Roosevelt Aid to Britain Faces Senate Substitution Debate
Washington debate grows over a gift to Britain totaling up to two billion dollars as oppose to outright lease-Lend aid. Willkie's White House talks aim to keep politics from defense while Churchill receives a note from Roosevelt. Congress eyes quick action with hearings wrapping by week’s end and a floor vote slated soon.
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Washington
Jan
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Britain
Willkie
Hull
England
Roosevelt Willkie
Churchill
Wee
Beo
T Hee
House
White House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Joseph P. Kennedy
Charles A. Lind
F D R Prays For Guidance On Inauguration Day
President Roosevelt and family attend a mid morning service at St John s Episcopal Church in Lafayette Park asking divine help for peace and justice at home and abroad as the nation braces for his third term. The prayer asks for guidance for the president and civil authorities and for a united nation. A separate Belgrade dispatch reports a German general staff officer slain in Bucharest and a former Greek boxer arrested as his suspected assailant.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Roosevelt
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lafayette Park
White House
Family of Nations
Jesus Christ
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Quadruplets Born to 98-Pound Indiana Mother
Mrs. Eva Swanson, 35, weighed about 98 pounds, delivered four babies by Caesarean at St. Anthony's Hospital in Michigan City. Three girls and one boy weighed between 2 pounds 3 ounces and 2 pounds 9 ounces. Doctors said the operation lasted three minutes and the infants were placed in incubators with a six in ten chance of survival.
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Michigan City
Ind
Eva Swanson
St. Anthony's Hospital
St. Anthony S Hospital
R. A. Gilmore
Shushan and Four Allen Seek Rehearing in Mail Fraud Conviction
Attorney Hugh M. Wilkinson said five men convicted in the Orleans levee board refunding scam will seek a rehearing. The group, including Abraham L. Shushan and four others, faces 30 months in prison and $2,000 fines each. fate of further appeals beyond a possible rehearing remains uncertain.
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New Orleans
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Orleans Levee Board
United States Appellate Court
Wilkinson
Supreme Court
Abraham L. Shushan
Levee Board
Huey Long
Herbert W. Waugespack
Henry J. Miller
Norvin Trent Harris, Jr
Robert J. Newman
Shushan
Junior Chamber Launches Traffic Safety Drive
The Junior Chamber of Commerce started Safety Week in Monroe and West Monroe to curb rising traffic incidents. Officials say driving and walking carefully can lower accidents while scouts and junior chamber members monitor streets and drivers receive courtesy notices during the campaign.
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Twin Cities
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
George D. Holland
Chamber
Monroe Police Department
Louisiana starts productive facilities census for defense
Executives of Louisiana manufacturing plants begin an exhaustive inventory of floor space equipment and capacity as preparedness through production week opens. The census is conducted by the Louisiana Manufacturers Association and the National Defense Council of Louisiana with the national industrial council to map plant space equipment and skilled workers for national defense.
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New Orleans
Jan. C
Louisiana
Louisiana Manufacturers Association
National Defense Council of Louisiana
National Industrial Council
National Defense Program
Hitler Mussolini meet in undisclosed spot drives Mediterranean war outlook
Berlin and Cairo reports describe a high level meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini with German and Italian foreign ministers present. Officials say the conference signaled a close axis alliance and discussed campaigns in Greece North Africa and the potential for a knockout blow against Britain. British advances into Eritrea and Kassala were reported as they press eastward in pursuit of Italian forces.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Galearro
DNB
Cairo
Egypt
Sudan
Fritrea
Kassala
Tessenei
Sabderat
Eritrea
Gosh
Red Sea
Massaua
Genere
Associated Press
Britain
Hitler
Italy
United
Former Louisiana official robbed in Minden assault
J Frank Colbert, ex state legislator and former Louisiana tax commission member, was attacked Saturday night in Minden as he returned to his home from his filling station. He was struck with a stick, slashed on the side, and robbed of about $35 before receiving treatment at Minden hospital. Colbert, a former Fourth District congressional candidate, suffered a scalp gash but was discharged Sunday.
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Minden
J. Frank Colbert
Louisiana Tax Commission
Colbert
Colbert Colbert
Washington artillery heads to Camp Shelby for year long training
The Washington artillery unit, now the 141st field artillery, sails from New Orleans to Camp Shelby Mississippi to train for a year. The force comprises 841 soldiers and 53 officers under Colonel Henry B. Curtis, part of the Third field artillery brigade.
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New Orleans
Washington Artillery
Camp Shelby
Miss
Tird Field Artillery
141St Field Artillery
Henry B. Curtis
Legion Men Aid Sailors After Swastika Flag Incident
In San Francisco two American Legion officers aided two US Navy sailors arrested after tearing down a Nazi Swastika flag from the German consulate. The sailors Harold J. Sturtevant and E G Lackey were released on habeas corpus. bail posted, case set for police court.
