Birthday Ball Gifts Mark FDRs 58th Turn in Nation
The Associated Press reports more than a million people joined birthday celebrations across the United States for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Funds raised exceed $1,000,000 for infantile paralysis relief, with events from Alaska to Warm Springs, Georgia, highlighting unity across colors and classes. Roosevelt's joy came from public support, telegrams, and a White House gathering with friends from 1920, as the nation marked the president’s birthday.
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New York
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Associated Press
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Warm Springs
National Birthday Party
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White House
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Panhandling on a High Plane in Chicago
Benjamin Sullivan, 36, panhandling on a high plane in Chicago. After being given soup in a restaurant, he expressed displeasure and hurled a brick through a plate glass window when ejected. At a second restaurant he was offered soup but demanded chicken and was arrested as he reached for another brick.
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Chicago
Benjamin Sullivan
Mills Suit Set For February 8
In Baltimore on January 31 the petroleum administration board filed an injunction suit to stop Herman L Mills filling station proprietor at Hagerstown Frederick and Chambersburg from giving premiums with gasoline and oil The case is set for February in United States district court in Baltimore.
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United States District Court
Ex player dies in Columbus at age 3
Francis D McGee a former baseball player who was with the Washington Senators when they won the world series in 1924 died today in Columbus Ohio Born in an era when the Senators triumphed in 1924 McGee was 3 years old at his death and is remembered for his Major League connection
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Francis D. McGee
Washington Senators
Roosevelt Birthday Ball Draws Large Turnout at Armory
Washington countians hosted a Roosevelt Birthday Ball at the State Armory to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation. More than 400 to 500 guests attended as two orchestras played late into the night. A portrait of the President was spotlighted during his broadcast, and receipts from ticket sales were expected to triple with committee follow up. Zona Miller Hall and Ned Brent performed in a floor show between sets.
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Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs
E. Stuart Tushong
Roosevelt
Jerre Harp
Bob Russell
Zona Miller Hall
Ned Brent
Profes
Lynch Probe Is Ordered In Florida Lynching
Governor Dave Sholtz condemned the crime and ordered an immediate investigation into the lynching of Robert Johnson, a Negro, in Tampa. He demanded accountability from Sheriff W C Spencer and asked State's Attorney J Rex Barrer to use all means to identify and prosecute those responsible. Details reached the governor from Sheriff Spencer after the incident.
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Tampa
Spencer
Two Thefts Of Cash Reported
John Giebitz of Berne New York reported to police the disappearance of his roommate and $22 in cash from a West Washington street rooming house. Giebitz and his companion had arrived yesterday and planned to travel west. A search began after the missing man and funds were noticed missing this morning. B F Laughlin on East Antietam street also reported the theft yesterday of three ten dollar notes from his purse at a filling station near Buena Vista Avenue and West Washington Street.
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Berne
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West Washington Street
B. F. Laughlin
East Antietam Street
Buena Vista Avennue
Pennsyl R R Will Begin Big Public Works Program
Philadelphia Jan 21 heavy industry urged to match a $77 million Pennsylvaniarailroad public works program. About 25,000 railroad and 3,500 plants workers in 35 states will gain a year of employment. President Atterbury said materials demand lagged but heavy industry stood 65% below normal. Completion of NY to DC electrification and 7,000 steel freight cars are early goals with more locomotives to follow.
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New York
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Wilmington
Del
Penny Youth Charged With Fatal Mishap
Morris Cline 21 of Fulton county Pa. confessed to driving the car that struck Edward Kelley 83 of St Johns Run near Hancock causing his death after failing to stop. An eye witness led to Cline’s arrest at his Fulton county home. The crash occurred in Berkeley Springs Sunday. Kelley, a former B&O Railroad employee, was well known locally. Also dying was Howard Smith 29 of Martinsburg found with a crushed skull near the Martinsburg Winchester road. foul play or hit and run is suspected.
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Morgan County
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Edward Kelley
St. John’s Run
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Cline
Berkeley Springs
Kelley
B. and O. Railroad
This County
Howard Smith
Winchester
Smith
Must Die for Slaying Girl in Fairmount Park Case
Richard C. Bach, 23, faces execution by electric chair for the murder of Rose McCloskey, 19, in Fairmount Park last year. A wrongful conviction appeal failed as the Supreme Court declined to intervene. Dennis Boyle was seriously injured in the escort incident.
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Philadelphia
Richard C. Bach
Board of Pardons
Supreme Court
Rose McCloskey
Fairmont Park
Dennis Boyle
Dartmouth Prof Charles Lingley Dies at 66
Prof Charles R Lingley a longtime favorite of Dartmouth seniors died in Hanover New Hampshire at age 66. He was widely loved for his teaching and friendly manner, shaping generations of students during his years at the college.
