Hoover urgent message spurs swift action on economic plan
President Hoover urged immediate, nonpartisan action on eight emergency measures to revive the economy. He backed strengthening banks, a $500 million reconstruction finance corporation, home loan banks, expanded Fed facilities, bank depositor relief, transit and banking law revisions, tax increases, and reduced federal spending. Congress returns with momentum to enact the program amid competing tariff and tax plans.
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Hoover
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Federal Land Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Interstate Comerce Commission
Hous
Demcracy
Congress Reconvenes After Twelve Day Holiday
Congress resumes after a twelve day recess with key hearings and sessions. Senate Manufactures committee questions Governor Pinchot on federal relief bills at 10 a.m. Finance committee hears Otto Kahn on foreign securities sales in the U S at 10 a.m. House receives the first deficiency appropriation bill. Agriculture committee meets at 10 a.m. for procedure planning. Joint Democratic policy committee meets on tariff and taxes at 10 a.m. Ways and Means Democrats meet in private at 2 p.m. on tariff legislation.
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Senate
Governor Pinchot
Finance
Otto Kahn
United States
House
Agriculture Committee
Democratic Policy Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Democrats
Silk Mill Shipment Hijacked En Route to New York
Kingsport Silk Mills express truck carrying 4000 pounds of silk and hosiery was hijacked near Bristol. Drivers A. Norris and C. R. Ingras said three men in a sedan held them at gunpoint, took about 30 dollars, then dumped them near Dublin Virginia before fleeing. They sought help and later rode toward Dublin to recover the truck.
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Express Company
Kingsport
New York
Dublin
Here
Bristol
A. Norris
C. R. Ingras
Danville
New York City
Norris
Ingras
Bombings in Four Midwest Cities Linked to Racketeers
Police in four cities arrested suspects for three bombings and a dynamite attack on a St Louis storehouse but reported no casualties. The incidents occurred in Coeur d Alene Idaho Trenton New Jersey and Chicago with unclear motives and no link to the Easton Pa attacks that killed three.
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Chicago
St. Louis Mart
Missouri
Howver
Oeur D'Alene
Idaho
Trenton
N. J
Coeur D'Alene
Emmett M. Barnes
Barnes
East Trenton Presbyterian Church
J. Elliott Epright
Federal
Easton
Battle of Cards Resumed Tonight in Bridge Match
New York Jan 4 AP Competitors in the contract bridge match resume tonight with Ely Culbertson’s side holding a 20 220 point lead with 30 rubbers left in the 150 rubber series. Sidney S Lenz and Commander Liggett Jr vs Lenz aim to cut the deficit while Jacoby played 102 rubbers and Liggett 17.
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Sidney S. Lenz
Liggett, Jr
Lenz
Oswald Jacoby
Culbertson
Jacoby
Ligett
Southwest on Largest Manhunt in Years Across States
A massive pursuit stretches from Missouri to Texas for Harry Young 27, and Jennings Young 29, accused of killing six Springfield officers. A wrecked car near Streetman is a key clue as investigators track possible escape routes toward Mexico, aided by a possible third brother and other associates.
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Harry Young
Mexico
Springfield
Ozark
Missouri
Texas
Streetman
Tex
Nee
Mercell Hendrix
Jennings
Houston
Willie Young
Harry
Hendrix
Young Farm
Mark Noe
Republic
Tony Oliver
Wiley Mashburn
Charles Alouse
Ollie Crocswhtter
Sidney Meadows
National
Paul
Charles Floyd
Oklahoma
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Woods County
Indiana
Akron
Toledo
Ohio
Kansas City
R. S. Champ
Nursemaid Kills Two Children and Herself in River Forest
Chicago AP report details 23 year old Mary Roth the nursemaid who hanged nine month old George and his older brother John B. Reindel in the John H. Heindel home River Forest. Police suspect gas from the kitchen and sheets used to stifle drafts. The parents found the scene after a bridge party. Dr Francis J Gerty of the psychopathic hospital says the maternal affection may have devolved into insanity.
