Four Robbers Wounded in Philadelphia Armored Car Hold-up
Two robbers were wounded during a gun battle in North Philadelphia as four men attempted to hold up an armored car. One bandit dressed as a policeman was believed to die from injuries after a struggle with the Arnolds, who drove the car. The other two robbers fled as they opened fire. Detective Meanley identified the wounded man as Edward Dee, with a prior record.
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Philadelphia
Oak Lane
North
Edward Dee
Harry Meanley
Harry Arnold
Arnok
Harry Asiold
Arnelds
Arnolds
Heanhey
Dee Inter
Washington
SMU Mustangs wrap perfect season with 24–0 win over A and M
Southern Methodist completed an undefeated Southwest Conference season by routing Texas A and M 24 to 0 on a rain swept field. Back Bobby Wilson scored from 80 yards, while Maryland’s Bill Guckeyson starred with a 40 yard interception return and a scoring pass. The day also featured Washington beating USC 6–2 and Florida defeating South Carolina 22–6.
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New York
Mustangs
Southern Methodist
Stanford
Rktle
Texas A
M.ander
Texas Christian
M. U
Louisiana State
New Orleans
Santa Clara
Washington
Southern Caliarale
Trojans
Florida
South Carolina
Maryland
Western Maryland
Geneva
Pennsylvania
Newberry
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma City
Bobby Wilson
Bill Guckeyson
Wigan
Guckeyson
Gunmen hunt as Indiana and Ohio police close in
Indianapolis detectives identify two suspects, Paul Pierce and Donald Joseph, both 24 and 27, who escaped from the Indiana state prison farm on October 4. They exchange fire with officers during a North Side apartment confrontation, wounding Officer Chatham and prompting a statewide manhunt across Indiana and Ohio.
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Dec
Twe Indiatrapulis
Ol -An
Anderson
Indiana
John Dilling
Herbert Pletcher
Paul
Orville Quinnette
Russell Chatham
Nye
City Hospital
Assale
Chatham
Omcers Plex
Matt Leach
State Polics
Willard Carson
Carson
Ohio Democrats to Form Campaign Committees for 1936
Cleveland leaders report the Ohio State Democratic congressional committee voted to create campaign committees for the 1936 election. Headquarters will be in Columbus with branches in Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo and possibly more. Attending were nine of 17 congressmen under Secretary Weal and Senator Bulkley.
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Cleveland
Bec
Stephen M. Young
Ohio’ State
Democratic “Congressional Committee
Hehiid
Columbus
Cincinnati
Toledo
Charles Weal
U. S
Robert L. Bulkley
Congressod Young
Martin L. Sweeney
Robert Secrest
Caldwell
Warren A. Duffy
Arthur Lamneck
Mel Underwood
New Lexington
W. P. Hiesinger
Sandvaky
Byron Harlan
Dayton
Dr. Marter
Akron
Ohio
Pardoned Mason Nash Leaves Ohio Penitentiary
Davey Nash former grand master of the Oslo Masonic grand lodge is pardoned today and leaves the Ohio penitentiary where he served after pleading guilty to embezzling 210000 in liberty bonds and 2280 from an estate, with restitution made.
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Columbus
Dee
Davey
Simeon Nash
Oslo
Mussolini defies Europe with new African strikes
Italian Premier Mussolini vows to press on with his colonial campaign as Italy bombs Addis Ababa headquarters of Emperor Haile Selassie for a second day. Ethiopian officials report 53 killed and over 300 wounded in Friday bombardment including a hospital and Red Cross tents. International Red Cross protests the attack from Addis Ababa to Geneva. A Norwegian nurse described the strike as merciless.
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Associated Presser
Mussolini
Africa
Europe
Chamber of” Deputies
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
Paris
Lrague
United States
Italy
Halle Selassie
Red Cross
Addis Ababa
Internatioal Red Cross
Geneva
Woman Bandit Forces Clerk to Disrobe in Tenn Dry Cleaning
In Shabtonacga Tennessee a daylight holdup at a dry cleaning shop ends with a female bandit forcing clerk Eva Brewer to undress at gunpoint while an accomplice loots the cash register. Brewer escapes with her wristwatch and a male accomplice’s loot. she later reports the incident after alarming the store.
