President to request funds to continued CWA relief work
The president will ask Congress for 1 166 000 000 in additional emergency budget funds to sustain the civil works administration and other relief agencies through spring. He discussed wage adjustments with CWA head Harry Hopkins and plans to cut hours where wage scales exceed local levels. Delays in war debt message and studies of stock exchange regulation and rail transportation were also noted.
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Washington
Congress
Civil Works Administration
Roosevelt
Capitol
Harry Hopkins
CWA
Hull
South America
Stock Exchange
Roper
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Death Bed of Slain Girl Taken to Trial in Chicago
In criminal court proceedings in Chicago the operating table that served as a death bed for Rheta Gardner Wynekoop was brought into court as evidence in the murder trial of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop. Police testimony described the blood stained undergarments and sheets, with officers detailing the room where the body was found and the pillows supporting the victim.
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Bulletin Criminal Courts
Chicago
W. W. Smith
Alice Lindsay Wynekeep
Catherine Wynekoop
Maurice E. Collins
Associated Press
Criminal Court Building
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Walter Kelly
Kelly
Milton Smith
Arthur R. March
March
Wynekoop
Toll in Indian quake soars with four figure deaths
Jan 17 AP report hails death toll rising in the Calcutta area as observers cite 2000 as a conservative figure. Officials list 112 dead while air reports describe Muzaffarpur and Jamalpur in ruins with hundreds killed and widespread fissures flooding land.
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Calcutta
India
Muzaffarpur
London Daily Mail
Katcheria
Riga
Motihari
Barrah
Mail
Insect Plague Delays Rio Grande Do Sul Trains
Grasshoppers swarmed Santa Maria causing train delays over an hour as clouds blanketed the rail line in Rio Grande do Sul Brazil.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Santa Maria
Rio Grande Do Sul
Carrons Appeal Court Decision in Idaho Shooting Case
Parents of Antonio Carron of Pocatello appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court from a district court ruling denying $25,000 they sought as damages after Antonio was killed by a pistol after allegedly illegal sales of small caliber rifle bullets to minors at San Guido’s general store.
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Boise
Antonio Carron
Pocatello
Supreme Court
Carron
San Guido
Antonio
Douglas Johnson
Carrons
Byrd Ship Near Little America
The Byrd Antarctic expedition flagship neared Little America, about 150 miles off at 4 p m. The crew prepared to transfer equipment from the ship to the old Byrd camp at Little America, unoccupied for four years.
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Admiral Rbyrd
Little America
Mackay
Byrd Camp
Bank makes a poor plan as grinder empties savings
Manitowoc Wisconsin January 17 4 Joseph Komorowsky kept 258 dollars in a coffee grinder for taxes. He counted his monthly savings and planned to visit the city treasurer but found the grinder empty when he checked the pantry.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Joseph Komorowsky
Mrs Marie McGrumphy Scott Attends Golden Anniversary
Waynesburg scene records a family milestone as Mrs Marie McGrumphy Scott 85 of Claylick attends the golden wedding anniversary of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Joseph S Lewis. The couple is 74 and 65 respectively.
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Waynesburg
Marie McGrumphy Scott
Claylick
Joseph
Lewis
Roosevelt Pushes Dollar Devaluation to Lift Prices
Washington reported President Roosevelt plans to push dollar devaluation to boost prices, a theory economists split on. Statisticians noted farm staple values rose after price support moves, with wheat corn and oats increasing value from a week earlier, while economists debate the mechanism and impact.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
CWA payroll in Idaho tops 1.5 million dollars
Boise Idaho January 17 AP the civil works administration paid 1 521 539 to employes in Idaho since it began nearly 20 000 men and women earned wages under the rotation plan Idaho's quota is 17 000 and 5 048 teams worked on highways mostly owned by farmers. Weather favorable allows continued outdoor work and players inside tasks prepared for more snow.
