Hopkins Eyes National Drive to Put Unemployed to Work
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins weighs a nationwide campaign with the Business Advisory Council to place unemployed workers back in private industry. The plan aims to enlist employers across cities to offer productive jobs, potentially reaching over 10 million jobless as spring conditions boost momentum. Hopkins would coordinate with business leaders and the advisory council, meeting with W Averell Harriman to discuss the drive and broader government business relations.
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Washington
Hopkins
New York
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Daniel C. Roper
Sonn
W. Averell Harrison
Union Pacific Railroad
This Scientist May Really Have Something
The American Association for the Advancement of Science opens its annual meeting in Richmond with a special symposium on mental disease and hygiene. Norman R. F. Maier of Michigan shows rats that mimic human mental responses, including temper tantrums and psychosis when reward cues are altered. Researchers seek chemical remedies such as benzedrine and insulin for human nervous disorders, noting safety limits for human use.
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Stephen J. McDonough Rchmond
Dee
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Norman R. F. Maier
University of Michigan
Maier
Mome
Kansas City
Janitor Henry Donnett Self Amputates Hand In Accident
MINNEAPOLIS Dec 27 Henry Donnett a 32 year old public school janitor recovered from a self inflicted amputation of his right hand after a Christmas steel stove mishap at General hospital. Doctors report his condition much improved and expect a satisfactory healing without dusther as infection was contained.
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Minneapolis
Henry Donnett
General Hospital
Dennett
Jimmy Foxx Leads Past Year Batting Title Race
Boston first baseman Jimmy Foxx won the American League batting title with a .349 average in 149 games, bolstered Boston’s club hitting. Teammate Hank Greenberg led in runs with 244, while White Sox and Washington players posted notable totals, including Foxx’s 50 home runs and 398 total bases.
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Earl Helligan
Chicago
Jimmy Foxx
Boston
Red Sox
Buddy Myer
Washington
Ty Cobb
Foxx
Charles Gehringer
Detroit
Behtind
John Geoffrey Heath
Cleveland
Ben Chapman
Myer
Cecil Travis
Hal Trosky
Fox
Jimmy
Stardoom
Hank Greenberg
Hank
Greenburg
Wils
Purse of Gold Ingot Foils Florence Police in Loot Case
In Florence an ingot of pure gold thwarted police efforts in two summer robberies. Thieves hit Villa Marmagliano, Mrs Beulah Branch’s home, stealing a fortune in cash and jewels. Jeweler Sestilio Giannini confessed to receiving stolen goods, leading to the capture of Otello Balzini and accomplices awaiting trial in Murate jail. Part of the gold ingot was found in Angiola Cini’s home. some jewels remain missing including a $10,000 diamond ring and a large pearl necklace. The fate of the ingot itself remains undecided.
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Florence
Italy
Villa Marmagliano
Beuliah Branch
Chicago
Fagliano
Goffredo Visconti
Sestilio Giannini
Giannini
Otello Balzini
Italian Fascist Editor Calls US Germany Policy a Maneuver
Virginio Gayda, a fascist editor aligned with Prime Minister Mussolini, today described the United States critical stance toward Germany as a sign of internal political maneuvering within the United States, signaling cautious foreign policy choices amid the shifting European crisis.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Preqcier
Mussolini
United States
Germany
Jewish Action Plot Charged in Roosevelt Policy Debate
The piece claims a Jewish communist-Masonic coalition shapes Roosevelt policy as a fighting arm against the Republican movement. Gayda writes in Giornale D Italia that American policy urges alert to a supposed Italian sold to Germany. He accuses the United States of racial discrimination and immigration bias while condemning Nazi policy.
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Roosevelt
Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
United States
Italy
Germany
Byrd demands more information on government lending corps
Senator Byrd of Virginia asserts Congress must obtain full information on activities of government lending corporations. He calls them the invisible part of government, noting RFC, Home Owners Loan, and Federal Housing Administration have issued about 326 billion in indebtedness with only a small portion used. He says these agencies operate without direct accountability to the budget bureau and that accurate checks on their operations are nearly impossible.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
RFC
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Pecoral Housing Administration
Poweress
Budget Bureau
Man shoots woman over Christmas candy rejection in Camden
Florence Gottwald, 26, was shot 10 times after refusing an unnamed man Emil Mascher 45 WPA worker a Christmas candy gift. Mascher, detained by Detective Clarence Arthur, admitted loving her and said the rejection spurred the attack as she left a friend’s car near her home.
