German Political Shakeup Studied By British Ministers
London reports British ministers rushed to the foreign office to study Germanys drastic government shake up and the potential effects on central Europe The note cited calls from diplomats including E Woremann Hershel Johnson and Baron de Carter de Marchinne and cited fears of Italian and German intervention in Spain and the demand for Germanys lost colonies.
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London
Tain
Minis
Foreign Office
Germany
Europe
Gerry
Neville Chamlain
Birmingham
Belten
Baron de Carter de Marchinne
Entral
Gorring
Her
Landon warns democracy and church face absolute government
Alf M. Landon told Methodist leaders in Chicago that Christianity and democracies are endangered by absolute government. He warned that such regimes would curb worship, expression, and free will, undermining religion and stressing the need for a vigorous church to preserve democracy.
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Chicago
Alf M. Landon
United Methodist Council Today
America
Conference On Faith and Service
Il Duce Praises Hitler As German War Machine Leader
Rome February 5 Premier Mussolini praised Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitlers control of Germanys war machine saying it reinforces leadership between their armed forces and their regimes. Mussolini sent Hitler a telegram of congratulations expressing satisfaction that the Italian people support his assumption of command of the armed forces.
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Rome
Heniio Mussolini
Little Business Leaders Seek Permanent Advisory Group
The small business conference aims to form a permanent body to advise the government on small business needs. A meeting with President Roosevelt and Secretary Roper discussed plans to schedule another gathering, likely in late March or April, to draft a formal organization modeled after the existing advisory council for big business.
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Washington
Little Fellows
Roosevelt
Roper
Fred Roth
Cleveland
Ohio
Textile leader calls for action against federal labor policy
William D. Anderson, president of Bibb Manufacturing Co of Macon Georgia, urged Montgomery businessmen to oppose further regulation and centralization of power in Washington. He attacked the Wagner act and the proposed wages and hours bill during a Montgomery Chamber of Commerce address.
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Montgomery
Ala
William D. Anderson
South
Washinon
Anderson
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Maccon
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
Chair toppling death shocks Statesville
Roy Henry Lawrance, 28, of Fallston, was sitting in a chair when it toppled backward. His head struck the floor and he died several days later.
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Topplang
Statesville
Roy Henry Lawrance
Fallston
Flea Beetle Attack Warned For Tobacco Beds
Raleigh February 5. J C Rowell extension entomologist at North Carolina State College warned of possible flea beetle attacks on tobacco. Prevention is best control he said and plant bed sites should be steamed or burned before sowing.
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Raleigh
J. C. Rowell
N. C. State College Extension
Rowell
Boy Is Killed and Mother Injured In Auto Truck Crash
Ray V. Phillips Jr. a 3 year old boy died in a collision near Camden D C last night. His mother suffered a fractured skull and the father and 6 year old Mary Lou were bruised.
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Boy
Camden
D. C
Ray V. Phillips, Jr
Ray V. Phillips
Parris Island
Here
Mary Lou
Attitude of PWA Unchanged Toward Local Power Project
High Point officials and PWA reps in Washington reaffirmed that federal support for the $65,776,750 municipally owned Yadkin river power plant remains intact despite a North Carolina Supreme Court injunction. Counsel will meet Tuesday to clarify the project’s legal status and chart a course forward. City Manager E B M Knox, City Attorney Grover H Jones, and judges Lewis E Teague and Roy Deal participated in the talks.
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Federal Public Works Administration
High Point
Yadkin River
PWA
Washington
North Carolina Supreme Court
EB. M. Knox
Knox
Grover H. Jones
Lewis E. Teague
Woman kills two children then drowns self in well
Coroner Stokeley Corley reported Mrs. C. 8. Price killed Betty Ruth, 4, and Douglas, 6, by throwing them into a 15 foot deep well at their Goodwater Alabama farm and then jumped in to join them. A coroner's jury found the act and death establishes the case as a familicide and suicide.
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Goodwater
Ala
Stokeley Corley
Price
Betty Ruth
Douglas
Crisis in Nazidom Opens Rift Over War Minister Marriage
The article reports a growing internal Nazi leadership rift as War Minister Von Blomberg’s marriage to a carpenter’s daughter provokes Army opposition to anti Christian policy. Von Fritsch demands resignation while Goering seeks tighter control. Reichenau is named as possible successor. Hitler consolidates power amid the dispute.
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von Bromberg
Germany
Capri
Werner von Fritsch
Army
Goering
Walter von Reichenau
von Blomberg
Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
Hitler
von Fritsch
Hitler Reshapes Cabinet and Tightens Control in Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler, now supreme commander, ousted conservative generals, assumes direct command of all armed forces, and overhauls the diplomatic service. Joachim von Ribbentrop becomes foreign minister as a secret foreign affairs council is formed. Reichstag summoned for February 20 with a major pronouncement expected.
