President Prepares Message On Tax Relief And Anti-Trust
President Roosevelt planned to send a message to Congress focusing on tax relief budget balancing and tougher anti trust laws. He met Speaker Bankhead at a pot luck luncheon to arrange delivery of the address. Administration supporters signaled strong emphasis on curbing big business and monopoly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
Congression
Ces
Ickes
Robert H. Jackson
Borah
Ridaho
Arch Fve
Particu
Teruel Fallbacks Amid Blizzard Halts Siege Advancing Forces
Government troops still held blizzard battered Teruel as insurgents pressed to recapture the city. Reports say insurgent planes and artillery forced ground loss, then a position was recovered, while French border dispatches claim rebels celebrated recapture.
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Madrid
Spain
Teruel
France Blocks Arms Exports to Romania and Yugoslavia
Paris dispatch says France has ordered a near embargo on arms shipments to Romania and Yugoslavia until further notice. Cabinet sources cite alarm at Romania's pro Nazi tilt under Octavian Goga and closer ties between Yugoslavia's Milan Stoyadinovich and Italy.
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Rumania
Yugoslavia
France
Alles
Italy
Germany
Cabinet of
Edouard Daladier
Romania
Octavian Goga
Milan Soyadinovich
Plane Reaches Marooned Men
A rescue flight reached a party of surveyors stranded for over a month in northern Quebec, 50 miles east of Moosonee. They had survived on 14 rabbits in 36 days. Nell Bre was ill but expected to recover. Authorities planned to evacuate the rest when winter conditions ease.
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Moosoner
Ontario
Quebec
Aimes Bay
J. B. Stradparook
Stradbrook
Moosonee
Nell Bre
Derness
Sale Of Auto Tags Climbs To 282 608
Raleigh officials said 282 698 pairs of automobile license plates were sold today, up from 1929 sales the prior year. Major Arthur Falk said highway patrol will act against drivers using 1937 plates.
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Raleigh
Movehicle Division
Arthur Falk
Highway Patrol
Two men sought for Buncombe murder pass through Hendersonville
Wash Turner and Bill Payne, wanted for the murder of state highway patrolman George Penn in Buncombe county, visited a Tuxedo filling station eight miles south of Hendersonville for about 10 minutes. Attendant George Lane identified them from photos and noted they fled toward the South Carolina line in a 1937 green Chevrolet sedan with a trunk.
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Hendersonville
Wash Turner
Bill Payne
George Penn
Buncombe County
Tuxedo
Henderson County
Greenville
Here
George Lane
Lane
Payne
Turner
South Carolina State Line
Ed Bell
Furman Case
Jesse Davis
Bruce A. Cox
South Carolina Line
J. J. Johnson
S. C
Payne and
Johnson
England Moves To Bolster Mediterranean Route Defenses
Britain dispatches a large anti aircraft force with equipment to Alexandria Egypt to strengthen Egypt defenses to match the current international situation. The War Office says the reinforcements total not more than 1000.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
India
Orient
Alexandria
Egypt
War Office
Admiral Hilary Pollard Jones Dies at 74
Admiral Jones retired Navy officer dies of pneumonia at 74 in Washington after five days illness. A Virginia native, he served 47 years and held top posts including commander in chief of the U S fleet. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1884 and rose to admiral by 1921.
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Hilary Pollard Jones
Washington
Admiral Jones
Virginia
Navy
United States Fleet
Naval Academy
Holiday Death Toll In United States Rises In New Year
AP reports at least 197 people died in US year end events. Auto accidents led with 164 fatalities across 35 states, while shootings, self harm, burns and exposure also marked the holiday period. New York recorded 23 deaths, including 14 in traffic crashes, and other states reported multiple losses across January 1 incidents.
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Associated Press
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Michigan
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Louisiana
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Mississippi
Missouri
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyomini
Bankers Would Aid Business By Putting Dollars To Work
Bankers urge to put excess reserves to work in 1938 to lift payrolls and stimulate finance industry. New York bankers cite $1.16 billion in excess reserves as proof banks can spur lending and investment, following pre holiday currency return and slower pre Christmas expansion.
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Frederick Gardner
York
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Alma Sees Year With No Fires Or Robberies
Alma Georgia a town of about two thousand reports a full year without any fires or robberies Mayor A L Hughes cites Chief G Crosby R W Tanner and Lester Clements for the record editor H E Deen notes no prior such year in recollection Citizens hail the safe year as a notable achievement for 1937 with city officials praised for the restraint and security outcome.
