League Appeals to Italy and Ethiopia Over Poison Gas War
The League of Nations Committee sends a formal appeal to Italy and Ethiopia urging them to abstain from poison gas in the East African war. Eden urges observance of the gas treaty as France weighs Locarno plans amid German Rhine tensions.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Geneva
Committee of Irteen
League of Naons
Eden
Suez Canal
Rhineland
France
Filippia
Paris
Wolde Firiam
Dedariagi
Covenant
Emperor Haile Selassie Fleeing in Panic From Rebels
A report from the Ethiopian field headquarters to the Italian News Agency says Emperor Haile Selassie and the remnants of his bodyguard fled in panic shaving his beard to avoid recognition. His personal troops were defeated by Fascist forces on the northern front last week amid revolts by Azebo and Galla tribesmen.
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Trfrn
Tefani
Haile Selassie
Patrolman Accidentally Shoots Father of Eight
In Columbus a gun discharged by Patrolman Charles P. Thornton killed Charles P. Peters, 36, a WPA laborer. Peters had reportedly been drinking and threatening his family when officers confronted him on the street a scuffle followed and Peters died.
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Charles P. Thornton
Charles P. Peters
WPA
Peters
A New System Of Platforms Embraced By Engineers
Report from the New York City meet of electrical engineers describes endless moving platforms to replace fixed stages enabling politicians to stay stationary while platforms move. The note adds a classified rental line for an eight room house listing MM 2134 by Mrs. c Wyckoft mentioning redecorated interiors large cellar garage garden and yard with rent option.
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New York City
Roads Bill Advances in House for $440 Million Program
The Rules Committee stance clears the way for floor action on a highway and grade crossing authorization bill totaling 440 million dollars. The measure extends Hayden-Cartwright provisions to end of next fiscal year and allocates 125 million annually for federal aid highways with 50-50 state matching, plus 10 million yearly for forest roads, 2.5 million for government land roads, 7.5 million for national park roads, 25 million for farm-to-market roads, and 50 million to eliminate grade crossings.
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Washington
House
Crest In Ohio River At Cincinnati Near 54 Feet
Red Cross officials re established relief headquarters as the Ohio River neared its 54 foot crest at Cincinnati. Readings held at Point Pleasant 42.2, Huntington 49.5, Ashland 53.6 as Portsmouth and Maysville saw rising levels. The Senate approved 50 million dollars in Reconstruction Corporation loans for flood torn districts across the South and East.
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Cincinnati
Red Cross
Ohio Valley
Charles W. Carr
Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Wheeling
W. Va
Upper
Point Pleasant
Huntington
Ashland
Portsmouth
Maysville
Dieting Evil Shapes Divorce Case in Seattle Court
Mrs. Alice F. M Brown testified she dieted and exercised to drop from 180 to 127 pounds, but the effort led to a divorce suit. She said her husband teased her about it at meals, a strain the judge noted and urged the couple to think it over for 30 days.
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Seattle
Alice F. M Brown
James B. Kinne
Blaze Engulfs Sun Racer Air Liner Crash Near Uniontown
Sun Racer luxury air liner crashes into a mountainside near Uniontown Pennsylvania killing 11 of 14 aboard. Federal authorities search for clues to the unexplained mishap as rear wreckage smolders and workers prepare to burn the twisted remains.
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Uniontown
Mother Fights for Child Star Custody Battle
Mrs Lillian Mae Bartholomew from England seeks custody of her son Freddie the 10-year-old actor. She would overturn guardian status granted to Freddie’s aunt Miss Millicent Bartholomew in California and may appeal to Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt if refused. Freddie earns about 1250 weekly, with Bartholomews citing love as the motive.
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Freddie Bartholomew
U. S
New York
Lillian Mae Bartholomew
Freddie
Bartholomew
England
California
Millicent Bartholomew
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hollywood
Felix Cunningham
Miss Bartholomew
Senate Loans Resolution on AAA Payments Debated
The Senate considers an early vote on a resolution requiring Secretary Wallace to report AAA benefits of 10000 dollars or more. Wallace says soil conservation limits sugar producer payments to about one fifth of prior levels and corrects a payroll error on a wheat payment of 78364 dollars. A Hull bill would cap soil conservation payments at 1000 dollars.
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Senate
Wallace
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Robinson
D-Ark
AAA
Hull
P-Wis
Sylvia Sidney Granted Uncontested Divorce in Los Angeles
Actress Sylvia Sidney won an uncontested divorce from Bennett Cerf in Los Angeles. She testified Cerf quarreled with her over the time she dedicated to her film career.
