Death of Jacob Ruppert Ends Yankee Era
Colonel Jacob Ruppert owner of the New York Yankees died at his Fifth avenue home at 10 28 AM after months of ill health. The multimillionaire and Babe Ruth ally suffered phlebitis but faced illness with cheer, receiving last rites earlier this week. His confidant Albert Brennan served as his executive secretary for 27 years.
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New York
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Fifth Avenue
Babe Ruth
Albert Brennan
House Leaders Move to Quell Relief Funding Revolt
Democratic whip Pat Boland orders 16 assistants to halt the push to slash WPA funds as the House debates the relief bill. The appropriations committee had trimmed $150 million from Roosevelt’s $875 million request, while Representative Cannon leads efforts to restore the full amount.
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Washington
Boland
Pennsylvania
House Democratic Organization
House
Roland
Pat Boland
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Cannon
Missouri
Ways and Means
Father Kills Imbecile Boy in Staten Island Tragedy
Louis Greenfield a 42 year old milliner confessed to chloroforming his 11 year old son Jerome who had the mental age of a two year old. He said the boy was better off dead and was charged with homicide after authorities found the boy suffocated by saturated handkerchiefs. Police and district attorney described the case as a tragic act of mercy influenced by years of caregiving.
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New York
Louis Greenfield
F. J. McVeigh
Jerome
McVeigh
Bronx
Samuel Foley
Greenfield
Foley
Black Skunk Also Proves Bad Luck
Wayland New York January 13 4 black skunks and black cats are all of a color to P R Fox bad luck Fox's car hit a black skunk he salvaged the carcass to fetch extra fur value minutes later his ear struck a fence and a rail pierced the dashboard nearly impaling him The car was towed home and later destroyed when a fire started after he tried to remove the rail The skunk also burned.
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Wayland
N. Y
P. R. Fox
Fox
Pig’s long road home puzzles Apalachicola man
In Apalachicola Florida four days after Flashes in the News reports a homing pig belonging to Drew Branch returned home after a long journey that may have crossed highways bridges woods and streams leaving Branch unsure how the animal traveled.
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Apalachicola
Flat
Drew
Branch
Six 13s Won't Hinder Marriage in Albany Nuptials
Margaret Ellen Wells and William Francis Kearney Jr plan to marry on the 13th at 1 p.m. in Albany after an engagement announced on November 13, 1938. Miss Wells born December 13, 1912 and Kearney born May 13, 1909. they met September 13, 1922.
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Albany
N. Y
Margaret Ellen Wells
William Francis Kearney
Miss Wells
Kearney
101st Birthday of Countess Virginia DeLaune in Newark
Countess Virginia DeLaune 101 celebrates birthday in Newark on Friday the 13th. She notes aging brings little happiness but would not want to live much longer. The family includes 130 boys, making her the eldest in a long line of relatives.
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Newark
N. J
Virginia DeLaune
Chile
Relative Held for Death of Noted Doctor
Walter L. Storms said John Quinn confessed to fatally shooting Dr Gordon E. Mordoff after a running gun chase in Wilmette. Quinn, 63, blamed Mordoff for the death of his sister and said he ended Mordoff’s life. Mordoff died after four shots struck him in a suburban office.
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Walter L. Storms
Chicago
John Quinn
South Side
Cloyd McGuire
Wilmette
Quinn
Mordoff
McGuire
Joseph McCabe
Illinois
Joliet
Floyd L. McGrath
Dr. Mordoff
Dr. McGrath
Walter Schnur
Esther Pinkowski
Chamberlain Visits Rome Amid Hitler Peace Probe
Adolf Hitler reportedly urged Mussolini to seek a one year peace before Italy pursues its natural aims. German ambassador Mackensen relayed the message during Rome talks with Count Ciano as Chamberlain paid respects to Pope Pius XI. Ambassadors Phillips and Francois-Poncet followed the conversations.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Italy
Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Fuehrer
Tr Duce
Pius XI
United States
Wiliam Phillips
Andre Francois-Poncet
Vermont to Fight Federal Flood Control Policies
Vermont Republicans voted to raise a 67500 war chest to contest federal flood control plans. Governor Aiken accused secret federal aims to seize land for dams without state consent and lawmakers moved to defend state sovereignty. The legislature also urged Congress to direct the War Department to sign a dam contract at Union Village.
