Power Policy Outlined Anew By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt outlined a renewed power policy saying government could lend funds to link private electric systems as a defense measure if Wall Street money was unavailable. He denied an immediate power emergency and defended regional planning authorities akin to TVA, stressing human engineering and flood prevention alongside water power.
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Roosevelt
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Federal Power Policy Committee
Jesse Jones
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ickes
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Benjamin V. Cohen
Thomas 4. Tate
The
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Gas and Electric Resources Division
Tennessee Valley
Senator Norris
Ind-Neb
Norris
TVA
Tennessee
Ohio
Gulf of Mexico
Arkansas
Senator Robinson
Christmas Festival Draws Thousands Amid Festive Rally
Thousands attended a Christmas festival as volunteers from the American Legion helped police manage traffic and crowds between Adams and Washington. Junior chamber officials said the event, to become an annual affair, drew strong turnout despite threatening weather. street decorations formed a lively holiday setting.
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Washington
American Legion
Chamber
Sweet potatoes tapped for corn syrup production in chemurgy
Dr Lawrence E Stout of Washington University announced in Industrial Engineering Chemistry that sweet potatoes can be processed into syrup comparable to midwestern corn syrup in quality and cheaper to produce. A 20 gallon pilot test confirmed feasibility, suggesting a new southern agricultural market and industrial use for a crop with only about 70 percent marketable. Government data indicate the south can grow sweet potatoes more cheaply than the midwest can grow corn.
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King Cotton
Lawrence E. Stout
Washington University
Industrial Engineering Chemistry
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Stout
United States
Midwest
Maverick Campaign Poll Tax Payment Trial Testimony
Roscoe Cahill Jr testified he received 250 in silver half dollars on January 28 to help pay poll taxes for garment workers in San Antonio. Rebecca Taylor of ILGWU said 500 fifty-cent pieces arrived at the union office and about 200 were spent on other purposes. The case centers on Maverick former congressman now on trial for paying poll taxes for union members ahead of the February 1 city election.
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Roscoe Cahill, Jr
Maury Maverick
Garment Workers
Maverick
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Cahill
Dick Jeffrey
Rebecca Taylor
Miss Taylor
David Dubinsky
New York
International
Union
F. D. Rhodes
Moral Embargo on Sale of Planes Reported
President Roosevelt described a moral embargo on aircraft sales to Japan as American manufacturers refuse Japanese orders. Russia’s arms purchases in the U S totaled 1 066 887 through October while Helsinki recovers from Soviet bombing with civilians killed and Americans evacuated. The president planned to discuss Baltic events with congressional leaders by phone, and a decision on neutrality law implementation awaited full facts.
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United States
Roosevelt
Russia
Finland
Helsinki
Legation
Badgrankulla
Lights to stay lit until 11 nightly after debut
Police reported a crowd with no injuries after a first-time lighting event last night. Rumor claimed a little girl was hurt when a truck rolled over her foot while a candy press caused a crush.
Circuit Judge Nike Sevier Dead at 49
Judge Sevier, a long serving Circuit Judge, died at 49. His court’s decisions prompted appeals to higher courts and involved notable insurance fee disputes later largely overturned by the supreme court. His death triggers appointment to fill the remaining term ending in 1941 and prompts retrials of his ongoing cases. Community leaders from politics and law express condolences.
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Stark
Howard Cook
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D. W. Peters
Harry B. Mackey
Robert S. Cobb
Divorce Ends in Draw or No Questions Contract
Grace McKee and her husband faced a Missouri divorce case where both sides showed excessive restraint and a lack of give and take. The court dismissed both the petition and the cross bill after judge Warren L. White noted the parties were not the injured party under state law. The proposed agreement allowed wide personal freedoms and cost-sharing changes pending termination or earning status.
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Grace McKee
Warren L. White
Missouri
New Finnish Cabinet Draws Fire of Reds
Moscow radio Tass announced a provisional people s government of democratic Finnish republic formed at Terijoki on the Karelian isthmus near the border. It includes Kusinnen as foreign minister and others such as Mauri Rosenberg, Aksel Antila, Tuure Lehen, Armas Ejkija, Inkeri Lehtinen, and Paavo Prokkonen. Red troops were called up and a nine point plan promised land redistribution and a pact of mutual assistance with the Soviet Union. Helsinki dismissed the move with sardonic laughter.
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Aksel Antila
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Tuure Lehen
Armas Ejkija
Inkeri Lehtinen
Paavo Prokkonen
Karelia
Kusiinen
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Communist International
Leningrad
People’s Government
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Russia
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Aimo K. Cajander
Soviet Union
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Three Virginians Convicted in Tarring of Columnist
In Warrenton Virginia three socialites were fined for forming a mob and assaulting Count Igor Cassini a Washington columnist. Ian Montgomery was fined 300 Colin Montgomery 150 and Alexander Calvert 50 after a Fauquier county jury deliberated for about ninety minutes. Cassini 24 the grandson of a former Russian ambassador to the United States was tarred and feathered in June after being coerced into a car at the Warrenton country club. He said he had written disparaging pieces about the Montgomery family.
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Fauquier County
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Colin Montgomery
Alexander Calvert
Cassini
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Warrenton Country Club
Jan Montgomery
Montgomery
Greta Garbo Moves Family Closer to Hollywood
Greta Garbo will no longer be alone as she invites her mother Anna Gustafson, brother Sven and his wife Anna to live with her in nearby Inglewood. They arrived from Sweden on the Stavensfjord in New York and flew west, joining Garbo in Hollywood chatter.
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Greta Garbo
Anna Greta Gustafson
Sven
Anna
Inglewood
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New York
Saint Patrick the Irish saint born in Wales
Saint Patrick, revered patron of Ireland, is described as a Roman born in Wales. The note highlights his Irish legacy and early life origins within the Roman world.
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Wales
Wild boar slashes Missouri professor in Tennessee hunt
Darwin A. Hindman, head of Missouri University physical education, was attacked by a dying ferocious boar in a Tennessee gulch after archers trapped the tusker. Hindman, wounded in the ankle, dragged to safety as the boar collapsed. Metcalfe of Nashville witnessed the incident.
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University of Missouri
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H. G. Metcalfe
Nashville
Columbia, Mo
Darwin A. Hindman
University of Missouri Physical Education Department
Tennessee
Jefferson City
Columbia
Wallace Proposes Tax to Make Plan Self Financing
Wallace outlines a tax plan to ensure self financing for a permanent revenue source. He travels to Chicago St Paul and Des Moines before returning to Washington while avoiding politics and 1940 questions. Some see the tour as courting New Deal farm policy support and a possible Democratic nomination.
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Des Moines
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Resistance stiffens as Reds hit Helsinki and frontier battles rage
Finnish reports say Soviet air raid killed 30 women and children in Helsinki’s working class district and damaged a railway warehouse with no rail disruption. Hangoe naval bombardment described as extreme. Suursaari fires set. Frontier battles claim hundreds of Soviet casualties and sixteen tanks destroyed by mines or fire. Seiskari coast guard boat sunk with four dead. News from north of Lake Ladoga notes active Russian troops as Suojärvi center endures heavy enemy losses and two Finnish units annihilate companies to the last man.
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Hangoe
Defense Ministry
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Suojarin
Myllyjarvi
Britain Orders New Class of Conscripts To Register Dec 9
Britain announces a third conscription proclamation for men aged 20 to 23. About 250000 men will be liable, including those 20 since Oct 1. The report notes Finnish battles, Soviet raids, and ship sinkings, with ships Mercator and Dalryan hit by mines.
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England
Mercator
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Thames
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