Court Upholds TVA Program
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by 14 private power companies to the Tennessee Valley Authority program. Justice Roberts ruled the utilities lacked standing to sue, allowing TVA to continue dam construction and sell surplus power. Dissenters Butler and McReynolds argued the decision overreaches.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roberts
Tennessee Valley
Butler
McReynolds
Reed
TVA
Federal District Court
United States
Tennessee River
Children and Parents Picket Kenosha School Closure
About 60 children and 20 parents picket the closed Washington elementary school in Kenosha Wisconsin for more than an hour amid snow and wind. Children aged 5 to 12 held signs while parents urged reopening. a court hearing is set for February on the reopening action.
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Kenosha
Wis
Washington Elem
Wisconsin
Illinois
Pickering
Tater
North Side
Wisconsin projects studied by Senate
A Senate review examines 143 nonfederal Public Works Administration projects in Wisconsin with a total cost of about 24 million dollars. Administrator Ickes sent the list, including project names, eligible status for allotment, and requested federal liens and grants, to help determine if additional funds would be provided.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Wisconsin
Senate
Senet
Iekes
Comnlianes
Mead
Grant
French Guard Quells Hungry Spain War Refugees
Refugees from loyalist Spain trigger frontier tensions as French mobile guards expel thousands back to Spain while civilians endure hunger and disease. Negrin faces unrest near La Junquera. General Quintana imprisoned. border clashes and worsening typhus raise fears of an epidemic as snows and rains hinder evacuations.
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Louis Walter
United Press
Perpignan
Spain
Barcelona
Juan Negrin
la Tunquera
Puigcerda
Quintana
Garcia Vitanedos
Vitandos
Amede Oliva
Bellegarde Frontier
Cerbere
Negrin
Tigueras
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
del Vayo
Pyrenees
Albert Sarraut
Marc Rucari
Paris
France
Catalonia
Norris doubts Roosevelt Gould control convention
Washington senator Norris, backing a Roosevelt third term, doubts Roosevelt can control the 1939 convention. He says Roosevelt will have influence but may face a determined drive by opponents that could prevent him from winning a majority of delegates. Norris notes a president can influence but may not secure support.
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Norris
Roosevelt
Washington
Blizzard paralyzes Chicago area halts traffic
A paralyzing blizzard swept the southern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley today, burying Chicago under one of its heaviest snowfalls on record. Forecaster C A Donner warned that if the storm persisted at midmorning severity, the nation’s second city would face continued disruption.
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Chicago
Great Lakes States
Ohio Valley
C. A. Donner
Roads to Chicago Blocked by Snow
Milwaukee motorists warned against driving to Chicago as a snow and ice storm left roads impassable up to 40 miles north of the city and extending 100 miles west and south. Illinois and Indiana endured the worst, Chicago schools closed, transit delayed, Board of Trade opened late, and a massive travel disruption persisted as the storm moved northeast.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Motor Club
Wisconsin
Chicago
Wisconsin Line
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York State
Outer Drive
Chicago Board of Rete
Great Exchange
Fifty Injured in Chicago Elevated Trains Crash
Blinding snow caused three rear end collisions on Chicago elevated lines injuring at least fifty passengers and shocking many others. Ravenswood near Damen and Wilson, California Avenue on Douglas Park, and Garfield Park divisions saw crashes with several taken to hospitals after lengthy snowbound delays.
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Chicago
Ravenswood
Damen
Wilson Avenues
California Avenue
Douglas Park
Hardy
Ust
North
Damen Avenue
Balanes
Jas Park
Judge Martin Manton resigns amid graft allegations
New York senior judge Martin T. Manton of the U S circuit court resigns after Dist Atty Thomas E Dewey accuses him of accepting more than 400 000 in loans from litigants He defends his innocence and says he did nothing to be ashamed Washington reports Attorney General Frank Murphy says he is assured of the resignation Summers Texas Democrat says he was officially informed of Manton's resignation and declined to reveal sources A broad review of six loans totaling about 439 481 is cited as part of the probe
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Martin T. Manton
U. S. Circuit Court
Thomas E. Dewey
Havitzs
Washington
Frank Murphy
Martin IT
Manton
Second
United States Circuit Court
Summers
Texas
Federal Coicuit Court of Appeals
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Murphy
Jackson
Supreme Court
Dist
Aity
House Judiciary Committee
Dewey
Summer
LGANS
Sca Aa
Peord Ae
U. S
Circuit Court of Appeals
Atty
Thomas £. Dewey
Rep
Hatton W. Sumners
U.S
Witness Death Shrinks Hines Case Stakes
New York reports that gangland figure George Weinberg, key witness against Tammany leader James J. Hines, killed himself in a White Plains mansion while under protective custody. Dewey’s prosecution may be altered if the suicide affects admissibility of testimony from Weinberg and fellow witnesses Dixiel Davis and Harry Schoenhaus.
