Roosevelt Bars Departments From Drafting Bills For Congress
President Roosevelt reportedly forbids administrative departments to draft legislation for Congress. He plans to offer broad principles and affirmative suggestions, leaving bill writing to Senate and House leaders and focusing on the government reorganization plan handled by Corcoran and Cohen. Some senators anticipate debate over Hopkins as Commerce Secretary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Congressional
Senate
Thomas Corcoran
Benjamin Cohen
Capitol Hill
Cochran
D-Mc
Warren
D-Nc
House
Byrnes
D-Sc
Senate Reorganization Committee
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Firemen decorate halls and support toy repairs
The Winchester firemen have decorated their company halls for Christmas and helped the town observe the season in an approved manner. They deserve thanks for excellent services to the Fellowship Club in repairing toys, year after year.
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Old Town
Fellowship Club
Daniels Reports On Mexican Rift
Ambassador Josephus Daniels arrives in Washington to report on whether Mexico sells oil seized from American owners to Germany. He discusses U S concerns over expropriation of oil and farm properties as diplomatic relations with Mexico deteriorate and Germany gains in trade.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Germany
Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Sumner Welles
Welles
State Department
Supreme Court
United States
Improve Street At Middletown
Middletown Virginia. Church Street improved with loose stone to be traffic bound. If needed, more stone will be added. Town plans include installing at least two lights on Main Street, according to Fred Larrick.
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Middletown
Fred Larrick
More Truth Than By the Rhymester
Poetic verse critical of Mussolini and his stance on Tunisia. The speaker ridicules his bluff and recalls French valor at Verdun to mock Fascist bravado and inaction against aggression.
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Mussolini
la Bellence
Tunisia
Verdun
China Plans Use of American Credit for War Infrastructure
Premier H H Kung said the 25000 credit line from the United States Export-Import Bank will fund development of communications and western provincial networks. China aims to build highways railways and plants to support resistance against Japan with priority on buying American oil vehicles farm machinery and other needed factory goods. Britain may provide 500000 pounds for trucks to support the Road to Mandalay.
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Chungking
China
H. H. Kung
United States
Szechwan
Hunan
Kweichow
Yunnan
Kwangsi
Kung
Yale
Oberlin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tokyo
Japan
Hachiro Arita
Britain
British
Burma
London
Mandalay
Hold Woman For Threatening Bank
A young woman seized in a south side Chicago bank after threatening to blow up the place and kill everyone to obtain 5000 dollars from the bank president. She identified herself as Mary McCollum, 36, and cited poor health and unemployment as motives.
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Chicago
South Side
Eugene Barry
Barry
Mary McCollum
Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shop Ad Headlines Prices
An old advertisement lists Mojud hose priced from 79 cents to 1 15, plus new tufted spreads from Moling and Cather. Also notes taxi service by Paul Poston with phone 53.
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Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shop
Moling & Cather
Paul Poston
Gift Promotion at Brooks Pharmacy Brightens Holidays
Brooks Pharmacy advertises gifts for her and him with toiletries and candy. The sale highlights value and includes soothing Soothie items as part of the Christmas season push.
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Salz
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Soothie
Weirton Steel case nears conclusion after lengthy hearings
The Weirton Steel Company labor case, the longest and costliest before the NLRB, nears its end after 18 months in three states. Company counsel says only a few more witnesses remain before resting. hearings resume January 3.
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Weirton Company
N.L.R.B
Charles Fry
Pittsburgh
Weirton Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
Steubenville
Clyde Armstrong
Edward Grandison Smith
Clarksburg
W. Va
Washington
Armstrong
Smith
James C. Batten
Examiner
Weirton
Ernest T. Weir
NRA
Labor Board
Weirton Steel Employes’ Security League
Employes’ Representative Plan
Isadore N. Polier
NLRB
John E. Laughlin, Jr
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Laughlin
Batten
Do Not Call Post Office About Christmas Parcels
The Star reports the post office asks patrons not to inquire by phone about Christmas packages. The department cannot provide information by telephone due to heavy mail volume. Christmas mail is about 20 percent heavier this year than last year.
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The
Star
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Auto Plunges From Ocean City Bridge Into Bay
Berlin Maryland December report says a car roared through a guard rail into Sinepuxent Bay as rescuers battled tide wind and rain to recover it. A driver may have been alone. A gas line was ruptured causing northern Worcester County to lose gas until a temporary line was laid.
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Berlin
Ocean City
Sinepuxent Bay
Sinepuxtent Bay
Here
Donald Woodall
North Broome Street
Wilmington
Del
Woodall
Salisbury
Pete Hall
Eastern Shore Gas Company
Worcester County
Royal Norwegian Crown Prince Olav to Visit United States
Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Princess Martha will tour the United States next spring. The visit begins April 26 with a Hyde Park stay for talks with President and Mrs Roosevelt and includes a two month cross country journey. Olav is a cousin to King George VI and son of Queen Maud.
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Washington
Prince Olav
Martha
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Prince Clay
George VI of
England
United States
Queen Elizabeth
Olav
Queen Maud
George V of
Mary Martin Learns of Father’s Death After Broadway Show
Mary Martin, 22 year old Texas redhead and star of Leave It To Me, learns her father Preston Martin an attorney died in Weatherford. The news was kept from her for over 12 hours by her secretary and cast to avoid distraction. She will perform tonight and plans to skip the funeral.