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Boise
Civil Works Administration
Idaho
Parker Carver
CWA
Congress Weighs Dollar Devaluation Ahead of Legislation
Congress previews the administration plan to take over all monetary gold and devalue the dollar. The House coinage committee shifts from hearings to advance the Roosevelt dollar bill as Republican senators and former treasury secretaries question constitutionality and timing of a gold impoundment.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
House Coinage Committee
White House
Cummings
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
Glass
Virginia
McAdoo
California
Birth Control Bill Endorsed by Conference Credits
At the birth control and national recovery conference in Washington 500 physicians backed pending birth control bills. Hearings set for Capitol Hill on identical measures by Rep Pierce of Oregon and Sen Hastings of Delaware allowing physicians to disseminate contraceptive information. Professors Bossard and Bowman urged new scrutiny of sterilization policies and welfare costs amid rising relief.
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Washington
Birth Control and National Recovery Conference
Capitol Hill
Pierce
Oregon
Hastings
Delaware
James H. S. Bossard
University of Pennsylvania
Leroy S. Bowman
Child Development Institute
Columbia University
New York
American Sailors Return to Vessel After Foochow Action
Nationalist forces press southward to restore order in Foochow as US sailors withdraw from shore duty. General Liu Ho-Ting of the 56th division vows resumed pursuit once recuperated and guards are resumed aboard the Tulsa gunboat.
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Foochow
China
Liu Ho-Ting
United States
Tulsa
Dentist returns Nazi decorations over Jewish protest
Dr Samy Gunsberg a Jew born in Germany and former imperial dentist to the sultan returns all decorations given by Kaiser Wilhelm to Hitler era authorities. He led dental service for German forces in Turkey during the war as a protest against Nazi treatment of Jews.
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Istanbul
Samy Gunsberg
Sultan Abdul Hamid the Red
Hitler
Gunsberg
Turkey
Wedding Is Out Says Mamoulian
Greta Garbo and Rouben Mamoulian denied marriage rumors after a motor vacation sparked sightings and speculation. Mamoulian said they were not married and had no plans for marriage, just a brief getaway.
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Mamoulian
Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Rouben Mamoulian
Pu Yi seeks peace and recognition for Manchukuo
In his first interview as emperor designate Pu Yi pledges peace and amity with the United States. He says Manchukuo will keep commerce open to all nations and welcomes Americans in Manchuria. He hopes for U.S. recognition and plans to visit the United States and Europe. He adds he is in good health.
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James A. Mills
Associated Press
Hsinking
Changchun
United States
Henry Pu- Yi
China
Pu-Y
Washington
Manchuria
America
Orient
Europe
Pu-Yi
Governor Announces Action in Chiseler War
Union leader says plan to open warfare against chiseler members of the CWA. Pocatello group calls for a mass meeting at the old Temple on South Maine. They express willingness to cooperate with the governor and provide information to support the crackdown. Card, president, sends telegram promising proof of about twenty five percent chiseler activity in Bannock County.
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Ben Ross
CWA
Pocatellogressive Union
Old 1S Temple
South Maine
Anc Cwa
Boise
Pocatello Organization
Dielers
Bannock County
Birck
Fay Vallee Amends Suit Accusing Rudy Vallee of Misconduct
In Los Angeles on January 17 Fay Webb Vallee amended her separate maintenance case against Rudy Vallee alleging misconduct with Alice Faye, and linked him to 12 alleged acts with Miss Faye across 1932 and 1933. The filing followed a bid for 7450 dollars monthly alimony and an adjusted temporary restraining order allowing 500 dollars to Miss Faye while Vallee's salary from three employers remains tied up.
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Los Angeles
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Jane Doe
Alice Faye
Vallee
Miss Faye
Atlantic Seaboard
Valentine
Faye
George White
Tammanyites Receive Jolt In City Hall Shakeup
Tammany Hall collapsed as 14 Tammany and 21 McCooey leaders quit to back Edward J. Flynn ally John S. McGinley for aldermanic clerk. The coup toppled Curry and the old regime. Augustus F. Pierce died of a heart attack in the chamber amid the turmoil.
