Hopkins Plans Drive to Put Millions Back to Work
Secretary Hopkins is weighing a nationwide drive with the Commerce Department and the Business Advisory Council to place more than 10 million jobless Americans in productive private sector jobs. The plan envisions employer cooperation and could begin within weeks, timed to spring business conditions. Hopkins will meet with W Averell Harriman, head of the advisory group, to discuss reemployment and broader government business relations as congressional debate grows on the work relief system.
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Washington
Commerce
Hopkins
New York
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Daniel C. Roper
W. Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Guthrie Fatal Shooting Ends Quarrel at Louisiana Plantation
David B. Guthrie prominent planter dies after his stepson Jack Guthrie 19 shoots him at their Newellton area home following a hunting trip. Guthrie dies at Street Sanitarium Vicksburg after transfer. surviving include wife, stepson, Blair Guthrie and Mrs. Clifford Favrot of New Orleans.
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ST. Joseph
David B. Guthrie
Jack Guthrie
Newellton
Guthrie
Vicksburg
Natchez
Blair Guthrie
Clifford Favrot
New Orleans
Yuletide Death Toll Rises to 508 in Christmas Roll
Associated Press reports 508 deaths over the three day Christmas period. Autos caused at least 395 fatalities, with rail and water incidents also contributing. Ohio led with the highest state toll. Texas New York and Pennsylvania among others recorded lower counts. Several states and DC reported no violent deaths.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Illinois
Nebraska
Nevada
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Earle in air again after 3rd crackup
Pennsylvania Governor James H. Earle and his wife survived a third air crash and vow never to fly together again. He praises aviation progress while noting the need for a mother for their children and mentions safe, new planes and a speeding state administration.
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James M. Long
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Earle
Attention Voters Urgent poll registration certificates required
Voters must obtain poll certificates from the parish sheriff immediately. Those voting in 1948 gubernatorial and presidential elections must hold 1938 and 1939 certificates. If 1938 certificate is not obtained by December 31, no ballot in 1939 or 1844. Sign poll books today to avoid last minute rush.
Fugitives Captured by Omaha Reporters and Announcer
Omaha World Herald reporters George Sedlacek and Ernie Jones and WOW announcer Foster May helped capture two escaped prisoners during a Christmas night manhunt. Marion Brown, a Missouri prison escapee, was seized at a scale house, while Fred J. Roberts, connected to an Omaha robbery, was captured after entering the same scene.
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Omaha
Neb
George Sedlacek
Ernie Jones
Omaha World Herald
Foster May
Obama
WOW
Marion Brown
Missouri
May
Fred J. Roberts
Nebraska
Roberts
Sedlacek
Jones
Cockerill
Scale
Romano
Erwin
Thousands in New Iberia celebrate cane harvest festival
New Iberia Louisiana hosts a grand cane harvest fete with a parade floats crowning ceremony Acadian dances and jitter bugging. Daughters of sugar cane planters in ante bellum dresses serve as hostesses while maids vie for queen honors with nominees including Verna Ozenne Mavis Angelle Louise Comeaux Dorothy Beyt Beverly Young Myrtle Provost Lilian Champagne Felecie Berard and Lorraine Bourgeois.
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New Iberia
Louisiana
Verna Ozenne
Mavis Angelle
Breaux Bridge
Louise Comeaux
Broussard
Dorothy Beyt
St. Martinville
Beverly Young
Abbeville
Myrtle Provost
Baldwin
Lilian Champagne
Franklin
Felecie Berard
Loereauville
Lorraine Bourgeois
Jeanerette
Police Hunt for Borrowed Child in San Francisco
Police searched today for two-year-old Patricia Brady who was taken from her home on Christmas by new acquaintances. Mr and Mrs Brady said a couple they met recently arranged a Christmas “cell” and asked permission to take Patricia to buy a present. Brady is a WPA worker.
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San Francisco
Patricia Brady
James Brady
Patricia
Brady
WPA
Pan American Conference 10 Closes With Solidarity Declarations
Delegates of 21 American republics inked about 130 resolutions and declarations signaling continental solidarity for defense against aggression. Narciso Garay of Panama first signed the documents as Foreign Minister Carlos Concha of Peru and President Oscar Benavides presided at the final session and farewell dinner.
