Democrats Air Complaints On Consultation With White House
House Democrats voiced grievances at a closed conference over insufficient White House consultation and insufficient teamwork with Congress. Rep Cox of Georgia urged more presidential confidence in lawmakers, while Randoph of West Virginia echoed the demand for greater cooperation as Roosevelt sent a new defense message after cutting WPA funding.
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Washington
House
White House
Cox
Roosevelt
Congress
Randolph
West Virginia
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chamber
Pair Confess Swindle Plot In St Paul
Two St Paul men Mathew W Stegbauer and Harold Mevoy confessed to writing a 15000 dollar extortion letter to mill owner and political figure Charles A Ward. Police say Ward received the letter last Friday and a trap led to the arrest and confession amid ongoing probe into an unrelated murder case connected to Walter Liggett.
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ST. Paul
Charles A. Ward
Millonaire
M. F. Kinkead
Ramy County
Clinton Hackett
Mathew W. Stegaver
Harold Mevoy
Jetter
Walter Liggett
Minnneapolis Weeky
Charles J. Jerney
Stegbauer
Ward
Paul Contreas
FORCE PURCHASING OF MEXICAN COTTON
Agriculture Commissioner J E McDonald accuses the U S government of shielding Mexico as J L Clayton of Houston seeks to swap Mexican loans for cotton sales. Clayton’s firm, a leading global supplier, returns from Mexico City with a cautious stance while McDonald criticizes crop limiting laws and notes 4 000 000 bales of Texas cotton stored under government loans.
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Austin
Tex
J. E. McDonald
United States
Exico
J. L. Clayton
Houston
Exico City
Exican
Clayton
Sargest Cotton Company
Mexico City
Rip Clayton
McDonald
United Ey
Monroe unit forms Town Halls affiliate at luncheon
More than 69 persons organized a Monroe unit affiliated with the Associated Town Halls of New York City during a Monday luncheon at Hotel Frances. Miss Fannie Eldridge, from national headquarters, outlined plans and the Town Hall aim to bring speakers of recognized ability to public audiences. S. A. Moss was named temporary chairman as an executive committee including W. D H. Rodriguez, Mrs. Henry Whitfield, and Rev. W. C. Scott was formed.
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Monroe
Associated Town Halls
New York City
Hotel Frances
Fannie Eldridge
National Headquarters
Lundeni Hour
Town Hall Movement
America
Knife and Fork Club
S. A. Moss
W. D H. Rodriguez
Henry Whitfield
W. C. Scott
Russians Japs Battle Again Near Manchukuo Front
Border clashes between Soviet Russian and Manchukuo troops were reported by Domei from Hsinking. Manchoukuo forces are increasing in the area as parliament calls for a stronger policy against Russia.
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Tokyo
Dome
Russia
Domei
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Moscow
Argun River
Siberia
Japan
Changkufeng Hill
D A R Leader Plans Talking Tour Stops
Mrs Henry M. Robert president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution travels to Reno for a six week speaking tour and will stop in Alexandria Louisiana March 13 14 before continuing across the country to open conferences and visit chapters.
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Washington
Henry M. Robert
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Reno
Nev
Alexandria
Hitler hails new German battleship Bismarck ceremony
Hamburg February 14 Adolf Hitler unveiled the Reich’s latest battle ship the 35 000 ton Bismarck before about 50 000 Nazi dignitaries and onlookers He likened himself to Bismarck saying the nation faces obstacles with providence on its side He recalled postwar fleet destruction and praised national socialism for reviving Germany amid domestic and foreign gains
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Hamburg
Germany
Fuehrer
Reich
Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
German Empire
Swiss Recognize Franco Regime Despite French Holdout
Berne reports the Swiss federal council recognizes the Franco regime as the official government of Spain and plans to send a minister to Burgos. Paris delays formal recognition after anti Fascist ministers oppose, sending Leon Berard on a second mission as official French agent.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Spain
Burgos
Paris
Francisco Franco
Leon Berard
France
Berard
Daladier
Franco
Closed Jersey City bank to pay insured deposits
The New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust company closed in Jersey City as the FDIC announced about 23 million dollars would be paid to more than 39,000 depositors, most fully covered by the 5000 dollar insurance limit. Directors voted to place the bank in liquidation under State Banking Commissioner Louis Reilly.
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Jersey City
N. J
New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Leo T. Crowley
Louis Reilly
Flashes In The News From Around The Nation
In New Britain Stanley An drukiewicz, 18, serves ten days for hiding his mother's teeth and eyeglasses after she removed a radio tube he played too loudly. In Knoxville John Burnett, 54, testified he is grandfather to his own two children after marrying his former wife’s mother. he was convicted of assault. In Tillamook Mrs Coates wins a long-distance letter when her mother in Australia sent it.
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New Britain
Conn
Stanley Andrukiewicz
Andrukiewicz
William Hegearty
Knoxville, Tenn
John Burnett
Burnett
Body of Pope Pius XI Taken to Final Resting Place
Pope Pius XI was entombed beneath St. Peter's Basilica in a closed ceremony after his death. The resting place lies under the great central altar where he had celebrated mass during his 17 year pontificate. Crowds were absent and pomp reduced compared with living appearances.