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San Francisco
American Legion
United States Navy
Navy
Harold James Sturtevant
Haverhill
Mass
E. G. Lackey
Charlotte
N.C
J. M. Golden
Washington
State Department
Berlin
Baffaires
Nation boasts three first ladies at inauguration
Ruth Cowan reports in Washington that the nation marked a trio of first ladies at the presidential inauguration. Sara Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mrs. Browne Wallace attended as Franklin D. Roosevelt took the oath for a third term, each sharing in the ceremony’s gravity and personal significance.
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Washington
Sara Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ilo Browne Wallace
Farm Journal
Sara
Eleanor
Lio
Father Believes Girl Not Kidnapped in Tacoma Search
In Tacoma Washington the father of 15 year old Carol Falk asserts she has left to earn her own living, as city and state officers intensify a search for the Annie Wright seminary student missing since Saturday afternoon. Dr Ralph Falk of Boise Idaho arrived to assist, saying he does not believe she was kidnapped and that her age prompts a desire to work.
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Tacoma
Wash
Carol Falk
Ralph Falk
Boise Idaho
Carol
Annie Wright Seminary
Roosevelt Takes Oath for Third Term as Democracy Stands
Franklin D Roosevelt was sworn in for a third term beneath the Capitol dome in a ceremony before about 75 000 people. He pledged to defend the Constitution and promote democracy, declaring democracy is not dying and rests on free initiative and united effort.
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Washington
Franklin D Roosevelt
Capitol
Mr. Roosevelt
Garner Leaves Public Office After 38 Years
Washington January 4 The gavel falls for John Nance Garner after 38 years in Congress and eight as vice president He swears in successor Henry Agard Wallace and returns to private life in Texas planning a quiet retirement near Uvalde with fishing and hunting interests prior to turning 93.
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Washington
Bluff
John Nance Garner
Henry Agard Wallace
United States
Texas
Cactus Jack
House
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Marconi
New York
Panama Canal
Garner
Congress
Uvalde
Oath Quoted By Roosevelt Today
The Constitution prescribed this oath for President Roosevelt today, promising to faithfully execute the office and defend the Constitution. For vice president Henry A. Wallace, the civil oath administered to all senators was to support and defend the Constitution against enemies, bearing true faith and allegiance.
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Washington
Jan. i
Roosevelt
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Murray halts strike threat at steel plant
Pittsburgh January 20. C I O President Philip Murray stopped a potential walkout at Carnegie-Illinois Steel Irvin works. He ordered immediate resumption of operations and urged settlement of grievances by orderly processes. Picket lines withdrew as 8000 workers back on the job and a key conference with United States Steel officials was set for tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
Irvin Works
Murray
C.I. 0. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C. S. O. Chieftain
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois
Sparks Rites Conducted for Mrs. Sparks of Monroe
Mrs. R. C. Sparks Sr aged 65 died at 604 Riverside Sunday at 11 15 am after illness. Funeral was at 3 pm Monday at the residence conducted by Dr A M Freeman of First Methodist with interment at Riverview Burial Park. Pallbearers included Fred Millsaps H K Touchstone Dean Selig Victor Davis Dr Ralph Talbot B B Handy Aubrey Haas Vernon Marsh. Born Mary Louise Nelson she belonged to Monroe's prominent Nelson family with early business ties and extensive downtown real estate on De Siard Street.
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R. C. Sparks
Riverside
A. M. Freeman
First Methodist Church
Riverview Burial Park
Fred F. Millsaps
H. K. Touchstone
Dean Selig
Victor Davis
Ralph Talbot
B. B. Handy
Aubrey Haas
Vernon Marsh
Sparks
Monroe
Mary Louise Nelson
Selective Service Recruit Crawford Dies in Hospital
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wilson reports that Clear man H Crawford 23 of Decatur Mississippi committed suicide at Camp Shelby base hospital by wedging his neck on bed rails and flipping his body. Earlier he allegedly tried to slit his throat and was placed in an observation ward.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Frank Wilson
Camp Shelby Base Hospital
Selective Service
Clearman H. Crawford
Decatur
Wilson
Crawford
Roosevelt's Third Inaugural Stresses Democracy Resolve
President Roosevelt declares democracy not dying and not dying, urging Americans to go forward with faith in democracy. He warns against tyranny and poverty while stressing the spirit of America, national unity, and sacrifice for defense in his third term address.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
America
Sisters Hid Dead Sibling Three Months in Camden House
In Camden New Jersey on January 20 Patrolman John Toal found 63 year old Jennie Miller dead since October in a second floor bedroom. Her sisters Rebecca 55 and Margaret 60, unaware of the death, had kept the body among blankets and overcoats while living in the drab house. Bank books showed more than $2 000 in accounts in 1931 and 1932. Coroner Harry Leonard investigated the scene and welfare authorities took the sisters into custody.
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Camden
N. J
John Toal
Jennie Miller
Harry Leonard
Toal
Rebecca
Margaret
Leonard
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