Relief Bill Passes Senate and Heads to House
The Senate approved a $250 million deficiency relief appropriation bill with a Schwellenbach amendment loosening Woodrum limits and allowing immediate fund use. The measure advances to the House where rapid action is expected. Bailey's local cost share and Wagner labor provisions were rejected.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
House
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Wash
Woodrum
Bailey
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
WPA
Austria Awaits Schuschnigg Speech on Nazi State
Austria awaits Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg's speech expected to outline the future of Nazism in Austria and the corporative state after Hitler's Reichstag address. Political leaders call for truces as rival demonstrations loom and tensions rise over the weekend.
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Vienna
A.P
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Hitler
Fatherland Front
Nargis
Schuaschnigg
Trace Fur Scarf Found Near Sammett's Body
Investigators traced ownership of a fur scarf found near the abandoned residence where the body of Dr. Max B. Sammett was hidden after his slayers. Police theorize robbers may have used a woman companion, suggesting the scarf could have torn from her coat in a struggle.
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Chicago
U.P
Max B. Sammett
Sammett
Borough to Trade Auto Tags for Food in Gibbsboro
Gibbsboro New Jersey officials announce a council order requiring car owners to surrender license tags in exchange for food orders. The measure aims to direct scarce supplies to residents in need and is expected to affect a broad segment of the community.
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Gibbsboro
N. J
U.P
Repulse Rebel Attacks Near Hendaye Frontier
Reports from the Te rue front today said rebel attacks near Castralva were repulsed. The Franco Spanish frontier region saw ongoing clashes as forces defended the border area.
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Hendaye
Terue
Castralva
Lottery Indictment Targets Pastor Cox and Promoters
Federal agents move to arrest 11 listed individuals along with Rev. James R. Cox and two promoters in a nationwide $25 000 Garden Stakes contest linked to an alleged lottery. Prizes were to honor naming for the monastery garden of old St Patrick's Church.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
James R. Cox
Father Cox
B. J. Clifford
Cleveland
Thomas A. Harkins
Pasadena
Cal
Nelson McVicar
Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Harry F. Walker
Hollywood
Harkins
Silver Shirts Injunction Petition Dismissed
Justice Bailey dismissed an injunction suit by the Silver Shirts against the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee. The case sought to bar the committee from subpoenaing records of the Ohio organization and Spencer J. Warwick, their state chief ranger.
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Washington
Jennings Bailey
Silver Shirts
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
The
Senate
Ohio
Spencer J. Warwick
Political realignments strain Roosevelt era front in 1940 bids
Washington reports a split Democratic New Deal front as leaders seek early advantages for 1940 and 1938 contests. McNutt denies candidacy while Chandler opposes Barkley. Lewis backs Kennedy for Pennsylvania governor. Jackson touted for New York governor with Lehman possibly seeking a fourth term.
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Washington
U.P
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Indiana
McNutt
Sherman Minton
Ind
White House
Senate Graft Committee Defies Subpenas in Ohio Probe
Ohio Senate graft committee defies subpoenas to appear in East Cleveland Municipal Court as Lee Bradley, 57, arraigned on perjury and linked to Martin L. Davey’s 1934 gubernatorial campaign. Senator Verner E. Metcalf vows to face jail to protect unfinished inquiry.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Ohio
Subpenas
East Cleveland
Lee Bradley
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Judge grants continuance in Davey perjury case
In East Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Stanton Addams granted a Saturday morning continuance in the perjury case against Lee Bradley a Cleveland salesman who testified to a Senate committee that he acted as a political contact man for Gov. Martin L. Davey The motion followed protests by Bradley's attorneys and is tied to the Ohio political dispute.
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Cleveland
ULP
Davey
Lee Bradley
Ohio Senate
Martin L. Davey
Stanton Addams
East Cleveland Municipal Court
Committee ends work as Legislature adjourns next Monday
Committee members questioned whether a court could subpoena a Senate committee while in session. They also shifted to investigating charges that highway department officials padded estimates. Harry A. Sparks, 60, a highway department bituminous engineer since 1929, testified that state estimates on hot mix road materials were unwarrantedly high, saying the state overpaid about double the price in the last two years.
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Suboena
Senate
Bradley
State Highway Department
Harry A. Sparks
Highway Department
Union Renews Steel Contract
Pittsburgh 4U A Union renews its contract with Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp the nation s fourth largest producer and plans negotiations with other steel firms before next Monday. The indefinite continuation of the exclusive bargaining pact is part of a CI O policy. Negotiations with Wheeling Steel Corp follow Friday.
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Pittsburgh
4U P
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Committee For Industrial Organization Union
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Hoover Receives Degree From French University
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived in Lille France from Brussels to accept an honorary degree from the University of Lille in appreciation of his relief work in northern France.
