Parcel Falls From Bag. Shotgun Shell Aimed at Roosevelt
Investigation proceeds after a crude shotgun shell wrapped in rusty wires bursts from a package addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington post office. Postal inspector Satterfield calls it a crankish attack, with potential fatal result if exploded. The shell was mailed from Watertown New York, and a Watertown inquiry follows.
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Roosevelt
William Satterfield
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Watertown
N. Y
W. H. Moren
Secret Service
Satterfield
Miami
Damage Mounts in Wisconsin Milk Strike
Milwaukee news reports mounting damage as the Wisconsin cooperative milk pool pushes for a $1.40 per hundredweight price. Clashes between pickets and farmers disrupt supply across 500 facilities in upstate communities, with injuries including Ernest Kreuger Herbert Elmbecker and Ernest Schmidt from Appleton and Milwaukee after hijacking attempts and barrier crashes.
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Wisconsin Cooperative Milk Pool
Fox River Valley
Ernest Kreuger
Herbert Elmbecker
Outagamie County
Appleton
Ernest Schmidt
Hoover lands relief bill leases farms to curb production
Washington February 22 The Hoover administration introduced a farm relief bill on Wednesday to lease agricultural lands and reduce production. Senator Carey Republican of Wyoming sponsors the measure aiming to stabilize farm income and prevent surpluses.
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Washington
Carey
Wyoming
Town characters and transit tales from a southern town
Residents share humorous and poignant sketches from town life including a Black woman praising the new bus route, a transfer request at the Illinois Central station, and churchgoers who observe beggars at First Methodist. A Milwaukee trip notes 37 below zero, a taxi workaround avoids tolls, and two cronies debate Huey Long. Leon Hammonds denies aiding a beggar despite appearances.
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Iron Mountain
de Mounten
Manila Forces of U. S. Get Ready to Move Fast
Manila forces face possible orders to China to safeguard American lives and property. The Asiatic fleet and 31st infantry could be dispatched again if needed. The Houston and a dozen destroyers could depart for Shanghai in under 24 hours, with other units ready to protect interests if fighting spreads in North China.
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Philippines
Roosevelt names Hull and Woodin to handle world economy
President elect Roosevelt handed the world economic revival task to newly named secretaries of state and treasury Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee and William H. Woodin of New York. The two trusted aides will lead negotiations on monetary stabilization tariff reciprocity and war debts relief following talks with British French and Canadian emissaries aiming for an early international parley before addressing debts.
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Roosevelt
State
Treasury
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
William H. Woodin
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Woodin
Great Britain
France
Canada
Claudel
Emmanuel Monick
Outbreaks Spread Across Cuban Island in Revolt Signals
Havana reports at least six outbreaks across Oriente and other areas as dissidents clash with government forces. In Santa Clara rebels attacked a military post and took arms, a band near Alquizar attempted to seize funds and wounded the shop owner. Two soldiers died at San Antonio near Guantanamo, while ex-Senator Gonzalo Perez Andrez led a group in battle with troops. no casualty figures released.
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Guantanamo
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Campbell Breaks Auto Speed Mark
Sir Malcolm Campbell, the British speed ace, shattered the world land speed record at Daytona Beach Florida by averaging 272.108 miles per hour over a measured mile in two runs. His first pass reached 273.556 mph and the second 270.676 mph as he eclipsed his prior record by 21.860 mph.
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Malcolm Campbell
Campbell
Telegrams to capital over Overton probe stir Louisiana
About 500 telegrams were sent by Monroe and West Monroe residents to Vice President Curtis in an effort tied to Huey P. Long’s push to halt the senatorial inquiry into alleged fraud in John H. Overton’s Louisiana Senate election. Officials offered varied responses about participation and contents of the wires.
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West Monroe
Curtis
United States Senate
Huey P. Long
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Arnold Bernstein
Wednes
Roosevelt completes cabinet with Daniel C. Roper as commerce head
Washington reports President elect Roosevelt has finalized his cabinet with a surprise choice Daniel C. Roper of South Carolina for secretary of commerce. The lineup includes State Cordell Hull Treasury William Woodin War George H. Dern Justice Thomas J. Walsh Post Office James A. Farley Navy Claude A. Swanson Interior Harold Ickes Agriculture Henry A. Wallace Labor Frances Perkins. Additional details indicate Homer may be among remaining appointments.
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Roosevelt
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South Carolina
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Treasury
William Woodin
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New York
George H. Dern
Utah
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
James A. Farley
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Harold Ickes
Illinois
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Frances Perkins
Homer
Michigan Banks To Reopen After Eight Day Holiday
Michigan moves toward reopening with a plan allowing limited withdrawals. Governor Comstock issued a proclamation outlining access to cash, available reserves, and U S government bonds as the basis for releasing bank deposits. The Detroit Clearing House association announced further steps as the process begins.
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Michigan
William A. Comstock
Lansing
United States
Detroit Clearing House Association
Aged Alexandria Woman Dies at 103 in Louisiana
Alexandria news reports Mrs Louise Herron Briggs died early Wednesday at age 103. Widow of Confederate veteran Thomas Briggs, she outlived him by 62 years and is survived by two sons eight grandchildren fifteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Louise Herron Briggs
Louisiana
Thomas Briggs
Senate cotton price plan approved by committee
Washington Feb 22 The Senate plan to boost cotton prices by a government pool for growers was approved by the House Agriculture Committee. Senator Smith Democrat of South Carolina introduced a bill to pool 3 500 000 bales under government control. Farmers would receive shares in the pool in exchange for reducing their acreage below last year. The pool cotton would be sold a year later with gains to contracting producers from any price above a baseline.
