Rebel Gunboats Shell Catalonia Coast Defenses
Insurgent warships shelled shore positions northeast of Tarragona as 12,000 fresh troops were reported aboard transports bound for Barcelona. Bombers from Mallorca threatened reinforcements while Franco’s forces pressed a methodical campaign toward the city amid a widening eastern Mediterranean salient.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonian
Barcelona
Ihe
Spain
Tarragona
Metropolis
Thomas Raps Trent Stand Over School Aid Debate
James Kay Thomas challenged State Superintendent W. W. Trent over the school aid distribution plan saying the superintendent refused to cooperate with the legislature's interim committee and offered no fix for inequalities. The day featured swift committee moves on administration proposals with education and judiciary bills advancing toward final action.
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James Kay Thomas
House of Delegates
W. W. Trent
Thomas
Superintendent of Schools
Trent
House
Education Committee
Judiciary Committee
West Virginia urged to raise school bus safety standards
State officials urged that all West Virginia school buses meet the department's minimum safety standards at the earliest date. A December inspection showed 73 percent of 989 buses approved, while officials noted many buses still fall short of set safety criteria.
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West Virginia
Asst
F. Ray Power
Department of Education
Department of Public Safety
Power
Aged Couple Injured In Motor Bike Wreck
In Los Angeles on January 19, 73-year old Jens Curth and his 84-year old wife Caroline rode a two person motor bike with a sidecar. The pair swerved to avoid an automobile at seven mph, the bike overturned injuring Mrs Curth with a broken shoulder and leaving Mr Curth scratched and bruised. At the police hospital Mrs Curth scolded him for going too fast.
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Los Angeles
Jens Curth
Caroline
Curth
Bitter Senate Attack On Hopkins Deliberately Labeled Unfit
In Washington on January 19, two Republican senators and an anti New Deal Democrat denounced Harry Hopkins as the Senate opened debate on his confirmation as secretary of commerce. Reed Davis and Holt attacked WPA activity and Hopkins conduct while Barkley defended Hopkins amid party divisions. Confirmation seen as likely despite GOP opposition.
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Rush Holt
Roosevelt
Secretary of Commerce
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Senate
Commerce
Sen
Reed
Kas
Davis
Holt
W. Va
WPA
Hopkins
Sen. Barkley
Kentucky
Hokins
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Canal and Power Plans Attacked in Senate Battle
In Washington on January 19 a senate row erupted as Sen. Vandenberg challenged the Roosevelts plan for the Florida ship canal and the Passamaquoddy tidal power project. He introduced resolutions for new federal studies, reviving dormant efforts stalled since 1936.
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Washington
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Senate
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Roosevelt
Congress
Mystery Woman Revealed in Coster Duplicity Case
New York dispatch reports Charlotte Milburn Pickering Cheseborough identified as the society figure at the center of the McKesson and Robbins inquiry. A subpoena sought her questioning at the U.S. attorney’s office regarding her ties to the drug company payroll and connections to Coster’s associates, including a husband who was a close friend of Coster.
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Coster
New York
INS
Charlotte “Chottie
Milburn Pickering Cheseborough
McKesson and Robbins
U. S. Attorney
Madison, Conn
Anne Peabody
Financial House of Cards
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coser
Premier's Son Escapes Bomb Blast in Ireland
Frank Chamberlain, son of the British prime minister, escaped unharmed when a bomb exploded near his hotel in Tralee Ireland during a vacation authorities said the attack appeared aimed at him amid an Irish Republican Army campaign. Police across Britain and Northern Ireland increased manhunts and guards for Chamberlain as bombs and sabotage linked to IRA activity continued to surface.
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London
Frank Chamberlain
Ireland
Britain
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Tralee
Chamberlain
Dingle Peninsula
Hitler Seen Toning Down in German Politics
London reports say Hitler may favor a shift toward moderates as Goering could become arbiter between factions. Goebbels and his radical group expected to fade, while Goering rises amid pressure to solidify the Reich and curb anti Nazi world opinion. Authorities note Berlin denies a shakeup.
