Senate weighs extending CWA plan amid reform push
In Washington the push to prolong the CWA aid program into 1934 gathers strength in the Senate as administration aims for later May wind up. Leaders consult strategy while House rebels monitor moves. President Roosevelt signals broader sugar policy changes and potential currency adjustments as dollar weakness prompts market scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Cummings
War Department
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Paris
American Stabilization Fund
Treasury
CWA
PWA
House Labor Committee
Connery
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Ferdinand Pecora
Rambling Humor and Local News From Monroe
A collage of small town vignettes in Monroe Louisiana includes Fred Hanna’s money pile case at a local bank, a clerk’s quip about a prior job holder, and Dr. P M Gayle recalling ink stained days at the News Star World. Jocular notes mention Jefferson Davis’ life book and a cornerstone ceremony for City High School Monrose in 1900. A streetcar gag and a missing child at Barkdull Faulk school accompany a nursemaid desk sergeant tale. Frank Masling watches his church building corners.
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Fred Hanna
Monroe
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Pineville
P. M. Gayle
News- Star-World
Jefferson Davis
Burt Thurmond
Barkdull Faulk
Mr. Thurmond
Father and Stepmother Held on Child Cruelty Charges
In Bentonville Arkansas Judge David Compton ordered Lola Logston 14 sent to Arkansas Children's Home after hearing that she was chained to a cot for three years in her home. Roy Lee Logston and his wife faced charges of child neglect for the alleged abuse.
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Bentonville
Ark
Lola Logston
David Compton
Roy Lee Logston
Arkansas Children's
Little Rock
C. J. Clemmer
Genty
Compton
Logston
Highfall
County
Gamtion
Feighbor
Lola
Rushvile, Ub
Farmers to Get Huge U S Government Aid in 1934 Payments
Washington reports official estimates expect about 766.5 million dollars in 1934 benefit payments for production control and corn loans plus a 200.9 million emergency fund for beef and dairy under House action. Total may exceed 1 billion with added wheat acreage reductions. Periods show large payouts early year to corn hogs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Farm Administration
House
Senate
Treasury
Wallace
Midwest
Suffocation and Lightning Among Causes of Death
In Ouachita parish January deaths totaled nine with five from violence or accidents and the rest natural. Among the cases a two day old infant, Lewis Walker Jr., suffocated at 814 Wood Street when the mother rolled onto him during sleep. J C Stewart was struck by (text cut).
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Ouachita Parish
C. L. Mengis
Parish
Mengis
Lewis Walker, Jr
Wood Street
J. C. Stewart
Sankey Ready To Plead Guilty In Kidnap Plot
Verne Sankey says he will plead guilty to conspiracy to kidnap Charles Boettcher Denver broker. Attorney Ben B. Laska says Sankey and companion Gordon Alcorn likely will do the same as they await federal court action in Sioux Falls South Dakota penitentiary. Both have confessed and face up to life imprisonment as Mrs. Sankey is held on related charges.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Verne Sankey
Charles Boettcher
Denver
Sankey
Ben B. Laska
Laska
Gordon Alcorn
Alcorn
Chicago
South Dakota
Boettcher
Woodring Reprimanded by White House Over CCC Reference
President Roosevelt directed White House aide Stephen Early to question Harry A. Woodring about calling the civilian conservation corps a military unit. Woodring explains he did not mean to imply the CCC is part of the army and expresses regret for unclear wording in a magazine piece.
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Washington
Harry A. Woodring
White House
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Army
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Woodring
Bremer Kidnapping Showdown Looms
A tense standoff looms as authorities press toward a crackdown on the Edward Bremer kidnapping case. Adolph Bremer was granted another day to communicate with the family before the ransom demand of 200 000 dollars is carried out. The threat of an intensive manhunt signals a possible showdown between law enforcement and the kidnap gang.
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ST. Paul
Adolph Bremer
Edward
The
Law
Edward Bremer
Kelly Accused of Part In San Marco Robbery
A. L. Blair president of the First National Bank of San Marcos identifies George Machine Gun Kelly as one of three men who robbed the bank of 7000 dollars last May. Sheriff M M Wren says he will question the convict in his Leavenworth cell soon.
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San Antonio
Texas
A. L. Blair
First National Bank of
Indictments Loom in Army Autograft Plot
The Evening Star reports that federal grand jury action is sought against at least three people, including two high officials in the American Legion, over an alleged conspiracy to graft on funds for motorizing the army. President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Cummings to pursue the irregularities as army officers and motor company representatives trail the case.
