10000 Planes Remain Goal Of Roosevelt Defense Plan
The first official outline of Roosevelt's defense program asks Congress for 552.9 million dollars and preserves a long range aim of 10000 army planes. Major General Arnold proposes a 6900 plane limit for the army air corps and outlines training and semi military aircraft needs to raise total planes to at least 13000 over three years. The plan also calls for expanded air stations, new bases in Alaska Puerto Rico New Hampshire and Florida, 2200 officers and 25000 enlisted, and expanded technical schools and research.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Henry H. Arnold
House Military Committee
Army Air Corps
May
Kentucky
Arnold
Air Corps
Germany
Alaska
Puerto Rico
New Hampshire
Florida
Rantoul
Ill
Denver
Malin Craig
Shift Seen In Relief Fight Over WPA Funding
Washington reports a shift in senatorial opinion backing a larger WPA appropriation of 875000, with Senators Norris Borah Burke Downey Adams supporting the increase while McNary expects the House figure to pass. Economy advocates press for cuts as Adams meets Roosevelt seeking final action.
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WPA
Norris
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
House
Burke
Roosevelt
Downey
California
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Oregon
Adams
Colorado
Senate
Hysteria Aboard Ship Described In Fierce Storm
The Italian liner Vulcania battled a furious Azores storm with 125 mph winds. 366 passengers endured hours of chaos as waves shattered windows and passengers cried out in fear. J M McClelland, Daily News publisher, said at least six injured and many bruised as the vessel lurched, radios silenced, and panic spread aboard.
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New York
Vulcania
Azores
J. M. McClelland
Longview
Wash
Daily News
Japan objects to U S naval expansion in Pacific
Tokyo reports Japan's naval office warns that U S plans to expand the fleet and establish air and submarine bases in the Pacific risk long distance attack. Rear Admiral Shozaburo Kanazawa says fortifying Guam and Mandate islands could provoke a response and notes no treaties prevent such fortification.
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Japan
United States
Naval Office
Pacific
Guam
Shozaburo Kanazawa
Midway
Wake Islands
Mandate Islands
South Sea
Germany
Pacific Islands
Roosevelt asks tax on all government salaries and securities
In a special message to Congress President Roosevelt urges that private income from all government salaries and all government securities be taxed under general federal and state income laws. He warns of back taxes if no action by March 15 and cites potential hardship for employers and security holders. He calls for legislation to correct inequities and broaden tax reach.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
Dead Tot s God Letter Highlights Twin Grief
A Minneapolis postal inspector found a child's letter to God reading Dear God When I go upstairs please let me see Floydie Bobby It honors the grief of Floyd Higstrom 4 and Bobby Lewis 6 neighbors of the Higstroms Floyd died after an attempted eye operation and possible heart complications A pastor and parents told Bobby Floyd was going to see God and he mailed the note in sorrow.
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Floydie
Bobby
Floyd
Ferdinand Higstrom
Minneapolis
Neil Lewis
Higstroms
Health Department
Gas Explosion Burns Missouri Pacific Mechanic
Sidney A. Wood a bus maintenance mechanic at Missouri Pacific Trailways suffered first and second degree burns to face arms and neck when gasoline fumes ignited in a greasing pit behind the Trailways building. The cause remains undetermined though a short circuit in a light cord is suspected. A bus above the pit was slightly damaged.
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Sidney A. Wood
Missouri Pacific Trailways
Hall Street
Trailways
Wood
U S Battle Fleet Departs Cristobal for Atlantic Maneuvers
The U S battle fleet sails from Cristobal Canal Zone bound for extensive maneuvers in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Flagship West Virginia leads more than 100 ships after completing the Panama Canal transit. The fleet left California on December 27.
Invention of Television by a 14 Year Old Boy
Philo T Farnsworth told the committee how a farm boy from Idaho developed electronic television. He described early training at age 12, the move to Provo Utah, and the 1920s funding that pushed the project toward the modern system. He said development costs exceeded $1,000,000 with no returns yet.
