Quebec boys college blaze leaves many dead missing
A fire at the College of the Sacred Heart for Boys in St Hyacinthe Quebec killed 17 and left 27 missing with several more injured. Two Rhode Island teaching brothers and four New England residents among victims. One dead identified as Rev. Brother Jean Baptiste. Fire started about 2 am trapping students and brothers on upper floors amid subzero cold. Firefighters battled the blaze as survivors spoke of terror and the chaotic escape.
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College of the Sacred Heart
Rhode Island
New England
Serdus JD
Jean Baptiste
Fother
Joseph Vincent
St. Agncinthe
Atudenta
Robert Dionne
Drummondville
Northern Pacific Comptroller F W Sweeney Dies at 64
St Paul January 18 F W Sweeney 64 longtime comptroller of the Northern Pacific railway and its subsidiaries since 1918 died tonight at the Northern Pacific hospital after a two weeks illness.
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St Paul
F. Ww. Sweeney
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Ayers urges Montana woolgrowers to reclaim dry land
Great Falls January 18 Gov Roy E Ayers told the Montana Woolgrowers banquet that land use should shift toward farming on irrigated land and revert nonpaying dry land to grazing. He blamed 26 year old policies for current economic woes, urged support for the State Water Conservator Board, and noted the balanced state budget since June 40.
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Great Falls
Montana
Roy E. Ayers
Montana Woolgrowers Association
State Water Conservator Board
Japan Inches Toward Recognizing Peiping Regime
Tokyo signals will not declare war on China as Japan recalls ambassador Shi geru Kawagoo from Shanghai and repudiates Chiang Kai-shek's government. Akira Kaznn calls it stronger than a war declaration while fighting continues along the Yangtze near Wuhu with Chinese reinforcements pushing to gain the river port.
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China
Japan
Peiping
Shigeru Kawagoo
Shangha
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japa
Akira Kaznn
Wreck Probe Hints Ice On Tail Fin Caused Northwest Crash
Bozeman January 1 AP Tests show ice on the tail fin may have caused the Northwest Airlines crash 14 miles northeast of Bozeman on January 10 killing ten. Witnesses including Bert Castellano and Arthur Theis testified about ice on ships at landing and takeoff and the subsequent efforts to remove ice before flights continued as investigators led by Judge Miller C Foster opened a formal inquiry.
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Northwest Airlines
Bozeman
Bert B. Castellano
Western Air Express
Butte
Arthur J. Theis
Norris
Mont
Seattle
Nick Mamer
Spokane
Theis
Miller C. Foster
Washington
Department of Commerce
Fred W .Whittemore
Whittemore
Ula
President's Ball committee adopts national plan for infantile paralysis drive
General Chairman John W Bonner led the Presi dent's Ball group in deciding to send all dance proceeds to New York City for a new national foundation. Under the change county funding may rise above the prior 70 percent retained locally as a district council of health officers and welfare officials is named to oversee allocations.
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John W. Bonner
Ever Committee
Lewis and Clark County
National Organization
New York City
National Committee
Mr. Bonner
Bonner
Borner
Morses
Panay attack shifts U S public opinion and policy
Walter Lippmann argues the Panay sinking ended American hesitation toward invasion risks and imperial power buildup. He asserts the incident united the United States with Britain and other powers against aggression, signaling a test of U S resolve and a shift toward stronger naval forces.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Admits Americans Held in Espionage Affair
Washington reports the Soviet government acknowledged Marie Rubens of New York City was arrested in Moscow on espionage suspicions. The State Department sought access to her and counsel for Rubens’s sister Constance Boerger asked the Secretary of State to arrange representation if possible. Maxima Litvinoff said Donald Louis Robinson and the woman known as Mrs. Donald Louis Robinson were tied to forged passports and had been under virtual arrest since December.
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Washington
Finll
Marie Rubens
New York City
Moscow
State Department
Constance Boerger
New York
Rubens
Secretary of State
Threats against Harold Lloyd threaten family in Los Angeles
Los Angeles January 18. Ex tortion era who threatened to "put the Lindbergh case in the discard" with a crime against Harold Lloyd's three children were sought by government agents. Letters mailed to the actor's studio demanded six thousand dollars for the safety of his family.