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Camden
N. J
Bru- Nettle
Clarence Arthur
Florence Gottwald
Arthur
Emil Mascher
WPA
Mascher
Jewish Residents Laud Japan and Manchukuo Refugee Policy
In Harbin, officials report a conference of Jewish residents thanking Japan and Manchukuo for opening Manchukuo to world Jewry. Dr Abram Kaufman led the meeting which urged loyalty to Manchukuo and cooperation with Japan’s and Manchukuo’s plans for a new Far East order.
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Peiping
Harbin
Manchoukuo
Japan
Abram Kaufman
Far East
Rival of Father Divine Reconciled in Harlem
Faithful Mary known as Viola Wilson, who left Father Divine 17 months ago, is reconciled with his Harlem movement. She will publicly confess in spotless white at a Peace, brother meeting next Sunday with angels and followers present.
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New York
Mary
Father Divine
Harlem
Viola Wilson
Heaven
New Oil Discovery Shakes Illinois Field at Sandoval
Centralia December 24 activity in the southern Illinois field gained momentum with oil found in the Niagaran lime horizon. A Roy Benoist farm test north of Sandoval cored six feet of saturation at 2820 feet, about 1000 feet deeper than typical wells. Loyd Marvel of Southwest Oil and Gas Co. said the test produced up to 100 barrels per hour.
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Centralia
Qinois
Roy Benoist Farm
Sandoval
Ind Ges Coma’ Yy
She’ Firm
Loyd Marvel
Oil output estimate for 1938 reported near 29.5 million barrels
Operators say the Centralia and Frycite regions are likely targets for deeper tests as Timvis reports oil production for 1938 nearing 29.5 million barrels, about nine times the prior year per state authorities.
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Hey Wre
Centralia
Frycite
Timvis
Fear Italians May Threaten Djibouti
Paris dispatches report Italy massing troops on the French Somaliland frontier as fears grow of a campaign against Djibouti the Red Sea port that serves as the Ethiopian empire outlet. French officials could not confirm the reports while the governor reportedly secured reinforcements from France.
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North Africa
Italy
Djibouti
Red Sea
Egypt
France
Pertinax
Ethiopia
Mussilini
Tunisia
Libya
Covered Lincoln's Death Dies At 94
Lawrence New York obituary notes James Loncheim born February 22 1845 in Cincinnati. A former Cincinnati Press youth reporter who covered Lincoln's assassination he later became a contractor and Democratic politician in Ohio New York and served as clerk of the Long Island town. He was 94.
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Lawrence
N. Y
James Loncheim
CinCinnati Press
Lincoln
Cincinnati
Ohio
New York
Long Island
Oklahoma farmer controls eroding soil with terraces
R S Stovall, a Ryaa farmer in Waurika Oklahoma, restored 160 acre Indian lease land through a continuous terracing program starting in 1930. He used a small commercial terracer and teams, building high narrow terraces first then widening by back furrowing, with contour farming as support. He grows cotton corn oats and credits terraces with keeping topsoil from leaving the farm.
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Waurika
Okla
R. S. Stovall
Stovall
Oklahoma
Babs Guggenheim Weds Third Husband in Secret Miami Ceremony
Barbara Guggenheim Wellaeh of the wealthy Guggenheim family reportedly married Henry Obre, former chauffeur, in Miami about a week ago. They then traveled to Nassau and California. Obre previously ran a Red Bank garage and handled Ada News support duties for boats and cars.
