Baruch attacks government competition in recovery debate
Bernard Baruch, New York financier and adviser to Roosevelt, testifies to the Senate committee urging enforcement of antitrust laws and advocating freeing farm production and marketing from government control. He endorses subsidies tied to domestic farm consumption and criticizes the farm bill as bureaucratic. He also warns against regulating monopolies by direct government competition.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
Roosevelt
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Baruch
Robert H. Jackson
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Uch
Spy Plot Two Seized in New York By Federal Agents
Federal agents in New York arrested two men tied to a spy plot and seized documents and materials believed linked to espionage. The investigation continues as officials disclosed the arrests and ongoing inquiries.
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New York
Federal Relief Rolls Rise by 500000, WPA Announces
Washington officials said the Works Progress Administration authorized states to immediately boost relief rolls by 500,000 persons. Aubrey Williams, after a White House conference, projected total rolls at 2.5 million this month with a 15 to 25 percent state increase under Congress's added 250 million dollars. The current rolls approximate 2 million names, the highest in almost a year.
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Washington
Orks Progress Administration
Works Progress
Aubrey Williams
White House
Congress
Garbo and Stokowski Reported on Vacation at Ravello
The Amalfi cor respondent says Greta Garbo and Leopold Stokowski are vacationing at Ravello near Amalfi. Stokowski arrived February 20 and Garbo appeared five days later under the name Margaret Louise Gustafsson.
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Rome
Amalfi
Opolo di Roma
Greta Garbo
Leopold Stokowski
Ravello
Naples
Stokowski
Miss Garbo
Margaret Louise Gustaffson
Civil Service Board Probes Davey Petition Drive
Columbus Ohio. Carl W. Smith chairman of the State Civil Service Commission asked the attorney general to appoint special counsel to investigate reports that classified civil service employees were circulating petitions to draft Governor Martin L. Davey for a third term.
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Harry A. Sparks
Civil Service
Sparks
Shaw Transport Co
Liquor Department
Highway Department
Columbus
U.P
Carl W. Smith
State Civil Service Commission
Herbert S. Duffy
Martin L. Davey
Parents of Kidnaped Boy Seek Talks With Captors
New Rochelle New York attorney Murray Levine attempted to negotiate with the kidnappers holding his 12 year old son Peter for ransom. The matter was announced by Philip S. Tilden director of public safety on the eve of the Lindbergh case anniversary. Peter was last seen leaving school near the Levine home. A note demanding $60,000 was found at a vacant lot after a phone tip to Mrs Levine.
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N. Y
U.P
Murray Levine
Peter
Philip S. Tilden
Director of Public Safety of
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
New York City
Gwen
Levine
Reed Vetterli
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minnie
Helen
Alibi No Use To Speeder
Steve Szego 35 was ordered to spend one hour a month in Traffic Court for six months after speeding 62 mph while driving two passengers to the bedside of a dying relative in Cleveland. Judge Kovachy said the sentence punishes the act though intent was to help. The passengers were Mrs Kate Horvath and her daughter Lorain. The dying relative, Emory Yamber, 71, died before arrival.
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Cleveland
U.P
Steve Szego
Julius Kovachy
Szego
Kate Horvath
Lorain, O
State Senator Donovan In Good Condition After Hospital Visit
Columbus AUP State Senator Bernard Donovan of Toledo was taken to a hospital here Monday and today reported in pretty good condition. He suffered a stomach hemorrhage and works on the senate graft investigating committee.
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Columbus
U.P
House
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate
Martin L. Davey
House of Representatives
AUP
Bernard Donovan
Toledo
Outside Nazis Promise Aid of Air Force
Berlin reports that Hermann Goering, field marshal and air minister, announced the German air force will help fulfill Hitler s pledge to support ten million Germans beyond the Reich s frontiers. He called the air force a terrible instrument for enemies and said it underpins power and defense, praising its resolve and expected victory.
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U.R
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Hermann Goering
Germany
Goering
Hitler's Order Questioned on Bund Withdrawals
Washington reports say Hitler may have issued an order for all German residents in the United States to withdraw from the German American Bund. DoJ report on Bund activities awaited. State Department declined comment as circles note an eight month FBI inquiry into the Bund.
