BRITISH WOO GOOD WILL ADDRESS ON NEUTRALS AND WAR
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a national defense committee in London that Britain aims to avoid friction with the United States and Japan while pursuing the war against Germany. He noted dollar resource strain and curtailment of nonessential purchases, cited shifts in wartime production, and stressed restraint toward neutrals though belligerent rights are exercised.
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Tondon
Chamberlain
United States
Japan
Britain
Germany
Junitheon
National Defense Committee
Prima
Asam Mani
Tokyo
Archibeld Sinclair
Winston Ghurehn
Five Indicted in WPA Conspiracy Case in Indianapolis
A federal grand jury indicted Arthur V. Brown president of two Indianapolis banks and four others on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government by diverting WPA funds. Indicted are Ker F. Sortepeter former Marion county WPA director Mrs Elizabeth G. Olaynoul Arthur F. Elckhott a real estate operator and Charles E. Jefferson former Marion county flood control board member.
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Indianapolis
Arthur V. Brown
Ker F. Sortepeter
Marion County
WPA
Elizabeth GC. Olaynoul
Arthur F. Elckhott
Charles E. Jefferson
Marion County Flood Control Board
Birthday Shiftfor FDR Urged
Warm Springs Georgia editor Edward Stout of the Warm Springs Mirror urges celebrating President Roosevelt’s birthday in a warmer month. He suggests moving the date by a few months to avoid cold weather and compares it to the Thanksgiving shift. The proposal is framed as a lighthearted editorial regarding the president’s birthday.
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Warm Springs. Ga
Jon
Ealtor
Edward Stout
Warm Springs Mirror
Roosevelt
Wild Well Test Ignites Aransas Creek Area Discovery
In Corpus Christi at Aransas county a Continental OH Company wildcat No 1 St. Charles tested for oil. The well blew out Saturday night with a large plume and sustained burn. Officials say the flow indicates a discovery in a new field, with depth around several thousand feet and flowing distillate.
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Corpus Christi
Continental OH Company
St. Charles
Aransas County
Final rush for poll tax receipts as deadline nears
Crowds flood the assessor office as the last day to obtain voting privileges approaches. Deputy tax assessor Drake expects receipts to exceed last year’s 44,824 with sharper lines and 15 windows swamped by applicants. Written applications and a 1.50 fee allow late arrivals to receive receipts later, while many fear missing the county and national elections.
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Court House
S. P.m
George Drake
WudMight
Drake
Tax Department
Drone
Thines
W. H. Whisensnt
Poll Tax Divistan
Finns Turn Back New Red Attacks
Helsinki reports renewed Russian assaults on the Karelian Isthmus repelled. Nine Soviet tattles destroyed and five Russian planes down. About 50 Russians killed at Talpale. Plikaranta reportedly recaptured. Finnish air activity limited to battle zones. Soviet divisions allegedly without food but with ammunition. Russians aim to split Finland this winter as Kronstadt harbor bombing cited. Finnish air defense chief Batvo cites 300 Russian planes shot down and 400 civilians killed across 642 raids.
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Helsinks
Lake Ladoga
Rustia
Palets
Lae
Huss
Bomaed
Salle Front
Arctic Circle
Pinas
Finland
Kronstadt
Leningrad
Batvo
Russia
Saivo
Germans Declare Vessels Sunk in New Raids
Berlin reports that German air raids off Britain's coasts destroyed 18 vessels over two days, including seven armed merchant ships and two patrol boats. The high command says one German plane was lost despite heavy anti-aircraft defense.
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Berlin
Germany
Britain
High Command
Munique
Adolf 1 Hiller
Patra
Monro
Ninchips
Census Enumerators Move Into Downtown San Antonio
Census workers shifting from residential districts to the downtown business area within a week, according to census director John Lewis who announced the plan on Wednesday.
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San Antonio
John Lewis
Focal
Livestock Official Bob Martin Improves in Del Rio
R H Bob Martin member of the State livestock sanitary commission was critically ill in Del Rio. He had been seriously ill for a week and was reported improved Wednesday.
Test-Tube Sons Urged for Nazis
Berlin reports a weekly Nazi publication urges artificial procreation via test-tube methods to ensure racially pure offspring. It calls for husbands and wives to cooperate with SS doctors to produce children of “high blood” for the Reich, even proposing adoption in some cases.
