Business groups reject federal licensing for corporations
Washington notes report major business leaders denounce the proposed federal licensing of interstate corporations. The Chamber of Commerce argues licensing is not a proper federal function and warns it could burden stockholders. It says hours and wages regulation is neither feasible nor desirable and urges keeping prices down to boost sales while avoiding wage cuts. Borah's meeting with Roosevelt leaves the issue without public stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Borah
R.ida
Chamber
Committee On
Washington Review
White House
O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Buckner Dies Under Coal Truck Wheel Hop Attempt
Louisville police report a 56 year old Black man identified as Will Buckner fell under the wheels of a loaded coal truck while attempting to hop a ride. The incident occurred today in Louisville Kentucky. Authorities described the death as accidental.
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Louisville, Ky
Will Buckner
Main Stem Hosts FDR Birthday Celebration at Waldorf
New York crowds exceed 5000 gathered at the Waldorf Astoria ballroom to honor President Roosevelt on his 56th birthday and support the push against infantile paralysis. Mrs. James Roosevelt attended as guest of honor with celebrities such as Sonja Henie and Cab Calloway visiting throughout the evening. Proceeds benefit the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Sonja Henie
George M. Cohan
Bill Robinson
Ed Wynn
Ben Bernie
Cab Calloway
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Backward Flight Formation Reported From Lunken Airport
Three pilots Wendell Fleming Dan Henry and Cyril Ketterer used a 71 mph wind aloft at Lunken Airport to perform a backward flight formation. They took off and were carried nine miles backward before reversing to return to the departure point without turning their planes. The flight occurred at 3000 feet with wind aloft 71 mph and ground speed 11 mph according to Ray Reynolds.
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Cincinnati
Lunken
Wendell Fleming
Dan Henry
Cyril Ketterer
Ray Reynolds
Weather turns wintry with rain and snow forecast
Tennessee sees rain and mild temperatures Sunday then a cold wave Monday with rain in the east and snow likely in the west and central areas. Kentucky expects rain Sunday, then snow and much colder Monday. Virginia reports clouds and warmth Sunday, with rain spreading east and central Monday and snow in the far west, followed by colder conditions inland Monday night.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
West
Travels 100 000 Miles But It All In One Place
Shelby B Johns, elevator man at the federal building in Nashville, says he has traveled about 97 200 miles vertically over 18 years by making roughly 1 000 trips daily to the fourth floor and back. He notes 18 miles of travel per day and excludes basement trips from the count.
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Nashville
Tenn
Shelby B. Johns
Johns
Federal Building
Frank urges Republicans to regain spirit and guard self government
Dr Glenn Frank addressing the Kansas day banquet says the party must express the American spirit more faithfully than the New Deal he calls dangerous and Hitlerlike. He outlines a five point creed urging human focus and opposition to political and economic monopoly.
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Topeka
Kas
Glenn Frank
Frank
Chicago
Alf M. Landen
John D. M. Hamilton
Hamilton
Dr. Frank
Republican Party
Congress
Drnk
Loyalists Retain Grip Over Teruel
Madrid reports the Spanish government forces repelled two insurgent counter-offensives to hold Teruel, after recapturing the city in December. Front lines north of Teruel show ongoing combat with gains denied along routes to Zaragoza. Insurgent units claim heavy casualties at Celadas near the Franco frontier.
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Madrid
Teruel
Brunete
Francisco Franco
Colamacha
Zaragoza
Franco
Hendaye
Celadas
China reports new footholds in Shantung area fronts
Chinese forces gain footholds on the Tunghai Railway front in lower Shantung by driving Japanese from Mengyin and surrounding Tsining. Japanese retreat with 200 dead at Mengyin. Chinese claim to have cut Hangchow Nanking communications via Lake Tai. Foreigners face new restrictions near Shanghai as a prohibited rural zone is announced north of the city.
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Shanghai
Tunghai
Shantung Province
Mengyin
Tsining
Japan
Nanking
Lunghai Line
Hangchow
Lake Tai
Lunghai
Kiangwan
Tazang
Liuhong
Green Defiant On Ouster Charge In Mine Workers Row
William Green of the AFL replies to ouster charges from the United Mine Workers convention in Washington. He accuses John L. Lewis of deceiving the UMW and claims Lewis inflated CIO membership while denying peace formula. Green mailed a 3000 word reply to be read from the floor.
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Miami
Fra
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
AFL
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
CIO
Philip Murray
UMWA
Roosevelt Thanks Nation For Honor On Birthday Drive
President Roosevelt thanked Americans for supporting the infantile paralysis fund and lauded the birthday campaign as a solid front against a deadly disease. He noted 15 000 balls nationwide and coin gifts to the White House foundation, with future aims in scientific research and care centers. The address followed his 56th birthday eve and highlighted celebrity attendance at birthday events to raise funds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nation
New National Foundation For
White House
Lindbergh life read in candles of memory and promise
AP reports a retrospective look at Charles A. Lindbergh from Detroit birth to early years in Minnesota, noting a modest start and a fateful 1927 moment with ambition for $25,000 and fame. The piece frames the future aviator against world drama and uncertain odds as he prepared for the Spirit of St. Louis flight.
