Secretary Perkins launches bid to settle auto strike
Secretary Perkins invokes a labor mediation statute to urge talks among General Motors officials UAW leaders and CIO head John L Lewis. A conference is planned in her Washington office next Wednesday to seek plans for resuming negotiations as GM defends workers’ right to choose how and when to work amid a nationwide idle status. Federal agents push to hasten settlement with Perkins requesting a meeting in Detroit and urging unconditioned talks as the strike continues with over 100,400 GM employees idle.
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John L. Lewis
Sedutine Eases Pius Pain In Illness At Vatican
Vatican City on January 24 reports Pope Pius Xiii pressing through his eighth Sunday of illness as a new oral sedative reliefs some pain from swollen legs. Previous sedatives failed to ease his ailing heart and suffering.
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Pope Pius
Senate schedules high gear as session midterm nears
The senate opens at 1 PM with standing committees to report on numerous bills. The 25th legislative session nears midlife as a flood of business is expected. Despite a five bill introduction limit, members anticipate around 200 proposals. 56 measures were filed in three weeks, with 17 of 48 Senate bills unreported and five sent to the lower house.
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Inauguration policy and fears of war in 1930s era debate
Dorothy Thompson argues the inaugural address omits foreign policy and world affairs. She warns recovery and war poverty depend on reducing war fear, not only internal reform, noting pressure on Congress toward embargoes and preemptive global actions.
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United States
Global Floods and Crises Prompt War Time Measures
World news digest reports 409000 homelands flooded with 10 dead as floods rage abroad. Cincinnati endures fires along flooded streets. Washington moves federal food agencies to war footing. Indiana under martial law. 40000 refugees. Governors seek Army Corps aid. GM and strike leaders to confer. Hollywood studios damaged by fire. Moscow treason trial linked to railway sabotage. Tokyo orders new government amid army parliament crisis. Vatican holds brief audiences with Pope and redative in reform.
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Army to dynamite levee to save Cairo in flood crisis
Memphis dispatch reports U S Army engineers, facing record Mississippi floods, decide to use armed force to dynamite the Old River side fuse plug levee in the Birds Point floodway. Missouri militia is to guard Cairo as residents evacuate. Farmers resist as 131000 acre floodway threatens homes.
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Mississippi River flood maroons 14 dead 200 stranded
Memphis Tennessee January 24 U S engineers received a call from Mr Walker reporting 14 dead and 200 stranded on Black Island in the Mississippi near Caruthersville Missouri. Another report noted 100 families marooned on Island 35 above Memphis near Covington Tennessee with the river flooding for the first time in history. Boats were ordered to Black Island and Island 35 as communications failed and supplies were vitally needed.
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Frozen body of Oscar Broughton found near Lewistown Montana
In Lewistown on January 24 the frozen body of Oscar Broughton, 77, was found in the Dollette district about five miles east of town. Coroner C W Wilder planned an autopsy to determine cause of death, believed to be a heart attack, after he had been missing several days.
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C. W. Wilder
Flood disaster widens across ten states with 400000 homeless
AP report details vast flood crisis from Ohio to Tennessee. 60 plus dead, millions in damages, and Red Cross relief efforts surge as 18 000 WPA workers join rescues. National guards and Coast Guard deploy boats and planes to evacuate beleaguered towns and protect health with vaccines rushed to affected areas.
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Roosevelt puts flood relief on wartime basis
President Roosevelt ordered five federal agencies to operate on a wartime footing to mobilize relief for flood sufferers. Heads of the Army Navy Coast Guard Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps were told to keep headquarters open 24 hours and coordinate with the Red Cross. Telegraph reports would go to the president immediately for action.
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Governor seeks federal troops for Louisville flood relief
Gov A B Chandler announced he asked President Roosevelt to send four companies two engineers and two infantry to Louisville to aid civil authorities in patrol and relief efforts. Mayor Neville Miller said troops would augment police and Kentucky National Guard units under Safety Director Wakefield. Residents were urged to evacuate as the Ohio River flood crested, with railroads attempting trains to move people out via the Southern to Chattanooga route.
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Hope for end of maritime strike seen in San Francisco
San Francisco January 24 shipowners and striking workers privately forecast an end to the long maritime strike this week. Each side rushed separate preparations for meetings aimed at ironing out the remaining major obstacles to peace.
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People of Madrid cling to homes amid roar of cannon
In Madrid on January 24, residents refuse to evacuate despite a government order, as blasts from rifles and artillery punctuate a Sabbath. Children play soldier amid ruined streets and bombed neighborhoods, while cafes resume life with American jet echoes and tango.
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Major Tasks Face House as Assembly Starts Fourth Week
The House of Representatives convenes at 10 am with a heavy debate agenda. Key issues include social security, state department appropriations, and gambling and divorce measures. About 86 bills remain, with roughly 20 of special significance, including liquor sales in hotels and restaurants.
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Coughlin Begins 62nd Sunday Broadcast Series
Detroit dispatch reports Father Charles B. Coughlin started a new 62 Sunday broadcasts series with a memorial service for the late Bishop Michael J. Gallagher. Coughlin said Gallagher inspired his return to the air and defended his right to express political and economic views. Gallagher died Wednesday night. funeral set for Tuesday.
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Three women die in plane crash in Australia
Sydney January 24. May Bradford a leading Australian aviatrix and two women named Kelgera were killed when their plane hit a stationary aircraft, rose, and burned after crashing in flames.
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Sydney
May Bradford
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Ugaki to Form Cabinet for Japan Crisis Time
Tokyo reports Emperor Hirohito summoned former Korea governor Kazushige Ugaki to form a government amid a parliament army clash. Bitter parliamentary attacks accuse militarists of pushing a fascist style government, leading to Premier Hirota’s resignation and the diet’s suspension.
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Hirohito
Kazushige Ugaki
Korea
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Koki Hirota
Hirota
Cincinnati Fire Sweeps Wide Three Mile Front
Fire swept over a three mile front in Cincinnati as floodwaters rose in the Ohio River valley. Oil-fed flames eight stories high drifted on the water, with at least 32 buildings burning. Fire Chief Houston said the blaze was brought under control later, with damage possibly reaching 1.5 million dollars. At least 15 firefighters injured as the flood continued to rise through the night. officials warned the worst ahead.
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Martial law declared in southern Indiana region
Indianapolis reported Governor Townsend declared martial law across southern Indiana Mood Territory from Sullivan to Brookville after flood. Aurora and Jeffersonville evacuated as refugees were moved by box cars to Speeds Henryville and Scottsburg. Reports of oil and gas fuel fires added to fears amid flood chaos and ongoing relief efforts.
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FESCUE MOTORBOAT FLAMES BURN GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDDAUGHTER
Flaming gasoline on a motorboat rescuing a family from a flooded home caused a fatal fire in Huntington West Virginia on January 24. A grandmother and five year old Donna Shyrene Spurlock died. Ida Osborne aged 60 died. two others were critically injured and two women were hurt.
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K. C. Howell
Fire devastates Hollywood film plant in January blaze
A massive fire swept the 20th Century Fox film plant in Hollywood destroying a $10,000,000 facility, sets, and equipment. Fire crews fought for more than an hour as studio executives were reported buried or injured, with fumes and explosions complicating efforts to save remaining stages and cutting rooms in West Los Angeles.
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