Hoffman attacks Murphy on Michigan record in labor policy
The House heard Rep Hoffman of Michigan condemn Frank Murphy’s record as governor, arguing he failed duty and aided armed invaders. Murphy’s nomination as attorney general advances, while WPA relief funding remains contentious as Congress debates restoring funds and shaping distribution. President Roosevelt seeks $875 million to sustain WPA through June.
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House
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Justice Department
Senate
Roosevelt
Pope
James P. Pope
Idaho
Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors
Harry l. Hopkins
WPA
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Appropriations Committee
Byrnes
D-Sc
Senate Unemployment Committee
McNary
R-Ore
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Last Minute Bulletins From Upland to Berlin
A chaotic morning opens with two officers pulling a five foot snake from William Flippin’s pocket during a drunkenness arrest in Upland California. Ruth Ruth Ruth leaves hospital in New York after medical care. Boston ends seven day truck strike with a compromise wage hour deal. Schacht pledges to advance refugee settlement talks with Allied officials in Berlin.
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Upland
Calif
William Flippin
Jack Brown
Pace
Ernest Mehl
Flippin
Boston
Strik
Braulick Elected President of National Lutheran Education Conference
Dr. E J Braulick of Wartburg College Iowa was elected president of the National Lutheran Educational Conference for 1939 at the final session held in Louisville Kentucky on January 11. The Iowa educator succeeds in leading the conference during the next year and will oversee program planning and policy discussions.
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Louisville
E. J. Braulick
Wartburg College
Faverly
Iowa
Luran Educational Conference
Swim heads plan for Carolinas 880 free title event
Charles Stapleton announced Duke North Carolina and Goldsboro swimmers entered the Carolin director A A U 880 free list championship to Friday night. Tom H Gable 27 of Charlotte died in a private plane crash near Rock Hill after returning from Miami witnesses report a head on collision near a tree. The crash occurred about 20 a m and Gable died about 1 p m at a hospital.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Charles Stapleton
Duke
North Carolina
Goldsboro Swimming Assation
Carolin Director
Rock Hill
N .C
Tom H. Gable
Charlotte
Gable
Miami
Fla
Itnesses
W L Holton Charged After Fatal Christmas Crash
Police filed a charge against W L Holton of this city after the Christmas day crash that killed James M Sedberry. The driver allegedly failed to negotiate a curve, struck a rock, and ran into a telephone pole on Montlieu Avenue near Five Points. Sedberry had been ill at a local hospital. A warrant was issued this morning.
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W. L. Holton
James M. Sedberry
Holton
Montlieu Ave
King Sedberry
Ice
Japan May Impose Retaliatory Measures Against U S and Britain
Japanese media quoted Foreign Minister Arita saying Tokyo would take retaliatory steps toward the United States and Great Britain if they resort to heavy economic pressure. The Foreign Office denied any such interview, saying the report reflects speculation in the press.
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Okyo
Isa
Thi Nichi
Gsseu
Jury Continues Smuggling Quiz In New York
A federal grand jury renewed its inquiry into jewelry and finery smuggling linked to Albert Chaperau. Comedian Jack Benny testified after being indicted, amid connections to George Burns and Mrs Elma W Lauer, with Burns and Lauer already pleading guilty.
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Albert Chaperau
New York
Jack Benny
Newark Airport
Albert Chapereau
Hollywood
Albert N. Chaperau
Chaperau
George Burns
Burns and Allen Radio
Elma WN. Lauer
Burns
President Adviser Is Taken By Death
Herman Oliphant, general counsel of the treasury and intimate adviser to President Roosevelt, died at Naval Hospital at 9 30 am after a weeklong heart ailment. He was 54 and famed for authoring the undistributed profits tax and was known for counsel to the President on many matters.
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Washington
Herman Oliphant
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Oliphant
Naval Hospital
Prison Officials Back Gas as Execution Method In North Carolina
North Carolina prison officials defend lethal gas as humane execution amid bills to restore electrocution. They note gas has been used at the state chamber east of the Mississippi and rally against proposed legislative changes. Witnesses recall high profile gas executions and officials argue gas is more humane than electrocution.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Mississippi River
Hoey
Tom Linney
Bill Payne
Mery
Hugh H. Wilson
E. C. Cooper
Felda Hightower
Reid Willis
G. K. Brown
Chamberlain In Rome For Parley With Mussolini
Prime Minister Chamberlain arrived in Rome to meet Italian leader Mussolini and discuss European appeasement amid tensions over Franco Spain and Italian claims on France. Ciano and Halifax accompanied the talks as crowds cheered at the station and through Rome on arrival day.
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Chamberlain
Mussolini
France
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Viscount Halifax
Achille Starace
Fascist Party
Vigi Russo
Italy
Germany
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Il Duce
Ciano
Villa Madama
Mrs Roosevelt Leads Fight Against Infantile Paralysis
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt convened prominent women from 20 states at the White House to organize their role in the fight against infantile paralysis, with the campaign set to begin Monday.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Offer Truckers New Agreement Ends Boston Strike
Boston news dateline reports a compromise wage hour deal offered to 5 000 striking truckers to ratify. The pact cites a top $39 for 48 hours weekly, 85 cents overtime first hour and $1 thereafter, hoped to halt violence and food and freight paralysis. A trucker death amid clashes is linked to the dispute.
