Bitter Cold Hits Wide Across America As Varies
Bitter cold grips much of the nation with readings from 9 above in New York to 52 below in interior Canada. Snow flurries sweep lake regions while a blizzard prompts travel disruptions and missing fishing crews off Maine.
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Portland
Chicago
Lake Michigan
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Boston
New England
New York State
Sevo
Upton
Mass
Albany
N. Y
Saranac Lake
Concord
N. H
Montpelier
Plainsfield
Minnesota
Connally backs Roosevelt on dollar devaluation support
Senator Connally told Chief that Congress and the people back President Roosevelt's commodity dollar plan and would back his monetary moves, urging the Fed to surrender all gold to the treasury. He said he is strong for devaluation and predicted Congress would force gold surrender.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Connally
D. Tex
Congress
Finance Committee
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
France Willing Ten Scrap Ships In Disarmament Push
Paris reports France proposes immediate destruction of half its bombers once a disarmament convention is signed. The plan, drafted with allies, aims to reduce aircraft by half while leaving about 175 bombers in service, and follows France’s refusal to enter talks with Hitler on rearmament. Boncour leads effort to rally nations in the League for a united front. Hymans of Belgium pledged Belgium's adherence to the European unity France seeks.
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France
League of Nations
Geneva
Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Paul Boncour
Paul Hymans
Belgium
Budget battle shapes Roosevelts 1934 35 plan
Democratic spokesmen described President Roosevelt as aiming to make the 73rd Congress focus on a budget with an $800 million surplus over ordinary costs for 1934 35. The administration eyed a total near $6 billion including emergency spending with a pay as you go approach and no major tax hikes. Roosevelt also prepared to push for permanent railroad regulation stock exchange controls and a communications plan while signaling a continued push on gold buying and dollar depreciation effects on trade. In tobacco warehousing news truckers were branded racketeers for taking commissions from both farmers and warehouses, undermining fair competition and floor space reservations for producers.
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Roosevelt
73Rd
Congress
RFC
Farm Administration
F. C. Clay
Lexington
National Association of Tobacco Warehouse
Joe Eagles
Wilson
N. C
Eagles
Fagles
David Pruett
Burley Tobacco
Clay
H. C. Robertson
Government rules bar burning mail during cold rush
Chicago December 28 AP reports a substitute mail clerk Br Smith burned letters on December 4 to keep warm. A United States commissioner ordered bonds of 1000.
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Br. Smith
Jiman
United
RFC Again Offers 84.06 An Ounce For Domestic Gold
The RFC offers today 84.06 dollars an ounce for mined domestic gold. In London gold opened at 16 dollars an ounce on a stern note amid a 5.09 12 to the market.
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Washington
RFC
London
Colum bia Record Officers Probe Harris Kidnapping Case
Columbia Record reports investigators probing the kidnapping and slaying of 15 year old Richard H. Harris Jr. while examining possible ransom motives as the inquiry continues.
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Dee
Columbia Record Os
Richard H. Harris, Jr
Harmonious confession on appropriation bills foreseen
Washington December 28 Speaker Rainey said in a talk with the President that a harmonious confession devoted entirely to appropriation revenue bills was predicted today. The brief statement suggested a unified approach to the budget questions ahead of Congress.
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Washington
Rainey
Louisiana Sixth District Elects Sanders Jr Says Sand
Speaker Rainey stated the Louisiana faction that elected J Y Sanders Jr to the house in the sixth district yesterday has complied with the law.
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Washington
Rainey
Louisiana
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
McAdoo Arrives in Washington as Daughter Improves
Senator William G. McAdoo of California lands in Washington at noon and learns his daughter in New York is better. He says he will not fly to New York today.
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Washington
William G. McAdoo
California
New York
Roosevelt Grants Two Prohibition Pardons
President Roosevelt granted pardons today to Arthur C Colvin and Isaac E Colvin for violations of the prohibition act. The men were cited as having been convicted in the western Michigan oral court.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthur Clvin
Isaac E. Colvin
Western Michigan
Major General Edward King Dies in Atlanta
Major General Edward King, commander of the fourth area, has died in Atlanta. The oath of office marks the end of a long and distinguished military career.
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Atlanta
Edward King
Humphrey Seeks Court Ruling On FTC Removal
William E. Humphrey asked the Court of Claims to rule Roosevelt’s October removal of him from the Federal Trade Commission illegal and void. He seeks $1 251.39 in salary for October 8 to November 30, and cites four letters from the President amid a dispute over the FTC’s independence from presidential power.
