Hoover Attacks Roosevelt Policy as War Risk
Herbert Hoover told the Council on Foreign Relations that President Roosevelt’s new foreign policy could provoke war through coercive measures like sanctions. He warned Americans to resist accepting inevitable conflict and urged national debate on defense and policy.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover
Council On Foreign Relations
Charles G Dawes
Great Britain
Death of France's Oldest Executioner Anatole Deibler
Paris reports the death of Anatole Deibler fifty nine year old hereditary high executioner of France. He collapsed in a Paris subway station and died soon after at a hospital. Deibler inherited the office from his father Louis Deibler and had executed more than 300 men at the guillotine since the Revolution era. He was known as Monsieur de Paris and described as a mild, disciplined government employee who lived privately with his family.
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Paris
Anatole Derbier
France
Monsieur de Paris
Deibler
Louis Deibler
Mrs Roosevelt Tops Dining Car Tips in New York
In New York on February 2, Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was named the most generous woman tipper by railway dining car workers. The Dining Car Employee union also picked Morton Downey as top entertainer tipper while nominating Farley Whalen Dempsey and Vanderbilt for other leadership roles. The poll shows average tips of 95 cents for men and 15 cents for women.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Morton Downey
James A. Farley
Grover A. Whalen
Jack Dempsey
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Masters of ATS Face Fraud Charges
Federal charges allege 83 ship masters and others defrauded the government by obtaining free treatment at a Marine hospital. The indictment cites false certificates and improper benefits over years, tied to about sixty thousand dollars in misappropriated funds. Bonds were set at two thousand dollars for several defendants.
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Leon
United States
Marine Hospital
Federal
Grand Jury
Intelligence Unit
Partment Ar
Hubert
Biloxi
Hube
Czechs Enact Anti Immigrant Decrees Across Lands
Prague reports government decrees targeting immigrants and Jews with new citizenship rules effective January 1 1998 and within six months. The measure, tied to postwar population shifts from Czechoslovakia to Germany and Hungary, aims to control residency while sparing few exceptions.
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Prague
Govakia
Clovakia
Germany
Roonpr
Aship
Munich
Hungapoland
Negrin vows loyalists will fight to defend Catalonia
In Figueras Premier Negrin warns insurgents pressing north through Catalonia that government forces will hold a new fixed line. He cites unity in parliament, pledge to defend Spain’s independence, and aims to end war with minimal persecution as civilians face panic after Barcelona’s fall.
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Figueras
Spain
Juan Negrin
Cortes
Barcelona
Catalonia
Negrin
Texas father proud after birth of quadruplet girls
In Galveston on February 2 1931 W E Badgett 35 celebrates four newborn daughters Joyce Jeanette Joan and Geraldine all weighing between 3 13 and 4 9 12 pounds. Doctors report good condition after blood transfusions and the mother is said to be well gifts flood the hospital as the family plans for four normal upbringing with the father pledging to provide home and clothing.
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Galveston
Tex
Papa W. E. Badgett
Texas
Joyce
Jeanette
Joan
Geraldine
Papa Badgett
Badgetts
Groundhog Weather Prophecy Debunked By Research Expert
Washington reports Stanley T. Boggess of the American Wildlife Institute debunks ground hog weather forecasts. He states ground hogs usually emerge at night and daytime sightings suggest searching for food rather than predicting shadows.
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Washington
Stanley T. Boggess
American Wildlife Institute
P. S. C. Moves to Cut Gas Rates in Louisiana
Louisiana Public Service Commission ruled Interstate Natural Gas Company is a public utility subject to its jurisdiction. The decision aims to regulate gate rates charged to Louisiana distributors from Monroe to Baton Rouge and southeast clusters, despite Interstate’s interstate business argument. Rate investigations continue across the state and involved pipelines traversing Mississippi and other states.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Louisiana
Commission
Interstate Natural Gas Company
Interstate
Monroe
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Natchez
Commission On
WPA Witnesses Describe Job Barter in Albuquerque
Government attorneys seek to prove New Mexico WPA workers were hired and fired for political advantage in a federal fraud case. Testimony shows relatives of Senator Dennis Chavez influenced relief roll placements and visited the Albuquerque zone offices frequently, signaling higher level involvement.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
WPA
Federal District Court
United States
Dennis Chavez
Stanley W. P. Miller
Chavez
United States District Attorney
Albuquerque Zone
Edna Braddy
E. A. Rose
Anita Tafoya
Braddy
Joseph DeArmond
Tafoya
Dies inquiry progress amid House debate on continuing probe
Capitol Hill anticipated approval of extending the Dies investigation into un American activities as rules committee hearings moved toward floor debate. Some Democrats challenged the inquiry linking it to Attorney General Murphy, while the House also grappled with a $725 million relief bill and WPA wage differential limits.