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Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
Ralph H. Cahouet
Cahonet
John Pimental
Newport
R. I
Sharon
Joseph Golden
Pimental
Massachusetts
Committee OKs Pope To TVA Board Nomination
The Senate agriculture committee approved James P. Pope former Idaho senator for the TVA board of directors. The panel asked Sen Thomas to seek Senate confirmation the next day. Some members criticized the speed and Roosevelt’s action amid Morgan’s court challenge to his removal.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
James P. Pope
Idaho
TVA Board of
Thomas
D-Okla
Smith
D-Sc
Senate
Wiley
R-Wis
Roosevelt
Pope
Bridges
R-Nh
Agriculture Committee
Arthur E. Morgan
Morgan
New Relations Commended By Sec. Perkins
In Raleigh Frances Perkins secretary of labor called improved employer employee relations the biggest labor story of 1938 saying 85 percent of contracts include dispute settlement methods and more employers work with organized labor. She praised the Fair Labor Standards Act Social Security and Democratic humanitarian aims noting no formal recommendation on state wage laws. The C S Co and A F L dispute was unhealthy but improving administration of laws was the goal and employment conditions rose nationwide.
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Raleigh
Frances Perkins
C. S. CO
Miss Perkins
Hungarian Czech Border Tensions Reported Across Front
Budapest dispatches describe alleged Czech provocations along the post Munich frontier with warnings of invasion. Reports claim 30 carloads of Ukrainian terrorists near Ungvar and Czech regular army attacks at Barkaszo repulsed with casualties, while six border crossings were attempted at Szernye and Ungvar. Independent confirmation was lacking.
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Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Ungvar
Az Est
Barkaszo
Hungary
Szernye
Unevar
Senate Finance Committee Advances Three Nominee Nominations
The senate finance committee approved without hearings the nominations of Ellen S. Woodward to the Social Security board Preston Delano to be comptroller of the currency and John W Hanes to be undersecretary of the treasury Confirmation by the Senate is expected later this week
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Washington, Nan
Senate Finance Committee
Ellen S. Woodward
Social Security Board
Preston Delano
John W. Hanes
Treasury
Senate
Witness Accuses FDR Backers of Radical Bent
Elizabeth Dilling, author of anti communistic works, tells a Senate judiciary subcommittee she can prove President Roosevelt and his wife are dangerous radicals. She offers to present 15 minutes of evidence from her book The Red Network. Chairman Neely cautions about radicals among many senators listed.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Senate
Roosevelt
Elizabeth Dilling
Neely
D-W-Va
Judiciary
Frankfurter
Compromise on Neutrality Act Emerges in Congress
Washington January 11 A proposed compromise would keep cash and carry but let the President apply it to nations breaching treaties with the United States. Congress would must approve action or time out before it becomes effective. The plan could enable tougher measures against Japan if Congress approves and nine power treaty concerns are addressed.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Congress
Japan
China
School Man Held on Embezzlement Charge
Concord January 11 former Kannapolis school superintendent B Wisby was docketed for a Cabarrus county court hearing on a warrant charging embezzlement. He allegedly reported a robbery of the McKinley Walden Fire Store to cover an inventory shortfall. Wisby has been jailed since last Wednesday in default of $1000 bond.
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Concord
Herman B. Wisby
Kannapolis
Cabarrus County
Wisby
South Carolina
No Hope For Recovery Of Col Ruppert
Col Jacob Ruppert beer and baseball magnate lies near death at his Fifth Avenue home. Doctors say there is no hope for recovery as he battles phlebitis, with Babe Ruth and family awaiting updates on the Yankees owner who built a vast fortune in brewing and real estate.
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New York
Jacob Ruppert
Fifth Avenue
New York Yankees
Albert Brennan
Brennan
Ruppert
George
Babe Ruth
Yankees
North Carolina Legislature Faces Slack Day As Budget Talks Continue
Frances Perkins praised the state for labor policy since 1933 while lawmakers held a light day. The joint money committees pushed on with a $154,000,000 1939-41 budget. Debates arose over seed dealer tax cuts. a sub-committee will study the matter.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Frances Perkins
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Page-Underwood
Miss Perkins
United States
State Labor Department
House
Senate
Uzzell of
Rowan
China Grove
Dempsey
Page
Bladen
Turlington
Iredell
Jack Dempsey
Graham
Lincoln
Highway Commission
Gregory of
Senate Health Committee
Forsyth County
Judiciary Committee Number One
Supreme Court
Ward
Alfonso Jordan
Edenton
Franco Pushes On With Drive To Sea
Insurgent forces under Generalissimo Franco advanced toward the Catalan coast from Falset and Montblanc. Artillery was reported near Falset while Montblanc, a 4,600 resident town, faced siege on three sides as insurgent columns moved toward Tarragona and the Mora de Ebro route. A separate wing neared the coast within 12 miles of Falset, threatening to trap government troops.
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Hendaye
France
Franco
Falset
Catalonia
Tarragona
Mora de Ebro
Montblandh
Montblanc
Francisco Franco
Catalonian
Tortosa
Chicago Produce Prices Steady as Butter and Eggs Hold
Chicago Jan 11 report shows butter at 226,312 steady, prices unchanged. Eggs 9,599 steady, fresh graded extra firsts locally 18, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Brandeis Condition Described Satisfactory Amid Illness
Associate Justice Louis D Brandeis is reported to be entirely satisfactory in health after taking ill late last week The grippe kept him away from duties but officials say his condition is improving and stable at this time
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Brandeis
Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
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