Budget held to indicate riot of extravagance
The American Liberty League denounces President Roosevelt's budget as extravagant and misleading and urges Congress to probe the entire government. It lists ten alleged defects from excessive 1937-38 expenditures to a growing bureaucracy and seeks a congressional investigation and balanced budget steps, including work relief alternatives.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
Congress
League
Securities and Exchange Act
The
Teague
Reprieve Timing Shifts For Hauptman Case In 1930s Trials
Burlington outr aged by a governor reprieve question as Hauptman faces a 90 day limit. Attorney General Wilentty notes the governor’s reprieve authority may have expired though a 30 hour extension could push his execution date weeks later. Justice Trenchard’s future sentence could fix a new date four to six weeks after warrant signing, possibly delaying for months.
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Burlington
N. J
Hauptmanen
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Justice Trenchard
David T. Wilenty
Two Women Injured In Auto Collision Here
Reported collisions multiply with multiple drivers named. Bill Wrenn and Howard Polleys described a crash at Harrison and Marcle streets. George Smith treated for concussion and arm injury after a fall. officers cited unclear details.
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Bill Wrenn
Banders Avenue
Howard Polleys
Deer Lodge
Harrison and
Marcle
J. D. Hennessy
Warren Avenue
J. B. Angelletti
East Second Street
Eugene O’brien
North Monetana Street
Amherst
Harrison Avenue
George Smith
Doyle Block
St. James Hospital
Nick Alecksich
Dan Regan
Smith
Washington Daily Mann Receives Free Ride From VP Detail
The story follows Mann, a captain on the capital police force, who ferries between the Capitol and housing in a rotating schedule. He first drew admiration when the vice president’s chauffeur recognized his work, sparking a “free ride” detail shared with Officers Masonheimer and Davis. Mann keeps politics out of talks with Garner, focusing on crops and weather. The Garner shift returns him to the usual routine near the capitol.
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United States
Mann
Capital Police Watch
Charles Masonheimer
H. E. Davis
Garner
Pregiant
Capitol
Oregon Storm Logs Record Heavy Rain and Floods
Oregon logged 15 large storms with Eugene at 2.02 inches and Portland 2.03 inches from Saturday to Sunday. A 175 mph gust damaged Swan Island Airport as an 80 foot fir toppled into a private garage. Power outages, broken glass, and crippled telegraph lines cut communications in the lower Columbia area while transportation slowed across the region and the Willamette surged toward a record flood level. In Seattle, 1.61 inches fell in 24 hours as winds hit 431 miles per hour and fears rose of landslides on steep hills citywide.
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Eugene
Portland
Swan Island
East Side
Columbia River
Oregon
Marshfield
Southern Pacific
Myrtle Point
Lakeside
Reedsport
Coquille
Coos County
Willamette
Salem
Seattle
U.P
Weather Bureau
Mother dies saving children in Tarentum fire
Pittsburgh Jan 12 Irene Shoemaker 47 perished while trying to rescue her four children from a blaze at a Tarentum home above a grocery store. One child, seriously ill with pneumonia, was badly affected as smoke and flames trapped the family. divers carried the others to safety.
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Pittsburgh
Irene Shoemaker
Tarentum
Ralph
Coast Guard Battles Rough Seas In Rescue Of Iowa Wreck
Onboard observers stood by as the Onondaga left and failed to reach the Iowa wreck off the Long Beach peninsula. Guardsmen patrolled the shore seeking more bodies while two sailors were found dead with broken arms. Rescue boats struggled through heavy seas, with crews reporting the bar crossing too dangerous to attempt. A second vessel, the Siskiyou, battered and leaking, struggled south from Everett to California, while the Rochelle limped south after repairs to a damaged rudder.
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Longbeach
Patch
Iowa
Coast Guard
Bjelland
Fort Stevens
Swaco
Wash
Cape Disappointment
Point Adams
Tiwaco
Sisklyou
Everett
California
Nilsen
Siskiyou
Yaquina Bay
Ore
Port Trminal
Rochelle
Cape Arago
Cahoaki
Eureka Harbor
Lack of Airway Beacons Delays Butte Airmail Route
The Butte aviation committee warns that missing revolving beacon lights from the east west route disrupt schedules, jeopardizing mail delivery. Only 11 of 60 November flights and 9 of 63 December flights reached Butte, many rerouted via Helena, causing 24 hour delays and economic hardship for local aviation jobs and payroll.
