Frontiers, battles and diplomacy mix in wartime reports
Reports from Czechoslovak Hungary border claim bombardments and frontier clashes near Munkacs with both sides citing casualties. Berlin observers foresee possible German expansion plans with Poland. Hitler discusses with Beck about Poland possibly gaining influence in a future autonomous Ukraine. Franco advances with US mediation efforts and Roosevelt in mind. In Asia Japanese forces push through Shansi with town seizures. China counterattacks recapturing Sinkiang and reporting 200 Japanese deaths along the Sui river.
Hopkins seeks business counsel for new Commerce role
Harry L. Hopkins said at his first press conference he will seek input from prominent business leaders before setting policy as secretary of commerce. He has met Averell Harriman and others from the advisory council created for prior administrations to coordinate with the government.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
Department
Averell Harriman
Hopkins
Daniel C. Roper
Kentucky Governor Chandler Warns on Federal Rights Invasion
Kentucky Governor A B Chandler urged North Carolina lawmakers to support defense programs while warning federal action has intruded on state rights. He spoke during Jackson Day events as committees organized budget moves and electrocution bills surfaced.
Allocation Of State Quotas Group Target Allocation
Senate unemployment committee discusses earmarking future federal relief funds with a simple statewide quota formula to strip the WPA administrator of discretion. Senators Murray and Byrnes back placing the method in an $875 million emergency relief bill and seek speed in appropriations while Roosevelt urges careful consideration. Clark suggests using highway-funding style factors and proposes merging U S employment service with Social Security.
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Washington
Senate Unemployment Committee
WPA
Byrnes
D-S.c
Murray
D-Mont
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Clark
D-Mo
United States Employment Service
Social Security
Senator Palmer Proposes Flat $5 Auto License
In Raleigh on January 6 Senator Palmer of Cabarrus introduced a bill to set all state automobile licenses for passenger cars at five dollars, replacing the current weight based graduated scale.
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Raleigh
Palmer
Cabarrus
Senate
Lexington Pilot Names Bird as 1939 Manager
New Lexington club president A. C. Fite announces Joe A. Bird former Baltimore Oriole catcher will manage the Lexington N. C. State Baseball League team for the 1939 season. Bird managed Cooleemee part of last season and batted .833 in 25 games in the Class D circuit last summer.
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NEW Lexington
Lexington
A. C. Fite
Lexington Club
N. C. State Baseball League
Joe A. Bird
Baltimore Oriole
Bird
Cooleemee
Government claims capture of Valsequillo in Spain drive
The government army reports retaking Valsequillo, a key highway and rail hub in southwestern Spain, as a counter offensive grows from Estremadura. Dispatches say insurgents suffered heavy losses and the drive advances amid ongoing efforts to offset gains in the northeast.
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Hendaye
France
Valsequillo
Spain
Estremadura
Barcelona
Bailey Named Commerce Committee Chairman in Senate
Senator Bailey of North Carolina was nominated chair of the Senate commerce committee succeeding the late Senator Copeland of New York. Senator Sheppard of Texas led for the post under seniority but declined the chair of military. The Democratic steering committee selected Bailey. formal election is Monday.
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Bailey
Washington
D-N.c
Senate Commerce Committee
Copeland
D-N.y
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate
Pep Young Undergoes Tonsil Removal in Jamestown
Pirates second baseman Pep Young of the Pittsburgh team had his tonsils removed today at a local clinic. Surgeons J. G. Groome and M. A. Lackey performed the operation.
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Pep Young
Pittsburgh Pirate
Jamestown
J. G. Groome
M. A. Lackey
All-American Air Show Opens Today in Miami
More than 500 light planes left West Palm Beach to begin the All-American air maneuvers in Miami but bad weather postponed the New York to Miami speed dash. The event aimed to break Jacqueline Cochran's 4 hour 12 minute record for 1170 miles with a $3,500 prize. A plaque for Amelia Earhart was to be unveiled on the ground nearby.
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Miami
Fla
West Palm Beach
New York
Amelia Earhart
Boston Truckers Strike Brings Food Spoilage Delay
A day-old strike by more than 5 000 Boston truck drivers and helpers from nearly 400 firms disrupted shipments. Pickets blocked warehouses and terminals while police limited movement to milk and essential foods, risking spoilage of perishables and fish.
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Boston
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
New England
Moscow Says Fascist Threat Understood in America
Pravda, the Communist party organ, stated that President Roosevelt's message to Congress shows the threat of Fascist aggression is well understood in America and acknowledges that wars waged by Fascist aggressors target democratic interests.
