Milk strike erupts violence in Chicago area
Milk deliveries halted as farmers and dairies clash over a minimum price of 1.85 dollars per hundred pounds. Protests spread from Wisconsin into Chicago with milk dumped and trucks tipped. conferences seek a settlement while some dairies push for enforceable pricing and government licensing as a remedy.
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Chicago
Pure Milk Association
Wisconsin
Clarence Erickson
Kenosha County
Lyons and Sturtevant
Wis
Kenosha
Meadowmoor
France Agrees to Hike Quotas on U S Goods
Paris reports France will triple the quotas on American goods for the first year. The United States embassy says the arrangement exempts U S imports from France’s policy to reserve three quarters of quotas for bargaining.
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France
U. S
Paris
United States
Government gold purchases exceed 75 million dollars
RFC chairman Jesse Jones reported government gold purchases topped 75 million dollars with 20.887 million dollars from newly mined domestic metal. The price stood at 34.06 per ounce for the fifteenth time while foreign purchases were not given a firm total but implied above 55 million. The RFC has authorized buying preferred stock and capital notes in 5146 banks at 876 million dollars and 1523 loans to receivers of closed banks totaling 600 million to liquidate deposits.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
RFC
Jones
Roosevelt
Pieces of a Bygone Post Office Era and Local Charm
A youth with a healing hobby plays for the sick at St Francis and in a DeSiard street pool hall then faces a disturbance charge. The article recalls Monroe’s aging post office building, its history and final days, Lions Club welcomes three Grandpapas, plus 11 year old Dick Fason shines in Rip Van Winkle role at the Children's Theater.
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DeSiard Street
The
Lions Club
Barney Oakland
Joe Petagna
W. H. Anders
Dick Fason
Rip van Winkle
Children's Theater
Heiress Barbara Hutton Mdivani Tours San Francisco Honeymoon
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani arrived in San Francisco for a round the world honeymoon while Prince Alexis, hundreds of miles away, flies around California. A subpoena server tracks him as the couple intends to sail Thursday on the Tatsuta Maru toward the Orient. The Makiki may meet the liner in Honolulu, though schedules are uncertain.
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San Francisco
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Prince Alexis
California
Reno
Nev
Seattle
Orient
Honolulu
Marine Exchange
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Puget Sound
Salt Lake City
Harry Owen
The
Los
Woman Accused in Poison Case Awaits Transfer
Mrs. Sarah O. Hobart a 52 year old Troy socialite faces arraignment in Philadelphia after being indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly sending poisoned candy through the mail to her war disabled brother Harrington Fitzgerald Jr 34 a patient at Coatesville veterans hospital The incident followed a six week probe with $60000 in life insurance policies on Fitzgerald taken out by locals all who were involved recovered from illness and the accused awaited $10000 bail pending travel to Philadelphia for arraignment
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Troy
N. Y
Sarah O. Hobart
Philadelphia
Hobart
Harrington Fitzgerald, Jr
Veterans’ Hospital
Coatesville
Fitzgerald
Seventy-One Die in Kyoto Station Stampede
At Kyoto railroad station a farewell crowd for Imperial Japanese Navy recruits caused a panic that left 71 dead and 56 injured. The Rengo News Agency reports the toll but cites no immediate cause for the stampede.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Kyoto
Imperial Japanese Navy
Louisiana School Finances Decline Through 1933
The Louisiana education department details a four year drop in public school finances from 1929 to 1933. Enrollment rose by 29 751 while general revenue fell, expanding the burden on schools as facilities and teacher numbers barely changed.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Education Department
John M. Foote
Education Department
Foote
Foot
Light Snowfalls Reported Across Central Arkansas Today
A light snow fell today in central Arkansas with temperatures near freezing. The Weather Bureau forecast more snow through the day and clearing skies by evening, with a low tonight around 26 and a rise tomorrow. Snow was reported from Paragould and other northern areas, while northwest Arkansas had seen snow yesterday.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Paragould
Here
Northwest Arkansas
Colder Weather Forecast With Heavy Frost Predicted
The weather bureau forecast colder weather and a heavy frost for Louisiana with a temperature range of 26 to 30 degrees in the trucking and sugar regions. Monday will be fair with slowly rising temperatures, as heavy clouds and chill air persisted into Monday morning.
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Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Postoffice Opens in New Monroe Building
Monroes new postoffice welcomed residents as the first day and following weekend saw the transfer of postal property completed. Crowds formed in the morning to obtain fresh keys for boxes in the southeast corner of Jackson and Grammont streets.
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Postoffice
Monroe
Jackson and
Grammont Streets
Lehman Says NYC Finances Bill Response Soon
Gov Lehman promised a reply "as soon as possible" to Mayor LaGuardia's charge that his opposition to the city control bill is a political maneuver. The exchange follows LaGuardia's interpretation of Lehman's stance on New York City finances and state oversight.
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Albany
N. Y
Lehman
LaGuardia
New York City
Income Up in 1933 Says Internal Revenue Chief
Washington reports the nation’s income rose by about 62.11 million dollars in the 1933 fiscal year while collection costs fell. Commissioner Guy T. Helvering says total revenue reached 1.6198 billion dollars with income taxes forming the main share and costs to collect dropping to 1.85 dollars per hundred earned.
