Carnegie Nephew Vanishes in Air Over Long Island
Police investigate three theories after Andrew Carnegie Whitfield aged 23, missing nephew of the late Andrew Carnegie, left Roosevelt Field Friday noon in an airplane supposedly to commit suicide. He checked into a Garden City hotel under an assumed name and told his wife he would carry out his plan. Authorities consider disappearance, possible crash, or voluntary hiding as factors while wife's grief hampers questioning.
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New York
U.P
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield
Andrew Carnegie
Ocean
Long Island
Connecticut
Garden City
L. L
Whitfield
Measure Will Increase CCC Ranks by Fortiethousand
Washington officials said a 51.5 million dollar appropriation pending presidential approval will allow the Civilian Conservation Corps to raise enrollment by 40 000 after July 1 and provide work for 500 000 youths in the 1939 fiscal year. The move would push CCC expenditures past 2 billion since 1933 and keep 300 camps open pending more funds. The CCC expects to run the full year through July 1 1939 with about 1 500 camps and roughly 311 000 enrollees.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Congress
Urge Extension IOr TVA Probe Presses Nebraska Link
Senator H Styles Bridges urges expanding the TVA inquiry to cover Nebraska public power developments home to Senator Norris. He expects support from Senator James J Davis as the joint committee plans hearings through the summer after receiving thousands of letters alleging misconduct and unethical negotiations in private utility takovers.
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Washington
H. Styles Bridges
N. H
Tennessee Valley Authority
Nebraska
George W. Norris
TVA
James J. Davis
Joint Congressional Committee
Goodrich May Abandon Akron for Cheaper Site
At the shareholders meeting S B Robertson said Goodrich Co may shift production from Akron to lower wage centers. He admitted some loss from leaving Akron but said the company could absorb it and still gain financially.
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New York
U.P
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
S. B. Robertson
Robertson
Boy John Oden Dahl Dies After Auto Fall
Four year old John Oden Dahl died in a Newark hospital after a fall from a car his parents were riding home in. The child suffered injuries when the vehicle likely crashed as it moved. Authorities reported the incident occurred Tuesday night and are investigating the accident.
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Newark
U.P
John Odendahl
More Housing Loans Ready
The U S Housing Authority, which has loaned 16836000 of its 500000000 fund, is set to expand its program. Administrator Nathan Straus will meet Senate leaders Barkley and Wagner to push large loans for slum clearance and low rent housing. Wagner helped author the Wagner Steagall Act creating the authority in 1937. To date loans have gone to five cities: Austin Texas Charleston South Carolina New Orleans Louisiana Syracuse New York and Youngstown Ohio.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Housing Authority
Nathan Straus
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Wagner
Wagner-Steagall
Austin
Tex
Charleston
S. C
New Orleans
Syracuse
Youngstown
Der Fuehrer 49 Today Parade With 10000 Troops
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler celebrating his 49th birthday with a grand salute including a parade of about 10 000 troops from all branches of the German army. The event marks Hitler’s celebration amid Austria’s absorption into the Reich and defiance of the Versailles Treaty.
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der Fuehrer
Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Hitler
Labor leader Green predicts end to AFL CIO conflict
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said in a radio broadcast that peace will come to labor's civil war with the CIO. He attacked CIO Chairman John L. Lewis as an alleged leader and urged unity among four million AFL members and CIO workers.
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Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
British Empire
AFOL
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
John L. Lewis
Green
Advertising Is Recovery Aid Promoted by Agencies Leader
Gilbert Kenney vice president of J Walter Thompson Co. was elected chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. He said advertising promotes new markets and growth, establishing high living standards and boosting business activity. His unanimous election was noted.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Gilbert Kenney
J. Walter Thompson Co
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Southern Ohio Land Spending Is Approved
The Agriculture Department authorized 39864 dollars for purchasing sub marginal lands in four Ohio counties. Unfit areas will become forests parks and wildlife refuges. The program includes 1864 dollars for the Zaleski project in Vinton County and 14000 dollars for the Ross Hocking project in Ross Hocking and Vinton Counties.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Vinton County
Ross
Hocking
Vinton
Submarine Seen Off Calayan Island in Philippine Waters
An American resident on Calayan Island reported sighting an unidentified submarine loitering off shore between Luzon and Formosa. He gave no name, and a prior month report had led to a search by a customs cutter that found nothing.
