State Demands Death Penalty For Hauptmann
Congress Convenes With Burns Speaker in Washington the scene centers on Joseph Byrns winning the speakership in a solid Democratic landslide. Burns gains power over committees as Republicans are limited to a quarter of each panel, and a new House rule favors administration bills. Byrns takes oath, while a 30 hour week debate opens with Black leading the measure backed by the AFL.
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Washington
Congress
House
Nicholas Longworth
Joseph Wellington Burns
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Taylor
D-Cole
Byrns
Lehrbach
R-Nj
Snell
Senator Black
D-Ala
Brookings Institution
American Federation of Labor
Black
Indus
Football game notes from a Beverly Hills correspondent
A hopeful note from Beverly Hills discusses attending a football game and expects coverage in papers. The writer mentions Arkansas players under Alabama and Pennsylvanians under a pseudonym Stanford, awaiting a Huey Long recruited team to face Tulane. The tone reflects a fan's behind the scenes chatter and anticipation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Alabama
Stanford
Huey Long
Tulane
Cahoon Park Named For E A Cahoon In Roswell
Roswell city council adopted a resolution naming the parks along North Spring River from Main Street to the west limits Cahoon Park. A memorial tablet will honor the late E A Cahoon who led efforts to build the city. Adopted January 3 1935 by Mayor J E Moore and City Clerk J H Dekker.
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Spring River
Main
Cahoon Park
North Spring River
Main Street
Cahoon
Poon Mass Street
Cahoon- Se
City of
Roswell
E. A. Cahoon
Republicans Offer 20 Point Program
Washington AP reports Republicans in Congress unveiled a 20 point program to promote speedy and permanent recovery. Drafted mainly by Rep Snell and the House Republican steering committee, it aims to present constructive suggestions and restore governance by law. The plan calls for three branches of government and regular legislative processes.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Snell
New York
House Republican Steering Committee
House
Senate
Snell
Steamer Lexington Sunk After Collision Near Manhattan Bridge
The Lexington lies wrecked at the East River after a midships crash with the freighter Jane Christenson. Four crew members are missing as tugs rescue passengers from the stricken steamer bound for Providence with 130 passengers and 52 crew aboard.
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New York
Lexington
East River
Manhattan Bridge
Providence
Jane Christenson
South Rules Bankhead Chosen For New Congress Posts
Washington reports the 74th Congress opens with southern influence shaping power. Four Southerners secure top Democratic posts amid a strong leadership bloc. President Roosevelt reportedly plans a major effort to tackle unemployment with a long range relief program. Alabama’s William B Bankhead selected as House floor leader after a Democratic caucus decision. Other details point to southern control of key posts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
House
Polish Miners Strike Deep Underground at Backa Mine
Fifty miners remain underground after eight days in a hunger strike at Backa mine in Kazice Poland. Thirty surface the day before weakened by hunger as wives urge government intervention. Workers favor cooperative operation amid poor coal quality while officials plan to flood the shaft despite protests.
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Kazice
Poland
Backa
Pecs
Hungary
Take Wilson To Start Life Term In Texas Penitentiary
Arthur C. Wilson, former Cleveland steel chemist, begins his life sentence for the murder of Mrs Irene Debolt near Van Horn. He was returned from Port of Spain after fleeing to Trinidad. A chain was placed about his neck as he was led from the county jail, and he protested the restraint.
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Wilson
What Congress Is Doig Today
SENATE meets at noon with Vice President presiding and swears in 33 senators. 35 new members, McKellar in the Philippines, Holt not yet qualified. Senate appoints committee to notify the President and sits. HOUSE meets at noon elects Burns speaker, votes on discharge petition rule requiring majority signatures. Ways and Means picks members for standing committees. Friday joint session to hear presidential message.
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Senate
Rarner
McKellar
Philippines
Holt
Pets
HOUSE
Representative Burns
D-Tenn
Ways and
Fatal gun battles in Picher Oklahoma claim two lives
In Picher Oklahoma a day of gunfights left Deputy Sheriff Gerad Hodge and ex convict Buster Cooper dead after an hour long chase through streets and alleys. Wounded include Constable Pat Bray Under Sheriff William McIntosh and Bob Johnson. The suspect, tied to Raymond Hamilton gang, fled.
