Clash Over Long Term Construction Policy Rocks Japanese Government
In Tokyo a power struggle between fascist and liberal factions over postwar China policy threatens a cabinet reshuffle. Beron Kiichiro Hiranuma returns to Japan amid rumours he could form a government if Premier Konoye resigns. Observers note battles over mobilization law and China affairs amid wartime consolidation.
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China
Beron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Jay Trom
Kanazawa
Prince Konoye
Yongtearm
Japan
Nations
China Affairs Board
Shanghai
Otozo Yamada
Daladier Receives Huge Tunisian Ovation on North Africa Tour
Premier Daladier arrived at Tunisian port amid sea guns and cheers as fleets and seaplanes signaled welcome. He reviewed colonial marines, met Erik Labonne and local officials, while crowds lined docks under French tricolor and Arab banners amid renewed tensions with Italy.
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Deladier
Crumer Foc
France
Daladier
Corsica
Erik Labonne
Tunisia
160 U. S. Ships on War Maneuvers
New York dispatch reports 160 ships including dreadnoughts cruisers destroyers and auxiliaries beginning war maneuvers from New York with Caribbean deployment. The drill spans 3 000 miles from Norfolk to the equator and runs ten weeks with 60 000 enlisted and 4 000 officers. The objective is defense of the Panama Canal.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Warrington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Panama Canal
Norfolk
Equator
Canal
Atlantic
Azores
Mooney May Be Freed Saturday
Sacramento Calif Jan 3 Tom Mooney who has served nearly 22 years for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness day bombing may be pardoned Saturday by new California Governor Culbert Olson. Olson set the hearing date and observers expect a pardon. no formal objections were planned. Mooney contends he was framed and remains in prison for murder and a life sentence.
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Calif
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
California
Culbert D. Olson
Mooney
Olson
Lower Market Street
William D. Stephens
Wilson
George T. Davis
Scranton mayor plans color coded car circles for traffic
Scranton mayor Fred d Huester proposes painting circles on cars to shame reckless drivers. A yellow circle for first offense, red for second, blue for third, lasting 30 days if lawful. He expects marked cars to deter unsafe driving. In Huntington Christmas bulbs go missing from Hoppstetter home with a note of apology. In Manila census work hinges on enumerators, the actual head counters.
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Fred d. Huester
America
Huntington
W. Va
H. N. Hoppstetter
Manila
Philippine Islands
Goebbels Faces New Propaganda Test as Scandal Rumors Grow
London dispatch notes rumors that Dr Joseph Goebbels was nearly beaten by friends of Gustav Froelich who was imprisoned to entice Goebbels. Despite the alleged affairs, Goebbels remains central to Nazi propaganda and Hitler’s plans, famed as a showman and master of psychology.
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NEA Service Star
London
Joseph Goebbels
Gustav Froelich
Goebbels
Frau Froelich
Reich
Hitler
Barnum
Richard
Lome
Germany
Lida Baarova
Paul Goebbels
Berlin
Legislatures In 33 States Set To Open Amid New Deal Push
A national survey shows 33 state legislatures convening this month will push labor, social security, old age pensions, and wage hour laws. Budget balancing looms in multiple states with deficits projected in South Carolina, Colorado, and Ohio.
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Chicago
California
Nevada
Utah
New Hampshire
Vermont
North Carolina
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wyoming
South Carolina
Connecticut
Michigan
Colorado
Florida
Ohio
Iowa
Illinois
New Mexico
Organist Guild Founder Frank Wright Dies at 73
Frank Wright, 73, composer and founder of the American Guild of Organists, died in a Brooklyn hospital. Born in England, he served as organist and choir master for Grace Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn for four years and authored a widely used music examinations textbook.
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New York
Frank Wright
American Guild of Organists
Brooklyn Hospital
England
Wright
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Mexico and Guatemala Send New Year Greetings to Hitler
The German chancellery published a list showing only two western hemisphere nations, Mexico and Guatemala, exchanged telegraphic felicitations with Hitler. France’s President Lebrun did not send a message, Japan’s emperor was absent, while Britain’s King George VI did. Czecho-Slovak President Hacha sent greetings for his people.
