Roosevelt spending program faces bitter opposition in Congress
Washington reports conservative Democrats and Republicans will challenge the New Deal spending push. Vice President Garner's absence from White House conferences signals possible intra party strife as Hatton W. Sumners warns the economy is headed for the rocks. The first step, a Finance Corp loan authority up to 1.5 billion, signals a risky recovery effort while Roosevelt seeks to unite Congress behind higher capital gains levies and retained corporate surplus tax as conferees near agreement.
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U.P
Congress
John N. Garner
White House
Hatton W. Sumners
Garner
Texas
House
Rocks
Roosevelt
Senate
Roosevelt Proposes 4512 Million New Deal Expansion
President Roosevelt asks Congress for a 4.512 billion lending and spending program to lift the economy. The plan aims to raise national income toward 80 billion and includes treasury expenditures and loans, RFC support, and tax and reform proposals.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve
Roosevelt
PWA
The
Works Progress Administration
Farm
Security Administration
National Youth Administration
D. Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt Warns Americas on Aggressor Nations
President Roosevelt told the Pan-American Union that the 21 American nations will keep peace in the Western Hemisphere. He stressed the good neighbor policy and argued that law and justice can replace force, even if sacrifices and lives are required to defend independence and democracy.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
Americas
Western Hemisphere
The
Pan-American Union
American
Young Holdup Witness Dies in Own Action
Norma De Marco a 22 year old Greenwich Village club shooting witness fell from a 12th floor apartment window. Police call the death suicide and say no immediate link to the Howdy Club holdup where a policeman and three bandits were wounded.
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New York
AUP
Norma de Marco
Greenwich Village
Two Heads That Drive As One on Jury
A handsome matron and her husband served on a New York jury the other day. The man sat upright and stern while the wife leaned back in the chair behind him. The jury reported disagreement with estimates of ten to two, a lighthearted jab at back-seat driving amid a car ad.
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New York
Japan May Go To South China War Warning
Foreign military experts believed Japan would attempt an immediate invasion of South China to divert attention from losses on the North Central front. Concentrations of Japanese naval and air forces were noted off Amoy and Foochow between Shanghai and Hong Kong. General Chiang Kai-shek reportedly ordered a strengthening of South China forces and dispatched planes to meet air raids for the second time since the war began.
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Shanghai
U.P
Japan
South China
Amoy
Foochow
Fukien
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-Shek
McAdoo Seeks Roosevelt Pardon for Townsend
Senator William G. McAdoo urged President Roosevelt to grant a pardon to Dr. Francis E Townsend the longtime advocate of old age pensions. Townsend is jailed for contempt of the House and his 30 day sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
U.P
William G. McAdoo
Calif
Roosevelt
Francis E. Townsend
Supreme Court
ICC Refuses Eastern Passenger Fare Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied eastern railroads a passenger fare rise from two to two and a half cents per mile. Railroads expected about 40 million dollars extra revenue, while freight rate increases totaling 270 million dollars had already been approved.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Railroads
ICC
Jackie Coogan Offered Film Contract After Court Battle
Hollywood news says Jackie Coogan, facing a dispute with his mother and stepfather over earnings from child acting, received a film contract offer from Universal to relaunch his career. Coogan plans to go to court to detail his boyhood earnings at $4,000 weekly and seeks $4,000,000 he claims belongs to him.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Universal
Coogan
Mexico Refuses Return of British Oil Properties
Mexico City rejected returning oil properties to former owners and dismissed Britain's claim that the expropriation was a political denial of justice.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Great Britain
Cleveland Boy Drowns After Raft Capsizes in Lake Erie
John Novak, 13, drowned when a raft he was playing on capsized in Lake Erie on Wednesday. Rescue crews recovered the body later, and authorities investigated the accident.
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Cleveland
John Novak
Lake Erie
Penitent Brothers Plan Good Friday Self Torture Ritual
In Taos New Mexico the Penitent Brothers, a secret sect for three centuries, gather for Good Friday ceremonies. Members begin with chapter meetings at dusk and perform self punishment with yucca whips, then symbolize crucifixion with a cross carried by one member chosen by lot, who endures the heaviest suffering.
