Saar Territory votes to reunite with Nazi Germany
Three thousand Jews anxious to leave the Saar as Saarlanders celebrate joining Nazi Germany. Anti Nazi press suppressed. Jews report boycotts and weariness. Movements to migrate begin with 200 active in anti Nazi campaign, while Berlin Rome accord delays Aryan clause.
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Saar
Associated Press
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Nazi Germany
Berlin
Rome
Bruno Weil
Weil
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Forecast Updates
Flood stage readings in the 24 hour period show rising rivers with a stage change trend. Authorities warn residents to monitor levels and prepare protective actions as waters advance.
Move to Block Gas Drilling in Streams Likely
Legal action appears likely to halt proposed gas drilling along Bayou Bartholomew, the waterway dividing Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. John Freeland, owner on both sides of the bayou, is expected to pursue court action after two drilling permits were issued to a group led by State Senator James A. Noe and associates.
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Bayou Bartholomew
Ouachita
Morehouse Parish
R. P. Webb
Monroe
Minerals Division
State Conservation Department
Webb
John Freeland
Bastrop
Quachita
Morehouse Parishes
James A. Noe
Earl Christenson
Huey P. Long
Seymour Weiss
Long
Ouachita River
Cotton Accord Being Explored by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt indicated at his press conference that international talks on a cotton control agreement are under consideration. He compared the idea to the wheat production framework and said discussions with Hull Morgenthau and Wallace have occurred, with formal talks abroad not yet started.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Urges U S Adherence To World Court
President Roosevelt sent a brief message to the Senate urging the United States to adhere to the World Court to promote peace. He avoided questions on the $2 billion stabilization fund, notes Morgen Thau runs the fund and Cummings decides legalities, and hints at broader international cotton surplus control talks. The House debated the DC supply bill of about 39 million dollars as the 15th prohibition anniversary was observed.
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Washington
World Court
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Morgenthau
Cummings
United States
House
District of Columbia
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Mining Committee
Connally
Logan
Kentucky
Women join in battle against dictator in Baton Rouge
Forces of the Louisiana state police moved through the statehouse corridors and streets as the Square Deal association pressed its midnight demand for repeal of Huey Long era laws.Plainclothes officers mingled with visitors amid tense scenes as the clock neared the zero hour.
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Baton Rouge
Square Deal Association
O. K. Allen
Square Deal
Huey P. Long
Baton Rouge, la
Huey Long
Southern Labor Plans Campaign Against Troops in South
Atlanta reports an emergency meeting to map a campaign against troop use for strike duty. George Googe of the AFL South announces a vigorous push to elect southern representatives who will back social security bills and human rights protections.
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Atlanta
Nashville
Tenn
George Googe
American Federation of Labor Organization Committee
South
Googe
Congress
Bargain War Hits Marriage Fees In Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas on January 16 a fee war among justices of the peace cuts marriage costs from 2 dollars 50 to 1 dollar. Magistrate George Leopold starts the price drop by decorating his office sparking competition in courthouse corridors. Spitzberg and Leopold each wed two couples as two women justices join the fray in a draw.
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Little Rock
Ark
Justices of the Peace
George Leopold
Leopold
Sam Spitzberg
Spitzberg
Loyola Girl Reporter on Epoch Flight
Newark flight events include Captain Eddie Rickenbacker planning a dusk round trip and landing at 1:05 p m. ahead of schedule. Marie Louise Reynolds Loyola University journalism student delivers college paper coverage on the rapid New Orlean flight and Maroon staff reporting.
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Newark
N. J
Eddie Rickenbacker
New Orleans
Marie Louise Reynolds
Loyola University
Maroon
Buffalo Texas Bank Robbed by Four Men
The Citizens State Bank of Buffalo was robbed at 8 30 a m by four men. Two entered the bank while the others waited outside in a car with Louisiana plates. Loot estimated between 3000 and 4000 dollars. Bank staff including President R W Burroughs and Cashier G E Sowers were herded into a back room.
