Daladier wins fight for political life in period piece
Douglas Fairbanks Sr, the film star, was served with divorce papers naming him as corespondent in Lord Ashley and Lady Ashley's action. London sources note Fairbanks keeps a dignified silence while preparations for a Spain shoot proceed with Alexander Korda.
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London
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Lord Ashley
Lady Ashley
Mayfair
Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
California
Film Land
Doug
England
Alexander Korda
Spain
Aldford Street
Tom Gerhaty
Sandhurst Military College
Pickfair
Beverly Hills
Mary
Hollywood
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage Change
The River Daily reports a 24 hour stage update as flood conditions persist with stage levels changing across monitored stations. Authorities warn residents near affected reaches to monitor gauges and heed advisories.
Nev ille High School artist sketches principal in oil
Doris Fleming a Neville High School student painted a portrait of Principal C. E. Kenney and left it for him with a note asking not to expel her. The principal praised the talent shown.
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Doris Fleming
the Neville High School
C. E. Kenney
Red Army Raises Pay and Farm Exemptions in Far East Push
Moscow reports steps to bolster eastern Siberia include 10 to 30 percent new salaries for workers engineers teachers and professionals with retroactive pay for soldiers. Peasants gain grain delivery exemptions in 23 districts and reductions in other product allotments effective February 15.
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Moscow
Siberia
Red Army
Far East
Fire truck collision kills two Nashville firefighters
In Nashville on February 6 two firefighters, Engine Driver T. M. Hill and Pipeman Frank Reese, died when a fire truck responding to an alarm collided with a milk truck at a street intersection.
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Nashville
T. M. Hill
Frank Reese
Alleged Fraud Plot Presented to Grand Jury
Congressional action focused on miscellany as grand jury in Washington weighs evidence of a conspiracy to defraud the government on automobile contracts. Roosevelt restricts public appearances while bills on utilities and four-department supply take priority. Gold stocks rise as treasury supply hits new high and talks begin on changes to the securities law.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
William Bullitt
Moscow
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Connally
Treasury
Three Day Armistice Reached in Tyrolean Dispute
Rival factions in Tyrol agreed to a three day armistice. Fascist Heimwehr and Catholic storm troops will stay in Innsbruck under the truce while leaders await a conference with Chancellor Dollfuss. Despite 1000 additional guards, the city remained quiet.
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Vienna
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Innesbruck
Tyrol
Engelbert Dollfuss
Guardsmen to escort alleged assailants to Hernando
National guardsmen will accompany three African American men to Hernando Mississippi to face assault charges involving a 17 year old DeSoto County girl. Governor Conner Circuit Judge Kuykendall and District Attorney Whitten arranged the escort citing high local tension and precautionary measures for the transfer next week. The three men Johnny Jones 23 Isaac Howard 25 and Ernest McGehee 23 were flown from Memphis Tennessee by airplane and offered no comment beyond a muted chorus of yassuhs.
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DeSoto
Johnny Jones
Isaac Howard
Ernest McGehee
Memphis
Tenn
Gen
February 14 Hearing Set on Petitions Against Senator Long
Washington date shows February 14 set for first hearings on petitions calling for the ouster of Senators Long and Overton of Louisiana. Concerns over receivability and privilege are raised as judiciary and elections committees clash over jurisdiction. Samuel Ansell and Hilda Hammond plan to frame charges while DC appeals court allows a $500,000 libel suit versus Long to proceed.
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Senator Long
Washington
George
Senate Elections Committee
Louisiana
Long
Overton
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Elections Group
King
Utah
Judiciary
Samuel T. Ansell
Women's Committee of
Hilda P. Hammond
New Orleans
Francis Williams
Broussard-Overton
Georgia
Elections Committee
Ansell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Senate Committee
House
Secret treaty hints roil Tokyo talks on China air route
Tokyo officials urged by Koki Hirota to confirm a possible U S China accord that could compel American help in China's aviation program. They probe if U S financial backing of Pan American Airways routes from Shanghai violates Fukien coast promises to Japan as pilots and planes operate in the region.
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Tokyo
Koki Hirota
House of Peers
Japan
United States
China
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Fukien Seacoast
Pan-American Airways
Attack Planned to Oust Huey P Long in Senate
Washington reports that another move to remove Senator Huey P Long of Louisiana is planned next week. Louisiana groups will present specific charges to the senate elections committee demanding Long's seat be vacated.
