Senate approves non political relief amendments in WPA bill
The Senate unanimously backs amendments barring politics in WPA relief distribution. The measures impose fines and imprisonment for using relief to influence elections, require removal of political pressure from relief work, and bar campaign fund solicitation from relief rolls. President Roosevelt pledges to sign the $725 million package despite a prior $150 million cut.
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Washington
Senate
Carl Hatch
N. M
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Administration
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
House
Locked Out Doors and a New Key for Life
A 1939 Dr Newton essay recounts a man locked out of his own house and the lessons learned. It compares this to Esau selling his birthright and a student breaking a contract, urging patience, tact, and fortitude to forge a new key and unlock closed doors.
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Esau
Rich Treasure Reported Found By Barcelona Victors
In Salamanca Spain insurgents claim a treasure trove in the Bercene palace once occupied by Prime Minister Juan Negrin. A chest holds several million dollars in foreign coins necklaces and jewelry including a crown or two tied to the image of the Virgin of the Sanctuary patron of Toledo.
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Salamanca
Spain
INS
Bercene
Juan Negrin
Viron
Toledo
Dewey Wins Break in Hines Trial Start
New York prosecutors won a procedural break allowing DA Thomas E. Dewey to build his case step by step against James J. Hines. Judge Charles G. Nott overruled a defense bid to force early production of Schultz conspiracy ties as Dewey listed minor witnesses describing turf taken over by Dutch Schultz and his armed squads.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Tammany
James J. Hines
Charles G. Nott
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Dewey
Hines
Schultz
Tenant Found After Want Ad For 5-Room Bungalow
Mrs Clyde Rubey of 124 11th Ave SW said she advertised a five room bungalow for rent in The Gazette Want Ad on Thursday January 26. At least 25 people seeking such a rental called, and she secured a tenant the same evening.
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Clyde Rubey
11Th Ave
Gazette
Loyalists Flee Across French Border In Large Flight
Thousands of loyalist troops and refugees fled into France as Franco’s forces closed in. About 12,000 crossed by midnight with many fleeing hunger or exhaustion. French authorities prepared for orderly refugee admission while food relief struggled to reach the crowded frontier.
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Perthus
France
Spain
Prats de Molo
Perpignan
Albert Lebrun
Pyrenees
London
Cerbere
International Railroad Tunnel
Czechs and Nazis Agree Rail Traffic Pact
Germany and Czechoslovakia sign a general railway traffic agreement allowing reciprocal movement of military traffic and all transports in sealed trains through Czech and German territory. The communique says there will be no restrictions on freight car loadings.
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Prague
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Father Kills Son Then Takes Own Life in New Jersey
In Weeha wken New Jersey Leo Salute 20 grievously ill from paralysis and a severe cold survived after his father Joseph 50 attempted mercy killing with a razor then killed himself. Leo crawled to safety and police reported the father died from a self inflicted jugular cut while Leo remained in grave condition.
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Weehawken
N. J
Leo Salute
Joseph
Union City
Mary
Leo
Angelina
Saluto
Forgotten Kentucky prisoner awaits execution after four years
Sylvester Warner, condemned for murder, has remained in Eddyville death house since 1934. His case, thought reviewed and stayed, resurfaced under Gov. Chandler who ordered a new execution date of February 10 after the state court affirmed the death sentence. Warner witnessed many fellow inmates go to the scaffold.
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Frankfort
Sylvester Warner
Eddyville
Kentucky
Clay White
Ruby Laffoon
Warner
Huston Jeffries
Laffoon
A. B
Happy) Chandler
State Legal Division
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Chandler
Honor Student Turned Burglar Is Promised Aid
Northwestern University honor student Harry Elton Albright a 21 year old Kansas City senior in the engineering school was arrested after trying to flee a tea shop with fruit and candy. He confessed to prior break in for an overcoat and said he had been starving for days as his family struggled financially. The shop owner said he would not press charges when it reaches court, in light of the university’s support stance.
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Evanston
Northwestern University
Harry Elton Albright
Kansas City
Frank Mountain, Jr
Sextant
Naval Corps
L. W. Newcomer
Earl Hicks Sentenced for Slaying of Florence Johnson
Earl Hicks age 18 was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in the killing of Florence Johnson, 37, wife of a fireman, in Chicago. The sentence followed his trial and reflects the homicide case brought by local authorities.
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Chicago
Earl Hicks
Florence Johnson
Relief Vote In Senate At Right Time For Garner
In Washington the senate agreed to a 3 p.m. Friday vote on the WPA appropriation amid talks of a Garner led effort to trim the New Deal bill by 150 million. Vice President Garner helped conservatives press for cuts, while he awaited the result from the White House with Roosevelt and cabinet.
