Sub Seized 8 Jews Aboard Italian Liner Saturnia
The Italian liner Saturnia arrived in New York with 1,004 aboard after two French submarines halted the ship off the Azores and removed eight German Jewish passengers. Captain Iviani reported the sub crossings and stated one bow crossing violated international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INL
Saturnia
Europe
Grover A Whalen
Iviani
Whalen
Ernest J Swift
American Red Cross
Azores
Alfred Thene
Pennsylvania Chief Accuses WPA of Failing In Duties
Governor Arthur H James condemns the WPA for gross failure to meet its duties in Pennsylvania. He accuses the agency of unnecessary costs and missing state expenditure quotas and calls for a transparent evaluation of politics versus fair play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
WPA
Harrisburg
INS
Arthur H James
James
Col
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
Hampton Man Killed As Car Overturns
Charles E. Griffen, 77, of Hampton, Ja., died when an ice slick caused his car to overturn near Rockwell ten miles south of Mason City. The driver was his son Fred O. Griffen, band leader at Hampton and president of the Iowa Bandmasters association, who survived with minor injuries. A third passenger, Mrs. J. Gulick of Hampton, had minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Charles E. Griffen
Hampton
Rockwell
Here
Fred O. Griffen
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Chilean Pact Not To Lower Copper Tariff
The state department said negotiations on the Chile reciprocal trade treaty will not reduce copper import duties. The disclosure aims to head off opposition led by copper interests and Sen. Key Pittman. Senator Arthur Vandenberg welcomed the move, noting one commodity protected and joking about beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Chile
Sen
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nevada
Department
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Name Change Bid Reversed After Last Name Change Request
In San Jose California on Judge Robert R Syer instruction Vasillios Tsopanidi held citizenship papers in the European name He sought to change his name to Tochobonoglous The judge initially approved but reversed after the applicant requested the new surname This incident centers on naturalization and name change procedures without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Ins
Robert R. Syer
Vassilios Tsopanidi
Europe
Tsopanidi
Marengo Boy Joins Metropolitan Opera Cast
Anthony Marlowe, a Philadelphia tenor and Curtis Institute alum, joins the Metropolitan Opera roster after five seasons with the Philadelphia Grand Opera and stints in Cincinnati Zoo, Chicago City opera. Harriet Henders, from Marengo Indiana, debuts next Thursday as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier after studying in Graz Hamburg Leipzig Budapest and Prague.
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New York
Anthony Marlowe
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Opera
Edward Johnson
Marlowe
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia Grand Opera
Cincinnati Zoo Opera
Chicago City Opera
Metropolitan
Harriet Henders
Marengo
Graz
Hamburg
Leipzig
Budapest
Prague
Sophie
der Rosenkavalier
Spee Captain Buried With Full Honors
In Buenos Aires Capt Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee received full naval honors at burial following the ship's scuttling and his death. Fellow Graf Spee officers, an Argentine guard of honor, and other foreign naval reps attended. the sole British presence was Capt Pottinger of the Ashlea, who had been a prisoner aboard the Graf Spee for two and a half months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
INS
Hans Langsdorff
Graf Spee
Pottinger
Ashlea
Latin Lands Invite U. S. To Bolster Defense Lines
Representative Paul W Shafer with Senator Harry S. Truman and Representative Parnell Thomas concluded a 70,000 mile tour of Latin America and Puerto Rico. They reported twenty presidents assured no foreign footholds will be allowed while inviting U S defense support and fortifications and called on Congress to fund strengthening Panama canal defenses and adjacent countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
INS
Congress
Panama Canal
Paul W Shafer
Mich
Shafer
U. S Army
Harry S. Truman
Rep
Parnell Thomas
N. J
Puerto Rico
United States
Iowa farmers push plan to boost pork sales and use
Des Moines AP report details a meeting led by Ralph W. Smith where Iowa farmers and middlewest groups form swine producers to promote pork use, seek a producer tax to fund promotion, and urge a federal study on new lard uses at Peoria laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Ralph W. Smith
Newton
Grangemaster
United States
Donald F. Christy
United States Department of Agriculture
Leslie M Carl
Wallace
Federal
Peoria
Ill
Finnish American Volunteers Land in Sweden to Aid Finland
Sixty Finnish American volunteers arrived in Gothenburg aboard the Gripsholm from New York as the first trainload of Swedish volunteers left Stockholm to aid Finland in its war with the Soviet Union. Captain Armas Liljeberg of Williamstown Mass led the group and said the ship was 25 hours late due to a contraband search by the British at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gothenburg
Sweden
INS
S. S. Gripsholm
New York
Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Armas Liljeberg
Williamstown
Mass
Gripsholm
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Winchester man injured twice in fall after sick benefits
Rus sell Oates, 37, who injured two ribs in a fall at home, attended a fraternal order meeting to claim sick benefits. As he left, he stumbled and fell down lodge hall stairs, fracturing both hips and becoming eligible for more benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Russell Oates
War Letter To Her Brother Remains Sealed Forever
Emma Williams of Seattle keeps a 21 year old letter mailed to her brother Oscar Birkland a World War II soldier in France unopened. The letter bears a wounded notation and illegible marks suggesting it reached a hospital but never delivered, leaving decades of questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Emma Williams
Oscar Birkland
France
Absent Minded Steward Walks Off Train
The Hastings Nebraska report says Dining Car Steward L. H Tenney of Chicago walked back to another car to shave while the train ran at 70 miles an hour. He left his car at the rear and stepped away just as the end car pulled away. Tenney sustained two broken ribs as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Neb
L. H Tenney
Chicago
Tenney
Seismologists Report Two Very Severe Quakes Northeast
New York AP reports Rev. Joseph Lynch Fordham University seismologist says two very severe earthquakes about 2050 miles from New York were detected Thursday. The seismograph logged quakes at 301 and 306 pm CST in a southerly direction with location undetermined pending further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
Ohio Officials Reject Roosevelt Offer of Soup Kitchens
Cleveland and Ohio leaders rejected President Roosevelt’s offer of army soup kitchens as 16 000 relief clients faced four weeks without grocery orders and social workers said only 2 500 remained cut off. Gov John W Bricker and Mayor Harold Burton denounced the move as political manipulation and said no one is starving in Cleveland. Burton had ordered full relief restored Dec 15 after a $1 050 000 bond approval, but eligibility delays slowed action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Harold H Burton
Burton
Court Upholds Vexation With Some Broadcasts
In Portland Maine probate court judge Carroll S Chaplin ruled a lis tener may express irritation at certain radio programs without being deemed insane. The comment came during a contested will case when a lawyer’s question was excluded as irrelevant.