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George
Elections Group
Committee
Senate
Washington
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate Elections Committee
Long
Foray of Minnesota Detectives Fails in Bremer Kidnapping Case
In St Paul on February 6 authorities arrested eleven men in Owatonna as part of an initial effort to solve the $200 000 kidnapping of banker Edward Bremer. One pistol was found and police questioned the group about a Sunday theft of 38584 gallons of denatured alcohol and other bank robberies.
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ST. Paul
Edward Bremer
Owatonna
Thomas Cahill
Bremer
Cahill
Senate panel backs tax on excess cotton production
The Senate agriculture committee approved a House linked amendment to Bankhead bill eliminating gin licensing and imposing a 12 cent per pound tax on cotton ginned in 1934 beyond 9 million bales. The measure, revenue raising, goes to a cotton states subcommittee with broader approval authority pending minor details.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
House
Huey P Long and Harris Gambler Connection Revealed
An early career tale describes Huey P Long’s alleged satisfaction at Oakley Harris’s murder over gambling privileges in Jefferson parish. The account asserts Harris financed Long’s 1927 28 campaign and expected control of local gambling, with Jefferson backing Long and a shooting by a woman ending Harris’s life.
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Huey P. Long
New Orleans
Jefferson
St. Bernard Parishes
Louisiana
Oakley Harris
Harris
Senator Long
Long
Winn Parish
Jefferson Parish
Mr. Long
Louisiana Fiscal Debts and Budget Claims Questioned
The article critiques Louisiana's 1930s budget figures and overdrafts, noting a small reduction in the general fund overdraft for 1935 and previous year-end balances. It accuses Governor Allen of falsely claiming a balanced budget and details per capita tax implications for debt interest. It alleges misused dedicated funds and high federal reimbursements to Louisiana officials for highway expenses amid broader fiscal concerns.
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Louisiana
Allen
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Baton Rouge
Defense Motions at Dean Hearing Denied Again
A second denial of defense motions occurred at the Dean hearing as the defense challenges continued. The proceedings featured a brother recounting a deathbed accusation of poisoning the highball.
Repetition ordered in murder trial over dying statement
Defense again challenges admissibility of a dying declaration in the murder trial of Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean. Judge Davis allows Henry Kennedy to repeat his account that Preston Kennedy named poison via whisky nightcap on his deathbed, despite defense motions.
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Davis
Henry Kennedy
A. F. Gardner
Preston Kennedy
Mississippi
Jury Selection Begins in Texas Lawyer Trial
Jury selection started in Georgetown for Houston attorney Charles E. Heidingsfelder Sr. charged with theft and embezzlement over $34 500 belonging to Adele Pipkin of New York. Judge Dolan overruled a postponement request citing two absent witnesses key to access and egress at the Marine Building in Houston.
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Georgetown
Tex
Charles E. Heidingsfelder, Sr
Houston
Harry Dolan
Adele Pipkin
New York
Beaumont
Dolan
Heidingsfelder
W. T. Donovan
Juanita Powers
Donovan
Marine Building
Caddo Prison Break Leads to Prisoner Shootings
Tom Daily, 19, of Lake City Florida and Robert Allen alias James Anderson, 18, of Albany Indiana were wounded during a break from the Caddo parish penal farm near Shreveport. Daily was seriously hit by buckshot fired by guard Alver Davidson and taken to the charity hospital. Allen escaped into nearby woods and was being hunted.
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Shreveport
Tom Daily
Lake City
Fla
Robert Allen
James Anderson
Albany
Ind
Caddo Parish
Daily
Alver Davidson
State Charity Hospital
Allen
Woods
Daladier Survives Confidence Vote Amid Paris Riots
Premier Edouard Daladier won a 300 to 217 confidence vote as Paris riot police and troops held back mob outside the Chamber of Deputies. The session was interrupted by clashes between left and right factions, with guards deployed and streets calm only after ushers separated the factions.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
Radical Socialist Party
Daladier Calls Rally of Radical Socialists to Avert Civil War
Paris February 6 Premier Edouard Daladier urged his Radical Socialist party to unite and defend the regime amid an economic crisis and Stavisky scandal. He warned agitation could crystallize discontent and asked for a confidence vote to bolster the government against overthrow threats.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Radical
Socialist Party
Serge Stavisky
Bayonne
Stavisky
Sales tax debate in Congress over federal levy
Beverly Hills reports the writer discussing the ongoing congressional consideration of a manufacturers' sales tax. The note argues the tax will pass but cannot replace the income tax and emphasizes the need for both federal and state taxes, plus other taxes, in the United States. The letter ends with a signature and an odd mailing detail.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Congress
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