Vast Spending and Tax Relief Urged for Recovery
The senate relief and unemployment committee will push an immediate, vast spending program and swift tax relief for business to spur recovery. Leaders from industry and labor testified, urging large federal spending and a tax revision as essential to offset unemployment and stabilize the economy. Senator Vandenberg pressed repeal of the surplus profits tax as a goodwill gesture to business.
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Michigan
New Legislative Strategy Drafted by Roosevelt Leaders
President Roosevelt and Democratic leaders unveil a new plan to push the administration's must program as Congress ends its first regular session without major New Deal bill passage. Night sessions in the Senate aim to erode anti lynching bill opposition and align farm and housing measures, with House action on the Ludlow war referendum and other items expected Monday.
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Baby Girl From Rome Seeks Life-Saving Throat Surgery
A five month old infant from a needy family, nicknamed Miss Rome, arrives at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore after a flight from Rome for an operation to repair a throat condition that causes food to slip into the lungs. Doctors say the case is not urgent and will decide Monday on treatment.
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Johns Hopkins
Formitas
Rome
Half Million Chinese Flee Before Japs
Shanghai reports Japanese armies pushing half a million Chinese troops before them while advancing on the Yangtze fronts. Western powers protest alleged abuses by Nippon troops and clash with Japanese forces as international crisis grows amid rail line retreats.
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America
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Peiping-Hankow
Tientsin-Pukow
Japan
Corneli E. S. Franklin
Winter Chill Grips Half the Nation Across Plains
Numbing blasts from the MacKenzie basin and Alaska drive a historic cold wave. Midwest towns report record lows, Chicago hits zero as Moorhead and Huron plunge to 24 and 30 below. Deep South farms freeze as temperatures dip despite proximity to warmth.
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Last Insurgent Garrison Falls in Teruel Siege
Government officials in Teruel report the last Insurgent garrison surrendered ending 38 days of fighting in Santa Clara convent. Earlier the Asuncion hospital also capitulated with 2,000 insurgents and civilians evacuated to Valencia amid hunger and cold. Bishop of Teruel accompanied the first group. negotiations on terms continued as refugees moved out.
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Madrid
Two Hurt and Plane Destroyed in Navy Search Effort
In San Pedro California two men were injured and a bombing plane was destroyed by fire as the Navy continued its sea and air search for a twin motored bomber missing since maneuvers over the Pacific late Wednesday. The vast force of 263 planes and 35 ships pressed on over an enormous area hoping for news of the giant seaplane and its crew. Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn is cited in the report.
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Boury
Navy
Pacific
Arthur J. Hepburn
Carrie Chapman Catt Sees World Moving Forward At 79
New York January 8 AP Carrie Chapman Catt says on eve of her 79th birthday that people fear and worry too much. She notes the world is progressing, does not fear fascism or an imminent world war, and believes nations may eventually halt arms while others resist.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Woman Suffrage
Crusade For World Peace
Asia
Roosevelt Lauded as Third New Dealer at Democratic Dinner
West Virginia Democrats, 292 strong from federal and state offices, praised Andrew Jackson while noting unity within the party. Assistant Secretary Monroe Johnson urged that the recession is temporary and remedies are at work. Governor Holt commended Governor Kump’s reorganization efforts and pledged continued cooperation with Roosevelt’s administration.
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Andrew Jackson
J. Monroe Johnson
Department of Commerce
Jennings Randolph
Bilkeins
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Senatenice
Randolph
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Johnson Urges Help Out FDR at Jackson Day Banquet
Louis A. Johnson assistant secretary of war denounced defeatism and urged lieutenants and subalterns to support Roosevelt while praising Andrew Jackson for restoring public confidence. The speech at the Jackson Day banquet in Portland Oregon emphasized leadership and resilience amid mismanagement.
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Roosevelt
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Judge Jo N. Kenna Plans Florida Trip for Rest and Recovery
Knoxville dispatch reports Judge Jo N. Kenna of the West Virginia Supreme Court, recovering from injuries in an August automobile crash, plans to visit Florida in February for several weeks with wife and relatives. He expects to resume duties after the trip, saying his specialist is encouraging.
