Roosevelt Birthday Party Draws National Attention
President Roosevelt marked his 52nd birthday with a White House party for his “Buddies” and staff while nationwide tributes poured in. About 75 000 greeting cards had arrived, with estimates reaching 100 000, as 6 000 charity balls supported the Warm Springs Foundation.
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White House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs Foundation
Henry L. Doherty
New York
Warm Springs
Georgia
Stephen Earry
Anne Curtiss Dall
Marguerite le Hand
Grace Tulley
Malvina Schneider
Margaret Durant
Marian Dickerman
Hancy Cook
Roosevelts Attend Birthday Ball For Warm Springs Fund
Hyde Park guests include Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Dall as principal attendees at a birthday ball here. A cake over four feet tall will center festivities with additional balls at a hotel and the Jewish Community Center. Knights of Columbus serve dinner. government employees host a separate party. Proceeds support the Warm Springs Foundation.
Florida Mob Lynches Negro Victim Held For Attack
Tampa reports a mob freed and killed Robert Johnson a Black man held for an alleged assault on a white woman. Deputy Graves said he was kidnapped beaten and driven away with a dozen cars following to a secluded river area. In Berlin Hitler touted Nazism as bulwark against communism nationwide.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Robert Johnson
T. M. Graves
Graves
Johnson
Graver
Hillsborough County
Hillsboro
16Th Street
Reichstag
Kroll Opera House
Hitler
Germany
Reich
Versailles
Ena
German Republic
Austria
Cold Wave Crushes Nation From Coast to Midwest
The Associated Press reports extreme low temperatures grip the nation. From six below to nineteen below in Minnesota, Chicago reports seven deaths and many homeless seek shelter. Southern cities vary with highs to the sixties and a string of storm warnings along the Atlantic seaboard.
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Central States
Nashville
Richmond
Key West
Fla
Miami
Tampa
Titu
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Kile
Memphis
Bingham
Chattanooga
Charlotte
Atlanta
Chicago
Illinois Relief Mission
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic City
N. J
Eastport
Maine
Birmingham
Ala
R. A. Adams
L. and
N. Railroad
Duke Endowment Trustees Accept Raleigh Invitation for 1934 Celebration
The Duke endowment trustees in New York accepted Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s invite to attend a December 11 1934 gala marking ten years since the indenture creating the endowment signed by the late James B Duke. A similar Greenville observance occurred last December.
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Raleigh
Duke Endowment
New York
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
James B. Duke
Greenville
Farley vows not to repeat Texas trip after Senate questions
James A. Farley, postmaster general and DNC chairman, testified to Senate investigators that a trip to Texas was a mistake and he would never do it again. The comment came during questioning about his travel and associates.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Texas
Olhhe
Law agency eyes Ra leigh transfer to Macon
Representative Vin son of Georgia said the Raleigh office of the regional agricultural finance corporation would move to Macon, Georgia, in March with a budget figure of $1. The statement framed the planned relocation as an internal administrative shift likely affecting regional funding access.
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Washington
Vinson
D. Ga
Raleigh
Regional Agricultural Finance Corporation
Macon
Birthday greetings sent by Goldsboro CWA workers
Goldsboro workers from the CWA, about 250 in number, sent birthday wishes today in a brief proclamation. The item notes the group’s communal effort and the timing of the gesture.
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Goldsboro
Goldsboro Cwa
Senate Banking panel to draft NYSE regulation plan
Washington January 30 AP says the Senate Banking committee plans an early probe of the New York stock exchange and will draft regulatory legislation. The move aims to outline guiding rules for market operations and investor protections.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Senate Banking Committee
Senate pause as Huey Long to speak tomorrow
Special to the Enterprise notes Senate members were given a day off to rest before Huey Long’s planned remarks. The writer, WILL, mentions the stabilization bill and a celebratory mood, with light humor about a president’s birthday and loyal ladies.
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Washington
PD. C
Senate
Huey Long
Will
Rogers jokes light up Roosevelt dinner party in Washington
Will Rogers described a Cactus Jack and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted dinner as a fine party with celebrities and a caviar menu. He joked about the president, joked about his own attire, and poked fun at Lewis Douglas trying to balance a budget column during the Washington event.