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Berlin
Schwarze Korps
Heinlof
Tor Rich Himmler
Schutzstadel
Hias
Himmier
Chile
Rogers
Maverick's Return Rumors Stir Ely Hall Anew
City officials and residents await confirmation of Mayor Maverick's return from California. Deputy Mayor Floyd McGarlow reportedly left the city to see a doctor and may return soon, while others deny knowledge of Maverick's whereabouts. City budget talks loom as district tax rates for the year are discussed, with last year’s total at 2.88 and several improvement district levies outlined.
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Maure Maverick
California
Ely Hall
Floyd McGarwn
Sonny
Ron
City Mall
Mav~ Ferick
TL. N. Tucker
Cl Ray Davis
Atti- Citly
Inlet
Trip Alated Testimony Ties Dr Johnson to Resignation Push
San Antonio witnesses describe a pressure campaign by state officials to force Dr Joseph Johnson toward resignation over alleged immorality. Mrs Johnson, wife of Teer, and other defense witnesses portray the superintendent as ethically upright amid inquiries into Teer’s death and previous hospital conduct.
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Johnson
Antonio
Choure Teer
State Board At Control
Mer
Josie
Mons
Alineneys
Teer
John
San Antonio
Claude Williams
Stockton
Harry Knox Jr
Bexar County Medical Society
Marilee Stanfield
Stanfield
Mexico
Forter
Public Health Association
Adelia Gooper
Attornay Johnson
Life Sentence of Negro Affirmed in Texas Murder Case
In Austin on January 31 1937 the Texas Criminal Appeals affirmed the life sentence for John Parker a Medina County Black man convicted of the knife slaying of Roy Embreys in Hondo on November 14 1937 A rehearing motion was denied Walker of Dallas had his death sentence previously affirmed for the fatal shooting of J J Mayfield on December 23 1832.
Girl’s Fingertip Severed by Glass Accident
A nine month old girl, Trene Solis, daughter of Mrs. Maria Solis of 10 Rose Street, fell on glass Wednesday and lost the fingertip. Police Officer M. Arnett took her to Rosert B. Green Hospital for treatment.
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Trene Solis
Maria Solis
Rose Street
Rosert B. Green Hospital
M. & Arnett
Bing Crosby Hurt. Doctor Observes for Possible Appendicitis
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby undergoes medical exam after a side pain. The doctor weighs whether an operation is needed while Crosby is set to begin work on a new film in a few days.
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Hollywood
Jonah
Bing Crosby
Crosby 5
Danish Gun Warns As German Plane Flies Over Waters
Copenhagen dispatch reports a Danish coastal battery fired a warning shot when a German plane crossed into Danish waters, the aircraft promptly departed. In Montreal, 63-year-old Sir Herbert Marler, former Canadian minister to the United States and Japan, died after a long illness.
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Copenhagen
Jan
Montreal
Sir Herbert Marler
United States
Japan
Weather Outlook for East Texas and coast
Partly cloudy to cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday with slightly warmer nights. Light to gentle easterly winds. Airport highs near 74 Wednesday and Thursday, Tuesday 78. City highs Tuesday 71, lows around 48 Wednesday morning. Coastal regions expect moderate winds, mainly easterly, and increasing cloudiness toward night.
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Sax Antonio
den Brees
Texas
Porlion
Miners Sweep Roosevelt Third Term Debate at Union Meet
United Mine Workers of America delegates at Columbus opened the convention by sidetracking resolutions favoring a third Roosevelt term. The matter was referred to the international executive committee after heated floor discussion. President John L. Lewis predicted renomination would fail, while a substitute urged unity on liberal candidates and a liberal platform to support the New Deal program.
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Chic
cPj
United Mine Workers of Amer Ta
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Convention Resolutions Committee
Hroosevelt
Eecutive
Democratic Party
Pope Delivers New Peace Plea in Rome Audience
Pope Pius XII urged belligerent nations to return to the gospel of tranquility and order during a New Year Peace Appeal to about 5000 people at a general audience in Vatican City. Tears marked his blessing of two refugees, Evan Prague and a mother and child, amid the crowded hall.