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Joseph L. Myler
United Press
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Tammany
James J. Hines
George Weinberg
Hines
Dutch Schultz
Weinberg
White Plains
N. Y
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Big Harry Schoenhaus
East Side
Schultz
Dewey
Lloyd ‘Paul Stryker
Amos O. Squire
Westchester County
Davis
Schoenheus
Joseph Hiraitz
Kaitz
Brauns Isolates Lignin as in Wood
Sppleton Wisconsin The Paper Trade Journal reports Dr F E Brauns of the Institute of Paper Chemistry has isolated lignin as it occurs in wood after decades of effort. The breakthrough could transform pulp production by enabling value extraction from a previously waste material now used rarely for vanillin road binders tanning materials and yeast. The article notes lignin’s removal is key to pulp quality and hints at major mill income once lignin is fully understood and utilized.
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Sppleton
Wis
F. E. Brauns
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Nation Responds To Campaign To Check Infantile Paralysis
Washington observes a national effort to fight infantile paralysis with a White House celebration. President and Mrs Roosevelt host celebrities and plan a televised broadcast to thank donors and participants. The event includes a dinner, a Carlton hotel breakfast reveal, and a Broadway style performance during the weekend.
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Nation
NEW QUAKES SHAKE CHILE
Widespread Chile earthquake devastation reported in Chillan and surrounding towns. Officials warn deaths could reach 50000 as shelters, food and clean water run short and rescue efforts struggle amid ongoing tremors and rain.
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William L. F. Horsey
United Press
Santiago
Chile
Chillan
Ministry of Interior
West Bend Farmer Killed in Collision
Milwaukee dispatch reports a West Bend farmer was killed in a traffic collision while en route to a funeral. His nephew Joseph Lustinger, 22, driver of the car, and his sister Mrs. Mary Mendres, 48, sustained serious injuries.
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Milwaukee
John City
House Sends WPA Bill to Conference Amid Amendments
The House sent a 725 million dollar WPA relief bill to a conference committee to resolve differences with Senate revisions. The amount matches between houses, though the Senate added amendments. The funding covers WPA operations from Feb 7 to June 30. Speaker Bankhead named conferees Woodrum Taylor Cannon Ludlow Snyder McMillan Johnson Tabor Wigglesworth and Lamberton. Senate to name its panel.
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House
Senate
Roosevel
Bankhead
Woodrum
Virginia
Taylor
Colorado
Cannon
Missouri
Ludlow
Indiana
Snyder
Pennsylvania
McMillan
South Carolina
Johnson
West Virginia
Tabor
New York
Wigglesworth
Massachusetts
Lamberton
Kansas
Weather Day Jan 30 Ice Snow Focus Southeast
The report covers temperature highs and lows across regions from Milwaukee to Sault Ste. Marie with cloudy to partly cloudy skies. Observations from Tite and Sault Ste. Marie note a maximum of 33 and minimum of 16 with no precipitation and northeast winds. A year ago the high was 22 and the low 6.
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Milwaukee
Mianay
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Tuckstall Observatory
Hitler Warns Western Powers in Speech at Reichstag
Adolf Hitler used a Reichstag address to warn Western powers against interference in Austria and Czechoslovakia while defending Germany’s right to self determination. He bitterly attacked Bolshevism, hailed insurgent Spain, and noted the presence of Ley Fuerers Konrad Henlein and Arthur Seyss-Inquart among the deputies.
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Louis P. Lechner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hiller
Spain
Kroll Opera House
Konrad Henlein
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Hjalmar Schacht
Walther Furk
Hitler
Fuehrer
Freichstag
Three-Point Peace Program Proposed At Legion Meeting
Rhinelander Wisconsin United States Henry C Oakey national vice commander of the American Legion proposed a three point peace program at the Wisconsin department midwinter conference He called for equalizing war costs a policy of maintenance and friendship with foreign nations and a defensive system for American shores not for aggression He cautioned peace groups against impractical plans James F Burns department service officer outlined wartime compensation for widows and orphans not covered by existing programs Herbert Use Appleton chairman of the criminism committee condemned alien sympathizers aiding foreign interests and urged defense of the rights of citizenship Legion leaders emphasized educating children to sustain patriotism and loyalties at home
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Rhinelander
Wis
Henry C. Oakey
Osceola
American Legion
Wisconsin Department
Oakeyv
Legion
America
Legion For Sound Peace
James FF. Durns
Department
Herbert Tte
Appleton
Crirunism Committes
Ich
Alien Phi
United States
Henry Er
West Bend
Emil Hamilton dies head of New London plant at 78
Emil Hamilton 78, president of the Hamilton Canning Company with operations in New London Wisconsin and Corpus Christi Texas, died yesterday of heart disease. He founded a sauerkraut canning factory after moving to New London.
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Emil Hamilton
New London
Wis
Hamilton Canning Company
Corpus Christi
Texas
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