Germans Take First Step To Clear Doubts On Relations
Germany notified the United States that all inheritance credits due Americans from estates in Germany will be transferred to beneficiaries in full. Dr. Hans Tomsen delivered the memorandum to Secretary Sumner Welles, clarifying a friction point over transfer of inheritances amid German exchange restrictions.
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Washington
Germany
United States
State Department
Hans Tomsen
Sumner Welles
Tomsen
Welles
Dieckhoff
Seth Esa Kama
OP Aastrian
Reich
Near East
Turkey
Stanley M. Bruce
Great Britain
Ial
Morgen
Christmas Seals Drive Reuse For Tuberculosis Charity
Mr Winchester urges continued Christmas Seals sales and suggests seasonal designs for year round use to aid a worthy cause. The Chanters offer to sing carols at Winchester homes on Christmas Eve, earning praise for their unselfish service.
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Winchester
Greater Gift Sale at Brooks Pharmacy
Brooks Pharmacy advertises a holiday gift sale with Gifts For Her and Gifts For Him plus candy. It promotes value and local availability through the store's phone contact 766 42-20-1p-11.
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Brooks’ Pharmacy
Musica alleged arms deals reach Bolivia Paraguay and Mexico
Boston agents linked to F Donald Coster Philip Musica were reportedly investigated for offering rifles and ammunition to consular officials of Mexico Paraguay and Bolivia. Investigators expect interviews with two Boston men while tracing possible proceeds of the Musica swindle at McKesson Robbins.
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Boston
F. Donald Coster
Philip Musica
Bolivia
Paraguay
United States
John A. Canavan
Canavan
Paraguayy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
McKesson & Robbins Drug Corporation
Thomas E. Dewey
Musica Brothers
Dewey
Gregory Noonan
Donald Coster
Las
Philadelphia
George Dietrich
Fairfield
Conn
George Musica
McKesson & Robbins
George
Two Christmas Scenes Displayed by Winchester Fellowship Club
The Winchester Fellowship Club decorates its North Loudoun street headquarters with two windows showing a rich child’s Christmas and a poor child’s stark room. Officials note the displays, admired by pedestrians, used some decorations borrowed from other cities. A master list still has several names.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester
Club
North Loudoun Street
Dividend Declared by Bank Directors for Capital Stock
The bank directors declare a semi annual dividend of three percent on capital stock payable January 2 1939. Checks will be mailed. John I Sloat cashier. 12-20-1p-21.
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Will . Com & Savings
John I. Sloat
Public Auction of Household Goods and Antiques
Public auction details household property and antiques with sale date December 21 at 10 am conducted by Baker's Dunn and Du vall. Also mentions bargains at People's Bargain Store Piccadilly Street with entire stock sacrificed. Includes bicycles velocipedes sleds from a shop.
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Baker's - Dunn & Duvall
People’s Bargain Store
Piccadilly St
New York Mayor Attacked at City Hall Steps
Mayor Fiorello H. Laguardia was slugged from behind by a heavyset man identified as J. Hagen during a City Hall incident. The assailant was overpowered and beaten by bystanders and police, then taken to a secretary’s office. No motive given. the attack followed a public event marking the demolition of the old federal building. An earlier anonymous letter warned of harm if he attacked Germany.
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New York
F. H. Laguardia
City Hall
J. Hagen
Hagen
Four Killed In Coast Guard Plane Crash Near Boerne
A Coast Guard plane crashed in a Boerne pasture near the San Antonio highway late last night killing four men. Victims identified as Lieut. P. S. Lyons Rupert H. Germaine George C. Latham and C H Peague. Pilot headed south to avoid landing in town. Continued on Page 7. Col. 4.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States Coast Guard
Boerne
Here
P. S. Lyons
Coast Guard
el Paso
Rupert H. Germaine
George C. Latham
Fort Bliss
C. H. Peague
United States Naval
Ed Bierschwabe
San Antonio- Boerne
Bargain on 18 Inch Passenger Tires Ad
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store offers price deals for 18 inch passenger tires. Balance of customer's account referenced. Also an ad for Willis' Bicycle and Radio Shop featuring a child on a tiny bicycle. Charlie McCarthy noted.
