120 000 Strike Paralyzes Paris Transport in Government Crisis
Paris braces as about 120 000 workers walk out halting subways buses and threatening water gas and electricity supplies. Premier Chautemps calls cabinet session with ministers including Daladier Blum and Dormoy to restore order amid Communist support for the public service strike.
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Paris
People’s Front
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Defense
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
Interior
Marx Dormoy
Almanac Demand Mirrors Calendar Craze for 1938
Quotation about judging good and evil precedes a note on calendar demand. Shoppers at a popular store request almanacs, selling out quickly with prices from 10 cents to a dollar. Subscribers to The Star gain an excellent almanac free with renewal.
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The
Star
Local Boy Sends Yale Greetings by Mistake
Stewart street youth mailed a batch of Christmas cards to friends, then discovered his mother had since mailed them a year late. The group contacted him by phone, and a family council explained the mix up.
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Stewart Street
Junior
Three Perish As Plane Goes Down In Lake Erie
Three people drowned when a plane plunged into open water off Put-in-Bay Ohio in fog. The pilot William Somogy was saved after clinging to the tail. victims were Nancy Howard Delbert Watkins and Albert Anderson all from North Bass Island. A rescue crew hauled Somogy from the water as the plane broke apart in the cold lake.
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Lake Erie
Toledo, O
Put-in- Bay
Nancy Howard
Delbert Watkins
Albert Anderson
North Bass Island
William Somogy
Somogy
Emil Weisler
Arnold Burggraf
Put-in-Bay
Putin-Bay
Sickness Fatal To Don Marquis
Don Marquis the playwright poet and former newspaper man died at his Forest Hills home after years of illness. He was 58 and had recently suffered a severe stroke. Marquis created Archy the Cockroach Mehitabel the Alley Cat and Old Soak and was part of the pioneer era of newspaper columnists.
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New York
Don Marquis
Forest Hills
Marquis
Old Soak
Archy
Cockroach
Mehitabel
Alley Cat
Franklin P. Adams
F.P.A
O. O. McIntyre
Walt Mason
Bert Leston Taylor
Chicago Tribune
Robert Perry Marquis
Walnut
Bureau County
Ill
C. B. and Q
Cameron Held For Grand Jury In Death Hit Run Bond Set
John H. Cameron 48 faced manslaughter charges in the Christmas Eve death of James Corbin, 9, and was ordered to the grand jury by Judge Donald Weems after a police court hearing. He was fined 50 dollars and costs for failing to stop, with six months in jail. Bond set 3000 for grand jury appearance, 500 for hit and run. Further testimony noted from witnesses and the driver at the police station.
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John H. Cameron
James Corbin
Charles W. Corbin
Donald Weems
Cameron
Kern
Bond
Corporation Court
J. T. Lindsey
Corbin
Francis Funk
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Hin
Funk
Hamilton's Wife Is Given Decree
Mrs Laura Hall Hamilton was granted a divorce from John D M Hamilton Republican national chairman in Topeka Kansas district court. Judge Otis Hungate ordered the decree after a short trial. Mrs Hamilton also received custody of their two children Daniel 20 and Laura 12. No alimony was awarded.
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Topeka
Kas
Laura Hall Hamilton
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National
Otis Hungate
Ralph T. O'Neil
Hamilton
John S. Dean, Jr
Dean
War Veteran Charles Cochran Receives Purple Heart Honor
World War I veteran Charles FE Cochran of Winchester, a private in Company G Sixth Infantry, is among Roanoke Facility residents honored with the Purple Heart. His wife Mrs. Cochran near Berryville received notice from Roanoke’s executive offices. Cochran, son of John T. Cochran and brother of Clayton Cochran, worked 22 years at C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage in Winchester before serving overseas. he was among the first Selective Service draftees to depart for training. The Purple Heart was established by General Washington at Newburgh in 1782 to reward meritorious actions and faithful service, with the heart badge worn on the left breast.
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Charles FE. Cochran
Winchester
Sixth Infantry
Roanoke
Cochran
Berryville
John T. Cochran
South Braddock Street
Clayton Cochran
B. and C. Baking Company
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Company
Washington
Order of the Purple Heart
General Washington
Newburgh
United States Army
Two suffocated in Jersey City hotel fire
In a three alarm blaze at the Plaza Hotel eight stories high in Jersey City Ida Thomas a 50 year old head maid and William Marx a 24 year old house boy suffocated despite efforts. Marx died heroically as he warned guests and pounded on doors before collapsing. Ellen Sullivan a 26 year old operator remained at her post until help arrived and later survived after severe burns.
