European chancelleries watch Nazi troop moves into Spain
A London dispatch reports Europe’s chancelleries monitoring possible Hitler moves as Franco’s insurgents surge toward Madrid. Observers weigh German volunteer strength, potential foreign aid, and risks of broad war, with Britain and France anxious for a peaceful outcome. Berlin’s Voelkischer Beobachter notes heightened Franco British tensions and German officials deny full knowledge of talks.
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Madrid
Vital decisions face Congress as new session opens
Washington reports urgent decisions loom as President Roosevelt and Congress prepare for a short session. War neutrality, relief funding, and budget balance dominate debate while anticipated Capitol meetings and the inaugural address shape policy for his second term.
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Farry le Hopriss
Twenty Die in Ohio Holiday Traffic Surge
Ohio endured a deadly Christmas period with at least twenty fatalities from automobile crashes and related violence. Notable incidents occurred near Chillicothe and in Columbus, Holmes and Delaware counties, while Cleveland’s yearly traffic toll rose to 209.
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Ohio
Bloody career ends as killer is executed in Indiana
Tad Michigan City Dor. 26-7) An electric chair execution ends the bloody career of Farry Singer a man linked to four gruesome murders He died after Christmas Day spent on death row with little fanfare and without clemency or visitors Singer was convicted for the killings of Mr and Mrs Kaufman and their 12-year-old daughter at their farm near Wabash Indiana He previously admitted killing Joseph Bryant during a holdup near Detroit in July and implicated the Kaufmans in the Bryant case The execution was witnessed by thirty prison officials and two physicians.
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Detratt
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Alice, NJ
Phoebe Cury
New York
Seward
Mrs. McCrary
Emily, Allee
Elinor Brisbane
New Princess Becomes Sixth in Line to Throne
The baby born on Christmas Day is the youngest child of the Prince and Duchess of Kent, tying as sixth in line to the British throne. She is the eighth in direct line from Queen Victoria’s descendants, with Elizabeth and Margaret as senior cousins and King George VI’s brood advancing the royal succession.
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Chiang Kai-shek Seizes Control of Nationalist Government
Newsreel style dispatch describes Chiang Kai-shek returning to Nanking after two weeks as a prisoner and assuming firm control of the Nationalist government. The article mixes portraits of Chiang, Soong family figures, and scenes from the capital as crowds hail his leadership and rebels face political coercion amid a planned reshaping of government and potential talks with Chang Hsueh Liang.
Christmas Gift Exchange Rules Amid Holiday Boom
Seasonal warmth spurs bustling Christmas trade as gifts are exchanged until January first with refunds unavailable. The piece notes record gift exchanges and charity aid, alongside a tragic rise in holiday road deaths. It mentions President Roosevelt in Boston, Arthur Brisbane’s death, and funeral plans for Brisbane with family survivors listed.
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United States
Fonteville
Move to curb court power sparks congressional drafting
Washington December 26 lawmakers returned to Congress with strong interest in amending the constitution to curb Supreme Court powers. Hundreds of proposed amendments are being drafted with blocs forming to pressure Congress regardless of President Roosevelt. The White House awaits the Court's Wagner Act ruling before deciding, while other amendments target civil service, presidential election reform, and child labor limits.
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Numerous Projects Eligible for Allotment
Washington official Dee. Jekes announced that 2 W projects approved by examining divisions remain eligible for allotment. Federal loans totaling 8113 503,412 and grants of 8375,699,381 would be added by local or state governments, raising total project costs to 851,087,417. He noted the current emergency PWA program supports many workers and that material purchases drive much of the spending, while demand for consumers’ goods rises.
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Smiling Cop Receives $100 Bill in Denver Incident
A pedestrian gave Patrolman W. Scott a $100 bill after being warned for a trade regulation violation. The man pressed the bill into the officer’s hand and claimed it was his first tip ever received for such a mistake, then hurried away.
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Denver
W. Scott
Scott
Blood on Auto Leads to Arrest Hit-Skip Suspect
Police report a fatal hit and run near Kidron involving four suspects. Mary Jane Badertecher, 17, died after a vehicle struck her en route to church. Arrests included Jubin, a Orrville employee, and four Kidron residents, with details of the car and witnesses provided by Patrolman Grossghaus.
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Kidron
A W. Grossghaus
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Wirle
Voote' Summers
Marthe Beslertecher
Siuler
Mary Choven
Wid Anne Choven
Gumiers
Wroken Teg
Bruicon
Resourceful Jimmy Faces Consequences After Christmas Find
A disjointed report describes Jimmy finding a nickel in his Christmas stocking and spending it on an unclear purpose. He allegedly touched a policeman, who intervened, leading to his apprehension and transport to the station. The text references police actions and a family member but is fragmented and unclear overall.