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Thomas J. Hamilton, Jr
Washington
Will Rogers
Cactus Jack
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rogers
McNary
Oregon
New York
Roosevelt
Cele
California
Dunninger
Lewis Douglas
Daladier Forms Clean-Up French Cabinet
Edouard Daladier, returning as premier, named a centrist cabinet to steer France from the Bayonne pawnshop scandal. The lineup favors veterans and includes Col. Jean Fabry as war minister, signaling a tougher defense stance against Germany. This is France's fourth cabinet since Hitler rose to power a year ago.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Bayonne
Jean Fabry
Marshal Joffre
Fabry
Hitler
Germany
Suit Filed Against Wagger Jewelry Co
Bulova Watch company files suit in municipal court to recover 865 dollars for merchandise delivered to Rebecca Wagger trading as Wagger Jewelry Company and 784 dollars for overdue promissory notes from R. J. Wagger.
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Bulova Watch Company
Rebecca Wagger
Wagger Jewelry Company
R. J. Wagger
Roosevelt Bill Signed as Congress Debates Navy Pact
The Roosevelt bill is signed into law as Congress debates the Vinson navy treaty and St. Lawrence waterway accord with Canada. Discussions in the House and Senate touch on old age insurance and employment, while President Roosevelt marks his 62nd birthday and outlines stabilization plans. Postmaster General Farley’s files become a point of inquiry, with senators probing what he would leave behind when leaving office.
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Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
Canada
House
Senate
Federal Reserve System
James A. Farley
The
Ocean and
Air Mail
Walter F. Brown
Brown
Austin
R. Va
Farley
Dillinger Hidden by Arizona Police to Flee Habeas Writ
In Tucson three Dillinger gang members faced extradition as officers seized them to Indiana under habeas writs. Dillinger was flown from Tucson to Douglas and on to Fort Worth after a swift transfer, claiming he had been railroaded and wished to return to Wisconsin for robbery charges there.
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Ariz
John Dillinger
Gang of Outlaws
Indiana
Dillinger
Arizona
Harry Pierpont
Russell Clark
Charles Makley
Mar Kinder
B. B. Moeur
Phoenix
Phillip Lutz, Jr
Lutz
John R. Belton
Superior Court
Fred W. Fickett
John L. van Buskirk
Arellegally
Matt Leader
Indiana State Police
Douglas
Aziz
American Airways
el Paso
Carroll Holley
East Chicago
Ind
New Machinery Prompts Billions in Reconstruction Plans
Washington January 30 new machinery to expend billions in a reconstruction program moved beyond blue prints. Proposals include relocating unemployed to smaller communities enabling dairy industry support and home modernisation, plus fast tracking civil works funding and an unemployment insurance bill. Hopkins announced plans to move workers within the forest service and to new job sites, with initial steps using 25 million for sub marginal lands and possible use of emergency funds for similar aims.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Organization
Capitol Hill
Labor Department
Perkins
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Civil Works and Relief Administrator
Hopkins
Detroit
National Forest
Public Works Administration
Anne Lindbergh Receives Hubbard Medal From National Geographic
Mrs Anne Morrow Lindbergh was awarded the Hubbard gold medal by the National Geographic Society for her achievements as radio operator aerial navigator and co pilot. She becomes the first woman recipient of the honor.
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Washington
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
National Geographic Society
Raleigh Sees Coldest Weather In A Decade
Raleigh on January 30 recorded the coldest day in ten years with Asheville at zero degrees and Wilmington and Hatteras reporting extreme freezes. Wilmington 10 degrees and Hatteras 16, Raleigh down to eight, the coldest since January 6, 1924, with continued cold expected tonight and tomorrow though not as severe.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Asheville
North Carolina Retail Trade Shows Tax Not Hurting Sales
Raleigh report cites Federal Reserve data indicating North Carolina retail trade rose in 1933 and 1938, with NC up 2.5 percent in 1933 while Virginia fell 1.2. December figures show NC leading the Fifth District gains after a 3 percent sales tax took effect, surpassing nearby states.
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Raleigh
Harry McMullan
State Department of Revenue
Federal Reserve
North Carolina
Reserve Bank
Carolinas
McMullan
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Lynchburg
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
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