Borah to Campaign in New York City January 28
United States Senator William E. Borah of Idaho will visit New York City on January 28 for an eastern appearance ahead of the 1936 Republican presidential nomination. He visits at the invitation of New York Republican Liberals seeking to boost Empire State convention strength. Edgar J. Cook then announced plans to enter Borah in the Illinois primary, though Borah may not file directly.
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New York
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
New York City
Senator Borah
Empire State
Edgar J. Cook
Chicago
Illinois
Frank Knox
Cook
Teddy Roosevelt
Laval Seeks Confidence Vote in French Government
Premier Laval secured what observers called a solid majority in the Chamber of Deputies, with 304 to 261 votes in support of his government. Outside the chamber, steel-helmeted guards stood ready as the confidence vote began amid potential disorder and heightened security.
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Bulletin
Paris
Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Profit takers cash in today on quiet stock exchange
Stock market profit takers cashed in at a short, exceptionally quiet session. Losses ranged from fractions to over a point while rails and aircrafts held steady. Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau 14, American Can 132 1/2, General Motors 55, United States Steel 46, Pound 84 39, with Dow averages: industrials 140.77, rails 39.39, utilities 28.69.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
International Harvester
Kelvinator
Kennecott
United Corporation
United States Steel
Southern Pacific
Pound
DOW, Jones
Charles Mahaffie Chosen Chairman I. C. Commission
Charles D. Mahaffie elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission succeeding Hugh M. Tate. A Democrat, he will serve one year under the commission rotation plan.
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Washington
Charles D. Mahaffie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hugh M. Tate
Tennessee
Mahaffie
Congress Calendar Indicates Session May Run Into June
The forthcoming congressional session in January is expected to stretch into June due to heavy tasks ahead. Budget battles, overhauls to the tax bill, potential AAA rulings, reworked New Deal laws, and stopgap measures loom large. Townsend plan momentum and regional support signal substantial clashes with administration aims.
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Congress
Alaska climate once temperate in ancient geologic record
In northern Alaska the frosted ground reveals a past climate sequence of a great cold period, then a warmer era, followed by today’s chill. Prof Stephen Taber reported placer gold mining helped make the study, presented to the Geological Society of America. Beneath current permafrost lies bedrock showing decomposition typical of temperate conditions.
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New York
Alaska
Geological Society of America
Stephen Taber
Taber
Extreme cold broken by precipitation across nation
Chicago December 28 report says the frigid wave that gripped the country eased as snow and some rain spread. The weather shift followed a death toll of at least 220 from cold and exposure, with snow arriving in New York, North Dakota and Oregon and rain in eastern Washington. Forecasters expect weekend rain or snow in the Midwest.
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Chicago
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Middlewest
Wool cycle holds in 1935 amid two-year pattern
NEW YORK reports the two-year wool consumption cycle continued to prove itself in 1935. Since 1922 there have been no two consecutive years of increases or declines, reinforcing the pattern and prompting industry observers to watch for the next shift in demand.
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New York
Mary Joyce Opens Arctic Overland Trek Toward Fairbanks
Mary Joyce, owner of Twin Glaciers Lodge on the Taku River, completes the first leg from Taku River to Tulsemach B C in an Arctic dog sled journey toward Fairbanks. She travels with five dogs led by Tip and carries U S mail and film gear for the voyage across bad ice on the Inklin River with a 20 day estimate to reach Atlin and continue toward Whitehorse and the interior.
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Taku
Fairbanks
Atlin
Whitehorse
Burwash Landing
Tonana Crossing
Mary Joyce
Telegraph
Interior
Tulsequah
Inklin
Joyce
Tip
Stikine
Chesley
United States
John W. Troy
Alaska
E. B. Collins
Dufay
Twin Glaciers Lodge
Taku River
Juneau
Mary J
Milne admits self kidnapping to seek stage job
J Edgar Hoover announced Caleb J Milne of a Philadelphia family staged a kidnapping for publicity to obtain stage work. Milne disappeared from his apartments, a ransom note arrived, and he was found in a ditch near New York lip s and eyes taped with hands bound. He broke down after midnight and told all, and Milne is arrested with a charge pending.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Caleb J. Milne
Philadelphia
Milne
Hoover
Failures in 1935 Lowest In 15 Years
New York reports a 15 year record low in both the number and liabilities of business failures as 1935 ends, the fewest since 1920. The decline marks a sharp contrast to earlier years and signals a significant economic downturn.
