End of U S Japan Trade Treaty Signals Strained Ties
Tokyo reports mark the end of the 86 year trade treaty with the United States amid public indifference. Officials warn relations with Washington will be strained as Britain faces German passengers dispute aboard the Asama Maru.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
China
Nobuyuki Abe
Suma
Navy
Robert Leslie Craigie
Hachiro Arita
Britain
Asahi
Pacific
R. M. Austin
Father learns son Frederik Lund-Otteson flying in Finland
Woodbury New Jersey report notes Frederik Lund-Otteson a 26 year old adventurer and mural painter has appeared in Finland as a flier while his father recalls the son had never flown before. The elder Lund-Otteson says the youth was driving an ambulance for France and recalls a Finland visit noting it was too cold.
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Woodbury
N. J
Frederik Lund-Otteson
Finland
Lund- Otteson
Norway
France
Morrison Backers Join Jones Move in Louisiana Race
In New Orleans on January 26 Sam Jones gains new backing from Louisiana strawberry belt leader R. M. Singletary of Gonzales and the Ascension Parish Democratic club, both former supporters of James H. Morrison. Singletary urges Morrison followers to unite for Jones as Earl K. Long's administration faces criticism and a second primary unfolds.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
Standard
Louisiana
Ascension Parish
R. M. Singletary
Gonzales
Louisiana Farmers’ Protective Union
Democratic Club
James H. Morrison
Jones
Earl K. Long
James A. Noe
Singletary
Morrison
Moseley
Noe
Ascension Parish Democratic Club, Which Through Its Secretary, P. B. Mistretta
Jimmie Morrison
Clark Gable Signs Long Term Contract
Hollywood, Jan 2 1966 Clark Gable signs a seven year MGM deal at about 4000 dollars weekly with yearly 1 000 dollar raises and at least three films annually The salary could total around 1 456 000 over the contract He recalls past work in Akron Oklahoma and Portland and credits Carole Lombard as part of the income boost
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Hollywood
Jan
Clark Gable
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Gabie
Akron,c
Oklaoma
Portland
Butte
Mont
Gable
Carole Lombard
Odd Items In The News From Across The Nation
A series of brief items reports a Maryland game warden and magistrate detaining a rabbit-hunting man, who is fined $30 and shares the warden and magistrate’s home. In Indianapolis a thief takes only food and wine, leaving a note apologizing for hunger. In Salt Lake City a Good Samaritan named Frank H. Stark is hospitalized after his car strikes a dog.
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Associated Press
MT. Savage
Theodore Theorig
Arthur Mailey
Aloysius V. Monahan
Mailey
Salt Lake City
Frank H. Stark
Senate and House Trim Budget in New Economy Push
Three Democratic senators hailed restraint as Congress cut $33.5 million from Roosevelt budget estimates. The House approved a $1.092 billion treasury post office measure with $11.5 million shaved, while the Senate cut $20.2 million in the emergency defense bill and the House reduced $1.88 million from a $58.5 million deficiency bill. Total administration cuts reach $128 million as fights loom over farm and unemployment relief.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Treasury-Post Office
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Explosion at English power station cuts power to Irlam area
A blast at the Irlam Lancashire power station destroyed the roof 60 by 45 feet and halted power to Irlam and Cadishead. Officials found no sabotage motive. Fire followed the explosion as debris blocked a nearby railway and a large steel plant lost power.
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London
Irlam
Lancashire
Cadishead
Deagle
Long replaces five levee board members in Shreveport area
Gov Earl Long removed five members from Bossier and Caddo parish levee boards blaming politics. Replacements include J. E. Emmons A. J. Broussard and E. W. Martin on Bossier board and Ray P. Oden Hal M. Gatti on Caddo board. Murray Robinson and Wenzel say terms misused as not fixed.
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Shreveport
Earl K. Long
Bossier
Caddo Parishes
John E. Murray
W. H. Robinson
Caddo Board
Long
American Progress
Sam Jones
Caddo
Victor Wenzel
Shreveport Oil Company
Murray
Huey Long
Louisiana
Robinson
Wenzel
D. H. Stinson
Benton
A. F. McDade
Taylortown
State Machine
UN- American Progress
Wheeler urges national effort to solve economic ills
Senator Burton Wheeler urged government leaders from industry agriculture and labor to craft a joint plan addressing unemployment near 10 million and farm purchasing power. In a prepared address for the United Mine Workers of America convention he stressed no single solution fits all and signaled no specific program ready for all groups.
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Columbus
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United Mine Workers of America
Wheeler
United States Senate
Labor Leader Praises Roosevelt Admin Progress
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor lauded the Roosevelt administration in New York praising labor for making more progress in seven years than ever before.
