France faces cabinet crisis as Chautemps resigns
Paris reports a growing labor strike wave amid President Lebrun's search for a new premier. Camille Chautemps and the People’s Front resign after clashes with Communists. Leon Blum and Edouard Daladier are considered for the next government as currency turmoil and strikes mount across Paris suburbs and provinces.
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Bank of France
Georges Bonnet
Course
Stock Exchange
Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
People’s Front
Communist Party
Lebrun
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
France
Stiles
Jeanneney
Edouard Herriot
Chamber
Roosevelt backs elimination of all holding companies
President Roosevelt urged wiping out holding companies in a press conference. He opposed modifying the death sentence in the utility act and called for end to remote control of local banking and similar practices. Wall Street reacted with surprise to the dispatches noting giants like Transamerica and Northwest Bancorporation dominate large bank assets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Utility Holding Company Act
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
New York
Wall Street
Washington Dispatches
Transamerica Corporation
Pacific Coast
Marine Midlands Corporation
New York State
Northwest Bancorporation
First’ Bank Stock Corporation
Northwest
Transamerica
Stock Market Index Report and Repair Service Note
The stock index averaged 60 stocks at 47.0 yesterday. An entry notes washer repairing services from Green Bros.
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ATO
Green “Bros
Raid Near Indo China Triggers French Warning
French Indo China reports a Japanese air raid on Hainan prompts General Jules Buhrer to warn against any incursion. Three cruisers Gloire Montcalm and Georges Leygues arrived at Saigon to reinforce Asiatic waters amid tensions with Japan over Hainan Island.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Hainan
Gulf of
Tongking
Jules Buhrer
Gloire
Montcalm
Georges Leygues
Asiatic
Big Armies Clash in Central China
Shanghai reports a massive battle along the Grand canal as Chinese and Japanese forces clash for control of central China. Chiang Kai-Shek tours the front while Li Tsung-Jan defends Suchow, with troop movements threatening the Tsining-Kinsiang corridor and Suchow or Kweiteh.
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Shanghai
Grand Canal
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tsining
Chiang
Ho Ying-Chin
Suchow
Lunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Li Tsung-Jan
Kwangsi Province
Kwangsi
Shantung
Han Fu- Chun
Old $1 check cashed after 39 years in Ottawa
Mrs J T Clark of Centropolis says a $1 check dated April 8 1899 and paid by a Fort Worth bank was cashed after nearly 39 years. It arose from a settlement after her father was killed in a Texas train accident. She dropped the case before.
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Ottawa
Kan
J. T. Clark
Centropolis
Fort Worth
Tex
Auto accident kills teen on U S Highway 71 near Kansas City
Teddy Hyre Jr., 14, died when the seven passenger car he drove overturned on U S highway 71 just outside Kansas City East limits. Companion Tom McMillin, 14, was slightly injured. The car was owned by an undertaking firm where Teddy's grandfather Iri T. Oliver serves as treasurer.
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Kansas City
Teddy Hyre, Jr
U. S. Highway No. 71
Tom McMillin
Teddy
Iri T. Oliver
George Washington University names new head coach after Pixlee leave
George Washington University announced a year leave for football coach and director James E. Pixlee. William J. Reinhart was appointed head coach of all varsity teams, replacing Pixlee who remains on the faculty and previously served as assistant football coach and basketball mentor.
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Washington
George Washington University
James E. Pixlee
William J. Reinhart
Pixlee
Hopeful Sign Cardozo Improves Despite Illness
Dr John Paul Earnest Jr said Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N Cardozo remained improved after yesterday morning, a hopeful sign for his heart disease condition in Washington.
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Cardozo
Washington
John Paul Earnest, Jr
Supreme Court
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Long Time Uncertainty Hinders Industry Says Aldrich
Chase National Bank chairman Thrift? No, Th tends: Aldrich told Senate investigators that investor uncertainty has prevented the heavy goods sector from expanding and creating new jobs. He cited investor hesitation as a barrier to capital for growth.
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Washington
Jan
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Senate
Reform Becomes Urgent in League Shift to Rome Berlin
London reports the British foreign office treats reform of the League of Nations as an urgent issue after Austria and Hungary move closer to the Rome Berlin axis.
