Midwest Braces Against Deep Freeze and Snowbound Villages
Midwest cities face record cold with 435 new pneumonia cases in a week per Dr. Frank Jirka. Rescue teams from Rapid City attempt to reach Marcus and Herford in the Black Hills as lines lay down under heavy drifts. Praire Du Chien reports a CCC camp heroism tale as John Murphy recovers from throat infection. a path cleared for 40 comrades.
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Black Hills
CCC
Chicago
Midwest
Frank Jirka
State Health Department
Ilinois
Continental Divide
Atlantic Coast
Prairie States
Marcus
Herford
South Dakota
Rapid City
Prairie du Chien
Wis
John Murphy
Robert Wilson
Burke
Fairfax
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nois
Central Illi
Post Office Adopts Merit Based Demerit System
Washington reports the post office department will implement a merit system to balance demerits with merits. The plan removes human judgment from promotions and wipes all black marks from records by March 31 with annual slate resets.
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Washington
Post Office Department
C. B. Uttley
Post Office Service
Uttley
Ethiopian missioners freed after prisoner hold in war zone
Rev. Harold Street of Paxton Illinois and Rev. John Trewin of Toronto were released after Ethiopian Crown Prince Asfa Wosan ordered their freedom. Street was shackled with a dog chain while Trewin was not. Mrs Street and their four children remained at a mission station under guard. The pair were captured January 27 at Shama and moved to Chencha, Goma province, as officials arranged their release.
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Addis Ababa
Harold Street
Paxton
John Trewin
Toronto
Sudan
Goma Province
Confession of 16 year old houseboy in murder case
Modesto Trujillo admits shooting Carl Taylor during a robbery motive. Taylor, a magazine writer, is believed by friends to have been killed for secrets connected to a fanatical Ndan cult.
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Modesto Trujillo
Carl Taylor
Taylor
Roosevelt Moves To Cut Spending Across Government
President Roosevelt announced a drive to reduce government outlays and ordered Budget Director Daniel Bell to survey all departments for savings. Officials discussed a composite farm relief tax plan aimed at about 900 million dollars to cover AAA losses and future farm aid, with proposed divisions including processing taxes, revised income tax exemptions, and retroactive excess profits taxes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel Bell
AAA
Congress
Supreme Court
Agriculture Adjustment
Nye says practices in munitions sales are more than corrupt
Senate Munitions Committee chair Nye calls bribery and the influence of pretty women in wartime sales "more than corrupt" after reviewing letters and testimony from the Army Ordnance Association. The case links business figures to army projects and cites cooperation with war department officials.
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NYE
Washington
R-Nd
Senate Munitions Committee
Army Ordnance Association
L. C. Codd
Association
Army
War Department
The
Ordnance Association
Colt Patent Firearms Company
Codd
J. F. C. Fuller
Army Ordnance
Fuller
WPA Chief Orders Divisions Merged In West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia February 11 orders for consolidation of WPA divisions to cut administration were issued by regional representative Wayne Coy reorganizing the works unit He approved reappointment of State Administrator F Witcher McCullough and reduced state headquarter divisions from seven to five Coy named a deputy administrator and McCullough appointed E C Smith Jr as new deputy administrator McCullough announced eight more officials to new posts H B Colebank Abe Forsythe Mary H Camp D H Phares E C Bennett M C McCall Mrs Dora Garlitz Mrs Eunice Uhl
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Charleston
W. Va
WPA
Wayne Coy
F. Witcher McCullough
Coy
McCullough
E. C. Smith Jr
H. B. Colebank
Abe Forsythe
Mary H. Camp
McCoullough
D. H. Phares
Division of Labor Management
Bureau of Labor Management
E. C. Bennett
Division of Operations
M. C. McCall
Dora Garlitz
Eunice Uhl
Huntington
Garlitz
Coast guardsmen hunt bodies after ice tragedy on Lake Michigan
Charlevoix Michigan Feb 11 coast guardsmen searched wind swept Lake Michigan for two bodies left by Clayton Brown who crawled seven miles over treacherous ice to shore. Beardsley Cunningham and a surfman were swept away in a gale. Brown survived with frozen feet likely to need amputation.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Coast
Karl Cunningham
Coast Guard
Cunningham
Brown
Goodhart
Senate clears way for final vote on soil bill Friday night
Washington reports Senate leaders reached a plan to limit debate and push a final vote on the soil conservation subsidy bill by Friday night. A new substitute proposed by Byrnes would authorize 500 million dollars for soil programs with federal grants to states after two years.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Byrnes
South Carolina
McNary
Peek
Hope of Agreement Delays Garment Strike Call
New York reports say garment manufacturers and union leaders recessed as a broad outline of a settlement emerged. Julius Hochman said general principles are agreed but details remain. Officials would report to Mayor LaGuardia Wednesday as efforts to avert a 105,000 worker strike continued.
