Winter Strikes In Central West With Severe Cold Snow
A harsh cold wave grips the central west and northwest with blizzards piling snow drifts and forecasts of further spread toward the Ohio valley and Great Lakes. Temperatures drop to 60 below in Yukon and 16 below in Fargo as fatalities rise from storms and accidents across multiple states.
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Mercury
Dakotas
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Middle-West
Williston
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Fargo
Saskatoon
Oklahoma
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California
White Horse
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Anchorage
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Louisiana ‘army’ to muster at East Baton Rouge airport
The Square Deal association led by Ernest Bourgeois plans to form a state militia to oppose Huey P. Long. Ex servicemen will instruct the first troop as other units are organized statewide amid Governor Allen’s nonparticipation.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Army
Huey P. Long
East Baton Rouge Parish
Square Deal Association
Ernest Bourgeois
Long
Lloyd Hamilton Dies After Surgery at 43
Hollywood comedian Lloyd Hamilton died suddenly after an operation for a stomach disorder. He was 43 years old.
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Hollywood
Calif
Lloyd Hamilton
Anti Nazis advise men to leave Saar region
Baarbrucken January 19 AP reports with Reichsfuehrer Hitler in virtually complete control of Saar, anti Nazis today urged their supporters to move their menfolk out of the territory until the posturing and tensions subside.
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Baarbrucken
Hitler
Saar
Rockefeller Is Revealed to Hold 201 Million in Oil Firms
John D. Rockefeller Jr. reported holdings in three oil companies valued at 201.5 million dollars at current market prices. The announcement was made from Washington on January 19.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Lithuanian Troops Doubled on German Frontier Report
Berlin reports massed Lithuanian reserves at Taurow near the border for a three month term. German papers condemn the move as sabre rattling and claim Lithuania cites fear of Prussian storm troops crossing to seize Klaipeda Memel.
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Taurow
Germany
Memel
Lithuania
Klaipeda
Weather forecast by states and coastal winds report
North Carolina sees occasional rain with warmer temperatures tonight through Sunday then colder Monday. South Carolina expected similar rain and rising temperatures with a colder Monday. Winds from Hetteras to Jacksonville shift northeast to east or southeast with overcast and Sunday rain. Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds turn northeast to east and southeast, increasing by Sunday with rain in the south and rain possibly in the north, light elsewhere. Official U S weather bureau records cover 25 hours ending at 8 M in the main cotton region and beyond.
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South Carolina
Hetteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Charlotte
Hauptmann papers ordered turned over in appeal case
The appellate division in Brooklyn ruled that Bruno Hauptmann's former attorney James E. Fawcett must hand over to Edward J. Reilly certain papers connected to the Hauptmann case. The decision shapes the ongoing appeal process in the High Court.
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Brooklyn, N
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
James E. Fawcett
Edward J. Reilly
Hauptmann
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Three Killed in Trio Gun Fights Across City
In three separate gun battles involving police, three people were killed and another wounded. Patrolman James M J Killian fell at Fifth Avenue and 45th Street during a leather goods store hold up. Albert Musgris, a taxi driver, was shot dead in Brooklyn as officers and suspects exchanged fire. At a Long Island City elevated station two brothers, Joseph and Samuel Farugia, opened fire. Joseph died, Samuel was wounded and tried to shoot himself as police approached.
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New York
James M. J. Killian
Fifth Avenue
45Th Street
Albert Musgris
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Joseph
Samuel Farugia
Joseph Farugia
Extension Of Bankhead Act For 1936 37 Approval
Administration approves continuation of the Bankhead compulsory cotton control for the 1936 37 crop year. Senator Bankhead says a new bill will be introduced with White House backing to reduce the 8 5 million bale carryover toward 5 million. Officials expect higher usage and possible export support, with Roosevelt to recommend another year of operation.
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Bankhead
D-Ala
Alabaman
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Wallace
South Honors Its Great Hero Robert E Lee Anniversary
Southern cities mark the birthday of Robert E Lee with flags on monuments and statues. Virginia's capital joins nationwide tributes while Dr. Douglas Freeman speaks in Maryland about Lee life and the Confederate leader’s legacy.
