White House pool and world view in 1930s gossip
A reflective column surveys proposed White House renovations including a $50,000 pool project for future presidents, and parries with aviation, Japan policy, and imperial Germany. It contrasts white and black experiences with money worry, notes Glenn L. Martin’s 38 high speed bombing planes costing $2,000,000, and ruminates on wealth decentralization and the Kaiser’s exile, weighing historical consequences.
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Glenn L. Martin Company
Haut
Slain Oldster Grips Revolver in Niece’s Home Shooting
In Hightstown New Jersey James Fischer aged 72 grew angry at breakfast over family disputes. He grabbed a revolver and shot Skelton Pearce injuring him in the cheek. Fisher was charged with assault with intent to kill, though he showed little concern for the act.
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Hightstown
N. J
James Fischer
Bolls
Skelton Pearce
Pearce
Kans
Everell
Fischer
Assouth
Weather Forecast Bon Antonio and vicinity
Weather forecast for Bon Antonio and vicinity. Mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of light rain Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures range Saturday night near 40s with Sunday highs around 70. Winds mostly from the south, coast seeing stronger on Saturday. West Texas mostly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday, with a milder Sunday. Additional details on Page 1.
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Agen
Texas
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Norton
Explosion at Di Silvestro home kills spouse
An explosion in Philadelphia today killed Mrs. Joan M. Di Silvestro and injured at least 12 others, destroying the Di Silvestro residence. Police say an explosive device caused the blast, with internal strife in the Order of the Sons of Italy and Di Silvestro’s links to Mussolini noted as possible motives.
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Palicet
Joan M. di Silvestro
Supreme Master of the Order of the Sons of Italy
United States
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di Silvvstre
di Sivestto
Order of the Sons of Italy
DE Silvestro
Mussalini
May return Herriot and von Papen to Poste
In France Herriot and Boncour confront a budget battle with drastic economies and new taxes. In Germany leadership shifts loom as Von Papen and von Schleicher vie for chancellery while President Lebrun in France signals no clear premier choice. The Irish Free State finishes counting votes with Fianna Fáil returning to power under Eamon Devalera. party splits topple the premiership of de Valera’s ally Herriot’s bloc collapses as Socialists desert prior alliances.
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Lebrun
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Boncour
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Hines
Trish Free State
Fianna Falperty
Eamon Devalera
Edouara Herrint
Helviot
Pal-Boncour
Hso
Herriot
Puyil-Boncour
Steel Superintendent's Residence Bombed in Youngstown
The home of A W Smith general superintendent of Campbell and Strohthern works at Youngstown Sheet and Tube was slightly damaged by a small bomb early today. The front porch and two windows were broken. A second bomb built from a three inch pipe with powder fuse was found intact nearby. Mr and Mrs Smith and two daughters and a maid were in the house. no one injured. A box bearing the plant's mark was found nearby and no motive was established.
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Youngstown
Ohio
A. W. Smith
Campbell and Strothern Works
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bomb Explodes at Bronx Milk Station in New York
In the Bronx a one story milk station was blown up early today with a shattered bin and many windows. Five workers inside were uninjured. Police suspect labor trouble or reform mischief in the milk industry as the motive.
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New York
Bronx
Pyico
WCTU Sees Roosevelt As Menace
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Nashville, Tennessee adopted resolutions to protest Chief Justice Hughes administering the presidential oath to Franklin D. Roosevelt. They contend the president-elect opposes part of the Constitution and has disqualified himself from preserving protecting and defending the Constitution.
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Nashville
Ton
Women's Cristan Temperance Union
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inself
Weather outlook clouds rain and cool weekend forecast
Weather sketch notes cloudy conditions with light rain expected over the weekend. Temperatures to stay in the mid 50s to low 60s, with a Friday morning around 46 degrees and a Saturday high near 63 degrees, modest south winds.
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J. B. Jarboe
Hearing on Ford Plea Adjourned in Detroit
Detroit January hearing on Henry Ford’s plea to quash a subpoena in a suit involving the Sweeten Automobile Co of Philadelphia was adjourned to noon Monday by Circuit Judge Guy A. Miller. The adjournment also postpones Sweden Co’s bid for a bench warrant to compel Ford to appear for testimony before a notary.
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Detroit
Flywheel Breaks Injuring Navy Officers in Demo
At Mare Island California two Navy officers Lewis Charles E McDonald 30 and Kenneth Charles Hurd 25 were killed from a flying engine testing balance wheel during a demonstration. A third officer Louis Dent Shorp 28 was injured and a civilian A Bini suffered minor injuries. The blast occurred during a test at the naval facility.
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Navy
Mare Island Navy Hospital
Charles E. McDonald
Kenneth Charles Hurd
Louis Dent Shorp
A. Bini
Fort Worth Woman Identified in Dallas River Death
A Fort Worth woman found in the Trinity River in Dallas has been identified by relatives as Mrs. W. H. Rice, 26, of Fort Worth. She had been missing since December 31 after disappearing from a Fort Worth street near the river. Investigators believe she had been dead about a week and that she was unemployed.
