Hoover signs relief measures amid rapid reconstruction push
Congress enacts 625 million dollars in relief with 125 million for land bank capitalization and 500 million for the Emergency Reconstruction Corporation. The president moves to form the corporation's board, outlines swift loan plans, and expects initial lending within two weeks as federal agencies prepare surveys and staff for a large-scale operation.
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Washington
Hoover
House of Representatives
Emergency Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
Land Bank
Reconstruction Corporation
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Mills
White House
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Meyer
Charles G. Dawes
Paul Bestor
George L. Harrison
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Commerce Department
Dawes
Bestor
Roosevelt Enters NY Governor as Candidate for Presidency
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt formally consents to have his name entered in the North Dakota Democratic primary March 10. In a letter to F. W. McLean he notes it is the duty of Americans to serve when called, and cites his role as governor of a state with 13,000,000 people as demanding action.
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North Dakota
U. S
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
F. W. McLean
State Central Committee
Grand Forks
McLean
Valley City
Cone
Jesuit Property Confiscated in Spain Decree Declares Dissolution
Madrid decree dissolves the Jesuit Order in Spain after nearly four centuries. Jesuit chapters to disband within 10 days, inventories of property valued around 30 million dollars to be filed with the government. Commissions to seize assets will act for the state. properties to be dedicated to public uses. Alvaro Albornez, justice minister, said the decree would likely publish tomorrow.
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Madrid
Spain
Alvaro Albornez
Credit extension offered Germany
Berlin Jan 23 AP extension of one year of a billion dollars in short term foreign credits tied up in Germany is provided for in an agreement signed by the international committee of bankers. Credits are renewed to January 3 1933 without immediate payment. An additional guarantee is supplied by the paid discount bank, fortified by the round robin pledge of 1 000 German industrialists. Automatic termination is provided if Germany declares a moratorium on her foreign debts.
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Berlin
Germany
International Committee of Bankers
Cancer researcher dies in Boston lab accident
Dr. Eugene Chellis Glover, 29, Harvard trained cancer researcher, collapsed in the Thorndike Memorial building at Boston City Hospital while testing lipoid extracts and cyanide gas. City hospital officials call the death an accident as investigators pursue cyanide as a possible cause.
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Boston
Eugene Chellis Glover
Boston City Hospital
Harvard Medical School
University of Louvain
Belgium
Thorndike Memorial Building
John J. Dowling
Glover
Timothy J. Leary
George Minot
Thorndike Laboratory
Motive Lacking in Case Against Trunk Slayer
Court in Phoenix heard testimony on the motive behind Winnie Ruth Judd's alleged murders. Prosecution linked the disappearances of Agnes Anne Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson to the sending of trunks and a suitcase to Los Angeles. Los Angeles police and the county coroner testified that the evidence contradicted Judd's self defense claim and described the victims’ remains.
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Los Angeles County
Judd
Samuelson
Grand jury does not indict four Americans in Kahahawai case
Reports say a Honolulu grand jury voted no bill on indictments against Mrs Granville Fortescue Lieut Thomas H Massie and two naval enlisted men in the Kahahawai slaying case. Judge Cristy may have rejected the finding as officials prepare to hand Honolulu police to a new police commission.
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Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Granville Fortescue
Washington
New York
Thomas H. Massie
Kahahawai
Vieut
Massie
A. M. Cristy
Police Commission
Legislature slips on contractor tax in extra session
Nashville January 23 AP legislature failed to tax contractors in the general revenue bill. The senate approved a graduated rate plan but the house did not adopt it, leaving no privilege levy on contractors. Officials estimated statewide revenue loss and Davidson county potential annual shortfall.
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Nashville
General Assembly
House
Senate
L. D. Smith
Charles Simpson
State Board For
Simpson
Davidson County
Tennessee Weather Summary Holds West Central Pace
Fair conditions prevail across Tennessee with a colder east and central portion on Sunday. Monday looks fair with rising temperatures. Reported high yesterday 64, low 48, with 0.21 inches of rain yesterday and no rain a year ago. readings taken at 6 p.m. for the prior 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Unlabeled Cans Declared Unfit for Food in Nashville
Discovery of more than 1200 pounds of canned goods described as unfit for human food prompted Dr. J W Sample head of the state foods division to warn dealers. Inspectors found upwards of 2400 pounds of unlabeled cans, half spoiled, with theft-like schemes and mislabeling cited as common in the state.
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Nashville
J. W. Sample
State Division of Foods, Fertilizers and Dairies
Sample
Dr. Sample
Bank of England Opens New Operations in 1695 Start
The Bank of England began active operations on January 1 1695. The bureau of standards lists gold osmium platinum and tungsten as the four heaviest metals.
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Bank of England
Bureau of Standards
Warships Sent to Salvador as Communists Clash
Reports say six warships including American vessels were sent to Salvador after a communist uprising erupted in Sonsonati and two nearby towns near San Salvador. An American cruiser and two destroyers joined a British cruiser and two Canadian destroyers in the deployment to protect lives and property.
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Salvador
Sonsonati
State Department
Washington
San Salvador
Navy orders three American ships to El Salvador
Washington reports serious disturbances of a communistic nature have broken out in El Salvador. The Navy Department tonight ordered three American ships to proceed from Panama immediately to provide protection if needed to American and foreign lives.
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Washington
el Salvador
Navy Department
Panama
Borah Attacks French Plan On Moratorium
Senator Borah criticized French stance on extending the debt moratorium calling it like postponing surgery until the patient is too weak to recover. He urged France to back a new European economic stability plan referencing Premier Laval and Germany reparations, a security pact for France, and treaty fulfillments.
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Washington
Borah
France
Laval
United States
China warns 78 suppress actions against anti Japan groups
Japanese government threatens to occupy Shanghai barracks if anti Japanese societies are not abolished. Eleven Japanese naval ships anchor in Whangpoo river near the international settlement as China pledges to act through the League of Nations. United States officials dispute a warning while Geneva readies a council meeting on Manchuria.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Shanghai International Settlement
Nanking
Edwin S. Cunningham
United States
Washington
State Department
Geneva
League of Nations Council
China
Japan threatens to occupy Shanghai military sites
Tokyo warned it will seize Chinese barracks and forts in the Shanghai district unless Chinese authorities halt anti-Japanese demonstrations. The foreign office and naval department said the boycott organizers sparked disorders and must be disbanded. Additional warships brought the force to about 1,700 to protect Japanese residents.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shanghai
Foreign Office
Naval Department
Five more Japanese warships reach Shanghai harbor
Five additional Japanese ships of war anchored in the Whangpoo river as tensions rise between Chinese and Japanese populations in Shanghai. The newcomers bring total warcraft to eleven, amid unresolved demands for abolishing anti Japanese societies and potential occupation of key positions if ignored.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Japan
Nanking
International Settlement
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