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Los Angeles
Sylvia Sidney
Bennett Cerf
New York
King Edward Observes Maundy Thursday in Westminster Abbey
King Edward personally distributed Maundy coins to 142 recipients at Westminster Abbey. Equal numbers of men and women, 71 each, were chosen for the symbolic act reflecting the Last Supper washing of feet, a practice once linked to kingship by earlier monarchs.
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Westminster Abbey
Burdette Johns
Associated Press
London
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Mary
James II
Elizabeth
Little Geral Dines First Cake With Missing Ingredients
Lynden Washington child Geral Hannan tried to bake a cake to surprise her parents but could not complete it. She said the recipe asked for ingredients not available in the house and she looked in every can and jar without success.
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Lynden
Geraldine Hannan
Townsend inquiry rattles Townsendites amid fund controversy
Washington Democrats report Townsend investigation leaders growing jittery as Townsend high command plans to halt the probe. Townsend group members voted in Baltimore to end the inquiry after admitting a near million dollar lobby fund used to press pension for all residents over 60.
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Washington
Bell
Missouri
House
Townsend
Townsend High Command
Baltimore
Townsend Organization
Three WPA Workers Die in Dirt Cave at La Salle School Site
A cave in at a La Salle Illinois construction site traps three WPA workers digging for the La Salle-Peru Township High School addition. Peter Compo is identified among the missing. Steve Urech and Frank Just are named as other workers in the pit.
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WPA
LA Salle, Ill
la Salle
Missing 18 Years Returns by Mail Postage Due
A Denver report notes an 18 year old missing person returned anonymously by mail with 10 cents postage due. The hotel manager refused to pay, and the door could not be opened to receive the return.
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Denver
Key Wan
Fostoria Man Sentenced for Furnishing Liquor to Student
Thomas Heckman 45 of Fostoria was jailed for 20 days in Toledo Workhouse after pleading guilty to furnishing liquor to a Fostoria High School boy.
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Tiffin
Thomas Heckman
Fostoria
Toledo
i@ Fostoria
Relief controversy deepens over rural electrification debate
Washington reports a renewed relief funding clash as WPA head Harry Hopkins prepares to testify on Roosevelt's request for a 1.5 billion relief appropriation. Stephen Raushenbush attacks what he calls politics in relief as the tax program also faces scrutiny.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
House
Roosevelt
Stephen Raushenbush
House Democrats Back Tax Preferences for Debt-Ridden Firms
Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee say they agree on special tax treatment for debt-laden companies under the new plan and tax dividends from banks at the normal 4 percent rate. The dispute over WPA funds and a personal attack in Pennsylvania is raised by Raushenbush, who warns of presenting charges to a Senate committee. In parallel, the Ritter impeachment trial continues as the Norris Rural Electrification bill advances in the House with a $420 million, ten year plan. Kerr Tobacco Compact backers predict Senate passage to regulate cross-state tobacco production.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Meanest Man Takes Boys Flower Money in Cleveland
A confidence man cheated two small boys out of 2.50 meant to buy their mother flowers. The boys identified the man as working in an office building. He asked one boy to run an errand and offered to keep the money in an envelope. The envelope later held only a blank slip.
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Cleveland
Minnesota Primary Results Dominated By Kansas Governor
Ohio Attorney General Bricker ordered a civil service probe into reports that the Democratic organization solicited campaign contributions from Civil Service employees. He asked the State Civil Service Commission to investigate and directed county prosecutors to act on pledges of two percent of pay for primary and two percent for the general election.
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Minnesota
Kansas
Columbus
Attorney General's Office
John W. Bricker
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Bricker
Civil Service Commission
Democratic Organization
Officials Probe Alleged Train Wreck Attempt
In Pensacola Florida authorities probe an alleged plot by 40 year old Mrs R W Vann and her lover Earl Travis to wreck a railroad train carrying her husband the engineer to collect a $3000 life insurance and marry Travis. Both defendants deny conspiracy charges. the husband says his wife is innocent and attempts to wreck the train were made against him. Mrs Vann’s bond is set at $5000, with the husband offering to help secure it.
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Pensacola
Fla
Escambia
R. W. Vann
Ferry Pass
Earl Travis
Castleberry
Ala
H. E. Gandy
Travis
Vann
General Tire to Build Outside Akron Plant
General Tire and Rubber Co plans a mechanical rubber goods plant outside Akron. President William O'Neil said the location is not yet chosen and that it is impractical to manufacture mechanical rubber goods in a high wage Akron factory.