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Hanover
N. H
Charles R.lingley
Dartmouth College
Warns Of Jap U. S. Rupture Threat Amid Naval Race
Tokyo January 31 The Navy Minister told the House that Japan will outrank the United States in auxiliary vessels by end of 1936 and a House Peer warned that relations would rupture if naval men prevail Admiral Mineo Osumi presented statistics on naval parity when the current treaty expires.
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Navy
House of Representatives
United States
House of Peers
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Navy Ministry
Frigid Wave Passes Through Town With Ice Across Rivers
A severe cold snap strikes Chewsville and surrounding areas with 2 to 10 above readings, while the Severn River at Annapolis freezes over for the first time in years. Ice covers the harbor but ferries run. Potomac at Cumberland freezes as skating begins. Temperatures rise slightly by midmorning and rain is forecast for tomorrow.
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D. Paul Oswald
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Terra Alta
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Salisbury
Aviatrix Mollison Says Police Act Like Gangsters
British aviatrix Amy Johnson Mollison describes her Fort Lauderdale arrest for reckless driving as police behaving as gangsters. She says England police are not like that, recounting that two men halted her, her escape attempt, and jail. she was fined 50 dollars plus costs and claims she was not allowed to testify.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Amy Johnson Mollison
Fort Lauderdale
Mollison
England
Oldest British bishop Rev Edward Talbot dies at 89
London report states The Rev Edward Stuart Talbot aged 89, Britain’s oldest bishop, died today. Details of service and legacy not yet released.
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London
Edward Stuart Talbot
Great Britain
Balloonists Die in Soviet Stratosphere Balloon Crash
Three crew members of the Soviet stratosphere balloon Osoav ockhim were killed during a landing attempt near Potшsyostrog, about several hundred kilometers southeast of Moscow, after reaching an altitude of 67 585 feet. The bag broke away from the gondola on hard impact, destroying instruments as the balloon disappeared into the clouds.
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Potiskyostrog
Pressure on Tydings to run for Maryland governor
The Baltimore Sun reports Maryland Democrats pressuring U.S. Senator Millard E. Tydings to seek the governor’s nomination to avert a tangled primary, with insiders saying he would run only as a last resort. They argue Governor Albert C. Ritchie should not be allowed to run for a fifth term, prompting debate among top party officials.
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United States
Millard E. Tydings
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Washington
Albert C. Ritchie
Former Wife Of President's Son Injured In Fall
Mrs Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt, former wife of Elliott Roosevelt and president's son, suffered a broken nose and other injuries from a fall while at a Long Island house party. Her home is in Ithan near Philadelphia. family declined to disclose the exact location of the accident.
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Ellictt Roosevelt
Long Island
Ithan
Philadelpha
Mrs Roosevelt
Easter and April Fools Day Align In Century Rarity
Seattle observers note that Easter Sunday falls on April 1 this year, a coincidence that has occurred only four times in the past century and will occur twice more in the 20th century.
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Seattle
Japanese Forces Near Soviet Border in Manchukuo Drive
Dispatches from Hsingking say Japanese infantry and auxiliary forces in Manchukuo move toward the Soviet frontier in anti bandit operations. Three large columns are active in eastern Kirin province with 30 000 brigands reported along the frontier. The Tokyo war office says the drive aims to smash bandits and is not related to Russo Japanese tensions. About 150 bandits killed and several hundred wounded.
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Kirin
War Office
Nation to Expand Air and Naval Power in Five Year Plan
Washington plans disclosed on Capitol Hill call for 102 new navy ships and about 1,180 airplanes by 1939 as part of Vinson big navy measures. An Army Air Corps expansion would raise planes to 3,000 in five years. Debate and votes expected, with opposition from some senators and contractors’ profit limits possible.
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Senate
Trammell
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McSwain
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Navy Department
New Job for Wrecking Car in Mud Hazard
A horse slipped in mud and fell into an eight foot trench in Salt Lake City on January 31. Unable to free himself the animal fainted after failed efforts to rise. An auto wrecking car pulled him out. He recovered quickly and returned to work.
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Publisher Frank Doubleday Dies in Miami
Miami report says Frank Nelson Doubleday, 72, a prominent New York publisher, died here. The obituary notes his influence in publishing and his long career shaping literary connections between authors and houses. He was known for expanding dramatic and fiction titles during his tenure.
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Fla
Frank Nelson Doubleday
New York
Cracker Barrel Philosophy Endorsed by Roosevelt Backers
James A. Farley, Postmaster General and Democratic chair, says President Roosevelt uses the cracker barrel philosophy to tackle wartime economic stress. He praises Roosevelt, aims to restore Congress emergency powers, and forecasts rapid prosperity with party backing while urging Americans to say "Yer" to Roosevelt.
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