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New York
Nimmy Maher
Martare
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Pope Looks to Easter Service Amid Ill Health
Vatican report recounts Pope Pius XI facing illness as Easter plans loom. He rests in bed after injections to steady his condition while doctors advise caution. The pontiff, approaching sixty, prepared to deliver a radio appeal for peace and to bless Easter offerings despite weakened strength.
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Dec
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Amant Milani
Twenty six killed in steamship explosion near Mastua harbor
An official communique reports twenty six deaths and about one hundred injuries from a steamship explosion aboard the Genoa Battista in Mastua Harbor on the east coast of Africa. Fire damaged the waterfront and several buildings including port offices. Many injured are seriously hurt.
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Gennte Battisty
Mastua
Malian
Snow Interferes With Search For Airplanes
Weary searchers in Spokane and north Idaho press on for the missing Western Air Express aircraft with two pilots aboard. Fresh heavy snow hinders ground teams as dash efforts aim to reach Early Creek ridge, guided by a guard plane flown by Lieuts Hartnett and Exhelman who saw a snow-covered object on the ridge.
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Idaho
Utah
Early Creek Ridge
St For National Forest
Washington Matronal Guard
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Dean Exhelman
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Miners Strike Touches Doncaster York Bay Area
Eight reused workers held a strike today in Doncaster and York area towns in sympathy with a broader mining protest. The action affected operations as miners planned further discussions with union officials.
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Missing Girl Found Denies Abduction In Tennessee
Vivian Le, 17, a former University of Kentucky student, was found safe at a Pineville hotel after a weeklong disappearance. She denied abduction, saying she left home voluntarily amid confusion over a telegram from Williamsburg. Her father, J Led Beal, county auditor, discussed a tax action tied to a coal mine operator in New Tazewes, Tenn.
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College Professor Hinrichs Ends Life in Hutchinson Hotel
Coroner W R Schmidt identified Frat Aracii Hinrichs, 39, of Rhode Island State College, as the man who shotgun suicided Thursday afternoon in a Hutchinson hotel bathroom. He had purchased a shotgun, left two telegrams and letters, and wired money for the funeral. The coroner called it premeditated death. an inquest may be held.
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Boy Celebrates First and Last Christmas
Johnny Hernandez a three year old from Omaha Nebraska celebrated a Christmas doctors called beyond cure cancer of the bone a rare terminal illness He enjoyed nativity scenes gifts from visitors and a last Christmas moment before death as his impoverished Mexican family faced an unsure future until his passing.
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Neb
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Prominent Figures Attend Funeral of Ohio Statesman
Yellow Springs Ohio hosts the funeral for a longtime U S senator and Republican national committee chair. Notables include Walter Brown Toledo Joseph Cartmell Springfield banker and others from Cincinnati Cleveland Lima and Toledo. The deceased died in Washington at 75 after a heart attack.
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Woman Held in Alleged Plot to Kill Husband
Ozark Arkansas sheriff reports two men confessed to poisoning Monroe Larrimore with polleon whisky and implicate his widow Mrs Ju Lattimore in a plot to kill their four year old. Arch Doss and Haskell Bent admit involvement as part of an illicit love motive and authorities plan first degree charges against Doss and Bent. The widow was detained for questioning.
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Monroe Larcinore
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Sherif Crawford
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Watalutti
Ju Hn Lattimore
Wee
Come and Gone Holiday Cheer in Yonkers Robbery Case
Yonkers police said a 97 year old man, Willem F Carter, distributed stolen holiday gifts after a store robbery. Carter was arrested for the December incident and faces charges as investigators recover the loot.
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Preference in Hiring Halts Strike Settlement
Dec 20 reports show union demands for employment preference shaping Pacific Coast maritime strike talks. Secretary McGrady urged peace conferences with offshore owners and masters and mates unions to renew negotiations while leaders threaten charges after a Christmas Eve clash in Houston left about 160 strikers beaten. Joseph Curran announced plans to picket the next congress session to protest Copeland Act provisions.
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Abipa
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Edward F. McGrady
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Atrix Was
New York
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Congress
America
Unsettled Weather Outlook for Late December Week
Weather outlook for the week starting Monday December 28 cites unsettled conditions in Devalley and Ternesane with precipitation early, temperatures near normal or slightly above, then generally thinner air and cooler spells. Great Lakes region faces widespread unsettled weather with frequent precipitation and temperatures above normal, turning colder early week.
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