Roosevelt proposes far reaching national health program
President Roosevelt submitted to Congress a comprehensive plan for a long range federal state program to improve the nation's health. The five point program includes health insurance care for the medically indigent new hospitals maternal and child welfare and diagnostic centers. The American Medical Association opposes compulsory insurance while Senator Wagner plans initial funding of 350 million with a goal of 850 million by 1949.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wagner
Inter-Departmental Committee
American Medical Association
Steady Buyers Pack Mid Winter Furniture Exposition
Three hundred buyers registered by 11:30 this morning as the Mid Winter Furniture Exposition opened at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Early registrant O L Herring of Herring Furniture Co Spartanburg SC received his admittance card at 9 o clock. optimism runs high for the market with manufacturers noting strong finishes and expected price trends as buying activity builds tomorrow.
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Theouthern Furniture
O. L. Erring
Herring Furnitureompany
Spartanburg
S. C
Hower
Insurgent air raid sinks ships near Barcelona
Last Minute Bulletins report an air raid on Barcelona harbor by insurgents. Five British vessels were attacked with one sinking, causing two officer deaths. Ships named Dover Abbey Stanrock African Mariner Thorpe Bay Huntress. African Mariner sank after earlier hit. Two crewmen killed.
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Dover Abbey
Stanrock
African Mariner
Thorpe Y
Huntress
Landbrook
Reelona
William McClellan
African
Three Die from Gas In Port Norfolk Home and Store
Norfolk authorities report three people found dead from gas at a Port Norfolk home and a grocer in his living quarters. The deceased are Mrs. Edna Hoffler 88 her son Robert Hoffler Jr 18 and J H Beote 67 City Coroner E T Glover says the deaths appear self inflicted with all gas jets open and no inquest planned.
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Norfolk
Portsgart
Edna Hoffler
Robert
Portsmouth
Glover Ald
State buys automobiles as road machines bid sought
Raleigh reports the division of purchase and contract spent 124 376 dollars on automobiles and trucks today and invited bids for 50 000 dollars worth of road machines for state use.
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Raleigh
Division of Purchase and Contract
Senate committee urges rapid western phosphate development
The Senate House phosphate committee urged immediate government development of western phosphate deposits using water power. It called current phosphate fertilizer use tragically inadequate and proposed expanding or establishing a Tennessee Valley Authority fertilizer plant to test and develop western phosphates. The recommendations follow a Roosevelt request for a resource survey last May.
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Washington
Senate House Phosphate Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
West
Roosevelt
Four Die in Midair Collision Over Marechal Hermes
In Rio de Janeiro on January 23, four people died when two army planes collided above Marechal Hermes suburb. The crash killed all four occupants, with investigation ongoing into the cause.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Mare Chalhermes
Dewey Opens New Trial Against Hines for Harlem Lottery Conspiracy
Manhattan District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey resumes efforts to convict Tammany district leader James J. Hines of conspiracy in a $20,000,000 yearly Harlem lottery. A prior mistrial arose from claims of prejudicial cross examination linking Hines to the poultry racket inquiry. The retrial faces defense challenges over the conspiracy count and statute of limitations.
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New York
Manhattan
Thomas E. Dewey
Tammany
James J. Hines
Dewey
Dutch Schultz
State Supreme Court
Ferdinand E. Pecora
Hines
Grand Jury
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Charles S. Nott
Eight Ships in Atlantic Storm Reported in SOS Cries
SOS signals came from eight ships amid fierce Atlantic gales risking 300 plus seamen and passengers. twelve lives were reported lost on England’s southwest coast. Vessels include Aconcagua from Valparaiso to Liverpool with crew about 200, Tarkia, Svend Pii, Parklaan, Stamens, Tarkia (Greek), Bram Hill, and Avra. Aconcagua reported steering gear trouble.
