Hitler approves streamlined Reich cabinet shifts power to Goering
Berlin AP reports Hitler plans a compact cabinet to absorb Marshal von Blomberg. Goering would be air minister and de facto military economic coordinator, with Fritsch and Raeder as army and navy chiefs. Possible move to replace General Beck with Walter von Reichenau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goering
Air
Werner von Fritsch
Army
Erich Raeder
Navy
Hitler
Economic Defense Council
Ludvig Beck
Walter von Reichenau
von Blomberg
Germany’s Army Weighs In On Hitler Ruling Power
Berlin reports a secret clash for control of the Reich pits Field Marshal von Fritsch and the Prussian army clique against Hitler. Von Blomberg’s post as war minister is in question while the armed forces seek a line separating church and state from Nazi control. The crisis also involves Goering’s economic plans and Rosenberg’s influence, with opposition to Nazi paganism and renewed anti Semitic drives tempered by business concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Europe
Hitler
Werner von Blomberg
Fritsch
Werner von Fritsch
von Fritsch
Imperial School
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
von Blomberg
Erika Grohn
Capri
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Flor ida Rich Deposits Highlight Fuller's Earth and Phosphates
The article notes that the largest deposits of fuller's earth and phosphates in the United States are located in Florida, underscoring the state’s mineral wealth and industrial potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Florida
Fear Pro Jap Uprising May Strike Canton
Martial law set in Canton as Japanese air raids attacked the city. Fears of a pro Japanese uprising circulated amid alarms, street patrols, and rumors of an assassination attempt on Mayor Chung Yuen. Foreign ships evacuated after the river boom blocked access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Hong Kong
South China
Bocca Tigris
Chung Yuen-to
Tumgshan
Joint group ends work on farm bill
A group says the farm bill focuses on price stabilization not a grand granary as Secretary Wallace wanted. Senator Bankhead and Chairman Smith call it stabilizing prices rather than creating large granary supplies. Rep Falmer warns a conferees provision cutting cotton acreage would harm southern farmers who grow corn and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Bankhead
Ala
Congress
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Falmer
South
South Carolina
Sparks Cause of St Aubin Plane Crash Revealed
In tests pilot Beebe found spark plugs to blame for engine quits during two flights. After revving to full throttle and a 150 foot altitude climb the motor quit, forcing a landing both times. He concluded the plugs were the sole cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aubin
Beebe
A F L Considers drastic steps against CIO faction
Miami report says the American Federation of Labor executive council dis charged its peace committee with CIO and met in emergency session to weigh drastic measures against John L Lewis’s faction. CIO conferees allegedly agreed on a plan to consolidate organized labor, which Lewis vetoed, provoking further council comments from William Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
A. F. of L
William Green
Council
Labor Rifts Spotlight in Lewis Leadership Critique
The document accuses Lewis of unilateral veto power over a committee representing the group, contrasting with democratic A F of L procedures. It blames Lewis for rising hatred and dissension in American labor ranks, insisting the responsibility lies solely with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
A. F. of L
Roosevelt Conference Proposes Wage Floor for Small Business
A Chicago led assembly of small businessmen urged the White House to end fear of federal intrusion and oppose wage and hour regulations. They called for underwritten bank loans or direct federal loans, strict monopoly enforcement, an end to unfair trade practices, a tax on chain stores, and a permanent advisory group to represent small business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. McKinney
Chicago
Little Fellows
Rebel Planes Sink British Freighter Diplomatic Tensions Rise
H V Johnson of the U S embassy attended a luncheon at the American ambassadorial residence as Britain faces Italian objections to Mediterranean naval actions. In Spain three insurgent planes bomb Figueras, killing nine and injuring over fifty, while Madrid endures shelling seen as a prelude to a rebel push on the central front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Johnson
United States
Eden
Johnson
Prince's Gate
Italy
Britain
Mediterranean
Spain
Figueras
Madrid
Britain Plans Tough Mediterranean Anti-Piracy Patrols
London reports the British government will implement new anti pirate patrol methods in the Mediterranean with the British fleet authority. France is understood to back stronger patrols and stricter rules against pirate attacks on merchant ships at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mediterranean
France
High Seas
Italian envoy backs British Mediterranean patrol plan
Dino Grandi the Italian ambassador notified Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden that Rome accepts the British plan to strengthen the Mediterranean patrol under the Nyon agreement confirming allied defense cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dino Grandi
Anthony Eden
Mediterranean
Decrease Shown In Exchange Dealings
Washington: Dollar value of stock and bond transactions on national securities exchanges fell to $23,708,915 in 1937 from $27,282,291 in 1936, reported by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Securities and Exchange Commission
