Roosevelt seeks two million relief for rest of year
President Roosevelt sent congress a detailed relief report aiming to peg WPA relief at two million dollars for the remainder of the fiscal year. The volume details 6.1 billion appropriated since 1935 and notes relief jobs cut by about 194,000 in early December, drought aid driving much of the drop.
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Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Oklahoma
Harry L. Hopkins
Thomas
Hopkins
Far Northwest
Bull of
Civilian Conservation Corps
Major Stark Becomes Missouri's Governor Inauguration
Major Stark was sworn in as Missouri's governor with Lt. Gov. Frank G. Harris also taking office in a ceremony in the senate chamber. Staff in glittering uniforms stood nearby as Stark and his family watched the parade from the capitol steps. A formal reception at the governor's mansion followed, with inaugural balls planned in the rotunda.
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T. J. Strickler
Kansas City
Frank G. Harris
Stark
Harris
Senate
Capitol
Missouri
Park
Judge Ellison
Lloyd Stickney
John Wingate
Capitel Rotunda
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Roy Henley
Mr and Mrs Roy Henley of 809 Jackson street announce the birth of a daughter at St. Marys hospital yesterday afternoon. The infant has been named Marilyn Kay.
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Roy Henley
Jackson Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Marilyn Kay
Wooden Leg Brings Sickness To Man 71
J W Stanley 71 of Springfield Indiana in critical condition at Poplar Bluff Missouri after peg leg froze in sleet mud. He was hitchhiking when the leg stuck, leaving him exhausted and semi conscious. Floyd Howard a farmer found him and helped take him home before officers transported him to town. Stanley said he aimed for Jackson Mississippi.
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J. W. Stanley
Springfield
Stanley
Floyd Howard
Howard
Jackson
Miss
Leaders Hear Varied Views On Roosevelt Policy And Jobs
A compilation of quotes from business leaders and economists in Milwaukee and across the Midwest discusses President Roosevelt’s policies and how they might affect industry and employment. Opinions range from support for easing industry constraints to concerns about sustaining demand and training costs.
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Harold H. Seaman
Seaman Corp
Milwaukee
F. C. Hicks
University of Cincinnati
W. A. Pat Murray
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
John G. Paine
National Council For Industrial Progress
Cincinnati
Charles Tweedie
Twedie Footwear Corp
Jefferson City
T. F. Reynalds
Reynalds Mix. Co
Springfield
E. S. Willever
Springfield Gas and Electric Company
Throne Attends Bruner Funeral Service
Renee Kauffman Tom Ha Rey Spencer stood guard at the casket during the service. Douglas Frew sang two favorites requested by Bruner’s widow and mother. Rev Birkhead praised Bruner’s duty and bravery from war service to police work. World War veterans fired a volley and bugler played Taps at National Cemetery amid a large procession.
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Tom Ha Rey Spencer
Servces
Douglas Frew
Love
Isle of Somewhere
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Kansas City
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National Cemetery
Highway Patrol
Seattle
Kansas farmer held in killings in LaCrosse area
Glenn Purcell a 45 year old Rush County farmer was under arrest in Kansas for strangling his wife after a quarrel over cattle sales and drowning their 13 month old daughter Cleo Joan. He reportedly told authorities of the killings and was located after a hospital release and arrest at Rush Center.
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Glenn Purcell
Rush County
A. EE. Elias
Purcell
Elias
Fred Cole
Cleo Joan
Here
Veterans Hospital
Wichita
Rush Center
Man 63 Divorced His Tenth Wife
Sylvester Plumlee, 63, an odd jobsman from West Frankfort, was divorced by his 10th wife Mrs. Liv Martin. The man, known locally as Yes, remains undiscouraged and plans to marry again, attributing his courtship success to old fashioned horse and buggy methods.
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New Medicine Protosinsulin Readied for Doctors and Public
A new medicine protamine insulin aimed at doctors and laymen soon. Distribution is held up by designing a warning label to flag fatal effects for certain patient types.
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New Medicine
New York
Jan
Deep Snow Still Hampering Across The Middle West
Deep snow continues to hinder the Rocky Mountain region while the Middle West enjoys rising temperatures. Flood threats loom in the tri state area of western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia as streams swell. The Ohio River nears flood levels at Cincinnati, with multiple states reporting subzero lows and millions affected by the severe winter weather.
