Borah Says Armament Hysteria Could Lead to Referendum
Senator Borah of Idaho warned that continued world armament fever could push Congress to adopt a constitutional referendum allowing citizens to vote on war. He cited automatic triggers by twelve men and urged a public voice on war decisions.
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Borah
Washington
Idaho
United States
Congress
Taylor
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Ludlow
Representative Ludlow
D-Ind
House
Roosevelt
Hull
Bazaar Collecting To Begin Monday
The Friendship Fire Company committee of ladies in charge of the bazaar and oyster supper will begin gin making collections Monday and continue on Tuesday. Donors asked to have funds ready when committee members call and cash contributions for supper supplies are welcome.
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Friendship Fire Company
Christmas Mail Dreams and Early Shopping Cheer
Ma Winchester notes a Vancouver posted letter from November 29 to Ma Winchester, Virginia. A local merchant says the public is catching the Christmas spirit and expects a strong shopping surge next week through Christmas Eve. He urges early buying and purchasing Christmas seals to aid a worthy cause.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Ma Winchester
Santa
Colored Football Game at Park Sunday Showdown
A local team faces Culpeper No. Va. Champs at Park on Sunday at 2 30 p m in a colored football match. The game marks a key regional clash with standings noted as 12 3 1p 1t.
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Culpeper No
Hodgson & rown Christmas Shopping Help at Steiff Silver
Hodgson and rown offer expert personal attention for Christmas shopping as Steiff Silver agents. The notice invites shoppers to seek guidance and appears in a period style advertising item with emphasis on service.
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Hodgson & Rown
Steiff Silver
Two Are Put To Death For Treason
Berlin reports two soldiers Bruno Trojaner and Berthold Koehne were executed by guillotine after court martial treason convictions for leaking military secrets to unnamed foreign powers.
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Berlin
Bruno Trojaner
Berthold Koehne
Week Weather Outlook for Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday for the North and Middle Atlantic States. Precipitation expected Tuesday or Wednesday near the end of the week and along the coast at the start of the week. Temperatures mostly moderate with a cold spell at the end of the week.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
McCormick Sued for Breach of Promise
Harold F. McCormick, reaper magnate, was sued for 2 million dollars by Mrs. Olive Randolph Colby of Kansas City widow of a prominent New York sportsman alleging breach of promise.
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Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
Reaper
Olive Randolph Colby
Kansas City
New York
Three Iron Guard suspects shot dead in Cluj street
In Cluj three men confessed to the attempted assassination of Cluj University rector Flory Stefanescu Granga and were shot by guards while en route to prison. The youths, aged 24 to 26, were tied to the Iron Guard and acted on orders from Codreanu.
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Bucharest
Cluj
Flory Stefanescu Granga
Iron Guard
Corneliu Zelea Cordeanu
Freen
Nikolai Fagadaru
Bicu Annani
Petru Andrei
Cordeanu
Codreanu
Miss Clark Weds Geo. McLanahan in Boston Ceremony
Sally Poor Clark 18, sister-in-law to John A. Roosevelt, married George X. McLanahan 25, in Emmanuel Church Back Bay before 1,000 guests. The couple, after a reception at Mrs. George Clymer’s home, departed for California en route to Hawaii.
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Boston
Sally Poor Clark
John A. Roosevelt
George X. McLanahan
New York
Watch Hill
R. I
Social
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Back Bay
Grant Noble
Williamstown
Phillips E. Osgood
Emmanuel Church
F. Haven Clark
Nahant
Mss Clark
George Clymer
McLanahan
John Roosevelt
Duer McLanahan
Roosevelt
Cost Him $50 To Prove Self Still Living
Charles Johnson a former Fon Du Lac resident now in St Louis was legally declared alive again after the county court set aside a 1936 death finding. The move followed testimony by his brother Frank and incurred $50 in court costs and an attorney's fee.
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Fon DU Lac
Wis
Charles Johnson
St. Louis
Johnson
Frank
Charles
Chales
Two Year Plan Projected By Henderson
Washington December 3 Leon Henderson outlined a two year program of inquiry by the federal monopoly committee to study America’s economic life and find workable solutions for production and distribution. He listed 13 subjects including concentration of industrial power price systems government policy and a proposed Bureau of Industrial Economics under Roosevelt.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Federal Monopoly Committee
Henderson
WPA
Isador Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Willard Thorp
Aeaenessary
Bureau of Industrial Economics
Roosevelt Sug
Ex-convict Moe Liss Nabbed in Brooklyn Narcotics Raid
Police arrested Moe Liss known as The Spider King and his wife in an ocean-front Brooklyn apartment raid. Officers seized a loaded pistol 50 narcotic tubes six syringe needles and 850 dollars in cash. Lieut Winberry led the raid and turned over three address books with names from the west southwest and Canada. Liss released two pigeons from a window as officers entered.
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New York
Moe Liss
Tommy Cooper
Spider King
Brooklyn
McNeil C. Winberry
Liss
Southwest
Canada
Winberry
Berlin Bans Jews From Chief Streets in Public Areas
Berlin authorities barred Jews from major streets and public venues in the capital effective December 6. The decree imposes permits for movement within restricted zones, excludes some central Jewish residents, and signals further bans on areas like Kurfürstendamm and Friedrichstrasse.