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New York
Julius Hochman
Joint Board of
The
Dressmakers’ Union
F. H. LaGuardia
Curtis funeral rites held in Topeka for Charles Curtis
Indian bow and arrows on the casket and floral tributes from Roosevelt and Hoover framed the funeral in Topeka. Gov Landon and Sen Capper led state officials in honoring Charles Curtis, praised as an unaffected American who rose from humble beginnings to U S Senate. Burial followed beside Mrs Curtis in Topeka Cemetery.
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Topeka
Kas
Roosevelt
Hoover
Charles Curtis
United States Senate
Alf M. Landon
Arthur Capper
Kansas
House of Representatives
Charley Curtis
Chief Deerfoot
Curtis
Osage Tribe of Indians
Kaws
Virginia House Approves Budget Bill With Higher Local Teacher Share
Richmond Va Feb 11 The house appropriations committee reported the two year general fund budget with amendments raising appropriations by 89564 and requiring localities to provide 30 percent of teachers salaries The bill totals 37438217 for the biennium up from the governor s recommendation by 89564 The budget includes 45 per month pensions for Confederate veterans and 45 for blind and deaf veterans plus small increases for Medical College of Virginia hospital division the commission for the blind and Northwestern State hospital City repairs and other line items
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Richmond
House Appropriations Committee
Frank Moore
Lexington
State Board of Education
J. H. Bradford
Medical College of Virginia Hospital Division
Commission For the
Northwestern State Hospital
Battle Abbey
Fire destroys Logan grade school in suspected arson
Charleston dispatch reports a Logan grade school building burned causing about 50000 in losses. Fire Chief Jim Beckett and Fire Marshal Fred Watkins suspect arson after finding oil soaked rags in the annex. The blaze follows an earlier fire at the Justice Inn. Superintendent E V Parsons hopes to resume classes in church buildings next week for 425 pupils.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Jim Becket
Toln
Fred B. Watkins
Beckett
Justice Inn
E. V. Parsons
Candle Flame Radio Link Opens New Museum Exhibition
In New York the Museum of Science and Industry unveils a radio linked exhibit linking a London candle flame to a Rockefeller Center display. Einstein, Bragg, Langmuir, Jewett, Millikan, Earhart and others spoke from multiple locations as Faraday and Bragg led the candle ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Einstein
New York
London
Atlantic
Museum of Science and Industry
Radio City
Rockefeller Center
Michael Farady
Faraday
William Bragg
New York Museum
Einstein
Irving Langmuir
Frank B. Jewett
Jewett
Larzmuir
Borah and Knox Enter Illinois Primary Battle
Illinois faces an early Republican clash as Borah and Knox announce entry for the April 14 primary while Roosevelt backs his renomination. Lincoln centennial observances and quotes frame the cross party debate over the new deal in a heat of mid campaign atmosphere.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Lincoln
Senator Borah
Col Frank Knox
Farley
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Ohio
Ed D. Schorr
Landon
Kansas
Vandenberg
Michigan
Schorr
Knox
Dunn Reports January Building Permits Up
Dunn and Bradstreet estimates show January building permits valued at 54.94 million across 215 cities, more than double January 1935 but below December, marking the largest January total since 1931. The December total was 62.99 million, and January 1935 was 26.83 million.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Coin Harvey dies at 85 in Arkansas estate
William Hope Coin Harvey veteran advocate of bi metallism and former presidential candidate died at his Monte Ne Arkansas home after peritonitis from intestinal influenza. He was 85, survived by his second wife May Eliston Leake Harvey and three children. Born 1851 in Buffalo West Virginia, he led the Liberty party bid in 1932 and was famed for the free silver campaign with William Jennings Bryan.