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Robert E. Lee
Richmond
Jal
Dixie
Baltimore
Maryland
Douglas
Freeman
Richmond News-Leader
Lee
Deep South
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
Edgar Allen Poe
Leather truck hijacked in Dorchester heist near Boston
Four men armed with guns hijacked a five ton leather truck owned by Caroline Becker Co. valued at eight to ten thousand dollars. They abducted night manager William Holmes at a Dorchester garage, forced him into the truck, and drove off toward Canton before releasing him 15 miles south of Boston.
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Dorchester
Caroline Becker Co
London
England
William Holmes
Canton
Recorder's Jury Deliberations Defy Legal Norms
At Sanford on January 19 the recorder's jury, new to the court's history, debated a case against Ingram Cotton for assault with a bottle. The jurors asked if they could convict Cotton while McNeill faced no charge. The court rejected the idea and instructed a verdict of guilty or not guilty, with the jurors pressing for a guilty but justifiably so.
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Sanford
Recorder’s Court
Ingram Cotton
George MacNeill
McNeill
Cotton
State Assembly in Short Session Opens With Brief Day
Raleigh Jan 19 The North Carolina General Assembly convened for a brief session totaling 18 minutes. The Senate approved three local-bill measures and the House passed five local bills while considering others. Names include Mrs Hutchins Yancey and Rep Gardner Cleveland with actions on local governance and auditing.
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North Carolina General Assembly
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Yancey
Capus M. Waynick
William Gardner
Gardner
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Bowie
Ashe
Ashe County
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Mitchell
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Clay
Ray
Macon
Franklin
Garrell
Columbus
Columbus County
Worker Found Dead Along Tracks in Goldsboro
The body of 35 year old industrial worker Lee Vernon was found along Atlantic Coast Line tracks in Goldsboro. He apparently was struck by a passing train during the night and an inquest was scheduled for later today to inquire into the death.
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Lee Vernon
State urged tighter insurance laws and workers' comp coverage
Raleigh January 19 The biennial report of Dan C Boney state insurance commissioner recommends strengthening insurance laws for stricter supervision especially of workers compensation. He backs enacting a model building code to save property owners and urges fines for minor insurer indiscretions while noting revocation of licenses is often inadvisable. He argues all insurers should accept and underwrite risks offered and some needs to be devised to cover high risk cases.
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Raleigh
Dan C. Boney
Ehringhaus
Boney
General Assembly
Investigation Clears Violations Of Cotton Acreage Contracts
Mrs. Mary Connor Myers of AAA legal staff was dispatched to eastern Arkansas to investigate numerous complaints of violations of government cotton acreage reduction contracts. She spent the day in the fields hearing claims, taking affidavits, and preparing for a thorough impartial inquiry prompted by Secretary Henry A. Wallace and Southern Tenant Farmers Union concerns over evictions tied to the contracts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Arkansas
Mary Connor Myers
AAA
Henry A. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
South
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
Hauptmanns Attys Study Money Trail In Kidnaping Case
Prosecution plans two parallel testimony lines to tie Bruno Hauptmann to the Lindbergh ransom and crime scene. Witnesses including Millard Whited Ben Lupica and Frank Rossiter will place Hauptmann near Hopewell and Sourland mountain, while bank records are used to portray a calculated funds trail supporting the ransom payoff.
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New Jersey
Hauptmann
Millard Whited
Sourland Mountain
Lindberghs
Bronx
Hopewell
Lindbergh
Whited
Ben Lupica
Princeton University
Frank Rossiter
Thomas W. Trenchard
Edward J. Reilly
David T. Wilentz
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Train Travel Recalled As Indiana Rebuilds Rail Service
SPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE recounts bad weather and a return to Indianapolis for a hospital benefit. The writer praises fine train service and notes grade crossing accidents as avoidable with safer design. Old Indiana politics and taxation are mentioned along with curiosity about supreme court news.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
The
Supreme Court
Preliminary Work Behind As Major State Project Looms
Raleigh report outlines a quiet start to the week in the North Carolina legislature. Both chambers met briefly, with work focused on fiscal policy and the biennial budget, committee appointments, and hearings set for state departments ahead of a February 8 deadline.
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Raleigh
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House
Senate
Ehringhaus
A. H. Graham
Robert Grady Johnson
Appropriations
Bomb Kills One in Havana Midtown
A bomb exploded in mid town Havana killing one person and wounding three others, according to police reports. The incident occurred today in a busy area drawing immediate investigation by local authorities.
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