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Buffalo
Texas
Citizens State Bank of
Louisiana
R. W. Burroughs
G. E. Sowers
Brad Robinson
Leon County
John Baker
Tom Cochran
Minister Who Served Under Wheeler Expires
NASHVILLE Tenn Jan 16 Pneumonia cost the life of the Rev G L Leeper 88 retired Southern Presbyterian minister who served with Gen Joe Wheelers Confederate cavalry in the sixties He retired from active ministry in 1901 He is survived by his wife Mrs Hallie Coffee Leeper and three children Sarah Leeper McMinnville Sam Leeper Knoxville and Frank Leeper New Orleans Churches in Tennessee and the Carolinas were served by Mr Leeper educated at the Columbia Seminary in Squib Carolina
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Nashville
Tenn
G. L. Leeper
Southern Presbyterian
Joe Wheeler
Leeper
Hallie Coffee Leeper
Sarah Leeper
McMinnville
Sam Leeper
Knoxville
Frank Leeper
New Orleans
Tennessee
Carolinas
Columbia Seminary
Squib Carolina
Blindness Prevention Meeting Features Vocal Solo
A public meeting at Ouachita Parish High School Auditorium Thursday 7:30 p.m. will feature vocal solos by Mrs. Betty Peaslee of Chicago as part of the National Movement for Prevention of Blindness. The First Baptist church orchestra opens with instrumental music followed by Dr. Lewis H. Carris who outlines blindness ravages among children.
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Quachita Parish
National Movement For Prevention of
Betty Peaslee
Chicago
Monroe
The
First Baptist Church
Lewis H. Carris
National Association For Prevention of Blindness
Blizzard Halts Western Trains Across San Juan Line
A Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train stalled on two mile high Cumbres Pass due to a six foot snow pile from a blizzard. Twenty passengers waited in coach cars for locomotives and snow plows to clear the tracks on the narrow gauge route through Alamosa Colorado.
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Alamosa
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Western
San Juan
Cumbres
Iron Horse Still Good Despite Zephyr Delay
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy Zephyr train arrived in Omaha three hours late last night after its motors failed near Hamburg Iowa. The locomotive was pulled into Omaha and then continued to Lincoln under steam power.
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Omaha, Neb
Iron Horse
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Omaha
Hamburg
Iowa
Lincoln
Experts declare Hauptmann wrote Lindbergh ransom notes
Three more handwriting experts testified Hauptmann authored the 14 Lindbergh ransom notes while defense counters noted differences. Osborn and Souder pressed that despite some letter variances there was no single writer shift. The state battles to prove Hauptmann's guilt for the 1932 kidnapping and murder.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
Hauptmann
Harry E. Cassidy
Richmond
Wilmer Souder
United States
Souder
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Osborn
Lindbergh Faces Public Gaze At Hauptmann Trial
Charles A. Lindbergh attends the Hauptmann murder trial as a spectator. His presence draws little notice from crowds in Flemington New Jersey while the courtroom focus centers on witnesses and the state’s case against Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
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Arthur Johnson
New York
United States
Europe
Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Johnson
Germany
Associated Press
Lindbergh
Belier
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col. Lindbergh
Administration Faces Cotton Surplus Amid Restrictions
Washington reports the farm administration will set a 12,000,000 bale national production quota under the Bankhead act while the state department explores stabilizing cotton exports with foreign governments. Foreign sales have fallen 44 percent in the last year, prompting new measures to curb the surplus.
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Washington
Farm Administration
State Department
Federal Agents Blast Suspects From Barricade
Federal agents blasting from a barricade system shot at suspects described as members of a Bremer kidnapping mob. Officers report the group wore matching outfits and carried weapons as they fled.
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Bremer
Gangs Surrender After Six Hour Firefight At Lake Weir
Federal agents battled gang members barricaded in a summer home on Lake Weir for nearly six hours. Fred Barker Ma Barker and Alvin Karpis were killed. two men and a woman died. No agent casualties were reported.
Two Bandits Die In Break From Barricaded Home
Federal agents shot two bandits described as Blackburn gang members from St Paul as they tried to flee a barricaded Summer home on Lake Weir after a furious machine gun battle. The men Carter and Barben were identified by agents as the suspects in the Bremer kidnapping case.
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Associated Press
Oklawaha
Fla
Outfit
Edoward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Carson Bradford
Biscayne
Blackburn
Bremer
Lake Weir
T. G. Blackburn
Justice
Oklawaha, Fla
Edward G. Bremer
Carter and
Barben
Notre Dame Spirit Shapes A Great Football Campus
Rogers praises Notre Dame’s study focus and team spirit. He notes Jimmy Doolittle as the top flyer and mentions Wiley Post preparing a high altitude flight at 35,000 feet in an oxygen suit, aiming to complete the trip in about seven hours.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Jimmy Doolittle
Jimmy
Wiley Post
Wiley
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