Doughton Backs Harrison Plan For Budget Study
Washington January 5 The House Ways and Means Committee chairman Doughton endorsed Senator Harrison’s call for a joint 24 member committee to study budget and tax needs for two months While President Roosevelt had just submitted his budget Doughton said cooperation among the finance ways and means and appropriations panels is essential before finance measures move forward He added the inquiry should not unduly lengthen the session
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Washington
Doughton
Horrison
Senate House
Congress
Coughton
White House
Finance, Ways and Means
Appropriations Committees
Harrison
Finnish Victory Threatens Murmansk Line In North
Finnish forces reported to crush the Russian 163rd division at Salla near Lake Kianta and push Russians toward Alaska border. Observers say the rail line Murmansk Leningrad, 40 miles away, could be cut or destroyed, forcing Russia to abandon winter offensives in the north.
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Copenhagen
Salla
Lake Kianta
Red Army
Saila
Arctic Circle
Kandalaska
Murmansk-Leningrad
Russia
Finland
Karelian
Leningrad
Murmansk
United States warns Britain over ship losses and port control
The State Department released a note to Britain warning of American responsibility for damages if U S ships are forced into British controlled ports. It also reported the Moormacsun was seized at Kirkwall, within the neutral zone, prompting further inquiry.
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Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Moormacsun
Moore and McCormack
Bergen
Kirkwall
United States
Department
London
Britain
Last Minute BULLETINS Roundup of War and Local News
Unidentified foreign planes over Utrecht were fired on by Dutch anti aircraft guns as Netherlands fighters intervened. Finnish high command reports 400 Russians killed and 40 prisoners in two front attacks. Gov Hoey underwent a hernia operation at Duke Hospital and is recovering well. French artillery pounded German villages behind the front as patrols test the northern flank. German tanker Pauline Friederich seized by federal agents amid a wage libel claim. Eight gas cases in Indianapolis from a broken main. city reports 9 below zero at 6:30 am. Romance story from North Conway notes a New York couple known as Romeo and Juliet married after arriving by plane. John W. Kephart announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U S Senate seat.
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Indianapolis
City Hospital
Pierlot Asked to Form New Ministry After Cabinet Quits
Belgium prime minister Pierlot submitted his cabinet’s resignation to King Leopold and was asked to attempt forming a new ministry. He hoped to announce results tonight after restructuring the government since taking office on February 21.
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Pierlot
Brussels
Leopold
Catholic Party
Hitler Envoys To Study Neutrality Question
Panama City January 5. Adolf Hitler told Panamanian President Augusto S Boyd he has issued instructions to competent governmental authorities to examine the question of violation of the neutrality belt around the Americas. The note replies to Boyd's December protest on behalf of Western Hemisphere nations. Twenty one nations joined in the protest accusing warships of belligerent nations of violating the belt.
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Panama City
Adolf Hitler
Augusto S. Boyd
Panama
Americas
Hitler
Opposition Looms For Edison Plan
In Washington and Florida reports, opposition grows to Secretary Edison’s proposal for peacetime presidential power to commandeer factories for naval construction. Senators Minton Borah and Taft voice strong concerns while Vinson plans House consideration next month. Edison defends the measure as preparedness for potential critical periods before any war.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Minton
Indiana
Edison
Bankhead
Army
Pacific
War Department
National Guard
Borah
Idaho
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Vinson
House Naval Committee
United States
Greensboro consent election to choose bargaining agent
The Blue Bell Globe Manufacturing Company will hold a consent election to decide which union will represent workers at its Greensboro plant. W M Archer regional director of the National Labor Relations Board said the vote should occur within about 30 days. A hearing on the union representation was cancelled.
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Greensboro
Blue Bell-Globe Manufacturing Company
W. M. Archer
Baltimore
National Labor Relations Board
Italy Plans Ration Cards and Coffee 10 Days Away
Italian officials said ration cards would be distributed in Italy within ten days and coffee would be available in limited quantities starting February 10 for the first time since the early war period. Other rationed items were not announced.
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Italy
Rome
Delays by Labor Board Promoted Labor Strikes
Mrs. Elinore Herrick regional director New York City testified before a House committee that delays in Wagner Act case handling in 1930s tended to promote labor strikes. She cited Supreme Court validation, large case filings, and cited objections to joint employer and employee conferences by two officials Krivonos and Gates. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
Elinore Herrick
Labor Board
Herrick
New York City
House
Murdock
Dutah
Supreme Court
Chicago
Romeo and Juliet Elopement Heads to Fast Marriage
New York report spots Romeo Lowther and Juliet Herrick fleeing by motor, air, and train to wed this morning. Eli Johnson, attorney for George Lowther Ltd, confirms engagement but declines destination details. Parents Walter and Juliet Herrick show little sign of relief amid the unfolding romance.
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New York
Romeo” Lowther
Juliet” Herrick
Eli Johnson
Manhattan
George Lowther, Ltd
Walter R. Herrick
Juliet
Lleen Herrick
Johnsen
Hungary and Italy in talks over Romania and borders
Venice hosts Hungarian foreign minister Istvan Csaky for talks with Count Galeazzo Ciano on future relations with Romania over Transylvania and Bucharest’s stance toward Yugoslavia and Russia. Italian circles note possible talks with Mussolini and emphasis on preventing Russian advance south of the Carpathians.