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London
League of Nations
Austria
Hungary
Rome-Berlin
Roosevelt to Send Navy Build Message to Congress
President Roosevelt said his proposed navy building program will be submitted to Congress next Monday or Tuesday. He indicated the message would outline plans for increasing naval strength and funding.
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Navy
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wisconsin Judge Evan Evans Mentioned in Capital Rumors
Washington reports speculation on a possible successor to Justice George Luther in the U S Supreme Court with Wisconsin Circuit Judge Evan Evans receiving mention as a potential nominee. The chatter surfaces amid winter talk surrounding major judicial appointments.
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Wyoming
Washington
Evan Evans
Wisconsin
George’ Luther
Wheat sale for one dollar in Winter Chev advertisements
The fragment notes a wheat offer priced at one dollar in an advertisement from Winter Chevrolet. No further details are readable to identify dates, quantities, or seller.
Bonnet Asked to Form New French Government
Paris Jan 14 Georges Bonnet former French ambassador to Washington and former finance minister accepted President Lebrun’s invitation to form a new government. He will confer with leaders and reply tomorrow while Chautemps and Daladier declined the premiership. Leon Blum pressed for a socialist premier.
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Paris
France
Albert Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
People’s Front
Chautemps
Leon Blum
Elysee Palace
Blum
Edouard Daladier
Lebrun
War Ministry
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Washington
Bonnet
Socialist Party
Protest by German envoy over Dodd speech at Waldorf Astoria
Washington reports German Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff protested Secretary Hull over William E. Dodds New York address denouncing Hitler regime as an unheard of insult to a friendly nation. Hull said Dodds views do not reflect U S policy. Dodd resigned as ambassador. Hugh Wilson to succeed him.
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Washington
Hans Dieckhoff
Hull
William E. Dodd
New York
Berlin
Hitler
Dieckhoff
Dodd
United States
Adolf Hitler
Charles II
England
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Germany
Italy
Japan
Roosevelt
Hugh Wilson
Brooklynese set apart from Bronx speech differences
Prof. Lou Kennedy of Brooklyn College concludes a Brooklyn survey shows distinct dialect features. He notes Brooklyese does not distinguish pearl and oil as in standard speech and highlights common mispronunciations of R in words such as pattern and modern.
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New York
Lou Kennedy
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn
Bronx
Lower East Side
U S Protest Over Looting of American Property in Nanking
The U S state department announced a new protest to Japanese authorities in Nanking over continued looting of American property by Japanese soldiers. Consul John M Allison reported ongoing entries and removal of goods from American institutions affecting native Chinese staff with no notices given. No Americans have been detained. latest incidents occurred in recent days.
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Washington
State Department
Nanking
John M. Allison
Allison
Bailey Attacks Ickes in Southern Anti Lynching Debate
Senator Bailey accuses Secretary Ickes of being backed by a renegade Republican while using Ferdinand Lundberg’s America’s 60 Families to attack big business. He mocks daytime bathing as a sign of guilt and cites a cabinet member’s association with the book. Southern lawmakers denounce the anti lynching bill as federal overreach as the filibuster enters its second week.
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Washington
Bailey
D.-N.c
Ickes
Senate
Ferdinand Lundberg
America
Smith
D-Sc
Interior Department
North Carolina
Rome
Byrnes
D-S.c
South Carolina
Insurgent Bombing Hits Lines East of Teruel
Insurgent airplanes bombarded government communication lines east and south of Teruel during a day of rest for the infantry at the eastern front in Spain. Government reports say the raids caused little damage while main highways into Teruel bore the brunt of the attacks.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel
Spain
Labor, Finance and War Three Factors Wrecked France Front
The article outlines how labor strikes and industrial paralysis, dire finances, and ongoing war fears toppled France's 1930s people’s front government. It cites Blum’s fall after seeking decree powers, budget strain, and rising defense spending amid international conflicts and internal dissension.
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People’s Front
France
Leon Blum
Blum
Chautemps
Spain
Ethiopia
Italy
China
Japan
England
Germany
Labor
City May Install Electrical Pumps at Water Plant
Leavenworth officials eyed replacing steam driven pumps with electric units after a study by University of Kansas engineer Robert Warner showing an estimated 2435 annual savings against a 6935 installation cost. Council plans a recommendation and possible vote within weeks.
