Bremer's Early Release Predicted Amid Kidnapping Case
Reports circulate about an early release for Edward G. Bremer, bank owner in St. Paul, as investigators note unverified messages from the Abductors. Adolph Bremer Jr. denies contact but sources say a second note may have arrived via bottle and window flashing signals. Police keep heavy guard at the Bremer home.
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ST. Paul
Bremer
Edward G. Bremer
Adolph Bremer
Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company
Adolph, Jr
Edward
H. T. Nippert
Nippert
French Premier Named in Stavisky Scandal Documents
Paris January 23 Deputied Philippe Henriot warned that Premier Camille Chautemps and three cabinet members would be named in Stavisky documents. Georges Bonnet Eugene Raynaldy and Laurent Egnac were told to prepare to defend themselves before the chamber as deputies clashed loudly and angrily in session.
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Camille Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
Wilde
Paris
Stavisky
Phillipe Henriot
Qpebutea
Menriot
Georges Bonnet
Finance
Eugene Raynaldy
Justice
M. Laurent- Egnac
France
Bayonne
Serge Stavisky
Henriot
Raynaldy
Heriot
Stabilization Fund Debate Shapes Two Year Limit
The Senate loan committee approved administration legislation with a two year limit on the stabilization fund and a five member board replacing treasury control. The measure leaves gold title with the Federal Reserve and imposes a franchise tax on devaluation profits. Senator Fess and Democratic Leader Robinson spoke on the proposal amid debates.
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Washington
Senate Loan Committee
Secre
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Sena
Fess
Ohio
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Four Die in Gasoline Leak Explosion at Farm House
In Canton Georgia a gasoline pour into a stove exploded destroying a farm house kitchen. Four people died Mrs Rufus Cochran and her three children Milton 5 Julia 9 and Elizabeth 3 with another child gravely injured. A second AP item reports President Roosevelt authorizing Secretary Hall to sign a friendship and commerce treaty with Finland soon this week.
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Canton
Rufus Cochran
Milton
Julia
Elizabeth
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of State
Hall
Finland
Cotton production rises to over twelve million bales
Census Bureau reports total cotton ginned before January 16 1983 reached 12 558 762 running bales with 592 054 round bales counted as half bales and 6 792 American Egyptian bales. Wholesale trade in the Fifth District shows improvement in 1983 compared with 1982 across four of five reporting lines according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond with December gains in most lines.
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Washington
Dan
Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Roosevelt Bars CWA Extension Before May Depends On Spring Conditions
President Roosevelt told AFL president William Green that any extension of the Civil Works Administration beyond the May deadline would depend on conditions prevailing in the late spring.
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Washington, Dan
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Civil Works Administration
Evidence in Gridge Slaying Surfaces in Wilkesboro
Wilkesboro January 23. W B Somers today said new evidence may clear up the six year old death of Andrew Gridge and shed light on the December death of Leota Childress an 18 year old farm girl. Seven men are jailed in connection with the two deaths as the case goes to a third hearing tomorrow with more evidence presented.
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Wilkesboro
W. B. Somers
Andrew Dridge
Leota Childress
Recognition Extended as U S Acknowledges Cuba Government
The United States on January 23 announced formal recognition of President Carlos Mendieta and Cuba's new government, ending six months of unofficial relations. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull confirmed the move after consulting with advisers, following Mendieta's claim of popular support and ability to maintain order and fulfill international obligations.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Carlos Mendieta
Roosevelt
Hull
Jefferson Caffery
Havana
Mendieta
Filibuster Tied to Philadelphia Mail Steamship Bid
AP reporting Ball testified in Senate investigators that a filibuster on a March 1933 resolution aimed to delay action on an ocean mail contract. He implicated Walter Brown and the Philadelphia Mail Steamship Co in securing a contract only if rivals were sidelined and bids opened after the delay. Ball cited correspondence on keeping Brown’s involvement confidential.
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Washington
Ball
Pennsylvia Railroad
Senate Inigators
Senate
Comny
Walter Fawn
Gene
Iladelphia Mail Steamship Pany
Hoover
Reed
Hampton Roads
Brown
Mine Unions Back President in New Deal Support
Indianapolis January 23 4 The United Mine Workers of America report to the 33rd constitutional convention expresses earnest determination to cooperate with President Roosevelt and support the New Deal. The officers praise Roosevelt as a champion of oppressed workers and note the union’s sacrifice for the national industrial act.
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Indianapolis
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Worker
Morehead City Port Project Under Study for Public Works Money
The office of Senator Bailey says the Morehead City North Carolina port terminal development project seeking 400000 dollars in public works funds is currently under review by Army engineers.