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Washington
The
Evening Star
American Legion
Federal Grand Jury
Roosevelt
Cummings
Army
Japan Sees Nations Arming Over Asia Policy
Tokyo reports Major General Eiki Tojo, head of the war office military investigation bureau, warned in an interview carried by Yorozu that the United States, Russia, and China are preparing for possible war with Japan. He cited expectations of 1935 difficulties and reaffirmed Japan’s expansionist policy in Manchuria as unalterable.
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Tokyo
Japan
America
Russia
China
Eiki Tojo
War Office
Military Investigation Bureau
Yorozu
Tojo
Four Americans Freed After Pardons in Spain
Four Americans formerly sentenced for assaulting a civil guard in Palma Mallorca were released from prison today after clemency was granted. The group includes Clinton B. Lockwood of West Springfield Mass Roger F. Mead of New York Edmund A. Blodgett of Stamford Conn and Mrs Lockwood. The release followed an official clemency order delivered today after prior representations by U S ambassador Claude G Bowers.
Defense Reveals Missives In Possession in Kennedy Case
In Leflore county circuit court at Greenwood Ms state seeks to admit letters from Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean to Dr. John Preston Kennedy while the defense holds Kennedy to Dr. Dean correspondence. Attorneys question how the letters may be used as the trial continues with cross examination of Henry Kennedy.
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Greenwood, Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Kennedy
Dean
Leflore County
Ruth
Dick Denman
Henry Kennedy
Star State
John Preston
Denman
S. F. Davis
Bessie
Farm Agents Hear Plans For Credit Concerns
Louisiana extension department announces meetings across the state to brief parish agents on handling farmer applications for credit through newly formed production credit associations. E R Strahan notes assignments by agents including F W Spencer Rayville Arcadia H C Sanders Shreveport Natchitoches W M Rabin Baton Rouge New Orleans R V St Dizier Jennings with dates and locations listed.
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Louisiana
State Extension Department
Baton Rouge
E. R. Strahan
Ouachita Parish
F. W. Spencer
Rayville
Arcadia
H. C. Sanders
Shreveport
Natchitoches
W. M. Rabin
New Orleans
R. V. St. Dizier
Jennings
Federal Expenditures Pass Two Billion Mark
Washington Feb 7 Government emergency recovery costs for the 1934 fiscal year rose to more than two billion dollars with $2,009,876,070 spent by February 5. Reconstruc tion corporation accounted for $1,056,050,289 of the total.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Treasury
Government rumor fuels hunt for a Chinaman
Beverly Hills dispatch reports a humorous note about Treasury secretary Morgenthau needing a sharp Chinaman to handle a two billion dollar currency gamble. The speaker claims to be appointed a one person committee to find such a mind, joking he will search laundries and chop suey joints.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Morgenthau
Confuscius
Alexander Hamilton
Barney Baruch
NRA withdraws blue eagle over child labor case
The NRA boards pulled the blue eagle from Moss Lugena of Hannibal Missouri after his son, under sixteen, worked more than three hours daily. The move accompanies Johnson’s push against a 30 hour week while lawmakers weigh code reforms. Other removals cited included The Battle Creek Health Center and several cleaners and eateries for wage and hour violations.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
House
National Compliance Board
Moss Lugena
Hannibal
Johnson
House Labor Committee
Connery
Massachusetts
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Albert Dean
General Motors Holding Company
Blue Eagles
Battle Creek Health Center
J. B. Cranfill
Dallas
Tex
World Cleaners and Dyers
Racine
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Bell's
West Memphis
Tenn
E. H. Slaick
Riots Grips Paris as Doumergue Becomes Premier
Mob violence continues in Paris with sabres flashing as mounted guards confront crowds near the Place de la Concorde. Former president Doumergue agrees to lead to calm and replace Daladier who resigned with his cabinet amid escalating clashes.
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Paris
France
Lebrun
Gaston Dousmergue
Place de la Concorde
Madeleine Church
Rue Royale
Doumergue
Edouard Daladier
Place de la Conscorde
Marine Ministry
Austrian Crisis Deepens as Fascists Extend Control
Vienna reports Chancellor Dollfuss travels to Budapest as Fascist troops seize Linz and Innsbruck demanding a Fascist commission. Over 100 Nazis jailed at Innsbruck. Socialists warn a move on Vienna threatens the capital and vow resistance.
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Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Innsbruck
Linz
Budapest
Julius Goemboes
Hungary
Emil Fey
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Austria
Fey
Ling
Tyrol
Germany
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