Floods drive mass displacement across multiple states
The Associated Press reports widespread flood damage and a growing homeless crisis across eight states. Red Cross mobilizes a two million dollar relief effort as shelters open for an estimated 200 000 to 270 000 needy and displaced. Estimates for Kentucky Ohio Indiana Missouri Illinois Arkansas and Tennessee place the homeless between 50 000 and 75 000, with Louisville Cincinnati and St Louis among hard hit areas.
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Ohio
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Cincinnati
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Middle Tennessee
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Pennsyla
Alaska and West seek NRA policy influence in labor push
Red Cross launches a Western and Alaska drive to raise 2650000 for flood victims with a national goal of 2 million. In Juneau Alaska three bills prompt court location changes for property sales, a Seward Peninsula road for 5000, and 400000 for airfields and roads. Legislature to inspect Sitka Pioneer Home. NRA policy aims at wages hours and conditions with committee and cabinet input.
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Alaska Juneau
Brunnell
Senate
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Seward Peninsula
Iron Creek
Tolbert Scott
Sitka
Japanese Cabinet Resigns Under Army Pressure
Japan’s parliamentary parties forced Premier Koki Hirota’s cabinet to resign amid bitter army attacks. Hirota presented the resignation to the Emperor after failing to broker a compromise with military leaders, and he may seek extending the Diet suspension for a new cabinet. This marks the first time the lower house toppled a government.
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Koki Hirota
Mayors Seek Congressional Help on Maritime Strike
San Francisco report says bay cities mayors urged California's congressional delegation to act to end the maritime strike. A meeting between strikers and employers was sought next Tuesday to fix responsibility for the deadlock amid renewed peace offers rejected by the ILA. One clash left four beaten and 33 men charged with various misdemeanors.
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Portland
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Associated Press
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California
International Longshoremen's Association
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More Homes Built in 1936 Announces Labor Outlook
Secretary of Labor Perkins reported that housing construction rose by 114 percent in 1936 from the previous year and forecasts another 50 percent rise in the current year. The statement comes from Washington, D.C. on January 23.
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Washington, D. C
Madam Perkins
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