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New York
Tammany Hall
John F. Curry
Brooklyn
John McCooey
Board of
Aldermen
Tammany
McCooey
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
James A. Parley
Flynn
John S. McGinley
Augustus F. Pierce
Curry
Blackfoot Edict Deemed Unconstitutional by Judge
Judge Guy Stevens ruled the Blackfoot city peddlers license ordinance unconstitutional in the State vs Charles Brown civil case. Brown faced charges of soliciting and gathering laundry and cleaning for hire without a license.
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Blackfoot
Guy Stevens
Charles Brown
Brown
Police seize guns to be melted into tools for public works
About 200 firearms and daggers seized from criminals will be melted down and cast into picks and shovels for use by the Civil Works Administration. A foundry will melt the guns and convert them into metal implements instead of dumping them into Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
CWA
Harmony in currency talks shadows Anglo American plan
Washington London and Tokyo dispatches report unity on currency policy and no race for exchange supremacy. US and Britain reject currency warfare while Tokyo signals alignment with Roosevelt policy amid persistent rumors of a formal pact.
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Washington
London
Tokyo
United States
Treasury
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Bank of England
Associated Press
One Escaped Convict Recaptured After Eastham Prison Break
J B French one of five fugitives in the Eastham prison farm escape led by Clyde Barrow was recaptured near the farm late Monday. French serving 12 years for assault to murder robbery and auto theft in Hunt County. Guard Major Crowson and Olen Bozeman were wounded. Crowson recovering in hospital.
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Huntsville
Tex
J. B. French
Clyde Barrow
Texas
Eastham State
W. W. Waid
French
Hunt County
Gabe Wright
Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Henry Methvin
W. H. Bybee
Major Crowson
Hope
Olen Bozeman
Cuban Army Head Under Fire After Revolutionary Strike Threat
In Havana on January 17 the ABC secret society and student directory federation of labor joined with Dr. Antonio Guiteras to demand the resignation of Army Commander Col. Fulgencio Batista before noon. The ABC, a leading revolutionary group that toppled Gerardo Machado, also issued a public declaration against President Carlos Hevia who had been in office 36 hours.
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Havana
ABC Secret Society
Student Directory
Federation of Labor
Antonio Guiteras
Fulgencio Batista
ABC
Gerardo Machado
Carlos Hevia
Racine College To Be Sold In Public Auction
The old Racine college founded by the Episcopal church in 1851 faces sale after mortgages totaling 55920. Creditors won a judgment yesterday and a public auction is planned in about a year. the college has been closed for a year.
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Racine
Wis
Racine College
Episcopal Church
Wool industry shows recovery at national convention
H B Embach of Boston, GM of the National Wool Marketing Corp, told the National Wool Growers convention in Salt Lake City that conditions have dramatically improved in a year. He said foreclosures were saved, plants and homes protected, and the sheep industry mounting a strong comeback with promise for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Salt Lake City
Wool Growers’ Convention
H. B. Embach
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Boise weighs audit firm for city books
Mayor John J. McCue and Boise City Council review bids to audit city accounts after embezzlement cases linked to former clerk Angela Hopper. Local and Portland firms bid for a rapid audit, with costs trimmed from early estimates. Grand jury also probes a hit and run death of Joy Elliott and recommends a new court house building.
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Boise
John J. McCue
Angela Hopper
McCue
Grand Jury
Clarence van Deusen
Portland
Court House
Joy Elliott
Lee Miles Sets World Speed Record In Homebuilt Monoplane
Los Angeles pilot Lee Miles flew a four cylinder homebuilt monoplane to a new world speed record of 209.11 miles per hour over a 100 kilometer course in Miami. The record for single seater racing planes marks a milestone for private aviation and speed.
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Miami
Fla
Lee Miles
Los Angeles
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Charles Redd
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F. S. Gedney
Mountain Home
W. E. Crouch
United States Biological Survey
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Montana Veterinary Research Laboratory
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