Turmoil in Washington as small businessmen demand capital
In Washington on February 2 a thousand small businessmen gathered to urge an end to the recession. Speakers clashed for attention, secretary Roper dispersed the crowd into ten study groups, and debate focused on funding for small businesses with capital as the underlying need. The event yielded no unified plan, but consensus pointed to more capital and a mechanism to provide it.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commerce Roper
Fach
Deieraics
Afiel
Basia
Nagging Women Hit By Prison Supervisor
Kokomo Indiana February 2 18 a prison official said nagging women should be jailed Mrs Marian Gallup superintendent of the Indiana women's prison told a public audience she would sentence every nagging woman to the penitentiary noting such persons symbolize selfishness and removing selfishness could solve the world’s problems
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Kokomo
Ind
Marian Gallup
Indiana Women's Prison
Traitor UMW Sews Green Trial Ordered
John L. Lewis moves to try former ally William Green for treason under dual unionism charges. UMW delegates order Green summoned before the executive board led by Lewis. possible expulsion if found guilty. Green to submit as labor faces a crossroad between rival factions. Page 12.
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Washington
Cins
John L. Lewis
William Green
United Mine Workers
A. P.of L
UMW
Green
Lewis
Miami
State to Seek Arrests for Six Delinquent Employers
The state unemployment department will seek warrants for the arrest of about six employers who failed to file wage records. This move aims to speed benefit payments as missing records hinder disbursement for thousands of claimants. Jol L. Fox said more records have been filed, and warrants for additional delinquent employers will follow.
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State Department of Unemployment Compensation
Jol L. Fox
Mount Hope
Fox
Irgal
Srrest
Judge Jo Kenna Leaves For Florida
Judge Jo N. Kenna of the West Virginia supreme court, badly injured in a fall, travels with Mrs. Kenna to Florida for several weeks of care. He suffered a fractured skull and partial paralysis after a motor trip near War, Virginia, and hopes to resume duties after examination by specialists in Washington.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Jo N. Kenna
West Virginia Supreme Court
Jast
Kenna
Florida
R. E. L. Montcastle
Montcastle
West Virginia
Tkal
War Trenton
Italian Seaplane Falls Into Ocean Off Brazil
NATAL Brazil Feb 2 The Haliat transatlantic seaplane commanded by Capt Maria Stoppani crashed burning about 200 miles off Natal while attempting Natal Cadiz. Four crewmen died Enrico Comant Mario Viola Sergi Jaria and mechanic Pantani Stoppani survived after rescue by a German plane which later reported trouble in heavy seas.
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Brazil
Maria Stoppani
Stoppani
Stoppant
Cadiz
Spain
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Comant
Mario Viola
Italin Congerst Oat
Ethiopia
Sergi
Jaria
Pantani
Sanun
Wright Collapses Under Merciless Quiz by State
On February 2 in Los Angeles INS reports Paul A. Wright, on trial for two murders, collapsed at the witness stand under cross examination. He was treated for 30 minutes as doctors and his father Dr. J. J. Wright assisted. The defense claimed Wright sobbed and raged over the alleged parenthood sacrifice operation three years earlier. Deputy District Attorney Ernest Roll pressed for the motives and the truth of prior conversations with the mother-in-law about the operation.
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Los Angeles
INS
Paul A. Wright
J.J. Wright
Evelyn
John Kimmel
Ernest Roll
Roll
Emma Edith McBride
Wright
Paul Wright
Inibs Lal
John J. Khmmel
James Doolittle
Speed
Filer
Fifteen Fined and Probation Placed in Gambling Charges
Fifteen persons were fined and placed on probation after guilty pleas in Intermediate court. Two defendants were tried in their absence. Indictments against 11 were nailed. The gambling crackdown stemmed from December actions by state and city police and deputy sheriffs. Severest penalties went to C. L. Dawson and Okey Hudzon of Charleston, each fined 500 dollars and costs and placed on probation for three years.
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C. L. Dawson
Okey Hudzon
Charleston
Dawson
Gamest Girl in World Dies in New York
Dorothea Antel once known as the gamest girl in the world died in her New York apartment at age 38 after years of illness. Her stage career included a 1919 backstage fall in Connecticut. A friend said she maintained cheerful spirit despite poverty and health challenges.
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New York
Dorothea Antel
Mfe
Lati
Misa Antel
Martfard, Conn
Olaebetes
Judy Manning
Revolt Delays Action on Taxes in Congress
Washington February 2 Revolt among Democrats on the house ways and means committee against the administration plan to levy a 20 percent penalty tax on family corporations delays revenue revision action next week. Leaders plan a stopgap 400 page bill to codify existing revenue laws.
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Washington
INS
House
Ways and Means
Stalia
Daughton
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Ways and Means Committee
McCormack
Mass
Robertson
Virginia
Officials Meet Governor on School Aid Problem
A quartet of county superintendents joined the governor and interim legislative committee representatives in a conference chaired by Senate President Charles E. Wedger to pursue a common objective for solving the state school aid problem. Hodges said the meeting aimed to acquaint educators with the Interim committee's research on school finances and to arrange an exchange of ideas after they study materials already obtained. Speaker Kay Thames is noted, with further details on page 12.
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Senate
Charles E. Wedger
Atate
Hodges
Kay Thames
Injunction Sought Over Borough Bunco and Bridge Games
Mrs Christine Doras president of the South End benefit club asked the superior court for an injunction to stop police from interrupting bunco and bridge games meant for relaxation. Officers allegedly broke up gatherings during leisure time. In Polk Neon the weather shifted from a dust storm to light rain then warm, followed by a wind and freezing temperatures.
