Denial at Rome as mutiny reports ripple Paris fronts
Denial from Rome dismisses a Paris report of a military mutiny in Italy while Paris papers reveal a new angle on Franco British preparations. In Addis Ababa Italian air raids kill five and wound two as Mussolini reiterated force as solution to dissent.
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Paris
Foreign Office
France
Great Britain
Poilus
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Gojjam
Lake Tana
Haile Selassie
Ras Hailu
Perfect Model Leads Miss Perfection in Brooklyn Selection
A survey of 32 000 beauty experts in New York outlines ideal measurements for a perfect girl. Brooklyn is first to offer a Miss Perfection title, with model Alice Shaughnessy chosen as the closest match to the ideal. She stands five feet seven inches and weighs 120 pounds while approximating the other figures.
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New York
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alice Shaughnessy
Miss Shaughnessy
Major bills spark fight over soldiers' bonus costs
Washington January 3 government experts debated costs of new soldiers' bonus plans as Byrnes Steiner bill and veteran groups push for quick votes. Official estimates clash with veterans proposals claiming immediate costs around 1 billion while full cash plans could reach over 2.3 billion.
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Roosevelt
Friends
Veterans Bureau
Weekend Weather Outlook Across States
Tennessee shows cloud cover with light rain in the east and late rain in the west. Kentucky Expect late rain turning to snow with much colder conditions by Saturday night. Virginia and North Carolina forecast cool easterly changes with clouds and sporadic showers mid to late Saturday.
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Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Sweden backs Red Cross probe into Italian bombing
Sweden's government aligned with the Red Cross demanding a full inquiry into the Italian bombing of a Swedish Red Cross unit on the Ethiopian front. The Red Cross plans to finance the inquiry and seek Geneva's oversight, while public protest grows in Stockholm and at the Italian legation.
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Oeuvre
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Gojjam
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Red Cross
Stockholm
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Ogaden
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Swedish Red Cross
Red Cross Executive Committee
Prince Carl
Legation
New Peace Act Before Solons Aims At Neutrality Rules
A permanent neutrality bill was introduced in the House by Chairman McReynolds to grant the President power to embargo war materials while preserving existing mandatory embargoes on arms for belligerents. The measure, drafted with the White House and State Department, seeks to replace the current act before its February expiry and allows embargoes on war goods with exceptions for American allies in conflicts.
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Jan
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McReynolds
D-Tenn
Foreign Affairs Committee
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Tennessean
McRynolds
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
AAA
NRA
Treasury
Capitol
Slushy
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
New Disease Baffles Springfield Doctor This Winter
In Springfield Massachusetts on January 3 1930 US report a patient William H Lord aged 64 has been in a decade long semi coma. Doctors note he awakens only twice in ten years and is cared for by his wife. He follows simple requests and can eat drink and smoke when instructed but shows no other signs of consciousness. Each day he rises from bed with aid similar to a young child.
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Springfield
Mass
William H. Lord
Lord
Third expedition joins search for missing flyer in Guiana jungles
Report from Paramaribo says a new expedition led by H Van Leynden, with a doctor and wireless operator, moves along the Corentyne River seeking Paul Redfern believed injured after a 1927 flight. Earlier January entries note two prior bush incursions and unconfirmed reports of a crippled white man living with an Indian tribe hailed as a god.
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British Guiana
Guiana
Paul Redfern
United States States
Rio de Janeiro
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
H. van Leynden
Netherlands
Boundary Commission
Redfern
van Leynden
Corentyne River
Science creates third eye to see in darkness
Dr. V K Zworykin and Dr. George A Morton of RCA laboratories unveiled an electron optical tube that detects infrared and ultraviolet rays. The device acts as a vacuum tube eye giving vision in the dark and a colorless world beyond normal sight, shown to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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W. Blakesler
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
V. K. Zworykin
George A. Morton
Radio Corporation of America Laboratories
Germany Denounces McDonald Report on Jewish Persecution
Berlin charges the League of Nations must first examine its own members before addressing Germany’s policies. The German news agency issues a caustic commentary rebuking James G. McDonald, former League refugee commissioner, for urging action on Jewish persecution in the Reich.