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Taos, N. M
U.P
Penitent Brothers
Christ
Lot
Financiers warn against further priming to avoid debt drag
Edgewater Park Miss. The American Bankers Association executive council warns that large scale Federal pump-priming could impair money value unless accompanied by full restoration of business confidence. The report argues federal spending needs cooperative ties with private enterprise to restore profits prospects. Leonard P. Ayres headed the policy commission that drafted the report.
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Edgewater Park
Miss
American Bankers Association
Council
Association
Economic Policy Commission
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Co
Cleveland
CIO call for constitutional convention deepens labor split
Washington dispatch reports CIO leaders vote to form a permanent rival to the AFL as John L. Lewis declares the move aims at a permanent organization. The September convention could sever CIO ties to the AFL, with doubts over potential peace and a threat from David Dubinsky of bolting the CIO.
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Washington
U.P
Hope
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Lewis
John Brophy
Federation
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Invitation Accepted Judge Weygandt Invites Women
Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt told Ohio Federation of Club Women that a jurist must weigh words carefully when addressing a woman. He casually invited delegates to a Supreme Court session, and the packed courtroom showed the impact of the invitation.
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Columbus
U.P
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Weygandt
Ohio Federation of Club Women
Supreme Court
Britons Favor Italian Pact
London reports that Britain and Italy expect to initial a broad friendship agreement on Saturday viewed as a key step toward European appeasement. Plans may lead to a French Italian accord and could boost democratic diplomacy, with talk of Britain negotiating with Germany in months ahead.
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London
Great
Nationalists Capture San Mateo and La Jana Frontline Victory
The Nationalist provisional government reports cavalry and tank forces have captured San Mateo and La Jana, 11 miles from the Mediterranean. The advance, aided by Italian, German, and Moorish support, marks the seventh anniversary of the Spanish Republic as Nationalists push toward a decisive death thrust against Republican forces.
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Hendaye
San Mateo
la Jana
Mediterranean Sea
Pa. Woman Dies on B&O Train Between Athens and Parkersburg
Mrs. William Kent 77 of Wyncote Pa died of heart ailment on a Baltimore and Ohio train between Athens Ohio and Parkersburg Wednesday night.
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Athens
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Kent
Wyncote
Baltimore & Ohio
Saunders Milling Co. complex hit by 350000 fire in Toledo
Fire destroyed three Saunders Milling Co. buildings in Toledo causing an estimated loss of 350000. Fire officials investigated the blaze as crews battled hot spots and secured the area.
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Toledo
U.P
Saunders Milling Co
Banker and Civic Leader Aaron Will Dies in McArthur
Aaron Will Jr aged 66 longtime McArthur banker and civic leader died after a ten week illness. Funeral at home Saturday 11 AM with Rev. Thomas Donaldson officiating. Interment Elk Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary N Will two daughters Mary Pilcher Jean Will son Robert B Will two sisters Miriam Will and Mrs H R Goodwin.
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Aaron Will, Jr
Thomas Donaldson
Elk Cemetery
Jacob S
Rebecca Davis Will
Will
Vinton National Bank
McArthur Brick Co
McArthur Light and Power Co
Rotary Club
Protestant Episcopal Church
Knights of Pythias
Mary N. Will
Mary Pilcher
Jean Will
Robert B. Will
Miriam Will
H. R. Goodwin
Columbus
Ruth
C. F. Will
Three Dead in Zanesville Crash Involving CCC Ambulance
The death of Dale W. Guise age 42 from Gettysburg Pa in a Zanesville hospital today is the third fatality from a Sunday traffic collision near here. His wife and Christ Guise age 60 of Arendtsville Pa were also killed. August Dubowski of Carrollton Ohio driver of a Civilian Conservation Corps ambulance involved has been charged with second degree manslaughter.
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Zanesville
Wilson Invites German American Collaboration
United States Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson urged Germany to pursue reciprocal trade concessions to expand commerce and ease economic tensions. His Berlin address framed collaboration as a path to greater stability and peace between the two nations.
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Wilson
Berlin
A.P
Germany
United States
Hugh R. Wilson
Northwest Territory anniversary ox-team caravan arrives
Zanesville marked a half holiday as the ox-team caravan rolled into town to honor the 150th anniversary of the Northwest Territory. The event drew residents and local observers for the commemorative procession through the city streets.