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Rocky Mountain
California
National Guard Fuers
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Suihur
Fold
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Mrs Buescher 82 dies at Hartsburg after illness
Mrs Williams S Buescher aged 82 died at 8 15 Sunday night at her Hartsburg home after a brief illness of complications. Born January 3 1855 at Hopewell Academy she was married February 17 1874 to Rudolph Buescher. Survivors include H J Klusmeyer New Franklin Rev John Buescher Burlington Ia Edwin Buescher Jefferson City Mrs F F Osterloh Jefferson City Dr Otto Buescher Columbia Dr Hugo Buescher Columbia Oscar Buescher Mrs J F Meyer and Mrs F W Bockhorst Hartsburg, with husband predeceased by about a year and a half.
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E. F. Buescher
Jefferson City
Hartsburg
Inaugural Parade Sets Capitol Pace in Gray Skies
Gray skies clear briefly as the inaugural committee led by Gen Claude Co Earp and with legislative help completes plans for today's ceremonies from the governor's mansion to the Capitol. City crews clear snow and decorate the Capitol with smilax and ferns for the event plus a public reception and later the inaugural ball. Stark's family joins the receiving line in the mansion as ceremonies unfold.
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lAdj
Claude Co
Earp
Jefferson City
Governor's Mansion
Stark
Inauguration Fetes State Officials and Guests
State officials and their wives received guests tonight as hotels filled and thousands attended the inauguration. Special trains brought hundreds from St. Louis and Kansas City. The legislature convened Wednesday to hear Governor Part’s farewell message and has been marking time ahead of tomorrow’s session.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Part
Relative of Pres Davis Dies at Lamar
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Susan Ash, 68, a relative of Jefferson Davis and early stage coach driver between Nevada and Greenfield. She died at Heavener, Ola, after beginning to drive the coach in 1879 following her husband’s death. Mrs. Ash lived in a jog cabin at Newport midway, hosting passengers overnight and owned two large farms in Newport township.
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Susan Ash
Jefferson Davis
Nevada
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Heavener
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Ash
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Newport Township
Flashes of Life and Weather Across the Nation
A string of short news items across cities notes sheriff Joe Covington’s re election in Montgomery County with Nat Mosley his first prisoner, fire chief Frank Scron saving a family in Sturgeon Bay, and quirky stories from Victoria to Pasadena predicting tail lights for sheep and faster reading speeds.
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Joe Covington
Montgomery County
Nat Mosley
Covington
Nat
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Frank Scron
Wisconsin
Scron
Supreme Court upholds 50 percent tax on silver traders profits
Washington January 11 AP Justice Van Devanter delivers unanimous ruling upholding a 50 percent profits tax on silver traders under the 1934 law. The decision reverses the Court of Claims and holds retroactive provisions valid as applied to respondent Percy J Hudson of New York. Government may collect about 400000 in taxes and could influence windfall tax enforcement on AAA processing costs.
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Nascy Stark
Washington
Jan
Frank G. Harris
Inwagutalentor
Elizabeth Harris
Columbia
Treasury
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Court of Claims
Percy J. Hudson
New York
Stanley Reed
Solicitor General
Mrs Stark outlines alterations for governor mansion
Mrs Stark said two alteration plans exist for the governor mansion. One room will function as a nursery for the two girls. The Starks were escorted from Louisiana Mo by the state highway patrol after the inaugural ceremonies to Kansas City for the winter. Novelty hawkers sold canes and Stark buttons during the parade.
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State Highway Patrol
Starks
Louisiana, Mo
Park
Kansas City
Apache Indian 15th Time Champion Fiddler Natchee
Natchee from San Carlos Arizona, 23, won his seventh national hillbilly fiddling title in St. Louis, enshrined in native costume. He says the contest has funded his life since first winning at age 16 and continues as his meal ticket amid cheering crowds.
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ST. Louis
Natchee
San Carlos
Ariz
National Fiddlers Association
Inaugural Sidelights at Governor Stark’s Mansion
The article describes inaugural attire including falencon in princess with a skirt train and a white chiffon cape, and Mrs. Stark in a black broad cloth dress with white grosgrain ruching. Stark children, brought by Miss Louise Vernay, arrived by train and asked if the governor’s mansion was their new home.
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Bertha
Stark
Louise Vernay
Governor's Mansion
Katherine
Kansas City Doctor Stabbed by Patient
Dr. Nevin M. Wetzel, 68, was stabbed to death with an ice pick at his Independence Missouri home. Suspect Wilbur H. Langford, a Salt Lake City mental patient and Wetzel’s nephew by marriage, was booked at Independence police station and handed to Jackson County officers.
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Nevin M. Wetzel
Independence
Wilbur H. Langford
Salt Lake City
Utah
Allen& Co. Southern
Wetzels
Langford
Broken battles left at telegraph poles in Australia
For years locals followed a custom of leaving broken battles at foot of telegraph poles in Australia to supply natives with material for glass arrowheads. otherwise, they stole insulators from the poles.
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