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INS
London
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Fuehrer
Coormany
Goebbels
Marshal Goering
Goebbe
Lida Purova
Third Reich
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Sonny Boy Comes Home After Five Years
Fort Morgan Colo Jan 19 A white 16 year old youth nicknamed Sonny Boy returned home to Mr and Mrs George H Dennis after a five year search guided by a crystal gazer The boy Lloyd Charles Comstock Jr said he had been in a Des Moines juvenile home for two years and was glad to reunite with his mother after traveling home on a bus with a sled.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
George H. Dennis
Sonny Boy
Lloyd Comstock
Juvenile Welfare Bureau
Des Moines
A. W. Yulweber
Lloyd Charles Comstock, Jr
Des Moines Institution
Suave Bandits Arrested After Robberies in Cleveland
Retired British air corps captain C L Inglefield reports two house guests Payton Wilson 28 and Quentin Wilson 22 confessed to numerous hold ups from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The brothers wooed his daughters Lillian 18 and Kathleen 21 while staying at the family home. Payton Charms led to gifts and a claimed gold slave bracelet later reclaimed for more charms as police say the pair posed as gentlemen.
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Cleveland
Julian P. Inglefield
British Air Corps
Payton Wilson
Quentin Wilson
Sergt
Joseph Manley
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Lillian Inglefield
New Orleans
Kathleen
Lillian
Payton
Inglefield
Orig
Bills Offered To Boost Naval Air Strength
Washington lawmakers introduced bills to expand naval aviation facilities in the United States Alaska the Pacific and Caribbean and to create 19 anti air craft regiments as part of Roosevelt defense plans The Guam aviation facilities prompted conflicting statements with Vinson supporting fortification while Walsh says the plan is for commercial use The proposed air bases would cost 65 million and another 37 million would fund 46 shore facility expansions with Leahy presenting the package as essential for national defense.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Navy
Alaska
Pacific
Caribbean
Guam
Tokyo
Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
White House
Walsh
D. Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Operations
Heavier Snowfall Forecast For City
The city sees heavier snow with temperatures in the twenties and lows near 25 to 29 degrees. The weather observer at the municipal airport forecasts more snow today with rising afternoon temperatures and a continuing taste of winter across West Virginia, as roads stay open but hazardous.
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Charleston
U. S
Municipal
United Fuel Gas Company
West Virginia
Road Commission
Quints Guardians Reject 100000 World’s Fair Offer
Callander Ontario January 19 The guardians of the Dionne quintuplets have refused a 100000 guarantee to appear at the New York World’s Fair. Keith Munro the quintuplets business agent said the guardians’ board made the decision at a meeting last week The fair bid projected 500000 potential return for a personal appearance with the 100000 guarantee serving as a binder.
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Callander
Compromise Seen on Relief Funding Amid WPA Debate
A growing revolt against an immediate WPA cut spurs talks of a compromise to keep WPA workers on the rolls through spring. Proposals seek 330 to 400 million dollars from Feb 7 to April 7, then a decision based on spring business and reemployment rates. Roosevelt pressed Sen Adams on the plan while Sen McNary and Sen Townsend voiced cautious support.
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Senate
WPA
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Sen
Adams
Colo
Appropriations
White House
McNary
Oregon
Townsend R
Del
Eighteen Indicted in Subway Coin Box Thefts
Eighteen men were indicted in New York on conspiracy grand larceny and third degree forgery over alleged thefts from coin box turnstiles of the independent subway system. One indictment names 13 station agents accused of stealing $600,000 and another charges five turnstile maintainers with over $500. The thirteen agents face bribery counts as well. The arrests followed an inquiry by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey.
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New York
Dist
Thomas E. Dewey
Justice of Peace Costs Seen as Excessive in Civil Suits
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims exposes wide gaps between costs charged by justices of the peace and the judgments obtained. In Mercer county a $106.97 judgment carried $17.20 in costs while Kanawha county assessed $12.40 on $138.50. In McDowell a $9.20 judgment had $8.25 costs plus $15.20 on a $128.75 judgment.
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State Auditor
State
Edgar B. Sims
Justices of the Peace
Sims
Lis
Mercer County
Kanawha
McDowell County
Roosevelt Urges Tax On Government Salaries And Securities
President Roosevelt presses Congress to tax federal state and municipal salaries and future government securities. A Senate subcommittee will study tax exemptions while a House panel plans early action on related measures. Officials estimate potential revenue gains from taxing such incomes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Osevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Miss
Sen. Brown
Mich
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means
Coughton
Supreme Court
Bureau of Internal Revenue
New York Port Authority
Port Authority
New York-New Jersey Commission
Port of New York
Equity
Brown
District of Columbia
Treasury
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