Girl Plumber Plans Nationwide Tour
Gallipolis December 7 Wy Nellie Miller a 19 year old plumber's daughter dreams of a national tour as aJourney-maitre she claims to be the youngest deceased plumber's assistant in the United States helping her father Master Plumber Lewis Miller since childhood. At five feet tall and light in weight she dismisses danger and recalls a past as a boxer in the grasshopper contest.
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Gallipolis
Nellie Miller
United States
Miss Muller
Lews Miller
Jury disagreed in Hannan auto dealer check case
Lancaster and Circleville based dealer Kelly Hannan faced trial on writing a $25 check without sufficient funds. The jury failed to reach a verdict. Prosecutors disclosed fifteen additional indictments involving checks totaling about 86 000 against Hannan.
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Lancaster
Dac
Kelly Hannan
Lancaster and Circleville
Hannan
Barrett 10 Die for Slaying of Federal Officer
Indianapolis December 7. George W. Barrett became the first man under the new federal death penalty law to be found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of a federal officer. Barrett, a 50 year old Kentuckian crippled since a prior shooting, was sentenced to death by hanging, with the date set for December 14. He was convicted for killing Nelson B. Klein during an attempted arrest related to auto theft. Barrett testified about his past as a moonshiner and thief, while prosecutors warned the verdict could spark nationwide violence against federal agents.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Soycer
Kentucky
Barrett
Clay County
Ins
Ife
Klein
Robert .c. Biltzell
E. E. Rice
Indiana
United States
Fort Benjamin Harrtson
Nolan
Special
Goat Eats Undergarments Roams Denver Jail Area
A goat roams Denver causing underwear thefts as Patrolman Matt Daly tries to rope it for an hour without success. Residents report clothes lines stripped and a housewife lures the animal into a shed before it is driven away in a patrol wagon.
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Denver
Matt Daly
Daly
Bandit Robs Theater During Late Saturday Robbery
A lone bandit robbed the Mozart theater in Canton Saturday evening, demanding the time and escaping in a marked car with an unspecified cash amount from three theaters receipts.
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Canton
Mozart
Development of Ohio River Valley Urged by New Board
Cincinnati officials from five states formed a regional planning board to push full development of Ohio River Valley resources. The aims include flood control, pollution reduction, erosion prevention, reforestation, recreation facilities, and water conservation with Alfred Bettman named temporary regional director of the national resources board.
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Ohio River Valley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Great Waterway
Onlo Valley
Alfred Bettman
National Resources Board
Landon Praised as Best Equipped for Nation’s Return
In Topeka Kansas on December 7 a rally of young Republicans drew many visitors from other states. Senator Capper hailed Alf Landon as the best equipped man to restore sound government, declaring Landon will be the next president of the United States.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf al. Landon
United “States
Kansas
United States
Capper
Landon
Senatus Capper
Cleveland Officer Nominated to Succeed Benson
Adjutant General Emil Marx announced to the war department the recommendation to appoint Brigadier General D J Hard of Cleveland to succeed Major General Gigval Benson. General Hard commands the 54th cavalry and leads the 27 division.
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Columbus
Emil Marx
National Guard
War Department
D. J. Hard
Clewennedl
Gval Benson
W. Hough
Hard
54Th Cavalry
Time measuring machine tells the time and meals
Oxford reports Professor Walter McNelly of Miami University demonstrated a bicycle like device that logs rest and activity. It measures energy expenditure and oxygen use to assess muscular efficiency and effects of diet sleep and smoking on performance.
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Oxford
Walter McNelly
Miami University
Wbether
Record December Cold Hits Interior Alaska
Record breaking cold grips interior Alaska with Fort Yukon at 71 below zero, the lowest December reading in the 61 year history of the post. Fairbanks recorded 59 below zero, tying its December record set in 1912.
