Solons Await Roosevelt Message On Legislation
Washington January 3 The Democratic Congress convened in darkness awaiting President Roosevelt’s coming message on New Deal relief and budget policy. House Speaker Burns of Tennessee presided with Garner of Texas in the Senate as party lines and regional power shape looming plans. Roo sevelt’s position on relief banking and labor is awaited as defic its unfold and 28.5 billion debt is noted.
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Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
South Garner
Texas
Senate
Sven Sw
Belalf
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Snell
White House
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Dixie
House Democrats
Confedurites
Mrn
Joe Rburns
Alabama
Will Bankhead
John N. Garner
Arkiwisas
Joe Labineson
Groves
Majority
Parly
Joha J. O'Conner
New York
Bankhead i
Rules
James M. Mead
Empire State and Post Office
Peasy Roads
Ohaire Iam
Ie House
Whoopee Spot Is Destroyed by Fire at Sylvan Hillis Club
AP reports a devastating fire destroyed Sylvan Hillis Country Club near Little Rock after starting in a defective flue. The night spot, once a county club and now a large resort venue, drew patrons from many towns for Saturday parties. Officials estimate losses around sixty thousand dollars as firefighters fought flames from downtown.
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Sylvan Hillis Country Club
Little Rock
PLAN NEW ATTACK IN NEGROES TRIAL AT WINCASTLE
Plan described to meet the defense in the trial of Clifton Forge resident Phillip Jones accused of killing Alice and Willow Hill. Commonwealth counsel convened a morning conference to discuss Jones's lawyer claim amid the ongoing case in Wincastle Virginia.
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Phillip Jones
Clifton Forge Negro
Prial Aeve Ox
Alice
Willow Hill
Commonwealth
Jones
Army engineers seek 410000 for river works in 1936 plan
Maj. Gen. E M Markham, chief of army engineers, says the annual report requests 450000 for maintenance along the Wisconsin and Tennessee rivers in fiscal 1936. Of this, 564000 would fund an navigable Wolf river channel from south to North Second Street road, and 364000 would go to Tennessee river maintenance. No Cumberland river addition is recommended beyond existing lock and dam funds.
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Washington
E. M. Markham
Army Engineers
Tennessee
Wolf” S River
Memphis Harbor
North Second Street
Tennessee River
Cumberland River
Free books in schools proposed by Tennessee legislator
Nashville reports Rep Robert Brown Hickman seeks state funded free school texts financed by ads in student books. Plan would print at Tennessee Industrial School with ads from toothpaste soap and toiletries. Brown says cost to state would be very like, aims to cover elementary and high schools.
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Nashville
Jen
Robert Brown
Hickman
Brown
House
Senate
Tennessee Industrial School
Hickman County
Rossville textile strike under guard as danger warned
In Rossville Georgia sheriff J C Keown asks for national troops amid a tense textile strike at Richmond Hosiery Mills after masked night riders threaten workers. Adjutant General Lindley Camp says no troop movement yet while Keown calls the situation grave and warns of potential violence.
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Wafayetts
Georgia
Walker County
Rossville
J. C. Keown
Keown
Talmadge
Atlanta
Lindley Camp
General Camp
Richmond
Screen Tarzan and Actress at Odds to Ask Divorce
Los Angeles dated report details Lupe Velez and Johnny Weissmuller turbulence dividing their marriage. She files second divorce action alleging repeated cruelty including furniture throwing and insults. Their Las Vegas 1933 secret marriage and New Year’s Day separation are cited as context.
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Tos Angeles
Lape Volos
Johnany Weissmuller
Isereen Tarean
Loda
Johnny
Lange Love
Gidupe
Ferosity
Lupe
Las Vegas
Nevada
Lune
Steamer Lexington Jay Sunk After Collision Near Manhattan Bridge
The Lexington Jay bound for Providence with 130 passengers and 62 crew was rammed amidships by the Jane Christenson near the Manhattan Bridge. Four crew members are reported missing as the hull sank to the river bottom. rescue efforts continue.
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B. L. Livingstone
Associated Press
New York
Lexington Jay
Manhattan Bridge
Lexington
Providence
Jane Christenson
Miami Moves to Stamp Out Crime
The Miami grand jury probes the citys gambling scene as officials post 2000 in rewards for two gang related slayings. State Attorney Hawthorne promises a thorough investigation while Miami and Miami Beach offer 1000 each for convicting the killer known as the briggerman. The slain include Leo Bornstein a Miami Beach bar operator and George Downs a longtime gambler.
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Miamy
Miami
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Miami Beach
Briggerman
Leo Bornstein
George
Skeets" Downs
Downs
Dovens
Black Leads In 30 Hour Week Work Program
The 30 hour week measure moves from concept to formal debate with Senator Black of Alabama proposing the bill. Brookings Institution researchers counter the plan citing risks to labor and agriculture, while AFL backing and administration opposition shape the political battle. The draft would limit most interstate commerce employers to six hours daily and five days weekly, except agriculture.
