New Year Toll in New York Area Reports 193 Fatalities in First Two Days
Large number of deaths across the New Year period includes 16 suicides in the New York metropolitan area. A fatal car plunge near Coreente claimed the era’s worst single accident with eight relatives missing. Fire, drownings, and other crashes raised total casualties across several states.
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New York Metropolitan Area
Henry Seeil
Livingston Manor
N. Y
Sauere
Coreente
Reaieke Ala
Heal Urs
Cs If
Rumifor
Pennsylvania
Fairfarci
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Tinals
Indiana
Lows
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryiend
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Okano
Oregon
Rich physician dies as pauper in a mystery case
A four year probe into the disappearance of Dr Eben Aldrich ended at a city cemetery with the burial of a man posing as a pauper on Welfare Island. Detective John Ajevell linked the grave to Aldrich, a once wealthy New York physician later in Watertown and Lowell.
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New York
Boath
Welfare Island
Eben True Aldrich
New Fingland
James Harrigan
Harts Istead
John Ajevel
Harrigan
Janus Hartigan
Bowery
City Cancer Institute
Kentle
Maine Disaster Survivor Ends Navy Career
Rear Admiral Wat Tyler Claverius of Maine retired from the U S Navy, the last Maine disaster survivor to leave active service. He had been a midshipman when the battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, killing 266 of 326 crew.
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San Diego
Calif
Maine
Havana Harbor
Wat Tyler “Claverius
Navy
Flashes In The News Briefly Notes New Year Events
A collage of tiny paragraphs recounts New Year misadventures and oddities. Dr Parker in Mayfield advertises taters on account to aid debts, a Shanghai baby receives a ceremonial bath, Tempe and Chandler experience outage from a Phoenix celebration, and a California woman sparks a fire with a penny in a fuse box.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Tempe
Chandler
Phoeni
Corsica Welcomes Daladier Amid Wartime Tensions
Premier Daladier addressed Corsica from Ajaccio as warships stood offshore. He affirmed France's strength and resolve to protect the island, urging calm for farmers and fishermen as Campinchi arrived with naval escort aboard the Suffren. The islanders cheered Corsica is French.
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Ajaccio
Corsica
Daladier
France
Mediterranean
Frances Strength Daladier
Frances
Navy
Cesar Campinchi
Suffren
Foch
Woman Attempts Vehicle Entry to White House Event
A 20 year old woman from New Jersey and an escort tried to approach the White House front door while Secret Service sought to assign blame for a separate intrusion by two high school pupils on New Year’s Eve. Police stopped the woman and a Secret Service inquiry followed. The siblings Joseph Mease and Beatrice White, both 16, gained autographs from President and Mrs Roosevelt during the New Year’s Eve scavenger hunt.
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Washington
Jan
Womer
White House
Secret Service
Executive Mansion
Treasury
New Jersey
Florida
Frank J. Wilson
Joseph Mease
Beatrice White
Executive
Roosevelt
Mine Rescue Ends With One Fatality in Clinton Shaft
Ninety nine workers trapped in the Clinton Coal No 9 mine near Clinton Ind were rescued after a fire and gas exposure. One miner, Jeane Hayes 35, died, while 19 others were treated at home. rescuers battled water and fumes to reach men 168 feet underground as 3,900 spectators readied at the surface.
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Clinton
Ind
Clinton Coal Company
Jeane Hayes
Walt
Frank Stewart
Lew Reed
Tom Royce
Floris Simpson
John Veare
Albert Colombo
Clarence Carty
Homer Hollingsworth
Roy Tyler
Howard Wright
Clarve Newport
Natalie Mussarelti
St. Mattiodo
Lloyd Beard
Rey Hollingsworth
George Meritta
John H. Rivnak
Jim Graves
Steve Yeager
Stewart
Newport
Hayes
Alabama convicts return to prison after holiday furlough
In Montgomery Alabama the governor ordered a holiday deadline for 149 Kilby prisoners. About 135 reported by last night while 16 did not return. Warden Boswell warned some violators are expected as final counts will take days.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Kilby
Frank Boswell
Frank Murphy Named As Attorney General
Frank Murphy the 51 year old governor of Michigan became attorney general of the United States in a simple oath ceremony. President Roosevelt observed the ceremony with Vice President Garner and other officials as Murphy took the oath. Murphy, noted for his red hair and youth among cabinet officers, succeeds Homer Cummings who retired to private practice. A brother, Judge George Murphy of Detroit, attended the ceremony.
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Washington
Jar
Frank Murphy
Michigan
United States
Roosevelt
Stanley Reid
Garner
Murphy
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
George Murphy
Recorder's Court of Detroit
Senate
Seven in One Family Drown Near Greenville
A Greenville family of seven died when their car plunged into Little Pigeon creek en route to a New Year dinner. Kendrick Thomas, 27, escaped after the vehicle swerved off a narrow plank bridge nine miles east of Greenville, rolling seven others into 22 feet of water. The dead include William Sexton 55 and several relatives. Thomas, driving, survived.
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Greenville
Ala
Little Pigeon Creek
Here
Kendrick Thomas
Greenville ‘Umber
Honorville
Sexton
William Sexton
Emmett Ray Sexton
San
Gussie Sexton
Sarah Davison
Bruce Crews
Thomas
Tom Carlisle
Carlisle
Unemployment Benefits Fall Sharply Across States
The Social Security Board reported November unemployment compensation payments totaled 28 million dollars, down 21 percent from October. Twenty nine states paid benefits with declines ranging from 1 percent in Maryland to about 36 percent in Michigan.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Maryland
Michigan
Purge of Peace Party Followers Shocks Chiang Regime
Hong Kong report says former premier Wang Ching-wei was expelled from the Kuomintang for deserting policy and seeking peace with Japan. Chiang Kai-shek reportedly ordered a swift purge of Wang loyalists, while Wang allegedly pressed for peace terms via contacts with Wu Pei-fu and regional leaders.
