Billion Dollar Deficit Predicted In Roosevelt Budget
Washington officials forecast a 1939 budget deficit near 1 billion dollars with a revised 1938-39 deficit around 1.25 billion. They cite a continued unbalanced budget due to relief needs and recession, while Congress weighing cuts to highways CCC and calls for WPA expansion. An auditor cites hundreds of millions in funds spent without proper accounting by government agencies.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Representative Dies
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Dies
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Funas
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen hotel quote
An excerpt from Aunt Het by Robert Quillen features a humorous line about wishing to live in the best hotel on earth so one can access the refrigerator at night without feeling sneaky. The note credits a 1937 copyright.
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Publishers Syndicate
Officially Dead Tale Pushes Man Toward Robbery
Everett Washington January 4 1936 police report Harold G Weston 36 says he became a robber after failing to secure a job or a social security number because he was officially dead He left Glendive Montana years earlier and worked on a Rapid City South Dakota project where a man was mistaken for him Weston fled to Manhattan Montana where his wife Bertha Weston says she has a widow’s pension based on a photo ID of the killed man.
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Wash
Harley G. Weston
Weston
Glendive
Mont
Rapid City
S.D
H. G. Weston
Ray Ryan
Fred Plymale
Bertha Weston
Manhattan
Rapid City burial sighting referenced in arrest case
A fragment notes a burial in Rapid City and a suspect named Weston arrested in Monroe Washington on December 27 for second degree robbery of a filling station. The case was turned over to the federal bureau of investigation.
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Rapid City
Weston
Monroe
Wash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arabs Get British News on Their Italian Radios
The BBC used Italian distributed medium wave sets to broadcast Arabic news into the Holy Land. Italians provided thousands of sets able to receive Bari broadcasts but not Daventry short wave. The BBC rebroadcast its Arabic news last night via the Palestine station to counter Italian Arabic broadcasts in the Near East.
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British Broadcasting Company
Holy Land
Bari
Italy
Daventry
England
BBC
Palestine
Near East
Britain
Crude Production Down Across United States in Week
Oil and Gas Journal reports U S crude output fell by 49 112 barrels daily to 3 447 006 for the week ending January 1 Oklahoma dropped to 533 675 barrels daily down 16 625 Texas Louisiana California Kansas also saw declines with variations led by Texas and Kansas while East Texas rose 1 750 to 491 200.
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Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
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Texas
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Kansas
Two Hutchinson Men Charged In Marijuana Ring
United States Commissioner John E Boyer said Rayomda Hernandez and Vernon Sylva both of Hutchinson are jailed in lieu of 2000 dollars bonds on charges of possession transportation and sale of marijuana Their trial is set for the March term of federal court.
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Wichita
Kan
United States
John E. Boyer
Rayomda Hernandez
Vernon Sylva
Hutchinson
Giant Egg Found In East Holden Henhouse
Harold Rogers reports a giant egg found in his hencoop in East Holden Me Jan 4. He estimates the egg has three or four yolks and measures nine by twelve inches in circumference. Rogers says he will not break it open to prove its existence after 30 years raising hens.
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Harold’ Co
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Suction Debate Ties Car Crash In New Albany
In New Albany Indiana on January 4 Kent Allee a 55 year old motorist and police disagreed over the crash cause. Allee blamed suction from a passing car while police cited excessive suction from three wine bottles in his car. He was fined ten dollars and costs and had his license suspended for one year.
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Ind
Kent Allee
Allee
Twenty Three Not Back From Christmas Paroles
Alabama prison officials report 23 of 554 parolees remained unreported after Christmas release. Some telephoned or telegraphed delays but staff hope the men will return to custody and be heard from soon.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Sataeran
Kent resigns as Hays Chamber of Commerce secretary for Emporia
M W Kent, formerly Lawrence assistant secretary, resigns from the Hays Chamber of Commerce to take a similar post in Emporia. He succeeds J C Gladfelter, who is with the unemployment compensation department after 14 years as Emporia secretary.
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Hays
Emporia
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
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J. C. Gladfelter
State Unemployment Compensation Department
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round at Granada Delivers Entertaining Cast
The Granada opens Manhattan Merry-Go-Round featuring Leo Carrillo as a genial loan shark who commandeers a recording studio and rounds up talent. Phil Regan and Ann Dvorak bring romance while Tamara Geva and Jimmy Gleason shine. Cast includes Joe DiMaggio Henry Armetta Luis Alberni Max Terhune with Ted Lewis Cab Calloway Kay Thompson Louis Prima and Gene Autry. Musical acts and songs enhance the show with a variety of orchestras and a newsreel and cartoon short.
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Leo Carrillo
Phil Regan
Ann Dvorak
Tamara Geva
Jimmy Gleason
Carrillo
Joe DiMaggio
Henry Armetta
Luis Alberni
Max Terhune
Ted Lewis
Cab Calloway
Kay Thompson
Louis Prima
Gene Autry
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Heaven
Reno
Pete Smith
British to Hold Singapore Military Exercises Next Month
Singapore January 4 UP British authorities announced large scale sea air and land maneuvers at the Singapore base. About ten thousand troops including a Hong Kong battalion will take part late next month with three bomber squadrons from India and Iraq and a large naval force expected to mass.
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Iraq
Thieves Steal From Eagle School In Gray County
In Gray county thieves used a truck to remove the Eagle school light plant piano water pump and stage curtains from the building at Dodge City Kansas on January 4. The sheriff's office was asked to watch for the truck.
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Dodge City
Kan
Eagle School
Gray County
Lou Gehrig gets big league debut in Rawhide style tale
A rugged western script casts Lou Gehrig as a barnstorming athlete given a chance to shine for the Yankees. Fellow ranch foreman Smith helps Gehrig display his talent as a tough bevy of gangsters rounds up opposition.
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Gehrig
Pitas
Yankees
Smith
Ballew
Topeka official to dedicate Kansas high school building
A government official will depart tomorrow afternoon to Goodland Kansas to dedicate a new community high school building. He will return to Topeka Friday morning.
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UPA
Haxman
Goodland
Kan
Topeka
Burke to Undergo Gall Stone Operation in Mayo Clinic
W. H. Burke chairman of the state board of administration will have an operation to remove a gall stone at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. The procedure is scheduled for tomorrow according to his secretary.
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Topeka
W. A. Burke
State Board of Administration
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