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U.S
Reichsuehrer
Adolf Hitler
United States
Bund
Department of Justice
State Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pershing's Uphill Battle Encourages Physicians
In Tucson, General John J. Pershing, aged 77, battles heart and kidney disease threatening death, but his doctors report a very good night with six and a half hours sleep and guarded optimism for recovery.
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Ariz
U.P
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Engineer Dies of Burns as Train Hits Gas Truck
Findlay dispatch reports engineer John L. Lewis age 72 of Columbus died in hospital after his passenger train struck a gasoline truck north of Carey. Fireman Walter J. Oatley of Columbus and driver Leo Mallory of Toledo survived initial burns with a full recovery expected. the collision sprayed fuel over the three coaches but the 20 passengers were unharmed after two and a half hours in the flame filled cars.
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Findlay
U.P
Findlay Hospital
Carey
John L. Lewis
Columbus
Dent
Chesapea
Ohio
Lewis
Strugiey
Walter J
Leo Mallory
Toledo
Lewis and Oatley
Republicans To canvass views of Little Man
Chicago U P reports the Republican committee on program near completion of a plan to rejuvenate the party. Guided by Dr. Glenn Frank the group will canvass the Little Man whose votes may decide a 1940 return. Regional experts will study labor industry and agriculture to inform regional reports. Grove Patterson criticizes Democrats for destroying their platform and business.
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U.P
Republican Committee
Glenn Frank
Grove H. Patterson
Toledo, O
Blade
Democratic Party
Seek Curb on FD's Spending
Congress moves to create a new office and a congressional investigative body to monitor presidential treasury expenditures. Senator Harry Byrd argues the plan centralizes power in the President, drawing opposition from Byrd and several other senators.
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U.P
Congress
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Senate
Executive Department
Harry F. Byrd
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Capones Evade Newsmen During Alcatraz Visit
In San Francisco the wife and brother of Al Capone were hidden today as they sought another visit to the imprisoned Chicago gangster at Alcatraz Island. Cab driver Ben Rather said they paid well after a wild ride through red lights and wrong way streets to dodge a carload of reporters, though he would not cart them again.
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San Francisco
al Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz Island
Ben
Cowboy
Five Hurt as Police Root Strikers With Gas
Five men were injured today during a 30 minute clash between police and deputy sheriffs and about 200 striking workers of the North Western Barbed Wire and Redmill Company in Sterling Illinois. Tear gas bombs were used after a contract expired ending a year of work by members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers affiliated with the CIO.
Detectives Seek Stolen Jewels Worth 90000
Detectives in Miami Beach seek to recover jewelry valued at 90000 dollars stolen from the home of Maj. Albert Warner, a motion picture executive.
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Miami Beach
Fla
U.P
Albert Warner
Labor Board Wins in Supreme Court Test
The National Labor Relations Board faces two tests of its authority as Supreme Court considers Santa Cruz Fruit Packing Company and a board appeal on reinstatement and re-employment after strikes. The court previously upheld the board's power to withdraw recognition from employee organizations found to be company dominated with Greyhound Lines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Santa Cruz Fruit Packing Company
Pennsylvania and
Pacific Greyhound Lines
Wife Beater Is Lashed By Baltimore Sheriff
In Baltimore City Jail Sheriff Joseph C. Deegan bound Clyde Miller, a convicted wife beater, to a black whipping post and delivered twenty blows with the cat of nine tails. Miller sagged and moaned as the last dozen blows landed, while his wife watched from outside the jail and was not admitted inside.
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Baltimore
U.P
Joseph C. Deegan
Clyde Miller
Baltimore City
Miller
J. A. Sayler
Chinese Rail Junction Bombed by Jap Planes
Japanese warplanes bombed Chengchow a key west central China railway junction to drive defenders from the city and clear a path toward Hankow, with intent to aid advancing Japanese forces.
