World Court Defeatnarrows Roosevelt foreign policy path
The Senate voted 52 to 36 to keep the United States out of the world court, seven votes short of two thirds, ending 12 years of controversy and prompting leaders to refocus on domestic issues and relief legislation. Figures like Robinson and Coughlin influenced views as reservations stirred debate. Continued on Tenth Page.
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Detroit
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Idaho
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Norris
Nebraska
William J. Bulow
South Dakota
Regulation plan to extend federal control of transport
Washington Jan 30 A comprehensive proposal from Joseph B Eastman federal coordinator of transportation urges Congress to create a super agency modeled on a recreated Interstate Commerce Commission The plan would expand regulation to land sea and air transport with a 16 member commission five divisions plus a control board and a three member finance unit The existing coordinator would stay on as planning head with ICC membership designation by the president
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Congress
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastman
IL C. C
International board proposed to divide world exports
Secretary Roper proposed an international board to allocate future export markets starting with cotton and expanding to other goods. Secretary Wallace testified to a Senate agriculture panel that cotton acreage restrictions must continue until foreign demand for U S cotton rises.
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Senate
Roper
Commerce
International Board
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Mongols Routed Near Kalkha Miao in Manchoukuo Border Fight
Rengo reports from Hsinking that Japanese Manchoukuoan forces captured Kalkha Miao on the Manchu Mongol border and that Mongols were retreating southward.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Laurel leg murder case moves toward grand jury
Mississippi prosecutors aim to build a chain of evidence around the supposed confession of Ouida Keeton in the Daisy Keeton slaying. W. M. Carter, a Laurel businessman, is jailed as an apparent co defendant, with only legs and lower torso recovered to date.
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Miss
Mississippi
Jones County Grand Jury
Daisy Keeton
Quida Keeton
Miss Keeton
W. M. Carter
Jackson
Jack Deavours
Deavours
President Ball Planned on Hotel Virginia Roof
Monroe hosts a president's fifty third birthday ball on the Hotel Virginia roof with 200 couples expected. The Junior Charity league sponsors a national broadcast program featuring President Roosevelt’s speech from 10:30 to 11:30. Grand march at 9:30 led by Mayor Arnold Bernstein. a large birthday cake is provided.
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Virginia
Junior Charity League
Roosevelt
Arnold Bernstein
Wounding of Salesman Under Investigation in Mississippi
Howell Sistrunk 29 a Lumberton nursery salesman was slugged and stabbed while found unconscious on a highway near Elizabeth. He was taken to King’s Daughters Hospital in Greenville with serious facial and throat wounds. authorities suspect robbery. Sistrunk’s truck was found nearby.
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Miss
Howell Sistrunk
Lumberton
King’s Daughters Hospital
Sistrunk
Elizabeth
Leland
Radical agitation reported among tenant farmers in Arkansas
The Commercial Appeal claims a united front of Socialists and other agitators is stirring up trouble among southern tenant farmers in white and Black communities. Ward H. Rodgers, 24, a Vanderbilt and Boston University divinity graduate, was arrested at Marked Tree Ark on anarchy charges after a speech to the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. He was convicted earlier, sentenced to six months and fined $500, and now remains free on a $1,000 appeal bond.
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East Arkansas
Rodgers
Marked Tree
Liberty
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Mississippi Supreme Court Hears Dean Appeal
The Mississippi supreme court heard arguments in Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean's appeal of a life sentence for poisoning Dr. John Preston Kennedy with whiskey in Greenwood four years ago. The court will reconvene February 11 to decide if she must begin serving the sentence or be retried.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Greenwood
Mass
Dean
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Nation showers greetings on Roosevelts fifty third birth
At Warm Springs Georgia the nation celebrated President Roosevelt s fifty third birthday with dances and community events. The Warm Springs foundation received funds this year split between local agencies and a national research fund while patients attend a banquet and a show prior to a casino dance.
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Roosevelt
America
Warm Springs Foundation
Foundation
Poderjay pleads guilty to bigamy charge in New York
Ivan Poderjay a 35 year old Yugoslavian pleaded guilty in general sessions court to bigamy for marrying Miss Agnes Tufverson in December 1933. He was extradited from Vienna to face the charge and said he did not know he was committing bigamy. Judge George L. Donnellan assigned Clyde Dart to defend him.
