Jackson Attacks Big Business Over New Deal Attack
Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson told the American Political Science Association that big business is striking at the government to liquidate the New Deal. He argued government alone can regulate capitalism and industry to sustain recovery, noting small merchants and manufacturers have prospered while big business seeks to undermine federal policies.
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Philadelphia
Robert H. Jackson
American Political Science Association
Jackson
New Deal
Canary
United States
Big Business
Rain drenches Pacific Northwest amid flood and wrecks
Seattle reports more rain as a three day storm floods the region. A Great Northern wreck near Monroe Wash leaves a missing fireman and train crews stranded. Canadian railways confront bridges washed out and snowslides while Oregon reports 100 Vernonia families marooned.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Great Northern
Monroe
Wash
Skykomis R
Andian National Railways
Ria
B. C
Canadian Pacific
North Bend
Portland
Vernonia
Ore
President Roosevelt seeks larger naval buildup amid world armament race
President Roosevelt announced plans for two new battleships and 16 smaller ships amid concern over global armament. He told House Appropriations Chairman Taylor that many nations are enlarging military programs, clarifying the move is not part of a preparedness program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Taylor
Colorado
House Appropriations Committee
LeBlanc Faces Federal Game Charge in Abbeville
Dudley LeBlanc former public service commissioner and 1932 governor hopeful, along with Fer nand Schexnider and Boniface Suire of Abbeville, faces federal charges for possessing 19 wild geese in excess of the bag limit. They will appear in Opelousas for arraignment after authorities found four geese over the limit for three men.
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Shreveport
Dudley LeBlanc
Public Service
Abbeville
United States Attorney's Office
LeBlanc
Fernand Schexnider
Boniface Suire
United States
Opelousas
Arctic storm paralyzes southeastern Alaska traffic
Arctic winds and snow kept pedestrians indoors and delayed ocean steamers across southeastern Alaska. Thunder and hail battered Ketchikan where midwinter storms are uncommon.
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Juneau
Alaska
Ketchikan
Many Expect Roosevelt 10 Direct Drive Upon Critics
Three developments give fresh support to the belief that Roosevelt is pursuing a direct approach against critics. Observers cite policy signals and public statements as evidence of a more assertive stance. The trend prompts debate on potential political and social consequences for opponents.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Simple funeral rites at cemetery near her residence
Louisiana obituary notes Mrs Caroline McManus 67 near Urania buried after natural death. She was famed as the nation’s most married woman with twelve marriages among a long list of husbands and a fortune once tied to the Urania oil field.
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United States
Caroline McManus
Urania
New Union Baptist Church Cemetery
McManus
Paris Paralyzed As 120000 Strikers Halt City Services
Paris faces a major crisis as about 120,000 municipal workers strike, threatening water gas and electricity supplies. Premier Camille Chautemps calls an emergency cabinet session and vows firm action after the Communist party backs the walkout.
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Paris
People's Front
Camille Chautemps
National Congress
Communist Party
Chautemps
Paris Detective Probes Slaying Linked to Profit Ring
Henri Tricot, husband of Roger Million's mistress, is held after claiming Million was implicated in the death of Jean de Koven, a 22 year old Brooklyn dancer. Paris detectives search Tricot's apartment and promise arrests in the St. Cloud murder-for-profit case tied to Million and his mistress Colette Tricot.
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Paris
Henri Tricot
Roger Million
Million
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Tricat
St. Cloud
Miss de Koven
Eugene Weidmann
Colette Tricot
Tricot
Don Marquis Dies at 58 Pioneer Satirist and Columnist
Don Marquis longtime newspaper columnist and wit died at his Forest Hills Long Island home after a long illness. He was 58 and had suffered strokes since 1936. His sister Bernice and Neva Marquis were with him.
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New York
Don Marquis
Marquis
Christopher Morley
Bernice
Neva Marquis
Forest Hills
Long Island
Louisiana State dormitory blast burns three workers
A gas explosion in a LSU dormitory late yesterday burned three men, including Donald Caldwell, a 31 year old construction superintendent. He was thrown 15 feet and suffered first and second degree burns. J N Chavers and Louis Sanders, both construction workers, were also burned. Ira Nabors said Caldwell was inspecting the heating system when a match lit by a worker caused the blast. The room had minor damage.
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University
Caldwell
New Diamond Medal Sought By Burlington Liars Club
Burlington Wisconsin December reports a new diamond studded gold medal to be awarded to the New Years day winner of the 1938 Lying Contest. O C Hulett explains a prior medal was stolen from Mrs Gale Barnhouse of Fowlerville Michigan and may be her entry this year. The club has plated a ninth champion liar amid a globe of fibbers and holds yearly contest rounds via curious local ties and tall tales.
