Global oil embargo risks and labor split across nations
A Geneva report notes twelve oil producing nations mobilizing under League guidance to enforce an embargo on Italy, while the United States remains neutral. In Washington, United Mine Workers clash with Green as John L. Lewis backs a vertical union, and calls to repeal cotton tobacco and potato controls grow amid an election year.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
United States
Rome
Ethiopia
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
John L. Lewis
Two Girls Burned In Truck Explosion Near Walker
Miss Nellie McGraw and Miss Nadine Benesh, both 15, were badly burned when a gasoline tank exploded near Walker as they rode in a truck toward Center Point. Jay Oliphant carried the injured to safety and to the Durow farm. Klime suffered minor burns. McGraw was taken to Peoples hospital at Independence in critical condition. Benesh received initial treatment at the Benesh home.
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Walker
Nellie McGraw
John McGraw
Here
Nadine Benesh
Milo Benesh
Jay Oliphant
Harold Klime
Jesup
Center Point
Miss McGraw
Blazjing
Oliphant
Benesh
Klime
W. E. Durow
Durows
Walter M. Skallerup
E. W. Carpenter
Five Family Members Die in Gas-Filled Home
AP reports in Pittsburgh that the Fusco family from Ran kin, including head Dominic and wife Marie, and children Salvatore 20 Lawrence 16 Altera 12, were found dead by a brother Joseph after gas filled the house from a heating stove. An 18-year-old daughter Marie may recover.
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Pittsburgh
Dominic Fusco
Rankin
Joseph Fusco
Marie
Salvatore
Lawrence
Altera
Nazi Chief Slain in Swiss Town Davos
Wilhelm Gustloff head of the Nazi party in Switzerland was killed Tuesday by an unidentified assailant who immediately fled. The attack underscores the tense wartime climate as authorities launch a search for the suspect.
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Davos
Switzerland
Wilhelm Gustloff
Inheritance of Traits Reflected in My Five Children
A father writes on how his five children mirror ancestors in traits and tempers. He notes likenesses to uncles grandmothers and aunts, plus one child who resembles no relative. He argues inheritance is raw life, shaped by choices and life experiences, not fate. Copyright 1936.
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Iorne
Ian Ys Maying
Daughter TeLes de Liggett Murder Trial Facts
In Minneapolis AP report the state rests in the Walter Liggett murder trial as 10 year old Marda Liggett testifies about seeing two men in the front seat of the car that carried the killers the night of December 9. The killing occurred by machine gun in an alley near his home.
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Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Marda
Wallace Liggett
Isadore
Kid Cann” Blumenfeld
Marda Liggett
Liggett
Olson Denies Liggett Harm Amid Murder Trial Claims
Governor Floyd B Olson spoke from his hospital suite denying any wrongdoing toward Walter Liggett and stating that Mrs Liggett was incited by politically minded men to accuse him. He said he could name the men if challenged while Mrs Liggett testified Blumenfeld’s gang ordered or permitted the death of Liggett.
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Rochester, Minn
Walter W. Liggett
Floyd B. Olson
Associated Press
Liggett
Isadore Blumenfeld
Kid Cann
Senate Moves to Repeal Crop Control Laws in Pact
The Senate swiftly approved Roosevelt's request to repeal the cotton tobacco and potato control acts amid House attacks on Secretary Wallace. Debates centered on AAA taxes and the Bankhead act while court actions in Georgia were postponed to March 2 as moot questions arise.
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Washington
House
Wallace
Senate
Roosevelt
Representative Treadway
Mass
Supreme Court
Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Treadway
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Secretary of Agriculture
House Committee
Bankhead
Ala
AAA
Vote Fraud Evidence Stolen in Louisiana Burglaries
Offices of congressional investigators in New Orleans were burglarized and looted of all evidence related to election fraud charges from Louisiana's recent primary, authorities said.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Blizzard Ties Up Traffic and Fears of New Assault
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa endure bitter winds and heavy snowfall. Snow plows battled Mother Nature overnight as trains and cars stalled. temperatures plunged from 7 below to 20 to 30 below in lingering cold. Rail schedules improved on the North Western line but officials fear further disruptions as the storm continues.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar
Chambers-Inskeep Company
North Western
Iowa State Liquor Policy Letter Sparks Tax Stamp Debate
In a letter to the Internal Revenue Bureau, J. Roelofs argues that federal retail liquor dealer tax stamps serve as de facto permits enabling illegal liquor sales in Iowa. He notes inspectors pressure dealers to obtain stamps and assess fines, claiming stamps shield violators from federal scrutiny and effectively legitimize illegal activity.