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Vatican City
Pepe Pius XI
St. Peter
Pius
Father
St. Peter's
Mussolini
Vatican
Grand Council
Vittorio Emanuele
Diplomatic Corps
Possession Of Hainan Draws Japanese Military Focus
Chiang Kai-shek warns that Japan's occupation of Hainan would begin Pacific domination, threatening the United States and its allies. He imagines a chain leading to Guam, the Philippines, and Hawaii, while noting Hainan's strategic size and jungle terrain near Indo China.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
United States
Hainan
Pacific
America
France
Britain
Netherlands
Guam
Japan
Nippon
Philippines
Hawaii
Chiang
Last-Ditch Battle To Save Trumpeter Swan
DETROIT February 14 The federal government fights a last-ditch battle to save the trumpeter swan in Montana's Red Rock Lakes region. population now 148 after years of decline. Hull of the Biological Survey cites civilization as a cause and notes efforts to destroy coyotes, nest swans, and feed birds in winter. Three of four swans shipped to a Wyoming sanctuary survived a year. The swan, North America's largest waterfowl, can reach 60 inches tall with a trumpet like call.
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Detroit
Red Rock Lakes
Montana
North American
Arctic
Gulf of Mexico
Red Rock
A. V. Hull
Federal Bureau of Biological Survey
Hull
Jackson
Wyo
Demand Court Seat For Westerner After Brandeis Retirement
Washington reports a call from senators for a western appointee to the Supreme Court seat vacated by Louis D Brandeis after nearly 23 years. Only Justice Pierce Butler of Minnesota comes from beyond the Mississippi as Brandeis retires amid tributes and debate over his replacement.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Mississippi River
Pierce Butler
Minnesota
Brandeis
Roosevelt
Hughes
White House
Grippe
Wilson
Senate
Farmer Confesses Killing Relatives in Kentucky
Grant Ison, 40, a farmer and father of three, admitted shooting his mother Arminta Ison, 70, and sister Katy Ison, 24, as they sat at the breakfast table at their Roxana area home on the Colson branch of the Kentucky river. Investigators seek motive. Katy was killed at once and Arminta was shot and beaten as she rose. The bodies were found late yesterday. Ison was arrested at his home shortly after.
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Whitesburg
Doyle Hogg
Grant Ison
Hogg
Ison
Arminta Ison
Katy Ison
James B. Crase
Hoover Seeks Tory Unity At Lincoln Day Dinner
Herbert Hoover delivered the Lincoln Day keynote in New York calling the GOP to three aims: peace for America economic restoration and preservation of liberty amid railing against Roosevelt policies. He cited the storm of 1929 and praised youth in the party while Thomas E. Dewey sat on the platform but did not speak.
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Will m S. White
New York
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
America
Abraham Lincoln
National Republican Club
Colorado
Roosevelt
Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New Congress Payroll List Shows Namesakes Among Members
Washington February payroll report finds 31 lawmakers employ clerks with identical names, including 10 Republicans and 21 Democrats. Clerks may earn up to 3900 dollars each, with totals shown for the first month for several pairs such as Harwell L. Allen and Frances McK. Bulwinkle, among others.
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Washington
Congress
House
Allen
Louisiana
Harwell L. Allen
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
Frances McK. Bulwinkle
Casey
Fire injures 21 in Milwaukee mansion conversion blaze
Twenty one persons were injured, six seriously, when a fire swept a West Wisconsin avenue frame mansion turned apartment house. Eight blocks away at the county emergency hospital, victims reported severe burns from jumping onto an ice covered lawn. Among the injured were two firemen and a four year old girl. Residents escaped by leaping into fire life nets.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Avenue
County Emergency Hospital
Agricultural Adjustment Administration sets price adjustments for 1939 crops
The AAA announced 1939 price-adjustment payments for farmers who plant within their acreage allotments for cotton, corn, wheat, and rice. Total funding comes from 212 million dollars, with rates of 1.6 cents per pound for cotton, 6 cents per bushel for corn, 11 cents for wheat, and 12 cents per hundredweight for rice. Payments rely on normal yield and supplement soil conservation subsidies from a 500 million dollar appropriation. Oscar Johnston urged southern unity to boost cotton consumption in a speech before the Alabama Florida unit of the Cotton Council, criticizing federal production controls as failing to meet goals.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Montgomery
Ala
Oscar Johnston
National Cotton Council
Southern “Unity of Action
Alabama-Florida
The
Cotton Council
AAA
Law to curb waste in WPA relief proposed by Adams
Senator Adams of Colorado proposes a bill making it a jail offense for WPA officials to knowingly keep on relief rolls anyone not in actual need. He seeks to curb waste and wants findings from H. G Harrington as Roosevelt requests more WPA funds. Adams also calls for reducing wages and material allotments to expand eligible relief recipients.
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Washington
Adams
Colorado
WPA
Senate
Roosevelt
H. G Harrington
Haverington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Monroe council defers action on taxi rate regulation
A Monroe public hearing on taxi fare regulation and a proposed minimum rate was held Tuesday morning but deferred for more information. Taxi firms contested the plan with one supporting a posted rate card and another opposing government limits, while officials consider requiring visible fare schedules in cabs.
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Monroe Commission Council
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Finance and Public Utilities
Harvey Benoit
C. R. Tidwell
Streets and Parks
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