Roosevelt faces broad debate on monetary policy and ratification
Washington dispatch notes next week's congressional clash over money matters and treaty issues. Roosevelt may seek extra power for his currency program as the House coinage panel plans hearings on stabilization led by ex-treasury official Dr. O M W Sprague. Senate debate on St. Lawrence treaty ratification tests administration strength.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Coinage Committee
O. M. W. Sprague
Treasury
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
States expect 116,000,000 in taxes on liquor
States forecast liquor tax receipts totaling over 116 million dollars for 1934. Based on post repeal and beer legalization receipts, nine figures are anticipated as more states plan tax and control measures. Pennsylvania leads with 55 million projected by June 1935 and 2.115 million already counted.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Solons Near to Compromise on Relief Legislation
Montana and Havana items dominate this digest. In Helena, Montana, revenue conferees edge toward a compromise on relief funding as the special assembly nears adjournment. House revenue leader I D Rognien says daylight is visible and two main paths surface for relief funds and tax measures. The Havana note reports Ramon Grau San Martin’s resignation discussions with the junta at Camp Columbia as Antonio Guiteras mediates.
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Havana
Associated Press
Ramon Grau San Martin
Camp Columbia
Antonio Guiteras
Grau
Guneras
Helena
House
Senate
Montana Assembly
I. D. Rognlien
Kalispell
House Revenue
Gotham Police Press Drive On Gamblers
Police in New York continued a three day campaign against gamblers with Magistrate Van Amning suspending sentences for 18 men on disorderly conduct charges. Attorneys argued the move, but the magistrate defended the crackdown noting the need for positive identification and police effort to stamp out gambling. Most arrestees were released for lack of evidence.
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Gotham Police
New York
van Amning
Wynekoop says death near but trial must proceed
Dr. Alice Wynekoop, 62, suffering a severe heart attack and angina, declares no postponement of her murder trial for her daughter in law Rheta. She insists she will attend the courtroom tomorrow despite illness and jail infirmary confinement.
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Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Chicago
Wynekoop
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
Francis McNamara
Dr. McNamara
U S Naval Party Guards Americans in Foochow China
A U S naval party was ordered ashore from the U S S Tulsa to protect Americans in Foochow after clashes between rebel troops and nationalist forces. The move followed a request from vice consul Gordon Burke as British and Japanese forces also took protective action. Two soldiers were killed and two wounded when Nineteenth Route Army troops fired on nationalist naval marines.
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Foochow
China
United States Naval
Tulsa
Gordon Burke
United States
F. G. Reinicke
Fukien
Nineteenth Route Army
Teal Ting-Kai
Chen Shao-Kwan
Baby Burned in Fatal Fire Mourns Loss of Two Children
A London family endures a deadly blaze that destroyed their three room home at 823-B Highland Avenue. Five year old and three year old siblings died, mother Patricia Burns and father Patrick Burns grieve while 18 month old survives with burns. Four year old Mary Burns recovers from burns and recalls siblings playing with matches. The storm added to the tragedy by hampering rescue efforts.
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St. James Hospital
Highland Avenue
Patricia Burns
Patrick Burns
Francis
Margaret
Mary Burns
Burns
Youth Held for Slaying Father at Rainier Ranch
Edward Wagner, 23, was jailed after admitting he shot and killed his father Carl Wagner, 49, during a family quarrel at their ranch home near Rainier Oregon early today.
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ST. Helens
Ore
Jan
Edward Wagner
Carl Wagner
Rainier
Carpenters Inspect High School Report Antiquated
A five member Carpenters union committee inspected Butte high school and found it in disrepair and antiquated, unfit for continued educational use. The report, headed by H. A. Grabenstein and signed by C. F. Hibarger, William J. Feinen, J. D. Gribble, and R. H. Thomas, will be presented to the union Thursday night.
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Carpenters’ Union
Butte High School
Sam Parker
H. A. Grabenstein
C. F. Hibarger
William J. Feinen
J. D. Gribble
R. H. Thomas
Yellowstone Buffalo to Furnish Meat and Hides for Indians
The Yellowstone park herd is being culled to support range. About 225 buffalo will be slaughtered with meat sent to Indian agencies in Montana and Wyoming. Half the hides will go to nearby reservations, with some sent to Pueblo and Southwestern tribes. Buffalo skulls will go to the Southwest for the buffalo dance.
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Washington
Yellowstone National Park
West
Arno B. Cammerer
Office of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Wyoming
Cammerer
Southwest
Noted theater leader dies after fall in Hollywood
Oliver Morosco Mitchell, 53, stage producer known for Abie's Irish Rose, suffered a heart attack and fractured jaw when he fell on Hollywood Boulevard. He lay unconscious until a passerby called an ambulance. police initially suspected foul play. Morosco planned a comeback and was staying with friends who hoped for his recovery.
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Hollywood
Cal
Oliver Morosco Mitchell
Oliver Morosco
Morosco
Belasco
Zilegfield
United States
Hollywood Boulevard
Oliver Drake
Abie
Los Angeles
Roosevelt to Send Message on Gold Ownership and Dollar Value
President Roosevelt plans to address Congress with methods to take title to all monetary gold and to revalue the dollar’s gold content. He met with Morgenthau and banking committee members as authorities discuss government ownership and treasury control of gold stocks held by reserve banks.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau
Stephen T. Early
Secretary of the Treasury
Banking and Currency
Senate
House
United States
Cummings
Arms Conference Delayed Likely Until February
Geneva January 14 1944 The decision not to resume the world disarmament conference before February emerged from talks at the 78th session of the League of Nations council opening tomorrow A delegate said a Franco German understanding may justify postponement until June if needed
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Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Montana Weather Forecast: Fair Monday and Tuesday
In Montana, the forecast calls for generally fair weather on Monday and Tuesday with cooler temperatures expected east of the Divide on Monday.
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Montana
Divide
Vallee Leaves Hollywood After Court Battle With Wife
Rudy Vallee secretly departs Hollywood en route to New York after a court fight with estranged wife Fay Webb Vallee. He travels in a borrowed car to Arizona then boards a Chicago bound train as his attorney and a secretary accompany him. He leaves LA counsel Samuel Zagan to press his two replies to her maintenance suit and a $7,400 monthly alimony demand.
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Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
New York
Screen Colony
Fay Webb Vallee
Vallee
Arizona
Hyman Bushel
Los Angeles
Samuel Zagan
Erickson Leads Attack on Proposed Wheat Milling Code
Sen Erickson of Montana leads opposition to a proposed wheat milling code ahead of a public hearing. He calls the code an instrument for monopoly and discrimination against farmers consumers and independent millers and bakers. He files a protest to Secretary Wallace with support from Rep Kelly and several farm and home economics groups.
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Sen. Erickson
Washington
Erickson
Montana
Wallace
America
Representative Kelly
Pennsylvania
Chester H. Gray
American Farm Bureau
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
Alice Edwards
American Home Economics Association
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New York State
Ramon Grau
DR. Wynekoop
U. S. Naval
England
London
Wales
English Channel
North Sea
Bristol Bay
Plymouth
Yellowstone
White House
Young Hoover
Pasadena
Herbert Hoover Jr
Western Air Express
Patrick F. Hurley
Haliburton
North Carolina
Hoover
Solon
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