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Washington
Philo T. Farnsworth
Philadelphia
England
Germany
Farnsworth
Idaho
Provo
Utah
California
Johnson says air bombing not decisive in Sino Japanese war
Ambassador to China Rud dy-faced Nelson T. Johnson told reporters before meeting President Roosevelt that bombing from the air does not win wars. He predicted the Sino-Japanese conflict will last long and that Chinese morale remains high despite bombardments. Johnson plans to return to Cody, Wyoming, to rejoin his family after 18 months apart.
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Washington
Nelson T. Johnson
China
Roosevelt
Orient
Johnson
Hull
Cody
Wyo
United States
Texas amazed at O Daniel s tax proposal
Texas lawmakers faced a bitter fight over Governor W Lee O Daniel s plan to fund old age pensions with a 14 percent transactions tax and a constitutional amendment guaranteeing $30 monthly pensions to every person over 65, plus abolition of the state ad valorem tax. Exemptions include charities wages and first sales of certain agricultural products.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
United States
O'Daniel
Icicle Fall Damages Lancaster Jail Roof
In Lancaster Missouri a massive icicle, weighing hundreds of pounds and dropping 80 feet from a water tower, damaged the county jail roof, not an escape incident. No prisoners escaped and carpenters were summoned for repairs.
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Lancaster
Schuyler County
Suspect Woman Sought in Indianapolis Hammer Death
Police hunt a likely left handed suspect after Carrie Romig, 55, was found dead from two hammer blows in her Indianapolis apartment. A red handkerchief and jewelry missing prompt checks of safety deposit box and visitors. Harold Romig, her husband, fails to explain the crime. detectives pursue possible female motive.
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Indianapolis
Carrie Selah Romig
Clara Corey
Romig
Roderick Rae
Police Department
Norman H. Booker
Rae
Fred W. Kennedy
Shelbyville
Bloomington, al
Three Die When Car Plunges From Bridge In Fog
In Lake Villar near Port Vincent Louisiana three women and an infant boy drowned when their automobile plunged through a bridge rail in dense morning fog. Named victims were Mrs Ed Templer and Mrs Charles Hargiss of North Baton Rouge and eight week old Edward Lamar Causey. The infant’s mother Mrs Donald Causey of Galvez swam to shore.
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Port Vincent
Lake Villar
Qoccup
New Orleans
Ed Templer
Charles Hargiss
North Baton Rouge
Edward Lamar Causey
Donald Causey
Galvez
Catalonia Fronts See Realignment as Madrid Lands Troops
Reports say 60,000 Madrid troops to be shifted to Catalonia, with 12,000 already at sea from Valencia for the effort. Insurgent and government forces in Catalonia remain evenly matched at about 300,000 each, though insurgents hold air and artillery advantages. Fighting rafters near Igualada intensify as loyalist lines resist along the Lerida Barcelona corridor.
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Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Madrid
Valencia
Yestereday
Tarragona
Catalonia
Two Freed in Mutiny Probe
Los Angeles dated report says a federal grand jury found no mutiny aboard the schooner Metha Nelson during a fall treasure search. Charles Segal and Abraham Kapellner were exonerated and seek legal recourse for imprisonment. Marino Bello led the expedition to Cocos Island amid conflicting crew accounts and a hurricane ending the voyage.
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Los Angeles
Metha Nelson
Charles Segal
Abraham Kapellner
Cocos Island
Marino Bello
Jean Harlow
Evelyn Husby
Saplum
Curt
Bello
R. B. Hoffman
Richard Gulley
Hollywood
Anthony Eden
88 Americans to Leave Spain Soon
Eighty eight Americans former members of the international brigades arrived in Barcelona from Valencia with plans to evacue to France shortly. Consular officials estimate 150 Americans remain in Catalonia, including Latin Americans and some journalists. The U S consulate, led by Douglas Flood and John Jernegan, will stay in Barceloa indefinitely. The embassy operates from Liovanres near Barcelona, under Walter D Thurston. Four U S warships are nearby in the Mediterranean and may stand by for Degen.
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International Brigades
Valencia
France
United States
Spain
Catalonia
Douglas Flood
John Jernegan
Liavaneras
Walter D. Thurston
Mediterranean
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