Mooney and Freed pledge life to new social order
Labor leader Tom Mooney pledged lifelong effort for a new and better social order in Sacramento on January 7. He spoke beside Governor Olsen and vowed to work for the common good while seeking clemency for fellow inmate Warren Billinge, urging resistance to fascist forces and economic decay.
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Lennis Faylor
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J. Moon
Sahuen
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Moen
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Olson
Olsen
Warren K. Billinge
Folsom
Tom Mooney
Axe
Frankfurter still not to attend hearing on Supreme Court nomination
The text reports Felix Frankfurter declining to attend a Senate confirmation hearing amid tense debate. It notes Virginia Senator and other lawmakers discussing the nomination, with various senators split on favoring or opposing the President Roosevelts court restructuring plan. The piece mentions a hearing setup for January 16 and references subcommittee actions and anticipated Senate votes.
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Hington
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Tia Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Qintless Developments
Stud Frankfurter
Virginia
Stirl
Senate
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Roos
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Tevin
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Fiat
Ronnie Liew
Ted Hawcever
Gree
Lees Pees
Aiden Sigpyererten
Mawlay
Oh Wall
Frankfurter
Weather Summary for Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia
Fair conditions across Kentucky and Tennessee with mild temperatures and chances of rain on Monday. In Virginia, Sunday remains fair with increasing cloudiness Tuesday, then a warmer, unsettled trend into Wednesday.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Nevnginia
LaGuardia Pork Menu Highlighted During Arkansas Visit
Mayor Fiorella H. LaGuardia will partake in an Arkansas Legion dinner featuring pork dishes. Arkansas State Commander B. A. Brooks announced a menu including baked spare ribs cracklin catbones turnip greens and black-eyed peas with pie and coffee, noting the event celebrates the Arkansas chapter’s membership gains.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Fiorella H. LeGuardia
York City
American Legion
B. A. Brooks
Pat Likker
Brooks
Henry Revill
Worm Springs
Coster Exposed Self as Swindler in McKesson Case
New York reports detail the McKesson and Robbins mystery. Paiva Coster allegedly diverted about 73,000 dollars of the firm assets. Federal investigators reveal deception linked to stock transfers and forged papers. Connecticut stock registered in Mrs. Coster’s name was used to push an equity receivership action. Hartford officials are mentioned in the development of the case.
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New York
McResson and Robbins
Natch
Paiva Coster Cowies
Dpag Corporation
Jonst
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Informatic
Ronning
Costor-Musico
Attor- Cieneral
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Sharce
McKesson and Robbins Stock
Lo + Connecticut
McCall
Thomas Spellacy
Hertford
Roosevelt picks Frankfurter for Supreme Court
President Roosevelt selects Felix Frankfurter of Harvard Law School for the Supreme Court bench. Observers note a double significance: shaping the court with Holmesian liberalism and signaling a stance against Nazi persecution while promoting democratic ideals in world relations. The nomination comes amid debate over diplomatic protests against Nazi Germany and tolerance of religious persecution.
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UPI
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Harvard Law School
Supreme Court
High Court
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Holmes
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Nazi Germany
State Department
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Cleveland
Veteran detective hopeful of clue in yearslong Cleveland slayer case
Cleveland police investigator Peter Merylo, still pursuing the torso killer, hails a Los Angeles letter as the best tip yet. The letter claims the killer severed a head and buried it without features, while several heads found locally were disfigured by lye. Coroner S. R. Gerber lists seven men and five women as victims in the maniacal spree.
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Cleveland
Peter Merylo
Clevelandl
Los Angeles
Merylo
S. R Gerber
Peeping Tom Alarms Kingsport Residents Says Police
Readouts show renewed peeping tom activity troubling Kingsport with multiple calls to the Potter Department. Chief Crawford urged victims to report incidents immediately by phone as Watauga Street was noted as a site Friday night.
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Avery
Potter Department
Varios
Chipf Crawford
Esterney
Wwe
noUee
Crawford
Peeping Ton
Watauga Street
France Britain Plan Stop Sign For Dictators
London reports Britain and France will draw a sharp line against Hitler and Mussolini after Roosevelt’s warning. Chamberlain visits Rome to pursue peace while Daladier tightens France’s colonial defenses. Mussolini weighs backing slower moves to appease Hitler amid Jewish concerns.
