Miners pledge aid as snow swamps nation in worst cold wave
The nation endures a brutal winter onslaught with heavy snow from the Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard. Death toll tops ten as floods and blizzards affect Illinois Indiana Michigan and South Dakota. Gov Murphey mobilizes state resources to aid isolated families and clear roads. A mother and child stranded near Munising die after being reached by rescuers. Snow falls in Florida and Ocala amid frost warnings reaching Central Florida.
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Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Michigan
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Tlllinois
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
South Dakota
LU. S
J. R. Lloyd
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Middle West
Far West
New England
Frank Murphy
Michigan Highway Department
Munising
Hich
Lakeland
Fla
Ocala
Midwest
Mexico
Burke blasts NLRB as curse to honest labor in Senate hearing
Sen Edward Burke denounces the National Labor Relations Board as a source of widespread distrust and condemnation. He urges a congressional inquiry and cites AFL criticism, alleged bias in favor of CIO unions, and cases at Weirton Steel Ford and Republic Steel to argue the board intimidates, misuses funds, and curtails free speech during industrial strife.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Burke
Senate Judiciary
J. Warren Madden
American Federation of Labor
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
John Rankin
Miss
Alfred N. Phillips
Conn
Labor Board
C.I.O
Weirton Steel Company
Steubenville
C.I.0
Ford Motor Company
Weirton Steel Corporation
Weirton
W. Va
Republic Steel Corporation
Massillon
Temperature readings across cities from Duluth to New York
Cold across the Midwest and Northeast with Duluth and Moorhead at two below zero while Bemidji shows ten below. Warmer readings appear in the south and west with Yuma at 72 and San Diego 76. Chicago and Detroit near ten, Kansas City 15, New York City 26, while Eastport Maine records 40.
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Duluth
Minn
Moorhead
Bemidji
Yuma
Arizona
San Diego
Calif
Miami, Fla
Eastport
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
New York City
Tennessee Governors Power Plan Discussed With Roosevelt
President Roosevelt meets Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning in Washington to discuss a long range program for public purchase of private power in the Tennessee Valley. Browning will propose a state corporation or power districts to work with TVA to buy the Tennessee Electric Power Company properties. Senator Kenneth McKellar opposes, fearing state control could transfer TVA to states.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley
Browning
White House
TVA
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
McKellar
Grange Leader Calls for Common Sense in Agriculture
Louis J. Taber master of the National Grange urged farmers to favor organization and cooperation to boost agriculture. Speaking at Ohio State University during Farmers' Week, Taber warned the world suffers from over production of theories and under consumption of common sense. He urged fewer self styled super leaders and more local community self help.
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Columbus
U.P
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Farmers’ Week
Ohio State University
Taber
Wallace Approves Farm Bill With Crop Insurance Tie
Secretary Henry A. Wallace said he heartily approved the tentative compromise draft of the farm bill if crop insurance is included. The conference completed agreement on principal features and adjourned until Friday with a vote on the conference bill probable next week.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Little Business Worries Highlight Monopolies and Credit
Washington. A Roosevelt administration analysis of hundreds of letters from small businessmen shows monopolies taxes and tight bank credit as top concerns. Assistant Secretary Ernest G. Draper says these issues will top next Wednesday’s meeting of Little Business representatives and Commerce Department officials. He calls the conference as significant as the President’s talks with Big Business.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Ernest G. Draper
United Press
Little Business
Commerce Department
Draper
Jersey Congressman Dies After Fall From Hotel Window
Washington reports Rep. Edward A. Kenney of New Jersey plunged from a sixth floor hotel window to death outside a cement driveway. Kenney, a lawyer active in national lottery proposals, died after a hotel suite party with New Jersey political leaders and business men. Police also raided Dayton offices of the Nationwide News Service and arrested three men on charges of supplying racing information to bookmakers.
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Washington
U.P
Edward A. Kenney
N. J
Kenney
New York
Hackensack
Congress
New Jersey
Dayton
UPB
Ex mayor admits paid commissions on gas sales in Ohio probe
Records show G Lloyd Weil former Akron mayor testified he received commissions from a Cleveland firm on gasoline sold to the State Highway Department. Witnesses also discussed coal purchases for Cleveland State Hospital and a $285 check to Weil from Columbus Refining Company, with Weil a major backer of Governor Davey’s reelection bid.
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Senate
G. Lloyd Weil
Akron
Cleveland
State “Highway Department
Ten Horn
Cleveland State Hospital
Horn
Maher
James Metzenbaum
Weil
Columbus Refining Company
Davey
House Rejects Move to Halt Senate Graft Probe
The Ohio House opposed delaying the Senate graft inquiry and set February 28 as the adjournment date, opposing the February 10 plan. The body also passed an emergency Lawrence-Ward bill creating a 15 member commission to propose a new state tax system, with adjournment anticipated for February 8.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House
Hum
Thomas A. Christy
Monroe
Davey
Loyalists Suffer Heavy Losses on Teruel Front
Nationalist sources claim more than 2,000 Loyalists killed or wounded over Tuesday and Wednesday near Teruel after a major aerial assault involving 400 planes. Loyalists reportedly shifted operations north toward the Saragossa to Teruel communications line amid ongoing air strikes.
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Hendaye
Teruel
Saragossa
Teuel
Elderly Couple Die in Springfield CO Poisoning
In Springfield Ohio a Findlay couple Mr. and Mrs. John Wolf both around 70 were found dead in a rooming house. Coroner Austin Richards ruled the deaths accidental due to carbon monoxide from a flueless stove.
Girl in Iron Lung Aids President Birth Day Ball Effort
Lucille McDonald a 14 year old from Clarksburg is being treated in an iron lung at Ohio State University. She smiled for photographers and said she would help promote the President's Birthday Ball in Columbus Saturday.
