Banking bill debated as Senate questions executive plans
Washington battles over a treasury drafted measure expanding Federal Reserve powers. Senator Glass accuses Eccles of withholding details while the White House memo avoids personal endorsement. The Senate sharpens its oversight role amid court rulings and relief bill delays.
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Treasury
Glass
Eccles
Roosevelt
Leo T. Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J. F. T. O'Conner
Roosevelt Names Officer to Lead Relief Fund Division
Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, head of the treasury procurement division, was reported as the probable choice by President Roosevelt to head one of three divisions in a new agency to administer the $4.88 billion work relief fund.
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Christian J. Peoples
United States Treasury
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Fisch Accused as Receiver of $50,000 Ransom
Prosecutors accuse Fisch of receiving a $50,000 ransom payment in a case tied to Isador and a visit during which packages were allegedly carried. Eiffort plans to show that Isador transported the parcels on that visit, a claim ruled out.
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Fisch
Eiffort
Isador
Will Rogers visits state capital by horned plane and old crate
A Baton Rouge visitor recalls Will Rogers arrival in Monroe and his flight over Baton Rouge in an ancient crate with an automobile horn. Rogers refused a swanky plane, preferring the horned ship piloted by a local aviator, then headed to New Orleans by air.
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Baton Rouge
Will Rogers
Rogers
Will
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Humorist
Maze of motives seen in slaying
Chicago report on the murder of Thomas E. Maloy, fashion plate czar of the Moving Picture Machine Operators' union, killed by shotgun and revolver fire. Investigators weighed motives including possible talks with the government, boasting about kidnapping clues, and Robbery theory amid Capone-era crime context.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Maloy
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Moving Picture Machine Operators’ Union
Two Hamiltons Escape Police Ambush in Dallas
Raymond Hamilton and his brother Floyd evaded capture after a police ambush in Dallas Texas. Officers fired over 200 shots as the fugitives fled in a stolen service truck and on foot, Raymond taking refuge in a garage before escaping. Floyd was pursued on foot and vanished into darkness.
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Tex
Raymond Hamilton
Southwest
Texas Penitentiary
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Floyd
Raymond
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
State Penitentiary
Britain Says Germany Would Be Isolated If Proposals Rejected
London reports Britain has informed all powers including the United States that Germany would be cut off by defensive air alliances unless Reichsfuehrer Hitler accepts Anglo-French proposals. A verbal communication to embassies signals at least an Anglo-French air pact, even if Germany says no. The U.S. may be asked to repeal Versailles military clauses if Europe settles on the Anglo-French plan.
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Great Britain
United States
Germany
Europe
Relief Workers Protest Wage Slash With Strike
More than 500 relief workers in South Sebastian county idle as a passive protest against a February 1 wage reduction. About 225 quit yesterday to join 300 others in a walkout, with 300 more leaving last Saturday. Some 1,500 workers are listed on projects in the area. State Relief Administrator W. R. Dyess says the workers must decide.
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Ark
Sebastian County
W. R. Dyess
Gas Pipeline Plan Aims to Reach Detroit and St. Louis
Public Works Administration weighs a 50 million dollar gas pipeline from the Texas Panhandle to Detroit and St. Louis. Secretary Ickes outlined a twofold goal to utilize wasted Panhandle gas and lower local prices. The project would cost about 30 million for a field to Detroit line and 50 million for branch lines to the two cities.
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Public Works Administration
Texas Panhandle
Detroit
St. Louis
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R. B. Anderson
Alfred
Texas
Panhandle
Lloyd Sr. dies after dog track dispute in Texas
Judd Q. Lloyd, Sr. who claimed to open the first U.S. dog racing track in Florida 12 years ago, died in San Antonio. He had operated a track there but was enjoined last Saturday from permitting betting. A district court grand jury indicted him and three employees on felony gambling charges.
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Miss
James H. Coyner
Jackson
Aurelius B. Turner
San Antonio
Texas
Judd Q. Lloyd
United States
Florida
Lloyd
Criminal District Court
Columbus Settlement Claim Disputed By New Orleans Couple
New Orleans February 5. A young couple led by Professor Maurice R Reis of Tulane university seeks to prove their discovery of Columbus first settlement in the new world from Santa Maria wreckage off Haiti. They present data maps and charts to the university research department asserting a site on Mont St Michel near Petit Anse.
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Christopher Columbus
New World
Santa Maria
Maurice R. Reis
Tulane University Department of
University Research Department
Columbus
Haiti
Reis
Mont St. Michel
Petit Anse
Perkins Offered Wellesley Presidency Report
The Boston Traveler reports Frances Perkins secretary of labor has been offered the presidency of Wellesley College after Ellen Fitz Pendleton’s resignation. Perkins favored the position but would need release from government duties. Pendleton’s retirement takes effect in 1936 with a $12,000 salary for the headship.