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Chicago
Mary Roth
John H. Heindel
River Forest
George
John B. Reindel
Miss Roth
Kindel
Francis J. Gerty
Psychopathic Hospital
Gerty
Democrats Settle Party Questions at Early 1930s Meet
The Jackson Day dinner and the national committee spring meeting signal the end of early presidential jockeying. Tariff and tax plans lead the policy push as Alfred E. Smith looms in the arena. Roosevelt and Ritchie are among hopefuls with bans on liquor policy likely to be discussed and a convention city decision to be made with Chicago Kansas City Atlantic City or San Francisco as frontrunners.
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Washington
Democratic Party
National Committee
Congress
John J. Raskob
Chicago
Kanas City
Atlantic City
San Francisco
Weather Overview Tennessee and Virginia Update
Weather report notes rain in Tennessee with warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday. In Virginia, fair skies give way to rising temperatures in the southwest, followed by increasing cloudiness and rain with northeast winds. Readings recorded at 6 p.m. by T C Harris U S Weather Office.
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Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Victory Seen In Flood Struggle In Mississippi Valley
In Glendora Mississippi on January 4 armed guards patrolled the main levee system as the Talulahatchie river valley neared a crest and the highest flood waters reached major walls. Experts warned dikes faced danger of crumbling as the crest receded after midnight. The Jones F edrie plantation levee protected a large central county plantation and drew attention as the most serious point in the flooded region.
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Glendora
Miss
Tallahatchie
Jones Fedrie Plantation
Tallahatchie County
Gandhi jailed as British strive to keep India quiet
Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhai Patel were arrested in Bombay and New Delhi as Britain intensifies repressive orders. Gandhi, on his day of silence, was moved to Veranda jail near Poona with his possessions including a spinning wheel and an essay by Thoreau. Patel urged a non violent struggle as supporters cheered from the streets.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Veranda
Bombay
New Delhi
Lord Willingdon
Mahatma
Patel
Congress
Gandhi
Thoreau
Besai
Jap Army Pushes South Across Manchuria
Reports from Tientsin say the Japanese army advanced south along the Peiping Mukden railway from Chinchow and captured Lienshan with little Chinese resistance. Northbound trains halt at Shanhaikwan while local service continues to Lienshan as observers focus on the Lienshan to Shanhaikwan corridor. Evacuation of Chinchow briefly halted military movements.
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Tientsin
China
Manchuria
Peiping-Mukden
Chinchow
Lienshan
Shanhaikwan
Here
U S Vice Consul Beaten by 3 Japanese Soldiers in Mukden
In Mukden Manchuria Jan 4 AP reports an investigation into the assault on Culber B Chamberlin United States vice consul by three Japanese soldiers. Chamberlin badly beaten his face cut two places he was returning to Harbin after a vacation in the United States. The incident occurred as he showed his diplomatic passport and spoke Chinese.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Culber B. Chamberlin
United States
S. Morishima
Myrl S. Myers
Myers
Chamberlain
Kansas City
Consular Service
Harbin
Chamberlin
Chinchow
Peiping-Mukden
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Yingkow
Dems of Sullivan reorganize group for 32 campaign
James R. Worley was renominated and elected chairman of the Sullivan County Democratic Executive Committee for the coming two years at a mass meeting in Blountville. Beulah L. Warren was elected woman vice-chairman. Senator John R. Todd Jr. delivered a forceful address criticizing corruption and calling for tax relief and reform.
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James R. Worley
Kingsport
Sullivan County
Blountville
W. A. S. Furlow
Bristol
Worley
B. R. Sams
Bluff City
D. A. Barger
A. C. Keebler
O. J. Jones
W. F. Moody
F. D. Massengill
Joe Gray
A. B. Whitaker
J. 3. Anderson
F. E. Hurst
Nat Copenhaver
Rader
John Miller
R. P. Carmack
Todd
Nashville
Tennessee
Grain Markets Slip on Weak Securities and Cotton
Chicago price data show grains opening lower with wheat down 1 8 to 3 4, then softer. Corn fell 1 8 to 1 2 as moisture in drought regions spurred selling and pushed values lower.
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Chicago
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Caroline Cunningham
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Self
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Tallahatchie River
India
Poona
Harry Besharre
Youngstown
U. S
DEMS
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Furlow
Denmark
Tennessees
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