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Lille
France
Herbert Hoover
Brussels
University of Lille
Little Businessmen Press for RFC Loan Help and Tax Relief
Washington reports more than 4500 letters from small business owners to the White House and Commerce Department in three weeks urging long term capital loans and tax relief. Officials say the government will not abandon small businesses and note RFC lending has resumed. Critics say RFC collateral rules are too rigid for average secondary enterprises.
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Washington
White House
Commerce Department
Commerce
Little Business
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Little Businessmen
RFC
Pennsylvania Labor Vote Split by AFL Action
The American Federation of Labor revoked the charter of the Pennsylvania State Federation to block John L. Lewis in state politics. AFL President William Green said 400000 loyal members cannot be delivered by self constituted leaders seeking political power. The move aims to derail Lewis plans to back Thomas Kennedy for governor, backed by the miners and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
A. F. of L
Federation
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Miners’ Union
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Czechs Secure French Aid Assurance
A source near Czechoslovak diplomatic circles said Prague has received strong assurances of French military and air aid in case of aggression. The pledge aligns with Paris’s guarantees and, after talks with Britain and France, has full British approval and complete Prague satisfaction.
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London
HUP
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Prague
Lawrence Fraud Case To Be Heard at Ironton
COLUMBUS. Common Pleas Judge Fred H. Wolf of Fulton County was named to hear preliminary matters in the Lawrence County vote fraud cases at Ironton this Friday. The first trial ended in a hung jury. Defendants include County Auditor Pearl Pratt Elizabeth Griffith former relief director William Dickens and Wade Webb. All are Republicans.
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Columbus
U.P
Common Pleas
Fred H. Wolf
Fulton County
Carl V. Weygandt
State Supreme Court
Lawrence County
Ironton
Pearl Pratt
Elizabeth Griffith
William Dickens
Wade Webb
Woman 100 Dies in Fairfield County
Lancaster reports Mrs. Leah Born died at 100 after celebrating her birthday on Feb. 7. She outlived three husbands and five of her eight children and will be buried near the small cabin where she lived for 65 years.
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Lancaster
U.P
Leah Born
Fairfield County
Fire destroys Hurd Building in Greenfield
A fire destroyed the Hurd Building in Greenfield injuring one firefighter. The historic structure was reported among the oldest in the city with damage estimated at $100,000.
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Greenfield
U.P
Hurd
Knox County Jail Quarantined After Scarlet Fever Illness
The Knox County jail residence was quarantined as Sheriff Clyde FE Biggs and his daughter Virginia fell ill with scarlet fever.
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MT. Vernon
U.P
Knox County
Clyde FE. Biggs
Virginia
Plane Makers To Testify In Naval Hearing
The House Naval Affairs Committee eyed extending hearings on Roosevelt era Navy expansion to question civil technicians about battleships vs airplanes. Rep. Ralph E. Church sought Glenn L. Martin of Baltimore to testify, with other manufacturers possible if Martin appears. Rear Admiral Dubose testified that defending the Atlantic could cost about 3.2 billion dollars for 166 combat ships plus 400 million for 53 auxiliaries.
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Washington
U.P
House Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Ralph E. Church
Ill
Glenn IL. Martin
Baltimore
Martin
Church
William G. Dubose
Naval Construction
U S Officials Review Hungary Debt Settlement Offer
Washington officials studied Hungary's proposal to repay its debt in full but feared political fallout if accepted and the potential debt situation if rejected. Private views suggested acceptance could embarrass the United States in relations with other heavily indebted nations. Hungary proposes repaying the original loan in yearly installments over 30 years.
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Washington
U.P
Hungary
John Pelenyi
Columbus Man Killed in South TAMPA
Frank Ball of Ruskin Florida was held for questioning in the death of Ray Dick a 54 year old Columbus Ohio man killed after being struck by a truck and knocked into the Manatee River. Mrs Dick was seriously injured and Mrs Catherine Hahn a Mansfield Ohio sister of Mrs Dick witnessed the accident. Ball was arrested after investigators found shreds of clothing on a broken headlight of Ball s truck.
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Tampa
Fla
U.P
Frank Ball
Ruskin
Ray Dick
Columbus
Manatee
Ball
Catherine Hahn
Mansfield
FBI Seeks Duvall for Robbery and Murder
The FBI issued a wanted notice for Raymond Duvall in connection with the robbery of the First National Bank of South Charleston in Charleston West Virginia. Duvall is also wanted in Indianapolis for the murder of industrialist Clayton Potts. Leonard C. Jackson was captured in Baltimore in connection with the same bank robbery.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Raymond Duvall
First National Bank of
South Charleston
Charleston
W. Va
Leonard C. Jackson
Baltimore
Duvall
Indianapolis
Clayton Potts
Girl Dies of Burns After Oil Fire Explosion
Margaret Arlene Burton 16 a Goshen Township High School junior died from burns suffered when the oil she used to start a fire exploded.
