Roosevelt Urges Swift U S Armament Drive
President urges rapid increase in American arms production to defend democracy abroad. He notes mixed progress, praises top leaders, and calls for swift, broader funding and authority to supply ships planes tanks and weapons to allies while maintaining domestic security and universal rights.
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Paddock Resigns as Onondaga Penitentiary Chief After 10 Years
The resignation follows a morning conference with Edward O. Yackel, chair of the Board of Supervisors. Paddock, from Camillus, led the prison since January 1, 1931, after a 1930 appointment, totaling 10 years and six days. He faced prior state corrections scrutiny over guard chairs and inmate labor, while local officials stood by him amid criticism.
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Camillus
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Onondaga County Penitentiary
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Albany
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Syracuse
John J. Oley
Harold
Red) Crowley
Percy
Angel Face) Geary
Alcatraz Prison
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Albany County
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Statement of Principles and Prison Reform Proposals
The text argues for a world order based on freedom and human rights, urging unity among free nations under God. It then lists prison reform measures including ventilating rooms, reinforcing basement bars, cleaning cells, physician access after injuries, medicine control, serving foods on dishes, cafeteria consideration, cleaning clothing, extending female smoking privileges, and ending prisoners having keys to entrance gates.
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Patrolman Meows Way to Gambling Ring Bust
Boston January 6 Patrolman Michael Griffin used a kitten meow to lure gamblers after fellow officers surrounded a building. Griffin’s ploy drew a kindhearted gambler to open the door and the police raided a card game, ending the operation. Also reported Albert M Manheimer in Cleveland predicts a lucky year after a New Year’s card hand of eight aces and a divorce case in Roswell involving a mother of three. Emma the mallard dies in Kansas after being wing clipped by the Federal Biological Survey and later killed by a deer in Lakin.
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Titusville
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Lakin
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Osborn
Federal Biological Survey
Steer Reciprocity Used to Fund Eye Tests in Wausau Campaign
Reciprocity, the steer that rode with Representative Reid Murray in 1938 to illustrate opposing reciprocal trade treaties, was sacrificed in Waupaca Wisconsin to raise funds for grade school eye tests. Murray sold the animal to finance the eye screening drive, tying the fundraiser to his campaign strategy.
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Reid Murray
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Murray
Unusual US Cold Spell Grips Nation Across Regions
A massive cold air mass blankets the United States with subnormal temperatures up to 25 degrees below normal. Forecaster A. J. Knorr notes the rarity of a nationwide chill as lows reach -15 in Minot and -13 in Rosella and Jamestown, while Minnesota and Nebraska see single digits. Light snow touches the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle. travel slows on Route 66 and a snowstorm grounds planes near Albuquerque. Temperatures dip across the Ohio Valley and Southeast, with negatives in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. Michigan reports cloud cover and a gradual moderation in the Midwest.
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