Roosevelt weighs remedies as recession hits railroads
President Roosevelt met with congressional leaders at his Monday conference to map strategy against the recession. He then met rail labor and management to discuss improving railroad credit and lowering fixed costs. He aims to push $1.5 billion from the Reconstruction Finance Corp for loans and press a relief plan for the next fiscal year, while contending with resistance to the reorganization bill. Pettengill urged amendments to empower Congress to veto executive changes and pressed a priority on ending the recession.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
William B. Bankhead
Senate
Sam Rayburn
John N. Garner
Bankhead
Alben W. Barkley
Ashington
RAILS
Quick House
Samuel B. Pettengill
Ind
Congress
Pettengill
Crisis aims to save France cabinet mends treasury
Paris reports the cabinet approved drastic measures to avert a treasury crisis. Plans include revaluing Bank of France gold reserves, a capital levy, centralizing foreign exchange, and a super tax on war industry profits, with resignation likely if the Senate blocks them.
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PARIS
U.P
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
National Union
Bank of France
Soldiers' Home Inmate Found Frozen to Death
J. T. McGueness aged 47 of the soldiers home was found east of Sandusky on a creek bank. Sheriff Souter said he apparently froze to death, with the weather blamed for the fatal incident.
End of Spanish War Seen As Rebels Capture Lerida
Nationalist forces captured Lerida driving Loyalists from Catalonia and threatening Tortosa as Madrid suffered its heaviest bombardment in 10 months with 75 killed and 200 wounded. Rebels pushed toward the east coast while Loyalist rear guards fought to hold the line.
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Lerida
Hendaye
Madrid
Catalonia
Spain
Caspe-Alcaniz
Tortosa
Barcelona- Valencia
Hungary Warns Rightists as Purge Echoes Rise
Hungary's Regent Nicholas Horthy broadcast a national address warning rightist extremists they will not be tolerated. He linked unrest to subversive elements and hinted at a possible repeat of the 1919 purge that toppled Bela Kun's Communist regime. He named potential targets including Count Szalasi Festetics of the Arrow Cross Party amid tensions with Hungary's German minority community.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Nicholas Horthy
BelaKun
Horthy
Szalsy Festeticr
Arrowhead Cross Party
Army Pilot Killed When Plane Crashed Into Lake Erie
Lieut. Kevin Burke of Selfridge Field Michigan was killed when a U S army plane crashed three miles west of Ashtabula into Lake Erie during a snowstorm while en route from Erie Pennsylvania to Selfridge Field. The wreckage was recovered from the lake today.
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Ashtabula
U.P
Lieut
Kevin Burke
Selfridge Field
Mich
Lake Erie
Lieut. Burke
Lake
Here
Erie
Three Alarm Blaze Damages State Institution Utility Building
A three alarm fire at the state institution for the feeble minded in Columbus caused about $25,000 in damage to the utility building on Sunday.
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Columbus
State Institution
Weakened Earl Roberts Jr. faces death as blood transfusions run out
In Hazel Park Michigan doctors say 4 year old Earl Roberts Jr. with plastic anemia has received 17 transfusions since January 7 and now needs weekly transfusions. Scar tissue prevents new access and his blood will not coagulate, risking fatal bleeding if a cut is made.
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Hazel Park
Mich
Earl Roberts, Jr
Earl W. Roberts
Oil Payments Discussed in Mexico City Talks
Finance Secretary Eduardo Suarez opened conferences with government leaders on how to compensate 17 American and British oil firms whose properties were expropriated last month. The firms valued their holdings at about 400 million dollars, while the government set tax value at 275 million dollars, signaling possible resistance to higher offers.
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Mexico City
Eduardo Suarez
Suarez
Fireman and Horses Die in Livery Stable Fire
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey and Fire Commissioner John J. McElligott led separate probes into a livery stable fire that killed one fireman and left three others injured while 122 dray horses perished. Investigators questioned hostlers and staff but had not yet determined the blaze or explosion’s cause which toppled walls and buried Lieutenant Thomas Mehan and three more workers.
