Waves of strife LNG at capital in 1932 New Deal clash
The article recalls 1932 protests in the nation’s capital with crowds along the Anacostia River, clashes involving police and soldiers, and Republican charges of waste and graft in New Deal relief efforts. It notes involvement by Congress, the White House, agencies, DC relief groups, and weary unemployed citizens.
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Anacostia River
New Deal
Congress
White House
District of Columbia
Liberal Republicans seek federal funds ruling at Hopkins office
Boileau and Representative Vito Marcantonio of New York joined David Lasser to press Works Progress Administration leaders Harry Hopkins and Aubrey Williams for a liberal interpretation of the law restricting federal funds for conventions. The trio argued for relief as jobless sought shelter from cold rain.
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Boileau
Vito Marcantonio
New York
David Lasser
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
British Snub Duce's Talk of New War
British foreign secretary Eden announced that Britain would seek new penalties against Italy for its Ethiopian war if a final peace effort fails. The League of Nations committee adjourned to April 16 for Salvador De Madariaga to pursue a peace conference with Italian and Ethiopian delegates.
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United Press
Geneva
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
Committee of 13
League Council
Britain
France
Germany
Rhineland
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
Eden
Madriaga
Roosevelt Returns Home as WPA Debates Heat Up
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington to find political flames rising over the 4 billion WPA program. Thousands of hunger march delegates press for food and shelter, urging a broader unemployed relief plan. Senators demand WPA and Resettlement Administration inquiries, while a proposed revelation about AAA payments fuels contention. Congress adjourns planning Monday action.
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Fred Bailey
Washington
Congress
U.P
Capitol
KGNC
United Press Internationale
The
Globe News
Associated Press
Bonus Army
Amarillo
Texas
Roosevelt
Gainesville
Florida
Works Progress Administration
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Workers Alliance
WPA
James J. Davis
Rush D. Holt
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
W. Warren Barbour
New Jersey
Stephen Raushenbush
Senate Munitions Committee
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Workers’ Alliance
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gerald Boileau
Progressive
Wisconsin
Four To Take New Tests While Sober
Four men who took tests for Safety Sergeant Arthur Roths new drunk detector will repeat the experiment today in a sober state. Two taxi drivers earlier left in other mens cabs after sharing whiskey and beer for wash at Mount Sinai Hospital. An audience of judge doctors psychiatrists and specialists questioned the stereoscope but will observe tests under normal conditions to gauge its traffic court value.
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Cleveland
Arthur Roth
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland Police Department
Camermen
Gordon Davis
Eddie Dork
New Zeppelin Hindenburg Lands Safely at Home Port
The Zeppelin Hindenburg landed safely at Friedrichshafen at 6 40 P M Central European Time 12 40 P M EST the Exchange Telegraph report said today in London April 10.
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NEW Zeppelin
London
Friedrichshafen
Exchange Telegraph
Woman in Red Resigns to Deportation for Dillinger Killing
Anna Sage known as the Woman in Red surrendered to deportation to Romania after losing a bid to claim immunity for aiding in Dillinger's death. The U S circuit court of appeals issued a mandate designating her an undesirable alien despite DOJ immunity promises.
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Chicago
Anna Sage
John Dillinger
Romania
Department of Justice
Dillinger
United Sates Circuit Court of Appeals
Special Good Friday Services Held by Amarillo Churches
Amarillo churches plan a series of Good Friday observances ahead of Easter. Services include Polk Street Methodist candlelight communion at 8 pm led by Dr. C. C. Grimes, Central Presbyterian at 7 45 led by Dr. KR Thomson, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran at 8 with Rev. H. R. Prerking, and an Assembly of God pageant at 7 45 with speech by Rev. Guy Shields. A three hour Good Friday service began at St. Andrew's Episcopal today under Rev. Frederic A. Foster.
