Feud Between TVA Directors Nearing End
Washington report says TVA director Dr. Arthur E. Morgan will resign as he pushes for a compromise with private utilities. The move clashes with Lilienthal who opposes any compromise and supports public ownership to lower rates. President Roosevelt backs Lilienthal. Morgan's bid aims to restart talks on a TVA utility power pool buy sell plan.
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U.P
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
White House
Morgan
David Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Roosevelt
George W. Norris
Ind
Neb
John E. Rankin
Miss
Rankin
Hit and run driver in San Francisco identified
Dolly Ford of San Francisco was arrested after a swerve and crash left a pedestrian dead. She admitted intoxication at the wheel and later fainted upon learning the victim had died, saying she did not remember striking the pedestrian.
Negotiations for peace in auto strike collapse in Detroit
In Detroit the talks between General Motors and the United Automobile Workers over wages hours and conditions ended in failure. Homer Martin says present conferences are off while Knudsen promises a later GM statement. The stalemate stems from alleged Lansing truce violations and Ford sit down closures.
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General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Martin
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Corporation
Flint
Cadillac
Anderson
Ind
WPA Worker New Suspect In Kidnaping
Federal agents state and city police focus on a former WPA worker as a new suspect in the Charles Mattson kidnapping and murder case. The man, described as bearded swarthy with a foreign accent, was discharged in December from an Everett project, and is believed to have connections to the ransom demand.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Charles Mattson
WPA
Everett
Charles
W. W. Mattson
Heavy rains raise streams in Athens District causing closures
One and a quarter inches of rain in the Athens District yesterday and last night brought streams back up. The Hocking River rose to about 14 12 feet at noon after dropping over four feet since Saturday. Routes 50 South and 7 were closed and Route 50 North restricted for heavy vehicles with a Marietta detour. Water covered several highways but traffic moved through later today.
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Hocking
Marietta
Gallipolis Home Robbed While Family Attends Church
A theft occurred at the apartment of F. W. Folden on Second Street in Gallipolis between 7 and 8:30 pm Sunday. The thief entered a rear door of the first floor building housing Folden's Grocery and took 210 dollars from a dresser drawer. The Folden family was at church. no other items were disturbed.
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Gallipolis
F. W. Folden
Second St
Folden
Fire Claims Two in Toledo Area Home Blaze
A Sunday fire at a residence near Sylvania west of Toledo killed 59 year old Nees Zuver and badly burned her sister Mae 40. The home was destroyed and both women suffered severe injuries.
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Toledo-Hup
Sylvania
Nees Zuver
Mae
Man Slain at Banquet In Manhattan Opera House
Police questioned ten guests in evening dress as they sought the killer of Frank Cicero 33 connected with Garment Motor Transportation at a testimonial banquet for Barney Shapiro in the Glass Ballroom. A potential trucking feud between New York and Stamford, Conn, is probed.
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New York
U.R
Manhattan Opera House
Barney Shapiro
Ladies Apparel Carriers’ Association
Frank Cicero
Stamford
Conn
Cicero
Garment Motor Transportation Company
Supreme Court Recess Begins Amid Deadlock on Social Legislation
Washington report says the Supreme Court recessed today with no action on major cases. The court will resume hearings and issue opinions on February 1, continuing a stalemate over contested social legislation.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Butler Warns Of Amendment
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, urges governors of 19 states to oppose ratification of a proposed child labor amendment. He warns the measure could become an instrument for dictatorial tendencies in government after Kentucky's recent approval.
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New York
U.P
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Congress
Kentucky
Butler
Oyster supper at Waterloo farm postponed by rain
The Izaak Walton League oyster supper at Waterloo farm was postponed Tuesday night due to continued rain. The league will instead meet at Athens City Hall for a business session to consider several activities planned for the year.
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Waterloo Farm
Izaak Walton
Racine Man Undergoes Major Operation Here
Clifford Decker of Racine was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital where he underwent a major operation this morning. Fred Elliott of New Marshfield had an appendix operation at the hospital Sunday. The five year old son of Dr and Mrs James Patrick at 42 Sunnyside Drive was reported slightly improved. Mrs Denver White and her infant son of Carbondale were dismissed from the hospital Sunday.
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Racine
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fred Elliott
New Marshfield
James R. Patrick, Jr
James Patrick
Sunnyside Drive
Denver White
Carbondale
West Virginia governor outlines four year economy program
Charleston report states Homer Adams Holt, newly inaugurated West Virginia governor, presented a four year plan emphasizing strict economy. The address highlighted budget cuts and prudent spending to steer state finances.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Homer Adams Holt
West Virginia
Inauguration Day Crowds Gather for Roosevelt Second Term
United States witnesses preinaugural crowds as Franklin D Roosevelt prepares for a noon oath on January 20 marking the first use of the new date under the 20th Amendment. Vice President Garner to take oath outdoors on the Capitol east front with a parade limited to armed services and select civilian groups.