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Roosevelt
House Committee
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Garner
Administration
Washington
John N. Garner
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Capitol
Wilson & Co Sues AFL Unions for 306000 Damages
Wilson and Co meat packers filed in federal court for 306000 damages alleging three AFL unions conspired to force a closed shop. They seek an injunction halting picketing boycotts and disturbances and demand the end of closed shop demands in exchange for wage increases. The suit cites actions by Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 195 and two other locals.
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Philadelphia
Wilson & Co
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union of North America
Brotherhood of Transportation Workers
Sternal
Clayton
Parents Facing Manslaughter Charge in Death of Daughter
Mr and Mrs James R Kearny of Danby were jailed on a second degree manslaughter count after their five year old daughter Martha died from exposure in near zero weather. Coroner W L Seil noted a two inch brand mark on the chest and bruising. police said sworn statements allege mistreatment since before Christmas.
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Ithaca
James R. Kearny
Danby
Martha
W. L. Seil
John Kelly
State Police
Senate panel extends probe into French plane deal
The Senate Military Affairs Committee voted to continue its inquiry into French airplane purchases to see if tighter laws are needed to guard U S military secrets. General Malin Craig testified about a French air ministry representative aboard a recent Douglas bomber that crashed in Los Angeles. The panel kept Craig's testimony secret and may call officials from airplane companies.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United States
Malin Craig
Army
Air Ministry
Los Angeles
Craig
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of
Harry H. Woodring
Sheppard
Sydney M. Kraus
Navy Aeronautics Bureau
The
Paul Chemidlin
Military Affairs Committee
Man Survives Six Hours Buried Under Cinders in New Jersey
In East Orange New Jersey Frank Pauleo a 35 year old laborer endured six hours buried under 55 tons of cinders inside a Multiplex Cement silo. Rescue workers chewed through 42 feet of material to reach him. He was taken to hospital with exposure but no broken bones and is expected to recover barring pneumonia.
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East Orange
N. J
Frank Fpaulee
Pauleo
Courtland Berry
Paulee
British Stand Means Someone Else Is To Give In
Arthur Bugs Baer argues Britain will hold its position while others concede in the war mood. He likens England to a firm spine ready to resist pressure as diplomacy is described as passive and self-satisfied.
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Baer
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
England
Ouster call urged over La Follette amid Amlie dispute
Wisconsin lawmakers pressed Impeachment talk as Assemblyman Fitzsimons proposed proceedings against Sen. Robert M. La Follette. The move followed resolutions accusing Thomas R. Amlie of communist and unAmerican ties and urging Roosevelt to withdraw his I C C appointment.
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Madison
Wis
ULP
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Roosevelt
Thomas R. Amlie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maurice P. Fitzsimons, Jr
Fond du Lac
Assembly
la Follette
Washington
Amlie
State Senate
Senate
Bob la Follette
Fitzsimons
Robber Fled Masked Partner During Grocery Holdup
In Philadelphia a thug pulled his mask free and ran away during a robbery at Daniel Belinsky's grocery store while his accomplice, also masked, completed the hold up and escaped with 32 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Belinsky
Kriebs Admits Bank Embezzlement In Arkansas Case
Harold J. Kriebs 37, former cashier of the First National Bank of DeWitt Iowa, confessed to embezzling 830,000. FBI reported he carried 41,000 in cash a 5,000 cashier’s check and a new automobile when arrested by two agents in Little Rock Arkansas.
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FBI
fugitive Kriebs nabbed undergoing treatment in Arkansas hospital
Federal agents arrested 37 year old Kriebs, once of DeWitt Indiana, in a Little Rock hospital where he had been getting reducing treatments for over a week. He used the alias John Lincoln and admitted his identity, saying he would return to DeWitt to face charges after travels through Miami Atlanta and Birmingham.
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Little Rock
Llp
Harold Kriebs
DeWitt, In
John Lincoln
Kriebs
DeWitt
South
Miami
Atlanta
Birmingham
Missing bank cashier Kriebs arrested in Arkansas
Harold J. Kriebs, missing DeWitt bank cashier, was arrested in Little Rock, Arkansas. About $46,220 of the $83,000 allegedly embezzled from First National Bank of DeWitt has been recovered. He will be arraigned in Davenport on federal embezzlement charges. a $50,000 bond is planned.
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Des Moines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harold J. Kriebs
DeWitt
Little Rock
Ark
Bureau
Kriebs
First National Bank of
Davenport
Clinton
George Myers
DeWitt Post Office
Myers
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Georgia
Federal
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Corporation
Orders Penalties On Parading Reliefers
New York WPA official says Colonel Barrington ordered wage docks for workers who take time off to join parades backing Roosevelt’s WPA request of 875.6 million dollars. The move targets relief workers who participate in public demonstrations.
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New York
Eek Brehon B. Somervell
WPA
Hightide
F. C. Barrington
Roosevelt
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