Relief groups press for $2.34 billion relief boost
Spokesmen for large cities urged Congress to approve an extra 2.34 billion dollars in relief funds to prevent a worsening unemployment crisis after July. The appeal cites 3.2 million jobless workers and millions of families at risk, noting WPA and relief programs are already stretched. Hopkins declined to comment on the mayoral report. The White House budget aims to keep total relief under 1.136 billion.
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Congress
States Conference of Mixers
CCG
WIA
CEC
PWA
Asaei Ug Cle
Mois
LouttTes
Hanking
White House
Global turmoil and political shifts ripple through world news
The report traces varied events from Washington where the government faces a tax processing impoundment case, to press concerns over German wartime diplomacy and President Wilson's distrust of a German ambassador. It notes claims of post July relief funds, court actions in Trenton, and legal moves surrounding Lindbergh's slayer. It mentions violence in New York and a British stance on sanctions, with a five power naval conference and a Brazil-Uruguay clash reference. The piece closes with a death notice for Willen B Martin at 82 in Riverdale California.
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Supreme Court
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Uak
Manttiong
Wilson
Baby
Trenton
Ger Toffman
Auptmani
Lindbergh
Chicago
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Beach
Platol Re
Insoe
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Farley
Roosevelt
Keogh Killings Shocks Chicago Courtroom Rampage
Keogh, a member of an aristocratic Chicago family, killed attorney Christopher G Kinney and fired at Judge John Przystalski after a ruling against him. He claimed to act as a soldier, not a murderer, in a rampage that turned the courtroom to chaos. A 14-year-old lawyer for an insurance firm was also killed as Keogh shot at the judge and struck the bench. The violence led to injuries among spectators and court staff as the jurist crawled to his chambers. Continued on Page 1.
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Keogh
Chicago
Christopher G Kinney
John Prystalyki
Prystalski
Kramer
Prysialski
Final approval of 175000 grant for New Helena high school repairs
The Helena school board reports final approval for a $175,000 federal grant to repair and rebuild the high school. Payment authorization from the Comptroller General enables immediate funds, with contracts already awarded on a cost plus 4 percent basis and plans awaiting Public Works Administration review. Construction by West Coast Construction with Patmranist Electric and Northern Plumbing and Supply handling electrical plumbing and heating respectively. Architects Hugenin and De Kay to supervise, while a TWA engineer joins the team for funding coordination.
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Helena High School
Helena
James Ki. Murray
United States
Im. Hall
Pubiie Works Admeistration
Washington
Weal Coast Construction
Patmranist Electric
Northern Plumbing and Supply Company
Hugenin
Propaganda ban blocks GOP radio ads ahead of convention
New York January 13. The National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System refused to sell or air political dramatizations for the Republican National Committee. Columbia banned any dramatization of political issues and temporarily halted all paid political broadcasting until after the convention. President William S Paley stated Columbia would not permit political use of its facilities.
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Cannes
Republican National
National Broadcasting Company
Columbian
Henry P. Wetcher
Fletcher
Columbia
William $. Paley
Toad
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Democratic Party
Paley
Final Aims of AAA May Yet Be Carried Into Execution
Washington officials say plans in government hands could allow achieving both the major results and ultimate aims of the now stalled AAA. Privately New Deal leaders urge Congress to back the seven point program focusing on soil conservation over production centers to advance the AAA future, though rifts over an export subsidy threaten unity. Roosevelt has frowned on the plan, as several farm groups push it to Congress.
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AAA
Congress
Roosevelt
Certai
Treasury
Fiest
British Move Toward Oil Sanctions on Italy
Britain readiness to push oil sanctions against Italy hinges on League of Nations support. Cabinet defense committee and officials map a collective action, with Anthony Eden set to back sanctions at the League council meeting on January 20 if approved. French and Italian posts weigh in amid a tense Paris and Rome diplomacy scene. A neutral observer notes Ethiopian front conditions hinder Italian advances as Halaians bomb settlements without impact.
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League of Nationa
Italy
Cabinet Defense Committee
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Air Services
Anthony Eden
Hese
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Toute
Piere Laval
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
Laval
America
Tunisia
Hthiama
Addis Ababa
Japanese to Withdraw From Five-Power Naval Conference
Tokyo sources predict the Japanese delegation will quietly withdraw after a Wednesday session. They plan to file a formal note stating continued presence is useless due to unbridgeable differences with the United States Great Britain France and Italy, who will continue with observers remaining.