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Butte
Helena
Mining City
Pacific Northwest
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Montana
Air Transport
Department of Commerce
Aeronautic Bureau
Butte Air Station
Helens
Billings
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Yebor
Homestoke
Salt Lake
Bozeman
Madison Tower
Hubbard
Chicago
Advelihood
Seed loan bill eyed as relief amid bonus plans debate
The framing of a bonus plans bill and a seed loan measure shape the session. The seed loan bill proposed by Democrat C. Jones would authorize 40 million dollars with relending of prior collections, potentially totaling about 55 million for the year while veterans hold bonds to ease treasury strain.
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Treasury
Senate
House
Atll
Qgheirman Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
Rulings Expected Today On TVA Case
The article outlines expectations for a Supreme Court ruling on the TVA and related New Deal programs. It notes justices divided over the Bankhead Act and discusses potential impacts on the AAA, NRA, and rice millers case. It explains TVA’s aims and critics, including views of it as power industry nationalization, plus the litigation path from Alabama Power. The piece situates stakes for federal powers and farm and industrial programs.
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TVA
NRA
AAA
Tennessee River
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Alabama Power Company
Willem J. Grubb
Alabama
Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Walkers Cafe Company Incorporation Filed in Butte
Helena Jan 12 Articles of incorporation filed by Walkers Cafe Company of Butte for a general cafe and beer business. Directors are John L Dever Peter Miller and R J Flood all of Butte with 24000 shares at 1 par value and capital of 24000 dollars.
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Helena
Jan
Walkers Cafe Company
West Park Street
Butte
John L. Dever
Peter Miller
R. J. Flood
Mild Weather Rules In Butte As Slush Slows Streets
Mild winter conditions lingered in Butte with warm temperatures producing slush on streets. The Weather Bureau logged a high of 33 degrees and a low of 30, with little change expected today.
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Butta
Weather Bureau
Zare
Ethiopians Hail Victorious Rain Amid War Delays
Ethiopian forces hailed the rain as the war’s first clear edge since October while Italian advances remained stalled. Reports claimed Makaie retaken were unconfirmed as rains cover the fronts for six to eight weeks. Eritrea’s Asmara reports three Italian airmen killed in a crash as Ras Desta Demtu’s southern army suffers 474 losses at Gabba against Sultan Olo Dine’s 2,000, aided by Italian bombers.
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Aduwa
Adigrat
Walwal
Mussolini
Black Empire
London
Ras Desta Demtu
Ethiopia
Gabba
Sultan Olo Dine
Italy
Asmara
Eritrea
Sultan Olo
Somaliland
Ras Desta
Imi
Hangman seeks special pay after amnesty orders
Warsaw January 12 P7man Braun appeals to the ministry of justice for an extraordinary subsidy to cover costs for “buses” tied to the amnesty law that rendered certain crimes prior to November 1934 punishable by death or life imprisonment. He says he earns 50 zlotys per execution and expects hangings soon.
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Warsaw
Man Braun
Ministry of Justice
Brother-in-law of Babe Ruth dies in fall from apartment
Eugene Merrett, brother-in-law of George Herman Babe Ruth, falls to his death from a bedroom window on Riverside Drive, Ruth family lives in the 15th floor apartment with another brother-in-law Hubert Marrett. Ruths are in Florida.
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Babe Ruth
New York
Eugene Merrett
George Herman
Babe) Ruth
Ruth
Riverside Drive
Ruths
Merrett
Hubert Marrett
Flora
Farm Tax Plan Studied Amid 1930s Debates
The article details discussions at a farmers conference on a conservation plank and proposed processing taxes aimed at soil fertility, with plans for payments tied to soil preservation. It notes political standpoints, including Sen. Connally and Sen. McNary proposals, business opposition, and a House committee push for a new farm bill.
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Farmers’ Conference
Congress
Wallace
Connally
Tex
Treasury
McNary
Oregon
Washington Review
Chamber, of Commerce of
United States
Chamber
Agricultural Committee
Jones
Texas
House Agricultural Committee Today
Wreck Victims Had No Change, Rescuer Says
A survivor described a brutal sea wreck scene with high waves sweeping over masts and decks. The postcrash conditions included a damaged davit on Onondaga, two Ufeboats ruined, and crew bailing from flooded quarters. Visibility was near zero as spray filled the air and no bodies were seen.
Sixteen Drowned in Ferry Disaster Near Hango
A ferry boat capsized off the island of Hango in the Gulf of Finland, drowning sixteen passengers. Onlookers saw the vessel founder in rough seas as eight people were rescued by a motorboat, with others trapped below decks.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Hango
Gulf of Finand
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