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Shanghai
Chengchow
China
Hankow
State Building Fire Trap Sparks Probe Talk
A meeting of city and state officials was set to discuss plans to eliminate deplorable conditions in the Ohio Hartman Building in Columbus. Fire Chief Edward P. Welch called it a potential fire trap after a preliminary tour found overcrowding with 800 state employees, blocked fire escapes, limited automatic doors, heavy filing cabinets, and hallways jammed with desks and coat racks.
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Columbus
Ohio Hartman
Edward P. Welch
Princesses Tour New York Deny Seeking Bachelors
Princesses Myze jen Ruhie and Maxhide, sisters of King Zog I of Albania, toured New York announcing they are not seeking wealthy American bachelors. They said the trip is for friendly curiosity with no motive beyond sightseeing and royal dignity.
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New York
U.P
Myzejen
Ruhie and
Maxhide
Zog I
Albania
Insurgent Planes Bomb Valencia and Gandia Front
Insurgent air raids hit Valencia and surrounding areas with two attacks early today, inflicting heavy damage on Gandia, a town about 40 miles south along the Franco-Spanish frontier near the Pyrenees front.
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Hendaye
U.P
Valencia
Gandia
Committee To UK Navy Bill Meets After Hearings
Washington reports the House Naval Affairs Committee meets privately to report out President Roosevelt's billion dollar naval expansion bill after over a month of public hearings. Chairman Carl Vinson expects quick approval despite Rep. Ralph Church's demand for secret navy reports for scrutiny. The measure would build a vast U S navy nearly as large as Britain’s.
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Washington
U.P
House Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Carl Vinson
Ralph FE. Church
Ill
Navy
Vinson
United States
Great Britain
Plane crash kills Solon man on eve of 21st birthday
Lawrence A. Divoky of Cleveland, who would have turned 21 today, died Monday when a second-hand plane plunged from about 2,000 feet into a corn field near Solon, Ohio.
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Solon
U.P
Lawrence A. Divoky
Cleveland
Enraged Lover Kills Sweetheart and Self in Pact
In Waco Texas Ethel Davis aged 20 and her lover Richard Cory aged 23 died in a deliberate high speed crash on the Dallas Highway. Davis had just visited her sister in Temple after a quarrel and back home prior to the fatal drive. A justice of the peace noted murder and death by own action with evidence from the wreckage.
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Sweetheart
Waco
Tex
Ethel Davis
Dallas
Miss Davis
Richard Cory
Cory
Miss Allen Steward
Temple
Ohio Sells 2 Million Auto Tags With Northwest Territory Note
In Columbus deputies appointed by Frank West begin selling Ohio's 1938 automobile licenses. Over 2,000,000 tags with black characters on white display an inscription marking the Northwest Territory's 150th anniversary. Estimated revenue reaches $24 million, with 47 percent to counties, 24 percent to municipalities, 23 percent to the state, and 5 percent to various governmental divisions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank West
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Northwest Territory
Ohio Attorney General Attacks Prison System
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy denounced the pay role and penal system as a disgrace after directing a grand jury inquiry into prisons. Speaking before American Legion members, he criticized four man cells, poor medical care, and prison alcohol and narcotics sales, saying no U S system matches Ohio's.
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Celina
Herbert S. Duffy
American Legion
Duffy
United States
Ohio
Schuschnigg Builds Broad Anti Nazi Front in Austria
Vienna reports that Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg quietly negotiates with former foes to unite a militant anti Nazi front. Informants say tens of thousands of Socialists pledge to join anti Nazi organizations for service against any Nazi outbreak at home or any foreign attack on Austria.
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Kidnaper Prefers Death in Electric Chair
John Henry Seadlund, a confessed kidnapper and former greeting card manufacturer, urged lawyers to drop delays and accept a quick death in the electric chair. He pleaded guilty to the kidnapping of Charles S. Ross, with a jury trial scheduled for March 14 before Federal Judge John P. Barnes.
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Chicago
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
John P. Barnes
Woman dies from burns in Northampton stove fire
Mrs Minnie Wallace, 74, of Northampton, died today from burns suffered while building a fire in a cook stove. The injury occurred at her home as she tended the stove, and the case is under local report.
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Minnie Wallace
Northampton
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