Roosevelt plan sighted by attorney general on dollar policy
Arthur Brisbane reports President Roosevelt impressed by attorney general Cummingss view that a cheaper dollar and more expensive gold is constitutional and that Congress may enact such a plan. The piece also discusses confiscation fears, the Cullinan diamond, South Africa news, a major earthquake near the Himalayas, birth control debates, and Goerings Prussian orders, with Japan photos in New Jersey noted.
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Roosevelt
Cummings
United States
Citisens
Congress
Mendieta Named Cuba President Amidst Turmoil
Carlos Mendieta, a 10 year old physician statesman and revolutionary, is installed as Cuba’s fifth president in as many months after Hevia’s sudden resignation. A citywide strike disrupts Havana’s utilities and transport while a bomb damages Mendieta’s home. U.S. recognition may follow as Cuba stabilizes with Mendieta and army chief Batista sought to unite divergent parties.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Wea
Cuba
Mendieta
Carlos Hevia
Supreme Court
Manuuel Marquez Bterling
Hevia
Fulgencis Batista
Antonia Guiteras
Union Lraders
Batista
Guiteras Apilé
Mendieth
Iwork
Atcike
Mendivin
Mendleta Tarly
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Partly cloudy and somewhat colder Thursday night and Friday. Thursday night low around 44 degrees, Friday high about 54 degrees. Light to gentle variable winds, mostly northerly. High Wednesday about 64, low Thursday 43, Thursday night near 85? East Texas partly cloudy and colder Thursday night, Friday partly cloudy with cooler east portion. Coastal winds shift to the north. West Texas partly cloudy and cooler Thursday night, Friday partly cloudy and cooler southwest.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Eaab
Hoover Official Called to Tell of Banking Acts
Washington January 18 Hoover administration acting comptroller Awalt was summoned to testify before the Senate Banking Committee investigating the Detroit bank collapse. Counsel Percora noted Awalt’s recent tenure as comptroller. Mott of Flint, former GM president and Guardian Detroit Union Group director, faced questioning over sale of 30,000 shares to Covington, another group director.
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Washington, D. C
W— FG. Awall
Hoover Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Detroit
Ferdinand Perore
Awalt
Michigan
Percora
Charles 8. Mott
Flint
General Motors Corporation
the Guardian
Detroit Union Group, Inc
Molt
Harrys. Covington
Kidnappers Demand 200000 for Bremer Son in Minnesota
Edward G. Bremer, 27, son of Adolph Bremer a wealthy St Paul brewer and Democrat, was abducted yesterday morning by an unknown number of men after returning from Chicago. The Bremer family and police have no formal notification yet, and details remain unclear.
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Brewer
St, Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Adolph Bremer
Bt. Faul Brewer
Minnesota
Commercial Slate Bank
Chicago
Bremer
Former A. A. Man Sued for Divorce in Los Angeles
A divorce suit was filed today by Mrs. Vern Collins against Tom Collins, once a San Antonio polo player and Hollywood photographer. She cites mental cruelty and alleges he visited another woman's home instead of keeping a date with her. They married in 1928 at Ann Antonio and separated last February.
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Los Angeles
Tom Collins
San Antonio
Hollywood
Vern Collins
Fim
Earthquake Toll in India Rises in Bihar Region
Saloutta reports at least 2000 deaths from Monday’s earthquakes across Bihar with Muzafarpur hardest hit and Monghyr also suffering severe losses. Government officials estimate thousands injured and widespread destruction across the district.
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India
Saloutta
Bihar
All India
Muzafarpur
France weighs Pacific war risk with Russia and Japan
Paris January 18 a secret session of the foreign relations committee of the Preven chamber discussed possible war in the Far East involving Russia Japan and the United States. Debated was France’s potential stance including blockade if Japan were aggressor and the shift since Soviet recognition. Deputy Leon Longuet warned of war danger and outlined possible U S or blockade actions.
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Paris
Foreiea
Chamber of Deputies
Far East
Russia
Japan
United States
France
Pacific
Forme
Edouard Herriot
Budshist Par
Herriot
Een
League of Nations
Moscow
League
Pacific Ocean
Leon Longuet
Karl Marx
Longuet
America
Couple Recovering From Prison Fast
Jan 18 reports Mr and Mrs Paul Nowlens, imprisoned for undisclosed charges, returned to prison after a hunger strike that began to protest lack of a new trial. He endured 26 days without food, his wife 18, under an announced “fast to death” action.