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Alma
Georgia
A. L. Hughes
H. E. Deen
Alma Times
Hughes
G. Crosby
R. W. Tanner
Lester Clements
California Bears and Whizzer White Shine in New Year Bowls
More than 262000 fans attended six New Year’s Day bowls coast to coast. California’s bruising Bears toppled Alabama 13-0 in the Rose Bowl as Vic Bottari and Sam Chapman each scored, while Whizzer White starred for Colorado in the Cotton Bowl drama. White led the underdogs in a riveting Rice-Colorado clash, delivering a standout performance.
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Associated Press
California
White
Stub Allison
Wonder
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Vic Bottari
Sam Chapman
Bears
Social Security Funding Hike Suggested for Next Year
Washington reports a possible 20 percent rise in Social Security appropriations. The Social Security Board may see $329.9 million set aside, $65.5 million more than this year, with via charted needs of $418 million in 1940 and $550 million in 1945. Chairman Altmeyer notes $41 million of the increase would fund old age pensions and that about 21 percent of those 65 and older could receive aid in 1939.
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Washington
Congress
Social Security Board
Altmeyer
Budget Bureau
Appeals Planned Over Algie Seamen Convictions
Wilfred T. McQuaid, counsel for 14 seamen convicted for attempting a revolt aboard the government freighter Algie, said the Fourth Circuit will hear the appeals January 20 in Charlotte. Nine sailors received 60 days in jail, five were fined 50 each for a September sit-down strike in Montevideo Uruguay. The defense may take the case to the Supreme Court if needed to settle the rights of seamen to strike in a safe port.
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Wilfred T. McQuaid
Algie
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Supreme Court of the United States
AFL Urges Increased Relief Funds in New Budget
The American Labor party urged President Roosevelt to recommend a larger unemployment relief appropriation in his next budget message. Alex Rose of New York State notes recovery depends on boosting purchasing power and criticizes elite interests for resisting the end of favored status. The letter warns that mass layoffs and demands to balance the budget threaten democratic government.
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New York
American Labor Party Today
Roosevelt
Alex Rose
New York State
Rose
KK & x
Witten Declares Candidacy for U.S. Senate
J Forest Witten of Mooresville announces as a Republican candidate for United States senator. A West Virginia Wesleyan graduate, he has held roles from World War II era chief engineer to educator and government agent in Alaska. He is the second Republican hopeful alongside Jake F Ell Newell.
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J. Forest Witten
Ohio
North Carolina
United States
Jake F. Newell
Charlotte
William C. Meekins
Hendersonville
Witten
West Virginia Wesleyan University
Nitro
W. Va
Annette Island
Alaska
William Grissom
Clyde R. Hoey
Echoes Of Court Bill Fight Roils Congress Ahead Of Session
As Congress prepares to reconvene next week echoes of the court bill battle reappear. The 1938 primaries loom with Illinois and Indiana elections in April and May and reformers watch for possible reprisals against alleged bolters. The Ku Klux Klan past of Hugo L. Black is noted but largely ignored in the current debate.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Congress
Illinois
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
Senate
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
MecCarran
Nevada
Tydings
Maryland
George
Georgia
Connecticut
Bolters
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Garner
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Black
Ku Klux Klan
All Not Needy States Report From Bicker
AP reports the National Employment Census indicating 7.9 to 10.87 million employed nationwide. Census chief John D Big notes unemployment figures reflect households entering the labor market when breadwinners fail to find work and warns numbers differ from those seeking financial aid.
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Bicker
Washington
Roosevelt
John D. Big
Police Chief A Rape Dies In Ambush In Huntersville
An unidentified gunman shot and killed Police Chief A Rape during an early morning patrol in Huntersville. A posse scoured the central Mecklenburg area but led to no arrest as bloodhounds and a stolen screwdriver linked to the killer. Investigators suspect an itinerant offender may have boarded a freight train to flee after the crime.
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Mecklen
Lee Mullen
Kerns
G. Riley
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Rape
Mullen
Thomas Craven
Huntville
Dies Pushes House Inquiry Into Big Business Monopolies
Rep. Dies of Texas urged a congressional probe into charges by administration spokesmen that large firms dominated by 60 families caused the current recession to discredit the new deal. He said he would file a resolution for a seven member committee to identify monopolists and hear Ickes and Jackson defend themselves after Roosevelt’s message to Congress.
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Dies
D-Tex
Ickes
Robert H. Jackson
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