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Berlin
Wilhelm- Strasse
Leipziegerstrasse
Unter der Linden
Germany
Dnb
Kurguerstendamm
Friederichstrasse
Unter den Linden
Dab
Farm Payments Accelerated For 1938 Crop Program
Agriculture Department officials announced that 1938 crop program benefit payments totaling about 500 million dollars would be distributed this winter and spring, several months earlier than in past seasons. Grower applications will be accepted in December and January, and the first checks mailed in February.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Wallace
Licenses Required for Washington Guides
Washington guides who lead visitors around the capital must now obtain licenses. The piece notes past showy acts by prominent impersonators and describes enforcement moves beginning last season, including a court ruling denying Stanlye L. Mahoney's bid to avoid a license.
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National Capital
Eddie Gilmore
Washington
Capital Guides
Hughes
Herbert Hoover
Taft
Johnstown
District of Columbia
Stanlye L. Mahoney
Paulette Goddard Selected for Scarlett O'Hara Role
The World Telegram reports Paulette Goddard, wife of Charlie Chaplin, chosen to portray Scarlett in Gone With the Wind. Producer David O. Selznick will start filming early next year with Clark Gable as Rhett Butler.
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New York
the World-Telegram
Scarlett O'Hara
Paulette Goddard
Charlie Chaplin
David 0. Selznick
Selznick International Pictures, Inc
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Margaret Michell
New Soling Is In Good Demand
Officials at the O'Sullivan Rub‑Iany report machinery installation ongoing at the Papermill road boxboard plant leased for crepe soles and soling. About 15 to 20 workers are employed in the new unit, with full staffing reached and no openings left. Demand for crepe soling is strong and well received. Peak capacity is projected at 10 to 20 000 pairs daily, and fewer workers are needed for soling than for heel manufacturing due to simpler operations.
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O’sullivan Rub- Iany
Papermill Road
Exposure Fatal For Bluemont Elderly Woman
In Bluemont Virginia an 82 year old woman Mrs Eugene Hawlings died from exposure after lying on a untreated floor in an unheated home for at least two days. Her 82 year old bed ridden husband was found in critical condition. Neighbors broke down the door after she failed to appear at the grocery. Funeral plans indicate a Tuesday service at the Forrester residence.
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Bluemont
Eugene Hawlings
W. T. Turner
Clarke County
Mrs. Hawlings
Public Invited To Elks' Event In Winchester
The public is invited to join Lodge No. 867 B P O Elks for a memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church at 3 o clock tomorrow. Representative Clifton Woodrum of Roanoke Va will deliver an address after motoring from Washington DC with a party of friends and returning to the capital after the program. Edwin T Snider Jr calls roll of departed brothers and Lawrence C Hollis leads a committee to arrange the service.
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Lodge No. 867
Christ Episcopal Church
Clifton Woodrum
Roanoke
Woodrum
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Edwin T. Snider, Jr
Lawrence C. Hollis
British Leaders Visit Rome for Mussolini Talks
London December 3 193 to be confirmed Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Minister Halifax will visit Rome from January 1 to January 14 for talks on international affairs with Premier Mussolini.
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London
Chamberlain
Halifax
Rome
Mussolini
General Motors Strike Authorized by CIO Unite Automobile Workers
Detroit dispatch reports Homer Martin says the UAW executive board authorized a walkout at two General Motors plants in Flint Michigan. He sent a telegram urging immediate negotiation on the dispute with plant manager George C Paterson.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Flint
Mich
George C. Paterson
Minister Dies in Troy Episcopal Rector Upton B Thomas
The Rev. Upton B Thomas, 65, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Troy, died today from a heart ailment. He previously served as pastor in Norfolk and Blacksburg Virginia, Balti a and New Martinsville, Va.
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Troy
Upton B Thomas
Trinity Episcopal Church
Norfolk
Blacksburg
Baltia
New Martinsville
V.a
Martin Company Increases Workers For Third Straight Month
The Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore announces a rise in its employment for the third consecutive month. The current total exceeds the August 30 figure as payroll expands.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Duke of Gloucester Injured After Horse Fall
The Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George VI, was feared to have broken his collar bone after a fall from a horse while hunting with the hounds near London on December 3.
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London
Duke of Gloucester
George VI
Normandy Liner Laid Up as Strike Spreads
Paris reports a general shipping strike in Le Havre delaying the Normandie as seamen defy government requisition orders. Over 5,000 mariners remain away, warrants issued for three union leaders, and notable passengers faced delays amid the labor turmoil.
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Paris
le Havre
General Federation of Labor
Anthony Eden
Britain
New York
Gary Cooper
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
George Arliss
Merchant Marine Ministry
Mae
Spain
Wheat Insurance Report Details Premiums and Applicants
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation reported 103000 farmers paid premium by December 1 for next year’s wheat insurance and 234485 farmers applied. Officials continue collecting premiums in spring wheat and Pacific Northwest belts with state totals through November 25 including Virginia 1238 and 2169 bushels.
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Washington
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Pacific Northwest
Virginia
Air raids kill 58 Chinese civilians reported
Shanghai dispatch says Japanese warplanes killed 58 Chinese civilians in air raids on three distant cities.
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Shanghai
Dogs And Guns W Nelson Page Postmaster Hunter
Winchester sportsman W Nelson Page, a busy postmaster, finds little time for hunting with Christmas approaching. He briefly slipped away yesterday for a few hours afield and returned with one shot and one bird.
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W. Nelson Page
Winchester
Christmas
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