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Des Moines
J. Roelofs
State Liquor Control Commission
Federal
Federal Revenue Bureau
Iowa
Internal Revenue Bureau
Racketeers Attack Widow in Chicago Bakery
Four men invaded the Maplewood bakery early Tuesday piling pies cakes bread and rolls on 200 sacks of flour and saturating the heap with kerosene. Mrs Sadie Schachter widow and mother of five who runs the shop says losses total 1500 dollars and cites labor troubles as a motive.
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Chicago
Maplewood
Sadie Schachter
Death claims mother and father of seven year old
In Bernalillo New Mexico a mother dies at 5 20 p.m. after a long illness leaving seven year old Caroline Guillon an orphan. Within a minute death also claims her father in an Albuquerque hospital where he had been operated on earlier in the day.
Roosevelt Cancels Over 1 Billion in Federal Authorizations
President Roosevelt on Tuesday ordered the cancellation of more than 1 billion dollars in government authorizations. He said these may not be needed and that savings will not be redirected to other expenses. The action concerned repayable HOLC and RFC loans rather than direct outlays. He noted potential bonus costs and discussed cotton loans and gold shipments with finance chiefs.
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Memorial Coliseum
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hédme Owners’ Loan Corporation
Mi Uraday: Mr. Yeas
Schem E
Capitol Hill
Pension Plans of Iowa and 16 Other States Approved
The Social Security Board approved 17 state plans for old age assistance, aid to dependent children, and aid to the blind. Old age plans cover 16 states and D C. dependent children plans include 10 states. expected federal matching funds will aid 190,584 aged persons, 14,435 blind, and 67,590 dependent children.
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Washington
New Deal
Social Security Board
Alabama
Delaware
District of Columbia
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Arizona
Congress
Mayor La Guardia Urges End to New York Strike Wave
Picketing by hundreds of millinery workers began as Mayor La Guardia appealed to 20,000 building service workers not to strike. He offered arbiter help after talks failed over watchmen hours and superintendents terms. Union leaders prepared for a 20,000 worker walkout in 1,200 mid Manhattan buildings, risking critical building operations.
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New York
F. H. la Guardia
Building Service
la Guardian
Sam Kheel
Penn Zone Association
James J. Bambrick
Manhattan
Empire State
Eastern ‘Women’s’ Headware Association
Great ‘Garment District
Herring Seeks WPA Aid To Thaw Frozen Iowa Pipes
Des Moines Gov Clyde Herring and WPA director L S Hill wired Harry Hopkins to ask if WPA workers can be used to thaw frozen water mains in Iowa cities. The plan would have crews dig down to pipes and apply heat to restore water service.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde Herring
L. S.hill
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Iowa
Governor reports Iowa miners refuse 48 hour week
Governor Clyde L. Herring says Frank Wilson, president of the Iowa United Mine Workers, declined a compromise to a forty eight hour week amid a coal shortage. He may urge miners to work extra to ease suffering as snowbound mines face crisis.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Frank Wilson
Iowa United Mine Workers
Iowa
Wilson
Washington
Herring
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
State Mine Inspection Board
Borah Announces Bid for GOP Nomination in Ohio
Idaho Senator Borah formally launched his presidential bid by announcing he will campaign in Ohio for delegates pledged to his nomination. He seeks to move the party away from the old guard, planning to place at least eight delegates-at-large in Ohio and possibly more in the West and Midwest.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Republican
Ohio
Honder
Ravi Prekeny
Ermal Altewas
Massachusetts
Robert M. Washburn
T. R
Roosevelt Club
Boston
Pennsylvania
New York
West
Mid-West
Ely
Roosevelt
Smith
Frank Knox
Illinois
Landon
Kansas
Italy to answer further sanctions with counter action
Rome AP reports the fascist grand council met and ordered a definitely fixed line of counter-action to possible further sanctions. The brief communique gave no specifics, as Mussolini and his advisers held a two and a half hour session following an earlier defense commission meeting.
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Rome
Grand Council
Italy
Mussolini
Supreme Commission On Defense
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