Peace efforts stall GM strike as unions press on
The General Motors strike stalemate deepens with Alfred P. Sloan Jr. and Secretary Perkins unable to break the impasse. John L. Lewis signals union action at Ford and Chrysler while two Fisher Body plants in Flint remain occupied. Glass workers and Libber Owens Ford idle 7,000. San Francisco calls for government intervention in the maritime dispute.
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
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Washington
Parley Hallstone
Perkins
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Chrysler
Charman
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Flint
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West Toast
Maritime Strike
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco
Frank Merriam
Senate Committee Opens Highway Department Probe
Montana taxpayers and the new highway commission await the outcome as the senate investigation begins with an executive session including former Governor Elmer Holt. The committee plans witness subpoenas and a public release of findings after next week hearings.
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Highway Department
Montana
Elmer Holt
Papal
H. A. Simmons
Carbon
B. D. Hollenback
Judith Basin
W. P. Sullivan
Chouteau
Alfred R. Anderson
Richland
Harry Meyer
Silver Bow
Hugh Adair
New Commission
Department
Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann
The piece contrasts conditions since March 1933 with earlier times, describing a global social crisis. It explains how nations pursued self defense through aggressive measures and how remedies worsened the crisis, highlighting a shift toward isolationism, tariffs, monopolies, and hoarding wealth across Western civilization.
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Roone
World floods drive homelessness across states
Domestic floods leave thousands homeless in many states as lowlands flood. GM negotiations collapse with John L. Lewis warning of no half baked compromise and plans to press fights at Ford and Chrysler next. Relief loads down 30 percent from 1935 peak. Madrid reports civil defenders order civilians to quit the capital within 72 hours.
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General Motors
John L. Lewis
Ford
Chrysler
Madrid
Evacuation Ordered as Madrid Faces Siege
Madrid defense authorities ordered a 72 hour evacuation for civilians with only combatants and officials allowed to stay. A mist hid dog fights and fascist shelling as government planes engaged insurgent bombers, while residents anticipated commutations to protect homes and urged security watches. In London, Mrs. Robert H Brand former Phyllis Langhorne and sister at Lady Astor died.
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Madrid
Etvill
London
Robert H. Brand
Phyllis Langhorne
Richmond
Lady Astor
Trade Pact Extension Debated In Lower House Hearings
Washington January 21 Democrats and Republicans clash over extending presidential power to finalize reciprocal trade pacts without Senate approval. Roosevelt asks Ways and Means to renew the program, arguing it aids economic recovery and world peace. Hull and Roper defend the policy amid sharp questions on trade figures and global stability.
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Jan
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Athe Tee
Officula
Iwull
Roper
Knutson
R. Minn
United States
Hull
Bower
Milwaukee Railway Plans $8.7 Million System Improvement
Chicago January 21 trustees of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railway were authorized to include 8.7 million dollars in the 1927 budget for system upgrades. About half funds will buy new locomotives and passenger and freight cars, with the rest for right of way improvements. In Leavenworth two federal penitentiary inmates died from wood alcohol poisoning, according to Warden Pred G. Zerbst.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company
Jude Janes H. Wilkerson
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
Pred G. Zerbst
Just a Minute with Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin S. Cobb jokes about South American exploration trips and rescue patterns. He quips that rescuers could pre settle camps to ease fatigue, noting explorers’ tendency to get lost and attribute misdirections to tropic sun or egg-beater brains while playfully mocking headhunter lore.
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Santa Monica
Cal
South America
Amazonian
Irvin S. Cobb
Nana
Floods Hit Ten States As Rivers Rise Across Regions
Ten states faced record flooding as rivers surged from Ohio to the Mississippi. Thousands were homeless and evacuations expanded amid heavy rains and melting snow. Coast Guard units, National Guardsmen, and relief groups rushed reinforcements while boats ferried marooned families and camps prepared to shelter evacuees.
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Med Cross
Coast Guard
National
Montana Firemen Win Bill Elevating Their Status
The Montana House passed a measure to change firemen from a proprietary to a governmental function, placing them on a par with police. The vote was 34 to 6 with eight absent. The session also saw five bills on third reading and many committees recommending passage as lawmakers exhausted a busy day.
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House of Representatives
Sam Spiegal
Silver Bow
Supreme Court
Sititational
Lower Assembly
Great host of people still on relief in United States
Washington reports the relief burden has fallen about 30 percent from the January peak of more than 5,600,000 individuals and families. WPA statisticians estimate September last year had about 2,800,000 families and persons on relief, roughly 11 percent of the population, with current dependents under federal emergency spending below 12,000,000.
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United States
Washington
Emerson Ross
T. J. Whiting
Works Progress Administration
Treasury
WPA
McCandless Named General Manager of Western Lines
C D Jenks of Great Northern announces Roy A McCandless of St Paul as general manager for the western lines with headquarters in Seattle He will oversee all lines west of North Dakota Peter J Colton will become superintendent of the Dakota division on the Willmar Minnesota line.
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C. D. Jenks
Great Northern Railroad
Roy A. McCandless
Toad
Western Lines
McCandleng
North Dakota
Seattle
Peter J. Colton
Willmar, Minn
Dakota
Western cold wave hits California citrus crop
Los Angeles reports a severe cold wave endangering California lemons and grapefruit with forecasts of record low temperatures. Floyd Young warns of the coldest weather since 1913, potentially dropping to 16 degrees before morning. In Nevada, Wells registers a subzero low of at least 68 degrees. Northwest, Minnesota and North Dakota face heavy snow, closed schools, and canceled trains as crews clear major highways and routes amid extreme cold.
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Los Angeles
California
Floyd Young
Pomona
Young
Wells
Nevada
St. Paul
Minnesota
North Dakota
Four Die In Sing Sing Inmate Executions
Four condemned murderers were executed tonight in Sing Sing prison. John Florenza and Nancy Litterton's murderer accomplice died in the electric chair along with Chester White, Fred Fowler, and Charles Ham. White killed two women during a drunken assault. Fowler and Ham killed Henry Duensing during a jewelry store holdup in Brooklyn.
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N. Y
Fan
John Florenza
Rayishetsisyee
Nancy Litterton
New York
Sing Sing
Chester White
Fred Fowler
Charles Ham
Fanny Devise
Willie Mae
Fowler
Ham
Henry Duessing
Brooklyn
Rheumatism Afflicts Kaiser Wilhelm’s Heir Tents
Amsterdam Jan 21 A report from a reliable source states former Kaiser Wilhelm's condition, already strained by a severe cold, is now complicated by rheumatism. The update notes the health issue affecting the Kaiser’s successor and the broader impact on German leadership.
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Amsterdam
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Pope’s Condition Worsens as Pain Increases
Vatican notes Pope Pius XII shows a turn for the worse with increased sedation to support a weakening heart. A fever develops and officials describe his pain as atrocious, signaling mounting difficulties in blood circulation and breathing during the tense health crisis.
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Pius
Vatican
Bolaro
Italy
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