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NEW York
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
John J. McElligott
Thomas Mehan
Gas Explosion Damages Marion Bulk Station Sewer Line
Gasoline overflow from oil company tanks at a Marion bulk station caused an explosion that damaged about six feet of sewer pipe on Sunday. The incident damaged nearby infrastructure and prompted emergency response. No injuries were reported in the initial accounts.
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Marion
U.P
Pioneer Flotilla Lands at Steubenville on Ohio River Stop
The Northwest Territory Celebration flotilla reaches Steubenville with 2000 spectators as 37 youths from Ipswich Massachusetts arrive by river craft. The journey continues to Marietta for a 150th anniversary observance of American civil government west of the original 13 states. O K Reames directs the expedition to use modern towing for the remainder.
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East Liverpool
U.P
Northwest Territory
Ohio River
Ohio Country
Ipswich
Mass
Steubenville
Marietta
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Green Concedes on Wage Bill with Minimums
Washington United Press report says William Green president of the American Federation of Labor signaled willingness to support a wage bill with initial hourly rate as low as 25 to 30 cents if floors rise annually and no board to cut below set levels for certain areas. John L. Lewis of the CIO endorses a floor of 35 cents at minimum.
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Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
House Labor Subcommittee
House
Green
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Harbor Guards Quell Sailor Clash Aboard Kwang Yuan
U S coast guardsmen patrolled the San Francisco harbor aboard the schooner Kwang Yuan after a fight between three Japanese officers and twenty Chinese crew members.Several officers and three Chinese were injured though none seriously. The Chinese claimed more crew were beaten when they went ashore, citing ongoing mistreatment.
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San Francisco
U. S
General Motors Bonus Rejected by Sloan
Alfred P Sloan Jr, chairman of General Motors, said he will accept no more bonuses for 1937. His 1936 bonus was 411,161 and salary 150,000. the GMC report shows 1937 bonuses totaling 13,908,809.
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New York
U.P
Alfred P Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
GMC
Supreme Court Upholds Louisiana Energy Tax on Interstate Gas
The Supreme Court in a 7 to 1 ruling sustained the Louisiana electrical energy tax applied to power generated for the Arkansas Louisiana Pipeline Co. used in interstate natural gas pumping. The decision adds to a series affirming state and federal taxing powers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Arkansas-Louisiana Pipeline Co
Fruit Crops Lose Ground to Frost in Ohio
Cincinnati report says southwestern Ohio fruit growers faced losses from a weekend frost. Clermont County farmers described heavy damage as ice formed on pools and streams and temperatures fell to the mid thirties.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Clermont County
Willys Accused of Misleading Car Adverts
The FTC charged Willys-Overland Motors with misrepresenting the price of its cars in ads. It said a four door sedan shown with a $395 FOB price was deceptive because the figure was for a cheaper model and did not include required accessories, taxes, and handling charges.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Trade Commission
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Commission
Medal Awarded To President's Mother
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the President, received the Albert Einstein medal for humanitarianism at a New York ceremony yesterday for a lifetime of devoted service to various communal causes. She accepted the honor humbly and with gratitude.
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New York
James Roosevelt
Albert Einstein
Priest Presses Fight on Bill
In a Detroit U P Sunday address Father Charles E Coughlin attacked the reorganization bill. He urged the creation of a nationwide group of modern Paul Reveres to oppose Congress and to ask representatives if they will act for the people or rubber-stamp presidential requests.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
Paul Reveres
Washington
Father Coughlin
Slap in Face Preludes Foreign Policy Debate
In the House of Commons Emanuel Shinwell a Labor MP slapped Commander Robert T. Bower a Unionist in the face. The incident precedes a foreign policy debate and calls for a general election. Cabinet members confer with labor leaders seeking support for building Europe s largest air force.
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London
House of Commons
Emanuel Shinwell
Robert T. Bower
Commons
Europe
Denial Shapes Ohio Bund as Not Nazi Organization
Columbus report where J. Wheeler Hill national secretary of the Bund rejects Attorney General Herbert Duffy’s information request. Hill states the Bund does not operate youth camps in Ohio and would organize any such activities through lawful channels if ever present.
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Columbus
Bund
J. Wheeler Hill
Herbert Duffy
Wheeler
Ohio
Nine Spectators Die in Italian Auto Race Crash
In Bologna Italy nine people including six children were killed while 26 were injured as two cars crashed during the annual 1000 mile race. Four of the injured in the event died or were expected to die.
