Roosevelt extends 15 percent federal pay cut for six more months
President Roosevelt by executive order renews a 15 percent reduction in federal employee salaries for six months. The budget proposal seeks to lower the authority to cut from 156 to 10 percent and promises one third of the cut to be restored starting July 1. Two cost of living studies justify extending the measure to June 30, 1934.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Labor
White House
Democrats Back Roosevelt Plans as Committees Work
In Washington on January 9 House Democrats declared support for the President's program, focusing on tax and appropriation bills and extending the Reconstruction Finance Corp loaning authority. Senate concerns linger on the St. Lawrence waterway treaty while hearings touch on post office files and Louisiana election challenges.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
St. Lawrence
Reconstruction Corporation
Ways and Means
Patman
D-Tex
Representative Crosser
Ohio
House Democratic Steering Committee
Senate Ocean and Mail Investigating Committee
Post Office Department
Hoover Administration
Walter F. Brown
Brown
House Elections Committee
Louisiana
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Boliver E. Kempts
Senate Banking Committee
William S. Myers
New York
Jesse H. Jones
RFC asks three year extension and capital boost
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation seeks a three year extension of its lending authority and a capital increase of one billion dollars. Democratic leaders Burns and Steagall said the exact capital rise could be 500 million or 1 billion, as the bill moves through the House banking committee. A special committee meeting is planned to report the measure. The RFC authority expires January 22, prompting quick House action if the bill passes committee tonight.
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Washington
Jan
Reconstruction Corporation
Representative Burns
Three Die In Air Crash Near Childress Texas
Three persons killed when a plane from flames near Childress Texas today. Silver theft of 2000 dollars reported in Charlotte. stolen from Mrs Felix Hayman’s residence. house was closed and break in not known until yesterday.
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Childress
Tex
Charlotte
Felix Hayman
Gold price held at 34.06 an ounce in government position
AP reports the government kept the domestic gold price at 34.06 dollars per ounce. A Wilmington Delaware woman Mrs Van Wyck Ferris was found on North Island Georgetown after reportedly spending two days and nights without food or shelter, carried there during a swim at Win Bay.
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Washington
Georgetown
van Wyck ‘Ferris
Wilmington
Del
North Isand
Win- Bay
Earthquake Felt Across Southern California Officials Report Damage
A light quake registered at 6 11 A M Pacific Standard Time was felt in parts of California from Los Angeles to San Bernardino. Authorities report some damage but details remain sparse as residents describe the tremor as widespread across a broad area.
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Los Angeles
Bern
California
San Bernardino
State Highway Commission Bids On 138 Projects In Raleigh
Raleigh January C AP The State Highway and Public Works commission selected low bidders on 138 projects after substitutions today and started work on several. A large letting is planned for January 20 as more bids are sought for additional projects.
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Raleigh
Jan. C
State Highway and Publc Works Commission
South Carolina Assembly Opens With Key Budget Debates
The 80th South Carolina General Assembly began at noon with plans to tackle major issues including state appropriations and an automobile license fee reform. The AP report notes the session opens amid expectations of significant policy decisions.
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Ss. C. Assembly
Columbia
8. C
Dan
South Caro General Assembly
Control Appropriations
Long search ends with capture of McCall in Laurinburg
Officers arrest 35 year old McCall in Laurinburg after a three year hunt. McCall was convicted in 1926 for killing his father and later escaped from a state prison. He returned to the scene of the crime to be captured.
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McCall
Te’s
Husband Arrested For Wife's Death In South Carolina
D Claude Baker a farmer was released on $2500 bond after murder charges were filed in the death of his wife found in her bed with seven throat cuts and other injuries. Sheriff Thom as arrested him after an investigation by Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh. Baker denied guilt and faces Hampton general sessions court at the next term.
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Yamassee
S. C
D. Claude Baker
Liberty
Ker
C. V. Thomas
Randolph Murdaugh
Bright Youmans
Henry Mixon
Baker
Hampton General Sessions Court
Stavisky death triggers wide French police action
Chaos envelops Paris as police rush to contain demonstrations over Serge Stavisky death. Reports say the bank founder shot himself in a villa after a police pursuit, fueling opposition charges and calls for a full government explanation.
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Paris
Mber
Serge Stavisky
Indler
Stavisky
Henri Voix
Lucippe Alberas
Alex
Secret Service
Mayo notes recount Dr. Cary Grayson as Wilson’s physician
Rochester society notes mention Dr. Cary Grayson of Washington arriving at Mayo's road house. He is described as Wilson's private physician and friend to Senator Carter Glass's roosters. The tale recalls Grayson becoming an admiral and a humorous anecdote about his Buckingham Palace visit with Jesse Jones, highlighting Roosevelt era figures.
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Cal
Society
Rochester
Minn
Cary Grayson
Washington, D. C
Mayo's
Road House
Admiral Grayson
Wilson
Charley
Washington
Carter Glass
Doc
Culpepper Creek
Mayo
Jesse Jones
RFC
Buckingham Palace
Jesse
Consumers Protest Sock Price Hikes At NRA Hearing
At a Washington NRA hearing, the Consumers' Board protested sock price increases claiming over 100 percent rise since the hosiery code. Key complaints target Knoxville Knitting mill while industry spokesmen cite higher labor, tax, and processing costs.
