Roosevelt Plans Conference With Hoover On Friday
Washington January 18 AP President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt will confer at the White House Friday morning on foreign affairs and international developments. The session aims to continue efforts for accord on war debts armament and world economic issues, with possible discussion of the Sino Japanese conflict. Roosevelt to arrive tomorrow for parleys with Democratic leaders before the Friday meeting in the red room.
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Roosevelt itinerary tightens on Warn Springs trip
President-elect Roosevelt will detrain only at Muscle Shoals Alabama during his Warn Springs Georgia visit with a tight schedule. He departs Washington Friday at 2 PM and schedules stops, dinners with Gov. Miller in Montgomery, and limited rail changes. Also the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered railroads to fit locomotives with power reverse gears by January 1 1987 citing safety concerns amid carrier opposition.
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Gang Warfare Breaks Out in Film Colony in Hollywood
Three men are slain in Hollywood as police note a possible eastern gangsters push to take over the liquor supply in the film colony. Harry Meager, a leading bootlegger, is identified among the dead. two others are unnamed. A car crash follows shots fired. a third body is found near Long Beach. Meager’s wife Fern cannot identify the automobile occupant at first. Police say a third man may have been in the car and fired on the others before escaping. The Meager home on North Irving Boulevard is described as palatial, and the couple had moved there just yesterday.
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No- Hee
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Irving Boulevard
Japanese mob raids Yokohama Singer office in riot
In Yokohama on January 18 a mob of nearly 200 disgruntled workers raided the Singer Sewing Machine Company branch. Police held 188 Japanese suspects as movable property and records were destroyed. Loss is estimated in the hundreds of thousands of yen. Three royal Japanese workers and four guards were injured. no Americans hurt. Continuous report notes police protection deemed inadequate.
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Singer Sewing Machine Company
Richard McCleary
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McCleary
Congress Abandons Budget Balancing Hope at Present
Congressional Democrats abandoned hope for budget balancing legislation this session and plan a special session of the new Congress. Twelve Ways and Means members dropped all proposals before March fourth, citing a congested legislative situation. Speaker Garner would not reveal when a special session would convene. Chairman Collier said no general revenue legislation could be enacted this session. Secretary Mills’ budget estimates were questioned as unreliable. The full committee will meet Friday to discuss the situation.
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Convict Returns to Prison After 20 Years of Freedom
Parchman Miss Jan 185 A starving beaten man who dodged the law for two decades returns to prison. William J Sullivan, once prosperous and head of a family, fled after an escape tied to a sick baby. His journey spanned Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Tennessee as officers hunted him. He now seeks forgiveness and insists on innocence in the 1907 Lauderdale county murder of Hugh Pickering.
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Rain and Warmer in Tennessee and Virginia Weather Note
Occasional rain tonight and Thursday with slight warming in east Tennessee. West portion to see rain Thursday afternoon and night, with higher temperatures in Virginia as a warmup continues Thursday. Yesterday’s high 53, lows and inches of rain noted. readings taken at 6:00 PM for the preceding 24 hours.
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Winnie Ruth Judd Hints at Death by Own Action in AZ
Winnie Ruth Judd, awaiting a February 17 hanging, hinted on the stand she may kill herself. She testified in Phoenix that John Halloran aided in disposing of two murdered women, saying she killed in self defense, while Halloran allegedly guided concealment and transport to Los Angeles.
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Kentucky Burley Slump Continues at Markets
Kentucky burley tobacco averages declined at state markets on Tuesday. Readings show Lexington 1,721, 15 pounds at 13.63 cents, Maysville 91,100 at 12.10, Shelbyville 551,235 at 13.60, Carrathon 320,615 at 11.81, Cynthiana 255,490 at 12.54, Richmond 250,681 at 14.65, and Paris 153,225 at 23.64 cents per pound.
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Woman Dies After Funeral Shroud Completed
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Mrs Josiah Keim aged 72 died from a broken neck after falling down stairs a few hours following her funeral shroud completion officials report the incident is treated as a fatal accident with investigators reviewing circumstances.
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Independence Up to Island on I O Proposals
Washington reports that the Philippine Islands face a pivotal decision on independence as Congress overrides President Hoover’s veto. The ten year transition appears favored by Filipino leaders, with Manilas opposition limited to a faction calling for immediate freedom and Quezon seeking proof the bill meets best possible terms.
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Manuel Quezon
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United States
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University of the Philippines
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Democratic Congress
McAlister Urges Immediate Five-Week Legislative Recess
Nashville governor McAlister asks the legislature to recess for up to five weeks to form a joint finance ways and means committee to study state finances. The message stresses obtaining information for upcoming appropriation bills and faster budgeting for the next biennium.
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Sixty-Eighth General Assembly
Hunt Named State Purchasing Agent in Tennessee
Nashville January 18 Emmett Hunt of Cumberland Furnace named state purchasing agent to succeed Aller Brown of Clarksville. Dancey Fort, new commissioner of finance and taxation, announced the appointment today.
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Emmett Hunt
Cumberland Furnace
Aller Brown
Clarksville
Mill workers quit at Entwistle Mill No 2 in Rockingham
Thirty eight Entwistle Mill No 2 employees walked out in sympathy with a discharged worker, Robert Sherrill, a reputed union organizer. The mill, with about 300 workers, continued operations as the rest remained idle but nonconfrontational. No demands were made and no trouble was anticipated. Treasury receipts for Jan 16 totaled 5 022 761 and expenditures 17 725 718 with a balance of 402 261 818.44 and customs duties for mid January 9 835 088.73.
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Robert Sherrill
Treasury
Washington
Senate approves recess and reads lame duck bill in Tennessee
The Senate approved a recess from Friday noon to February 27, and the House was poised to concur. A lame duck constitutional amendment received first reading, and bills to repeal auto tax enforcement, cut railroad salaries, curb messenger autos, and tax amusements were advanced. Ex governors and ex-senators spoke, while a highway construction and budget balancing measures were proposed. The recess committee will study the budget with a three-assistant cap and daily pay allowances, as Tennessee seeks to reduce costs amid a large deficit.
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