NBC Christmas Day Salutes AP With New Rockefeller Center Move
NBC will broadcast a one hour Christmas Day salute to the Associated Press on the occasion of its new Rockefeller Center building dedication. The program will feature a dramatization of the year’s top AP stories and note the AP’s expanded wire network serving 1,400 newspapers.
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Associated Press
New York
NBC
Rockefeller Center
National Broadcasting Company
Blue
World-Wide Cooperative News Gathering Association
Maine
San Francisco
Byron Price
Association
Kent Cooper
Fifth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Lower Broadway
Alexander Jones
Broadway and
Liberty Street
Western Union
Broadway
Dey Sreet
Chambers Street
City Hall
Madison Avenue
Friendship Fire Co Bazaar Opens with Supper Deliveries
The Friendship Fire Co hosts a turkey chicken ham or oyster supper bazaar with home delivery within the city for 50 cents per supper. Deliveries start today at 4 pm. Miss Emily P. Bissell, originator of the Christmas Seal idea in Delaware, presides over the Delaware Anti Tuberculosis Society.
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Emily P. Bissell
Wilmington
Del
The
Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Society
How to Hold False Teeth More Firmly in Place
This ad promotes FASTEETH pasteeth powder to stabilize dentures by sprinkling on denture plates. It claims an alkaline non acidic formula with no gummy taste and helps deodorize plate odor, offering firmer comfortable hold for eating laughing and talking.
Two Americans To Note Appeal In Vienna Trial
The American consulate in Vienna reports two U S doctors Mr Michael George Albert of New York and Dr Oscar Lavine of Mount Rainier Maryland have given notice they will appeal after being found guilty of currency law violations. Albert received one year and a 60000 mark fine while Lavine got six months and an equal fine. Both face additional six months if fines are unpaid. Consul John Morgan and Vice Consul Theodore J Hohenthal attended.
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Washington
Vienna
Michael George Albert
New York City
Oscar Lavine
Mount Rainier
John Morgan
Theodore J. Hohenthal
Radio facsimile publishes first ultra high frequency edition
The Post Dispatch runs the world first regular UHF facsimile newspaper broadcast. No 1 of vol 1 has nine pages eight and a half by four columns using seven point type. Transmit time is 15 minutes per page with W9XZY at 31 600 kilocycles range 20 to 30 miles. Daily and Sunday 2 p m CST broadcasts. 15 receiving sets in staff homes. RCA expects receivers about 260 dollars next month.
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ST Louis
Post-Dispatch
Radio Corporation of America
Wallace withdraws parole plea in Maryland case
William Wallace, a Howard county convict jailed for assault with intent to rape, withdrew a parole request in Baltimore. His life term was reduced to ten years, with release due in March 1939 under good time laws, allowing parole supervision if he chose to serve out his sentence. Parole official J Cookman Boyd praised the law change.
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Baltimore
William Wallace
Howard County
Wallace
Albert C. Ritchie
J. Cookman Boyd
Parole Department
Earthquake Shakes L A County But Causes No Damage
A minor quake rattled Los Angeles County around 10:40 p m causing jittery dishes and chandeliers from Santa Monica to Pasadena. No damage was reported.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Santa Monica
Pasadena
Governor names new Delaware chancellor nominee
Governor Richard C. McMullen designates Judge William W. Harrington of Dover to sit as chancellor on Delaware’s supreme court. If confirmed by the Senate in special session, he will succeed the late J. O. Wolcott.
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Dover
Del
Richard C. McMullen
William W. Harrington
State Supreme Court
Senate
J. O. Wolcott
Mentholatum advert claims quick relief for nasal irritation
An old style advertisement promotes Mentholatum for nasal irritation and sense of taste involvement. It highlights easy breathing and soothing effects with a suggested price around 30 cents.
Christmas Trade Seen Stronger This Year Across U S
Secretary Roper stated all indicators point to a peak Christmas trade season in years. Retailers in major cities expect sales to surpass last year with evidence from improved industrial production and consumer flow of goods. Lowell J. Chawner said construction activity this year would be the highest since 1930 and likely to rise again next year.
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Washington
Roper
Commerce Department
Lowell J. Chawner
Department
Division of Economic Research
Woman Seeks Passport Guarantee Amid Europe Crisis
A court clerk reports a woman abroad asked if buying a passport could ensure no war in Europe that summer. The State Department notes the inquiry as part of ongoing coverage of the European crisis and passport rules.
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Washington
State Department
Europe
Champagne Toast After Safe Landing Of Cross Channel Flight
In London on December 8, Frances Maddux J A Celler and Anne Chagnon toasted their safe arrival after a disabled cross channel plane could not land. The aircraft circled Croydon airport as a mechanic freed stuck undercarriage. the wheels finally lowered and passengers, thirteen aboard, landed safely.
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London
Frances Maddux
J. A. Celler
Imperial Airways
New Haven
Newest Douglas DC-5 Transport Plane Hailed Safer
Santa Monica California December 8 1939 Douglas Aircraft Corporation announces a wooden dummy DC-5 transport. The high wing two motor monoplane seats 16 with tricycle gear and wide wing flaps. It features a strong keel bottom fuselage for belly landings and 850 hp engines expected to cruise at 169 mph.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Douglas
Casualties In Catalonia War Reported
In Catalonia during the Civil War 4,018 killed and 6,174 wounded from air raids and naval attacks. Barcelona alone suffered 170 bombardments with 2,500 killed and 3,200 wounded. Attacks on 173 towns by air and 18 by sea. 627 air raids with 16,138 bombs. 5,963 buildings damaged or destroyed.
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Barcelona
Catalonia
Spain
White mice scare thrills at the Engineer's Ball
At University events students released a hatful of white mice, sending dancers into delighted squeals as frightened rodents were scooped up by the crowd and carried away by their escorts amid loud cheers.
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Laramie
Wye
Engin
Help for Kidney Health and Doan's Pills
Doctors warn kidneys filter waste for health and daily intake around three pints. Reported symptoms include backache fatigue swelling and dizziness. Doan's Pills are promoted to flush out wastes and relieve discomfort, with claims of wide usage and relief.
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Doan
Robert Wood dies after 27 years as National Press Club waiter
John Robert Wood known as Robert Wood, a longtime waiter at the National Press Club, has died after 27 years of service. Club members say he served more celebrities than any other waiter in the United States.
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Washington
Robert
National Press Club
United States
John Robert Wood
Chicago Robbery Ends As Man Shouts At Thieves
In Chicago Joseph Wisniewski saves 30 dollars and Miss Lee Gilbert loses 4 after three gunmen seize her purse. Wisniewski shouts that it is all he has and the gunman flees frightened by the protest.
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Chicago
Joseph Wisniewski
Miss Lee Gilbert
Miss Gilbert
Wisniewski
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