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Washington
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Election Inquiry Wire Revealed in Broussard Overton Probe
Shreveport Louisiana reports that the Caddo parish Democratic executive committee sent a telegram to Vice President Curtis urging extra funding to continue the Broussard Overton senatorial inquiry. B F Roberts, Shreveport Democratic chairman, disclosed the telegram context showing no clear stance on continuing the probe, which recently recessed at New Orleans.
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Caddo Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
Charles Curtis
Washington
B. F. Roberts
Shreveport City Democratic Committee
New Orleans
Associated Press
Three Injured in Bus Collision Near New Orleans
On the coast highway 18 miles from New Orleans a Birmingham New Orleans passenger bus hit a parked lumber truck. Palmer Wann 37 Melville La eye injury. Hazel Rosenberger 22 and Captain Francis Richards New Orleans minor cuts and bruises. Bus driver Minos Trahan 29 cited no tail light. truck driver unharmed.
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New Orleans
Palmer Wann
Melville
Hazel Rosenberger
Francis Richards
Minos Trahan
Kidnap inquiry links gambling operator to Boettcher case
Denver February report shows police focusing on O. E. Stevens in the Boettcher kidnapping. Stevens, linked to two gambling dens near Colorado Springs, was arrested and questioned, with officials saying he may hold valuable information about the identity of the kidnapers and the Boettcher family finances. Boettcher, 31, heir to a fortune, was seized from his home garage nine days prior for a $60,000 ransom.
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Charles Boettcher
O. E. Stevens
Charles Belmont
Colorado Springs
Albert T. Clark
Stevens
Clark
William J. Armstrong
Young Boettcher
Boettcher
Armstrong
Former Monroe Man J. E. Johnston Dies in Shreveport
J. E. Johnston, 55, native of Monroe and son of a former local educator, died of pneumonia at his Shreveport residence early Tuesday. Funeral held Wednesday with Masonic rites, born March 27, 1878, son of a former Ouachita Parish high school principal who later founded Plain Dealing High School and led Bossier parish schools. He graduated from the University of Arkansas and began his career with Glassell Brothers at Belcher, Louisiana before moving to Shreveport.
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J. E. Johnston
Monroe
Shreveport
Mr. Johnston
Ouachita Parish
Plain Dealing
Bossier Parish
University of Arkansas
Glassell Brothers
Belcher
Rogers Has His Say in Beverly Hills Commentary
Beverly Hills column recalls Carter Glass lambasting recon Finance critics in Senate. He argues aid must wait until funds exist for all, noting bankers, railroads, and big business received early dole while urging restraint. Glass’s stance reflects frustration with prior taxpayer relief.
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Cal
Carter Glass
Senate
United States
Glass
Mattern Heads Plane Toward Texas City
Jimmie Mattern, the birdman, launched from Floyd Bennett Field at 4 49 am EST on a nonstop 1650 mile test flight to San Angelo Texas in the rebuilt Century of Progress. He aims to reach his home town in about 12 hours, flying via Pittsburgh Louisville Little Rock and Fort Worth amid headwinds. Griffin plans to join the second global voyage later.
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Cer mak and Woman Said to Be Better
Six physicians treating Mayor Anton J. Cermak issued an official bulletin at 10:40 stating he is somewhat better and that colitis is the only present concern. The report, signed by six doctors, followed a consultation lasting about an hour. Mrs Joe H Gill, wounded in the Zangara assassination attempt on President elect Roosevelt, is past the danger point according to her physician in a 9 a.m. bulletin.
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Fla
Anton J. Cermak
J. W. Snyder
T. W. Hutson
E. S. Nichol
Karl Meyer
Frank Jirka
Frederick Tice
Joe H. Gill
Giuseppe Zangara
Roosevelt
Vitriolic Words Used In Senate Against Ansell
Washington Feb 22 The special senate campaigns fund committee investigation into the 1932 Louisiana senatorial primary was blocked in the senate by Senator Clark. Howell sought unanimous consent to add funds to continue the inquiry. Senator Long defended his own record and Governor O. K. Allen while criticizing the committee and its counsel Samuel T. Ansell.
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Howell
Nebraska
Special
Senate Campaigns Fund Committee
Senate
Clark
Missouri
Long
Louisiana
Samuel T. Ansell
O. K. Allen
Huey Long Threatens Senate Floor Tirade Against General
Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long vowed to reclaim the floor in the Senate on Wednesday to resume a tirade begun the previous day targeting Brig. Gen. Samuel T. amid a heated exchange over wartime policy and military leadership.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate
Samuel T
Community Days To Be Observed In Monroe
Monroe merchants announced two day event named Community Days to run Friday and Saturday. They promise the 1933 dollar buys more with deep price slashes and saving that grows with every dollar spent. Shoppers from distant areas are urged to visit, with promises of bargains and a cheerful trip home.
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Monroe
Japanese Capture Initial Objective in Jehol Push
CHINCHOW Manchuria Feb 22 General Suzuki’s army moving toward Jehol City 200 miles away has seized the rail head at Peipiao in Jehol’s coal region. The city was deserted. Chinese had destroyed a tunnel and attempted to blow a bridge. Brisk operations continue in Tungliao Kailu and nearby areas with irregulars attacking Japanese columns and air raids aiding advance toward Jehol City.
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Manchuria
Suzuki
Jehol City
Peipiao
Jehol
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Tunge Liao
Here
Kailu
Tungliao
Koupangtzu
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