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Waseington
Tey
Black
Jdemocrat
Alabama
Brookings Institution
American Federation of Labor
Harold G. Moutton
Brookings Instiution
Maurice Leven
Texcept
Running Gun Fight Leaves Two Dead in Picher Oklahoma
A prolonged gun battle in Picher Oklahoma between a posse and a suspected gang member left two dead including Deputy Sheriff Gerald Hodge of Ottawa County. A second gunman and three others were wounded as officers hunted the escaped convict tied to Raymond Hamilton's gang.
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Picher
Oklah Jam
Oklahoma
Raymond Hamilton
Texan State Penitentiary
Gerald Hodge
Ottawa County
30 Miners Stay in Pit Hunger Strike Katowice
Fifty miners remain underground at the Baska mine in Katowice Poland on day eight of a hunger strike despite the capitulation of 30 comrades. Wives urge government intervention as workers press to run the mine as a cooperative while officials plan to flood the shaft.
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Poland
Katowice
Baska
Prosecution of Hauptmann Moves Into Second Day in Court
In Flemington New Jersey on January 3 the Hauptmann trial entered its second day as the state prepared to present evidence once two more jurors join the panel Justice Trenchard kept to time meanwhile Hauptmann arrived with a brief smile and defense counsel C Lloyd Fisher conferred with his client Lindbergh attended in a grey suit with a light blue shirt as state attorneys arrived late to court the article notes the continuation of proceedings and a page two continuation.
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William A. Kinney
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Justice Trenchard
Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Col. Lindbergh
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Lindbergh
Governor Graves Seeks TVA Cooperation in Southeast
Alabama governor-elect Bible Graves meets TVA power chief David Lilienthal in Knoxville to discuss regional cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Graves says he will work with the TVA and declines to reveal details before a scheduled conference. He notes his administration plans collaboration with the agency and jokes about University of Tennessee football.
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Alabama
TVA
Knoxville
Tenn
Bible Graves
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Southeastern
Graves
Troxvilles
University of Tennessee Select
Ala
Road Contract Let Nashville Five Miles Paved Advised
Highway Commissioner HW S Walters returning from Chattanooga reported investigation into paving an extra three miles of the Chattanooga Jasper road. He stated five miles of paving have been contracted, but no agreement exists yet for the additional three mile gap.
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Nashville
HW. S. Walters
Chattanooga
Chattanooga- Jasper
Complete Jury In Murder Case
The twelve jurors selected in the Bronx carpenter murder case include foreman Charles Walton Sr a 55 year old machinist from High Bridge with three grown children and Mrs Rosie Pill 55 widow from Califon with two grown sons and grandchildren among others. Other jurors list wives, trades and children across Clifton Franklin Clinton Clinton Township Lambertsville Annandale Pattenburg and Flemington with varied ages and family details.
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Bronx
Charles Walton, Sr
High Bridge
Rosie Pill
Califon
Verna Snyder
Centreville
Lexter
Charles F. Snyder
Clifton Township
Wthel Stockton
Pattenburg
Elmer Smith
Lambertsville
Robert Cravatt
CCT
Ean
Philip Hockenbury
Annandale
George Voorhees
Clinton ‘Township
Mary ¥. Bretaford
Flemington Electrician
Liscon C. Qase
Franklin
Howard V. Biges
Clinton Township
Peace plans drawn by France aim to keep Central Europe at peace
Paris January 3 Pierre Laval former premier and acting foreign minister travels to Rome with a draft Franco Italian agreement. The plan seeks Austria's independence and guarantees Central Europe security. It also covers Franco Italian colonial questions in Africa. A principle agreement was reached via long distance calls allowing Laval to see Mussolini before the League of Nations session in Geneva on January 11. Laval may then visit London with Premier Pierre Flan.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Louis Barthou
Marseille
Rome
Europe
France
Italy
Laval
Mussolini
Austria
Africa
Council of the Inague of Nations
Geneva
London
Fierre Flan
Voliva predicts dire events for 1935 in flat-earth forecast
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, head of the Christian Catholic church, warns 1935 will bring earthquakes, cyclones, droughts, floods, and financial upheaval as part of biblical prophecy. He foresees worsening conditions, rising unemployment, and death looming at every corner, preceding Armageddon and Christ's millennial reign.
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Ziom
IIL
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Vollva
Northeastern Confederacy
Roman Empire
Christ
Hauptmann Charged With Lindbergh Baby Murder
The New Jersey jury is charged that Bruno Hauptmann killed baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh and robbed the cradle to stage a ransom hoax. Prosecutor Wilentz outlined the crime on the Lindbergh estate with Walter Roberts and others, while defense counsel Reilly moved for a mistrial. The courtroom heard graphic testimony and the judge denied the motion as Hauptmann sat near Anne Lindbergh and Anne Hauptmann.
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William A. Kenney
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Bronx
Charles A. and
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Walter LE. Roberts
Hunterdon County
Hopewell
David T. Wilentz
Hauptmann
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