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Ottawa County
Okahoma
Buster Cooper
Pat Bray
Treece
William Y. McIntosh
Bob Johnson
Johnson
Cooper
Bray
Par
1930 A Bloody Year for World Says Voliva
Zion Ill Jan 3 AP Milbur Glenn Voliva who says the world is flat forecast 1935 dire events earth tremors cyclones droughts floods and financial upheaval. He predicts Armageddon in 1942 or 1943 with battles between the great northeastern confederacy and the revived Roman empire ending with Christ’s return.
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Zion, Ill
Milbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Northeastern Confederacy
Roman Empire
Armageddon
Christ
Apilienium
United States
Italy
France
England
Holy Land
National banks report December 3 condition and 1934 earnings
Washington AP reports the comptroller of the currency called for the condition of all National banks at the close of business December 3. A related call from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seeks earnings and dividends for 1934 from state banks not in the Federal Reserve System.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Comptroller
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
States Urged To Regulate Oil Output Under Interstate Compact
The Congressional Oil Investigating Sub Committee urged states to use interstate compact to regulate oil production before federal laws. In a report to the House Interstate Commerce Committee it recommended giving states the chance to draft concrete proposals without Congress prescribing details in advance.
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Washington
Congressional Oil Investigating
Full House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Charlton Named Adjutant General of New Mexico
Russell C. Charlton of Albuquerque was named adjutant general by Gov. Clyde Tingley, succeeding Brig. Gen. Osborne C. Wood. Charlton, a 1916 settler, served in Battery A from age 17, with 25 months overseas and five major engagements, held every rank up to captain, led headquarters troop III in the cavalry, and spent seven years with the Albuquerque police.
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Santa Fe
Russell C. Charlton
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Clyde Tingley
Osborne C. Wood
Charlton
Lll
Cavalry
Cutting Hatch Take Senate Oath in Ceremony
Senator Cutting of New Mexico took the oath of office after a court challenge to his reelection failed. He was escorted by Senator Carl A. Hatch, a Democratic colleague. Later Hatch received the oath from Cutting in a reciprocal ceremony.
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Cutting
Hatch
Washington
Senate
Carl A. Hatch
Lindbergh Murder Trial Witness Anne Morrow Testifies
Anne Morrow Lindbergh testified in Flemington New Jersey as the state pressed Hauptmann’s murder and ransom hoax charges. Prosecutor Wilentz described the ladder fall and the ripping of the dead baby's sleeping garment, pledging to prove the child was killed at the Lindbergh estate. Justice Trenchard denied a defense mistrial as the court heard opening details of the case.
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Associated Press
Fiemington
N. J
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Flemington, N. J
State of
Char ¥Ies
Augustus Lindbergh
Col
Charles A
David T. Wilentz
Walter E. Roberts
Hunterdon County
Hopewell
Edward Jay Reilly
Wilentz
Reilly
Trenchard
Lindbergh
Defense Rests in Kansas City Massacre Trial
Kansas City AP report notes the defense rested shortly before noon as seven defendants faced possible jury actions. All but Herbert Farmer testified. the group includes Mrs Justher Farmer and others linked to the 1933 Union Station massacre tied to the Nash plot.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Herbert Farmer
Joplin Mo
Justher Farmer
Richard T. Gallatas
Louis
Doc) Stacci
Fran
Fritz) Mulloy
Frances Nash
Frank Nash
Union Station Plaza
Nash
Woman in Clovis Wounded In Suspected Suicide Attempt
Clovis New Mexico police report Mrs. J T Smith 53 wife of a Santa Fe railroad foreman was found unconscious in her bathroom with a self inflicted gunshot wound. She remained alive this morning but doctors expected no recovery.
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Clovis, N. M
John Manning
J. T. Smith
Santa Fe
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