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Berlin
Reichswehrer
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Joachim von Tibbentrop
London
Japanese Report Gains In Efforts To Take Railroad
Shanghai dispatches state Japanese forces push across the Hwai river and advance toward Ku chen on the Tientsin Pukow line to Suchow. Chinese defenders retreat from Kwai yuan and Chucheng as another column from Tsingtao moves toward the Sunghal railroad in southeast Shantung.
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Shanghai
Pengpu
Hwai River
Kuchen
Tientsin-Pukow
Suchow
Kwaiyuan
Qso
Hwai
Chucheng
Central China
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Sunghal
Railroad ills to be studied at Roosevelt conference
Representatives of railroads banks unions and the government will meet with President Roosevelt to discuss the financial ills of the nations railroads. The conference arranged under the Interstate Commerce Commission will focus on finance and the date is to be announced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walter M. W. Splawn
UAW Leaders Propose Relief Measures At City Meeting
In Detroit on February 5 leaders of the United Automobile Workers urged increased state and federal relief, a 50 percent Detroit rent reduction, and a Michigan moratorium on debts of the unemployed. The proposals were endorsed by acclamation at a large downtown Cadillac Square gathering.
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Detroit
Michigan
United Automobile Workers of America
Cadillac Square
Soviet To Allow U S Visit With Suspected Spy
The Soviet government agreed to let a United States official visit Ruth Marie Rubens, an American imprisoned in Russia on espionage suspicions. Daffaire Henderson planned to visit, signaling the USSR completed its investigation and signaling a shift from earlier delays.
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Washington
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
Russia
D'Affaires
Lou Henderson
Hull
Moscow
Henderson
Angus L Ward
United States Cuts Armed Forces in China
The United States orders a major drawdown of forces in China. The 15th Infantry and Marines will withdraw, reducing American troops in China from about 4,000 to roughly 1,800 as the 86 years of service ends.
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Washington
United States
China
State Department
Infan
Courthouse Plans Announced for Reidsville Addition
Rockingham county commissioners announced today plans to add an addition to the courthouse in Reidsville. The statement came February 6 as officials outlined the project scope and expected timeline.
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Reidsville
Rockingham County
Man Fights Off Trio in Carjacking Near Miami Beach
In Miami Florida a gunfight ended with one man dead and two wounded as three youths tried to steal a car with a young woman passenger. John Halliwell 19 was killed while two other victims were hospitalized. Stanley Halliwell is being questioned by police. Mary Hazen survived the incident. Marion Lummus was wounded but acted to defend his companion.
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Miami
Fila
John Halliwell
Mike Bogert
Clifton
N. Y
Stanley Halliwell
John
Marion EE. Lummus
Miss Mary Hazen
Miss Hazen
Lummus
U S Asks Japan About Ship Size Under London Limits
The United States queried Japan on building battleships over 50000 tons and warned it would build larger ships itself unless Japan complies. The note, delivered by Ambassador Grew, asked for a reply by Feb 20 and followed talks with Britain and France on naval limits set by the 1936 London treaty.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Hull
Britain
France
Grew
William D. Leahy
House Naval Committee
Italy
Barkley Signals Move To Press Anti Lynching Bill
Senate returns to conflict over the anti lynching bill as Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky signals plans to push the measure next week after a war of filibuster and a failed 52 to 84 vote to shelve it. Debate over the farm bill and cotton provisions also stirs a prolonged fight as Congress recesses.
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Washington
Bark
Kentucky
Barkley
Shes
Southe
Senate
Legisla
House
Sena
Rep
Luckey
Neb
Agriculture Department
Smith
Cotton Greers
Miguel Case Nearing Jury in Louisiana Murder Trial
Final arguments are expected today in New Iberia as Honora Miguel, 31, a former state highway worker, faces murder charges for the September slaying of Evelyn A Crawford during a dinner with her husband. The defense cites insanity, while the state presents psychiatrists who found Miguel legally sane.
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New Iberia
Honora Miguel
Evelyn A Crawford
Timony
Miguel
England Sends Note to Rebel Spain Demands Ceasefire
Foreign Office drafts note demanding immediate cessation of attacks on neutral shipping and compensation for the freighter Alcira sunk near Barcelona. Eden also informs General Francisco Franco that anti piracy patrols have orders to sink any submarine detected near shipping lanes.
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London
British Foreign Office
Spain
Alcira
Barcelona
Anthony Eden
Francisco Frahead
Trol
Patrol Arrests Raleigh Drunk Driving Counts Decline
Patrol arrests in Raleigh show 28,049 percons last year with 2 for drunken driving, and 24,020 con notes, reflecting enforcement figures amid ongoing traffic safety efforts.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
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