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Monte Ne
Ark
William Hope
Harvey
May Eliston Leake Harvey
Tom Harvey
Huntington
W. Va
Hammond Halliday
Annette Harvey
Buffalo
Col
Robert
Anna M. Hope Harvey
Buffalo Academy
Marshall College
West Virginia
Anna R. Halliday
Delaware
Liberty Party
William Jennings Bryah
West Virginia Senators Split on Coal Agency Appointments
Washington reports that on February 11 Senator Holt objected to accelerated action on five coal commission appointees, a coal consumers council member, and two labor board members. Senator Neely announced plans to push action the next day, while Holt prepared record material on EK. Smith but would not block final confirmation tomorrow.
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Washington
Holt
West Virginia
National Coal Commission
Coal Consumers’ Council
Bituminous Coal Labor Board
Neely
EK. Smith
Coal Commission
Smith
Talmadge Ickes Praise Lincoln on Eve of Birthday
Springfield speakers John Talmadge of Georgia and Harold Ickes of Illinois lauded Abraham Lincoln at the city commemoration. Talmadge attacked current policies calling for a Lincoln like leader to resist brain trust ideas. Ickes praised Lincoln’s legacy and Republican roots, contrasting it with the Roosevelt era.
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Springfield
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmade
Georgia
Harold L. Ickes
Abraham Lincoln
Ickes
Lincoln
Talmadge
White House
Chicago
Mellon Sees No Support for Borah in Pennsylvania
Washington reports Andrew Mellon, 80, says he knows of no Borah backing in Pennsylvania. He attends an income tax hearing and avoids political talk, noting there are too many people talking already. He doubts attending the Cleveland Republican convention.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Pennsylvania
Borah
Idaho
Mellon
Biggest Meal Yet For Premature Baby Nancy Vogt
In Oakland California on February 11 the fifteen ounce premature infant Nancy Lee Vogt cried for dinner and received her largest meal since birth. Doctors report the jaundice clearing and vitamin D given as a daily treat while the life line feeding continues. The baby likely has not gained weight yet and remains in the incubator as mother Mrs Paul Vogt recovers.
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Oakland
Calif
Nancy Lee Voght
Nancy Lee
J. W. Sherrick
H. E. Stafford
Paul Vogt
West Virginia Republicans open campaign with Lincoln day diners
In five cities Republicans denounced Democratic waste and the New Deal as 28 Lincoln day dinners set for the state. Walter S. Hallanan said Neely and Holt were like Punch and Judy of absentee landlords and Lilly argued 1935 spending doubled Lincoln’s five war torn years. Chapman Revercomb urged higher tariffs and Raymond Humphrey urged issue preparation for the race. Former Rep Wells Goodykoontz spoke in St Albans as liquor stores and some state offices closed.
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A. A. Lilly
Lincoln
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Hast Bank
Walter S. Hallanan
Sutton
Abraham Lincoln
St .Albans
Hallanan rails at Neely Holt over absentee landlordism stance
Walter S. Hallanan in a prepared Lincoln Day address accuses West Virginia senators M. M. Neely and Rosa D. Holt of sowing class hatred and demagoguery. He promises to discuss absentee landlordism and cites alleged remote control in state history.
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Hast Bank
W. Va
Walter S. Hallanan
United States
M. M. Neely
Rosa D. Holt
New York
West Virginia
Soldiers to Hunt Lost Army Flier
March Field California reports a renewed search for Lieut. John Helms missing after a December crash. About 200 soldiers and 100 CCC workers set up a camp in the San Bernardino mountains to conduct a systematic hunt, as officers note he may have crawled from the wreckage and survived. Helms, engaged to film actress Toby Wing, was believed alive by some officers though chances are slim.
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March Field
Calif
John H. Pirie
CCC
Pirie
San Bernardino National Forest
Army Air Corps
Helms
Toby Wing
Helme
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Ethiopia
Chief Orders
Witcher McCullough
Clayton Brown
CURB
Big Sum
Oregon
Sail
George N. Peek
Tariff Commission
Virginia House
New Deal
Ill
Portland
State of the Union
Wallace
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indianapolis
Dunn
William Jennings Bryan
Wee Nancy Lee Vogt
Democratic Waste
Hallanan
John T. Helms
San Bernardino Forest
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