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Washington
Senator Bailey
North Carolina
Morehead City
N. C
Army
Eligible postmasters certified for appointment
The Civil Service Commission today certified eligible for appointment as postmasters Marshall North Carolina Covert Fortner Ezra C Burnett and Newberry McDevitt Greensboro North Carolina Walter M Ridenhour Clarence B Bogart and John W Coleman
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Farley
Marshall
N. C
Covert F. Fortner
Ezra C. Burnett
Newberry McDevitt
Greensboro
Walter M. Ridenhour
Clarence B. Bogart
John W. Coleman
Safe Blowers Targeted in Greenville Theft
Police in Greenville seek members of a safe blowing gang who brought a stolen safe from Gastonia North Carolina and opened it with dynamite. The Safe from the Standard Oil plant contained 75 dollars in cash and one dollar in checks.
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Greenville
N. C
Safe Blowers
Gastonia
Standard Oil Company
War Department Plans CCC Funding Through April 1935
Washington reports that corps area commanders were ordered to extend Civilian Conservation Corps activities and hold further instructions pending Congress funding. President Roosevelt considered asking for about 250 million dollars to extend operations beyond March 31. The CCC, with 315,000 workers in 1,400 to 1,500 camps, costs roughly 20 million dollars monthly under Army direction.
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Washington
War Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Robert D. Fechner
Congress
Conservation Corps
Army
Keenan to Handle CWA Graft Cases
President Roosevelt gives Secretary Ickes authority to handle graft complaints on public works projects as civil works investigators pursue disclosed improprieties across the nation. Joseph B. Keenan will lead Justice Department inquiries, with Hopkins forwarding complaints. Roosevelt plans a Congress message seeking 350 million for CWA to May and 300 million for CCC for another year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Lanket
Civil Works Administration
de- Seaneae of Justice
Joseph B. Keenan
Justice Department
Harry L. Hopkins
Public Works
Lehman
New York
White House
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
North Carolina Senators urged to back Wilcox debt bill
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, also head of the local government commission, asked Senators Bailey and Reynolds to support the Wilcox municipal debt refinancing bill. He said he did not know it had passed the house when he previously urged delegation support, but with House passage he now urges a vote for it. He expected a upcoming consideration.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
Local Government Commission
Bailey
Reynolds
Wilcox
Johnson
House
North Carolina
Political fireworks loom as recognized figures prep campaigns
Washington on January 23 sees broad maneuvering ahead of the 1934 elections with clashes among famed politicians. Contests brew for Senate seats and House seats as Bailey faces Connally in Texas and Johnson may run as an independent, while Reed Pittman may run unopposed in Nevada.
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Cecil B. Dickson Washington
Capitol
House
Senate
Democratic Congressional Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Ready
Connally
Representative Bailey
Texas
Bailey
Johnson
California
Walter Dexter
Whittier College
Routine Acts Passed Upon by Congress
Washington January 23 Roosevelt monetary bill spurs Senate banking committee wrangles as House leadership hopes for enactment this week in substantially the same form. Democrats forecast a close division amid attempted amendments to restrict the act.
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Washington
House
Senate
Banking Committee
Huey Long's Throne To Get Test Today
In Chicago and New Orleans reports the death of Rheta Wynekoop remains unsolved with jurists delaying trial of Dr. Alice Wynekoop. Separately Huey P. Long faces a four way mayoral race in New Orleans where his influence and "country vote" tactics are under keen scrutiny.
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Huey Long
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
T. Semmes Walmsley
John Klover
Walmsley
Long
Francis Williams
Herbert B. Homes
Escaped Convicts Ask For Pies After Capture
Three escapees from the Kansas State penitentiary were captured near Paola Kansas after four days without food. Sheriff Joe Achey helped arrest them and bought six pies with prisoners funds. They ate five pies but could not finish the last one. One inmate named Fred Cody refused to say how the money was obtained.
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Paola
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Here
Joe Achey
Fred Cody
Secretary Hull Returns From Conference In Front Door
In Santa Monica on January 22 Cadell Hull, our Secretary of State, arrived home through the front door after a conference. Delegates prefer slipping back over the back fence at night, and the piece notes the administration’s goodwill with southern neighbors and calls for Philippine independence and freeing Cuba from the godfather clause.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Cadell Hull
Philippines
Naval Building Bill Approved by House Committee
Unanimous vote by the House Naval Committee approves the Vinson treaty navy bill and seeks to attach it to the annual navy appropriation bill. The plan envisions about 876 million dollars yearly for five years to reach treaty fleet limits, with 20 new warships starting soon and full modernization potentially taking six or seven years. Admiral Standley warns that avoiding treaty strength endangers national security.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
House
Rainey
Naval Committee
Vinson
William H. Standley
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Corporation
C. Camps
Keenan
Hopkins
CWA
Alice Wynekoop
Chicago
Rheta Wynekoop
Rheta
Burding Gardner
Joseph B. David
Dr. Wynekoop
Gardner
David
Charles 8. Dougherty
Dr. W
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