Reorganization Plan to Be Opposed by Opponents
Washington weathered a flurry of criticism as Democratic and Republican leaders vowed a long, bitter fight over President Roosevelts government reorganization plan. Key provisions facing defeat or revision include replacing the comptroller general with an auditor general, boosting cabinet salaries, abolishing the civil service committee, and consolidating 95 bureaus under 12 department heads. In the House, Rules Chairman John J OConnell opposed creating a new committee to draft the legislation, while Sen Harry F Byrd called a special reorganization panel to convene tomorrow.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Civil Service Committee
Civil Service
Agencie
HOUSE
John J. O'Connor
New York
Rules Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Sudden drop in temperature forecast across states
Associated Press reports much colder weather threatens to end the mild spell in the Midwest as a cold wave forms in North Dakota likely to reach prairie states. Northwest enjoys 10 to 20 degrees above zero while Rockies and Texas sleet areas recover. Rescues and weather damage reported across Arizona, Nevada, California, and Texas with losses estimated in the millions.
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Associated Press
Middle West
North Dakota
Praine
Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Los Angeles
Farm West
Mountain States
Arizona
Nevada
California
Arrest Negro the Murderer of Mrs Case in Queens
New York reports that 33 year old Harlem man Major Greene, a porter in the Jackson Heights building, was charged with strangling and beating to death 25 year old Mary Robinson Case in her Jackson Heights apartment. He was arrested two days after the body was found. Johnson and Greene's brother were detained for questioning as investigators linked the suspect to the crime in the same building.
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New York
Mary Robinson
Harlem
Jackson Heights
Queens
Charles P. Sullivan
Major Greene
Porter
Greene
Frank Case
Town
Henry
William Henry Johnson
Johnson
Case
Eleven More Are Injured in Airliner Crash
Eleven more passengers were injured in the Western Air Express crash that killed two, as rescuers in a snowstorm hauled survivors from the wreck on a foggy mountain ridge near Union Air terminal. Victims include James A. Braden of Cleveland, Osa Johnson, and several others with a mix of head injuries, fractures, and lacerations. Investigations were launched by two government inquiries to determine the disaster cause.
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Los Angeles
P.—Marlin Johnson
Western Air Express Transport
James A. Braden
Cleveland
Ohio
Lita James
Lee
T. E. Tillinghast
Hartford
Conn
Loomis
D. E. Spencer
Stromberg Electro Company
Chicago
Arthur S. Robinson
Rochester
N. Y
Esther Jo Conner
Glendale
Calif
Los Pinetos Ranger Lookout
United States
Reinstatement of Happ Will Argued Before High Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard an appeal by the city of Oshkosh seeking reinstatement of Mrs Mary Happ s 1924 will challenged by a later revoked amendment nine years afterward The city claims she was unduly influenced and that the revocation nullified a memorial trust fund for civic projects The case involves Jeanne Stanhilder and Bernice Spoo as heirs and hinges on attorney D K Allen s arguments about power of attorney and bank control in Oshkosh
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Madison
Mary Happ
Oshkosh
State Supreme Court
F. W. Bucklin
Happ
Fred Stanhilder
Bernice Spoo
D. K. Allen
Franco German talks loom as France plans economic offers
Paris outlines anticipated French offers to Berlin as direct Franco German talks are prepared with Andre Francois Poncet and Paul Bastid. Britain weighs seizure claims of copper mines in Franco controlled Spain and possible forced sale to Germany amid ongoing civil conflict.
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Andre Francois- Poncet
Berlin
Germany
Paul Bastid
Herve Alphand
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsminister
Britain
London
Francisco Franco
Foreign Office
Eight of Section Crew Lose Lives in Mojave Freight Collision
A Union Pacific freight locomotive backing up in the Mojave desert struck a section crew near Brant, 76 miles west of Las Vegas, killing eight men. Foreman Vernal A. Anderson of Brant, 36, was identified. engineer W. H. Galh said the loco backed from Nipton and hit the crew’s motorcar about 1,000 feet from Brant station.
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Los Angeles
Mojave
Union Pacific
W.H Galh
Nipton
Brant Station
Social Security Offices To Open In Wisconsin Cities
The Social Security Board will open field offices soon in six Wisconsin cities including Eau Claire Fond du Lac Green Bay La Crosse Madison and Wausau to aid administration of the old age pension program, joining the Milwaukee headquarters.
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Washington
U.P
Social Security Board
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
la Crosse
Madison
Wausau
Milwaukee
State troops mobilized in motorstrike
Flint, Mich. seven hundred officers and men of the 126th infantry carrying full combat gear detrained to carry out Gov Frank Murphy orders to preserve peace in the auto center marked by rioting at the General Motors strike. Murphy planned talks in Lansing with GM and UAW leaders. more guards were mobilized to total about 2,000.