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Portland
Carroll S. Chaplin
Roosevelt plans NLRB reform with five member board
The White House outlines a plan to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board with five members, adding two business representatives and one public member. It aims to replace incompetent personnel while balancing labor peace, though congressional pushback and power limits are uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
AFL
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Radio Schedule Snapshot From Iowa Station Listings
A dense OCR of Friday evening to late night radio programming across stations WMT WGN WCCO WSUI WHO KFJB and others. It lists hour by hour shows including Captain Midnight Vox Pop News and various musical programs with many named hosts and orchestras.
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WMT
Fulton Lewis, Jr
WGN
WCCO
Amos
Andy
WSUI
Captain
KFJB
Orrean
Cupid and Company
Wweco
Kate Smith
Lucille Manners
Harry Horlick
Carson Robison
Evenine Musicale
Johnny
American Lerson
Ensemble Moderne
Black Magic
The
Shadow
Jessel
WIUI
Chavez and Scalzo
Raymond Gram
Grand Central Station
Guy Lombardo
Arch
Waverly Root
Paris
WWGN
Big Town
Heiderbere Orch
Cedric Adams
WMI
Phil Levant
Orch
Wcccoo
Lennie Hayton
Joe Sanders
Art Mooney
Joe Venuti
Griff Willams
Bob
WM1
Joe Fisher
Wol
Weco
Boone
Lem
Martha
Jerry
Zelda
WOII
Alr
WOI
Happy
Blue Ribbon
WSUJ
Grand Opera Chorus
Wwceco
Melodies
Betty Wells
Helen Watts
Rakov
Alice Blue
Iowa
P. T
Julia Blake
Wsuui
Christma
Ed McConnell
U. S. Army Band
Book
Chet Ryks’ Orch
Dr. O'Brien
Boston Southland Singers
Concordia
New York
Homemaker’s Forum
Jack
Loretta Clemens
Magsle
Melody Time
Don Roth
Rhythm Rambles
KPJB
Street Forum
Cedar Valley Hillbillies
Voice of
Alice Bluepiano
KFIB
Walter Flanders
Minnesota
Marthe
Moyles
Ralph Ginsbursh
Brush Creek Foll
Wgn—Yar
Leo Freudberg
KFJ
Riss
WISUI
Bobby Byrnes
Foto
Wwcco
Vera_ Brodsky
del Brissett
Bull Session
Campus
Texas
Bart Woodyard
Miscn
Borr
Mischa Borr
Wwcccco
Buffalo Presents
WHO
KSTP
Havens Sisters
Alvino Rey
Ralph Slade
Sammy Kaye
Wcccco
Knights of Columbus
del Courtney
WPA
Erskine Hawkins
Minn. Public Health Ass'n
Del
KFAB
Everett Hoaglund
Cco
Curt Rogosinski
Europe
Weutsnows
15 Unionists Accused of Operating School In Bomb Throwing
New York report states District Attorney Thomas Dewey ordered the arrest of 15 United Machinists of the needle industries on conspiracy charges. They allegedly ran a west side basement school teaching workers to throw acid bombs during a 12 week strike last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
United Machinists of the Needle Industries
Grand Jury
West Side
State Cars Operate At 2 Cents A Mile
DES MOINES AP It costs slightly more than 2 cents a mile for the state to operate automobiles, George Hesalroad, state car dispatcher, said Thursday. The figure comes from monthly reports on mileage, gasoline and depreciation of 322 cars under the state executive council. Hesalread said a depreciation scale based on mileage and fixed monthly rates of charge off had been worked out to determine the cars’ worth. State employees with approval to use their own cars on state business receive four cents a mile under a rate fixed by the last legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George Hesalroad
State Executive Council
Hesalread
Spreckels Divorce Ends Marriage of Noted California Family
Mrs Jane Turner Spreckels obtained a divorce from Claus Spreckels Jr in San Diego California. The former wife testified he said he no longer loved her and did not want to be tied to anyone for long. The couple wed May 1 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Jane Turner Spreckels
Claus Spreckels, Jr
California
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Fowa's Great Bookstore
Beat Sellers
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Joseph McCord
Spee
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Western Union
U. S
Land
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Gestapo
Ogpu
NLRB
House
Taft
New Deal
Dollar Stable
Britain
U S
Ames
Chicare
Minneapolis
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Keck Island
Magnesia
Samarat Pham
Acan Co
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Armstrong
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