Roosevelt Delivers State of the Union at Opening Session
President Roosevelt addresses the 76th Congress urging tax reform and policies on defense social security and farm relief. He promises a special message on national defense and outlines budget requests for 1939 40 and projected debt levels.
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Martin Dies
Texas
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Senate
Morris Sheppard
Roosevelt
Murphy Sworn Attorney General As Fitzgerald Inaugurates
Frank Murphy, once Michigan governor, is sworn as attorney general in Roosevelt’s cabinet on the day Frank Fitzgerald is inaugurated as governor. The piece notes Murphy’s career from stamp speaker to federal prosecutor, judge, mayor, governor, and his labor peace record, plus the Supreme Court ruling allowing NLRB to renew Ford’s labor order. It also touches on 1939 naval maneuvers and Panamax defense context.
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Michigan
Frank Fitzgerald
Murphy
Roosevelt
Homer S. Cummings
Connecticut
Woodrow Wilson
Aer
Detroit
Philippines
Dies Committee On UN
U. S
Panama Canal
Caribbean
Mysterious exits and puzzling cases sweep headlines
Aged elephants abandon their herds to die in secret places, and Dr. Eben True Aldrich faked death as James Harrigan before dying in New York. Alexander Ripan’s six year crime and jailbreak ends with release amid conflicting gun evidence. A Liars Club winner boasts a bizarre fishing tale as unemployment and relief figures dominate New Deal era politics.
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Eben True Aldrich
Massachusetts
Dr. Aldrich
James Harrigan
New York
Cancer Institute
Keys Aldrich
Harrigan
Bowery
New Year Echoes In 1939 Highlights and Harsh Warnings
Forecasts predict TVA profits of 300000 for the year ending June 30 and a big farm price rise. Rail and airline gains, Alaska mineral output, and warnings of rural surplus labor contrast with grim New Year tragedy tallies. Nazi leaders praise 1939 while domestic political spoils and a Nogales court-house surprise frame the week. The year begins with fires, crashes, drownings and multiple fatalities across the country.
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Association of American Railroads
World Events Briefs for Jan 9 to 12
On Monday January 9 a group of 48 rebombers depart San Diego for the West Indies via Panama Canal. The schedule includes a White House vice president dinner on Tuesday, an international wheat advisory council meeting in London, and the Agriculture Department crop report due. Wednesday covers visits by British leaders to Rome and talks between GOP leaders and the Independent Citizens League in Washington. Thursday features a congressional reception at the White House and the 20th anniversary of Versailles peace conference opening.
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Washington
Notable 1930s Headlines Roundup From State to World
A quick survey of diverse items: Lima state hospital escape inmate among five fugitives. Government fixes silver price at 64.64 cents an ounce by proclamation. Rear Admiral Wat Cluverius, lone Maine sinking survivor from the Battle of Manila Bay, noted. William P. Buckner indicted in New York for mail fraud tied to Philippine railway bonds. Mrs Elma Lauer pleads guilty to conspiracy to smuggle Paris finery. Major General James G Harbord weds Anne Lee Brown. Harbord serves as AEF chief of staff and RCA head. Obituary list includes painter Frank T Johnson and many notable figures.
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Elma M. Lauer
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Anne Lee Brown
Fitzhugh Lee
Frank T. Johnson
Roman Dmowski
Blanche Baretta Worrs
Eugene V. Brewster
Alexander Cardinal Kakowski
Poland
Harold Jacobi
Frank Wrigh
Isidor Lewi
Mark Twain
Fred Grayson Sayre
Hollis E. Dann
Daladier pushes budget as Corsica visit crowds dawn with bravado
In Rome and Paris the political theater unfolds as Daladier defends France’s property and strengthens budget support while Corsica and Tunisian displays signal a defiant stance. International nuances include Nazi relief plans and Iran Britain France tensions over a pun-laden report.
Open Door principle in Far East trade and Japanese actions
A century of open door diplomacy is recapped with U S protest over Japan’s control in Manchuria and the new clash after Manchukuo. Contemporaries note changes in Japanese leadership and plans to pacify conquered areas as Chiang Kai-shek tangles with peace rumors amid Franco’s Spain push.
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Shunrokuo Hata
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Barcelona
Scientists elect AAAS president and more at annual meetings
Science leaders name Walter B Cannon of Harvard as AAAS president and E H Sutherland of Indiana University as president of the American Sociological Society. GE engineers unveil a 1,000,000-volt X ray tube under five feet tall, matching the output of radium worth 90 million dollars, promising new cancer treatment potential.
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Harvard
American Association For the Advancement of Science
E. H. Sutherland
Indiana University
American Sociological Society
Charles Grove Haines
U.C.L.A
American Political Science Association
William S. Ferguson
American Historical Association
General Electric
World This Week Quiz Questions
Questions quiz readers on last week's World This Week page cover Diji bouti location youngest member of the 76th Congress who fought whom in 1938 wars Marriner S Eccles and Ellie Roosevelt and whether AAA spending exceeds WPA spending. Each part carries fixed points totaling 60.
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Ellie” Roosevelt
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