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Ivan Poderjay
General Sessions
Agnes C. Turverson
Missing Corporation
Detroit
Poderjay
Vienna
Austria
Miss Tufverson
Tufverson
George L. Donnellan
Clyde Dart
Voluntary Defenders
Plain Dealing Lake Providence Chapters Form
Local chapters in Plain Dealing and Lake Providence organize to push for a position on a statewide matter awaiting federal guidance. Leaders indicate coordinated action and expect Washington input soon to define next steps.
Square Deal units form in Louisiana as revolt talk spreads
Letters from Square Deal headquarters publicized in Baton Rouge reveal plans for new units at Lake Providence in East Carroll parish and Plain Dealing in Bossier parish. Leaders claim Louisianans are ready to dedicate themselves to the cause as they urge action to defend law local self government fair representation and ballot protection.
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Square Deal Association
Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
Plain Dealing
Bossier Parish
Square Deal
Louisiana
Reply Awaited From Washington
Louisiana citizens who challenged Senator Huey P. Long awaited word from Washington on whether their uprising involved federal conflict. Reports from Feliciana parishes say anti Long groups expect militia action as the standoff continues with no clear federal response.
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Baton Rouge
Jan. C
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Washington
Feliciana Parishes
Robbery at Ford Levi Stationery and Home Burglary Threats
A burglar shattered safes at the Ford Levi Stationery Co after cutting a hole in a rear wall Tuesday night and stole cash. Earlier, a man broke into John Gobble's home on Gordon Avenue before dawn Wednesday and threatened to stab two young daughters.
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John Gobble
Gordon Avenue
Missing Navy Bombing Plane Found In Creek
NORFOLK VA January 30 The missing navy bombing plane submerged in icy waters near Great Neck creek in Princess Anne county was found close to the western shore. The cockpit lay under water and it was not clear if Lieutenant Robert C Haven who was attached to Ranger remained inside. A naval base crew was sent to the scene and hope remains he parachuted to safety after landing in woods where the parachute was found by the coast guard.
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Navy
Great Neck Creek
Bingham Estate
Princess Anne County
Robert C. Haven
Ranger
Naval
Haven
Coast Guard
Flood Fears Rise Along Tallahatchie Coldwater Reach
In Mississippi the Coldwater River flood threat shifts south from the Tallahatchie basin as Yazoo river confluence near Greenwood keeps flood stage below 36 feet. Areas around Sumner Webb and Glendora face rising waters while Green Wood awaits improvement. Refugees along a 40 mile stretch between Marks and Crenshaw return home as conditions ease.
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Tallahatchie River
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Webb
Greenwood
Eli Abbott
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Tallahatchie
Yalobusha
Marks and
Crenshaw
Link Between Barker-Karpis Gang Linked to 1933 Payroll Heist
Federal officers pursue evidence tying Barker-Karpis mob to the August 30 1933 South St. Paul post office payroll robbery that left a policeman dead and another wounded. A getaway chart found in Cleveland and a Vernon Avenue escape description bolster the case while Arthur Barker remains jailed for the Bremer kidnapping as officials with Stassen decline to discuss further.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
South St. Paul
Cleveland
Barker-Karpis
Vernon Avenue
Arthur “Doc” Barker
Bremer
Ramsey County
Harold E. Stassen
Dakota County
Department of Justice
Atttorney
Stassen
Hauptmann Wife Testifies on Key Lindbergh Alibi Dates
Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann testified to support her husband in the Lindbergh kidnapping case, detailing alibi dates from March 1 1932 to November 26 1933. The prosecutor pressed credibility over a broom closet shelf and a shoe box alleged to contain ransom money.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
Lindbergh
New York
Baby Lindbergh
John F
Jassie) Condon
Bronx
Fisch
David T. Wilentz
Wilentz
Ella Achenbach
Hauptmanns
Rogers Has His Say in New Orleans Visit
In Baton Rouge the writer reports a hospitable reception in Louisiana. He describes factions the Longs and Shorts, noting Huey Long controls the state and national voting outcomes, while praising the Capitol and its electric voting system.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey
United States
Finland
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