President Foreses Billion Dollar Deficit as Relief and Foreign Troubles Loom
President Roosevelt warns Congress that a looming deficit of about one billion dollars is likely for the next fiscal year. He cites foreign troubles and unemployment relief needs as uncertainties that could force additional defense, balance remains unlikely. He notes revenues will be lower than earlier estimates and hopes 1938 may bring business improvement to lift tax receipts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Sutherland retirement opens door to liberal Supreme Court shift
Associate Justice George Sutherland retires freeing President Roosevelt to appoint a liberal ally. With four liberal justices already on the bench, the move could yield a liberal five of nine, while Chief Justice Hughes and Justice Roberts remain swing votes in a divided court.
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Washington
George Sutherland
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Stone
Brandeis
Cardozo
Black
Hughes
Roberts
Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lipppmann
Walter Lipppmann analyzes the presidents message noting its restraint and lack of sensational content. He cites the reserve on disputed policy points and the discord between Jackson and Ickes over administration direction.
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Jackson
Ickes
Judge Unable to Act as WPA Couple's Cars Collide
In Richmond California on January 5 the case Jones versus Jones was dismissed. Judge Leo Marcello noted both parties were on relief and owned two cars. He ruled the cars were community property and could not be punished for damage to one another. Jones had been sober and no action could be taken.
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Richmond
Cal
Jones
Nazi Activities Report Begins to Be Analyzed
A Justice Department staff, led by Assistant Attorney General Brien McMahon, starts examining a confidential thousand page report on Nazi activities in the United States. J Edgar Hoover delivered the study to Attorney General Cummings who cites the German American Bund led by Fritz Kuhn with about 8299 members as the focus of inquiries across New Jersey the East and the Midwest and West. Representatives Citron and Dickstein requested the investigation. German speaking agents were deployed to infiltrate and train with the Bund.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
Brien McMahon
Cummings
J. Edgar Hoover
New Jersey
East
Midwest
West
Fritz Kuhn
Ford Plant
Kuhn
G-men
Citron
Connecticut
Dickstein
New York
Bund
Roosevelt seeks higher grazing division funding
President Roosevelt urged Congress to raise the Interior Department grazing division budget for the next fiscal year to 650000 for salaries and expenses, up from 550000 this year and 400000 the prior year, while maintaining 250000 for ranges and improvements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Court Packing Bill Seen as Dead Issue in Congress
Washington dispatch reports that Justice Sutherland’s retirement shifts the Supreme Court balance, ensuring liberal control for Roosevelt’s second term. The president is not pursuing rejuvenation, and no renewed effort is expected, despite earlier New Deal victories. The message to Congress avoided the court issue, signaling its quiet end.
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Washington
Sutherland
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Justice Black
Senate
China hardens stance as war mobilizes nationwide
China reinforces its war leadership by expanding the military council and reorganizing the air force under Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Beijing reports Chinese bombs sinking two Japanese gun boats on the Yangtze near Wuhu and destroying a Japanese airfield. Recruiting surges nationwide as China forecasts eighty divisions by spring with ample funds for a prolonged conflict.
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China
Japan
National Military Council
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Yangtze River
Wuhu
Shanghai
Yangtze
Chiang Kai-shek
Executive Yuan
Military Council
Ho Ying-Chin
H. H. Kung
Supreme War Council
Chiang
Ruth Etting Seeks Protection After Threat Call
Ruth Etting a noted actress and singer went to the district attorney in Los Angeles to seek protection after receiving a telephone threat from a man who vowed to travel from New York to kill her and end his own life.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Etting
District Attorney's Office
New York
Bandit Mail Robbery Kills Postman In Guthrie Ky
Federal and state officers pursue three machine gun bandits after a $25,000 mail robbery in Guthrie Kentucky where a negro postman was killed and Police Chief C H Sherrod wounded. Assistant Postmaster Guy Askew was kidnapped and the bandits fled toward Hopkinsville with an Illinois license plate noted on the car.