Leviathan Returns After Final Transatlantic Voyage
The Leviathan anchored in the Firth of Forth ending her last transatlantic journey nine days from New York. The once proud queen of the seas pauses in Edinburgh as her voyage concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Scotland
Leviathan
Queen of the Seas
Firth of Forth
New York
Mass mental hospital killings prompt state inquiry
Police and state officials exposed a pattern of violent deaths at Massachusetts mental hospitals from 1926 to 1937. Investigators found 424 nonnatural deaths and 118 sudden deaths, with five slayings at Medfield and three at Danvers. The system faced severe overcrowding and a legislative probe began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Welfare Department
Massachusetts
Thomas H. Buckley
Charles F. Hurley
Legislative Commission
Patrick J. Moynihan
State Commission On Administration and Finance
Medfield State Hospital
Danvers Hospital
Mental Diseases Department
Examination Shows Heart Trouble Cause Of Trucker's Death
Lyle L. Thompson a 23 year old trucker for Reliable Transit died in Clinton of heart trouble confirmed by post mortem. He was found slumped at the wheel of his truck after moving from an oil station to a nearby lot on a 2 am run from Chicago. His funeral is planned for Sunday at Swan and Jueytze chapel with burial at Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle L. Thompson
Eighth Avenue
L. O. Riggert
Clinton County
Clinton
Thompson
Reliable Transit Company
Chicago
Reliable Transit Office
H. A. Smith
Lyle Thompson
Florence Thompson
Independence
Swan and Jueytze Chapel
Center Point
United Airlines crew aims for stratosphere cross country flight
A United Airlines research crew, led by Test Pilot Donnie Howard, took off from a Union Air Terminal in a 21 passenger plane with two new supercharged engines. Officials said the flight would reach 16 000 to 20 000 feet before heading east, but they would not disclose the destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
INS
United Airlines Research
Union Air Terminal
Donnie Howard
Hoover Amused By Washington Conference On Small Business
Former President Herbert Hoover in Chicago expressed amusement at reports from Washington about a meeting of small American business men. He said the news amuses him and reflects the attitude of small business toward the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Herbert Hoover
Washington
New York
Hoover
Raid on Japanese Quarter House in Singapore
European officers raided a house in Singapore's Japanese quarter and detained two Japanese for questioning. Officials said the raid, aimed at possible spies, was not connected with the maneuvers testing the British naval base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
INS
Simone Simon Improves After Pneumonia Illness
French film star Simone Simon showed considerable improvement after bronchial pneumonia. Doctors said her condition was fair and she had a comfortable night with a notably lower temperature at the Hollywood hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Simone Simon
Change in Cedar Rapids schedule at Forty Niner trains
The Forty Niner eastbound schedule changes to depart Cedar Rapids at 9:23 am starting Feb 7, five trips monthly. Westbound departures move to 1:44 pm starting Feb 8, five trips monthly. See ticket agent for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Thrifty Father's Trust Fails To Keep Sons Out Of Jail
The piece recalls Peter Connally of Chicago and his three sons. A 1917 trust left each son $50 000 at set ages, but two squandered fortunes and turned to crime. One son is in prison for life and another has confessed to a near-fatal robbery. The warning notes a lack of anchorage and discipline in youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Connally
Chicago
Roosevelt Signs Housing Plan to Spur Private Home Building
President Roosevelt signed amendments to the federal housing act to boost private home construction by liberalizing FHA mortgage insurance. The measure allows 90 percent FHA insurance for homes up to 6000 dollars, 80 percent for the excess, caps loans at five percent interest, and introduces new premium charges. It also includes a 2 billion dollar FHA insurance limit, with potential increase to 3 billion, and sets amortization terms of 25 years for 90 percent loans and 20 years for 80 percent loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
Dorothy Thompson Lewis Named In Best U S Writers
New York aup William Lyon Phelps selected ten best living American writers in alphabetical order with the piece that persuaded him to include each. The list includes Benet Buck Cather Frost Lewis Millay O Neill Santayana Tarkington and Dorothy Thompson cited as the foremost living writer on politics writing in English today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Stephen Vincent Benet
John Brown
Pearl S. Buck
Willa Cather
Robert Frost
Sinclair Lewis
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Eugene O'Neill
George Santayana
Booth Tarkington
Alice Adams
Dorothy Thompson
Cops Rally Outside Detroit CIO Protest Meeting
Between 1500 and 2000 uniformed officers lined Cadillac Square in front of city hall as thousands of unemployed joined the CIO United Automobile Workers for a mass protest meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
INS
Cadillac Square
City Hall
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Carnivorous Sundew Bends Stem Toward Meat Nearby
A meat fragment hung near a carnivorous sundew causes the plant’s stem to bend toward the food, enabling the leaf trap to reach the meat.