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House
Dies
Capitol Hill
Rules Committee
Keller
Illinois
Dingell
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Republican Party
Minnesota
California
Representative Dies
Texas
Representative Cox
Georgia
Cox
McGranery
Pennsylvania
Hitler's Paper Attacks Roosevelt Over Defense Talks
Berlin reports Voelkischer Beobachter accuses Roosevelt of pledging to defend democracies, saying North America may lose its head again. Hoover's Chicago speech excerpts are noted, but officials defer comment as Roosevelt conferred with the Senate military affairs committee.
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Berlin
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Roosevelt
Senate Military Affairs Committee
North America
Fuehrer
Hoover
Chicago
Senate Committee
Boersen Zeitung
Penny Wise Pennyless Pennies and Fines
In Goshen Indiana Jack Prathers 29 was fined 5 50 by Justice J Robert Waston for ignoring a stop sign He paid 550 pennies and left jingling In Norfolk Virginia an old ordinance from July 17 1741 imposes fines if servants ride horses faster than a foot pace In Oklahoma City detectives raided a rooming house finding no one present but seized two suit cases containing eight gallons of whisky
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Goshen
Ind
Jack Prathers
Justice of the Peace
J. Robert Wasson
Prathers
Norfolk
Virginia
John D. Corbell
Common Council
Oklahoma City
Charles Scott
J. M. Mabe
Opposition to Judge Roberts Nomination Sparks Senate Clash
Washington reports critics expected the senate to back its judiciary committee in disapproving Judge Floyd H. Roberts for Virginia federal judgeship. The 15 to 3 committee vote followed charges that Roosevelt delegations and Virginia governor James H. Price pressured senatorial picks. Governors Price E Lee Trinkle and Westmoreland Davis defended Roberts as eminently qualified despite a partisan dispute.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
Floyd H. Roberts
Virginia
Roberts
Glass
Byrd
Ashurst
Arizona
Neely
West Virginia
Norris
Nebraska
James H. Price
E. Lee Trinkle
Westmoreland Davis
Roosevelt
Price
United States
Negro confesses attack on LSU coed in cabbage patch
Dave Johnson a 33 year old New Orleans Black man confessed to twice attacking a Louisiana State University coed in a cabbage patch near the campus on Tuesday night He also admitted holding her escort Antonio Bogran a 19 year old Honduran engineering student at bay with a pistol and stealing a small amount of cash and jewelry Johnson was captured by state highway police amid another store hold up attempt in Prairieville Sheriff Lester Gonzales identified him The attacker was shot during a later exchange of bullets between his son and the suspect Johnson was moved to another jail for safekeeping
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Baton Rouge
Dewey Sanchez
Dave Johnson
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
Prairieville
Here
Lester Gonzales
Ascension Parish
Johnson
Adam A. Cambre
Mandez Cambre
Louis F. Guerre
U S Officials Gauge Stabilization Fund Use Amid War Debates
Secretary Morgenthau denied the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund was used to aid France or any foreign nation in buying military gear. Republican lawmakers urged Senate testimony from aviation manufacturers over whether the U S can supply 3000 planes for the army while meeting foreign orders, as the debate over France sales intensifies.
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Morgenthau
Treasurys
France
Senate Military Committee
Austin
Vermont
Repubican
Senate
Chicago
Hoover
Council On Foreign Relations
Roosevelt
Death occurs as man enters Riverside sanitarium
J W Nesom a 43 year old World War veteran died of heart disease minutes after entering Riverside sanitarium Monroe. He resided in Watson La and was visiting friends in Monroe when illness struck. Survived by two sons Douglas and Larkin Nesom a daughter Coline Nesom two brothers and two sisters. Interment at national cemetery Baton Rouge with Dixie Funeral home in Monroe in charge.
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Riverside Sanitarium
J. W. Nesom
Illinois Central Railroad
Baton Rouge
National Cemetery
Nesom
Watson
Monroe
Larkin W. Nesom
Douglas Nesom
Coline Nesom
Abe Nesom
J. D. Nesom
Denham Springs
H. A. Nesom
Shreveport
Dock Hill
Ernest George
Dixie Funeral Home
Porterie Named Federal Judge in Western Louisiana
Attorney General Gaston L. Porterie’s confirmation as federal judge for the western district of Louisiana was reported. Porterie expressed gratitude and humility, noting support from western district lawyers and a wish to serve with humanity. Political talk swirled about his potential successor as attorney general.
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Gaston L. Porterie
Louisiana
Senate
Porterie
David M. Allison
Richard Leche
Huey Long
New Orleans
Louisiana Bar Association
Long
State Bar of
Acadia Parishes
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