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Moscow
America
Communist Party
Pravda
Roosevelt
Congress
Lindbergh Delivers Confidential Report on German Air Power
Charles A. Lindbergh submitted a confidential assessment of Germanys air strength to government officials. The aviator, still an Army Air Corps Reserve member, studied European aviation facilities and traveled to Berlin and Paris. His report arrives as Roosevelts defense program plans to propose more than ten thousand military aircraft.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Germany
Lindbergh
United States Army Air Corps Reserve
Europe
Berlin
Paris
Goering
Soviet
Russia
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Congress
Congress Deliberates Roosevelt Tax Proposals Amid Farm Aid Debate
Congress will delay broad tax increases while reviewing March receipts. House Ways and Means Chair Doughton notes possible 4 percent cut to July 1 appropriations to offset new levies. Roosevelt cautions against drastic taxes while some members push processing taxes for farm aid and national benefits.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
Wallace
House Agriculture Committee
Coughton
Insurance on FDR Life Spurred Tax Appeals Ruling
A New York stock trading firm bought life insurance on President Roosevelt in 1933 to influence market values. The Board of Tax Appeals disallowed premium deductions, ruling the policy “wholly unique” and that partner Herman Goedel could not deduct his $1,211 share of the premiums.
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Washington
Board of Tax Appeals
New York
Roosevelt
Jacquelin and
de Copper
Broadstreet
Equity and Law Life Assurance Society of London
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Herman Goedel
Philadelphia poisoning trial cites coroner on baked prisoners
In Philadelphia January 6 AP a coroner's physician Dr Martin F Crane testifies in the murder trial of ex Deputy Warden Frank A Craven to explain conditions inside the heated Klondike punishment cells where four convicts died and others were starved during a hunger strike Craven faces charges for Frank Como deca s death while Warden William B Mills and nine others face murder or manslaughter charges in separate trials
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Holmesburg
Frank Craven
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Frank A. Craven
John A. Boyle
Martin F. Crane
Frederick S. Baldi
Craven
Klondike
Baldi
Frank Comodeca
Comodeca
William B. Mills
Employers comply with wage hour law in time
Washington Jan 6 Elmer F Andrews says his lawyers sifted about 600 employer violation complaints under the Wage Hour act and found no test case to press in court He says they do not act just to appear hard boiled as many employers are already in compliance by the time investigators reach them
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Senate appoints committees in North Carolina 1939 session
Raleigh Jan G AP announced Senate leaders for 1939 with Rodman of Beaufort as appropriations chair and Taylor of Anson heading the finance committee. New unemployment compensation panel named. Speaker Ward to name House committees Monday night. Morphew to oversee elections law. Governor Hoey urged uniform election laws and reform of the absentee act amid past irregularities in Graham county.
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Raleigh
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
North Carolina
Chandler
W. P. Horton
Rodman
Beaufort
Appropriations Committee
Taylor
Anson
Jan. G
Senate Appropriations
Taylor of Anson
Senate
Ward
House
Caffey
Guilford
Fenner
Nash
Senate Elections Laws
Morphew
Graham
Hoey
Gibbs
Warren
Cold Anatolia Blizzard Claims 32 Lives
Intense cold and blizzards across remote Anatolia regions have killed 32 people and left many more in distress in recent days.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Anatolia
Roosevelt Praises Lima Conference In Public Letter
President Roosevelt lauds the Lima Peru Pan American conference in a letter to Alf M Landon saying the results are of high importance for close relations among the twenty one American nations. He notes mutual desires to secure independence, democracy, and lawful conduct between nations. Landon returned home earlier and other delegation members arrive in New York soon.
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Topeka
Eas
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Lima
Peru
Landon
United States
New York
US to enter a just war in 1939 if conditions warrant
Paris January 6 Henry Berenger chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee commented on President Roosevelt's January 4 message to Congress. He said he believed the United States would enter a just war in 1939 if conditions warranted.
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Paris
Henry Berenger
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Ehringhaus Prosecutor Neutrality Violations
The government proceeds with trial of six companies and eight individuals on charges of neutrality law violations by selling planes and munitions to Bolivia during the Chaco war. Curtiss-Wright and related defendants face the opening case as prosecutors argue joint shipping of arms to Bolivia. penalties outlined include fines and potential imprisonment.
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New York
Bolivia
John C. B. Ehringhaus
Raleigh
N. C
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motors Co., Inc
Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation
The
American Armament Corporation
Aircraft Export Corporation
Ralph
Damon
John
Alfred
Clarence
Negroes and UNC Entrance Policy Divides Views
At Chapel Hill on January 6 President Frank P. Graham said the issue of Negro admissions to state higher education should be decided by the legislature. He declined to comment on a Negro woman's graduate school application as observers link the Missouri case to broader influxes. A governor commission is examining state policy and may prompt action in the current General Assembly session.
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Chapel Hill
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
New York City
United States Supreme Court
Italian-born dancer tied to spy ring attempts suicide in custody
Geneva police report Virginia Rata Capt, an Italian-born dancer held as the leader of an international spy ring, slashed her wrists with broken glass in her prison cell. Doctors say she is improving.
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Virginia Rata
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