Peace Maker Heads for Rome to Gauge Mussolini
Britain’s Neville Chamberlain travels to Rome to confer with Premier Daladier as two battlefronts unfold in Spain and tensions mount along the Hungary Czechoslovakia border. Italy urges a bold stance while Mussolini prepares a fascist council meeting February 4 to assess Chamberlain’s stance.
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Weather Update for Southern States Shows Warmer Trend
The report notes fair to mild conditions across South Carolina Georgia and Florida with showers in the northwest areas and slight warming. It mentions Georgia’s northern and western regions seeing showers Tuesday and late tonight, while Florida and extreme northwest Florida face mostly cloudy to occasional rain and moderate winds along the coast.
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Seek to Prevent Drastic Changes in Farm Program
Washington dispatch reports administrators and congress critics debate keeping the crop control system amid Republican gains. The domestic allotment plan emerges as a possible compromise, with senators and House members split on its merits and implementation for cotton and tobacco producers.
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Mooney vows lifelong labor unity campaign after pardon
San Francisco crowd exceeds 100000 cheers Tom Mooney returning from Sacramento after an unconditional pardon by Gov. Culbert Olson. Mooney, 56, declares resolve to organize every worker and warns that a militant labor movement stands against slavery. He pushes for a Billings pardon as well while criticizing fascism and recalling his 1916 Preparedness Day bombing case.
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Elderly Woman Dies Saving Son From Fire
Warren Ark Jan 9 Mrs W H Atkinson 64 died today while trying to rescue her son Dean 26 believed trapped on an upper floor He had already escaped by leaping from a window suffering painful but not serious burns.
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House Subcommittee Studies Roosevelt WPA Plan
A House appropriations subcommittee completed hearings on President Roosevelt's request for 875 million dollars to fund the Works Progress Administration through June. Rep. Woodrum leads the measure with potential full committee action next week while others push for higher or lower totals and alternative relief methods.
Congress in Session and Budget Hearings Today
Routine sessions in the Senate and House at noon EST. The House appropriations subcommittee reviews the President's request for 875 million dollars for the WPA fund at 10 a.m. The Senate unemployment committee discusses the formula for state distribution of relief funds at 10 a.m.
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Hull Praises Pan Am Principles As World Charter
Cordell Hull presents the Lima Pan American conference principles as a charter for international conduct based on equality justice and freedom. He says the treaty fosters peaceful relations and reduces trade barriers while stressing law and order through international justice and good faith.
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U.S. Blacklists Japan From Buying Arms
The United States disclosed that Japan is blacklisted from further purchases of airplanes or bombs in the United States due to Japanese army bombings of civilians in China. The ban, effective since July, allowed Japan to buy nearly 9 million dollars worth of American aircraft earlier in 1998. Spain also faces bans under the same policy. The annual national armaments control board report to the Senate lists Hull as chair with key agency secretaries.
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Bush fires rage across Victoria with 80 missing in heat wave
Melbourne reports a sweeping heat wave fanning bush fires across Victoria. At least 80 persons are missing and feared dead as fires spread through the state. Authorities struggle to mount rescue efforts amid the extreme temperatures and widespread evacuations.
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Rivers supporters win first test of strength in opening assembly
Atlanta January 9 supporters of Governor Rivers won a early test in the state House reelecting Rey V. Harris of Augusta as speaker by 185 to 13 with seven abstentions. In the Senate John Spivey of Swainsboro became president without opposition after Paul Lindsay withdrew. J. Hammond named secretary. The session faces a major tax fight as Rivers seeks 8.6 million more dollars while retrenchment advocates cite a 1937-38 surplus and lower general fund needs.
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