U S Labor Urged By Homer Martin To Drive Out Reds
New York INS Homer Martin president of the CIO United Automobile Workers calls for purging unions of communists. He warns the issue will be fought to a finish and says known Reds may be barred from office and from union conventions. Martin cites Britain’s anti communist stance and accuses agitators of undercutting labor through unauthorized strikes and misusing union funds.
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New York
INS
Labor of
Homer Martin
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Martin
Great Britain
Cedar Rapids Youth Named Alternate For West Point Exams
Washington AP Senator Herring designated alternates for West Point and Naval Academy entrance exams. For the military academy entry Ely and Barnes serve as principals with Crosson Jones and Meier as alternates. Marston and Armstrong listed as second alternates. Hansen named third alternate for the Naval academy.
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Cedar Rapids
West Point
Washington
Senator Herring
Iowa
Military Academy
John A. Ely
Davenport
William H. Crosson, Jr
Arthur A. Marston
Ames
Roger A. Barnes
Grinnell
Lee G. Jones
Robert E. Armstrong
Ottumwa
Naval Academy
Stanley Bruntsen
Enlisted Soldier Lee G Jones at Fort Snelling
Lee G Jones son of Mr and Mrs Walter B Jones of St Joseph Michigan enlisted in the United States army while living with his grandmother Mrs Annabelle Glasier at 1634 A avenue NE He attended high school in St Joseph Michigan and was born March 20 1917 A brother Walter B Jones Jr 1634 A avenue NE is a local mail carrier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee G. Jones
Walter B Jones
St Joseph
Mich
Annabelle Glasier
Avenue NE
United States Army
Fort Snelling
Minn
West Point
St. Joseph
Walter B. Jones
Perkins Questioned as Bridges Inquiry Widens
Secretary Frances Perkins faced questioning by the senate commerce and labor committees on Bridges citizenship and past west coast strikes. The panels also weighed a maritime mediation board, while Perkins disclosed an immigration warrant recommendation but no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Frances Perkins
Senate Commerce and Labor Committees
Harry Bridges
Railway Mediation Board
Miss Perkins
Vandenberg
Michigan
Bridges
Labor Department
CIO
Seattle
Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Central City Man Bound Over On Entering Charge
Central City resident Richard Phelps 28 was bound over after entering a charge and was lodged in Linn county jail at 5 15 p m Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Phelps
Central City
Linn County
Larry Condon
Man Bound Over After Nighttime Building Entry Charge
Marsha Earl Moore reported finding Phelps in the Central City Produce house on the night of January 31. The building entry occurred in the nighttime and he was bound over to the grand jury by Justice A. R. Hoffman on a $600 bond. No items were reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centra City
A. R. Hoffman
Grand Jury
Marsha Earl Moore
Central City
Phelps
R. R. Kraus
Guy Lombardo Involved in Broadway Restaurant Fracas
Guy Lombardo showed a bandaged nose and bruised eyes after a Broadway restaurant fight that drew in Harry Link Pete Reilly and Phil Regan. Lombardo says a joking exchange escalated into a melee when Reilly objected to the kidding and charged into their booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guy Lombardo
Harry Link
Pete Reilly
Phil Regan
Link
Regan
Reilly
Three OConnell Kidnapers Leave For Leavenworth
Three convicted OConnell kidnapers Percy Geary Harold Crowley and John Oley left Albany under heavy guard for Leavenworth federal penitentiary. They were heavily manacled to federal officers and boarded a New York Central train to Chicago. The transfer, approved by Judge Frank Cooper to have time awaiting appeals counted against their sentences, was ordered by Assistant US Attorney A. E. Gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
O'Connell
Leavenworth
Kaw
Percy Geary
Harold Crowley
John Oley
Chicago
Frank Cooper
United States
A. E. Gold
Ice Floe Scientists Say Situation Improves
Four Russian scientists drifting on an ice floe east of Greenland radioed that all was well and that their situation had improved. The stranded group reported better conditions and no injuries.
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Moscow
Greenland
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