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London
Atlantic
England
Lloyd
Aconcagua
Tarkia
Stamens
Bramhill
Avra
Liverpool
Vaiparaiso
Yugoslavia Sides With Rome Aims In Mediterranean Unity
In Rome Yugoslavia signals neutrality in any Mediterranean war, with Il Giornale d Italia editor Gajda noting shared views on Spain communism and France claims. Ciano visited Belgrade and hinted Italy aid and a friendship with Hungary amid shifts in regional alignments. In Washington, senators indicate sufficient votes to restore 150 million in relief funds cut by the house, signaling a tight fight ahead as Hopkins nomination looms.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Musolini
Yugoslavia
Italy
Il Giornale D'Italia
France
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
Belgrade
Milan Stojadnovich
Gajda
Spain
Washington
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Senate Appropriations Committee
Jefferson Standard Has Best Year in Stockholders Report
Greensboro January 23 The past year was the best in the history of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company President Julian Price told stockholders at the annual session Here all directors were reelected for another year The usual dividend of 50 cents a share was declared and paid to stockholders of record The executive committee and officers were reelected.
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Greensboro
Julian Price
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Price
See No Reason For Yangtze's Closing
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell and Consul General Clarence E. Gauss said the lower Yangtze should be open to trade by all nations. Their Jan 18 to 23 inspection tour upriver, the first joint US naval diplomatic voyage since Japanese occupation, found the river quiet to Wuhu and most defensive booms removed though Kiangyin barrier remained guarded by a Japanese warship.
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Shanghai
Harry E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Clarence E. Gauss
Yangtze River
Isabel
Wuhu
Nanking
Kiangyin
AFRA Units Vote to Back Potential National Strike
San Francisco AFRA members join Hollywood New York and Chicago in authorizing the national council to call a strike if needed over wage talks with ad agencies. A unanimous local vote follows Wrigley signing a fair practice agreement, with AFRA seeking higher minimums for 15 to 60 minute broadcasts and rehearsals.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFRA
National Council
Hollywood
New York
Chicago
Vic Connors
Phillip Wrigley
National Council of the
Charles J. Post
Labor Department
Tragic Wing Separate Sinks Plane With Two Men Lost
Two local men Roy W. Ride and George F. Willis died when a light plane lost its wing in bad weather near Asheboro Road. Willis, at the controls, and Ridge were both student pilots adding flying time from Ragan Field. The Curtiss-Robin inverted and plunged to a field after the wing tore away.
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Roy W. Ridge
George F. Willis
Willis
John Mebane
Roy W. Ride
Asheboro Road
Ridge
Winston- Salem
Ragan Field
John Lohr
Ragan Flying Field
Lohr
George
Kenneth Davis
George W. Trotter
Anti-Martin Group Moves To Elect UAW President
In Detroit on January 23 the anti-Martin faction of the United Auto Workers planned to elect a new president and remove four international board members loyal to Homer Martin. R. J. Thomas was expected to be named president of the anti-Martin group as fighting between factions continued. Martin retained control of the international headquarters in downtown Detroit and said a landslide in locals supported a responsible union, while noting the CIO had not yet declared its stance on the split.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Auto Workers Union
International Board
Martin
R. J. Thomas
Anti- Martin
International
CIO
Mt Washington Records Frigid 36 Below Zero
A weather bulletin from Mt Washington NH reports a temperature of 36 degrees below zero with a wind speed of 128 miles per hour atop the peak. The reading underscores the extreme cold measured at the famed summit.
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Boston
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Survivors Of Cavalier Rescued By Esso Baytown Reach New York
Five men and five women survivors of the sunken flying boat Cavalier arrived in New York aboard the tanker Esso Baytown after a dramatic eight knot voyage through gale seas. They endured about ten hours clinging to lifebelts while three others were lost to the icy Atlantic.
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New York
Cavalier
Esso Baytown
North River
Coast Guard
Evacuation Orders Proclaimed as Barcelona Braces for Siege
The Spanish government declared a state of war and ordered civilian evacuation of Barcelona as Insurgent forces closed in within about 15 miles of the city. U.S. authorities prepared to evacuate Americans and the city ministers remained in the capital to direct defense efforts amid bombardments and advancing rebel columns along the Lerida Barcelona highway.
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Hendaye
France
Barcelona
Spain
United States
Omaha
Villefranche
French Riviera
Juan Negrin
Stiges
Lerida
Piera
Manresa
Sitges
Catalona
U S Citizens Being Removed from Barcelona
United States officials plan to evacuate about 30 Americans from Barcelona aboard the cruiser Omaha while Franco's forces push toward the capital. A list includes 100 civilians and 50 wounded veterans. the embassy signals possible removal of the consulate as state of war is declared.
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United States
Omaha
Villefranche
French Riviera
Spain
Walter D. Thurston
Douglas Flood
International Brigade
Calderas
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