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Washington
William E. Humphrey
United States Court of Claims
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
Humphrey
United States
Congress
New Year Brings New Era To Nation Says President
President Roosevelt writes to Grace Mor n Poole of the General Federation of Women's Clubs saying the new year marks a new era. He urges concerted effort across government and social forces to improve conditions for over 120 million Americans and to achieve national health and prosperity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Grace Morn Poole
Gen- 1 Federation of Women’s Clubs
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Opera talk in skip view and price marks in New Dress
Santa Monica report mocks Chicago Opera House remodel and price driven appeal while noting New York open season with an American opera. It jokes about stage visibility, dress price tags, and opining on opera for readers.
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Cal
Chicago Opera House
New York
Prominent Randleman Merchant Cyrus L. Brookshire Dies
Cyrus L. Brookshire a 60 year old Randleman merchant died at his home after a year of illness. Funeral services were held at 2 30 this afternoon. He was active in community affairs and leaves a wife two daughters two sons four sisters and two brothers. He had lived in Randolph county most of his life and was a longtime member of Mount Lebanon Methodist Protestant church and the Junior Order Council No 1.
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Randleman
Cyrus L. Brookshire
Brookshire
Randolph County
Henry Brookshire
Elizabeth Nance Brookshire
Mount Lebanon
Weatherman Fools North Carolinians
Raleigh report says forecasts overestimated cold for December 28 as the low fell to 20 degrees instead of 16. Lee A. Denson of the U S Weather Bureau notes a temporary check of a nationwide cold wave and expects continued cold but not severe drops in North Carolina.
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Lee A. Denson
United States Weather Bureau
Winnipeg
Canada
Gulf
Atlantic States
South Carolina reacts to Roosevelt silver program
Representative J. J. Mc Swain of the fourth district praises the Roosevelt silver program calling it the greatest event for the south since the invention of the cotton gin. He says it will raise cotton prices, boost mill labor earnings, and expand exports to South America and parts of Asia.
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South Carolina
South
Greenville
D. C
J. J. McSwain
Roosevelt
America
Southland
Georgia Farmers See 1933 Crops Bring $128.9 Million
Georgia farmers collected 128.863 million dollars for 1933 crops, up 92 percent from 1932, according to the Georgia crop reporting service.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Prisoner Dits Of Cut Throat At South Carolina Prison
Prison guard captain says H H Kester reported fellow inmate Hubert McGaha stabbed McCormick in the garment factory. McCormick, convicted in Horry county for grand larceny, died 35 minutes later from a severed jugular. McGaha, 20, serving five years for attempted felony, was awaiting work when the assault occurred.
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D. C
South Carolina State Penitentiary
H. H. Kester
Hubert McGaha
Marshall
N. C
McCormick
Kester
McGahak
Horry County
McGaha
Pickens County
Doughton Seen for Federal Tariff Commission Appointment
Representative Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina is poised for appointment to the federal tariff commission within weeks and would likely succeed James W. Collier upon his death. The move, to be announced after tax revision measures pass, could shift Ways and Means leadership to Sam Hill of Washington.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Associated Press
Washington
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Federal Tariff Commission
Roosevelt
Doughton
Ways and Means
Coughton
James W. Collier
Mississippi
Collier
Robert L. O’brien
Massachusetts
Congress
Senate
Sam Hill
D.wash
Hill
Nation Honors Dead War-Time President on 77th Anniversary
President Roosevelt leads national observances marking the 77th birthday of Woodrow Wilson. A wreath will be laid at Wilson's tomb in Washington Cathedral as Wilson clubs nationwide plan events. Roosevelt will address a birthday dinner broadcast at 10:30 p.m. EST.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
National Capital
Bethlehem Chapel
Washington Cathedral
Auto Tag Sales Near 100000 Mark
Raleigh reports 1934 North Carolina automobile tag sales rose to 94,631 pairs by late today with only two business days left to comply. Officials warned no extensions for late buyers and the highway patrol will ban cars without 1934 licenses after sunrise January.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Highway Patrol
Roosevelt Attacks Public Works as Wasteful
Former Philippines governor Theodore Roosevelt criticizes the public works program on Dec 28, calling it costly and wasteful. He argues direct cash aid for the unemployed would cost only half as much.
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Theodore Roosevelt
The
Philippines
Imaginations And Not Motor Threat As New Record Nears
Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey inch toward a new women’s endurance record in the Flying Boudoir flight at Miami. Ground crews urge calm as nerves tighten while the current mark of 8 days 4 hours 5 minutes sits within reach, with a note from Marsalis citing engine strain as a sign of imagination.
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Fila
Frances Marsalis
Helen Richey
Karl Voelter
Marsalis
Louise Thaden
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Miss Thaden
Viola Gentry
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss Richey
Pittsburgh
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