Congress Moves to Fast-Track Spain Embargo Action
Congress and the Roosevelt administration push to embargo arms to Spain amid a cargo loading in New York harbor. The Senate backs a resolution to ban shipments valued at millions, while House leaders plan swift action after the president’s state message.
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Washington
Senate
House
Spain
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Democrat
Nevada
Roosevelt
Rayburn
National Munitions Control Board
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
New York
State Department
Robert Cuse
Jersey City
Janesville GM Plants Shut Down During Strike Settlement
Janesville Wisconsin GM plants closed today to clear sit down strikers after a nine hour stoppage. About 2,500 workers out of work as officials mediated with City Manager Henry Traxler to halt operations until a broader GM strike is resolved. Union leaders Edwin Yenney and Wesley Van Horn accepted the deal and strikers dispersed after 10 p.m. Special deputy sheriffs aided company police in patrolling the closed sites while nonstriking workers were sworn in as deputies.
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Janesville
Wis
General Motors Corporation
Henry Traxler
General Motors
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Edwin Yenney
Automobile Workers Union
Wesley van Horn
Fisher
National Union
U.2
United Automobile Union
James Crooke
Another Cold Wave Is Forecast
Weather summary notes a cold wave moving from the far west into the middle west with snow and freezing temperatures. Be midji Minnesota recorded 37 below, eight camps faced blizzard disruption, and roads were blocked in the Pacific coast region with one death reported.
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Chicago
Far West
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Arizona
Utah
Dakotas
Minnesota
Doctor Mattson Weighs in on Kidnapped Son Case
Dr W W Mattson was away from home two hours before dawn while attendants said he treated a patient at General hospital and did not contact the kidnapper who seized his 10 year old son Charles ten days earlier. A bearded man left a 28000 note. Mrs Mattson near collapse as police maintain a truce for negotiations.
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Willis Duniway
United Press
Tacoma
Wash
U.P
W. W. Mattson
General Hospital
Charles
Mattson
Pope Pius IX Appears Stronger After Restful Night
Pope Pius rested well and breathed easier, appearing more cheerful, Vatican officials report. He received Cardinal Pacelli, Ottaviani, and Tardini in audience, with Ottaviani noting lucidity and bright disposition. A written Epiphany greeting may replace the usual address due to his weakness.
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Stewart Brown
United Press
Vatican City
U.P
Pope Pius
Vatican
Cardinal Pacelli
Alfredo Ottaviani
Congregation of the Holy Office
Dominico Tardini
Holy Father
Ottaviani
Lelio Orsini
Papal
Martin Says Unions Will Do Their Part
Detroit United Press report says federal labor conciliators failed to schedule a meeting between United Automobile Workers leader Homer Martin and General Motors executives for a strike affecting 53 900 workers. Alfred P Sloan and James F Dewey discussed eight union demands while Martin warned of possible spread to Fisher body and Chevrolet plants. He claimed readiness to confer anytime and clarified the closed shop is not one of the eight demands.
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James C. Austin
United Press
Detroit
General Motors
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Alfred P. Sloan
New York
William S. Knudsen
Corporation
Sloan
Martin
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
St. Louis
James F. Dewey
Knudsen
Judge Detling Stricken During Court Meeting in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Circuit Judge Henry A. Detling collapsed with internal hemorrhage at the county courthouse during an annual meeting of the state board of circuit judges. The 58 year old jurist was in serious condition at County Emergency hospital and was to receive a blood transfusion after first aid by onlookers. Detling, a longtime jurist and 1901 UW Law School graduate, was appointed in 1934 to replace the late Edward Voigt.
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Milwaukee
Henry A. Detling
Sheboygan
Milwaukee County
Clayton van Pelt
Fond du Lac
State Board of Circuit Judges
Harold F. Murphy
Daniel E. Sullivan
Marinette
Charles Shalet
Judge Deting
Gay
A. G. Schmedeman
Junge Edward Voight
University of Wisconsin Law School
Board Head Speaks for Two Hours at Wisconsin Hearing
Madison regents recessed a two hour address by board chairman Harold Wilkie detailing charges against University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank. The session, delayed by absent regents, drew about 200 students outside and inside Bascom Hall as Frank prepared a defense to multiple charges.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Regents
Glenn Frank
Harold Wilkie
Clough Gates
Frank
Jessie Combs
Oshkosh
George Meade
Wisconsin Rapids
Bascom Hall
University Alumni Association
Wilkie
Conrad Shearer
Kenosha
Memorial Union
John Callahan
Dr. Frank
Harold M. Wilkie
Charmain
Witkie
Leadh Board
Madrid and Madrid Fronts Rocked by Spanish Civil War
German and Italian forces press the Madrid front with heavy bombardment and infantry attacks. Loyalists fight off Majadhonda advances while holding Carabanchel and University City sectors. Reporting from Madrid and Berlin outlines renewed patrols, ceasefire talks, and French defense minister Daladier trips to Toulon as diplomatic maneuvers unfold.
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Jan Yindrich
United Press
Madrid
Majadhonda
Las Rozas
Madrid-F
el Escorial
Guadarrama
Villaverde
Guadalajara Tor
Renales
Berlin
Germany
Admiral Scheer
Nuernberg
Keil
Bay of Biscay
Paris
Italy
France
Ralph Ucinzen
U.P
Edouard Deladier
Toulon
Daladier
Alfred Duff-Cooper
Weather Day January 6 Forecast and Observations
The bulletin notes snow probable in Wisconsin with colder temperatures and a severe cold wave in western and central regions tonight and Thursday. Minnesota faces snow and severe cold in the east, with fair conditions in the west and snow in the northeast. Observations show cloudy morning and a warm afternoon in Milwaukee, with frigid readings elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Miami
Jacksonville
Yellowstone
Williston
Buckstart
Five Buildings Lost In Long Lake Blaze Wis
A early morning fire leveled five frame buildings in Long Lake Wisconsin in the business district. The H F P Hablitzel general store and post office Bernie Christophers tavern Otto Peters tavern a Peters owned garage and dance hall and a Jablitzer feed store were destroyed. No deaths or injuries reported. Two families above Peters tavern fled as flames rose. Firefighters worked to keep flames from gasoline pumps. The postmaster’s son Woodrow Hablitzel said there was no spread risk to surrounding structures.
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Florence
Wis
Long Lake
H. FP. Hablitzer
Otto Peters
Jablitzer
Peters Tavern
Eli Miller
Hablitzer
Roosevelt says no constitutional NRA fix in Spanish neutrality address
President Roosevelt told Congress there is no vital need for amending the constitution to legalize NRA. He urged authority to embargo munitions to Spain, pressed for broader interpretation of the fundamental law, and warned that the unemployment problem cannot be stored away as finished business. The message, delivered in the house, followed electoral certainties and pointed to speedier action on the Spanish neutrality resolution.
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McReynolds
Lyte C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
ULP
Roosevelt
Spain
House
Senate
New York Harbor
Supreme Court
Hall of Justice
Capitol
U. S. Supreme Court
NRA
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
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