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Melvin W. Whiteleatherk
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
James G. McDonald
League of Nations
Geneva
Reich
League
McDonald
Resurrection Not Expected for Ben Pur Nell Founder of House of David
Benton Harbor Mich Jan 3 14% -House of David members abandon belief in a miraculous resurrection for Benjamin Pur Nell founder King Ben Dec 16 1927 body stored in diamond house awaiting the return. Two colonies formed after state actions and a receivership fight. Queen Mary Purnell founded City of David. H T Dewhirst leads the original group with expanding holdings and a $100 000 night club. 1935 was cited as the colony's most prosperous year.
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Mich
House of David
Benjamin Purnell
Ben
Purnell
State Supreme Court
Mary Purnell
City of
David
H. T. Dewhirst
California
Ki’z Ben
Dewhirst
Ickes Opens Largest Low Rent Housing Project in Brooklyn
Secretary Ickes breaks ground in Williamsburg Brooklyn as 12 slum blocks are razed for a Public Works Administration project to house 1,625 families at a cost of 12.783 million. He defends the housing program and challenges cities to carry on the work, denouncing reactionaries and old privilege.
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Ickes
Public Works Administration
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
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Liuaians
Huey Long heirs lead protest over federal election probe
In New Orleans on January 3, political heirs of Huey P. Long held a mass meeting denouncing an "unconstitutional invasion" by federal agents into Louisiana election machinery ahead of the January 21 primary. Supporters accused the intervention of federal officials, while Rep. Cleveland Dear called it necessary to preserve democracy. Representative J Mark Wilcox announced a congressional probe team with federal operatives to investigate voter registration irregularities.
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Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Cleveland Dear
Long
J. Mark Wilcox
D.fla
Congress
Hunters organize wild lion tracked near Cincinnati
Captain Charles Coddington led a growing safari seeking Simba the lion near Cincinnati. By Jan 3 deputies and residents searched waterholes and bush for four days, armed with rifles and ropes, as Coddington urged 100 more to join the hunt while Sheriff Lutz hoped for a quick conclusion.
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Cincinnati
Charles Coddington
Simba
Coddington
Hamilton County
George A. Lutz
President Roosevelt to address nation on historic radio broadcast
Washington reports that Roosevelts radio address will reach a record audience as 18 million receiving sets are expected to be on air. Shore-Wave stations will rebroadcast to Europe and beyond if conditions allow. Twenty six microphones were placed in the Capitol with forty technicians and four announcers ready for the broadcast.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
National Broadcasting Company
Europe
Capitol
Congress
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
Henry P. Fletcher
Prominent Bride Dies After Honeymoon Car Crash
Mrs. Robert Preston Barry, 19, a socially prominent Nashville bride, died in a Staunton hospital from injuries after a car wreck near Staunton, Virginia. Her husband, 25, sustained several broken ribs but was listed as satisfactory. The couple were returning from a New York honeymoon when their coupe collided with a Burlington North Carolina truck. The truck driver faced a technical charge of careless driving as Virginia police investigated.
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Robert Preston Barry
Nashville
Tenn
Here
New York
Barry
Virginia
Charles Rinehart
Burlington
N. C
Rinehart
Vanderbilt University
Christ. Church
Episcopal
Bowling Green
Sarah Overton Colton
Paroled prisoners rush back to Alabama prisons after holidays
Alabama 500 convicts released for Christmas parole return to Kilby prison and other facilities. Six fugitives missing after deadline, reportedly delayed by high waters. Archie Henderson stranded near Pelham due to a rail stoppage yet remains aligned with the governor’s two week parole plan. Hamp Draper comments with cautious pride.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Kilby
Frank Boswell
Second Session of 74th Congress Opens Amid Tradeoffs
Washington dispatch describes the start of the 74th Congress with Roosevelt's state of the union address to follow, marking debates over embargo powers, neutrality, and the veteran bonus bill. Deficit figures for 1935 are noted, and security preparations for Roosevelt are described as lawmakers debate the evening session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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