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Burlington
Wis
Burlington Liars Club, Inc
O. C. Hulett
Gale Barnhouse
Fowlerville
Mich
Koroscil
New York City
Alcohol and Cold Trigger Pneumonia Attacks
University of Michigan researchers report that intoxication or chilling can loosen the epiglottis and vocal cords, allowing pneumonia germs to reach the lungs. Experiments with rats show drunken or chilled subjects inhale more germs, increasing pneumonia risk.
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Washington
Society of American Bacteriologists
University of Michigan
India
Government Forces Close In On Battered Buildings In Teruel
Madrid dispatch reports renewed military activity along the Teruel front as weather improves. Government troops from Huesca to Teruel strengthen positions and repair flood damaged communications while shelling Huesca and Teruel outskirts in an effort to halt insurgent counterattacks on the captured city.
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Teruel
Madrid
Aragon
Huesca
Anthem Voices Divide Over National Song Changes
Musicians at the Music Teachers National Association convention in Pittsburgh split on the Star Spangled Banner. Five favor changing both words and tune, seven want no change, one undecided. Interviewees cite difficulty singing and dislike of militaristic elements.
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Pittsburgh
Music Teachers National Association Today
Arthur Fielder
Boston
Cole Rossetter
Music Teachers National Association
Eric de Lamarier
Legion Concludes Life Ends At 40 Resolution
In Austin Texas on December twenty ninth the Travis post of the American Legion adopted a resolution urging no man under forty be drafted and noting that government and private industry have no use for men past forty four the measure reflects postwar draft views.
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Austin
Tex
Travis Post
The
American Legion
Heads in Hollywood Die This Year
Hollywood mourns as ten headliners die and eleven film celebrities depart in rental roles. Jean Harlow and Sir Guy Standing lead the losses, with Ted Healy, Ross Alexander, Martin Johnson, Ruth Roland, and others among the year’s departed.
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Hollywood
Jean Harlow
Guy Standing
Ted Healy
Ross Alexander
Martin Johnson
E. J. Mannix
Helen Surgess
Ruth Roland
Matie Prevost
Richard Boleslawski
Theodora
Wallace Smith
Gary Coopers
Henry Porras
Ed Heslyn
Kent Taviers
Robert Youngs
Oezie Nesons
Jaervet Hilliard
William Wellmans
Lievd Berons
Leland Hayward
Margaret Sullavan
Hal Mukis
Evelyn Venable
Wally Vernor
Bing Crosby
Pattie Knowles
Allan Jones
Trenie Hervey
Trene Dunne
de Francia Griffin
Donald Meek
Loretta Young
Wilson Calls Southern Agricultural Commissioners Meeting
Louisiana agriculture commissioner Harry D Wilson urged fellow southern state agriculture commissioners to meet Saturday morning New Year’s Day in Jackson Mississippi. Wilson, president of the Southern States agricultural commissioners group, said the meeting would discuss farm legislation pending in Congress.
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Baton Rouge
Harry D Wilson
Louisiana
Agricultural Commissioners of
Jackson
Miss Wilson
Organization of Agricultural Commissioners of Southern States
Congress
Plane crashes into Lake Erie near Put-In-Bay. three drown
A plane plunged into Lake Erie a half mile off Put-In-Bay today, drowning three people. The pilot was saved.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
Chinese hostilities threaten Shanghai as city braces
Americans in Shanghai face heightened danger as Chinese forces destroy telegraph and radio links to deter Japanese advance. Foreign vigilantes plan to assume control if needed while standing unarmed. J C Terry of Monroe Louisiana reports Chinese dynamited a multimillion dollar Hangchow power plant amid mounting tension.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Shandung
Tsingtao
United States
Marinehead
Pope
Hangchhow Power Company
J. C. Terry
Monroe
Ireland's New Constitution Takes Effect
Dublin reports Ireland’s 18 year old Free State becomes Eire as two counties join the new state. The constitution grants a new government and a new name Gaele and Ireland in Anglia. De Valera calls the milestone significant in Dublin’s shift from London amid celebratory religious and military ceremonies. Republicans plan protests in Dublin center with no major precautions observed.
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Dublin
de Valera
America
Probe of collision of ships continues
The United States Bureau of Marine Safety and Navigation today extended its inquiry into the Breechj due to Holland American Line and the British cruiser Orion collision on the Mississippi river. Captain Kinahan said no fog signals were reported before the crash and would not have moved under dense fog. River pilot Captain S. McNeely testified the freighter blew its horn at regular intervals and port officials estimated $30,000 in wharf damage.
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New Orleans
Bec
United States
Breedih
Orion
H. G Kinahan
Mississippi River
5. S. McNeely
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