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Tenn
Jo N. Kenna
West Virginia Supreme Court
Florida
Kenna
Mountcastle
Warrenton
West Virginia
Fake Passport Ring Suspected in Rubens Case
EW YORK reports confusion and unidentified figures as U S and Soviet agencies seek details on Ruth Marie Rubens who vanished from a Moscow hotel on December 9 and who used a passport under the name Mrs Donald L Robinson. Adolph Arnold Rubens, husband, remains missing since December 1.
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Jen
Robinson-Rubens
State Department
Ruth Marie Rubens
England to Parade Her Naval Might
Britain plans gigantic naval maneuvers from Gibraltar to Singapore to show the Union Jack and test mobilization. Alarmed by Japan and Italy naval plans, the cabinet orders speedier fleet readiness. The Sunday Express predicts direct appeal to Emperor Hirohito to avert further outrages.
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Ink splatter and truck crash ruin Beatrice and Chicago scenes
In Beatrice Nebraska George Edson suffered a spray of printer ink after an ink pressure drum exploded and was rinsed with a kerosene bath. In Chicago a filling station suffered major damage when a transport truck rammed the building, lifting a wall and nearly demolishing the structure.
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George Edson
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Chicago
John Schimake
Alfred P Sloan Largest Salary in Nation for 1936 Income
Congressional committee releases 1936 tax year salaries of top earners. Alfred P Sloan Jr of General Motors leads with 651,911. Knudsen leads GM executives at 459,878, while Gary Cooper tops entertainment at 370,214 and other stars exceed 200,000. GM officials above 15,000 include 326 executives. 36 earned at least 50,000.
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Nohald Colman
Claudette Colbert
Mae West
Madeline Carroll
Warner Baxter
Marlen Dietrich
Ruth Chatterton
Charles Boyer
Rudy Valice
Democrats at Jackson Day dinners urge cooperation with honest business
Democrats across the nation held Jackson Day dinners to urge cooperation with honest business and denounce monopoly. They aimed to cut a 211,295 dollar deficit and rally support for anti trust measures while Washington officials prepared to speak, with President Roosevelt to address later. Secretary Ickes in Nashville attacked concentrated wealth.
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Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
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Sec. Ickes
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Idle To Be Recalled In Auto Plant Rally
DETROIT JANUARY 8 INS A growing bicker to work parade in the auto industry promised to send more than 100000 idle workers back to their jobs within two weeks Chrysler announces 55000 will be recalled starting January 11 at 24 and 32 hour weeks Ford also lays off 40000 earlier but to be recalled later and other plants reopen guidance points to spring operation at peak levels.
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Three Robber Punishment in Delaware Whipping
Three convicted robbers were stripped to the waist tied to a post and lashed under Delaware's historic punishment method at New Castle prison. Raymond Shewbrook aged 3 sobbed as twenty lashes began, while David Attavion aged 21 pleaded guilty alongside him.
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Aeneral
Delaware
Raymond Shewbrook
New Castle
David Attavion
Shewbrook
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FDR Urges End of Autocratic Economic Controls
President Roosevelt pledges a “cheerful fight” to eradicate economic concentration and unfair practices. He says the White House door is open to citizens helping to erase evils through cooperative effort and reform. The address at a Democratic dinner signals resolve to press back corporate power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Nine GMC Executives Among 13 Highest Paid
Thirteen top earners in 1936 include nine General Motors executives. Names listed include Alfred P. Sloan Jr and Thomas J. Watson among others. GM salaries range from about 101 thousand to 581 thousand dollars, with Intl Business Machines and a theater manager also in the group.
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Roosevelt invites honest business to join anti monopoly drive
President Roosevelt appeals to the overwhelming majority of businessmen to cooperate in outlawing monopolistic practices. He spoke to Jackson Day attendees and via radio to millions, warning that a few will resist efforts to curb price rigging and unfair competition. He urged cooperative action and noted utilities discussions while signaling a broader war against centralized economic power.
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