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Firestone Auto Supply & Service Store
Charlie McCarthy
Willis
Wagner Labor Act Revisions Sought by AFL
The American Federation of Labor convened its 102 unions to review the next Congress agenda. They plan amendments to the Wagner act and will discuss housing relief and a government reorganization bill. The AFL opposes the Civil Service Commission replacement and backs continued relief with debate over WPA building programs.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Donald Wakefield Smith
Labor Relations Board
Chanters to Sing on Christmas Eve
Floyd Haines announces choral group will perform carols on Christmas Eve at homes that request it. It aims to reach shut ins and ill persons with other homes included by request. Requests go to Andrew Babb at telephone 1784.
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Floyd Haines
The
Chanters
Andrew Babb
Grief Strikes as Christmas Wish Ends in Tragedy
In Los Angeles on December 20, 10 year old Maria Carillo saved 10 pennies for a mother gift. She died after being struck by a bus while crossing the street. her mother Dolores Carillo wept beside the hospital bed.
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Los Angeles
Maria Carillo
Maria
Dolores Carillo
Honey
Santa Delivers Gifts at Winchester Lions Club Event
Members of the Lions Club plan to distribute clothing toys and baskets to blind families in Winchester. Santa Claus appeared at John Kerr School delivering gifts to children taught by Mrs. James Shockey Mrs. L B Sirbaugh and Miss Mary Bell Bear. The gift committee will meet at Winchester Wholesale Grocery Friday.
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Lions Club
Winchester
Santa Claus
James Shockey
L. B. Sirbaugh
Mary Bell Bear
John Kerr School
Santa
North Pole
Henry Goode
C. F. Schenck
P. G. Ireland
Bryan Stotler
Warren Daugherty
Sam Preston
Lynchburg
Dent Walter F. Dexter
Sacramento
Calif
Lynchburg Club
Fraud and Perjury Charged in Mixed Claims Commission
Washington dispatch reports fraud and perjury accusations before the German American Mixed Claims Commission. American and German agents contest the 1932 Hamburg decision over Germany’s liability for the 1916 Black Tom and Kingsland sabotage, seeking about 50 million dollars. Bonynge accuses German spies of pivotal sabotage roles, while Paulig calls American witnesses liars and questions the evidence presented.
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Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
Robert W. Bonynge
United States
Hamburg
Germany
Black Tom and
Kingsland
N. J
Reich
Richard Paulig
Commission
Bonynge
Hilken
National Santa Clauses Protest Competition By Disney Characters
The National Association of Professional Santa Clauses protested unseasonal employment losses blamed on Mickey Mouse Ferdinand the Bull and the Seven Dwarfs. Willam Levi urged stricter standards and a campaign against uneducated Santas while ruling out a picket.
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National
Santa Claus Association
Mickey Mouse and
Seven Dwarfs
New York
National Association of Professional Santa Clauses
Tony
Kris Kringles
Mickey Mouse
Ferdinand the Bull
William Levi
Levi
Trade Council Plans To Quit To Test Policy
Washington December 20 The Commerce Department business advisory council with fifty four leading industrialists and financiers vote to resign to test the policy of the next Secretary of Commerce The move follows Secretary Ropers impending departure and aims to give his successor freedom in selecting advisers. Patterson may stay and Hopkins could be chosen, with Harriman continuing as council chairman.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Daniel C. Roper
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Patterson
Business Council
White House
Richard O. Patterson
Radio
NBC
Roper
W. Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
NRA
Clarence Francis
General Foods
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill
National Association of
Arms May Have Been For China
Federal investigators tracing a vast gun and ammunition scheme focus on a report that 2 000 000 rifles and 100 000 000 pounds of ammo were intended for the Chinese General Chiang Kai Shek. Promoter Thomas Bruni and executive Frederick Wingersky testified as authorities probe the McKesson and Robbins linked case.