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Néncing
Paul Nowlens
Steike
Arch
Nowlens
Tefusris
Noujens
Heaviest Baby Born in Chester Pa Sets City Record
Chester physicians report a 18 12 pound baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Czar nokol yesterday, weighing 18 pounds and 12 ounces. The doctors say she is the largest baby ever born in the city and as heavy as a typical six month old child. The mother is six and the father is the father of two other children.
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Chester
Thomas Czarnokol
Crarnokoj
Rain Boosts Texas Farming After Week of Heavy Rain
Weather and farm update from Bekin County reports a week of soaking rain across South Texas lifting drought. Meteorologist J H Jarboe notes 3.4 inches in 24 hours and total monthly rainfall of 7.3 inches, with upcoming cooler temperatures and forecasts of more rain within 10 days to 14 days. Farmers plan to plant corn and cotton in March as land conditions improve.
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Texas
U- 3
J. H Jarboe
Jarboe
Fred W. Mally
Bekin_ county
Diamond sale nets 850000 for Bir Diamond find
In Johannesburg the 6 carat Bir Diamond discovered at Elandsfontein sold to Sir Ernest Oppenheimer for nearly 70000 pounds about 350000 dollars. Discoverer Jacobus Jonkher plans to return to farming after the sale and will buy two silk hats and a frock coat.
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Johannesburg
Union
South Africa
Elandsfontein
Ernest Oppenheimer
Anglo-American Corporation of
Jacobus Jonkher
Byrd Expedition Arrives at Little America in Rain
Admiral Richard B. Byrd and his Antarctic team reached Little America amid rain. Vin Mackay Andlowan reports the expedition and weather conditions as they establish base camp for the polar journey.
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Byrd
Little America
Vin Mackay Andlowan
Richard B. Byrd
Hise
Unemployed Plotting Raids Reported in Denver
Denver police and safety officials reviewed threats that unemployed men planned to raid grocery stores and other acts of violence. Investigator statements and an unemployed violinist salesman named M. Walker described a Sunday meeting where leaders urged restraint until the legislature acted.
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Denver
Albert T Olarig
Milliken
Vinionen
M. Walker
Walker
Labor chief warns San Antonio employers on jail threat
Rev Peter M B Wynhoven head of the United States regional labor board in New Orleans promises stricter enforcement and possible heavy fines or jail sentences for San Antonio employers who intimidate workers seeking to organize. He cites cases of back salaries and firing workers for union activity and vows to return in two weeks to press the probe while urging workers to organize for collective bargaining amid dire conditions in pecan shelters and juvenile garment plants.
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San Antonio
Peter M B. Wynhoven
United States Regional Labor Board of
New Orleans
Father Wynhoven
Louisiana
United States
Father Wynhaven
Conde
Wynhaven
Labor Board
United States Regional Labor Board
National Labor Board
Washington
Largery
Bullet-proof Vests to Equip Chicago Police
Chicago police will wear bullet-proof vests costing $50 each, announced by Commissioner Felice James P. Allman amid plans to track nine gunmen and culprits. The department hopes the vests reduce casualties in daily engagements with violators, noting casualties rose last year.
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Chicago
Felice
James P. Allman
Tulsa Officials Face Warrants Over Bank Failure
Warrants were issued for 35 Tulsa figures tied to the Exchange Trust and Exchange National bank failures. The probe by Special Prosecutor J.M. Springer accuses embezzlement and mixing trust accounts, with a long list of prominent directors named among the charges. The action follows an audit noting numerous alleged violations, some time barred, in the spring collapse of the Exchange Trust and its affiliates.
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Tulsa
Okla
Exchange Trust Company
Exchange Trust
Exchange National Company
Exchange National Bank
National Bank of Tulsa
Springer
Verom
Roosevelt gold measure pushed for action in Congress
In Washington on January 16, Democratic leaders moved to bring up Roosevelt stabilization legislation for quick action to enactment. Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury was buying gold domestically and abroad as hearings were planned. The measure includes a $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund and a treasury report requirement.
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D.C
Roosevelt Gald
Representative Byres
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
Byrne
Solnage
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Congres
Legislative Branch
London
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J. A. Hulk Ob
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