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Manila
P. I
U.rp
Calayan Island
Luzon
Formosa
Soul money exempt from Ohio inheritance taxes says judge
Judge Luther Van Rade in Norwalk probate court rules money bequeathed to hold masses for souls of the dead is not subject to Ohio inheritance taxes. The finding was filed in probate court records today.
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Norwalk
U.P
Ohio
Luther van Rade
College Iron Diamonds Pass Federal Inspection
Lewellyn Lloyd of McPherson College told the American Chemical Society that synthetic diamonds produced in the college labs were declared pure transparent diamonds of first quality by the Bureau of Standards. Over nine years the college produced more than 50 diamonds ranging from one millimeter to one thirtieth of a carat using molten iron and Arabic carbon.
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Dallas
Tex
American Chemical Society
Kansas
Lewellyn Lloyd
McPherson College
McPherson
Kans
Pherson College
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Lloyd
College
U.S. Mediation Sought in Columbus Street Car Strike
Federal mediators will meet again with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co officials and the street car union to end a four day city transportation strike. after four hours of secret talks the parties recessed without agreement. Judge John L. Conner and Hugh Friel of the Labor Department said the company would halt operations during mediation.
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Columbus
U.P
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Street Car Men’s Union
Ben W. Marr
John L. Conner
Hugh Friel
U. S. Labor Department
Knox To Propose Relief Solution on Air Friday
Chicago publisher Col. Frank Knox Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936 will discuss a plan to fund unemployment relief without new taxes or extra debt on a nationwide NBC broadcast from Wichita Kansas. The program begins at 9 30 p m CST Friday.
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Knox
Chicago
National Broadcasting Company
Col
Frank Knox
Wichita
Kan
Nationalists Begin Final Drive on Tortosa Front
Nationalists reinforced by strong arrivals have begun what they call the final assault on Tortosa, a linchpin of the Ebro front. Their eastern sea coast front is estimated at about 38 miles long.
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Hendaye
Tortosa
Ebro
Aragon Radio
Labor Leader Endorses Sawyer for Governor Nomination
George M. Harrison national railroad labor leader and chairman of the Railway Labor Executive Association endorsed Charles A. Sawyer for the Democratic nomination for governor. Harrison also serves as grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, an AFL affiliate.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Charles A. Sawyer
George M. Harrison
National Railroad Labor
The
Railway Labor Executive Association
Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
American Federation of Labor
State Superintendent Merlin Brenneman Dies in Columbus
Columbus reports state education chief Merlin Brenneman died of heart disease. Brenneman, head of the state budget since 1923, passed away at age unspecified, ending a long tenure as superintendent.
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Columbus
U.P
Merlin Brenneman
Bbudget
Will Arraign Five on Conn Killing Counts
Prosecuting Attorney Frederick Orum announced plans to arraign five individuals Bernard Masullo Peter Serino Booker Johnston Charles Ford and Bernice Bradley after Harrison County Grand Jury indicted them in connection with the slaying of State Highway Patrolman George Conn near Freeport last September 28. extradition delays may affect timing.
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CADIZ
U.P
Frederick Orum
Harrison County Grand Jury
Higgway
George Conn
Bernard Masullo
Peter Serino
Booker Johnston
Charles Ford
Bernice Bradley
Orum
Pennsylvania
Conn
Freeport
Federal Board Seeks 1936 Soft Coal Cost Data
The National Bituminous Coal Commission ordered district producers to file by April 30 the weighted average cost of soft coal produced in 1936, adjusted for wage changes and hours since January 1, 1936. Data will aid efforts to reestablish minimum soft coal prices.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Commission
Harry Skinner Penitent to Reside in Gallipolis
Harry Skinner, 28, of Nelsonville, who reportedly died by his own action in Athens, showed penitence at his brother Elmer Skinner’s home in Gallipolis. His brother and sister-in-law said they will help him find work and stay there until his nervous condition improves.
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Harry Skinner Penitent
Gallipolis
East Bridge
Athens
Harry Skinner
Nelsonville
Elmer Skinner
Fourth Ave
Auditor seeks $50,000 for sales tax chiseling probe
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson asked the State Emergency board for 50 000 to finance a state wide investigation into sales tax chiseling. He says the state has lost over 1 000 000 due to fake and forged reports filed with the tax commission and outlined plans for a comprehensive audit of the sales tax machinery.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
State Emergency Board
State Tax Commission
Ferguson
Quake Wrecks Villages in Central Anatolia
An earthquake in Central Anatolia killed or left missing over 250 people and destroyed 16 villages near Ankara. Local officials and emergency crews raced to assess damage and search for survivors amid wrecked homes and rural disruption.
