Wallace warns farmers as war ends may hurt agriculture
Secretary Wallace urged preservation of the government machinery for crop adjustment to prevent a postwar slump in farm income. He warned peace could bring maladjustment, unemployment, and renewed need for safeguards against world prices, urging continued price supports and acreage controls.
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Washington
Wallace
Europe
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
New Year Accident Deaths Total 360
The Associated Press reports 360 New Year deaths across 42 states and the District of Columbia. Traffic accidents caused 128 deaths. 22 suicides and 21 weekend killings. fires 12. 182 from freezing gas falls trains and other causes. California led with 32 deaths including 17 traffic fatalities.
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Associated Press
States
District of Columbia
California
Father Time
Butler Charged in Killing of Borough Clerk in Kenilworth NJ
John E. Butler 78 year old borough tax collector and treasurer was charged with the murder of August J. Stahl 49 the borough clerk. He wounded Policeman Andrew Ruscansky and allegedly aimed to kill all borough council members and himself following a dispute over authority to hire temporary employees.
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Kenilworth
N. J
John E. Butler
August J. Stahl
Andrew Ruscansky
Butler
Stahl
Railroad Director John L. Nagle Dies by Self-Inflicted Wound
Sacramento police Detective Martin Charles reports 62 year old John L. Nagle, director of the Western Pacific railroad and general manager of the California Fruit Exchange, died Monday from a bullet wound self-inflicted after attending a New Year's party.
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Sacramento
Calif
Martin Charles
John L. Nagle
Western Pacific Railroad
California Fruit Exchange
Soviet extends censorship to all international mail
Moscow reported that the Soviet censorship on news dispatches sent out of Russia, already in force last week, was extended today to cover all mail to and from foreign countries, widening government control over foreign communication.
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Moscow
Russia
Fire damages University of Iowa journalism building
A fire at the University of Iowa journalism building in Iowa City was contained after about 30 minutes. The blaze mainly damaged the attic and roof, with smoke and water affecting classrooms and offices on the second floor. the Daily Iowan offices and printing plant were in the building's basement. No paper will be published Tuesday morning due to the fire. Authorities have not yet determined a cause and preliminary estimates place damage around 4000 dollars.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Journalism
Daily Iowan
Associated Press
Frivol
Hawkeye
Wallace predicts smaller feed per hog unit in 1940
Secretary Wallace reports 1940 feed grain per animal unit will be about 4 percent below 1938-39 levels, with total 1939-40 feed grain supplies slightly above 1938 and 7 percent above the 1928-32 drought average. He notes corn acreage fell in eight states due to soil programs and drought, while exports may rise but not dramatically.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Europe
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Colorado
Weathered trap seals fate of Red Division at Kiantajaervi
Finnish officers reveal how sub zero temperatures and a ten day wait froze and starved a Russian division of about 18,000 men at Kiantajaervi near Suomussalmi. The 163rd division suffered near annihilation in a two day battle, with 3,000 to 4,000 believed dead.
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Rovaniemi
Finland
Suomussalmi
Red Army
Gulf of Bothnia
Kiantajaervi
TVA Report Called Fundamentally Dishonest by May
Rep. Andrew J. May charges the Tennessee Valley Authority misrepresented facts in its annual report and profits claim. He says the agency hides a concealed annual deficit totaling millions while presenting one set of net profit figures to Congress and another in the report.
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Washington
INS
Tennessee Valley Authority
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
TVA
May
Congress
Radio schedules reveal wartime gas rationing impact
The page lists dense radio programming across stations KFJB WMT WGN WCCO WSUI WHO WOI and more with a note that England faces gasoline rationing, using coal gas stored in bags atop cars piped to engines.
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Ralph Gis Ginisburgh
Andy
Wanwespe Gaeee
Ned Jordan
WCCO
Big Town
WSUI
WHO
Johnny
KPJB
KFJB
WMT
WGN
Morton Gould
Court of Missing Heirs
KPFJB
Thomas Peluso
Wmt—Cavalcade of America
Utley
Bob Crosby
Griff Williams Or
Alvino Rey
Kate Smith
WwCcco
Glen Miller
Bob Hope
Waiter
Cop
Walter
Jack McLean
Cedric Adams
Dick Jurgens
Orch
Rollie Johnson
Bill Austin
Art Mooney
Larry Clinton
Griff Williams
Orning
Wmt—Ness
WOI
WMI
Boone
Wmt—Family Alter
Jerry
Zelda
Enews
Hank
WME
Inn
Federal Symphony
Arthur Godfrey
Ma Perkins
Woco
Betty Wells
Kitty Kelly
Myrt
Marge
John
David Harum
Len Salvo
Dr. Malone
Brenda Curtis
Hannah
Dew Pedro
Wccco
Grandma Travels
Po. Roth
Painted Dreams
Don Roth
Str
Voice of
Lowa
Vinton
Joe Doakes
Road of Life
Lem
Martha
Betty
Arnold Mmns
Judy
Jane
Judy and
Wgn—Dance Orchestra
Betty Crocker
Joyce Jordan
Cemerane
Mary Mari
Christian Science Monitor
Woi—Musicale
Ebert Hussey
Larry Lawrence
Cco—Society
Tom Owen
George Waler
Ray O'Hara
School of the Air
Te Barr
Stella Dallas
Kitty Keene
Iowa
P. T
Lorenzo Aoa
State Medical Society
Ed McConnell
Widder Brown
C. A
Upper Iowa University
Norris
Iowa University
KPI
Johnson
Weno Caretnes
Whit
Charlie Flagler
WMMT
Sam
Dick Kuhn
Scattergood Raines
Bill Meardon
Oor
Harold Turner
CCO
Billy and
Ellen Randolph
Blue Barron
Harold Stokes
Hedda Hopper
Economic Problems Forum
Siise Julia
H. V
Kailtenborn
Jack Armstrong
Kfjb—Cavalcade of Drama
Today In
Europa
England
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NEA Service. Inc
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Carl Carmer
GU Pont
America
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Red Division
Lawkins, Phe
Siuakasenakess
Minneapolis
WSUIL
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Rockwy
Yds Ules
Ches
Mary Martin
Walter Connolly
Victor Herbert
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Daddy
Paramount
Standard Oil
Hollywood
Symptons
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Salee
Solite
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