine deaths as temperatures plunged across the Midwest. Crockston Minnesota hit 24 below, Devil's Lake North Dakota 22 below, with many Great Lakes and Ohio Mississippi valley readings near record lows. Chicago stayed above zero. Des Moines sank two below. Madison reported four below.
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Steubenville
East Liverpool
Toledo
Mercury
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Kenton
Akron
Hamilton
Dayton
Marion
Youngstown
Warren
Washington D. H
Zanesville
Portsmouth
Ironton
Midwest
Crockston
Minn
Devil's Lake
N. C
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Madison
Wis
Divided Opinion on TVA Validity Studied in Court
Supreme Court heard defense of the Tennessee Valley Authority as an unprecedented socialist scheme. Solicitor General Reed argued the law aims at navigation while rejecting power generation as its primary purpose. James M. Beck for Alabama Power called TVA efforts humiliating and harmful to his clients.
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Washington
TVA
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Alabama Power Company
James M. Beck
England Seeks Guarantees of Aid in Warfare
Britain presses for guarantees of military support from League of Nations members as it abandons the Franco British peace plan with Italy and Ethiopia. Prime Minister Baldwin leads envoys to mobilize Mediterranean powers for possible conflict while Laval in Paris remains in office amid unrest.
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Baldwin
Great Britain
League of Nations’ Council
League
Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
London
League of Nations
Paris
Laval
France
Rome
Grand Council
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
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