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Capitol
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Senate Chamber
Pennsylvania Avenue
Armed Services of the
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
72 Burned to Death In Railroad Coaches
Hong kong officials report seventy two passengers burned to death as flames, allegedly started by an arsonist, swept through three cars of a Canton Hong Kong train. Railway officials provided the official tally and details of the incident.
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Hongkong
U.P
Child Kills Self With Pistol Found in Auto
Monica Louise Coleman a three year old Huntington girl died after shooting herself with her father's pistol in a car near Milton. The child found the gun in a car pocket while returning to fetch clothing for her baby brother.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Monica Louise
Russell Coleman
Colemans
Milton
Ohio River Nearing Flood Stage After Heavy Rains
Ohio River floods feared after weekend rains with rises of six feet expected at Cincinnati and Marietta. Warnings issued as flood crests approach 58 or 59 feet by midweek, affecting Main Street stores and riverfront areas.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Marietta
W. C. Deveraux
U. S
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Muskingum
Miami
Kentucky
R. P. Powell
Man Survives 22 Hours to Rescue Four Snowbound Companions
In Nevada a party of five, including Mrs Lee Prettyman and Doris Dunn, endured 22 days snowbound in a car after Dec 27 blizzard. Fred Miller ventured 17 miles for help. if he failed, James Poe would follow after two days. A companion died saving others as the group faced extreme cold and starvation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
U.P
Lee Prettyman
Yucca Pass
Bob Smith
Miller
Poe
Man Braves Blizzard to Rescue Car in Nevada Desert
After Miller is killed by a deadly blizzard, Poe trudges through 11 hours of freezing snow to reach a cabin. He returns with a half full can of beef and searches for his cats, crying out to his missing pets as rescuers readied aid.
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Weirton
W. Va
Weirton Security League
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Five Dead and Losses From River Floods Hit Midwest
Rain swollen rivers flood Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Missouri causing five deaths and widespread damage. Refugee camps form as guards patrol levees and Red Cross aids farmers while dozens of mines and farms are abandoned. Flooded highways bridges and closures disrupt schooling and commerce.
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Evansville
Ind
Escape in Prison Riots Shocks Guelph Reformatory
GUELPH Ont Officials at the riot torn Guelph Reformatory reported a tentative count of 44 inmates escaped from about 700 during Sunday unrest. Deputy Provincial Secretary C F Neelands arrived from Toronto to assume charge as damages and injuries mounted. The riot saw prisoners armed with clubs from furniture pieces and guards taking shelter in admin quarters as police used tear gas to restore order.
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Ont
Guelph Reformatory
C. F. Neelands
Toronto
Woman Ends Life After Indictment
Miss Rose Hermes aged 50 hanged herself at her Sandusky home Sunday night after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Toledo for sending obscene letters through the mails. The letters were written to William Burger of Kellys Island businessman his son Dr William Burger physician his wife and Carrie Lane of Sandusky.
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Sandusky
U.P
Rose Hermes
Toledo
Ann Harding and Werner Janesen wed at Caxton Hall
London reporters confirm film and stage star Ann Harding and American musician Werner Janesen honeymooning today after Sunday marriage at Caxton Hall Register Office.
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London
Ann Harding Bionde
Werner Janesen
Caxton Hall
Fight Killed on Wet Highways
Hazardous Ohio highways from torrential rains and a following freeze killed at least eight people. Four drowned when cars went into swollen streams, and three died near Lisbon after an auto left the road into Beaver Creek. Herbert McBride 60 and Hugh Reed 42 were recovered. search continued for David Jameson 40. William Schweizer 44 died near Cincinnati after his car plunged into a creek.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Lisbon
Beaver Creek
Herbert McBride
Hugh Reed
David Jameson
East Liverpool
Cincinnati
William Schweizer
Denhardt Fore—grand jury again in Garr Taylor case
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt appeared before a Henry County grand jury to deny killing his fiancee Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor and present his evidence. The jury met to consider an indictment charging the former lieutenant governor and adjutant general with murder on the night of November 5 on a lonely country road.
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New Castle
U.P
Henry H. Denhardt
Henry County
Verna Garr Taylor
Leutenant
Two Dead In Kentucky Gas Station Feud
Bell County Attorney Walter B. Smith cites jealousy between owners of two adjacent backwoods gas station restaurants as the motive. Thad Snellings, 40, of Blackmont, Ky., owner of both spots, and Gillis McGeorge, 30, coal miner, are dead. Three others are critically wounded.
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Pineville
U.P
Kentucky
Bell County
Walter B. Smith
Thad Snellings
Blackmont
Gillis McGeorge
Lancaster cabbie admits kidnapping tale was fabrication
Clifford Brosky aged 30 of Lancaster Ohio admitted to police that his claim of being kidnapped and forced to drive to Pittsburgh was a ruse to obtain money and gasoline to return home.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Clifford Brosky
Lancaster
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