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Zanesville
U.P
Northwest Territory
Young Blood Nominated for NYSE Board Chairmanship
William McChesney Martin, 31, a St. Louis broker, leads a liberal sweep for the NYSE board. Nominations for the board under the new reform constitution include no members of the old guard who had long controlled market rulings.
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New York Stock Exchange
William McChesney Martin
St. Louis
To Start Flood Wall Surveys At Middleport
N F Dortch of the U S Engineers Office in Huntington met Middleport officials to establish a survey office for 30 federal engineers. Surveys will also cover Parkersburg and Pt Pleasant with Middleport as the logical headquarters. If built the flood wall would cost about 2 million dollars and extend from above the Pomeroy line to below the old brickyard.
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Middleport
N. F. Dortch
U. S. Engineers
Huntington
Corporation
Pomeroy
Hahn Counsel To Ask Clemency From Davey
Cincinnati poison slayer Anna Marie Hahn, 31, faces execution May 4 in the electric chair. Her attorneys plan to petition Governor Davey for clemency to life imprisonment, though no indication has been given that clemency will be granted.
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Columbus
U.P
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Davey
Mattress Restores $175 Savings Before Shredding
In Los Angeles neighbors retrieved Mrs Mary Toratino's mattress from renovation while she was ill at the hospital. She fainted upon hearing of the theft and revived to demand immediate recovery. The mattress was saved just before shredding with her $175 savings still inside.
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Barbara Jean Herpich
Chicago
Elmer Herpich
Los Angeles
U.P
Mary Toratino
Toratino
Defense Ministry Experts Act as Arbitrators to End Strikes
National defense ministry experts served as arbitrators to quickly settle strikes halting aircraft production under the armament program. The action aims to resume factory output and maintain defense readiness amid industrial disruption.
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Paris
4U.P
National Defense Ministry
Higher Taxes Necessary in Ohio Program
Cleveland report on an Ohio relief plan shows cities to raise 17 million dollars for relief with half funded by the state and half by local taxes. Governor Davey indicated a special legislative session will be called after next week's conference to decide on new taxes needed to fund the state share.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Harold H. Burton
Davey
Girls Back Strikers At Iowa High School
Center Point Iowa reporters recount how 32 boy sit-down strikers and 12 girl sympathizers joined the ongoing walkout at the village high school. The protest grew after the school board refused to grant a contract to principal and basketball coach Alfred Pierce for next year amid a 96 pupil enrollment.
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Center Point
Alfred Pierce
Doctor caught in privacy suit over operation film
Mrs. Olive Anthony sues for 75000 dollars claiming a doctor took motion pictures during her operation and violated her right to privacy. The suit was filed in Los Angeles, asserting invasion of privacy and damages.
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LOS Angeles
U.P
Olive Anthony
Stevenson Buys Logan Insurance Office From Tanty
Logan business notes announce the purchase of the P. J. Tanty insurance agency by Harry J. Stevenson. Tanty will continue as an agent and secretary Jane Tanty stays on. the office will move to the Stevenson location.
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Harry Stevenson
Logan Insurance
LOGAN
P. J. Tanty Insurance Agency
Harry J. Stevenson
Tanty
Jane Tanty
Stevenson
Stevenson Agency
Cleveland Police Hold Torso Killings Suspect
A 56 year old restaurant steward in downtown Cleveland was detained as a suspect in a string of 11 torso murders. Police tested attic floor bloodstains to confirm if they belong to humans. The suspect’s room featured eccentric furnishings with tapestries and Japanese lanterns.
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Cleveland
Youth identified as Arnold Dunn shot by merchant policeman
A youth named Arnold H. Dunn, 22, of Fraziers Bottom West Virginia was killed early today by a merchant policeman’s bullets as he fled the scene of a burglary at a grocery store.
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Columbus
U.P
Arnold H. Dunn
Fraziers Bottom
W. Va
Use of US Gold Fund for Relief Will Necessitate Borrowing Money
Fiscal officials said using the Treasury sterilized gold fund to finance a new relief recovery program would avoid borrowing and prevent increasing the public debt. They noted the April 11 debt stood at 37.56 billion dollars and that sterilization, begun December 23, 1936, tied to gold purchases and bank deposits.
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U.P
Treasury
The
United States
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