Roosevelt outlines aviation plan for Congress
President Roosevelt delivers a message urging U S aviation upgrade with transoceanic routes and federal supervision of transportation. He cites the aviation commission report and signals further messages on regulation while Congress weighs a large transportation and security agenda.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Special Aviation Commission
Congress
Congress of the
Federal Aviation Commission
Severnty-Third Congress
Weather notes fair and warmer across states
Tennessee shows fair and warmer conditions with cloud cover tonight and Friday. Virginia reports fair skies with increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures, while yesterday’s highs and lows reference a distant date.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Galloows to Take Killer Neu to Gallows
Louis Kenneth Neu a dapper Savannah man who killed Sheffield Clark Sr in a Nashville hotel room died in a January 31 dispatch as he awaited the gallows in New Orleans for the September 17 1933 murder. Neu a former soldier sailor adventurer and night club singer previously scoffed at the hangman. He faced execution tomorrow in the case tied to the Clark murder.
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ED Desobry
Associated Press
New Orleans
Louis Kenneth Neu
Savannah
Wfe
Sheffield Clark
Nashville
Ramsey Charged With Bad Loan Ties To Knoxville Journal
Government evidence links J Basil Ramsey former Holston Union National Bank president to loaning bank funds to the Knoxville Journal company during its financial distress. The case alleges misapplication of $150 000 and conversion of funds to Col Luke Lea and related associates. Directors listed include Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell.
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Knoxville
J. Basil Ramsey
Holston Union National Bank
Knoxville Journal Company
Ramsey
Col
Luke Lea
HH. N. Quigg
J. B. Hamssy
Nashville
North Carolina
Rogera Caldwell
Quigg
Old Journal Company
Cok Lea
Caldwell
Richard W. Child Dies. Noted Attorney and Diplomat
Richard Washburn Child, 54, well known New York attorney, author, and former ambassador to Italy, died at his home from pneumonia after a cold. He was appointed ambassador by President Harding. Funeral set for Saturday with interment in Newport.
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Italy
New York
Richard Washburn Child
Child
Harding
Newport. R. IT
Benito Mussolini
Collier's Weekly
Haly
United States
Genoa
Lausanne
TVA Bills Move to House for Review Today
From Nashville Jan 31 three of the 12 TVA bills advanced from the senate to the house and were referred to the judiciary committee. The measures were passed by the senate with some amendments and aim to be engrossed before final action. Rep Charles C Brown sponsors say the move is not rushed and a flat license fee structure is proposed for vehicles under 3,500 pounds and over that weight with possible refunds for 1935 license holders.
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Nashville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Charles C
Brown
Shelby
Clarence Warder
Coffer
Price on ships is boosted millions by Hyde Park pressure
Senate munitions committee heard Laurence Wilder, a Pensacola shipbuilder, say naval shipbuilding contracts in 1933 were awarded at higher prices after a Hyde Park conference with Big Three firms and the Navy. Wilder claimed bids were not reduced despite protests, while Axey Gravem denied offering any fixer services to influence awards.
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Congress
Joseph E. Bastiapy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Capitel
Roogavalt
Senate
Treasury
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hull
United States
Laurence R. Wilder
Navy
Hyde Park
National Congress For
Mexico
Borah
Reldaho
Thomason
House
Edwin EK. Witte
Senate Finance Committee
Black
D-Ala
Preston L. Grover
Washington
Naval
Wilder
Gulf Industries of
Pensacola
Secretary of the Navy
M. Robinson
Emery
Jas
Axey B. Gravem
Comunittes
Gravem
Gulf Industries
Graver
Dirksen weighs swallow tail vs tuxedo for White House event
Representative Everett Dirksen of Illinois muses over dressing in tails or a tuxedo for the White House reception. He recalls renting tails last year as his only experience in such attire and says he has not bought formal evening wear since. He fears constituents may deride him if he wears tails again.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
White House
Congress
Dirksen
Colorful early Colorado figure Albert W McIntyre dies at 82
Colorado Springs report says Albert W McIntyre once governor of Colorado died in hospital after a paralytic stroke. native of Pittsburgh and Yale Law School graduate, he led state affairs in early years and faced poverty later. In 18 he won the governorship with inauguration at Denver’s Tabor Opera House.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Albert W. McIntyre
Pittsburgh
Yale
Tabor
Grand Opera House
Playhouse
Denver
H. A W. Tabor
Ask Congress Ten Investigate Huey
The Square Deal Association asks President Roosevelt to urge a congressional inquiry into conditions in Louisiana under Huey Long. The move follows Long resuming a court inquiry into alleged plots against his life and cites an “absolute dictatorship” depriving constitutional rights. The request was filed through the association’s executive committee and Lee O. Lester.