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Bologna
Italy
U.P
Civil War Vet Garwood Dies After Short Illness
Springfield resident French A Garwood 93 a Civil War veteran and longtime druggist for 50 years died today after a brief illness. He lived in the city and was a well known local figure. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Springfield
French A. Garwood
Murphy Mediation Aims to End Michigan Utilities Strike
Gov. Frank Murphy acts as mediator in talks between management and labor over Consumers Power strike. CIO workers hold plants with two rival unions disputing majority. company offers wage guarantees for three months while strikers seek renewal of a one year contract. Pickets admit only CIO members into plants.
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Detroit
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Committee For Industrial Organization
Consumers Power Company
Murphy
Dan E. Karn
UWOC
CIO
Student Shoots Two Kills Self in Clinton Home Tragedy
Grace Carter 17 of Clinton was wounded by Carmen Tew 21 as he opened fire with four shots injuring her and killing Rudolph Smoalh, a New York pianist. Tew was found dead in a nearby creek, authorities noting likely suicide.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Grace Carter
Clinton
Carmen Tew
New York
Rudolph Smoalh
Tew
Two More Victims of Contaminated Drug Injections
In Orlando four survivors of a pain relieving drug outbreak were critically ill as officials investigate the preparation linked to ten deaths. The injections came from an Orlando physician who used two drugs one from Canada and one from Philadelphia. all fourteen patients were cancer patients.
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Orlando
Fla
H. A. Day
Orange County Medical Association
J. N. Patterson
Florida State Board of Health Laboratory
Canada
Philadelphia
Japanese Losses Reported in Taierchwang Battle
Foreign sources claimed a large Japanese division was wiped out in Taierchwang and Linyi with about 20 000 Japanese troops killed during a ten day battle near the Lunghai line. General Sugiyama visited Peiping to rally troops amid Chinese counterattacks.
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Shanghai
U.P
Sugiyama
Peiping
Shantung Province
Tokyo
Juichi Terauchi
China
Taierchwang
Linyi
Lunghai
Reduction in Canadian Tariff Rates Attacked
Members of Congress and businessmen attacked proposed tariff reductions with Canada testifying as five day hearings opened. They urged against cutting rates on livestock furs lumber paper products and cheese.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Canada
Committee For Reciprocity
Highwaymen Hunted After Texans Murdered Matron and Daughter
Two highwaymen killed Mrs. Weston Frome and her daughter Nancy near Balmorhea Texas after torturing them during a motor trip from Berkeley California to South Carolina. Autopsy described "frightful torture" with burned knuckles and a severed hand, both women shot in the temple, and the crime linked to other West Texas disappearances. Federal agents joined state authorities in the search while the victims were reportedly from a socially prominent Berkeley family bound for Parris Island South Carolina.
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van Horn
Tex
U.P
Broad Exe
Texas
Pecos River
Weston C. Frome
Nancy
el Paso
San Antonio
Balmorhea
Fromes
Berkeley
Calif
South Carolina
W. W. Waite
Frome
West Texas
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Dallas
Federal Department of Justice
Atlas Powder Company
Berkesley
Miss Frome
Cleveland Man Denies Killing Girl Companion
Cleveland WPA worker 24 admitted being the companion of Jenevieve Wasniewska 23 who was found dead in Cuyahoga Heights. He says she opened his car door and jumped to the pavement, denying homicide charges. Prosecutor to decide on charges.
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Cleveland
U.P
Frank T. Cullitan
WPA
Jenevieve Wasniewska
Miss Wasniewska
Cuyahoga Heights
Federal Income To Fall Short By At Least One Hundred Million
Treasury statistics warn that federal income for the current fiscal year will fall at least 100 million dollars below budget estimates due to the business recession. The deficit outlook may lead to a mid year revision, with nine months showing only about 4.82 billion dollars in receipts, well under the 6.32 billion expected for the year. Officials doubt achieving the remaining 1.401 billion by June.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Francis J. H. Coffin
Larchmont
Pioneer Flotilla
U. S. Shenango
O. K. Reames
General Motors
Sloan
Willys
Bill
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