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Akron
General Tire & Rubber Co
William O'Neil
Hocking River Falls to Six Feet Amid Warm Weather
In Athens the Hocking River dropped to six feet as warmer weather continued. Rain fell almost constantly with the river level easing. temperatures ranged from a high of 40 degrees Wednesday to 42 last night and 34 at noon Thursday.
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Athens
Hocking
Mia. C. N. France
Jap Officer Slain in Border Skirmish Near Sulfenho
Tokyo dispatch reports a Japanese lieutenant killed in a clash with Russian troops near Sulfenho during a border incident. The report from Harbin via Da Mei News Agency notes intensified fighting on the frontier.
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Tokyo
Harbin
Manchoukuo
Damei
Sulfenho
WPA Cuts Take 232 From District Five Roll
The WPA will reduce employment by 232 workers across eight counties by April 15, following a prior cut of about 700 on April 1. The counties affected are Athens 40, Gallia 4, Hocking 25, Jackson 25, Lawrence 41, Meigs 24, Vinton 3, and Washington 70.
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Ray Noble
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Vinton
Washington
Washington County
Child Refused Medical Aid in City Hospital Debacle
In Winston Salem the Board of Aldermen's Hospital Committee opened an inquiry into claims a dying five year old, Hazel Grimes, was denied admittance to City Memorial Hospital due to an unpaid week's bill. The father, James L Grimes, argues the child was an emergency case. hospital officials cite advance payment rules. The child died soon after the denial.
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N. C
Board of Aldermen's Hospital Committee
City Memorial Hospital
W. T. Wilson
Hazel Grimes
James L. Grimes
J. B. Whittington
G Grimes
Grimes
Childs
Wendel Investigation Expands With Subpoena Plan
In Trenton Mercer County Prosecutor Irwin Fe announces subpoenas for about 20 people for the county grand jury probe into the circumstances of Paul H Wendel's retracted confession in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. In Brooklyn DA Geoghan eyes a parallel inquiry and may have found the torture house. In Jalixco Mexico seven rebels die in federal battle in Los Altos region.
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Trenton
N. J
Irwin FE
Mercer County
Paul H. Wendel
Charlies A. Lindbergh, Jr
Brooklyn
W F. X. Geoghan
Wendel
Guadalajara
Mexico
Los Altos
Jalixco
Republicans Create Research Division on New Deal Impact
Washington reports Henry P. Fletcher announces the Republican National Committee has formed a research division led by Yale’s O G Baxon to analyze what the New Deal has achieved in three years. The group will publish timely reports, with some possible support for and against various New Deal activities.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
O. G. Baxon
Yale University
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
New
Frankfurter
Dea
Landon Gains Momentum With Delegates in Midwest
Landon supporters win 12 of Minnesota's 22 votes and claim more backing in Minnesota and Midwest as Borah and Knox race in Illinois. Borah wins Wisconsin primary and prepares four day Illinois campaign. Knox gains New Hampshire delegates and state central committee endorsement as Roosevelt tours through Georgia amid tornado relief talks.
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Chicago
Midwest
Senator Borah
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Alf M. Landon
Minnesota
London
St. Paul
Landon
Borah
Wisconsin
Knox
Ilinota
State Central Committee
New Hampshire
Une
Concord
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Warm Springs
Haveing
Trenois
Peoria
Remains of Ill-fated Plane to Be Burned
Four Department of Commerce representatives attended an open hearing on the crash of the luxury airliner Sun Racer. Fire crews prepared a large bonfire on Chestnut Ridge to burn the wreckage and the remaining debris. Only three people survived the incident that claimed eleven lives.
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Uniontown
Chestnut Ridge
Department of Commerce
19-Pound Stillborn Child Born to Mrs Grant
In Youngstown at New Middletown a 19-pound stillborn daughter was born to Mrs H R Grant a 42 year old Negro. Physicians said they measured the infant for medical journals. Mrs Grant weighs over 200 pounds and is recovering after the delivery at theChante home due to the doctor arriving too late to move her to a hospital.
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Youngstown
H. R. Grant
New Middletown
Grant
Electric shock kills engineer in condenser experiment
Harry E. Lawrence aged 34 of Fiyria was electrocuted during a condenser experiment at NBC. He was a television engineer for the National Broadcasting Company and died Wednesday from the incident.
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New York
Harry E. Lawrence
Fiyria
National Broadcasting Company
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