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Mary Martin
Texas
New York
Daddy
Victor Moore
Preston Martin
Weatherford
Moore
CIO to press labor reform bill and broader program aims
Chairman John L. Lewis outlined the CIOs next Congress priorities including a bill to compel government contractors to obey the Wagner act, federal limits on national guard use in labor disputes, abolition of poll taxes, anti-lynching legislation, and full employment and health programs.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Lee Pressman
Bethlehem Steel
Electric Boat
Douglas Aircraft
Congress
House
Rules Committee
John J. O’connor
New York
O’connor
National Guard
Senate Committee On Civil Liberties
Civil Liberties Bureau
Name Troop For Lord Fairfax
Boy Scouts of America in Boyce meet with 10 boys as Lord Fairfax Troop formed under Scout Master Albert Purcell. Plans call for 16 members. charter members include Robert Kremer Howard Merica Churchill Diggs Cecil Parker Bobby Jenkins Earl Zombro John Zombro Francis Vorous Russell Lloyd Maurice Willingham.
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Boyce
Lord Fairfax
Boy Scouts of America
Albert Purcell
Greenway Court
Fairfax
White Post
Robert Kremer
Howard Merica
Churchill Diggs
Cecil Parker
Bobby Jenkins
Earl Zombro
John Zombro
Francis Vorous
Russell Lloyd
Maurice Willingham
Mother Held As Child's Slayer
In Waterbury Vermont sheriff announces Mildred Bowers 38 confesses to killing her six year old daughter Carolyn with a 15 pound iron mallet. State's Attorney says it was an apparent insanity episode linked to caring for two older children. Husband died about a year ago. she is under nurse surveillance.
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Waterbury
Henry C. Clawson
Mildred Bowers
Carolyn
Webster E Miller
Mrs. Bowers
Great Reduction on Dresses for Xmas at Shoe and Dress Shop
Sale notice announces big reductions on dresses at Shoe and Dress Shop ahead of Christmas. Limited stock and early shopping advised for best selection.
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Co Shoe & Dress Shop
Great Coat Sale At 7a Shoe and Dress Shop
Classified sale notice for coats with reduced price promises. Mentions Do Mistletoe Tees Lubbys Service Station and a date pattern 12 13 15 19 21 with 1p 41 suggesting sale events across days. No clear location beyond shop names.
Teacher Held On Charge Of Beating Girl
Lancaster PA December report says 53 year old country school teacher Harry Brubaker was held on assault and battery charges for whipping 11 year old pupil Mary Coleman with a blackboard pencil. Dr. Mylin testified he found welts on the child after the incident last Thursday at the Pequea township one room school. The girl described Brubaker whipped her for removing a sign reading I love to talk to John Shufflebottom. Shufflebottom is another pupil at the same school. Brubaker has taught rural schools for 36 years and did not testify.
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Lancaster
Harry Brubaker
Mary Coleman
W. F. Mylin
Brubaker
John Shufflebottom
Shufflebottom
Pequea Township
Fire traps man in smoke filled bachelor quarters
Robert Bullitt, a Mount Jackson native running a North Cameron street second hand store, nearly suffocated in a fire at his one room home near North avenue. Firemen found him sleeping as flames spread. a black leather bag containing supposed six $50 bills was lost, though only charred fragments remained. Bullitt was later taken to a hotel to dry out before returning to search for any remaining money.
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Robert Bullitt
Mount Jackson
Beaver’) Taylor
Bullitt
Work Aplenty At Santa's Postoffice
Santa Claus Indiana sees heavy mail as postmaster Oscar L. Philipps and eleven assistants wrestle with thousands of remailing envelopes and parcels. He predicts all mail will be cleared for delivery before Christmas.
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Santa Claus, Ind
Santa Claus
Oscar L. Philipps
Philipps
For Sale Xmas Trees and Bargains at Bargain Store
Christmas trees Cedars Pines and Hemlock offered by Haines Marble Yard call 378 J. Bargains in china ware at People's Bargain Store Piccadilly St fully sacrificed stock. Dates listed indicate sale periods in December.
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Haines’ Marble Yard
People’s Bargain Store
Piccadilly St
Dividend notice from bank declares 3 percent semi annual payout
The Directors of this bank have declared a semi annual dividend of three percent on the Capital Stock payable January 2 1939. Checks will be mailed by John I Sloat cashier. 12-20-1p-21
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Cial & Savings NK
John I. Sloat
Declaration At Conference Provides For Consultation
Lima dispatch reports Pan American Conference delegates adopting a declaration to consult on aggression and political subversion. The measure aims to shield civilians in war zones and to unify peace instruments while deferring a league of American nations and a peace code to expert commissions for study.
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Lima
Peru
Western Hemisphere
Americas
America
League of American Nations
Dominican Republic
Columbia
Andrue Berding
United States
Argentina
U Sion
Justice Dept seeks divestiture of Panhandle control
The Justice Department filed a complaint in Wilmington Delaware federal court asking a court to divest Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation of all control over Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company. The move follows a 1936 consent decree aimed at restoring Panhandle’s independence and argues a three year old voting trustee failed to free Panhandle in gas production distribution and sales across Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana and Michigan.
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Washington
Justice Department
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Federal District Court
Wilmington
Del
Panhandle
Kansas
Misey Illinois
Indiana
Michan
Safety Slogan Prompt Calls for Daily Submissions
The Star invites readers to submit safety slogans each day through Christmas. The campaign highlights Ruth Carpenter quote The right of way is not worth dying for and encourages community involvement in safety messaging.
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Ruth Carpenter
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Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Winchester
H. D. Lawrence
Scottsburg
Herbert Boele
Halifax County
Willie Bradshaw
Margaret Martin
Kingston, Pa
Ocean City Coast Guards
Norway
U. S
Labor Organization
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