Roosevelt Plans Broad Labor Standards Reform
A White House source says President Roosevelt is studying a plan to abolish child labor shorten hours and raise wages. It proposes a federal agency to fix minimum wage and hour standards for interstate firms redefining interstate commerce to include major industries with no exemptions from anti trust laws and no fair trade enforcement. The plan aims for an American labor standard while opposing immediate constitutional amendments.
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Federal Regulatory Agency
Congress
NRA
Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Roosevelt
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Draws Million Crowd
In Pasadena California the 48th annual Tournament of Roses opened under clear skies. About one million spectators lined the street, watching 55 floats adorned with five million flowers in a Romance in Flowers theme. Santa Barbara won the grand sweepstakes with a Persian garden float featuring Omar Khayyam.
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Pasadena
Calif
Santa Barbara
Omar Khayyam
McGrady Leaves Scene of Pacific Coast Strike
In San Francisco on January 1, assistant labor secretary Edward F. McGrady, the government's chief troubleshooter in the maritime strike, departed negotiations to confer with Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and other federal officials. He said Perkins might present the matter to President Roosevelt and declined to forecast any recommendation.
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San Francisco
Maritime Strike
Washington
Edward F. McGrady
Frances Perkins
McGrady
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
General Movors
Flint
Mich
William 8. Knudsen
General Motors
Fisher
Cleveland
Norwood
Ohio
Atlanta
Kansas City
Byrd Seeks Economy in Government Reorganization
Sen Harry Byrd of Virginia announces findings from the Senate committee on governmental reorganization show potential substantial economies and budget savings through a real federal agency reorganization, contrasting White House emphasis on efficiency. Also reports on the hijacking case against Amarillo principal King suspect James Fred Fogg.
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Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Senate Committee On
Roosevelt
White House
Byrd
Tom Moore
Randall County
EF. F. King
Amarillo
James Fred Fogg
Mr. King
Laborer Held in Lubbock Slaying
Bill Pierce a 30 year old laborer was held on a murder charge in Lubbock regarding the killing of 19 year old William David Feasel. Feasel was shot while walking with Pierce’s wife. Pierce surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Parum Posey and waived an examining trial. Six shots were fired with Feasel wounded in the back jaw elbow and neck.
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Lubbock
U.P
Bill Pierce
William David Feasel
Pierce
Parum Posey
Feasel
Taxes for Social Security payroll deductions begin
Taxes to fund the Social Security Act became effective today in Washington. Employers will deduct 1 percent of the $3,000 wage base from about 23 million workers and must match it. First payments are due at the end of February.
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Washington
Treasury
Phillips Daughter to Marry Soon in New York
Mrs. Frank Phillips announced today that daughter Sara Jane Phillips 22 will wed Frank W Begrisch a New York real estate man in New York on February 18. The couple plans the ceremony at a New York hotel suite. Miss Phillips studied at Ogontz College and Webber College while Begrisch attended New York University.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Frank Phillips
Sara Jane Phillips
New York
Frank W. Begrisch
Phillips
Oklahoma
Ambassador
Miss Phillips
Ogontz
Webber College
Boston
Begrisch
New York University
Retired Railroad Man Charles Hutchins Dies at 78
Charles S. Hutchins, 78, a retired railroad worker, died in a Corsicana hospital early today. He served 30 years with Cotton Belt Lines before retiring November 1, 1936, after a 58 year railroading career. He formerly lived in Greenville and Mt. Pleasant. Surviving are three daughters and other relatives.
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Corsicana
Charles S. Hutchins
Mt. Pleasant
Cotton Belt Lines
Greenville
Hereford Breeders Meet for Safe Cattle Lineup
A special called meeting of the Panhandle Hereford Breeders is set for today at 1 o'clock in the Herring Hotel. President Julian Bivins calls the gathering to review safe cattle practices and line up breeders for the program.
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Herring Hotel
Julian Bivins
Winter Battlefront Descriptions From Madrid Front
War diary style report from January describes winter warfare near Madrid with blood on snow and damaged villages. Fascist sentries, ambulances, and field hospitals illustrate brutal conditions, cold weather, and scarce shelter as the siege continues.
Insurgent Drive Halted by Madrid Defenses in War Dispatches
Government dispatches from Cordoba report a strong Insurgent push from the southwest against Madrid was stopped in stiff international fighting. Government forces counterattacked with air support from warplanes amid continued combat.
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Madrid
Cordoba
Indians Trapped by Blizzard Narrows Rescue Efforts
Three Navajo expeditionaries report about 350 Navajos snowbound in the Zuni mountains south of Ramah New Mexico as rescue teams rush food by truck and air but face eight foot drifts and delayed access.
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N. M
Zuni Mountains
Ramah
Here
E. R. Fryer
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Zuni
Fryer
Bill Cutter
Albuquerque
Cold snap to bring snow and 14 degree lows
The Dallas weather bureau forecast a Panhandle cold wave with temperatures as low as 14 degrees and possible snow. Amarillo had no local forecast due to department closure, while Southeast West Texas may see rain. Livestock warnings issued for exposed animals as wind shifts.
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United States Weather Bureau
Dallas
Amarillo
West Texas
Wichita Falls
Vernon
North Plains
Central Panhandle
South Plains
Pessimism Grows Over Mattson Kidnapping Case
In Tacoma a tense wait continues for a possible break in the kidnapping of 10 year old Charles Mattson. The abductor seized him last Sunday night at home and demanded $25,000. The Mattson family has not received word since then, though some sources claim a contact may have been made.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Charles
W. W. Mattson
Delay in Peiping Drug Addicts Executions
A crowd of 5,000 gathered at Peiping’s execution grounds to witness the first public killings under the narcotics campaign. A high police official announced that executions would be postponed until after New Year celebrations, sending morbid onlookers home disappointed as the crowd dispersed later in the afternoon.