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Washington
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Morgenthau
Helvering
Rhodes scholarship finalists named from six southern states
Twelve applicants from Alabama Oklahoma and other southern states were examined in New Orleans before the gulf division committee for Rhodes scholarship qualification. Four scholarships will be awarded in the district with nominees nominated by state committees and led by E. B. Stern as chairman and Prof. W. S. Campbell as secretary.
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New Orleans
Rhodes
South
E. B. Stern
W. S. Campbell
University of Oklahoma
Alabama
Woody Rowe Purcell
Gadsden
Silas Commagzrrett, Ill
Grove Hill
University of Alabama, Oklahoma
Daniel J. Boorstin
Stavisky Ends Two-Week Police Hunt With Suicide in Alpine Villa
French officers cornered Serge Stavisky in a hidden villa near Chamonix after a two week international search. He shot himself in the head as police broke in, after being accused of a $40,000,000 swindle and fraud.
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Stavisky
Chamonix
France
Serge
Alex” Stavisky
Secret Service
Alex
Camille Chautemps
Paris
New Orleans Observes Jackson Victory Anniversary
New Orleans marked the January 8 anniversary of General Andrew Jackson’s 1815 victory at Chalmette with ceremonies at Chalmette monument and Jackson Square. Col Henry R. Richmond called the battle pivotal, shaping the Mississippi valley’s future and sealing American flag supremacy west of the Mississippi. The day featured speeches, cannon salutes, martial music, and taps.
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New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
America
Jackson
Henry R. Richmond
Chalmette Monument
Col. Richmond
Chalmette
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Jackson Square
Plains of
Nomination of Moore Is Referred to Committee
The nomination of Daniel D. Moore of New Orleans as collector of internal revenue for Louisiana was referred to a sub committee by the senate finance committee. Senators Barkley Byrd and Reed were named to the sub committee while Senator Long indicated opposition to confirmation.
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Washington
Daniel D. Moore
New Orleans
Internal Revenue
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Byrd
Virginia
Reed
Pennsylvania
Long
Moore
Dressen Hurts Typhoid Manager Spends Comfortable Night
Char lie Dressen manager of the Nashville Baseball club is critically ill with typhoid fever. Attendants at the Houston hospital say he spent a comfortable night after a second son was born yesterday and he showed a slight rally.
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Houston
Texas
Charlie Dressen
Dressen
Nashville Baseball Club
Southern Association
Splawn Nominated for Interstate Commerce Commission
President Roosevelt named Walter M. W. Splawn former University of Texas president to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He will replace Ezra Brainerd as term expires. The same notice advanced William W. Howes to first assistant postmaster general and Harllee Branch to second assistant postmaster general.
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Howes
Roosevelt
Dent Roosevelt
Walter M. W. Splawn
The
University of Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
William W. Howes
South Dakota
Harllee Branch
Georgia
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Ezra Brainerd
Post Office Department
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Senate
Senator Kendrick
Wyoming
Harry W. Blair
Missouri
Joseph B. Keenan
Ohio
Alleged Negro Slayer Lodged Safely in Jail
Sam Jones a 55 year old Negro from the Eastern Shore was lodged in Baltimore city jail today charged with the New Year s slaying of Mrs Margaret Brumbley 58 year old Marion Station farm woman. Somerset county authorities arrested him after six days of secrecy and rushed him to the jail amid fears of mob action. The body of Mrs Brumbley was found in her farm home.
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Baltimore
Sam Jones
Eastern Shore
Baltimore City
Margaret Brumbley
Marion Station
Somerset County
Jones
Luther Daugherty
Crisfield
Princess Anne
George Armwood
Fred W. Holland
Fred Brumbley
Brumbley
Chicago Man Confesses to Slayings in Family Tragedy
Chicago police say John Piotrowski 21 confessed to beating his wife Anna 23 and drowning their 10 month old son after slaying 3 year old Betty Ann and the infant. He later recanted then renewed admission citing a motive to collect insurance on his family. The roomer Panfil 17 surrendered and denied involvement.
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Chicago
John Piotrowski
CWA
Anna
Betty Ann
John, Jr
John Panfil
Panfield
Piotrowski
Sanders Defends Louisiana House District Victory
J Y Sanders Jr contests the sixth Louisiana district seat before the house elections committee amid a Kemp-Sanders contest. He cites a mass meeting backed election like a previous case in Iberville Pointe Coupee and Baton Rouge where Huey P Long opposed the nominee and the governor refused to issue a commission, yet the district committee recognized the win.
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Washington
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Louisiana
House Elections Committee
Kemp-Sanders
Bolivar Kemp
Huey P. Long
Sanders
Camp
Iberville
House Committee Begins Investigation in Louisiana Election Dispute
The House elections committee opened hearings on two disputed sixth Louisiana district elections. J. Y. Sanders Jr. and Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp contest seats. hearings will consider legality, with potential for a new election. Kemp plans to rely on counsel, Long stays neutral.
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Washington
House Elections Committee No
Louisiana
Bolivar E. Kemp
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Kemp
Huey P. Long
Sanders
Citizens Committee
House
Congress
Elections Committee
George M. Wallace
Long
Edward Righter
New Orleans
Ambitious Nations Face Fateful Choice in War Talk
Beverly Hills dispatch notes France and Japan in distressing strategic dilemma as they weigh action against Germany and Russia. The piece reflects on U S policy and President Roosevelt’s remark about offering only modest portions of the country, highlighting tension ahead of global conflict.
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Cal
France
Germany
Japan
Russia
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