Roosevelt message launches American Student Union convention
President Roosevelt sent a message urging discussion of real issues facing the country as the American Student Union opened its fifth annual convention in Madison. About 400 delegates from colleges, universities, and high schools gathered at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union for a four day review of world events focusing on war topics and the Soviet Union with possible Finland implications. Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist party in America, was among principal speakers slated to discuss tonight.
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Madison
Wis
Roosevelt
American Student Union Today
Joseph P. Losh
Memorial Union
University of Wisconsin
Soviet Union
Hostilies
Finland
Earl Browder
Communist Party In America
Quick Relief Promised for Bronchitis With Orepmulsion
An advertisement promotes Orepmulsion as a quick aid for bronchitis including acute and chronic forms. It claims the formula tightens to the source of trouble, soothes inflamed bronchial membranes, and expels germ laden phlegm without narcotics. Customers are urged to ask for Greomuision by name with a money back guarantee if relief isn’t achieved.
Huth Ouster Probe Moves Toward Attorney General Ruling
Grand jury in Bexar County weighs ouster action against Tax Assessor-Collector Albert V. Huth. District Attorney Shook awaits an opinion from the attorney general while poll tax procedures and sub stations draw early scrutiny. Assistant AG Koch met with jurors. verdict on ouster remains pending.
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Albert V. Buth
Huth
John R. Shoo
Leamed Shook
Grand Jury
Texas
State Supreme Court
Shook
Bexar County
Gerald Mann
Walter Kath
Austin
Koch
Fred Walter
Walter
Weeh
Custer Suil
Posirnig
Son
San Antonio
Jesse I. Newton
Ase
Sistant
O Daniel Home Sale Abandoned in Fort Worth
Fort Worth deco to Governor W Lee O Daniels home sale halted amid neighbor objections and a threatened injunction suit. The vacant house slated for sale to a local shroud maker would have used the first floor as a residence and the second floor for a factory, but protests likely ended the deal.
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Fort Worth
INS
W. Lee O'Daniels
O'Daniel
Austin
Death toll rises in Genthin rail disaster
Berlin reports the Genthin rail collision of December 22 left 108 dead, with more than three hundred delayed passengers unaccounted. An unscheduled stop caused two trains to collide. seventy died outright and the next day the toll reached 142 with 1,000 injured.
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Berlin
Genthin
Genttin
Christmas marriage licenses surge in Bexar county
Records from the Marriage License Clerk Silva Wernette show 46 licenses issued Tuesday while the office closed Saturday through Monday for the holiday. The office averages fewer than 10 licenses daily. Only one divorce suit was filed in Bexar county district court Tuesday despite the three day holiday.
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Beatz County
Silva Wernette
Bonnie Pitman to star in Penny Wife at San Pedro Playhouse
Bonnie Pitman plays Penny in Jean Ferguson Black's Penny Wife at the San Pedro Playhouse. Joe Clay Roberts directs as Gordon Robinson, with Gordon, Jeff, Martha, Dina, and Katherine among others in the cast. Performances are slated for January 22 23 and 24.
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Bonne Fiman Wil
Pitle
Penny
Little Theater
Jean Ferguson Black
Joe Clay Roberts
Gordon Robinson
Gordon
Jay Ralston
Jeff
Ann Smith
Martha
Jerreldine Bell
Unemployment Rises Worldwide in Early European War
Geneva reports hundreds of thousands added to jobless ranks in belligerent and neutral states as mobilization and wartime industries fail to absorb unemployment. US and Canada show declines. Germany lacks figures but experts note rising unemployment despite war jobs. Global skilled labor shortage cited.
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Geneva
International Labor Office
United States
Canada
Germany
Labor Office
Mexico Senate Approves Excess Profits Tax
Mexico City report says the senate backed an excess profits tax despite business opposition. The bill would raise taxes on excess profits from 15 to 45 percent and now goes to the president for approval.
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Mexico City
Senate
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Frost
Axa Perts
London
Flace of Fashion
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