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Boston
Boston Traveler
Frances Perkins
Wellesley College
Roosevelt
Women’s College At
Wellesley
ERA Activities Facing Curtailment In State
New Orleans February 5. Emergency relief administration activities in Louisiana face curtailment unless more funds arrive. Harry J. Early the state administrator said February requests for 2,405,992 dollars were cut to 458,142 dollars amid pending congressional action on a new legislative program.
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New Orleans
Emergency Relief Administration
Louisiana
Harry J. Early
Early
Dean says holdout rumors are news to me
Hot Springs Arkansas February 5. Paul Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball brothers duo curtly dismisses reports that he is a holdout saying the rumors are news to him.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Paul Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Dean Brothers
Georgia Solons Wire Apology to Pres Roosevelt
Two Georgia state senators sent a telegram apologizing to President Roosevelt for the state house inviting Huey P. Long to address the chamber. The message lamented stultifying Georgia’s honor as Long spoke at 2:30 p.m. today with the senate invited to listen.
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Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
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House
William A. Hart
Newman
H. Dixon Smith
Columbus
Georgia State Assembly
Tower House
Georgia
Kingfish
Long
Chamber
Senate
Senator Huey Long Arrives in Georgia Capital
Senator Huey P. Long arrives in Atlanta amid smiles and greetings from hosts. He travels to the Georgia capital for unknown purposes, drawing attention with his broad smile and public reception.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Senator Huey P. Long
Building shows marked increase in southern contracts
Baltimore February 5 1935 due to more private building operations and industrial expansion southern construction awards in January rose 59 percent from December totals. The Manufacturers Record reports 51 397 000 spent in 16 southern states for construction and engineering projects in January. December 1934 awards were 32 092 000 and January 1934 totals stood at 48 870 000. The January 1935 figure shows a 158 percent jump over January 1932’s 19 472 000. General building awards last month totaled 5 693 000.
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South
War Department grants funds for river projects on Quachita and Black rivers
The War Department announced an allotment of 44000 dollars for maintenance of river and harbor improvements on the Quachita and Black rivers spanning Arkansas and Louisiana, aiming to support navigation and flood control.
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War Department
Quachita
Black Rivers
Arkansas
Louisiana
Birthday party nightcap ends in fatality for 30th Infantry
The 30th Infantry marks its thirty fourth anniversary with Major Charles A. Ross dying after a night club fracas in San Francisco. Proprietor Clem Gaviotti and aides Joe Vannessi and Sam Erlich jailed on manslaughter charges after officers testify the Major was brutalized and fell down stairs. An official board of inquiry will be named by Colonel Douglas Potts.
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30Th Infantry
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North Beach
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Joe Vanessi
Sam Erlich
C. H. Easley
William F. Lee
Thomas N. Stark
Earle M. Miner
Winfred Skelton
Lee
Skelton
Ross
Douglas Potts
Mufti
Estranged Wife of Rudy Vallee Claimed Disloyal in Court
In New York on February 5, Fay Webb Vallee, attorney for Rudy Vallee, denounced his estranged wife in supreme court urging dismissal of a separation agreement. Hyman Bushel defended, alleging disloyalty and improper conduct with Gary Leon, citing telephonic records. Justice Cotillo kept proceedings closed to the press.
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Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Supreme Court
Salvatore Cotillo
Hyman Bushel
Vallee
Justice Cotillo
Bushel
Terpsichore
Attempted U. S. mail truck holdup foiled in Rhode Island
In North Smithfield R I at 7 15 this morning an attempted holdup of a United States mail truck failed when the driver knocked down one bandit and wounded him The two others fled in a black sedan toward Woonsocket with the injured man wearing an orange mask State police and local officers organized road blocks and searched Providence Woonsocket and nearby towns
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R. IL
North Smithfield
R. 1
Woonsocket
Subpoena Suppressed In Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
In Flemington New Jersey on February 5 1935 Bruno Hauptmann’s defense lost three legal battles. The court blocked a defense bid to show Isador Fisch visited a woman in 1933 with packages, suppressed a subpoena to force Col. Schwarzkopf to release newspaper copies, and excluded a theater patron testimony aiming to attack a state witness. The defense suggested Condon’s mental state and sought to place four men near the graveyard during ransom payment. Witnesses included Hauptmann’s wife’s niece and a Bayside New York, witness Fisch.
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Bayside
Long Island
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Hauptmann
Maria Mucler
Edward J. Reilly
Seykora
Dr. Condon
David T. Wilentz
Bronx
Reilly
Seykorn
Washington
Wilentz
Leykorn
Bertha Hoff
Budreau
Lebanon
N. J
Lindbergh
L. I. Reilly
New York
Washington gold decision sparks nationwide debate
Rogers notes that the country awaits a unanimous 9 to 0 ruling. He says many see the issue as pure law, free of politics or urgency, yet acknowledges law is inherently complex and lawyers thrive on it.
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