Relief funds debate as Roosevelt eyeing extra appropriation
President Roosevelt consults with congressional leaders to seek a deficiency appropriation to fund relief for jobless through the current year and into 1952 amid mounting WPA rolls. Officials indicate estimates may rise and relief funds could extend beyond June. At Miami, three bandits rob the Arena bar on Biscayne Boulevard, disappearing with cash from safety deposit boxes as employees report uncertain totals between 50 000 and 100 000.
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George Durno
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
Berkley
Wig
Treasury Morgenthau
WEA
Auto Workers Union
Detroi
Miami
Fla
Biscayne Blvd
Relief load hits all time high in January in Chicago
Relief effort in Chicago reported a January high of 6 824 cases, marking an all time peak for the city’s relief road burden. Officials announced the figure amid ongoing aid distributions and relief measures.
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Chicago
Chinese Recapture Port of Wuhu Amid Fierce Nanking Push
Shanghai dispatches say Chinese troops launched a furious south of Nanking offensive and recaptured the Yangtze port of Wuhu in bitter fighting. Reports from Hankow relay Chiang Kai-shek government claims via Hong Kong, with earlier notices of guerrilla actions and a reported win near Sunsinang, 22 miles south of Shanghai.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Woko
Hankow
Chiang Wai-Shek
Hongkons
Gushilla
Nippen
Sunsinang
Shanxhai
Lloyd George and Churchill Endorse Hearst War Reform Plan
British leaders Lloyd George and Winston Churchill praise William Randolph Hearst for proposing international laws to confine warfare to combatants and protect noncombatants. They urge major democracies including the United States to back concerted action to outlaw barbarism and potentially end war.
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Lloyd George
Britain
William Randolph Hearst
Great Britain
Special Cable Dispatch
London
Mr. Hearst
United States
British Empire
France
Scandinavian Countries
Winston Churchill
William Randolph
Hitler Plans New Arms Pact Nearing End and Trials
BERLIN February 3 intensification of German rearmament and expansion of armed forces to be announced by Reichsführer Hitler in Reichstag speech. London reports Britain backs an international pact to humanize warfare, seeking cooperation from United States France and others. Separate notes from New York describe mail fraud trial developments and a missing witness located by postal inspectors.
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United States of America
Hitler
Berlin
New York
Wiliam J. Graham
James C. McKay
Rens
Federel
Roth Stoore
California after the gold rush begins a new growth era
The Syracuse Journal notes a swift, exciting California entering a fresh epoch of growth and conflict after the dramatic years of 49. The piece teases a breathless narrative about the state’s evolving fortunes as it moves beyond the gold rush.
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California
Syracuse Journal
Identify Dead Bandit Found in Gras d Rapids Mich
The body identified as that of Kelly Denn of Jackeso Ky was found at the home of Henry Adit Mons on the day following the bandit’s death in Gras Rapids Michigan. Police report no further details released pending investigation.
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Grasd Rapids
Mich
Henry Adit Mons
Tedar
Kelly Denn
Jackeso
World powers seek pact to curb aerial bombings
In London diplomats draft a global agreement to outlaw indiscriminate bombing of civilians while defining military objectives. The plan aims to secure early discussions with Italy Germany France and the United States with Anthony Eden directing envoy efforts to press the accord.
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Italy
Germany
France
United States
Anthony Eden
Britain
Great Britain
Conference of Nations to Sign Treaty Possible
Eden talks with foreign envoys in London remain informal as British experts finish the anti bomb plan for circulation to the principal powers. Preliminary negotiations proceed through diplomatic channels with a potential conference of nations at an unnamed city to sign the pact. Britain cites its 1935 Geneva proposal to outlaw aerial bombing except for police use away from populations. Meanwhile Spain intervention plans stall over Italo Soviet disagreement.
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Botain
Briain
United States
Anthony Eden
Iehs Mes
Horentz
Eden
London
Britain
Geneva
Spain
Mussolini Proposes 50 Percent Pullout of Spanish Volunteers
Premier Mussolini submits plan to withdraw half of foreign volunteers aiding both sides in the Spanish conflict as a first step to end foreign aid. Soviet envoy Maisky rejects immediate belligerent rights after 30 percent withdrawal, insisting rights come after 75 percent withdrawal. Eden seeks compromise as envoys meet with Lord Plymouth to advance nonintervention talks.
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Soviet
Russia
Maisky
Eden
Lord Plymouth
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