CWA CURBS HOURS STOPS JOB GIVING
Washington Jan 19 Civil Works Administration cuts all civil works across the nation reducing weekly hours by 24 and halting new job placements as funds dwindle. About 4 million workers face reduced pay envelopes while replacements only for quit or laid off workers continue. Mayors protest the move calling it a return to the dole and warning it could curb relief efforts.
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United States
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Alprost
Executive Committee
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Harry le Hondias
McCarl
Cnt
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Lto
Comittee
Herve
Nery
Topkins
Congress
FDR Irked by Lobbyists in Washington
President Roosevelt prepares broad legislation to bar lobby activities by politicians in Washington. Democrats say Republicans and others have used law offices here to practice before the government. A bill by Senator Vandenburg would bar committee members from practicing law in D C. resignation of Democratic official Robert Jackson cited. Continued on page six.
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Roosevelt
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White House
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Vandenburg
R-Mich
Robert H. Jackson
New Hampshire
Democratic National Committee
Ayley
Arthur Mullen
Neiku
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National Committee
Marsh
Toosevelt
Congress
Drovernment
Internal Revenue
Wiveau
Threats of violence test Mae West court trial
In Los Angeles on January 14 threats of violence prompted extra guards for Superior Judge Barry Seinfeld Sewell as Mae West testifies in the trial of alleged robber Edward Friedman. Police guarded the actress amid warned violence while prosecutors prepared her testimony and West rested on a couch nearby guarded and comforted by fur.
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Mae ‘Wast
Barry Seiell
Edward Friedman
Sewell Seor
Court Hastity on Blackmailer Court Hastity on Blackmailer
London court bound Clarence Gordon Haddon, 43, engineer, to keep the peace for three years after he attempted to blackmail the king by claiming royal kinship. He must abstain from stating he is the late Duke of Clarence's son and from encouraging others to make similar life statements. He provided 100 pound sureties.
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London
Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon
Duke of Clarence
George
Haddon
Charles
Old Bailey
Insull Told to Leave Greece by January 31
In Athens on January 19 AP reported two members of the Greek Council of State recommended rejecting Samuel Insull's appeal from an interior ministry ruling that he must exit Greece by January 31. The decision narrows Insull's chances to delay extradition to the United States. He remained in bed per his doctor's advice as the court heard defense counsel Denis Lavarmos plead.
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Athens
Greek Council of State
Samuel Insull
Interior Ministry
Greece
Court of Appeal
Insull
United States
Theodore Angelopoulos
Insul
American Legion Hunted Kidnappers of E G Bremer
Edward G Bremer 37 bank president is held for 200000 ransom by kidnappers who threatened death. His car showed blood stains and a note promised violence if police were alerted. American Legion plans searches with Minnesota and adjacent states to find Bremer and bring him home. The case involves Adolph Bremer, his father and Roosevelt friend.
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ST. Paul
Jan
Bigge
Edward G. Brener
Hank President
Lremer
Commercial State Bank
Adolph Bremer
Roosevelt
American Legionnaires
Unon
Edward G. Bremer
Dewth
Walter Magee
Legion
Minnegata
Edward W. Carruth
Hstingtor
Kan
Alan
Bremer
William
Hamm
Lremers
Tey
Man who lost his soul ends voyage at sea
A Mohammedan stowaway named Jamin Ali, aboard the steamship American Farmer from New York to London, leaped from the stern after a pilgrimage dream to Mecca. He died at sea on January 12, 1934, sending a letter to his mother in India.
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Jaf
Jamin Ali
London
Mecca
England
Tamin
Jamin
Meridian
Fay
Badasalah
India
Jamin al
Mahammed
Alleh
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy with probable rain tonight and Saturday in Tennessee and Virginia. Somewhat colder tonight with colder conditions in the east and south portions on Saturday. High yesterday was 51, compared with 56 a year ago. Temperatures and precipitation readings taken at 6:00 p.m. for the preceding 24 hours.
