FDR May Talk Trade Treaty With British Visitor
President Roosevelt invited Sir Walter Runciman to the White House for the January 23 weekend, prompting speculation on possible Anglo American trade treaty talks. Runciman, aboard the Caledonia, travels privately. officials say no specific agenda is planned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walter Runciman
White House
Runciman
Caledonia
New York
England
Board of Trade
U. S
Canada
United States
MacKenzie King
Great Britain
Ambitious coed aims for MD degree and medical engineering
Pittsburgh Miss Lois Joyce, one of three women among the University of Pittsburgh's 700 engineering students, intends to earn the M D degree and to combine medicine with engineering.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
University of Pittsburgh
School of Engineering
Lois Joyce
Judith Allen Seeks Divorce From Prize Fighter Hubby
Hollywood January 15 Judith Allen dark haired actress seeks divorce from Jack Doyle heavyweight boxer accusing mental and physical cruelty drinking to excess and associating with other women. She cites a New Year s Eve beating four days in hospital lack of support and threats including a revolver and asks alimony of 100 a week. England may issue a large three penny coin valued at about six cents.
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Hollywood
U.P
Judith Allen
Jack Doyle
Miss Allen
Doyle
Indianapolis
Lehmann and Melchior Star in Met Opera Walkure Broadcast
Lotte Lehmann debuts this season at the Metropolitan Opera House in Die Walkure broadcast on NBC Blue starting 12:40 PM. She sings Sieglinde with Lauritz Melchior as Siegmund, conducted by Artur Bodanzky, with a large cast and RCA sponsorship. The program is also carried by Radio Splendid in Buenos Aires as part of a new foreign broadcast initiative.
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Lotte Lehmann
Metropolitan Opera House
NBC Blue
Sieglinde
Radio Corporation of America
Lehmann
Europe
Metropolitan
Lauritz Melchior
Mme. Lehmann
Siegmund
Hunding—Emanuel List
Wotan—Ludwig Hofmann
Brunnhilde
Marjorie Lawrence
Fricka
Kerstin Thorberg
Helmwige
Dorothee Manski
Gerhilde
Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde
Irene Jessner
Rosswelse
Ina Bourskaya
Grimgerde
Irra Petina
Waltraute
Doris Doe
Siegrune
Helen Oelheim
Schwertleite
Anna Kaskas
Artur Bodanzky
Ferest
NBC
W3xal
Roundbrook
N. J
Latin America
Americas
John Royal
South
Central America
Policy Ring Breaks as New York Racket Raids Shake City
New York police raid disrupts large policy rings as thousands fail to place numbers. Dewey announces 70 alleged members held, claiming annual policy take of about 5 million dollars. He identifies Moe Weintraub and Joe Ison as key captains, with Alexander Pompeii at large. Harlem and Spanish speaking communities face the crackdown.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York City
Harlem
Joe Ison
Moe Weintraub
Weintraub
Ison
Alexander Pompeii
Insects Ship to Australia to Fight Burrs
Texas exporters ship 10 000 Baris beetles to Canberra to rid Australia of cockleburrs while sparing other vegetation. The beetles attack burr roots as part of a biological control program moving with officials to Canberra.
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Texas
Uvalde
Australia
Canberra
Burr Control
Birthday Dance In Amarillo Aids Crippled Children
A dance on Saturday January 30 in Amarillo marks the fourth annual Birthday Dance for Crippled Children Council benefitting infantile paralysis research. Seventy percent of proceeds stay locally with thirty percent going to a national fund. event honors President Roosevelt who founded the Warm Springs Foundation. Local chairman is G A McCullough with George Hammock as chief assistant.
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Amarillo
Roosevelt
Crippled Children Council
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Champ
Henry L. Doherty
G. A. McCullough
George Hammock
De Valera Drops In To Settle Disputes
London January 15 President Eamon De Valera of the Irish Free State met with British Dominions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald at his hotel and held a three hour discussion. The meeting followed signs of De Valera softening toward Britain and aimed to bridge four years of estrangement. In Liechtenstein the police quelled a stamp gathering, injuring thirteen.
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London
Eamon de Valera
Foreign Office
England
The
Free State
Citizenship Bill to Revoke U.S. Citizenship Abroad
Rep. Raymond J. Cannon of Wisconsin introduced a bill to strip Americans who live abroad for more than a year of their citizenship. He criticized “society people” who leave the United States to establish residences overseas and seek publicity for their activities.
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Washington
O.R
Raymond J. Cannon
Wisconsin
United States
Cannon
Population Decline Hits Danzig Amid Uncertainty
The city of Danzig faces a shrinking population as turmoil and future prospects remain unclear. In 1935 about 4,000 Danziers left their homes and 1934 saw roughly 6,000 emigrants, many heading to Germany seeking better conditions in the United States.
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Danzig
Germany
Caliche Road Project Near Dalhart Stratford Announced
Texas Highway Department announced eight miles of caliche road between Dalhart and Stratford as part of Panhandle highway work. Percy C Bailey says 70 percent of costs and labor wages funded by federal NRWR and CWA programs with the state covering the rest. The project will add grading drainage and a caliche base ahead of a future 16 mile paving extension northeast of Dalhart and is set to close June 30.
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Panhandle
Dalhart
Stratford
Texas Highway Department
Percy C. Bailey
Highway Department
al Dred
WPA
State Highway Department
NRWR
National Recovery Work Relief
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Joes
Haere Meat Packers
Amarillo, Texas
Pittsburgh
Retail Institute
Research Bureau For Retail Training
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Shou
LDER
Idaho
Sunkist
Campbell’s
White King
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Liechtenstein
Principality
Malcolm MacDonald
Redding
Sir William
O. M. Redding
East 10Th St
J. C. Wooldridge
Live
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Amarillo Scale and Fixture CO
H. T. Bruce
Seventh Ave
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