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Dalla
W. H. Rice
Fort Worth
Man Gets 25 Years for Death of Wife in Texas
The Ewertwater case involves a husband convicted of murdering his wife by drowning at the Ewertwater Inn last summer. The judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison, with two additional years in a separate punishment portion.
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Ewertwater
Texas
New England Battered by Gale Strains Coastline
NE storm roared down the coast battering Cape Cod walls and forcing evacuations. High surf toppled walls and damaged the Pamet River station while Mantucket lightship drifted off station. Fishermen aboard the Gertrude MN faced the worst storm ever as crews scrambled to keep engines at full power.
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New England
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Winthrop
Pamet River
Mantucket
North Atlantic
New York
Europe
Gertrude MN. Tauci
Patti
Leo F. Doucette
Disabled Freighter Drifts Off Nova Scotia Coast
HADIPAX Nova Scotia Jan 28 The disabled freighter City of Delnt drifted in high seas off the Nova Scotian coast during a 70 mile gale endangering other vessels in the North Atlantic. The City of Deln broke loose from the sister freighter City of Te at midnight. The City of Melk rose its propeller and was towed by a rescue ship when the ice broke about 120 miles east of Saint Island. Scores of small boats and wharves were evoked along the coast and several schooners were damped. Mountainous waves surged over bluffs at the harbor entrance here.
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North Atlantic
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Cheeuda Bend
Ambassador Ronald Lindsay Seeks Roosevelt Meeting at Warm Springs
Washington dispatch reports Sir Ronald Lindsay British ambassador accepted President-elect Roosevelt’s invitation to visit Warm Springs to discuss war debts. Lindsay planned to depart by 11:20 p.m. for Atlanta, with U.S. State Department confirming full administration approval and formal diplomatic arrangements through channels.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
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Miniature Still Hidden in Garden Finds Drug Paraphernalia
Prohibition agents pried loose a miniature flower pardon to uncover a tiny still buried beneath an old tire at a Mauvemann block house. Ferigido Knapp was arrested as federal agents also seized 50 gallons of mash at the scene reported Friday.
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Ferigido Knapp
Federal Dry
Unemployed Teacher Found Courting Death to Music
BAN FRANCISCO Jan 3 Pollog in cruising car who investigated the music coming from a blurred phonograph in Golden Gate Park found Frneat Beach 48 an employed school teacher lying yesterday beneath a portable phonograph with wrists slashed. Police declared he was despondent and planned to die listening to his favorite tune The Moonlight Sonata. He recently came from ferns land.
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Pollog
Golden Gato Park
Frneat Beach
Yeaterday
Graph
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Fiero
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Probe of Insurance Company Takes On Criminal Aspect
Chicago January investigation into Dinos Life Insurance, now in receivership, moved to criminal ground after Ernest J. Stevens, a former official, was arrested on charges of conspiring to defraud the company of $1,000. Stevens’s arrest came as authorities claimed he sought a passport and planned to flee to Europe next week with his wife and sons.
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Dinos Life Insurance Company
Ernest J. Stevens
Od. Slevens
Thomas J. Courtney
Stevens
Europe
Smut
Afus Anieet
Eighth District votes on house vacancy in Texas
In Houston on January 28 voters in the eighth Texas district began electing a congressman to fill the late Daniel E. Garrett’s vacancy. Two ballots were held for the unexpired term and the full term, with thirty three candidates seeking the long term, two of whom did not seek the unexpired term.
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Houston
Texas
Daniel E. Garrett
Candidale
Mr. Garvett
Washington
Public Enemies No 1 Faces Year's Term in Court
In Chicago on January 28 a jury in Harold F. P. McConnell's court found Murray Tamphy listed as Public Enemy No 1. The verdict carries a possible maximum sentence of one year imprisonment and a $300 fine.
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Chicago
Murray Tamphyeys
Lsted
Durtge
Harold FP
McConnall
Peru Sees Threat in Colombia Move
Geneva dispatch reports Peru's Premier Jone Manzanilla declaring Colombia's Amazon expedition a threat to Peruvian inhabitants of the disputed port city of Telet. He pledges to uphold minority rights and defend the nation amid rising tensions.
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Jone Manzanilla
Peru
Navious
Lele
Resumption at Ford plants after Briggs strike
Detroit officials expect all Briggs Manufacturing plants to end their shutdown by Monday with 6000 Briggs workers returning. Ford plans operate across the country, stating that within six hours after Briggs workers resume, Ford plants will restart production and push new models. A surge in competition fears and supply cuts have volatile implications for the industry.
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Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
Ford
Higgs Manufacturing Company
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Seo Wink Dog
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Briggs Co Workers Remain on Strike
Briggs Manufacturing workers continue a nationwide strike that halted Ford plant operations. About 40 members returned to Highland Park benchs, while Ford reports 100000 workers affected as body supply remains cut off. A Briggs meeting was called to discuss potential next steps and a possible temporary escalation.
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Briggs Manufacturing Company
Ford Motor Company
United States
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