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New York
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Chiang Kai-Shek
Gregory F. Noonan
United States
Thomas A. Bruni
Frederick Wingersky
Coster-Musica
New York Post
Bruni
Ben Simon
Bronx
McKes
Firestone car batteri es and seeds at Pure Food Store
Flash notice announces new stock including Firestone batteries for auto starters and a seedless cluster raisins package priced at 25 cents. Advertising copy lists contact phone 60 and location at Pure Food Store.
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Firestone
Santa Claus Growing Greens In Front Yard
Christmas trees are growing in Santa Claus Indiana as the Mariah Hill Coal Company plants thousands of evergreen seedlings on strip mine wastelands nearby. Custodian Charles W. Guernsy says seedlings from Clark County State Nursery will be ready to cut for Christmas in three years.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Mariah- Hill Coal Company
Indiana
Charles W. Guernsy
Clark County
Rublee Invited To Visit Berlin
London dispatch reports Field Marshal Goering invited George Rublee, American director of the international refugee office, to Berlin to discuss completing the German financial plan for Jewish emigration. The invite follows Hjalmar Schacht’s London visit and Chamberlain’s remark about awaiting a sign from those in charge.
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London
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
George Rublee
International Refugee Office
Berlin
Germany
Ruble
International Committee Assisting
Goering
Hialmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Chamberlain
Commons
End Near for Fern Dull Murder Trial in Michigan
In St Joseph Michigan the Fern Patricia Dull murder case nears verdict as prosecutors plan 10 to 12 rebuttal witnesses and court holds night sessions. The defendant faces charges for staying Attorney William Holbrook after a long romance and controversy over a Benton Harbor street self defense incident.
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St, Joseph
Mich
Blonde Fern Patricia Dull
Mrs. Dull
Legal Holidays For Reserve Banks
Notice that Monday December 26 and Monday January 2 are legal holidays for Christmas and New Year by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The Richmond head office and the Baltimore and Charlotte branches will not reopen.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Richmond
Baltimore
Charlotte
Drive as if your brother were in the other car
The Star opens a holiday safety campaign by printing a daily slogan by Frances W. Jones. Readers are invited to submit their own lines each day until Christmas.
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Frances W. Jones
Physicians Charged in Sherman Anti Trust Case
A federal grand jury indicted the American Medical Association three local medical societies and 21 physicians including Dr. Olin West and Dr. Mortis Fishbein for Sherman Act violations. The case targets group health plans and membership refusals to doctors, tied to the Group Health Association program aiding about 2600 government health workers.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Medical Society of the
District of Columbia
Harris County
Tex
American Medical Associa
Department of Ustioe
Group Health Association, Inc
Japan Outlines Five Year Plans For North China War
Japanese army officers outlined a five year campaign to pacify North China and install a Japan loyal government. Troops move north from the Yangtze Valley as guerrilla pockets remain and irregulars harass communications. Only portions of Hepeli Shansi Shantung and North Henan are under Japanese control.
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Shanghai
North China
Japan
Yangtze Valley
China
Manchukuo
Hepeli Province
Shansi
Shantung
Henan
Yellow River
Lunghai Railway
United States
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Ohio
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Hitler
U.S
MR Winchester
Shakespeare
Avon
Slds
Pappy, Slim
Curly Sarah Zane Hall
Handley Jewelry
Eno Ee
Wodgeton & Brown
American Federation
Social
Army
Navy
Fidelity Association
Clarksburg
W. Va
Fidelity Investment Association
Wheeling
Securities Exchange Commission
Federal
Ray L. Strother
O. L. McDonald
Clerksburg
Federal Court
McDonald
Robert McCammon
Baker
W. E. Baker
West Virginia
Federal Court For
Eastern District of Michigan
Ben E. Jackson
Securities Commission
Investment Association
Lions’ Club
Trade Council
Rublee
Michigan “Office
Moling & Vonesep
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