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Green Lands
New York
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Cold Snap Sees Monroe and West Monroe Hit 5.7 Degrees
Monroe and West Monroe suffered their coldest spell in two years as subfreezing conditions persisted for a fourth week with a 5.7 degree reading at Selman airport. Snow coated the cities since Monday though sun failed to lift it. Traffic injuries remained limited though one man was hospitalized at St Francis sanitarium.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Civil Aeronautics Airways
Selman
Mercury
St. Francis Sanitarium Recor
Canada calls general election to showcase war record
Ottawa moves to dissolve parliament and set a March 26 election date as Prime Minister Mackenzie King says the people will decide who administers the country. The move follows attacks on the war program by opponents including Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn.
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Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
W. L. MacKenzie King
Fay
Canada
MacKenzie King
Ontario
Mitchell Hepburn
Dominion
Woman Steamboat Master Blanche Leathers Dies at 79
New Orleans is mourning Captain Blanche Douglass Leathers, 79, the first woman master of a Mississippi river packet. She died last night after serving as pilot for her husband’s vessel and maintaining her license. Survivors include two sisters and two brothers.
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New Orleans
Blanche Douglass Leathers
T. P. Leathers
Natchez
Bowling
Lerthers
James S. Douglass
Tensas Parish
Louisiana
Lula Mandell
Lake Charles
Mamie D. Spencer
Starkville
Miss
John R. Douglass
Allen Orleans
Louisiana campaign cooled by cold weather and radio
In New Orleans the Louisiana gubernatorial race shifts to statements and radio addresses as Governor Karl Long’s special session adjourns amid debate. Sam Jones cancels several events but plans appearances. Senator Noe backs Jones. Morrison supporters shift to Jones as parties seek a fourth candidate and network airtime.
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New Orleans
Lewisiana
Karl K. Long
Sesson
James A. Noe
Long
Sam Jones
Lake Charlies
Bogalusa
Noe
Jones
James H. Morrison
Morrison
Himslf
Power Trust
Stidell
Franklinton
Mandeville
Covington
R. M. Singletary
Quash of Juror Counts Narrowed in Parish Case
Twenty one counts against J Lloyd Warren police juror were quashed by Judge J T Shell leaving four counts for trial. Warren faced allegations of profiting from parish gasoline sales and receiving money indirectly from the parish. Defense argued indictments unconstitutional and failure to detail method. Motion for bill of particulars denied as court recessed. Olton Graves pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and received 30 day sentence already served.
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J. Lloyd Warren
J. T. Shell
Warren
Wood
Olton Graves
Man Faces Trial For Freeing Girl In Federal Case
ALEXANDRIA La Jan 4 C G Wells charged with aiding the escape of a federal prisoner a young girl from the Louisiana State Industrial school at Pineville August 22 19 and with aiding in the concealment of the girl in Monroe was to go on trial before Judge Gaston L Porterie in United States district court Wells named as co defendant with Ralph Hertz and Olyan Squyres both of whom were sentenced to two years in prison in the case
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Alexandria
C. G. Wells
Lousiana State
Pineville
Monroe
Gaston L. Porterie
United States District Court
Wells
Nettle Lambe
Ralph Hertz
Olyan Squyres
Wallace seeks support for processing tax plan
Secretary Wallace pushes a new effort to gain farm group and congressional backing for a processing tax to fund federal central programs. He faces weak reception as administration allies waver and farm groups split on aid methods with debates over parity payments, domestic consumption taxes, and price controls.
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Washington
Jan
Wallace
Congress
Alsace
United Farm Organization
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ Union
Ce Ee
National Grange
WPA Dropouts See Few Hired by Private Industry
Major 175000 WPA workers dropped last summer left with no jobs in November a report to a House subcommittee said. Only 23250 of those dismissed under the 14 month clause found private employment while 700000 more dismissals would be needed to meet budget limits. The labor department noted some expansion in retail but factory payrolls showed a mixed seasonally adjusted pattern.
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F. C. Harrington
WPA
House Appropriations
Harrington
New Assaults Upon Finland Repulsed In Night Campaigns
Soviet forces launched renewed attacks northeast of Lake Ladoga and at Fort Mantals on the east coast of the lake. Finnish positions held as troops repelled the assaults with heavy losses reported for the enemy. The army communique notes hundreds of enemy dead and more than 48 armored vehicles destroyed.
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Mantal
Lake Ladoga
Hormad
Fort Mantal
Trade tensions with Japan hover as US holds cautious stance
The article notes Anametated Preset American Japanese trade ties fraying amid Japan’s unease and US reluctance to reveal plans. It covers a British French German naval clash, submarine output, and a nine power treaty frame guiding East Asia policy, with Canada and Britain reacting to shifting alliance dynamics and naval incidents.
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Japan
United States
Great Britain
Arctic Circle
Finland
Americana
Sweden
Legation
Biritish
interci+fied
Everene
Vign
Atlantic
Wo Ll
MacKensie King
Washington
Senate
Jungle Gardens Damaged by Cold in Avery Island
At Jungle Gardens in Avery Island Louisiana owner L A Mehnny reported 200000 dollars in camellias lost and 21000 azaleas ruined after three days of sleet and ice. Ice broke oaks and bamboo suffered heavy damage while debris clear up could take years. Weather also drove more migratory fowl into the 14000 acre private game preserve.
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Avery Island
A. Melhenny
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