Bet Out of Federation Threatens Labor Split
Washington reports the United Mine Workers authorized their executive board to withdraw from the American Federation of Labor amid a fierce dispute between industrial and craft factions. President John L. Lewis argued for industrial organization, while government officials Secretary Perkins and Josephine Roche spoke at length on wages, hours, and social security in a daylong discussion.
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United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Miners’ Convention
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Tnduatrhtl
Goveernment
Perkins
Josephine Roche
Secreurs of the Treasury
Branquet
Miss Perkins
Ahe
Airplane Reported Down Near Joplin Missouri
Night search by officers and farmers for a plane reportedly down several miles northwest of Joplin. Hunt paused at 10 30 p m to await daylight before resuming.
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Joplin
World News in Gist Domestic Tax Fight and Labor Split
Washington hosts talks on new taxes to back farm measures while the Senate weighs the cost. The treasury estimates a global impact of 45.2 billion dollars to America. Miners withdraw from the AFL opening a split in organized labor. President urges national action on paralysis benefit parties amid birthday celebrations in many cities. Trenton renews search for Lindbergh baby papers. Statesmen meet over royal funeral as a factor in European peace. Nome notes Italy strengthens internal defense. Ethiopian casualties reported. Addis Ababa claims Italians retreating in mouth.
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Senate
Treasury
America
A.fp. of
Trenton
Hoffman
Percy Tondon
Nome
Italy
Addis Ababa
Five Car Reading train wreck kills eight near Sunbury
A Reading company passenger train named the Williams Porter derailed on a bridge approach at Clement Station near Sunbury Pennsylvania just after midnight. Eight people were reportedly killed and many injured as portions of the train plunged into an abandoned canal bed. Ambulances rushed the injured to a Sunbury hospital while rescue workers fought a fire that hindered access to the cars.
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Sunbury
Reading Company
Clement Station
Susquehanna River
Philadelphia
Bertha Klein
Washington Urges National Plan for Erosion and Floods
President Roosevelt calls Congress and the three federal agencies to cooperate with states on soil erosion and flood problems at headwaters. He warns a single plan must cover every pasture, wood lot, and public domain, though a complete scheme is not feasible for Congress or the executive to formulate or execute. The message accompanies a joint report on little waters and related issues.
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Washington
Provident Roosevelt
Congress
Highway Commission Salaries Held, Governor Seeks Opinion
Salary claims for J L Dobell and Ed Shields at the Montana Highway Commission were held up by the state board of examiners awaiting a legal opinion on the board s power to determine misappropriations. Governor Holt said he had asked Attorney General Nagle for guidance, with Dobell earning 300 per month as a statistical engineer and Shields as a labor investigator.
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Ed Shielis
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Elmer Holt
Board of Examiners
Raymond T. Nagle
Highway Commission
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Dobell
Commission
Butts
Lewis Penwell
Western Progressive
Shields
Cascade County
Daisy Alexander Root Convicted of Nile Slaying
Daisy Alexander Root was found guilty of second degree murder in Mewis Tennessee on January 30 for the slaying of her young husband Brenton Root after a nightclub quarrel over a cigarette girl. The six year old widow showed no emotion as the verdict was read while she held her 4 year old son George.
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Tenn
Daisy Alexande
Root
Brenton Root
George
Peace conferences in London seen as largely successful
British and European diplomats reported a broad easing of tensions during a week of high level talks in London for the funeral of Kingcore. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden drove a steady line of diplomacy while Baron von Neutrah and Pierre-Etienne Flandin quietly bridged Franco German talks, signaling possible far reaching shifts in European relations.
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Ceal
Europe
London
Kingcore
Holen
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Baron Konstantin von Neutrah
Il Duce Expands Forces for Africa Campaign
Italy adopts broader defense measures at home and mobilizes 50 000 additional troops for Africa. Premier Mussolini and his cabinet create a new Alpine division for mountain defense and restructure the national police to boost efficiency. New bombing reports reach both Ethiopian fronts as Ethiopian forces fall back from Wa dara amid Italian advances.
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Preas
Theradey
Africa
Muscoling
Hin Cabinat
Ethiopia
Fdseist
Wadara
Lover of Dance: Man Drops Dead While Waltzing
At a Salt Lake City dance hall Chris Michelson, 66, exclaimed he preferred dancing, then collapsed on the ballroom floor during a waltz. A physician attributed the death to a heart attack suffered while dancing.
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Salt Lake City
Chris Michelson
Indian Bureau Stipend Slashed
Washington on January 30 Representative McGrathy succeeded in cutting the 1937 Indian bureau appropriation from 493 700 to 25 000. He attacked the bureau as a corrupt element in the government saying the people should learn there is an Indian bureau and that something is wrong with it. A California official condemned all appropriations to this infamous entity with dirty fingers in the government for over a century.
