Capital Democrats Name Roosevelt Cabinet Prospects
Washington February 1 The preview of Roosevelt's cabinet shows nearly all posts offered with several settled. Prospective picks include Cordell Hull or Owen D Young for State. Carter Glass or others for Treasury. George Dern for War. Thomas Walsh for Justice. Farley for Postoffice. Swanson possibly for Navy. Bronson Cutting or John Elliott for Interior. Henry Wallace likely for Agriculture. William Woodin or other for Commerce. Frances Perkins for Labor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Owen D. Young
New York
Treasury
Carter Glass
Virginia
George H. Dern
Utah
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Postoffice
James A. Farley
Navy
Claude Swanson
Glass
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
John B. Elliott
California
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
William H. Woodin
Frances Perkins
Des Moines
Wallace
Dern
Associated Press
Mayor and council clash over city audit bid
At a special meeting Mayor T. C. Coffin pressed for an audit of city books before his term ends February 8. The council approved the extra 50 payment to fund the audit by Clark B. Moon, despite initial resistance and claims of lack of prior consultation.
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Coffin
Clark B. Moon
Peck
Burton
Currency inflationists push silver remonetization plan
At the House Coinage Committee representatives urge remonetizing silver with treasury purchases funded by silver certificates. Representative Cross argues the plan would back a sound dollar, comparing silver to gold certificates and noting ample global silver to coin. He says remonetization could widen trade with the Far East and South America.
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House
Representative Cross
Texas
Treasury
Far East
China
South America
Europe
Senate ends air mail fund in treasury bill
The Senate adopted Democratic Leader Robinson’s proposal to strike the 19 million dollar air mail fund from the treasury post office bill. McKellar failed to cut the fund in half and Metcalf won a 16 million dollar reduction. Robinson said months remain before new air mail contracts and costs can be adjusted later.
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Senate
Robinson
Treasury-Post Office
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Metcalf
Rhode Island
Gary mover sues city over bill for damaged home
Gary Indiana February 1 AP reports George Filgutt moved his family and furniture to Chicago. His four room cottage was hauled away and trundled down the street. He returned for a concrete block foundation and finally removed sidewalk slabs. City board of works pursues special assessments and weighs action.
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Gary, Ind
Gary
Board of Works
George Filgutt
Chicago
Filgutt
Five Hurt In Auto Accident In Idaho
Major General William E. Everson and his wife survived a 125 foot snow bank roll on a highway west of Buhl Idaho. Mrs Everson was seriously injured with a back wrench and arm broken. The general sustained a strained arm shoulder and neck. Others in the party had minor bruises.
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William E. Everson
Militia Bureau
Everson
General Everson
Mary Louise Everson
Artie Snodgrass
Denver
Marian Snodgrass
John Everson
Leroy Snodgrass
Snodgrass
National Guard
First Baptist Church
Portland
State asylum adds new building at Blackfoot
One building at the state asylum at Blackfoot is completed and Guy L. Sessions of Nampa will not resume work on the second building until spring. Furnishings are being installed and the facility should soon be ready for use. The growing number of patients has filled existing space, and the new building should relieve crowded conditions.
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Blackfoot
Guy L. Sessions
Nampa
Henry Ford foresees bright future for American people
Henry Ford, in a Detroit interview with the New York Times, said these are not bad times but good ones and that the machine age is just beginning. He dismissed technocracy as misnamed, arguing life will push beyond fixed diagrams and that a ruling mechanical oligarchy will not occur.
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New York
The
New York Times
Detroit
Ford
Briggs Company
Times
Harold N. Denny
Japan Offers League Group Concessions
Japan backs limited conciliation in the League of Nations China dispute but cautions that acceptance of its terms is unlikely. If rejected the government may withdraw from the Society of Nations and allow it to continue without Japan, though with a changed structure. Foreign Minister Uchida secured the emperor’s approval for the new program.
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Japan
League of Nations
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League
Society of Nations
Foreign Office
Manchu Ikyo
Uchida
Geneva
League Council
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune About Snow in Beverly Hills
The humor column notes an unusual snow in Beverly Hills on February 1 as the chamber of commerce allegedly led locals to the mountains. Will Rogers jokes about Northerners, snow, and lifestyles, joking that southerners struggle without amenities like filling stations and cafeterias.