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Detroit
Minnesota
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Building outlook better for 1938
Chicago January 29 1938. National Association of Building Trades employers reports 1937 building operations were the best in six years despite a late curtailment. 1938 prospects vary by city with some expecting larger construction and others less optimistic. 41 cities surveyed show 1937 permits 236204 with value 775460237 versus 222689 permits 554086862 in 1936. Boston Has Upturn.
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Chicago
National Association of Building Trades Employers
E. M. Craig
Craig
Association
Robert D Steele
Boston
Explosion at Segni munitions plant kills at least 15
A Segni Italy munitions plant disaster kills at least 15 workers and injures hundreds. Firefighters and police battle flames as residents flee homes damaged by the blasts. Mussolini surveys the wreckage amid fears of further explosions and roads are closed.
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Segni
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
Government Seeks To Convict Five In Swindling Case
In New York the federal case targets James C. McKay and William J. Graham with three co-defendants in a large confidence game. Prosecutor Maloney presses witnesses including victims who narrate losses, while key witness Moore recants his earlier testimony. The trial enters its first week with uncertainty over identifications and a probe for Moore's missing wife Ruth Bowen Moore.
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New York
James C. McKay
William J. Graham
Reno
Noble John Moore
Bunke-Steerer
U. S
William P. Maloney
Chicago
Graham
McKay
Maloney
Moore
Ruth Bowen Moore
Alameda
Triple Rites Planned for Burned Tots in Unicoi Fire
Unicoi Tennessee January 29 special to The Times reports a fiery home disaster that killed Marie 7 Bernice 4 and Edna 14 months old in a blaze that also badly burned a fourth child Earl three. year old survived after mother rescued him from flames and neighbors rushed to pull victims from wreckage. The three slain children will be honored in a triple funeral Sunday as the family awaits burial preparations in Johnson City.
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Times
Unicoi
Tenn
Harvey Silver
Here
Silvers
Marie
Bernice
Edna
Earl
Johnson City
Carol says Jews not to be ousted in Romania
King Carol of Romania declares Jews need not fear violence and asserts Romania will keep old friends France and Britain while cautiously approaching others. He insists no change in foreign policy and notes Romania may gain new friends without abandoning the old. The interview reflects a confident, tranquil monarch amid questions of alliance shifts.
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France
Great Britain
Alvin J. Steinkopf
Bucharest
Rumania
Carol
Romania
Germany
Italy
Two Tennessee elections test Browning fate in 1946
Nashville voters pick a 4 member mayor for the unexpired term of Hilary Howse while the Tennessee Supreme Court rules on Browning's county unit primary law. The decisions affect Browning Crump McKellar factions, Shelby county influence, and the August gubernatorial primary dynamics.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Hilary E. Howse
Browning
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Supreme Court
Shelby County
Niles
Crump
U. S
K. D. McKellar
Jack Keefe
Thomas L. Cummings
State Senate
Keefe
Cummings
Tom Cummings
Crump Cummings
Crump-McKellar
John Lechleiter
Felix Z. Wilson
Horace Bowers
Watkins Overton
Herbert S. Walters
Morristown
Elmer Davies
Tom McCord
Lewisburg
Jay G. Stephenson
George L. Berry
Berry
Ky Governor Seeks Return Of Owed Motorist
Governor Chandler requisitioned the West Virginia governor to return James Owen to Boyd county Kentucky to face an operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated charge. Owen was held in Cabell county West Virginia.
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Frankfort
Chandler
West Virginia
James Owen
Boyd County
Owen
Cabel County
W. Va
Rochester woman to speak at Kentucky Episcopal meeting
Mrs Harper Sibley of Rochester New York will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky. The event opens next Friday at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville.
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Louisville
Harper Sibley
Rochester
N Y
Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal Diocese of
Kentucky
Christ Church Cathedral
Governor Chandler Allocates Funds for Negro College Tuition
Frankfort Kentucky January 29 Governor Chandler set aside 2208 dollars 75 cents from the emergency fund for a college tuition fund for negro students.
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Frankfort
Chandler
Steamship reps say no authority to arbitrate waterfront strike
LACK AUTHORITY SAN JUAN Puerto Rico January 29 Steamship company representatives told Governor Blanton Winship they were not authorized to act on his proposal to arbitrate the month old waterfront strike.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Steamship Company
Blanton Winship
Another Business Meeting Planned
Washington January 29 Secretary Roper announced a supplemental list of smaller business representatives invited to confer Wednesday. The list includes G. D. Given Henderson Kentucky George Talbot Jr Evansville Indiana and T C Williams Huntington West Virginia.
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Washington
Roper
G. D. Given
Henderson, Ky
George Talbot, Jr
Evansville
Ind
T. C. Williams
Huntington
W. Va
Dearborn Pioneers Plan Nationwide Petitions
The Dearborn Pioneers Club, 65 business and professional men near Ford Motor Co., announced plans for country-wide petitions to President Roosevelt protesting what it calls unwarranted and unrestrained attacks on Henry Ford.
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Detroit
Dearborn Pioneers Club
Ford Motor Company
Roosevelt
Henry Ford
Thousands of Parisians march for unemployment relief funds
Thousands of jobless Parisians paraded through the streets singing the Internationale and demanding increased unemployment relief funds, signaling broad public pressure on relief programs.
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Paris
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