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Guthrie
C. H. Sherrod
Guy Askew
Hopkinsville
Askew
Kentucky-Tennessee Boundry Line
Todd County
C. M. Mansfield
Illinois
101OTS Cattle Import from Canada in 1937
The customs commissioner reports 181,915 head of cattle imported from Canada under the Canadian trade agreement during 1937. Lighter stock under 175 pounds numbered 50,722. heavier stock 700 pounds or more totaled 131,193. Quotas for lighter stock were filled June 19 and for heavier stock August 14. Kano districts listed include Buffalo Chicago Dakota Duluth and Superior Minnesota Montana and Idaho with varying counts.
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Washington
Commissioner of Customs
Canada
Buffalo
Chicago
Dakota
Duluth
Superior
Minnesota
Montana
Idaho
Fire Chief F J OMalleys Retirement Plans In Glendive
Glendive fire chief F J O'Malley announcing retirement after 30 years of service. He has served as president and executive board member of the Montana Firemen's Association.
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F. J. O'Malley
O'Malley
Montana Firemen’s Association
Butte Chambe r of Commerce Campaign Surpasses Initial Goal
Pre campaign promoters report 11275 subscriptions toward a 22000 goal for the Butte Better Business Builders drive. The campaign opens Jan 17 and ends Jan 21, with plans to raise 15000 by Jan 14. Division leaders named as 40 divisions and 96 workers organize under Chief Promoter A F Rice.
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Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Better Business Builders
Ben A. Myers
Priday
Guy P. Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Walter Ballard
John J. Burke
FP. B. Winger
al J. Healy
WPA Driver Bonds On Wrong Side Of Street Near Fireplug
Chief W I Shay fined a WPA worker for parking against a fireplug. The man could not pay the $1 bond and sought funds from his wife, declaring he had no dollar despite owning a new car radio and refrigerator. After borrowing from neighbors, they posted the bond and left in the costly vehicle.
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WPA
W. I. Shay
Shay
Roosevelt budget message draws mixed congressional praise
TABER DOUBTS FIGURES WASHINGTON Jan. 5 President Roosevelt's budget message drew mixed reactions from Congressmen. McKellar called cuts possible and urged further reductions while Jones welcomed keeping soil conservation funds at 440 million dollars. O'Connor warned against reducing essential relief. Fish and Taber criticized the message as inflated and unnecessary in administrative spending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate Roads Committee
New York
House Rules Committee
Loyalists seize Teruel stronghold after siege
Spanish Loyalist communiques report the last rebels in Teruel surrendering as the fortress falls entirely into Loyalist hands. An air battle raged around Villastar south of the city with nearly 50 bombers and pursuit planes aided by searchlights.
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Hendaye
Teruel
Santa Clara Convent
Hotel de Aragon
Villastor
Congress Dives Into First Real War Of Session
Washington report details the opening clash of the new session over Far Eastern policy taxes the TVA and monopolies. Senate action includes a State Department information request on American capital in China and US nationals there with armed force size while Nye releases a Commerce Department tally of 132 million dollars in China and 60 million in Japan. House moves to tighten photographing and map regulations.
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UPR
Congress
TVA
Senate
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
State Department
China
United States
Gerald P. Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Commerce Department
Japan
House
Weatherman Joins Better Butte Builders Club
The weatherman was listed as a charter member of Butte's Better Builders and immediately urged a bigger, better Butte. He praised the sunny, cool day and noted temperatures from 31 to 2 below zero, joking about the weather and local robins.
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Weatherman
Better Butte Builders
Butte
Labor Board denies Ford rehearing in Wagner case
The Labor Relations Board denied Ford Motor Company's petition for a rehearing on its Wagner Act complaint. The board plans to seek a Federal Circuit Court order to enforce reinstatement of 29 employees dis charged for union activity and to halt specified anti labor actions. Ford meanwhile said it would not comply with the NLRB order to reinstate the workers and cease certain labor related conduct.
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Motor Car Company
U. S. Board
Washington
Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
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