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Hitler
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al Buce
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America
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William Phillips
Germany
Loyalists and Rebels Report Major Civil War Moves
At Hendaye on the Spanish frontier dated January 7, both government and insurgent authorities claimed progress. Government forces recaptured a large Estremadura sector while insurgents pressed the Beday campaign toward Barcelona and Catalonia, with Franco directing fleets from near Gibraltar to aid a possible Tarragona strike.
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France
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Estremadura
Spain
Barcelona
Catalonia
Tarragona
Living Hell Described by Witnesses in Philadelphia Murder Trial
Four prisoners perished and a score of inmates gasped for air during an Ausquat weekend confinement in a Klondike punishment building heated by steam radiators. Witnesses testifying for the prosecution described the conditions as a living hell and recounted pleas ignored by suspended officers.
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John A. Boyle
Frank A. Craven
Klondike
Joseph Falumba
Patrick de Marco
Stinles MacSee
WASSOLINI FACES REFUGEE PROBLEM
A Rome briefing notes US Ambassador William Phillips and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano discussed Roosevelt's memo on the Jewish question. Italy hinted at a potential Ethiopian haven under conditions and may weigh German input via Walther Funk in talks on a general refugee settlement.
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William Philips
Galeazzo Ciano
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Il Duge
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Germany
Ethiopia
Walther Funk
Capone Moved to New Federal Jail on Terminal Island
Al Capone, longtime Chicago crime figure, was transferred from Alcatraz to the Terminal Island Federal jail in Los Angeles to serve a year. He arrived after an overnight train from San Francisco Bay, with officials citing improved, shorter-term confinement conditions.
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al Cabone
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Federal Correctional
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Capone
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
Atentraz
Edwin Lloyd
Aroma
United States
Mareshal
San Francisco
Glendale
Grim Alcatraz
California
James Bennett
Hungarians and Czechs clash near Munkacs amid border tension
Reports from Budapest claim Hungarian gendarmes wounded three Slovak sympathizers as clashes continued along the Hungarian Czechoslovak border. In Munkacs fighting yesterday left disputed casualty figures with both sides claiming dead and hostages. a mixed commission met but failed to resolve the dispute.
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Alvin J. Stednkopf
Budapest
Munkacs
Themi
Prague
Thes
Komaromosebi
Nicholay Horthy
Hungary
Szechoslovakia
Bishellad
Caechs
U S Leaf Exports Denote Increase in 1888 Figures
U S leaf tobacco exports for the first eleven months of 1988 topped totals for all of 1937 and 1936, with 444 856 647 pounds shipped and a value of 159 417 688 dollars. Bright flue cured led, Kentucky Tennessee ranking second in volume, and Burley third.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Ky-Tenn
Kentucky - Tennessee
Burley
Internal Troubles May Cause Defeat of Party
President Roosevelt warned Democrats that internal dissensions could yield a 1940 defeat. Speaking at Jackson Day dinners in Washington and other cities, he urged unity and framed Republican gains as a test to rally liberal Democrats and independents to support a continued New Deal.
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Democratic Party
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Mayflower Hotel
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Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Jackson
James Monroe
Iyick
Senate
House
Democrats Rally On Liberalism In Roosevelts Washington Speech
Democratic leaders rally thousands at a Washington dinner with President Roosevelt as chief speaker broadcasting nationwide. Solicitor General Jackson urges liberalism to sustain party strength among common people amid post election setbacks. Secretary Wallace tunes remarks to Midwest losses and Republican trends.
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Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Robert HK. Jackson
Columbus
Ohio
Wallace
Minneapolis, In & Pecation
Three Die in Rural House Fire Near Nashville
A mother and two young children burned to death in a rural home east of Nashville. Willie Brown 21 and her children Ray Allison 1 and Louise 3 died. Anna 5 escaped with severe burns after leaping from a window as kerosene sparked an explosion during stove kindling. Mrs Littie Mosley 26 witnessed the event.
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Nashville
Here
Willie Brown
WPA
Ray Allison
Louise
Anna
Littie Mosley
Brown
County School Board Signals Opposition to Bill of Appointment
Sullivan County Board of Education opposes a proposed act that would appoint school officials by the county court rather than by voters. A wider countywide fight is anticipated as supporters circulate a petition and proponents push for closer ties between the county court and the school board.
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