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Ankara
Turkey
U.R
Anatolia
UAW Truce Holds Amid New Strike Threats in Michigan
President Homer Martin of the UAW ordered a truce to end production halts at Fisher Body Plant No 1 and Buick, after a dues drive prompted GM to close the Fisher plant. But about 200 UAW workers walked out at Plymouth Chrysler, and across Michigan nine thousand workers joined strikes at firms including Bohn Aluminum Detroit plants, Michigan Steel Casting, Detroit Moulding, and Michigan Smelting companies.
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Flint, Mich
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Flint
Fisher
Buick
Martin
General Motors
Michigan
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
UAW
Bohn Aluminum Company
Michigan Steel Casting
Detroit Moulding
Michigan Smelting Companies
Church seeks action on mailing abuse in HOLC case
Rep. Ralph Church demands prosecution of Horace Russell former HOLC general counsel after resignation over alleged solicitation of business at government expense. He claims Russell franked over a million letters praising O. B. Taylor and condemns the conduct as scandalous and using government for private gain.
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Washington
A.P
Ralph Church
Ill
Attorney General's Office
Post Office Department
Horace Russell
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Church
Russell
O. B. Taylor
HOLC
Willow Point Farm records 22nd calf for 24-year-old cow Old Grey
The Willow Point Farm near Urbana reports Old Grey a 24 year old Holstein has just given birth to her 22nd calf. She has averaged 50 pounds of milk daily recently. The farm notes the milestone calf birth at its dairy operation south of Urbana.
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Urbana
Willow Point Farm
Here
Levine Admits Break in Case of Missing Son
Murray Levine offered a 25000 reward for information to recover his 12 year old son Peter and 5000 for information leading to the recovery of the body. Seven arrested in hoax schemes with F B I agents revealing Maltese and Parisi among the suspects. Maltese tried to extort 30000 in Levine’s office promising Peter’s safe return.
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New York
Murray Levine
Peter
Levine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frank Joseph Maltese
Pasquale Parisi
Maltese
Harrison
N. Y
Authorities Break Up Plane Smuggling Ring
Federal authorities in Los Angeles say they broke up an organization smuggling fast American planes out of the country to be outfitted as bombers for Loyalist forces in Spain. A protestant agent Fritz Bieler is indicted here but is in Mexico City charged with violating the neutrality act by shipping four planes to Mexico for delivery to Spain.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Spain
Fritz Bieler
Mexico City
Mexico
British film ties at stake as projection strike looms
A potential tie-up in Great Britain's film industry was threatened as projection operators prepared for a strike over wages and working conditions, awaiting the outcome of labor action.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Perfected Sink and Float Process to Clean Coal
DuPont engineers announce a commercial sink-and-float method using heavy liquids to separate coal from slate, claiming a 10 percent efficiency gain and cleaner product. Tests at Weston Colliery show reclaiming one ton of hard coal per four tons of refuse, already moved from lab to commercial scale.
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Shenandoah
U.P
Chemical
E. L DuPont
Willinm Bayard Foulke
du Pont
Minerals Separation Division
Foes Press to Curb FDs Power in Relief Funding Debate
Washington hearings opened as Harry Hopkins urged a 1.25 billion dollar relief fund part of a 4.5 billion dollar recovery push. Republicans and anti New Deal forces seek to limit spending while Senate leaders discuss tax revisions and relief policy amid unemployment concerns and farm aid bills.
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Washington
Harry Hopekins
House
Hopkins
WPA
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Senate
Clifton Woodrum
Postpone Deportation of Communist Leader
Washington reports indicate a year or longer delay in deporting Harry Bridges, famed West Coast maritime leader, as the labor department awaits a Supreme Court ruling on whether communist party membership justifies deportation.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
Labor Department
Supreme Court
Portsmou th boy drowns in river while minnows sought
Richard Donley age fourteen son of Mrs Mary Donley drowned while wading in the Sejoto River in search for minnows late Tuesday.
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Portsmouth
O.R
Richard Donley
Mary Donley
Sejoto
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