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Rome
Jar
Istvan Csaky
Venice
Galeazzo Ciano
Budapest
Count Csaky
Mussolini
Hungary
Romania
Transylvania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Red Army
Italy
Carpathian
Moscow
Finland
Csaky
Ciano
Bucharest
Bessarabia
Csakya
Berlin
Major W H Pace Dies in Asheville Hospital
Major William H. Pace prominent Raleigh attorney and former judge advocate general officer died in a Asheville hospital. He had been ill since August 1938 and leaves widow Lilly S Pace of Raleigh and son William Pace Jr of Raleigh. Body to be moved to Raleigh for funeral rites and burial tomorrow.
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Asheville
William H. Pace
Raleigh
Judge Advocate General's Department
Major Pace
Washington
Lilly
Pace
William Pace
State constables probe Klan leader in flogging case
Anderson, S C Jan 5 state constables continued to day questioning Fred W Johnson of Greenville chief of staff of the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina as they investigated the reported flogging of an Anderson mechanic by a hooded and white robed mob Dec 27 night.
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Anderson
S. C
Fred W. Johnson
Greenville
South Carolina
Bulgars Sign Trade Pact Amid Moscow Negotiations
Soviet Russia reportedly concluded a commercial treaty with Bulgaria focusing on a Black Sea shipping accord with no political conditions. Japan and Germany talks continue as Bulgaria eyes expanded German market access and greater Black Sea traffic. Tass reported a ¥5.8 million payment from Manchoukuo related to railway issues, while Russia accelerates industry for action against Finland.
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Moscow
Russia
Bulgaria
Japan
Germany
Black Sea
Sofia
United States
Tass
Constantin Smetanin
Tokyo
Manchoukuo
Karl Ritter
Berlin
Finland
Red Army
Leningrad
American Sentry Wounds Jap Private in Peiping
A United States marine sentry at the American embassy compound in Peiping shot and slightly wounded a Japanese private early this morning. Officials issued a joint communique saying the incident remains unexplained but will likely lead to an amicable settlement after negotiations.
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Shanghai
United States
Peiping
Germany Warns Scandinavians On Finnish Aid
Berlin reports a Nazi press campaign warns Sweden and Norway to clarify their positions on aiding Finland. Berlin accuses Allies of using League of Nations duties to drag Scandinavia into the war, implying aid would enable a British French foothold through Nordic ports.
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Berlin
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Finland
League of Nations
Scandinavia
Reich
Pardoned Convicts Heroically Rescued in Anatolian Quake
In Ankara 15 convicts praised for rescuing over 1,000 women and children after the December 27 earthquake were recommended for pardons. They worked from Erzincan prison, organized rescue squads, and housed survivors as aftershocks and bitter weather compound the disaster. A trainload of 210 children arrived for adoption as relief efforts continue amid snow and debris.
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Ankara
Erzincan
Smyrna
Samsun
Amasia
Belgium Protests Germany Over Suspected Air Violation
Belgium protested to Germany after a German plane allegedly violated Belgian territory yesterday. Brussels officials lodged the complaint stating the intrusion occurred in the early hours and demanded clarification and assurances.
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Belgium
Brussels
Germany
Terrific Nazi Drive Expected This Spring
Lord Lothian told the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations that Germany will likely launch a combined land sea and air assault this spring. He warned the attack could be ferocious but said repelling it could hasten Hitlerism's defeat and emphasized control of sea power as the key to victory. He linked liberty to Poland and Czecho Slovakia and noted aid to Finland as part of Allied aims.
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Chicago
Germany
England
France
Lord Lothian
United States
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Britain
Europe
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Finnish Ski Raids Cut Murmansk Railroad Front
Finnish patrols roved the forests along the frontier and damaged sections of the Murmansk railroad from 50 to 150 miles inside Soviet territory. The operation pursued remnants of the defeated 163rd Russian division as Red forces retreated, leaving Finland in a period of scattered guerrilla fighting along the Kianta lake region.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Lake Kianta
Murmansk
Kianta
Red
Finland
Russia
Youth Injured In School Bus Crash
A Has ty High School sophomore Frank Veach was injured but not seriously when a school bus he rode flipped over on a dirt road near Thomasville. Driver Lance Kennedy and two other students were shaken but not seriously hurt. cause cited as a brake response before a bridge on a hill.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Frank Veach
Hasty High School
Veach
R. B. Eleazer
City Memorial Hospital
Lance Kennedy
Young Veach
J. C. Kennedy
Paul Shuler
Kennedy
J. ¢. Kennedy
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Pauline Friederich
North Conway
N. H
Raymond Phelps
North Conway Congregational Church
Eileen Herrick
George Lowther
Kephart
Philadelphia
John W. Kephart
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Joseph F. Guffey
Manger
Finnish Red Cross
Tornea
Inian
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Fla
Mickey Rooney
Florida
Tropical Park
Miami Beach
Mickey
Romeo and Juliet
W.H. Pace
KKK
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