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Peiping
China
San
Tartar Wall
Holiday Highway Toll Rises With Texas Fatalities
Death and injury marked New Year’s weekend as Texans faced a string of accidents. Mary Louise Rhodes, 25, died after two autos collided on a viaduct in Fort Worth. Alvin Hauptvogal, 65, died after being struck. John N. Casey, in Bryan, died hours after his truck overturned near Navarro ta. Emma Mae Carpenter, 54, San Antonio, died beneath an overturned car. Domingo Lopez, 18, died after being hit by a bullet fired by revelers near an automobile. Mary Helen Cummings, 27, and husband Dr. Wendel Cummings were killed when their car hit a truck near FE Campa. Lutie Sue Marks, 50, of Houston, was struck while crossing a street in heavy rain. A tank explosion killed three men in the Nocona oil field. Eleven students from the University of Florida and Rollins College were injured when a tour bus left the Monterrey Highway. EF J Schroeder, 35, rescued three sleeping children in a San Antonio dwelling fire, suffering serious burns. J R Slocomb, Arlington, critically injured in a bridge collision. Dr Wendel Cummings and Mrs Weinheimer injured. Continued on Page 9, Col 2.
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Fort Worth
Alvin Hauptvogel
John N. Casey
Bryan
Navasc~ta
Wendel Cummings
Mary Helen Cummings
Campa
Cummings
Liberty
Lutie Sue Marks
Houston
Sam Houston Senior School
Nocona
Texas
E. R. Crow
Wichita Palls
Kenneth
Deeds
Roy Jones
University of Florida
Rollins College of
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A. F. Acosta
Schroeder
Acosta
J. R. Slocomb
Arlington
Mountain Creek
Fort Worth Pike
el Campo
E. A. Weinheimer
Navasota
Roosevelt's Son Improves At Massachusetts General
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. showed marked improvement today and spent much of the day in his hospital room at Phillips House Massachusetts General Hospital. Officials said he cannot press or leave his room and will not be discharged for another week or ten days. He has been convalescing from streptococcus throat infection and a sinus infection since Thanksgiving Day.
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Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Young Franklin
Shooting in Mt Pleasant Hospitalized Man Wounded
Charlie Deaton, 33, was brought to a hospital in Mt Pleasant with a rifle wound to the abdomen. Officers jailed a man in the shooting and did not file charges pending Deaton's treatment and outcome.
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MT. Pleasant
Charlie Deaton
Deaton
Soviet Replies to Nazi Act With Training of 150000 Air Hawks
The Soviet Union launches a plan to train 150000 pilots as a reply to Goering's claim of 70000 aviators. The program aims to raise total qualified pilots from about 100000 by 50 percent without hindering factory or farm work. Aim originated at Menzhinsky factory in a Krupchanikov led meeting amid talks on the new constitution.
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Russia
Germany
Hermann Goering
Soviet Union
Menzhinsky
Nikolai Nikitich Krupchanikoff
Solon Seeks European Trade Substitutes
Washington January 1 Senator Schwellenbach D Washington says finding substitutes for European markets is the keystone of a permanent neutrality policy. He argues America cannot stay out of another European war if it cannot locate alternative outlets for goods. American farmers and industrialists cannot afford to cut off major trade with belligerents without new markets.
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Washington
America
Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Girl Blames Explosion Killing Sweetheart To Revenge Plot
Sioux Falls dispatch depicts Helen Sieler, 25, recounting a wild tale of a murder plot by a gang of four men. She says the plan to blow them apart with heavy explosives killed Harold Baker near Sioux City, though no body was found. Authorities pursued three suspects, including Lee Bradley and Harry Reeves, while another man was cleared.
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Sweetheart
Sioux Falls
S. D
Sioux City
Helen Sieler
Harold Baker
Here
Baker
South Dakota
Miss Sieler
Lee Bradley
Fort Pierre
Harry “Slim” Reeves
William Nesbeth
Bradley
Tobin
Col
German warship seizes Spanish freighter in retaliatory act
Berlin reports for first time since the war a German warship seized a Spanish freighter named Soton near Santander in retaliation over the Palos cargo and passenger. Koenigsberg and Admiral Graf Spee participated as Reuter’s Berlin dispatches note. Spain protests and requests immediate crew release.
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Foreign Office
Bilbao
Germany
Palos
Bilboa
Koenigsberg
Bay of Biscay
Graf Bpee
Paris
le Journal
London
Santander
Reuters
Aragon
Spain
Paria le Journal
Pardoned Rebel Leader Faces Possible Ten Year Sentence
In Nanking authorities doubt if Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang will serve the ten year prison term for rebellion. The court martial led by Chiang Kai-Shek sentenced him to ten years and five years civil rights deprivation. He remains detained at Dr. H H Kung’s residence while officials expect a pardon unlikely. A large lantern procession celebrated Chiang Kai-Shek’s return to power in the city.
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Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Military Affairs Commission
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shensi
H.H. Kung
Simo Chiang
Britain Starts World Naval Race With Two New Dreadnoughts
London inaugurates the world naval race by laying the keels of two 35 000 ton battleships the Prince of Wales and King George V. Britain acts after the Washington and London pacts expire eliminating capital ship limits.
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London
Great Britain
Washington
Britain
Prince of Wales
Hunt Starts for Oakland Family
Authorities in Oakland California search for Carl A. Deisenroth 37 a chain store supervisor Valma 31 and their sons Carl 11 and Robert B after they disappeared last Saturday during a holiday trip The family had told neighbors they would return the next day.
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Oakland
Calif
W.P
Carl A. Deisenroth
Valma
Carl, Jr
Robert
Deisenroths
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