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Vatigan City
Jan
Pius Mit
Europe
Holy Father
Evan Prague
Farm Income for Texas Shows Gain Despite Subsidies
AUSTIN January 31 Texas farmers could see cash income in 1989 reach about 502,197,000 with federal subsidies, economist A Buechel of the University of Texas says. Revenue from crops and livestock will rise, though annual totals drop by about 1,500,000 from 1938 when subsidies totaled 66,000,000.
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Austin
Texas
A. Buechel
University of Tex
Buethel
Sea Yields Bodies of Texan and Friend
LOS ANGELES HARBOR Jan 31 INS Seven days after a man on surf swept Patt Pirmin, five Fort MacArthur sailors were recovered today. Identified as Benjamin N. Pounds 21 Magnolia Mississippi and Bill Shaw 23 Morin Texas. Both men had enlisted in the coast guard.
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Los Angeles Harbor
INS
Patt Pirmin
Bartivs
Benjamin N. Pounds
Magnolia
Miss
Bill Shaw
Morin
Texas
Weather Forecast Speaks of Cloudy Warmer Outlook
Weatherman J H Jarbor So Howard Marx, noted Prognosticator, eyes skyward and predicts increasing cloudiness with continued warm spell. Light rains possible in Southwest Texas though the Alamo city area may see minimal precipitation. A west unsettled area is the only clear spot as several days remain before a cold wave. Highs about 74, with Wednesday night around 44.
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Sir Antonio
J. H. Jarbor
Howard Marx
Texas
Alamo
Marx
400 Are Rescued by Relief Train
Glasgow January 31 an appeal amid hunger and cold led a relief train to Glasgow today rescuing 400 stranded persons. Weather and transport disruptions worsened, leaving many stuck at Crawford on Reattock, Lanarkshire, as Britain endures its worst winter in 46 years with continued travel tie ups nationwide.
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Glasgow
Howards
Crawford-on
Reattock
Mour
Lanarkshire
Britain
Byrd Flight Adds New Antarctic Features to Charts
Admiral Richard E. Byrd reported a three hour flight created new Antarctic mountains, an island, and 300 miles of unexplored coastline. The discovery expands maps and confirms significant geographic additions from the expedition. Meanwhile in Tokyo, blizzards in North Central Japan caused 70 deaths and 29 missing as of January 8.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
TIGH
Tokyo
Japan
Iday
Borah Widow Inherits About 200000 In Bonds
In Idaho, Mrs. Borah disclosed that Senator William E Borah left an estate around 200000, nearly all in government bonds. The bequest was found in the senator’s safe deposit box when his secretary Grace Hellman opened the will tablet. The will left “everything I have to my beloved Mary.”
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Washington
Jan
William £. Borah
Idaho
Cotton Research Congress Planned
Waco January 31 The first cotton research congress in the United States will be held in Waco on May 21 and 22. The event was decided at a meeting of the state wide cotton committee’s research section chaired by Dr. A B Conner director of the Texas agricultural experiment station at College Station. The congress aims to stimulate research distribution and processing of cotton and its products.
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Waco
United States
A. B. Conner
Texas Articultural Experiment Station
College Station
Americans at Tientsin Ready
Americans in the Japanese-blockaded British and French concessions at Tientsin today prepared to handle their affairs if needed, but stressed that no further action is planned. The blockade was recently renewed with electrified barbed wire entanglements and a ban on supplying food and other goods into the concessions.
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Tientsin
Jat
Admiralty to Rule All Ship Building
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in Parliament that the admiralty will become responsible for all Britain s merchant shipbuilding and repairs effective tomorrow. The move centralizes control over naval and mercantile ship production and maintenance.
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Admiralty
London
Chamberlain
Britain
War at a Glance reports and battles across fronts
WAR AT A GLANCE: BERLIN reports 18 ships sunk off British coast as Nazi forces press with Hitler vowing to make Allies pay. HELSINKI notes recapture of Pikaranta, Russians bolster Salla sector. PARIS cites Polish white paper accusing Germany of mass executions. TOKYO reports power shortages crippling key industries as battles rage.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Helsinki
Finland
Salla
Paris
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Japan
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Byrd Flight
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