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Hong Kong
Wang Ching- Wei
Kuomintang
Chinese Government
Japan
China
Wang
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peace Party
Hanoi
Hongkong
Szechuan
Yunnan
Wu Pei-Fu
Four Die in Louisiana New Year Toll
Associated Press reports a violent Louisiana New Year toll including two auto deaths a drowning and a self inflicted gunshot. Cliff Walcke 26 of Breton Island vanished from theJane Margaret. James M Wingard of Washington DC found at a New Orleans garage. Tim Bryant of Liberty Mississippi killed when a car fled the scene near Kentwood. Celestine Hardy 34 died from car accident injuries in New Orleans. Police noted light fireworks injuries compared with last year.
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United States Coast Guard
Cliff Walcke
Jane Margaret
Breton Island
Gulfport
Miss
James M. Wingard
Columbia
D. C
New Orleans
Philip Montelepre
Tim Bryant
Liberty
Kentwood
Celestine Hardy
Roosevelt 10 Give Body 10 Stand of U S
President Roosevelt shapes a broader policy toward bad neighbors to back the good neighbor doctrine. Nine steps include Wilhelm ambassador recall, Germany guarantees for Americans, backing Ickes against dictators, new Turkey trade pact, China credits, and protests to Japan over China rights and open doors.
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Charles R. Nutter
Washington
State Department
United States
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Congress
Hugh Wilson
Ickes
Turkey
Balkans
Latin America
China
Nelson T. Johnson
Johnny Reed Fatally Hurt in Florida Car Crash
John D. Reed known as Johnny Reed, 38, long time Delta Air lines dusting chief in Florida, died in a Miami hospital after a car accident. He helped found the local auto firm Luther and Reed and is survived by his mother and siblings in Eupora, Mississippi.
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John D. Reed
Johnny” Reed
Delta Air Corporation
Miami
Fla
Monroe
Reed
Eupera
Miss
Florida
Vicinity
Luther
Eupora
Caddo School Chief and Wife Injured in Crash
E Weldon Jones superintendent of Caddo parish schools and Mrs Jones were injured when their car overturned near Sunset Louisiana. They were hospitalized in Opelousas with Mrs Jones most seriously hurt. Jones suffered only bruises and no broken bones according to hospital reports.
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Shreveport
E. Weldon Jones
Caddo Parish
Jones
Five Desperadoes Escape From Insane Prison
Five inmates overpowered attendants at the state hospital for the criminally insane in Lima Ohio and fled in a stolen car. Hospital officials described the fugitives as very dangerous and armed with razors and a hatchet. The escape involved theft of keys, confinement of staff, and forced participation by one inmate. Authorities broadened the search for the six remaining escapees.
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Lima
State Hospital
E. H. Crawfis
Roy Smith
George Honingfort
Lonnie Colenegro
H. B. Wilcox
Tom Craig
Mrs N Bryant Dies of Burns in Local Hospital
Mrs Nancy D Bryant aged 67 died at 4 am Monday in a local hospital after clothing she wore caught fire near a gas heater at 107 Parker Street Terminal Heights. A son tore off the flames but she had suffered extensive burns. She is survived by three sons G F Bryant J D Bryant and J D Bryant and one sister Miss Mary White. The body lies at Dixie Funeral Home and will be sent by rail to Sontag Mississippi for interment after 7 10 am Tuesday.
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Nancy D. Bryant
Dixie Funeral Home
Sontag
Miss
Jackson Whitlow Dies After 52 Day Fast
In Stoop ing Oak Tennessee Jackson Whitlow 46 died after a long abstention from food, begun in 1937 on instructions from the Lord. Neighbors gathered to pay respects as doctors cited the fasting as the cause, noting periodic short fasts since the initial ordeal.
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Stooping Oak
Tenn
Jackson Whitlow
Whitlow
Dunlap
Clashes Over Relief and Defense Seen At Once
Washington dispatch reports immediate clashes over relief and defense policies as Congress convenes for a crucial session. VP Garner and Speaker Bankhead to open noon session. Roosevelt to deliver annual message Wednesday amid partisan maneuvers.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Garner
Bankhead
Rayburn
Texas
House
Martin of
Massachusesetts
Garner Wields Strong Power in New Congress
Washington observers mark John Nance Garner as a key driver in the incoming Congress with Barkley in the Senate and Rayburn in the House in supporting roles. The visit by Wallace and Hopkins signals official understanding of Garner’s influence as he faces farm relief and commerce confirmations. His office remains busy with political minds and reporters.
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Washington
Jan
John Nance Garner
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Rayburn
House
Garner
Wallace
Hopkins
Transatlantic Air Service To Begin
Imperial Airways announced regular weekly transatlantic service between North America and England starting in June. The plan calls for three 24 ton Cabot flying boats operating Southampton Montreal via Foynes Ireland and Botwood Newfoundland once Botwood harbor ice clears. Negotiations also aim to permit a New York extension.
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North America
England
Imperial Airways
Southampton
Montreal
Foynes
Ireland
Botwood
Newfoundland
New York
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