FDR weighs county boards to handle relief politics charges
Washington reports President Roosevelt considers nonpartisan county boards to hear complaints of relief discrimination. The boards would be unpaid and review cases, without shifting relief administration from the federal to local level. Congress to refine details amid WPA scrutiny.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Congress
White House
United States
Weather Outlook for Southeast States Warmer with Rain Likely
The report notes increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions across South Carolina and Georgia tonight and Thursday. Rain expected in many areas Thursday with possible snow in northwest portions. Florida to stay mostly cloudy with scattered rain and warmth rising toward north and west central areas. Northwest Florida expects rain Thursday with not too cold temperatures around 38 to 42 at night.
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South Carolina
Afernoon
Georgia
Florida
News Stand Held Up in Augusta Robbed of $300
Augusta Ga December 28 Police Chief C J Wilson said two men last night held up Murphey's News Stand and took 300 dollars from the cash drawer T P Stallings was in the shop at the time. He said the robbers used sawed off shotguns or submachine guns.
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Augusta
C. J. ‘Wilson
Murphey
T. P. Stallings
Woman demands exchange over holiday gift book
In Memphis a shopper fights through post holiday crowds to return two titles. She insists on exchanging "A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband" for "Live Alone and Like It" after her husband gave the first.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eleri
Hull sails home from Lima after Pan American confab
United States Secretary Hull returns from Lima as the Pan American Conference ends with declarations of solidarity. He warns of vigilance in implementing decisions, notes no treaties were created, and praises the new stage in American solidarity while a German press crew complains of exclusion from a Peruvian cocktail party.
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Lima
Penu
United States
Hull
United States Senate
State Department
DNB
Benavides
Americas
Blackmailers Sought In Coster-Musica Case
New York police seek three extortionists who used the Coster Musica disguise to target McKesson & Robbins executives. The investigation ties F. Donald Coster’s prewar alias to a long web of schemes, with federal charges filed against Joseph Brandino and his sister for mail fraud and conspiracy.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
Philip Musica
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
State Attorney General's
McKesson & Robbins
Fairfield
Conn
Coster- Musica
Coster
Joseph Brandino
Brandino
Coster-Musica
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
Mary
Adelphi Drug Company
Brooklyn
Brandinos
January 2 Declared Legal Holiday by Governor Rivers
Georgia officials announce January 2, 1929 as a legal holiday in Atlanta to allow citizens to recount the year and plan for the future. Governor Rivers issues the order, noting the special observance follows December 28.
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Atlanta
Governor Rivers
Rebels Push Drive Along All Fronts In Catalonia
Insurgent forces report a six day offensive across Catalonia from Tremp to Ri Barroja near the Ebro with gains including Tort Tarragona and Barcelona areas. Insurgent papers claim over 1000 square kilometers captured, 16 towns, many villages and 7000 prisoners as government lines reassess near Lerida Artesa and Lerida sectors.
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Hendaye
France
Catalona
Tremp
Ribarroja
Ebro
Tarragona
Barcelona
Mediterranean
Lerida
Granadellas
Trun
Gandesa
Falset
Rom Lerida
Valls
Aspe
Artes
Catalonia
Artesa
Taere
Érida
Sierra Delalena
Bro
Baibarroja
el Monsech
Segre
Noguera Pallaresa
New WPA Head Promises End to Pilgrimages by Angry Workers
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Francis C. Harrington, newly appointed WPA administrator, will curb periodic pilgrimages of disgruntled Works Progress Administration employees by settling issues and moving on. He spoke informally after a conference with David Lasser, head of the Workers Alliance, and Herbert Benjamin, labor leader.
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Washington
Francis C. Harrington
WPA
Works Progress
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Herbert Benjamin
Labor Organization
Lasser
Benjamin
Harry L. Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
Severe Winter Weather Blitz Grips Nation With Cold Death Toll
Subzero temperatures stretch from the Rocky Mountains to Florida as a fresh cold wave causes at least 18 deaths and widespread travel hazards. From New York to Minnesota, readings plunge with wind chills and snowdrifts, while southern states see freezing fronts reaching to the Gulf Coast and Miami and Key West report mild relief as temperatures forecast to rise.
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Gulf of Mexico
Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesota
Florida
Gréat
Plains
New York
Adirondacks
Albany
Great Lakes
New York City
Michigan
Dickingon County
Lower Peninsula
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
New England
Mt. Mitchell
N. C
Asheville
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kane
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Minneapolis
Warroad
Minn
Aberdeen
S. C
Town Falls
Wisconsin
Warsaw
Fort Wayne
Ind
Springfield
Montana
Bowery
Starma
Neeway
New Jordana
Sound
Oklahoma
California
Ohio
Toledo
Worms
Maumee River
Lake Bris
Devils Lake
N. D
Craig
Cole
Cutbank
Mont
Moorhead
Duluth
South Georgia
Gulf Coast
San Antonio
Tex
Raista
Atlanta
Macon
Thomasville
Savannah
Americus
Montgomery
Birmingham
Pensacola
New Orleans
Shreveport
Vicksburg
Memphis
Oklahoma City
San Antero
Miami
Key West
Mercury
Temperature hits 51 below zero in Edmonton
An official temperature of 51 below zero was recorded today at Edmonton airport in the Canadian town of Edmonton Alberta.
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Canadian
Edmonton
Alta
France Sends Senegalese Troops to Djibouti Amid World War Developments
France reinforced its Djibouti garrison with fresh Senegalese troops to maintain order in the Red Sea port as Italian troop concentrations in East Africa drew attention. A Diberville dispatch boat reached Suez en route to Djibouti. In Spain, insurgents pressed a winter offensive against Barcelona, while in China, villages on the Shansi front were recaptured. Hull and the U S delegation returned from Lima after reaffirming continental solidarity and trade aims.
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Associated Press
France
Djibouti
East Africa
Pyrenees
Spain
Paris
Red Sea
Diberville
Suez
Barcelona
Catalonia
Artesa
Ebro
Shansi
China
Cordell Hull
United States
Lima
Senegalese Sharpshooters Battalion to Djibouti
A battalion of the French army's Senegalese sharpshooters about 1,000 strong was sent to Djibouti as part of ongoing colonial deployments. Further details continued on page four.
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Djibout
Paris
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Subcommittee On Relief Appropriations
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