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Virginia
Wynekoop murder trial postponed as defendant ill
In Chicago on January 19 AP reports Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop’s murder trial for Rheta Wynekoop’s death postponed until Monday due to the defendant’s grave condition. Her pulse and temperature were recorded as 100 and 99.6, with heart specialist Dr Earle Gray warning life is in danger and a stroke possible. Dr Wynekoop was wheeled into court briefly and then removed, a conference delaying proceedings.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Mongay
Wynekopp
Earle Gray
Ate
Wonekoon
Wynekoop
Harry R. Hoffman
Criminal Court Behavior Clinic
Seimg
Four U S Citizens Jailed in Spain Over Hotel Altercation
Four United States citizens were sentenced to six months and a day in Spain for assaulting a civil guard after an incident at a Palma Mallorca hotel. Rutherford Pullerton was acquitted on one count. The five Americans were detained six weeks. a pardon was not recommended by the court, though government circles expect consideration of time served. Ambassador Claude Bowers planned to seek dismissal of the decision.
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Madrid
United States
Palma
Mallorca
Rutherford Pullerton
Morales
Supreme Court of the Republic
Claude Bowers
Convicts Escape Kansas Prison Amid Gunfire and Hose Rope
Seven inmates scaled the Kansas State Prison walls about 7 a.m. amid gunfire as they fled into surrounding timber. Two, Dob Brady and Jim Clark, were recaptured. others including Charles Clifton McArthur and Frank Delmar escaped with aid of a ladder and set of improvised tools. Guards pursued. Brady wounded critically. One fugitive, Ed Davis, remains at large. The escape followed Memorial Day break linked to a wave of crimes and deaths in the Southwest.
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Dob Brady
Jim
Clark
Clyde Deer
Brady
Charles Clifton McArthur
Texas
Oklahoma
Claude Newton
Fred Cody
Morton County
Kansas
Greenwood County
Tommie, McMahan
Douglass’ County
Johnson County
Frank Delmar
Frank Brennan
Miami
Benjamin Young
Harvey County
Clack
Tucumecari
N. M
Ed Davis
Southwest
Wilbur Underhill
Kenneth Conn
Harvey Batley
Upset of gold clause debate swirls around money policy
NEW YORK Jan 19 economist Dr Warren M Persons and Yale’s Igong Fisher discuss a potential upheaval in the national monetary program if the Supreme Court upholds gold clause obligations. They note about 134 trillion dollars in long term debt and 75 trillion with gold payment promises could force the bond market to adjust to gold value. Nashville Tenn Gov McAlister accuses Atkinson of directing an incendiary letter, says Luke Lea orchestrated the attack to derail prosecutions in the Reece case and related finances. McAlister defends Walker’s involvement and cites a grand jury action on missing funds and a tax shortfall in the insurance department.
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Supreme Court
Warren M. Persons
Igong Fisher
Yale University
Dr. Persons
Persons
Nashville
Tenn
Provernor McAlister
Richard Mr. Atkinson
Luke Lea
North Carolina
McAlister
Seth M. Walker
Joseph I. Reece
Insurance
Atkinson
Insurance Department
Tennessee
Reese
Reece
the Pevernes
Waikey
Blue Sky Division
Walker
Lea
Atkin
Caffery and Hull to meet at sea off Cuba
Jefferson Caffery sails from Havana aboard the destroyer Cole to meet Secretary of State Hull at sea as Hull returns from Central America. Mendieta asserts resolve to restore peace after inaugurating as Cuba’s president and orders a nationwide search for arms amid riotous celebrations.
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Havanna
Jefferson Caffery
Roosevelt
Cuba
U. S
Gordel Hull
Richmond
Cattery
Cole
Key West
Fla
Hull
Canal Zone
South America
Gaffery
State Department
Carlos Mendieta
Gub
Carlos Hevia
Armed Force To Hold New Orleans Election Possible
In New Orleans the threat of armed force loomed over the municipal primary. Governor Allen moved state records to the adjutant general, with National Guardsmen at Jackson Barracks. Police actions tied to Huey Long faction tensions fueled a tense, three way mayoral race led by Walmsley, Klover, and Williams.
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Jackson Barracks
Milittary Headquarters
Q O. K. Allen
Rey H. Fleming
National Guard
Maurice J. Hartson
Pa Jais
C. 3. Barnes
Huey
Long
Allen
Adjutant General
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Cireles
T. Semmes Walmsley
Semuel Walmsley
State Department
Walmsley
John Klover
Senator Long
Francis Williams
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