Hirota tells Diet that Govt seeks talks with U S over problems of next 2 yrs; decries mil interference

JAPAN SEEKS TALK WITH US TO SETTLE NAVAL PROBLEMS; Foreign Minister Tells Diet Aim Is to Solve Questions Arising in a Year or Two. CRIES OF CRISIS ASSAILED Military Interference With Civil Arm of Government Scored in Both Houses.

Morgenthau says estimates are based on expectation of improved conditions

Treasury in Its Estimates Counts on 'Better Times'

Billion Issue Quickly Subscribed 3 1/2 Times; Morgenthau, Closing Books, Is 'Delighted'

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Roosevelt signs special act required in D C

Washington 'Wet' Again; White House to Tell Plans

Welfare Island as a gangsters' paradise, where Joe Rao, ally of Ciro Terranova and Dutch Schultz, and Ed Cleary ruled as absolute monarchs, was portrayed to the Department of Correction many months ago by Harry M. Shulman, former research director for the New York State Crime Commission, but nothing was ever done about it.  

PRISON GANG CHIEFS SERVED BY VALETS; Rao Had Garden and Goat -- Police Dog Guarded Cleary -- Warden Ran Errands. CELLS WIRED FOR PHONES Investigator Says He Notified Officials of Racketeers' 'Paradise' Last June. PRISON GANG CHIEFS SERVED BY VALETS

GLASS DENOUNCES AIMS OF GOLD BILL; SILVER MEN RALLY; Administration Insists on Direction by Treasury as Senate Debates for 5 1/2 Hours. TIME LIMIT IS CONCEDED Inflationists Map Attempt to Write a Currency Expansion Mandate Into Measure. GLASS DENOUNCES ONE-MAN GOLD RULE

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PAYLESS PAYDAYS IF HIS BILL FALLS, LAGUARDIA WARNS; MAYOR HEARD AT ALBANY Says He Simply Aims to Cope With Problem He Inherited. ATTACKS O'BRIEN ECONOMY Calls Bankers' Compact a 'Strait-Jacket,' but Says It Must Be Carried Out. TO CUT SALARIES DEEPLY Will Fight Teachers if Forced -- Ill, Rushes Home by Auto -- Prial Opens Opposition. LAGUARDIA WARNS HIS BILL MUST PASS

Union votes to call city-wide strike unless Waldorf-Astoria grants demands

15,000 IN HOTELS READY TO STRIKE; Amalgamated Workers to Walk Out if Demands Are Not Met by Tomorrow. WALDORF SERVICE NORMAL Half of Workers Back, Says Spokesman -- Labor Board to Seek a Settlement. 15,000 IN HOTELS READY TO STRIKE

Plans Talks With Us.; JAPAN SEEKS TALK WITH US ON NAVIES

Prison Scandal Typical of City Conditions Inherited by Administration, Mayor Says

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Paid although absent from work in N Y C Pub Markets Dept 1,658 days in 5 yrs; to be questioned

CITY EMPLOYE PAID FOR 1,658 DAYS OFF; Clerk Got Salary for 5 Years Though Seldom at Work, Markets Inquiry Shows. 10 OTHER CASES REPORTED Workers on Job at 9 A.M. Earned an Extra Free Day, Fiaschetti Says. CITY EMPLOYE PAID FOR 1,658 DAYS OFF

Roosevelt says L W Douglas has been instructed to prepare message asking Cong for $500,000,000 for fiscal year beginning July 1

ROOSEVELT ORDERS END OF CWA GRAFT; President Condemns Political Corruption in Handling of the Relief Funds. NEW RELIEF FUND PLANNED Douglas Preparing to Request $500,000,000 for General Purposes After July 1. ROOSEVELT ORDERS END OF CWA GRAFT

Ring revealed in Welfare Island Penitentiary raid; J Rao and W Cleary called leaders

WELFARE ISLAND RAID BARES GANGSTER RULE OVER PRISON; WEAPONS, NARCOTICS FOUND; DEPUTY WARDEN SEIZED Ring Is Taken Unaware as MacCormick Uses Ruse to Hide Plans. THUGS LIVING IN LUXURY Pair Occupying Hospital Suite Kept Carrier Pigeons to Smuggle Narcotics. VICE CARRIED ON OPENLY 68 Racketeers Put in Cells for First Time -- Warden Stripped of Power. GANG RULE OF JAIL IS BARED BY RAID

FEMINIST LEADER RETURNS; Doris Stevens Hails Gains for Cause at Montevideo.

Mrs H Marschausen victim of "fortune-teller" hoax, New Rochelle

'CHARM' COSTS $1,500.; New Rochelle Woman Also Gives Valuables to Fortune-Teller.

Bill to provide pub beach at Fort Hancock mil reservation introduced by Sen Kean

ASKS SANDY HOOK BEACH.; Kean Bill Would Lease Fort Hancock Area to New Jersey.

Civil list will be published only once a yr; price raised

City's Civil List Only Once a Year

Said to have been threatened, as czar of cleaning and dyeing industry for opposing Capone

GANG DEATH THREAT CHARGED IN TRIAL; Lawyer in Chicago Racket Case Tells Jury Foes Warned Dr. Squires of 'Ride.' DEFENDS SALARY AND FEES Present NRA Functions of Accused Man Held Same as Those Named in Indictment.

Dem members of House of Reprs Ways and Means Com agree on many recommendations

REVENUE BILL ADVANCED.; House Committee Democrats Agree on Many Recommendations.

H S Johnson attends meeting of officers of unions in A F L closed to press; criticism said to include charges of partisanship of deputies, open shop under codes and delay in redress of grievances

JOHNSON HEARS NRA ASSAILED BY UNIONS; General, in Surprise Visit to A.F. of L. Session, Submits to Examination. HIS DEPUTIES ARE SCORED Charges Include Partisanship and Denial of Labor's Rights Under the Recovery Act.

CHISELERS WARNED OF NRA CAMPAIGN; Richberg Announces Plans to Enforce 'Will of 90% of People' on Code Evaders. PUBLIC INITIATIVE URGED Home Loan Official Tells Lumber Association Recovery Is Not Entirely a Government Job.

Straus returns from Wash with plan to decentralize activities; compliance bds in 5 boroughs will act on enforcement of President's Reemployment Agreement

January 25, 1934

Headlines from January 25, 1934

JAPAN SEEKS TALK WITH US TO SETTLE NAVAL PROBLEMS; Foreign Minister Tells Diet Aim Is to Solve Questions Arising in a Year or Two. CRIES OF CRISIS ASSAILED Military Interference With Civil Arm of Government Scored in Both Houses.

Treasury in Its Estimates Counts on 'Better Times'

Billion Issue Quickly Subscribed 3 1/2 Times; Morgenthau, Closing Books, Is 'Delighted'

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Washington 'Wet' Again; White House to Tell Plans