Paris braces for demonstrations as Daladier reforms loom
Paris tightens security with soldiers including Spahis in the capital amid four planned protests against Premier Daladier. Chiappe exits amid public cheers as Sibour takes over police, while the government presses a three point agenda including budget passage and exposing the Stavisky affair.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
M. Daladier
Jean Chiappe
Bonnefoy Sibour
Daladier
Chiappe
Edouard Renard
Seine
Eugene Frot
War Ministry
Chamber of Deputies
Versailles
St. Germain
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Brown Violated Air Mail Laws in 1930 Conference Action
Senate investigation chair Black reported postmaster general Brown violated law by participating in a 1930 air mail route conference while a Pennsylvania Railroad stockholder. The panel also noted two air mail officials removed subpoenaed MacCracken records. MacCracken argued attorney client secrecy.
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Washington
Black
Senate
Walter F. Brown
Hoover
Pennsylvania Railroad
Air Mall
William P. MacCracken
MacCracken
Commerce
Aeronautics
Chesley W. Jurney
Gilbert L. Girvin
Western Air Express
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air
Supreme Court rules prohibition offenders cannot be tried in federal courts
The Supreme Court ruled that persons charged with violating national prohibition before repeal cannot be tried in federal courts. The case arose after North Carolina Judge Hayes dismissed indictments against Byrum Gibson and Claude Chambers, arguing repeal voided federal jurisdiction. The government appealed directly to the Supreme Court to avoid dismissals of pending cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Hayes
Middle District
North Carolina
Byrum Gibson
Claude Chambers
Gibson
Chambers
North Carolina Court
Wheat Pushes Up a Cent per Bushel as Cotton Rises 75 Cents
Bullish speculation lifts principal markets in New York and Chicago. Wheat futures gain one cent per bushel in Chicago while New York cotton climbs 75 cents per bale to new highs since 1930. Stocks and bonds reach multi-year highs as trading volume surges with more than 1,000,000 shares traded hourly.
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New York
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Paris
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
American Can
General Electric
Montgomery Ward
Aggression From German Elements Charged In Plea
Weirton Steel fights an injunction to block a poll of 10 000 workers on their satisfaction with the current bargaining system. Labor board investigator Keightly denies involvement, with a Pittsburgh meeting set to address the Weirton issue. Austria plans to appeal to the League of Nations over German aggression, sending Chancellor Dollfuss to Geneva to present the dispute. In Innsbruck the Tyrol government was replaced by a Heimwehr led commission amid anti Nazi tensions, with warnings to Dollfuss over party rule.
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PITT@BURGH
Weirton Steel Corporation
National Labor Board
Emvege Representation Organization
Fred Keightly
Labor Board
Weirton
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Labor Board
Philadelphi
Regional Labor Board
Weirton Po
Vienna
Tria
League of Nations
Mngelbert Dollfuss
Germany
Geneva
Associated Press
Dollfuss
League
J. A. C. Avenol
Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Tyrol
Heimwehr
Heimwher
Home Guard
Dolfuss
Innsbruck
Volkszeitung
Dollfuse
Prince von Starhemberg
Richard Steiche
Senate panel postpones cotton control discussion
Washington February 5 AP Chairman Smith of South Carolina postponed to tomorrow a planned Senate Agriculture Committee meeting to discuss possible compulsory controls on cotton production.
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Washington
Smith
Dsc
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate banking chief nears bill on stock exchange licenses
Chairman Fletcher of the senate banking committee said he nearly finished a draft bill to regulate stock exchanges through a license system under the federal trade commission and would introduce it by week’s end.
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Washington
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Giry
Senate
House
Alcohol Control Administration
D-Fla
Banking Committee
Rainey
Perkins
Wagner
Lewis
Dmd
Fiorello H
Ruth Leaves Bed to Prepare for 21st Major League Campaign
Ruth recovers at New York hospital starting to regain strength after two weeks with grippe. He plans to leave Thursday for the South to begin preparations for his 21st season in major league baseball.
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New York
Babe Ruth
South
Ehringhaus Birthday Observed at Raleigh
Governor John Christopher Blucher Ehringhaus of North Carolina marked his 52nd birthday with a quiet day in the capitol. He noted grateful telegrams and plans a family dinner at home, while his 80-year-old father Erskine Ehringhaus visited from Elizabeth City.
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Raleigh
John Christopher Blucher Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Capitol Building
Erskine Ehringhaus
Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Long must defend self in $500000 libel action
Washington February 5 The DC court of appeals ruled Senator Long must defend a $500000 libel suit filed by Samuel T. Ansell, former counsel to the Senate committee. The decision held constitutional immunity for congressional members does not shield service of civil process in DC if no actual detention occurs. The suit concerns alleged libel via copies of the Congressional Record.