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Chivans
Christine Doras
South End Benefit Club
Superior Court
Polk Neon
Polk
Red-Headed Showgirl Aids Hunt For Dutch Schultz Heirs
Philadelphia February 2 Detectives aided by a red haired showgirl captured two men tied to the Dutch Schultz lottery racket. J Richard Dixie Davis and George Weinberg held on 300000 bail each as the two oldest remaining Schultz associates. Davis a former attorney for the murdered Schultz ally and Weinberg a key mob figure, face extradition to New York amid ongoing legal actions. The showgirl released on bail then questioned and later promises to attend further hearings.
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New York
Dutch Schultz
Charles PL Ciimes
FB Dewey
Hope Dare
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
George Weineberg
Davis
Arethir (Bute Schultz
Flegenheimer
Newark
Grimes
Hem
Schultz
Nathan Beilel
Sanc.cion
Weinbrie Nest
Jap Advance Routs Chinese
SHANGHAI February 3 Japanese said they captured Penza ya in a terrific battle along the Tirntain Pu-kan railway two miles south of their central China objective the vital rail junction at Strehaw Dispatches from the Japanese expedition force fighting northward from Nanking report the Hwai river line defense south of the river collapsed and Chinese retreat appears to be a rout Chinese authorities offered no confirmation.
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Shanghai
Penzpa
Tirntain-Pukan
China
Strehaw
Nanking
Hwai River
Fireproof Sheets Urged For Smokers
A scorched bedsheet warning from Schenectady urges smokers to use fireproof sheets. Clarence Sohnson counsels dipping sheets in a borax boric acid solution after each wash to resist flames, claiming the treatment won’t affect colors or fabrics.
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Schenectady
Fotn
Clarence Sohnson
Lady County
Paulette Goddard Lands Scarlett O'Hara Role in Gone With the Wind
Hollywood reports Paulette Goddard signed a long term contract with David O. Selznick to play Scarlett O Hara in Gone With the Wind. Selznick aims to announce his Scarlette choice in three weeks, with associates noting Goddard won the coveted role from screen tests and rehearsals attended by George Cukor Sidney Howard and Selznick.
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Louella
Parsons
TNS
Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
David O. Selznick
Scarlett O'Hara
David
Scarlett
Paulette
Margaret Mitchell
George
Cukor
Sidney Moward
Selznick
Pantette
Charlie Chaplin
Atel
Mr. Selenick
U S Missionaries Missing in China
Anxiety rose in Washington as three American church mission workers vanished in interior China on December 2. Rev. Alva Harsh and his wife from Petersburg West Virginia and Miss Minerva Neher of LaVerne California were tied to the Church of the Brethren at Shouyang in Shansi province. State Department officials reported no information on their fate despite inquiries.
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Washington
China
State Department
Interior of
Alva Harsh
Petersburg
W. Va
Minerva Neher
LaVerne
California
Church of the Brethren
Shouyang
Shansh
Elgin
Von Blomberg Quits Post To Wed Woman I Love
Berlin reports Col. Gen. Hermann Goering emerged as the likely successor to Marshal Werner von Blomberg as minister of war after Blomberg, said to resign for a honeymoon with Erika Gruhn, a carpenter's daughter, and retreat to Capri. Sources cited social impossibility concerns from army officers and Nazi factions.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Werner von Blomberg
Erika Gruhn
Von
Goering
Army Officers’ Corp
Fray von Blomberg
Britain awaits piracy answer from France and Italy
London reports Britain, France, and Italy pressing swift replies to a plan said to refine the Nyon anti piracy pact after the Endymion sinking. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden confirms talks with Corbin and Grand on a baby Nyon conference as three patrol fleets, with British ships in Gibraltar, show no change to submarine operations.
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Great Britain
France
Maly
Mediterranean
Anthony Eden
Charles Corbin
Count Dino Grand
Foreign Office
Gibraltar
Endymion
Gibraltar Dispatch
Southampton
Newcastle
Valencia
Pleane
Two Young Brothers Stop Train Wreck Near Cedar
Williamson February 27 two young brothers Billy Gibson ten and Freeman Gibson eight halted a Norfolk and Western passenger train by changing a signal from all clear to stop after spotting a boulder on the tracks near Cedar Their quick action prevented a possible wreck praised by trainmen and railroad officers
Navy defense push and new army reserve plan
Admiral Leahy denied any Anglo American naval alliance while urging swift approval of an $800 million naval program. Secretary Woodring proposed a 75 000 strong army reserve corps for wartime use, with a 36 year age limit and 242 per year pay. Senate debates neutrality law and war powers continue as Lodge opposes presidential control. Japan critiqued as aggressor by Senator King amid Sino Japanese tensions.
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INS
U. S
Britain
William D. Leahy
Leahy
Japan
House Naval Affairs Committee
Defense
Woodring
Congress
Army Reserve Corps
America
Senate
Roosevelt
Milta
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mass
William I. King
Utah
China
Official Sit-Down Strike Proposed
Walter L. Fry of Fry Products Inc. proposes a second sit-down strike after witnessing Detroit plant action. He names figures including President Roosevelt CIO chair John Le Lewis UAW head Homer Martin and attorney general nominee Robert H. Jackson. Fry blames high wages and taxes for recession and criticizes government leaders for scaring industry.
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Walter L. Fry
Fry Products, Inc
Detroit
Fry
Roosevelt
John le Lewis
CIO
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Robert H. Jackson
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