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Burns
Salem
Margaret Arlene Burton
Goshen Township
Van Destroyed by Bomb in Ohio Driveway
A moving van belonging to James Sedlacek a 30 year old trucker was destroyed by a bomb Wednesday night while parked in his Cleveland driveway. Police investigated the blast and a damage estimate was not immediately available. No injuries were reported.
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Cleveland
U.P
James Sedlacek
Japs Relax After Rumored Raid Fails To Materialize
Tokyo residents watched the skies as air alarms sounded in the southwest amid reports of Chinese planes. Twelve ships were sighted near the Chinese coast and ten near Formosa, triggering fears of an attack on Nagasaki and Kyushu. By night no aircraft were seen and alarms eased.
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Tokyo
Japan
mid-China
East China Sea
Formosa
Nagasaki
Kyushu
Pershing Out of Danger
Tucson reports Pershing's doctors say his heart ailment stems from strenuous public duties in retirement and that his condition is essentially unchanged with no danger unless a sudden event occurs. General Pershing, WWI commander, remains seriously ill but stable.
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Tucson
Ariz
U.P
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Pershing
Four Face Arraignment After U S Nazi Meeting
Four persons, including a youth, were arraigned in felony court after disorders at a mass Volksbund meeting in Chicago. G W Kunze addressed about 1,000 people at Germania Hall, where the incident occurred following a Nazi flag salute dispute.
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Chicago
U.P
Volksbund
Germania Hall
G. W. Kunze
Eleanore Whitney Faces Paternity Suit in Hollywood
Actress Eleanore Whitney traveling from Chicago to Hollywood to answer her father’s suit seeking support. She said she has danced since age ten to earn a living and is now twenty, aiming to defend her independence.
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Eleanore Whitney
Hollywood
U.P
Chicago
Woman lost in blizzard near Minden remains unfound
In Nevada, three search parties failed to locate 21 year old Marion Gilbert who vanished during a February blizzard near the Pine Nut Mountains. Sheriff Park suspects she died in the storm. Gilbert had co operated with Carl Ramser on Detroit mining properties near Centerville and left from her cabin to the Premier Mine four miles away.
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Minden
Nev
U.P
Pine Nut
Marion Gilbert
Centerville
W. D. Park
Coal Commission Revokes Soft Coal Pricing Rules
The National Bituminous Coal Commission revoked all price fixing orders and marketing rules for soft coal amid court challenges to legality. The order takes effect at midnight Friday as the agency plans to reestablish prices over about four months, facing injunctions and legal scrutiny.
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Washington
U.P
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Guffey-Vinson
Commission
Percy Tetlow
United States
Indiana Gas and Chemical Corporation of
Terre Haute
Ind
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Coal Commission
Girl Freed in Father's Death
JERSEY CITY N J UP A thanksgiving service will be held at All Souls Lutheran Church tonight for Dorothy Schaefer a 17 year old choir singer freed on parole six weeks after she killed her father with a butcher knife Judge Robert V Kinkead suspended sentence for manslaughter noting the court must have the courage of its convictions Miss Schaefer said she grabbed the knife to frighten her father when he came home intoxicated and threatening her mother and her nine year old sister
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Jersey City
N. J
All Souls Lutheran Church
Dorothy Schaefer
Robert V. Kinkead
Miss Schaefer
Five Sentenced for Conspiracy in WPA Fraud
Five Ross County men were sentenced by Federal Judge Mell G Underwood in Columbus to fines and jail terms ranging from 30 days and $100 to four months and $200. They were convicted of conspiring to defraud the government by altering WPA workers from laborers to truck owner drivers and splitting the extra wages.
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Columbus
Ross County
Mell G. Underwood
WPA
Woman Bites Policeman After Weight-Cut Advice in NYC
Mrs. Jennie Latino, 23, resisted Bellevue Hospital orders for weight loss treatment in New York. Police were called. she bit the officer’s thumb as staff sought to admit her for further clinic work. She entered at 346 pounds and left after seven weeks at 310.
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New York
U.P
Jennie Latino
Bellevue Hospital
Appeals court weighs Muskingum Conservancy tax bonds appeal
The Fifth District Court of Appeals considered the Muskingum Conservancy District appeal from a common pleas court injunction blocking $1.5 million in 10 year general property tax bonds.
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MT. Vernon
Fifth District Court of Appeals
Muskingum Conservancy District
Common Pleas Court
Hold Two Lin Shooting Columbus
Detectives questioned two men in Columbus in connection with a $3,000 holdup and the wounding of Frank Sharshal a 57 year old cashier for a baking firm Sharshal was shot in the hand.
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Columbus
U.P
Frank Sharshal
Sharshal
Library to Name Children New York
The Brooklyn Public Library offered to help parents select names for their children. It has 560,000 names in its registration records and will assist in choosing suitable names.
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Library TO
NEW York
U.P
Brooklyn Public Library
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U.S
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