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Los Angeles
Lindbergh
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Hig Emily
Navy patrol bombers fly 3570 mile Pacific trek
Honolulu dispatch reports 18 big patrol bombers from San Diego to Honolulu reached the midway point at 10 p m MST. The force, flying about 126 miles per hour, sighted aircraft tender Langley at the halfway mark between San Diego and Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Midway
LO P. m
Langley
Bridges Filibuster in Senate Sets Up Debate
In Washington on January 18 a New England senator denounced federal power policies in the senate interrupting southern filibustering against the anti lynching bill. Senator Bridges of New Hampshire delivered a 5400 word speech criticizing the activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Bridges
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chautemps In Saddle Again With Blum Backing Him
Paria January 18 socialist backing gave Camille Chautemps strength to form a new cabinet to replace the one that collapsed last Friday amid France's labor and financial troubles. Socialist deputies voted 6 to 25 to support a Chautemps government in the chamber. Radical socialists and two smaller factions pledged participation. Chautemps headed the new government. Leon Blum urged support as essential under the circumstances.
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Paria
Camille Chautemps
France
Socialist Republican Ynenteta
Teflists
Chantemps
Leon Blum
sociaHst
Himesist
Far East tensions rise as Japan recalls ambassador
President Roosevelt said no immediate action would follow Tokyo’s recall of the Japanese ambassador from Shanghai and the Chinese envoy’s expected return. State Department advised the move did not sever relations. McNutt’s Manila visit and Shanghai briefing noted. Congress debate grew over neutrality laws amid war rumors.
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Shanghai
Japan
State Department
Roosevelt
Philppins
Paul V. McNutt
White House
McNutt
Manila
Harry E. Yarnell
Asiatic
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Yar
Congress
Tapon
Clark
Nye
NLD
la Follette
Wis
China
Pittman
Norris
Gannett backs profit sharing to ease capital labor rift
Washington Jan 18 The House Ways and Means committee heard Rochester publisher Frank Gannett urge special tax deductions for corporations that share profits with employees. He testified wage dividends would raise purchasing power reduce strikes and boost employment. Gannett noted his firm’s 1937 profit sharing of 10 percent of net profits improved morale and linked labor’s rewards to production. He urged tax relief for distributed profits while criticizing undistributed profits taxes.
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House
Frank Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Congress
House and I
Gannett
Ohio State Chamber of Commerce
D. Laylin
Association of American Railroads
R. V. Fletcher
Pilea
Revily Fletcher
Interstate Commerce Commission
President Won't Amplify Holding Company Remarks
President Roosevelt declined to amplify last week's press conference on holding companies across all lines of business. He said a dictionary definition would be silly now, and could not cover all fields. He avoided Willkie proposal questions and postponed talks with business leaders. Sozeman W F Cowan, 67, longtime Gallatin County assessor, died after a yearlong illness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Securities Commission
Lin
Petting Patrol to Supervise Parks in Chester
Chester Pa January 18 A fulltime one man petting patrol will supervise spooning in the towns three parks at a salary of 85 200 a year. City council appointed Mam Pollack a 35 year old former tractor driver to patrol the parks on a motorcycle and enforce the ban on gutomodlla spooning parties.
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Chester
Mam Pollack
Hoover Brings Kidnap Suspect Anders to Illinois by Air
J Edgar Hoover arrives in St Paul with Peter Anders, who confessed the Rosa kidnap slaying. Anders is to be taken to Chicago from Los Angeles where arrested. Hoover says Anders will be questioned about other kidnapings, not Tacoma viewing. Homing details kept secret as federal agents move eastward to face charges.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Anders
Charles S. Ross
Hoover
Anders
Chicago
Rosa
Los Angeles
Net Mattson
Tacoma
Waak
Charles Mattson
Charlee 3. Rosa
Bureau of Investigation
Bombs Miss British Labor Leaders In Valencia Raid
Bombing planes prowled Spain’s east coast as a Labour Party delegation of six British MPs narrowly escaped injury in Valencia. A car was damaged but occupants were unharmed. The group had visited Teruel before returning to Madrid to tour the central front. Rebels reported isolating government troops at Teruel via a corridor to Valencia.
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Madrid
Spain
Valencia
Teruel
Hendaye
France
Expulsion Decree Forces Jews to Leave Ecuador
In Quite Ecuador on January 18 a provisional military government led by Colonel Alberto Hnriques decreed the expulsion of all Jews from Ecuador except those farming. The decree says Jews who fled persecution in central Europe had entered business instead of agriculture as anticipated by authorities.
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Ecuador
Alberto Hnriques
Europe
Loans to Farmers in Dry Zones Pressed
Washington January 18 A House Prairie States Bloc committee drafted recommendations for a $50 million appropriation for rehabilitation loans to farmers in drought stricken states and about $85 million for feed and seed loans. They will report after informal relief official conferences to gauge Prairie States needs and rejected relief sums as inadequate.
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Washington
Prairie States Bloc
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