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Columbus
U.P
Lucille McDonald
Clarksburg
Ohio State University
Ohio Lawyers Open Session At Columbus
Columbus reports the opening of the Ohio State Bar Association mid winter meeting as lawyers face bitter cold. Congressmen Martin Dies and Arthur Vanderbilt are slated to speak with Dies likely addressing the administration wage and hour bill and its fate during a recent congressional session.
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Columbus
O.P
Ohio State Bar Association
Martin Dies
Texas
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Newark
N. J
American Bar Association
Dies
House
J. J. W. Henney
The
Bar Association
Ohio congressman seeks Northern Ohio Veterans Hospital
Rep. John McSweeney of Ohio announced a bill to establish a United States Veterans' Administration hospital in Northern Ohio. He cited his welfare director experience and doctors from Mt. Vernon TB facility who say patients can recover in Ohio as well as elsewhere.
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Washington
John McSweeney
Ohio
United States Veterans’ Administration
Mt. Vernon
100-Foot Ice Jam Threatens Niagara Falls Bridge
Pick and shovel crews battled a 100 foot high ice wall threatening the famed Maid of the Mist area. The Niagara Falls bridge endured immense pressure as ice girders twisted, while nearby docks cabins and power generators suffered heavy damage and losses neared a million dollars.
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Niagara River
Niagara Falls Bridge
Falls View Bridge
United States
Canada
Niagara Falls
Ontario Company
Horseshoe Falls
Japanese Sentry Slaps U.S. Officials at Nanking
In Shanghai a Japanese army spokesman said two American diplomats were slapped by a Japanese sentry after they refused to leave a building occupied by Japanese forces. John Allison of the American Embassy in Nanking was identified. another American was also slapped.
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Shanghai
U.P
John Allison
Nanking
Cenfer in Effort To Settle Steel Strike
Steel company officials meet with a steel workers committee in Jersey City to settle the first major CIO strike since Mayor Hague ordered a boycott. The Crucible plant ceased operations when the night shift was sent home by a CIO affiliate.
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Jersey Carry
N. J
Crucible Steel Company
Steel Workers Committee
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Workers' Side of Auto Industry To Be Reported
United Automobile Workers leaders plan to present to President Roosevelt next Tuesday the ongoing relief crisis among autoworkers amid widespread layoffs. Chrysler reportedly trims about 10,000. Ford about 10,000. GM reductions exceed previous Knudsen layoff figures. Chrysler president Keller says 50,000 still on payroll, with work limited to two days weekly.
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United Automobile Workers of America
Roosevelt
White House
Ence
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General Motors
William Knudsen
K. I. Keller
Seek To Extradite Black Legion Leader
Virgil H. Effinger former Black Legion commander faces extradition to Michigan on criminal syndicalism and unlawful possession of explosives charges. A Common Pleas Court order prompted the appeal plan filed from Lima Ohio. A Michigan warrant prompted a December hearing in this city.
Physicians Can Now Watch Beat of Heart
A new instrument by Dr Walter B McNelly of Miami University Physiolog y Department lets physicians view a patient heart beat as well as hear it. It produces visual light tracks and a graph showing heart action changes leakage palpitation and lesions. The device aims to aid diagnosis and monitoring.
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Oxford
Walter B McNelly
Miami University Physiology Department
McNelly
WPA Relief Rolls Hit New High in Week End Jan 22
Washington reports 1 831 961 WPA relief rolls for the week ending Jan 22 up 64 624 from the prior week. The figure tops last year’s October low by about 400 000, and officials say 1 925 000 remains the approximate maximum under current appropriations. Dayton’s Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield named site for the January 1939 Diocesan convention.
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Washington
Works Progress
Harry Hopkins
Peace Debate Continues as Lewis Seeks CIO Unity
At the United Mine Workers convention John L. Lewis chairs the industrial organization committee while William Green of the AFL rejects the CIO peace offer. Delegates authorize continued funding for industrial unionization as tensions over district autonomy and unity persist.
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Washington
Llp
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Green
A. F. of L’s_ executive council
Miami
Fla
CIO
UMWA
Workers of America
A. F. of IL
Howard Plans CIO Break From AFL In Union Referendum
Charles P. Howard secretary of the Committee for Industrial Organization and president of the International Typographical Union announces he will seek to lead 80 000 members out of the AFL. He calls for a nationwide referendum in the near future to decide if the union should join the CIO.
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Miama
Fla
U.P
Charles P. Howard
Committee For Industrial Organization
International Typographical Union
A. F. of L
CIO
Howard
A. F
William Green
John
Brooksville Hosts First Snow Storm In Century
Brooksville Florida crowds of about 1405 gathered to watch the town's first snow storm in years with excitement and residents noting it is the first snow here this century.
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Brooksville
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Tampa
Shanghai Firms Ordered to Submit Code Books to Japanese
All commercial firms in Shanghai must provide the Japanese censor with copies of their code books, the Japanese Embassy announced today. The order applies to firms regardless of nationality, reflecting tightened wartime controls.
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Shanghai
Public interest campaign on gas regulation grows
Ohio officials launch a state wide drive to educate residents on gas rates and supply. Five mayors and city solicitors form local citizen committees while an advisory group assists Councilman William C. Reed in an educational effort. Lawmakers push the Lea Bill for federal control of interstate gas. Senators Bulkley and Donahey urged to back passage. City solicitors urged to file briefs supporting Norwalk’s appeal on municipal rate powers.
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Ohio
Cities Alliance
William C. Reed
Cleveland
Congress
U. S
Robert J. Bulkley
Vic Donahey
Senate
House
Ohio State Bar Association
Ohio Supreme Court
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