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Berlin
Mexico
Guatemala
German Chancellery
Hitler
Japan
Lebrun
France
George VI
Great Britain
Hacha
Unemployed Deliver Appeasement Umbrella Drama to Chamberlain
London police thwarted a protest by unemployed crowds outside 10 Downing Street as a coffin shaped umbrella gift was rejected and the crowd cried for relief. Chamberlain was visiting Lord Iveagh in Suffolk. the umbrella he is known for featured in previous appeasement trips.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Lord Iveagh
Suffolk
Germany
Dies Committee Blames Labor Dept for Subversive Espionage
The Dies committee assigns major blame to the labor department for espionage and un American activities in the United States. It accuses lax enforcement of deportation laws and calls for scrutiny of the National Labor Relations Board and officials linked to Communist views. The five month inquiry names several members and criticizes actions surrounding the Lansing holiday disturbance.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Labor Department
United States
House
Department
Department of Labor
Dies
Texas
Moss
Ohio
Staines
Alabama
Dempsey
New Mexico
Healey
Massachusetts
Thomas
New Jersey
Mason
Ilinois
Patterns Set for Congress in Roosevelt Era Debates
Washington dispatch notes a nascent compromise between President Roosevelt and middle-of-the-road congressional leaders as the new session opens. The plan foresees cabinet elevations for Hopkins and Murphy and changes in relief and farm policies, signaling a bridge across party lines to govern in the coming two years.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Frank Murphy
Garner
Democratic Party
Democrats agree on 3 to 2 division of committee strength
Washington radio reports House Democratic and Republican leaders have settled on a 3 to 2 split in committee membership. On major 25 member panels such as the Ways and Means group Democrats will hold 1 seat and Republicans 10, reflecting the party balance.
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Washington
Jan
House
Smith to Ask Full Revision of Farm Plan
Senator Smith of South Carolina said he would seek a complete revision of the administration farm program. He plans to offer a new farm bill within days to junk production and marketing controls on cotton.
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Senate
House
Garner
South Trimble
Sethgate
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Oregon
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Labor Department
United States
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate panel says WPA relief funds diverted for politics
The senate committee charged relief funds in several states were diverted to political ends, calling for legislation to prevent further offenses. It cleared all candidates personally but urged reforms after a 1938 senatorial inquiry and offered 16 suggestions to clean up elections.
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Washington
Jan
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Congress
Kentucky
Com
Congresswoman Sumner vows economy and new role in Congress
Representative Jessie Sumner of Illinois, the only new congresswoman, takes office aiming to curb extravagance and oppose centralized power. She says she "came to bury Caesar not to praise him" and plans to learn on the job while emphasizing economy. Also notes four women in the House and one in the Senate returning after elections.
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Washington
Jessie Sumner
Illinois
Milford
Ill
Roosevelt
Caesar
Sumner
House
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Labor Committee
Caroline O'Day
New York
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
New Congress Members Share Early Views in Thumbnail Interviews
Washington reports present a gallery of first impressions from new lawmakers. Downey calls pensions a major issue. Danaher seeks revived markets. Reed pushes farm reform and spending cuts. Mead favors refinements to the New Deal. Clark urges limits on foreign involvement. Wiley wants sane legislation. Lucas seeks minor farm-law changes. Youngdahl focuses on boosting business.
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Congress
Downey
California
Danaher
Connecticut
Reed
Republican
Kansas
Mead
Democrat
New York
Clark
Idaho
Wiley
Wisconsin
Lucas
Illinois
Youngdah
Minnesota
Patman First to Introduce Bill in 76th Congress
Representative Patman of Texas regains his title as number 1 bill introducer by filing a chain store tax measure that will be house bill No 1 in the 76th congress. He has made a practice of listing a bill first.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
Martin to lead House Republicans pledge balanced government
Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr of Massachusetts was chosen by acclamation to head the party's 169 members in the next two years. The new leader vowed to restore balanced constitutional government and aim to put 10,000,000 unemployed back to permanent work at American wages.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Wadsworth
New York
Leader
Martin
the Chronicle
Storms drive 13 ships ashore as seamen go missing
Storms over the Black Sea grounded 13 large cargo ships today and wrecked hundreds of small boats near Istanbul. Dozens of seamen are reported missing with at least 22 dead from yesterday’s waves and wrecks.
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