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Cal
Chamber of Commerce
Communists Loot Chinese Province Across Southwestfront
Fifteen thousand Chinese communists sweep from Shensi into Szechuan looting towns and ousting authorities. Chungking reports foreign missionaries in northeastern Szechuan fleeing toward Hankow as the advance continues.
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Hankow
China
Shens
Szechuan
Chungking
Groundhog Day Forecast Heads to Public Guess
On Candlemas day, Doc Groundhog faces the annual forecast with two pictures showing shadow or overcast sun. Local weather bureau notes no scientific basis for the omen, though townsfolk await whether winter or an early spring will prevail.
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Weather Bureau
Donny the Bird Dog Denied City Cemetery Burial
Donny a beloved bird dog died of old age near Pocatello. Owner N M Eldredge arranged embalming and burial in Mountainview cemetery, but city officials termed it unlawful to bury a beast in the city cemetery. The owner may bury Donny in the yard with a recently deceased cat.
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the Tribune
Donny
Idaho Senate Moves Ahead With Liquor Amendment
Boise Feb 1 Senator Donart Democrat Washington chairman of the senate judiciary committee said the committee will advance its constitutional amendment to permit liquor traffic despite Attorney General Bert Miller’s ruling that the process is unconstitutional Stacy Democrat Custer introduced the measure after an earlier repeal attempt was struck down Miller’s opinion calls for repeal of the whole prohibition law by legal means and notes a constitutional convention as a possibility
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Donart
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bert Miller
Senate
Stacy
Custer
Miller
Ricks College Athlete Dies in Idaho Accident
Leonard Jensen 21, a popular Ricks Normal College athlete, died in Rexburg Idaho from brain injuries after a Sunday collision near Thornton. Jensen, a basketball and football standout named to all star Utah Idaho junior college selections, was son of Mr and Mrs A W Jensen of Hib bard. The sleigh tong struck him through the windshield as a car driven by Joseph M Parkinson hit the sleigh returning from a basketball game in Pocatello.
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Rexburg
Idaho
Leonard Jensen
Thornton
Jensen
Ricks Normal College
A. W. Jensen
Hibbard
Joseph M. Parkinson
Gale Allen
Sunnydell
Pocatello
House Agrees to Carve More From Officials Salaries
In Boise Idaho legislators push economy as House cuts about 15 percent from two years prior to state department salaries. Representative Harrington urges deeper cuts while Senate backs consolidation of offices to save funds, potentially reducing top salaries by at least thirty five thousand dollars.
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Senate
House
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Caneyon
Appropriations Committee
Canyon County
Bureau of the Budget
Public Accounts
Department of Public Works
Law Libraries
Department of Public Investments
Adjutant General
State Mine Inspector
Supreme Court
Donart
Washington
Callahan
Teuton leader calls cabinet into session in Berlin
Adolf Hitler urged a cabinet meeting in Berlin to decide on dissolving the reichstag and calling a new election set for March 5, with Franz Von Papen and President Hindenburg involved. Centrists and Bavarian People’s Party objections loom as campaign expectations rise.
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Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Germany
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Paul von Hindenburg
Bavarian People's Party
Storms Thaw in California After Severe Winter
California enjoys a brief respite from two weeks of storms as weather bureau predicts mild today and tomorrow. Snow continues in the Northwest with new slides and heavy snowfall reported. Snoqualmie Pass blocked. Snoqualmie Pass blocked. Lake Arrowhead motorists reach safety. Ep som Valley and Hartland still snowbound. Grass Valley installs emergency pumps after eight days without water.
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California
King Winter
Pacific Northwest
United States Weather Bureau
Northwest
Snoqualmie Pass
Lake Keetchelus
Washington
Spokane
Lake Arrowhead
Epsom Valley
Hartland
Visalia
Calif
Grass Valley
Hoover Raises Shoe Tariff
President Hoover signed a proclamation increasing the foot wear tariff effective March 3 after a tariff commission report. The higher duties apply to fabric uppers rubber soles boots and other rubber footwear based on American selling price, with boots and similar items rising from 25 to the same basis.
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Hoover
Tariff Commission
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