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Long
Self
Samuel Ansell
Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
D-Ala
Samuel T. Ansell
Senate Committee
Overton
D- 2
Army
Senate
House
Congress
Court of Appeals
Anselm
United States
District of Columbia
Paris faces uncertain hours as new minister of war takes charge
Stalled as minister of war and succeeding Lieut. Col. Jean Fabry resigned and conferred immediately with the colonel's command of the Republican guards. Housewives rush shopping while pedestrians pass. Chiappe supporters' risk of demonstrations discussed as officials call the situation uncertain but confident Daladier can quell disorders.
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Jean Fabry
Republican Guards
Chiappe
Daladier
State Telephones In Georgia With Eight Firms Cut
Governor Talmadge ordered disconnection of four state telephones rented from eight firms with an interlocutory injunction in New Orleans against rate cuts by the Georgia Public Service Commission. He said the state would not pay for phones at the higher rate and asked the PSC to count how many phones are affected.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
New Orleans
Georgia Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Southern Bell
Georgia
Public Service Commission
CWA Relief Measure Approved By House
The House passes the relief CWA program amid Senate haggling over Hoover era policies. The measure appropriates 950 million dollars and limits debate to 40 minutes with no amendments.
Revision of NRA codes to lower prices urged by Whiteside
A. D. Whiteside, division administrator, urges a general NRA code revision to curb excessive prices. He asks deletion of waiting periods before price changes, applies quoted prices to all customers for set periods, and weighs cash and quantity discounts and second goods rules to ease enforcement while ensuring fair pricing.
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Washington
A. D. Whiteside
Whiteside
Hugh S. Johnson
Executor E L Ragan Named in Lawsuit
F W Manus and Daisy Manus sue Ed L Ragan of High Point as executor of Eva J Cox estate in Greensboro filing for 2033 30 dollars they say is due for three years of food and services plus 33 30 for laundry work and related charges.
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Greensboro
F. W. Manus
Daisy Manus
Clerk of Superior Court
Ed L. Ragan
High Point
Eva J. Cox
Educational Report Approved By Board
Greensboro Feb 5 The county board of education approved the Hoffman Jr committee report on school equipment. The White Oak school would become 24 rooms. Commissioners authorized a $260000 program funded by a PWA loan when available. A delegation will seek CWA funds in Raleigh for county recreational centers.
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Greensboro
County Board of Education
Joe Hoffman
High Point
Board of County Commissioners
White Oak
PWA
Causey
Shaw
Burke
Raleigh
CWA
Chinaman bettors loom in money markets in Beverly Hills
A letter from Beverly Hills notes the Chinese as quickest money figures, predicting their edge in brokerage rooms and warning Morgenthau against underestimating a two billion dollar stabilizing effort. It compares Shanghai markets unfavorably to New York and urges using a Chinese expert over professors.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Gamle
Money Exchange
Shanghai
New York
Morgenthau
Princeton
Harvard
Tax Returns of Firms Probed by House Naval Committee
Navy witnesses disclosed that Wright Aeronautical earned five percent profit and Pratt Whitney thirty six percent on engines sold to the navy. The committee investigates whether manufacturers earned excessive profits. King noted confidential data but testified in open hearing.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover Administration
House
Navy
William P. MacCracken
Black
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Gilbert L. Girvin
Western Air Express
MacCracken
Air Mail
House Naval Committee
Ernest J. King
Bureau of Aeronautics
King
Delaney
DNY
Subcommittee
Wright Aeronautical Company
Pratt-Whitney Company
Mellon Tax Probe Report Completed
The department disclosed that a report on the status of the investigation into the income taxes of Andrew Mellon former secretary of the treasury had been completed.
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Washington
Justice Department
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Vinson Proposes Cotton Futures Trading Regulation
Representative Vinson of Georgia introduced a bill to regulate speculative and other futures trading in cotton in Washington on February 5. The measure targets market practices and seeks new oversight of cotton futures activity.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
Treasury probes New York silver market position
United States treasury representatives opened an inquiry into the state of the New York silver market as reported on Wall Street. The investigation aims to assess market conditions and potential influences on prices and liquidity. The report comes amid ongoing scrutiny of commodity markets this week.
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New York
United States Treasury
Wall Street
Economists praise and critique new deal program
Eleven economists studying the American scene under Columbia University sponsorship report broad praise for the new deal and call for safeguards on NRA powers. They urge sustained public works, price regulation to curb monopolies, and a permanent plan for national recovery with a super-economic council. They also favor a world monetary system with an international currency to aid recovery.
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New York
Columbia University
Commission of Economic Reconstruction
NRA
T He Commission
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Earinghaus
E. L. Ragan
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