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London
Tan Bia
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Pratce
Italy
Farley Delivers Democratic Rally Cry for 1936 Bid
Postmaster General James A. Farley addresses a Westchester rally urging Hoover era foes to back Franklin D. Roosevelt. He decries “gangsters of big business” and praises reforms as essential to preserving American institutions, tying the administration to ongoing progress. Continued on Page 3.
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Democratic National Committee
Tuckahoe
Farley
Westchester County
Democratic Committee
Congress
Hoosevelt
Bis
Probe of Grimen Minneapolis Coming
St Paul Minn January 18 A legislative probe into crime and lawlessness in Minneapolis was approved after lawmakers endorsed a resolution calling for investigation Walter Liggett publisher of a weekly newspaper was gunned down December 4 Five senators and five representatives will conduct the inquiry awaiting further orders and funding
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St Paul
Walter Liggett
Lara
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Walter Campbell
Liggett
Commoner's Grandson IO Now Movie Actor
Hollywood reports Ay Aghin Bryan grandson of William Jennings Bryan officially became a movie actor today. He was assigned his first film role the important one of Filar John in Romeo and Duet. Bryan is the son of Ruth Bryan Owen United States ambassador to Denmark.
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Hollywood
Ay—Aghin Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Filar John
Bryan
Ruth Bryan Owen
United States
Denmark
The Amerton Speed Cult Paced by a Murderous God
A nostalgic vignette from Santa Monica recalls a strange, deadly sect in Amerton that worshiped a monstrous god named speed. High priests, devotees, and countless victims populate a grim tale of sacrifice, ruin, and yearly deadly tallies.
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Calif
Amerton
Speed
Irvin
Nana
U S Loss Hits AAA Taxes in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled the government must not refund $200 million in impounded AAA processing taxes, leaving unsettled whether $1 billion collected should be returned. The decision blocks a wider ruling on the farm program while Congress may seek new revenue legislation.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Treasury
Senator Harrison Puts In Bill for Baby Bond Vet Bonus
Washington reports a coalition backed bill to fully pay the soldiers bonus via baby bonds redeemable in cash. Senator Harrison predicts enactment, with quick finance committee approval planned. The measure would pay the bond value starting June 15 and mature in nine years, with 3 percent interest and cash redemption options at post offices.
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Washington
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Salt Lake conference on grazing act administration plan
Western cattle and sheepmen hear proposed grazing act fees and range allocation. Theodore Walters and F. R. Carpenter lead discussions as 136 district advisers from 10 states seek a cautious one year allotment starting March 1. Proposals include class based temporary allotments by livestock type and range use.
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Jan FI
Western Cattle and Sheepmen
Theodore A. Walters
F. R. Carpenter
Western States
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Walters
Carpenter
Secretary Perkins Upon Employment Reemployment Claims
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said tonight private industry had reemployed about 3,000,000 people since March 1933 and urged constructive cooperation by all to guide the country into a new era of security.
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Charleston
W.a
Frances Perkin
Hauptmann Death Stay In Doubt As Hoffman Weighs Reprieve
In Trenton New Jersey January 13 officials reported Governor Hoffman sought a reprieve to avoid execution for Bruno Hauptmann. Rumors tied a Chicago lawyer Bernhard Finnigan to a revived ransom money clue while Hauptmann's defense team denied any new conference or plan. The governor’s actions and prep for a new legislative session remained undisclosed.
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N. J
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New York
Chicago
Berhard M. Finnigan
New Jersey
Frederick A. Pope
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Holt targets state employees for waste at Livingston
Governor Bin Kolt outlined drastic cuts to wages expenditures at a Livingston Chamber of Commerce meeting. He called certain workers the flitterers for running up high expense accounts and travel costs. He ordered receipts for hotel and gasoline bills to curb state travel expenses.
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bin, Kolt
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
Govere
Holt
State Board of Examiners
Former singer kills husband and herself in Los Angeles
Mrs. Martta Powell Hovig, 50, former Metropolitan Opera singer, shot her husband Charles Rovig, 52, a liquor firm manager, at their apartment then died by suicide two hours later. Detective Lieut. George Shelton said the shooting followed a quarrel over alleged infidelity.
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Martta Powell Hovig
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Charles
Rovig
Bovig
George Shelton
Hns
Red plan alleged for communist subversion in South America
Brazilian sources accuse the Soviet led commintern of moving headquarters to West Side City to coordinate direct action against the American continent. They claim the site shifted from Montevideo after Uruguay cut ties with the Soviet Union. Officials say the claim involves Central America Colombia Venezuela the Guianas and northern Brazil in a leftist revolt suppressed in Brazil in November and tied to Moscow support. Russia denies the charge and appeals to the League of Nations.
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