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Churches of
Amarillo
United States
Financial and Com
Polk Street Methodist Church
C. C. Grimes
KR. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
H. R. Prerking
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Assembly of God Church
Guy Shields
Shield of Faith School
E. R. Foster
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Frederic A. Foster
Jones and Laughlin Steel Charged With Union Terror
The National Labor Relations Board orders Jones and Laughlin Steel Co to re hire ten union workers and end interference with collective bargaining rights. It cites private police in Aliquippa Pa and Ambridge as following officers, beating, intimidation, and blocking meeting venues during 1934 union activity.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Aliquippa
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
J. and L
Ambridge
Martin Gerstner
Gerstner
John 8. Moyer
America
Jones and Laughlin
Dobie Praises Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum
Frank Dobie, famed author, praised the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum in Canyon during the society’s annual banquet. He lauded the museum as Texas finest and highlighted murals by Harold Bugbee and Ben Carlton Mead. The museum, funded by members and state aid, will be enlarged with $25,000 from Centennial Central Committee funds.
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Canyon
Panhandle Plains Historical Society
Frank Dobie
Texas
Harold Bugbee
Clarendon
Ben Carlton Mead
Amarillo
Panhandle
Centennial Central Committee
West Amarillo civic club forms. meet at San Jacinto Baptist
The newly organized West Amarillo Civic Club plans a definite program and permanent officers at a 7 30 p m meeting in San Jacinto Baptist Church. Clarence Cosby says all residents of San Jacinto are invited to discuss street lights extended police patrol and street improvements sponsored by the group. George W Keeling serves as temporary president and 8 H Vaden as secretary.
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West Amarillo
George W. Keeling
8. H. Vaden
Locksmith Laughs Last In Akron O April Night
Police captured a midnight intruder at a downtown drug store after he telephoned his girlfriend from the locked shop. The proprietor and police freed the youth, who had tried entering the pharmacy for unknown reasons.
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Akron. O
Ray Williams
Love
Bricks from Brewery To Build Parish School
In Pittsfield Massachusetts the Notre Dame Church parish will use bricks from a long idle local brewery to construct a parish school. Rev Levi Achim says he bought a half million used bricks from the brewery for the project.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Levi Achim
Notre Dame Church
Letters Read by Defense in Ritter Trial
Defense attorneys read a batch of letters and telegrams in the Senate impeachment trial of Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter, aiming to show he was not guilty of conspiracy in the Whitehall Hotel receivership case. The prosecution objected at first, deeming the letters irrelevant, then withdrew the objection pending further witness examination.
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Washington
Senate
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Whitehall
Easter Buying Lifts New York Retail Sales
Easter buying lifted New York retail sales close to a six year peak this week but weather slowed shopping in some areas. The week’s business was estimated at 12 to 18 percent over a year ago, the Dun and Bradstreet Weekly Trade Review said.
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New York
U.P
Dun & Bradstreet Weekly Trade Review
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region shown
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas and New Mexico calls for warmer tonight with a low near 44 and possible frost in exposed spots. North portion frost, Panhandle slightly warmer. fair weather trend through Saturday and Sunday with northeast portion frost noted. Temperature extremes reach 34 to 63 degrees by 1 pm today. All-Nite Tire Service telephone ad appears.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Noblemen Wanted for Texas Centennial Show
Billy Rose seeks 100 noblemen for a Texas Frontier Centennial dance troupe from July 1 to October 15. Pay is 100 dollars per week. applicants must submit photos in uniform with proof of title and ancestry, including age, domestic status, and physical details.
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New York
Billy Rose
Rose
The
Herald Tribune
Texas Frontier Centennial
Sinclair Bldg
Fort Worth
Texas
Plane Takes Strong Man Across Border
Mexican strongman Plutarco Elias Calles is arrested with three advisers and exiled to the United States after midnight raids. General Lazaro Cardenas ordered the seizures amid charges linked to a recent Veracruz bombing and alleged anti government agitation.
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United States
Calles
Luis Morones
Luis Leon
Interior and Agriculture
Rafael Melchor Ortega
Guanajuato
Brownsville
Texas
Chamber of Deputies
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Googoo Is Plucked Of Clergy Garb
Los Angeles April 10 A ministerial inquiry ends with Rev Drake Googoo Joes Pet duck being unfrocked for insubordination for not reporting to the mother church within 60 days after certificate issue The Los Angeles Ministerial Association led by Dr Isaac Ward discussed potential state legislature action to tighten ordination training standards.
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Los Angeles
Drake Googoo
Joe Penner
Penner
Duck
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