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Montpelier
Vermont
United States Supreme Court
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Congress
Woodring
Union Village
Securities Board accuses gas firm of misstated 1934 records
The Securities Commission charged Associated Gas and Electric with overstatement of its 1934 property accounts by about 170 million dollars and consolidated earned surplus by about 135 million. It also said 1934 losses were understated by about 20 million. A February 14 hearing in Washington will decide whether shares should be delisted. The firm has assets over 1 billion and subsidiaries in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, Florida and Georgia.
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Securities Commission
Associated Gas and Electric Company Today
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
Florida
Georgia
Boston Stock Exchange
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
SEC
Consolidated
Frazier Proposes Government Price Fixing for Farm Goods
Washington January 13 Senator Frazier Republican North Dakota says a price fixing program could replace the existing crop control law. The post of production bill would pay farmers the cost of production plus a profit on domestic consumption with surplus handled by the government. It would empower the agriculture secretary to set prices for most interstate farm products and require licensing of handlers with penalties for violations.
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Washington
Frazier
North Dakota
Farmer- Laborites
Bankhead
Alabama
Secretary of Agriculture
Germany declines US request for universal rights for Americans in Germany
Berlin reports the German government refused in principle to grant universal rights to American citizens in Germany without regard to race or creed. The note, dated December 30, follows a December 14 American note seeking assurances that Americans would not be treated differently for race or religion amid Nazi measures against Jews. Germany said it was willing to discuss individual cases.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
DNB
Theaters Plan Jan 26 Campaign for Humanity Fund
The Paramount and Capitol theaters of Monroe will join a national drive on January 26 with all receipts directing to the Campaign for Humanity aiding persecuted Protestants Catholics and Jews of Europe. Mayor Berit and A O Evans named C Alston Prop hit as local director who appointed publicity and sales teams including George Lofton Fred Williamson J C Liner Jr S A Moss Rev Ernest Holloway Bob Burns George Welch Paul Neal C T Brogan B A Trousdale Jr to organize theater attendance and public outreach.
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Paramount
Capitol
Monroe
Campaign For Humanity
Europe
H. H. Berit
A. O. Evans
Chamber of Commerce
C. Alston Prophit
Bob Burns
George Welch
Paul Neal
Twin Cities
C. T. Brogan
B. A. Trousdale, Jr
Louisiana records show 1938 tax take tops new high
Louisiana collected 73 million dollars in taxes in 1938, triple the 1928 haul. Major gains came from new taxes on sales income insurance premiums lubricating oil chain stores alcohol and natural gas along with higher gasoline tobacco and severance taxes. The year closed with a 13 million dollar bank surplus and a nearly 103 million dollar receipts total.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
A. P Tugwell
Alice Lee Grosjean
Franco forces seize Tortosa and threaten lower Catalonia
Insurgent dispatches report Francoist troops overwhelmed the government front in lower Catalonia and captured Tortosa on the Ebro. Moorish cavalry moved across the Ebro, advancing northeast five miles, with government forces retreating toward safer positions along the coast and heading north to avoid encirclement.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Tortosa
Falset
Francisco Franco
Friday the 13th Not Unlucky Day Says Travelers
Hartford report notes Friday the 13th is not unlucky. Travelers Insurance records show May 1938 had fewer accidents than any other day of that month. The company adds Fridays typically see fewer accidents than other weekdays with Saturday identified as the worst.
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Hartford
Conn
Travelers Insurance Company
Five Alcatraz escape attempt ends with gunfire and captures
Five inmates escaped from their cells at Alcatraz in heavy fog and dashed toward the water. Guards opened fire wounding Arthur Barker and Dale Stamphill while the others were captured or believed recaptured. The incident prompted a search as authorities withheld identities.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Island
San Francisco Bay
Arthur Barker
Dale Stamphill
Rufus McCain
National Bank
Henri Young
William Martin
Hull to Seek Lobby Probe
Secretary Hull agreed to draft a legislative proposal for a congressional investigation of tariff lobbyists in Washington. Senator O'Mahony said the move would be included in a resolution by ten senators regarding the 1934 trade treaty with Cuba. The exchange followed Hull’s remarks denying any secret sugar tariff agreement.
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Washington
Hull
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate Finance Committee
O’mahoney
Hopkins cites WPA political activity discharges testimony
Harry Hopkins told the Senate Commerce Committee he discharged between 100 and 200 people for political activity tied to WPA. He said he issued about six to eight general warnings and many other specific cautions nationwide as part of his duties with the relief administration.
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WPA
Concord
Senate Commerce Committee
Washires
Pat Ors
Arthur H. North Carolina
Hiram W. Johnson
Harry He Firmation
Commerce
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Mista
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Michigan
Josiah W. Bailey
California
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Government Relief Administration
United States
Johnson
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