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Jersey City
N. J
Ida Thomas
William Marx
Marx
Ellen Sullivan
People's Front Government Plans to Force Strikes End
The Paris government announced it would compel public service workers to return to work if unions do not call off the strikes sweeping France. The move signals government intent to end nationwide labor unrest.
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Paris
People's Front
France
Active fight on critics of Mr Roosevelt in licensing bill
Washington reports three developments boosting belief the Roosevelt administration will push a licensing bill for interstate corporations. The Borah O Mahoney plan would authorize a federal body to charter firms and deny licenses for anti trust violations. Norris urges renewed lobbying inquiry amid claims business and press oppose the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norris
Ind
Senate
Ickes
Federal Trade Commission
Hugo L. Black
House
Traffic Deaths Near 40 000 Forecast for 1937
The National Safety Council predicted 1937 traffic deaths around 40 000, a new high, with 37 800 in 1936 and 37 000 in 1935. For the first 11 months of 1937, deaths reached 35 610, a six percent rise from 1936. There was no real drop in the death rate per mile despite higher gasoline use.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Everett
Wash
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Britain seals refusal to Japan over gunboat attacks
Britain rejects Japan's regretted version of attacks on the British gunboats Ladybird and another ship on the Yangtze river. One British sailor died. Tokyo and Shanghai reports claim 84,000 Chinese killed and 800 Japanese dead with 4,000 wounded. In Stockton a reunion of ex soldiers ended in suicide by carbon monoxide.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Ladybird
Imperial Headquarters
Britain
Yangtze
United States
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Stockton
Calif
Tamakishi Shino
Ida Tomoto
Ichiro Murata
Resigns Postmaster M Earl Kline at Middletown Va
M Earl Kline who was appointed postmaster at Middletown Virginia by President Roosevelt nearly four years ago announced this afternoon that he has submitted his resignation to the Post Office Department effective January 1. He declined to give reasons but said a statement would follow in the near future.
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M. Earl Kline
Middletown
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Kline
Church News to Appear Early Next Week
Pastors of city and rural churches urged to send copy for publication in The Star no later than tomorrow morning. Announcement covers next Sunday's services. There will be no Saturday issue due to New Year’s Day.
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the Star
Reduction in Children's Coats and Snow Suits at Klompus Store
A local advertisement notes reductions on children’s coats and snow suits at Klompus Store. Savings advertised on winter apparel for kids, with sale priced items highlighted.
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Klompus Store
China Faces Debt Strain as Foreign Firms Question Payments
Shanghai reports growing worry over China defaulting on a 800 million dollar indebtedness insured by customs revenues. Foreign loans totaling 180 million and Boxer indemnity payments of 36 million have been paid, but a February 1 installment may be at risk as Japanese cargoes arrive duty free at Yangtze ports while foreign shipments are taxed. The open door policy seeks uniform customs administration for all nations.
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China
United States
England
France
Japan
Yangtzepoo
Hongkew
Pootung
Three Good Will Planes Crash in Colombia
Three planes of a Latin American goodwill squadron crashed today about 165 miles southwest of Bogota, four to five planes in the group. One plane burned in midair 12 miles outside Cali as the Cuban Dominican crew toured Latin America to raise funds for a Columbus statue in Santo Domingo Harbor.
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Bogota
Colombia
Cali
Latin America
Christopher Columbus
Santo DomingZo
Acuacatal River
Columbus
Panama
Shanghai Faces Japanese Rule Across All Areas
Chinese forces destroy telegraph lines as they retreat from Tsingtao fueling tensions in Shanghai where 159 Americans remain. Vigilantes organize to preserve order while Japan asserts the right to apply military law in international settlements and French concession, policing foreigners under de facto occupation.
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Shanghai
Japan
Nippon
Baltimore Line Could Extend Subsidy If Demands Met
The Maritime Commission signaled it would favor extending the operating differential subsidy for Baltimore Mail Steamship Company if the line complies with unnamed conditions. Officials said negotiations are not finished but aid would continue upon compliance.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Baltimore Mail Steamship Company
Commission
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Panay
Sandro Sandri
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