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Newspaper
Syracuse Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
17
Amid civil unrest and recovery debates in San Diego a tense meeting broke into fisticuffs. The piece outlines community concerns, economic strain, and local officials clashing over aid distribution and business reopening plans with limited details on outcomes.
Chaos marked the Syracuse conference as police and delegates clashed over two dozen resolutions on industry aid and reform. Security moved in as protestors, chants, and cards surged through the hall while Chairman Roux tried to restore order amid threats of violence.
President Roosevelt urges rapid adjournment as winter weather tightens and Senate filibuster blocks action. He cites a large program including civil expansion, wage hour reforms, taxation revision, and a naval program awaiting Senate action with March deadlines under pressure.
Justice James C. McReynolds, longtime associate justice appointed by Woodrow Wilson, marks his 76th birthday while being silent on his future plans. The conservative jurist, a noted opponent of the New Deal, has served on the high bench for decades.
An avalanche a mile wide struck the Alpine monastery of St Bernard, shattering doors and destroying portions of the building. Monks and residents were unharmed. Witnesses described a wall of ice and rock, marking the decade’s worst slide and triggering the hospice and telecommunication repairs.
C SO faces a lockout by fur employers as tensions rise after a February breakdown in negotiations. The action follows a broader dispute linked to the International Fur Workers' union and industry pressures in New York's Fen Zone.
An abbreviated Tampa News item reports a man dying amid a chaotic scene described as sensational excitement. The fragmentary text mentions local surroundings and unclear events but records the fatal outcome.
In a tense exchange, Admiral Brewster pressingly questions the navy chief about quarantine measures for aggressor nations, reporting no prior actions or communications to the President. The admiral admits limited knowledge of Asiatic powers transport capabilities or merchant fleets, stressing the strategic importance of Hawaii.
Four Detroit area residents vanished after leaving for a cottage on Dickerson Island near Algonac. A large hole in the St Clair River near the island was found with a lightly submerged automobile. It was unclear if anyone could be inside the car. The missing are Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Vincent of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. John Edmiston of Columbus. Vincent is Edmiston’s brother-in-law. Authorities continued search after reports they may have tried crossing the ice in their car.
London February 2 report says Britain urged neutral merchant ships to arm and operate in the Western Mediterranean to deter pirates. Eden outlined a five point plan with France and other Ny on signatories to curb attacks and restore anti pirate patrol strength, including arming ships and applying for arming via the Ny on committee.
Soviet and Arctic forces mobilize to save four Polar scientists led by Ivan Papanin stranded on a drifting ice floe off Greenland. Icebreakers and aircraft head toward the camp as radio orders demand their rescue without fail.
Edwin Giblin survived an eight to nine hour ordeal at Merrim River falls in subfreezing temps. Coast guardsmen from Luryport freed him after he clung to a rock twenty feet below the falls, then pulled him to safety via breeches buoy. He was taken to a hospital in good condition, after exposure and injuries.
Miss Mana, an anti cosmonaut agent working for Scotland Yard, testified she helped break up a spy ring seeking Britain's new guns and naval plans. Four men including P. Giading and Albert Williams faced remand without bail. She described foreign agents, altered documents, and a scheme to obtain secret plans for the Woolwich arsenal and the Wey guns.
In Philadelphia a jur y freed one former associate while Marty's brother Jules and three others were convicted. The report notes two defendants cleared and a third, charged with concealing assists, spared by the court.
A news agency reports that bombs killed three people at the home of Iwan Solon in Berlia. The victims include his wife his son and a friend. one assailant, named jBoianevecd, escaped injured. Authorities blame GPU bombs on anti Communist actors.
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