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Miami
Fla
Barbara Guggenheim
Wellaeh
Guggen‘heim
Henry Obre
Daily News
Nassau
California
Fred Weitach
Lionel Johnson
Obre
Westach
Red Bank
N. J
Ada News
Reporters And Announcer Capture Two Escaped Prisoners
Omaha reporters George Sedlacek and Ernie Jones and WOW announcer helped capture two escaped Nebraska prisoners after a Christmas night breakout. Merion Brown and Fred J. Roberts were found with injuries and in custody near Missouri and Omaha crime scenes as over 100 officers pursued fugitives. Brown surrendered near Ralph Hickey farm. Erwin later found in a haymow.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
George Sedlacek
Ernie Jones
Omaha World Herald
May
Omaha Radio Station
WOW
Merion Brown
Missouri State Prison
Fred J. Roberts
Phil
Arwin
Missouri
Paul
Romano
George Cockerill
Ign
Robo Roberts
Sediacek
Jones
Cockerill
How Much Did Congress Conservatives Gain
Washington, Dec. 27, til. The setup of the new congress and its committees signals a session of compromises. Republicans gain strength from November returns, influencing Democrats toward compromise over intra party fights. A showdown may occur early over Hopkins relief policies or labor and social security, with conservatives gaining leverage but actual gains revealed only by voting.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Hopkins Hay
Harry Hopkins
Jcommerce
Large Supplies Of Feed Point To Livestock Gains
STILLWATER Dec 27 Large supplies and relatively low prices of feed grains will encourage continued liberal feeding of livestock this winter and spring and bring about further increases in production of meat animals. The 1939 pork output will rise while beef and veal may shrink.
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Stillwater
Dan Arnold
Lverstock
Oklahoma A
ML College
Jane
Ameld
Arnold
United States
Flynn May Lose His Racing Yacht Siracen
Los Angeles dispatch reports actor Piro Flynn faces loss of his $25,000 racing yacht Siracen after it fails to meet federal tonnage and length limits set by maritime authorities. The case centers on regulatory compliance and potential forfeiture of the vessel.
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Assi
U. S
Boston
Channeler Sery
Flynn
Los Angeles
Answers to Traffic Problems and Licensing Questions
A collector of traffic guidance outlines liability for car owners who knowingly allow intoxicated drivers, licensing renewal rules, and reporting unsafe drivers. It notes a signer’s relief from responsibility after proper license action, that a bakery truck’s unsafe maneuvers violate the law, and advises notifying authorities and employers. It mentions renewal requirements and ends by noting the inventor Hammond and Crane of the lace-making machine.
Seaman Gave His Life For Shipmere
Jun ea u Alaska Dec 27 The story tells how Seaman James Moore Los Angeles laid down his life for his ship mate A tya It was two weeks ago during a bitter storm off Cape Faireweather that the Patterson was driven onto rocks Gus Swanson Seattle raced to lower lifeboat and prepared to hoist it overboard a giant wave flung the boat Moore dashed to an oil drum with a bottle of rum and a flashlight and was lowered to rescue Swanson Neither man’s body has been recovered
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Juneau
Alaska
James Moore
Los Angeles
Tya
Bleak Cape
Patterson
Ory
Gus ‘Swanson
Seattle
Moore
Swanson
Farm Staters In Planning Session
A bi partisan group of senators and representatives from agriculture and states plans a cost of production farm program in the new Congress. Senator Frazier says members may keep soil conservation, drop crop reduction. confer with Secretary Wallace before legislation. Senator Tydings calls the current program a temporary fix needing a violent restructuring. Senator Lee plans to reintroduce a domestic allotment measure to assure a domestic cost of production price on major crops.
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Washington
Congress
Frazier
Wallace
Tydings
D-Md
Roosevelt
Lee
D-Okla
Merit system proposed to cover federal and state workers
Senator James M. Mead of New York urged extending the federal merit system to all workers paid in part by federal funds. He argued states receiving federal aid should implement a civil service standard to curb partisan campaigning by highway and agricultural aid employees.
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Washington
James M. Mead
New York
Mead
Segregation era Cars For Jews Demanded In Berlin
A Berlin edition of Das Seckwarze Korps urges segregation of traveling Jews mirroring U S customs. It calls for Jews to be placed in separate railway sections or barred from using rail sleepers if possible, and suggests reservations two days ahead to gauge needed space.
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Berlin
Das Seckwarze Korps
Adolf
Roff Family Reunion Celebrates Holiday Gathering
Mr and Mrs W L Bunyard of Roff host a family reunion with fourteen children and guests including Mr and Mrs Raymond Bunyard Mrs Madelene Cunningham of South Gate California Chiorene Kailham of Compt California Furman Bunyard of Sacramento California and Jen nety Bunyard of Duncan plus other Roft relatives in attendance.
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W. L. Bunyard
Roff
Raymond Bunyard
Madelene Cunningham
South Gate
California
Chiorene Kailham
Compt
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