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Baton Rouge
The
Square Deal Association
Roosevelt
Congressional
Louisiana
Huey Long
Long
East Baton Rouge
Ask
the Square
Lee O. Lester
Legality of TVA Contest Bares Market Clash
In Birmingham Alabama on January 31 a federal judge hears the TVA energy program injunction case. Attorney Johnston argues TVA must enter the market to support its program, while TVA staff defend relevance to constitutionality. Testimony covers private utilities rates and Norris Dam navigation impact.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA Thecnutitu
W. J. Grubb
U. S. District Court
Receis Court
William C. Fitts
TVA
Forney, Johnston
Alabama Power Company
Johnston
Exral B. Whitman
Baltimore
Fitts
Arthur E. Morgan
Authority
Grubb
Cartier
Robert I. Randolph
Mississippi Valley Association
Norris Dam
Cove Creek
Tensaings
Randolph
Defense battles to break chain of evidence against Bruno
New York January 31 A Bronx beauty parlor owner and prospective witness in the Hauptmann trial Frau Rivkin was found gagged and bound in a burning shop. Firemen and the superintendent rescued her and she was revived but unable to describe the attack.
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Bruno
New York
Fannette Rivkin
Bronx
Hauptmann
John Espinose
Guard Levees as Flood Continues in Mississippi Delta
Levees along the Tallahatchie basin braced with armed guards as panic and rising floodwaters push communities like Glendora Webb and Sumner to shore up defenses. Emergency crews man sandbag lines along the river east bank and near where the Coldwater drains into the Tallahatchie. Forty thousand sandbags have been sent to bolster the levees as the flood remains a threat continuing southward from the Coldwater River.
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Glendora
Miss
Tallabatezie Basin
Mississippi
Webb
Sumner
Tallahatchie River
Troops Move Into Clay County to Clean It Up
A detachment of 10 cent Kentucky National Guardsmen arrived in Manchester under Governor Ruby Laffoon to curb lawlessness in Clay County. They aim to break up an automobile theft gang led by a prominent official, with potential removal of officials and evidence gathering to justify action. Additional troops and equipment were ready for a rapid advance if needed.
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Clay, County
Frankfort
Kentucky
Manchester
Ruby Laffoon
United States
Clay County
Adjt
H. H. Denhardt
Denhardt
Ellerbe B. Carter
Carter
Governor McAlister rejects compromise on sales tax bill
Nashville January 31 reports Governor McAlister told Representative Lon Austin he is not in the mood for a compromise on the administration sales tax bill. Austin says at least 20 House votes will oppose the bill without a compromise, urging full revenue to schools. The governor insists the measure be passed or killed as is.
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McAlister
Nashville
Lon Austin
Henderson
Administration
Austin
FERA Halts Plan For General Aid
Washington authorities announce a temporary halt in the drive to return unemployables to state and local care. The aged crippled and others on the rolls may stay until after President Roosevelt's social security program is enacted. The campaign slows as officials note 180000 wholly dependent families remain on federal dole. partial dependence figures are not released.
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Thomas J. Hamilton, Jr
Associated Press
Washington
FERA
Wight
Roosevelt
Harry L.hopkins
Girl Who Aided Mother’s Murder Near Collapse
Ouida Ketron 23, held on a murder charge, was moved from the Jones county jail to the Miss. Charity Hospital after a day of intense questioning. Authorities said her condition was not physically critical but custody concerns and hospital facilities prompted the transfer. The investigation into the severed legs of Mrs. Daisy Betton and the identity of the suspects continued as about 109 people were questioned.
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Laurel
Joe
Jones County
Ketron
Daisy Betton
W. M. Carter
Jack Deavaurs
Witness Swears Hauptmann Seen Near Kidnap Night
Bruno Hauptmann's defense seeks to undermine the state's case with a third alibi witness Louis Kiss testified he saw Hauptmann in Christian Fredericksen's Bronx bakery restaurant after 9 15 p m on March 1 1932 supporting earlier testimony by Carlstrom and Mrs Hauptmann.
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Hauptmann
Bankery
Kiss
Federicksen
Bronx
Edward J. Reilly
Attor Mney
David T. Wilentz
Carlstrom
Brooklyn
Larsen Wilentz
Arthur Larsen
Dunnellen
N. J
Lindbergh
Reilly
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Knoxville Journal
Richard R.child
T.V.A
Huey
Action
T.Y.A
Bruno Bauptmenn
Flem
Ington
Gear Veral Wilents
Basin
W. F. Arbogast
GOV
Mother
William A. Kinney
Ae Associated
Flemington
WN. I
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Louis Kiss
Christian Fredericksen
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