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Yukon
Fairbanks
Alaska
Fort Yukon
Suhkun
Eskimo Clare Oakpena Spends Will Rogers Fund to Feed All
Barrow Alaska December 7 Clare Oakpena the Eskimo who ran across the tundra to bring Will Rogers death news spent the $87 from eastern admirers for food and opened his home to feed all comers The fund lasted three days and left his family hungry again Dr Henry Greist a Presbyterian medical missionary said Eskimos are like generous children with a bag of candy
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Barrow
Alaska
Clare Oakpena
Will
Rogers
Henry Greist
Presbyterian
Detective Parker Says Hauptmann Case Lacks Fresh Clues
Burlington County detective chief Ells H. Parker reiterated his belief in Hauptmann’s innocence and said he has found no new tangible leads in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. He spoke at the Elks Club claiming he works as an outsider and has not conducted recent substantial inquiries into the crime.
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Ells H. Parker
Burlington County Detectives
Bruno Ebehard Hauptmann
Elks Clib
Helly
Gus
Teland
Parker
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Bins
Trenton
Car perched on pole after skid in Bedford incident
Alonzo Butler and his son Raymond watched as their car slid on wet pavement and teetered atop a utility pole before crashing down a steep embankment. They escaped unharmed, despite tearing down guard posts and narrowly avoiding more serious injury.
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Bedford
Fnd
Dec
Polr
Alonzo
Butler
Raymond
Today .Com
Houston Families Marooned as Flood Worsens
Houston reports sixty five families marooned as White Oak bayou overflows. Volunteers from the Houston fire department and ambulance services worked to rescue residents using about 35 boats and skiffs amid rising water across hundreds of acres with no reported loss of life.
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Houston
Tex
Jaly
White Oak Bayou
St Houston Fire Department
Tlans
Heating Plants Support Winter Concrete Work
The Mis singum Sees area reports progress on multiple projects with heating plants installed at Secavillé dam and Beech Gy reservoir to supply steam for concrete operations during cold weather. Dover reservoir work starts while employment reaches 2705 men.
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Jay Hyee
Arthur
U. 5
Neers
Secavillé Dam
Beech Gly
Dover
Williamson Contracting Company
Sting Basin
C. F E. Boyd Company
Dover Dam
Bates & Rogers Construction Company
Baek- Mingwan
Pennsylvania Drilling Company
Christmas shopping mood boosts U S retail trade index
As holiday shopping begins, merchants report brisk demand and higher average purchases across the country. The Associated Press consumer index nears the 1929-30 benchmark, with gains in the Midwest and East, and shoppers gravitating toward higher quality and luxury goods.
Foresee Split In Full View Of 1932 Campaign
Washington observers report growing disarray in both parties as the coming campaign foregrounds economic issues over partisan lines. Renato Borah and Gi Landon among rivals foresee constitutional democracy as the core issue, with organized business and labor declaring open conflict over the New Deal and AAA while the administration frames the choice as New Deal versus old order.
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Washington
Renato Borah
Idaho
Topeka
Gi Landon
Kansas
Morning Flon
Roosevelt
Borah
Landon
New Deal
AAA
Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Fta
New York
Priest returns car after wrong vehicle mix up
A New Lexington report states a priest at St Joseph's priory near Somerset mistakenly drove a car two days that had been reported stolen. He left his own vehicle at a garage and drove away in the other model, believing it to be his.
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New Lexington
London and Japan Press Demand Absolute Naval Parity
Fragmented lines show a 5-5-3 ratio referenced with Great Britain and the United States, as demands for naval parity are discussed. The source presents unclear wording about positions and enforcement topics between nations.
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London
Japan
Great Brita
Aneso
Deman
Great
Aoeain
United States
Trade policy debate and calls for resignation
The report records a heated session where George Peck criticized Canadian tariff agreements and accused the Democratic policy of harming America’s share of world commerce. He urged abandonment of the administration and advocated for a tariff concession strategy to boost trade.
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George
Peck
America
Fort
Fire damages downtown Sandusky business district
Reported fire in Sandusky downtown damaged several stores near Christmas. Authorities traced the blaze to a basement location at a local dry goods firm and said firemen fought the flames as flames spread to neighboring shops.
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Sandusky
G. A. Weingstes
Sandusky Drymands Company
Moe Ta
Marion Davies Briefly Views Cleveland Scene
Motion picture actress Marion Davies took a short view of Cleveland scenery between the municipal airport and the Union Viaduct today. She arrived early on a westbound plane, then changed plans and took the first train back to New.
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Cleveland
Marion Davies
Municipal
Union
New
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Garaux Brothers Company
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Minder Construction Corporation
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Intake
Alope
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