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Lima
Peru
Narciso Garay
Panama
Carlos Concha
Oscar Benavides
Hull
Callao
Yale Lighting Winners in Monroe Christmas Contest
Winners announced for Monroe Christmas lighting contest sponsored by the city, Monroe Garden Club, and News-Star-World. Commercial displays led by Davis-Lawhead at 1008 Jackson Street winning $25, Paramount Theater earned $15 for carols broadcast, and Lee-Rogers Chevrolet won $10. Residential top prize went to Mildred Meredith for an elaborate manger scene, with Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Hare taking second and third respectively for manger and original scenes.
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Monroe
Monroe Garden Club
News-Star—World
Davis-Lawhead
Jackson Street
Paramount Theater
Lee- Rogers Chevrolet Company
Mildred Meredith
DeSiard Road
S. A. Collins
George Hare
Sherrouse Avenue
Wind’s Arctic Front Rages Across US. Penn Hospital Roof Hit
Strong winds sweep the nation driving temperatures to subzero levels from Minnesota to Pennsylvania. Huge seas lash Lake Michigan coast. travel slows as storms threaten the Atlantic seaboard. Snow, sleet, and power outages disrupt routes and utilities across multiple states.
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Sault St. Marie
Michigan
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Virginia
Montana
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Colo
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Midwest
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Florida
Dakotas
Wyoming
Prospect
Helena
Mont
Nebraska
Yellowstone
Crazy Rats Offer Clues To Mental Health Problems
Richmond December reports describe researchers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium on mental disease. Professor Norman Maier of Michigan trained rats to show temper tantrums and psychotic reactions when puzzles changed, suggesting insights into human nervous disorders.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Richmond
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Norman R. F. Maier
University of Michigan
Profesor Maier
Grand jurors probe acts of Musica firm in drug scandal
Federal and state grand juries questioned ten McKesson and Robbins directors led by Charles F Michaels about Coster Musica deception. State inquiries trace 10 to 14 million in fictitious assets, shares sold, and charges against Musica brothers and Dietrich Musica. Helen Keller voices grim view of world unrest and urges democratic unity and boycotts against Germany Japan and Italy.
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F. Donald Coster-Musica
McKesson and Robbins Drug Corporation
Charles F Michaels
Coster-Musica
McKessor and
Robbins
Michaels
Marie 5Ikora
Bridgeport
Conn
Robert Dietrich-Musice
Musica Brothers
Germany
Italy
Japan
Misa Keller
Raeda
Man shoots woman after rejection of Christmas gift in Camden
Florence Gottwald, 2-year-old brunette, was critically wounded by 19 bullets as she left a friend's car in Camden New Jersey. Detective Clarence Arthur said Emil Mascher, 46, a WPA worker, confessed he shot her after she refused his marriage proposals and returned a Christmas present. He called the rejection the final straw and claimed she branded him an affair.
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Camden
N. J
Clarence Arthur
Florence Gottwald
Arthur
Emil Mascher
WPA
Magher
Roosevelt Cousin Delano Dies in Washington
William J. Delano, a fifth cousin of President Roosevelt and 64, died suddenly yesterday in Washington. He had worked as a clerk in the government printing office and lived his life within a few blocks of his birthplace.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Willam J. Delano
Delano
Government Printing Office
France plans big show of army forces on frontier
Dispatches from North Africa report Italian tensions near Djibouti and French Somaliland, with fears of a campaign against Italian Ethiopia. France plans a strong display of touring forces and fleet salutes for Premier Petain in early January to deter Mussolini.
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Trealy
Tenpe
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Red Sea
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Duhouti
France
Foreign Office
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Coergo
French
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Libya
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Edouard Peteding
Tualata
Tripoli
Djibouti
Somaliland
Compromises in Congress Seen Amid Roosevelt Policy Push
Washington report notes post election shifts strengthen Republican voices and reshape Democratic unity toward compromise. The piece highlights possible fights over Hopkins’s promotion to commerce secretary and notes half the Senate and House committees are chaired by Southern or border state members, risking conservative leadership in key appropriations groups.
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Washington
Roooosevelt
Senate
House
Harry Hopkins
South
Congress
Glass
Virginia
Deeds Tions
Janitor Self-Amputates Hand in Work Accident
In Minneapolis a 1 year old public school janitor, Dome Nett, amputated his right hand at the wrist after a stoker plunger slip. He used a pocket knife and improvised tourniquet to stem bleeding then called for assistance and went to General Hospital for treatment.
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Minneapolis
Henry Dennett
General Hospital
Dome Nett
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