Nearly Million Made Homeless by Floods GM
Secretary Perkins urged Congress to grant power to probe strike causes and push swift settlement terms. GM posted a union negotiation statement as sitdowns ended, Sloan denying charges of evading moral duties while labor leader Lewis pressed for de facto control over executives. About 40,000 auto workers returned to work after a three week layoff.
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Pope’s Condition Shows Slight Improvement in Bed Rest
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII remains in poor health with no fundamental improvement after seven weeks of illness. He had some pain in the morning but slept fairly well and followed his usual morning routine, according to official notes.
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Enforced Bonding Of All Livestock Markets Questioned
Montana stock growers seek strong protections via a bill from the stock growing and grazing committee. The measure would license all markets handling stock on commission or fee, require a $10,000 bond and $100 licenses, and enforce prompt remittance to sellers. It excludes butchers and breeders and sets sanitary standards under the livestock commission and sanitary board. Continued on Page 5.
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Managing 200000 Men In The General Motors Strike
Walter Lippmann argues the General Motors strike is an industrial war driven by war psychology. He notes management resistance and union betrayal, the occupation of plants, and the failure of central leadership to address core labor policies, urging recognition of GM’s scale and the distances between central management and workers. The piece ends noting the strike’s continuation on page 2.
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State's farmers to be given work on WPA programs
Washington dispatch reports Rep. James F. O'Connor of Livingston Montana says the Works Progress Adminstration informed him needy farmers on settlement rolls in drought areas will be placed on WPA water conservation projects as soon as weather permits renewed construction. He pressed for modified rules to counteract relief earnings losses when bad weather halts work, noting frequent and extended delays reduce relief pay.
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Lamb Drive Proves Highly Successful
Albuquerque reports the National Woolgrowers Association convention heard that lamb and mutton sales rose sharply due to a national retail campaign to curb a large surplus. Raymond W. Miller of Agricultural Trade Relations Inc cited chain stores reporting lamb sales gains from 36 to 350 percent since the drive began.
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Lower Assembly Admits It Is the Yes House of Legislature
The Montana House convened at 10 am as Rep. Ambrose Measure of Flathead proclaimed the chamber the yes house while praising its work. The body approved H. B. 13 to limit freight and passenger train lengths, with Rep Stimatz rallying 83 votes in favor, as debates over rail regulation and voting access continued.
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Senate Moves to Pass $720000000 Flood Relief Measure
Washington reports the Senate moved to quickly consider the $720000000 deficiency appropriation pledged by President Roosevelt for flood relief. The bill had cleared the House. The Red Cross and Surgeon General Parran said hospitals and doctors are sufficient in the Kentucky flood area. Weather expert Walter Moxom forecast favorable conditions for the Ohio Mississippi basin and lower Mississippi operations. Secretary Wallace predicted minimal crop damage from the floods.
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Just a Minute with Oo Irwin and Cobb
Beverly Hills Cal Jan 27 In a sharp column Omprrieht 1001 t7 Mara Irvin S Cobb laments Europe’s nations aiding Spain's ruin. He critiques governments choosing noble emblems while foreseeing ruin, noting harsh winters floods and neighborly dangers.
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Mississippi flood crisis looms as death toll Mounts
The AP reports the great Mississippi flood endangers hundreds with Louisville and Cincinnati hit by deaths, disease, and shortages. Red Cross estimates nearly 1,000,000 homeless in 11 states. property damage exceeds 400 million. Army plans evacuations for Cairo to the Gulf if needed as levees face 3 million cubic feet per second of water.
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Former Kaiser Has Quiet Birthday in Netherlands
Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, age 18, marked his loneliest birthday since abdication and exile from the German throne on January 27 in Doom The Netherlands. His physician says he has largely recovered from influenza but was advised to stay indoors as household staff noted weakness and listlessness.
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Flood Facts From The Associated Press Report
Homeless estimated near one million by the Red Cross with known dead over 250 including at least 130 in Louishire. Damage over 400 million dollars. Relief funds sought and quick Senate action planned for 750 million deficiency appropriation. President Roosevelt promises swift flood relief as Red Cross and agencies mobilize aid.
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Louisville flood toll estimated at 200 by mayor
Mayor Neville Miller told the nation in a radio address that Louisville has about 200 flood deaths so far from all causes since the flood began. He noted no mass drownings and that the Ohio River has begun to recede from a crest of 57.1 feet as food distribution and health measures stay on a near normal footing. Police protection surrounds food depots and supply trucks while relief boats concentrate in the south central part of the city.
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Lawieville
Army Prepares to Clear Flood Zone
Washington dispatch shows the United States army, racing to act, working with war-time speed, nearly finished a precautionary plan to evacuate thousands of Mississippi valley residents if levees crumble under Ohio River flood waters. General Malin Craig said large scale evacuation is remote and no orders have been issued to evacuate.
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Evacuation Plan Called Injustice in Mississippi Valley
Kew Orleans January 27 River experts criticized the army plan to evacuate residents in the native Mississippi river valley calling it an injustice to the lower valley Colonel Lunsford E Oliver engineer of the Vicksburg river district said the alarming report was in error and that they expect no super flood and can carry flood waters through the Vicksburg district within the leaven change.
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Red Chief in Madrid Says People Mean to Hold City
Madrid January 27 The people of Madrid will eat their shoes before they surrender, declared General Jone Miaja head of the social defense Junta. An order soon followed placing the city’s food supply on a ration basis as shells burned in central Madrid. The day brought reports of anti aircraft damage and aerial bombardment amid a tense struggle for control of the capital.
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