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Washington
NRA
Knoxville Knitting Mill
Knoxville
Tenn
Consumers Advisory Board of
W. I. Dahlberg
Emily Newell Blair
The
Consumers Board
Postmaster General’s Files Destroyed By Fire Probe Reveals
Senate investigators heard that Brown’s official and personal files were burned before March 4. James Maher testified he destroyed them under orders from Brown’s secretary Kenneth Mac Pherson. Officials said inspectors linked the destruction to the mail contracts inquiry with Roosevelt nominating Howes for a higher post.
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Washington
Paul Henderson
Senate
Brown
Congress
Hoover
Walter F. Brown
Ohio
James Maher
Kenneth MacPherson
Ocean and Air Mail
William W. Howes
Howes
Roosevelt
New York
Walter Brown
Six Navy Seaplanes Prepare a Honolulu Flight
Six navy seaplanes leave San Diego for San Francisco then a non stop flight to Honolulu led by Commander Kneffer McGinnis and Admiral David F Sellers aboard the plane. The squadron will have six officers and 22 men, with 300 mile spacing between vessels and food and collapsible boats aboard each craft.
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Cal
San Francisco
Honolulu
United States Fleet
David F. Sellers
Kneffer McGinnis
McGinnis
Navy
Indianapolis
Ind
Charges Dismissed Against Ex-Duke University Athlete
Charles Arthur Herzog 23, former Duke athlete, cleared of robbery charges in Durham Recorder's Court. Judge James R. Patton dismissed after defense testimony. case cited as mistaken identity. The accuser Y C Bailey identified Herzog. Bailey arrested Herzog after a gas station hold up last April involving $28. Herzog's father Buck Herzog testified. Herzog senior traveled from Baltimore to attend.
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Durham
Charles Arthur Herzog
Duke University
Buck
Herzog
Recorder’s Court
James R. Patton
Young Buck
Y. C. Bailey
Bailey
Baltimore
Death of Tony Williams in Hanes auto collision
Tony A. Williams, 21, of Hanes, died in Winston Salem from injuries after being struck Sunday night by an automobile. James Carney, 18, of Hanes, was held on manslaughter charges under a $500 bond.
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Winston-Salem
Tony A. Williams
Hanes
James Carney
Air Shipments Begin to Move Milk into Chicago
Chicago starts regular milk air shipments as a city milk blockade enters its fourth day. First load totals 1000 quarts. police guard the airport amid widespread shortages. Hospitals and families with children receive emergency deliveries while many eateries report near total milk outages. Federal intervention is sought in a bid to halt blockade actions and protect shipments into Chicago during the dispute involving the Pure Milk association.
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Germany
South America
Westfallen
mid-Atlanta
Bathurst
Buenos Aires
Chicago
Meadermoor Dairy Company
Tenhats,changed
Palley
Wisconsin
Inneren
Pure Milk Association
John P. Barnes
United States
Carolina Youth Receives Rhodes Scholarship Award
Atlanta report lists four Rhodes scholars for district three chosen from twelve candidates. R. W. Barnett of Shanghai and the University of North Carolina. G. A. Gordon Jr. of Savannah and Yale. E. T. Booth of Woodstock and the University of Georgia. A. C. Pollack of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. District Three includes Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Florida, and Tennessee.
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Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
Rhodes
R. W. Barnett
Shanghai
China
University of North Carolina
G. A. Gordon, Jr
Savannah
Yale University
E. T. Booth
Woodstock
University of Ggorgia
A. C. Pollack
Charlottesville
University
Nine Million Tobacco Growers Sign On For Acreage Cuts
North Carolina flue cured tobacco farmers move ahead with a 1934 acreage reduction drive. Ninety percent of growers have signed to cut acreage, says state campaign director W. Y. Floyd. He denies reports claiming insufficient progress.
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Ifarmers
Raleigh
Floyd
Tobacco’ Reduction
North Carolina
W. Y. Floyd
Tobacco prices rise sixty cents a thousand in New York
Wholesale price of popular cigarettes increased 60 cents per thousand to 6.10 in New York as NRA costs and processing taxes push costs higher. Major makers including R J Reynolds American Tobacco Lorillard and Liggett and Myers raised leading brands while retailers may follow with higher shelf prices.
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New York
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
American Tobacco
Liggett and Myers
Rudy Vallee Marriage Rift Sparks Public Claims
Los Angeles January 9 The wife Fay Webb former daughter of Santa Monica police chief files a two page separate maintenance suit charging infidelity temper foul language and harsh financial settlements. Vallee vows to defend and may reveal his side in due course. She accuses him of indiscretions with three women naming Alice Faye as one confirmed partner and identifies two others as Jane Does.
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Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Santa Monica
Calif
Vallee
Hollywood
San Monica
Alice Faye
Jane
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