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January 19, 1934

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Headlines from January 19, 1934

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4,000,000 in CWA Put on Short Week; Supply Purchases Halted by Low Funds

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Workers in cities put on 24-hr week, in smaller communities and rural districts on 15-hr wk, in effort to stretch program to Feb 15; Roosevelt will ask fund to carry program to May 1

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KIDNAPPERS HOLD ST. PAUL BANKER; NOTE ASKS $200,000; Father of Edward G. Bremer Begs Police Halt Search and Save Son From Violence. FAMILY HAS MONEY READY Message Demands Payment Be Made in Old $5, $10 and $20 Bills. DEATH THREAT INCLUDED Victim Is Seized in Auto After Taking His Young Daughter to School. ST. PAUL BANK HEAD IS HELD FOR RANSOM

By the Associated Press

Kidnapped and held for $200,000 ransom; note left at home of friend, W Magee; car found; father asks police to halt search to save son from violence, St Paul, Minn

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Polish Citizens' League To Be Adjunct of Senate

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

League of Well-Deserving Citizens formed; members will have right to vote in Sen

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Byrd Arrives at Little America; Amazed by Vast Upheaval of Ice; Five-Mile Width of Bay of Whales Coast Broke Away After Ellsworth's Departure -- Veterans of Preceding Expedition Are Jubilant on Finding Old Headquarters. BYRD AT OLD BASE IN LITTLE AMERICA

By MacKay Radio To the New York Times

Arrives at Little America; finds old hdqrs; map

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1934John Richardson, English actor (died 2021)^[†]

John Richardson was an English actor who appeared in films from the late 1950s until the early 1990s. He was a male lead in Italian genre films, most notably Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960) with Barbara Steele, but he was best known for playing the love interest of Ursula Andress in She (1965) and then of Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C. (1966).

Headlines from January 19, 1934

Front Page 1 -- No Title

4,000,000 in CWA Put on Short Week; Supply Purchases Halted by Low Funds

Polish Citizens' League To Be Adjunct of Senate

Byrd Arrives at Little America; Amazed by Vast Upheaval of Ice; Five-Mile Width of Bay of Whales Coast Broke Away After Ellsworth's Departure -- Veterans of Preceding Expedition Are Jubilant on Finding Old Headquarters. BYRD AT OLD BASE IN LITTLE AMERICA

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