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F. A. Russell
Council Water Committee
Frank E. Willey
Fort Leavenworth
City of Leavenworth
Army Post
Russell
Water Department
Robert W. Warner
University of Kansas
Kansas Electric Power Company
Altho
Unsettled Saturday Forecast for Kansas Warmth Returns
Topeka reports warmer weather will end the cold spell with a northwest wind easing. S. D. Flora predicts fair skies tonight and Saturday with unsettled conditions in the northeast and rising temperatures. Highs reach around 40 in the east and 45 in the west, lows near 20 to 25, and no precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Smallest baby Jacqueline Benson marks two years
Brown eyed Jacqueline Jean Benson born three months early weighed about 12 ounces at birth and spent 40 months in an incubator. Now 2 years old she reaches 24 pounds and is described as the world’s smallest baby to live by doctors.
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Chicago
Jacqueline Jean Benson
Lester Benson
Jackie
Jacqueline
State Tax Commission Chief Seeks List of Tax Exemptions
W. G. Fink, head of Kansas State Tax Commission, urged county clerks to provide descriptions and values of all exemptions on rolls. He noted rising appeals from charitable groups seeking tax immunity and wants a list of organizations not currently on tax rolls to verify their charitable status and profitability.
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State Tax Commission
Topeka
Kansas
W. G. Fink
Fink
Relief on farm in three counties falls by two thirds
FSA supervisor Clifford L. Harding reports 259 farm families in Douglas Franklin and Jefferson counties received direct relief in December, down about two thirds from a year earlier. Grants totaled 939 dollars in Douglas, 2179 in Jefferson and 1063 in Franklin, with expected small increases for January. Richard R. Stucky transfers to assist Harding in the local office.
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Franklin
Jefferson
Clifford L. Harding
Farm Security Administration
Harding
Court House
Douglas County
Jefferson County
FSA
Franklin County
Richard R. Stucky
Atchison
Less New Legislation This Congress Faces Fewer Bills
Washington reports only 216 bills introduced in the House since January 3 and 671 since the special session began November 15, far below the 5,000 plus in early 1937 and 1,728 by senators in the first eight weeks last year, due to re introduction rules at congress start.
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Washington
Congress
House
Capitol
Youth crushed by sand slide near South Haven Kansas
Harli Hubbard, 18, was killed while loading sand from a 10 foot bank into a truck on a farm near South Haven. His brother Jack and Roy Nelson tried to dig him out but he died from a broken neck and internal injuries. He leaves a widow and infant daughter.
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South Haven
Kan
Har] Hubbard
Here
Jack
Roy Nelson
R. H. Downings
Electric chair ends murder sentence in Indiana
Willis Fuller, 29, died in the Indiana state prison electric chair today for the murder of Vigo County deputy sheriff Paul Mankin during a July 17 1936 highway robbery and criminal assault incident in Terre Haute.
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Michigan City
Ind
Willis Fuller
Indiana
Paul Mankin
Vigo
Terre Haute
Mankin
Fuller
Co-Operative Club Holds Annual Dinner Talk on Economy
More than 100 members and guests attended the Co-Operative Club dinner at the County Club where J H Taggart University economics associate professor spoke. He traced government monetary policy through the 1920s to today and outlined four recession causes including reserve requirements and rising wages.
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Co-Operative Club
J. H. Taggart
University
Taggart
Federal Reserve Banks
German envoy discusses peace terms with Japanese leader
Tokyo dated January 14 reports German ambassador Herbert von Dirksen met with Japanese Foreign Minister Koki Hirota. It was not confirmed that China war terms were under discussion though Domei cited that important matters were considered.
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Tokyo
Herbert von Dirksen
China
Koki Hirota
Domei
New License for Old Car in Fulton
Harry Findley bought a license for his 1904 one cylinder Brush. He says the car has served him 34 years and notes the purchase was a good gamble for him despite others' views.
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Fulton, Mo
Harry Findley
Harry
Findley
Kansas Weather Summary Unsettled Northeast Saturday
Weather forecast for Kansas notes fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a shift to unsettled conditions in the northeast on Saturday. West and north central regions rise in temperatures by Saturday. Morning conditions cloudy in Topeka, Manhattan, and Ottawa with clearing elsewhere. Dirt roads are good. Temperature readings include a 43 yesterday high and a 28 today low with a 48 yesterday high and a low around Mt 2.
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Topeka
Manhattan
Ottawa
Sss Nee BO
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