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New York
Three Slayings Charged In Idaho Case
Douglas Van Vlack of Tacoma faces first degree murder charges in the death of his former wife Mildred Hook 22 who was kidnapped from her Tacoma home. He had previously been charged with slaying state patrolman Fountaine Cooper and Deputy Sheriff Henry Givens who stopped him and attempted to question him. Cooper died from wounds, Givens survived the confrontation.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Douglas van Vlack
Tacoma
Mildred Hook
van Viack
Fountaine Cooper
Henry Givens
Givens
Cooper
Voyagers Reach Shore After Stranded Lozovski Trudge
In Vladivostok on December 28, all 100 passengers from the Soviet steamer Lozovski walked ashore across eight miles of ice from the Okhotsk Sea. The ship remained frozen in ice packs on the route from Sakhalin Island, while crew members camp on the ice awaiting a rescue ship with dynamite to blast a channel for the Lozovski.
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Vladivostok
Lozovski
Okhotsk Sea
Sakhalin Island
Montana Killer Shot Captured in Butte House
In Butte on December 28 police killed suspected slayer William Henry Knight, who had held a family hostage all day. Tear gas failed to stop him as officers cornered him in a home, where he boasted of killings from Christmas Day to November. Knight was wounded and in critical condition at a hospital.
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Butte
Montana
William Henry Knight
Jack Buggann
Knight
James T. Gilligan
PWA
Priday
Tom O'Neill
Francis Walsh
Floyd Woods
Hutchens
Thomas Meehan
King County
Typhoon Death Toll Rises to 38 Across Luzon Provinces
Manila December 28 reports say the typhoon dead climbed to 38 as isolated areas in Luzon and South Manila confirm fatalities. Seven deaths from falling trees, 12 fishermen drowned off Siruma, with other victims spread across six provinces.
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Manila
Luzon Island
Siruma
Blossom Festival Queen and Escort Die in Auto Crash
Betty Brady nineteen known as Miss Benton Harbor and Franklin Hansen twenty died when their coupe slid into a truck near South Haven Michigan during the night.
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Benton Harbor, Mich
Betty Brady
Benton Harbor
Franklin Hansen
South Haven
Economic Woes Push Talk to Disarmament Link
Dr. Victor Morris of the University of Oregon told delegates in Oakland that economic pressure must be eased before it becomes acute and that disarmament cannot be properly considered until economic problems are adjusted. He urged the Pacific Coast Economic Association to back a worldwide organization for long range adjustment of international disputes before they reach the war threat stage.
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Oakland
Cal
Pacific Coast Economic Association
Victor Morris
University of Oregon
Sales Tax May Supplant Levies On Payrolls
Washington report shows Chairman James P. Buchanan proposing levying sales taxes on luxuries to back the New Deal Social Security program. Each luxury tax would replace payroll taxes the act currently imposes.
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Washington
James P. Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Buchanan
Livies From Neknek Arrive Aboard Victoria Visit Kin
Dr. Robert Livie and wife arrived on the Victoria from Neknek and will stay with Mr and Mrs J Livie for several weeks before heading westward.
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Robert Livie
Victoria
Neknek
Will
Mrs
J. Livie
Ethiopians Repulse Italians In Northern Front Clash
In Djibouti and Rome reports, Ethiopian troops struck Italian positions in northeast Ethiopia. Abbi Addi, 25 miles west of the northern front, fell to a surprise Ethiopian attack. Italian officers lost and native troops captured. Ethiopians reportedly flee from renewed battles amid heavy air raids near Tembien.
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Djibouti
French Somaliland
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Abbi Addi
Rome
Tembien
Hitler takes bolder stand as German armaments rise
Berlin dispatch reports Hitler adopting a bolder posture amid growing armaments, while declining to discuss limits with Britain. German officials say the Franco Russian mutual aid pact before France’s Chamber of Deputies heightens war danger.
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Berlin
Naz
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Chamber of Deputies
Hitler cool toward arms limitations in Berlin report
Berlin dispatch says President Hitler rebuffed English and French overtures for arms limitations. German officials note rising armaments and a cold stance on a proposed air pact once parity with France was sought. The pact, before the French chamber, is seen as war danger and directed against Germany.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
France
Hitler
Germany
Chorus Girl Found Dead In Buffalo Hotel Window
The broken body of Helen Lowers an 18 year old chorus girl formerly of Greenville Ohio was found in an alley three stories below her hotel window. The medical examiner said evidence indicated she leaped to death.
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Buffalo
Helen Lowers
Greenville
Ohio
Matanuska Livestock to Be Supplied with Tacoma Hay
Forty carloads of hay and feed will be shipped from Tacoma to Matanuska to tide the colony's livestock over the winter. This is according to J. Pred Kenworthy, feed dealer.
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Matanuska
Tacoma
Wash
J. Pred Kenworthy
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