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Flint
Mich
126Th Infantry
Frank Murphy
General Motors
Murphy
William S Knudsen
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Lansing
James F. Dewey
Joseph R. Joseph
Genesee County
John Doe
Fisher Body No. 2
Ray Martin
Edwin D. Mallory
Frank W. Cain
Thomas W. Wolentt
Wolcott
National Guard
Arriong Here
Caty
Weather Day Jan 14 Forecast And Observations
Wisconsin and Minnesota face rain sleet or snow tonight and Thursday with colder temperatures, a severe cold wave in the west. Northwestern observations show mild warmth in the afternoon and a cold night, while Milwaukee and national readings report varied highs and lows and no precipitation.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwestern
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Bismarck
Rackstall Observatory
Building permit issued today for new Winnebago courthouse
A long awaited movement reaches a milestone as a permit was issued at 10:45 am by City Building Inspector Harvey C. Oleson to Robert J. Hole for the Winnebago county courthouse at the Clark Kennedy site on Alcoma boulevard and Jackson drive. The Lundoff Bicknell Company of Chicago is the general contractor with a project estimate of 6690 807.90. Separate heating, plumbing and electrical contracts will follow. Work begins this afternoon as J Rasmussen & Sons crews protect revs and relocate others on site. A steam shovel will start digging Thursday at 8 am.
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Winnebago County
Clark-Kennedy
Alcoma Boulevard
Jackson Drive
Harvey C. Oleson
Robert J. Hole
bLundoff- Bicknell Company
Chicago
General Contractors
J. Rasmussen & Sons Company
Mattson Kidnapping Murder Links Haynes to Case
Federal agents seek Fred Orrin Haynes in connection with the Mattson kidnapping and murder in Folsom California. Reports from multiple sources describe a deep back wound inflicted during captivity and a fatal head blow. Investigators emphasize the autopsy findings and potential pervert abuse during Charles Mattson’s captivity.
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Folsom
Calif
Fred Orrin Haynes
Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Funeral Home
Charles
Ex Menasha Policeman I Before Court
Joseph Martell, 50, former Menasha desk sergeant, appeared in municipal court charged as an accessory before the fact in a grand larceny case involving $4,000 in slot machines from a Menasha warehouse in November. Bond set at $500 for a Saturday preliminary hearing. case linked to Edward Phillips of Green Bay who failed to appear for examinations.
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MenAsha
Martell
Menasha Police Department
Alex Slomski
Henry P. Mughes
Edward Phillips
Green Bay
Henry P. Hughes
Atty
Lawrs C. Magnusen
Ray Kieffer
Schofield
Wis
Kieffer
Phillips
Slomski
Hope fades for 12 missing in Mexican plane searches
In Vera Cruz near Minatitlan two planes vanish with 12 aboard. A Mexican air liner with 9 passengers and three crew disappeared first, last sighted near marshes or mountains while approaching from Mexico City. A private craft with two passengers and a pilot was last heard from after the larger plane vanished.
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Mexico City
Minatitlan
Vera Cruz
Miratitlan
Mesco Ciy
Americans Refuse to Leave Madrid Embassy
United States officials report that about 102 Americans remain in the Madrid embassy as warnings to evacuate were issued. Many are spouses of Spanish citizens, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos. Evacuations of Spanish civilians proceed at roughly 8,000 daily, while insurgent actions near Majadahonda and coastal bombardments continue to disrupt the capital area.
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Madrid
Valence
War Office
Socialit
Majadananda
Senate Names Walter Rush Head Of Body
Madison 7 Gov Philip F and Follette s Progressive party raptured control of the senate and fell only slightly short of winning speakership of the assembly on the first ballot today. The assembly recessed after the first ballot for speaker with results: Alfonsi Progressive 45 Young Democrat 28 Murray Republican 17 Nehs Progressive 3 Hall Progressive 2 Perry Republican 2 Balzer Democrat 1. Sen Walter Rush Progressive Neillsville was elected speaker pro tem. Progressives with cross votes named the committee on committees. Bush elected 17 to 18 over Morris. Nelson and Zimney rewarded with committee on committees chairmanship. Larsen reelected chief clerk and Hiurtman sergeant at arms. Continued on page 2.
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Philip F
Follette
Progressive
Senate
Assembly
Paul R. Alfonsi
Peace
Cornelius T. Young
Milwaukee
Milton T. Murray
Victor Nehs
Bush
Oscar M. Morris
Philip F. Nelson
Maple
Arthur Zimney
Nelson
Zimney
Myrwyn Rowlands
Cambria
John Cashman
Denmark
Congress
Lawrence R. Larsen
Racine
Emil Hiurtman
Harald Schoenecker
Pontiff Better Arises From Bed and Sits at Window
Vatican report says Pope Pius KI improved after more than a month of illness. He rose from bed and sat by the window in St Peter's square, moved to a wheelchair, met visitors including Cardinals Pacelly and Marian and his nephew Court Mario Rath, and expressed happiness about being able to receive guests in the salon again.
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United Pies
Vatican City
Pope Pius KI
St Peter's Square
Fonts Chapel
Vandow
Pacelly
Marian
Mario Rath
Aminta Milani
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erraeAir
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