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Washington
House
Buard
McGrathy
Indian Bureau
McGroarty
de Californian
Hauptmann Case Reopened Under PFA Demand
Governor Hoffman orders New Jersey State Police to reopen the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder investigation. He defies impeachment threats and cites abundant evidence of other participants, attaching a lengthy statement accusing others of involvement.
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Trenton
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Lindberght
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
H. Normaan Schwarzkopf
State Pole
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Montana liquor tax payments rise in 1935
Montana payments of liquor taxes to the federal government increased by 747, a dis closure reports. In two years Montana paid 1 942 460 in internal revenue taxes, 933 881 in 1934 and 1 008 579 in 1935. The figures cover taxes on distilled spirits wines cordials occupational licenses and fermented liquors.
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Washington
Montana
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cabbage bred to be odorless sparks playful note
The piece from Houston lampoons a Cornell experiment yielding an odorless cabbage and imagines a parade of bizarre crops like a scentless grape fruit and self opening coconut. The column mocks future culinary oddities while lamenting loss of familiar smells and night time guidance in old plan hotels.
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Houston
Texas
Cornell University
Irvin 5
Cobb
President Roosevelt Celebrates Natal Day With Charity Call
President Roosevelt on his 54th birthday urged coordinated national effort to fight infantile paralysis. He spoke during his anniversary party at the White House after midnight, praising widespread birthday balls organized to raise funds for the afflicted. Mrs Roosevelt continued her celebrations as the president urged broad cooperation among doctors, hospitals, and charities to aid several hundred thousand victims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Coset
Mra. Roosevelt
New Choices for Federal Reserve Board
John A. Broderick, former New York state bank superintendent and first chief examiner, named by President Roosevelt to 14 year board term. Sonnam McKee, Pittsburgh native, chosen for 10 years on the Federal Reserve board. chief of RFC examining division since 1993 and served as receiver for Ohio and Pennsylvania banks in 1931-32.
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New York State Bank
Federal Reserve Board
John A. Broderick
Roosevelt
San Antonio
Tex
Ralph W. Morrison
Morrison
U. S
World Monetary Parley
Senate backs funds to end long munitions inquiry
Washington 30. The Senate granted its munitions committee a fund of 7 369 to wind up the prolonged investigation. Leaders predicted passage of a bill broadening the embargo on arms shipments to belligerents, while opposition grew in both houses. Some saw only a temporary extension of the present act expiring June 25.
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Washington, Dan
Senate
Pepnitrettax
House
Farm aid costs test tax plans in agriculture bill
Washington January 30 Congress weighs financing the AAA farm program with new taxes as talks focus on 440 million dollars annual cost and 296 million needed for acreage reduction contracts. White House advisers say studies continue with no final conclusions. House bill proposes subsidy equalization for wheat cotton hogs and tobacco.
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Senate
Tee
White House
Cummings
Congress
Roosevelt
Bankhead- Jones
Supreme Court
Rice Millers
AAA
Morgenthau
Wallace
Representative Howe
Kansas
House Agriculture Committee
WPA funds misuse alleged in Georgia politics
Washington reports that Harry Hopkins accused Governor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia of misuse of WPA funds, citing questioned practices amid a Georgia WPA administrator’s information to U S attorneys in Atlanta. Hopkins expressed low regard for the outfit yet doubted their integrity. Theodora Todd’s will probate, estate valued at about 45 000 with 10 000 in jewelry and clothes, and actor Louis Kimbail, 87, dies in London production Crime.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
New Deal
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Rae
Todd
Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Miss Todd
Ray Hays
Roosevelt Sees New Taxes To Cover Bonus Costs
Washington reports a possible tax move to fund the bonus bill as Congress debates funding options amid inflation worries. Officials indicate the president asked for a $2.249 billion appropriation, with talks on tax changes including lower income tax rates, fewer exemptions, and boosting other levies. Acting Budget Director Bell and Morgenthau weigh options as the tax field is explored for the bonus and AAA substitutes.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House
Capitol Hill
White House
Morgenthau
Wallace
Cummings
Daniel W. Bell
AAA
Ta Ae
Atti
House Appropriations Committee
Taylor D
Cole
Byrne
Greeline
Van Vlack's Father Called In His Trial
Twin Falls Idaho Jan 30 Defenge journeys called to the witness stand more relatives of Douglas van Vlack today in its effort to prove the youthful murder defendant insane Carl Van Vlack of Tacoma occupied the witness chair most of the day testi fying in a quavering voice almost identically to the same affect as had the defendant's mother earlier in his trial.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Defenge
Douglas van Vlack
van Vlack
Carl van Vlack
Tacoma
Appalling World War Cost Figures From Treasury
Treasury officials estimated the World War cost to the U S government at about 45.2 billion dollars, with ongoing costs such as interest on bonds and veterans compensation raising yearly figures. Historical totals show peaks near 42.9 billion in 1938, with planned immediate payments projected to push past 45.3 billion.
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Treasury
Howes
Ilo Utilities
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