President’s State of the Union fuels New Deal clash
President Roosevelt’s address in Washington denounces autocracy and champions his anti new deal stance. Democratic supporters praise the message as courageous while Republicans call it political maneuvering. The State of the Union is seen as a rallying point for both sides as foreign dictatorships are criticized.
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Soviet Union appeals to League over Uruguay ties
Geneva dispatch reports the Soviet Union appealing to the League of Nations to hear the Uruguay diplomatic relations dispute at a League meeting. Moscow invoked Articles XI to demand a peaceful settlement while Uruguayan authorities recalled its Moscow chargé d’affaires amid disclosures of possible involvement in extremist uprisings.
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Geneva
Sovietussia
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Uruguay
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Lea
League
Alexander Min'in
South America
Europe
Moscow
Minkin
Monideo
Iranian minister recalled home in Elkton speeding case
Iranian legation announced Minister Ghaffar Djalal was recalled by his government after a speeding arrest in Elkton Maryland on November 27. The secretary said Djalal temporarily absent from the legation with no definite plans to leave the United States. Secretary Hull expressed regret but warned against abusing diplomatic immunity.
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Washington
Ghaffar Djalal
Persia
Elkton
Djalal
Legation
State Department
Hull
Hali
Two Sub Stations To Be Set On For WPA Pay
RALEIGH January 4 Geo W Coan Jr state Works Progress administrator says authorization has been given to establish two or three sub stations of the treasury department to facilitate payment of WPA wages. Locations not yet decided but one sub station will be in the western part of the state and another in the east.
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Geo W. Coan, Jr
State Works Progress
Treasury Department
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Wealthy recluse dies of hunger in New York home
A 60 year old widow Anna Cloutier lay dead in an unheated bedroom while her 60 year old brother in law Amedee lay comatose from cold and hunger. Police found 14 bankbooks showing deposits over $30 000, all in his sister in law’s name. The pair appeared feeble with ample food and fuel unused in a barren home.
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Palsey
Anna Cloutier
Amedee Cloutier
Cone
Cloutier
Inlaw
Theological Student Wins Edinburgh Fellowship
Duncan MacPryde of Linden North Carolina, a student at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, has been awarded a 1986 37 fellowship covering a year of study at the University of Edinburgh Scotland as announced by President Ben Lacy Jr.
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Richmond
Duncan MacPryde
Linden
N. C
Union Theological Seminary
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Ben Lacy, Jr
Lindberghs To Return Home After Bruno's Fate Settled
Llandaff Wales Jan 4 The Morgan home welcomed Col Charles A Lindbergh and family after their Atlantic crossing. A spokesman said the Lindberghs will stay temporary about six weeks then travel to London, the south of France, Sweden, and back to the United States. A nurse was engaged for Jon Lindbergh Jr. The timing coincides with Bruno Hauptmann’s Jan execution slated in Trenton New Jersey.
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Wales
Morgan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindberghs
America
Hauptmann
J. L. Morgan
Aubrey Niel Morgan
Cardiff
Liverpool
London
France
Sweden
United States
Jon
Trenton, N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charlies A. Lindbergh, Jr
G O P Hope Proposes Seven Point Plan
Washington dispatch reports Republican hopeful Frank Knox outlining seven federal policy points as an alternative to the New Deal. The plan calls for cut government expenses, sound currency, federal budget, state unemployment and old-age insurance, government withdrawal from private enterprise, opposition to restricting agricultural production, and strict anti trust enforcement to curb monopoly.
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Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Chicago
Knox
Congress
Theory missing in man's death in Chicago slaying
Dr. Silber C. Peacock was killed after answering a fake mercy call to save a baby on Chicago's north side. His body was found in his car with a head wound and gunshot, with robbery ruled out as his jewelry remained. Police explored gang, patient revenge, and narcotics angles but found no clear motive.
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Chicago
Silber C. Peacock
Edgewater Beach
Peacock
State Prison to Undergo Renovation This Year
RALEIGH Jan 4 Capus M Waynick chairman of the State Highway and Public Works commission announced a renovation program for central prison Raleigh to be rushed to finish within the year He plans to meet with engineers architects and penal division officers on the remodelling and an additional building may be added in the prison yard
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Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
State Highwy and Public Works Commission
Central Prison
Waynick
Penal Division
Ickes Defends Inheritance Tax Policies in Rochester Speech
Secretary Ickes attacked critics of Roosevelt tax laws calling their stance a soak the poor program. He argued sales taxes harm the poor and that inheritance taxes should reflect ability to pay. He cited Henry Ford and echoed concerns about rich benefiting from gifts while the burden falls on the underpaid.
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Rochester
N. Y
Ickes
Rochester City Club
Interior Department
PWA
William Randolph Hearst
Col
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Henry Ford
Teers
Edese
Ford
Alabama convicts fail to return from Christmas vacations
In Montgomery Alabama first checks show about 600 convicts due back from Christmas vacations late last night. At Kirby penitentiary 101 of 104 paroled men returned by the deadline. Governor Bibb Graves notes the Yale holiday system has low nonreturn rates, and expects Kilby and other prisons to report custody as figures come in. One man returned three days ago saying he wanted to be sure to get out again next Christmas.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Kirby
Graves
Kilby
Lafer
Tammany Hall and White House Said To Be In Accord
New York dispatch reports Daily News stating Tammany Hall has established diplomatic relations with the White House following a Washington conference between President Roosevelt and Tammany chief James J. Dooling. Neither leader commented and Dooling attended the Anawanda club ball where Grover Whalence held a top post.
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Daily News
Tammany Hall
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
James J. Dooling
Tammany
Dooling
Anawanda Club
Tammany Organization
Grover Whalence
Hauptmann faces execution as officials seek any new leads
Trenton, N J January 4 State officials monitor Hauptmann near the death house ahead of an expected January 18 execution for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Col Kimberling says he visits in case there is information, not a confession. Hauptmann’s lawyer Fisher says his client is innocent and expects no clemency date yet. The pardon court is expected to convene next week.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Col
Mark O. Kimberling
Court of Pardons
Floods Threaten Carolinas After Melting Snow and Rain
Floods menace eastern low lands of North and South Carolina as melting snow and rain push rivers toward flood stages. Neuse Tar Roanoke Cape Fear expected to rise. Congaree in Columbia and Santee near flood level by midweek. No extensive damage anticipated yet. warnings issued along river banks.
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Carolinas
Lee A. Denson
Raleigh
N. C
South Carolina
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Neuse
Tar
Roanoke
Cape Fear
Congaree
Columbia
Timimi
Oil Embargo Debate Echoes Across London Press
London observers weigh the potential impact of a U S oil embargo on Italy as a wartime sanction. While differing on Roosevelt's Congress address, commentators foresee wide consequences for the League of Nations and European tensions.
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London
League of Nations
Italy
United States
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Daily Herald
League
Lord Rothermere
Evening News
America
Mussolini
Red Cross
Maternity Ward Closes Over Recurring Mysterious Disease
The Bronx hospital maternity ward was shut today due to a recurrent dysentery like illness affecting infants, with over 40 deaths since last year. Commissioner Goldwater said the disease is not well understood and outbreaks have occurred in Jersey City, Chicago, and New York.
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S&s
Goldwater
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Chicago
American Flag Flown By Red Cross Hospital
Addis Ababa reports a telegram said the American field hospital at Daggah Bur was bombed. Dr. Hockman had been killed by a prior bomb. Rumors of further bombings circulated as Swedish Red Cross workers suffered injuries and surgeons operated amid Italian air raids.
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Daggah Bar
Robert Hockman
Wheaton
T. A. Lambie
Ethiopian Red Cross
Hockman
Daggah Bur
Ethiopia
Jijiga
Ethopian
Harar
Reuters
Cambridge
Red Cross
Hanner
Dolo
Gunner Lundstrom
Fried Hylander
Ogaden
Eric Smith
Hylander
Pla
Weather outlook for the Carolinas and Atlantic coast
Occasional rain tonight in North and South Carolina with a Sunday shift to fair, cooler conditions. Coastal areas see scattered rain tonight, ending Sunday morning, followed by fair and somewhat colder conditions inland and on the coast. Winds from the south to the northwest vary by location, with moderate to fresh gusts near Hatteras and Jacksonville.
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