FHA predicts summer rise in housing construction nationwide
Officials of the Federal Housing Administration report a flood of loan applications under the new housing program. They forecast a general uptick in residential and apartment building this summer, with high activity in California and New York. Banks competitive for loan business have lowered discount rates below the 5 percent ceiling as demand grows.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Roosevelt
California
New York
Huge Liner Held Unsafe Sails Minus Passengers
The Cunard White Star liner Berengaria sailed with only officers and crew after Capt George Fried refused a passenger certificate due to two recent fires, keeping passengers off board while inspectors assess safety. Greta Garbo was mobbed by fans in Naples Italy while shopping on Martiri Square.
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New York
Berengaria
Europe
George Fried
U. S. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Naples
Italy
U.P
Greta Garbo
Martiri Square
Smoke Signals From Lost TWA Plane Spark Hope
Intermittent smoke seen in Calaveras County raised hope the missing Transcontinental and Western Airways airliner with nine aboard might have landed safely. Search planes led by TWA president Jack Frye and including Army and Navy aircraft scoured the snowbound Shaver Lake region as more snow threatened visibility.
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Fresno
Calif
U.P
Caliveras County
Transcontinental and Western Airways
West Point
Blue Mountain
Flat Basin
Shaver Lake
Jack Frye
TWA
Bureau of Air Commerce
United Air Lines
Frank Fuller
San Francisco
Sportsman
Speed Flier
Father Backs Mother-Killer At Coroner Verdict
Theodore Danielsen Jr., 16, sobbed as a coroner's jury ruled murder for stabbing his crippled mother while she baked a cherry pie. His father Theodore Sr. stood by and vowed to support the boy. An Assistant State's Attorney said the case would go before the grand jury on Monday on a first degree murder charge.
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Chicago
Theodore
Teddy) Danielsen, Jr
Theodore, Sr
Danielsen
Eddy
Morris Meyers
Murer
Hooded robber strikes gas stations in northwestern Ohio
A hooded bandit wearing a burlap sack over his head forced two Findlay gas station attendants to disrobe during a robbery Friday night and took $70. A customer entering the scene was made to remove his shoes. The thief had carried out numerous robberies in the area over the past six months.
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Findlay
U.P
Ohio
Youth Restored to Aged Through New Hormone
Johns Hopkins scientists reveal a new hormone that partially restores youth traits in 17 elderly men. Observed changes include bolder personalities, renewed facial hair, improved skin tone, deeper voices, and regained vigor, though the hormone is quickly consumed and requires regular administration.
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Baltimore
U.P
Johns Hopkins University
Samuel A. Vest
John Eager Howard
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Police Hunting Clue To Choir Girl Murder
GRAND RAPIDS Michigan authorities seek a motive and suspect in the death of Mina Dekker a 19 year old choir singer and stenographer found beaten in a downtown office stock room her past described as spotless by Police Chief Frank J O Malley with no clues to the slayer.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
U.P
Mina Dekker
Fifth Reformed Church
Frank J. O'Malley
Miss Dekker
Favor Warship Over Airplane
The House Naval Affairs Committee backed a 1.113 billion naval expansion bill and declared the dreadnought supreme in national defense, arguing aircraft do not surpass ships. Only three members opposed. the report by Chairman Carl Vinson of Georgia stresses maintaining aviation leadership despite the bill.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Carl Vinson
D. Ga
America
100 Killed in Spanish Insurgent Air Attack
A government note from Madrid reported that insurgent airmen bombed Alcaniz in Teruel Province, killing one hundred people and machine gunning the town. The attack occurred on the Franco-Spanish frontier as insurgent forces conducted bombing runs.
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Hendaye
Akron worker killed by falling brick and mortar
Franklin Clayton, a rubber company employee, was fatally injured Saturday when about half a ton of brick and mortar fell from the top of a down town building onto him. The accident occurred in Akron as rescue crews attended the scene.
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AKRON
Franklin Clayton
Rubber Company
Levine Kidnappers Fail to Prove Boy Alive
New Rochelle, N Y AP Murray Levine father of kidnapped Peter Levine said his ransom appeal produced no response and police doubted a Bronx lake rumor. He confirmed notes from abductor seeking $30 000 and said a willing intermediary failed to deliver the money.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
A.p.murray Levine
Peter Levine
Levine
New York
Bronz
Peter
George Reifenberger
Reifenberger
Bronx Lake
Electrocution Of Mrs Hahn Postponed In Ohio
In Columbus a Supreme Court appeal postponed the electrocution of Anna Marie Hahn convicted in the murder for profit of Jacob Wagner of Cincinnati. The 31 year old has awaited execution at the Ohio Penitentiary since December 1. Nine grounds of error were raised for a new trial and the appeal will be heard later this month with a decision likely three weeks after.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Anna Marie Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Cincinnati
Ohio Penitentiary
Cost of Hauling Cuts Pensions
Senator Metcalf urged the attorney general to dissolve Shaw Transport Co. which holds Ohio’s liquor trucking contract. He argued that old age pensions lose at least 300,000 dollars annually after federal matching funds, and would likely rise with a full audit of transport costs and profits.
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Columbus
U.P
Verner E. Metcalf
Herbert S.S. Duffy
Shaw Transport Co
Shaw Co
Davey
Metcalf
Lieutenant Governor Yoder In Fair Condition In Hospital
Lieutenant Governor Paul P. Yoder was reported in a fairly good condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton. He entered the hospital last Wednesday with stomach ulcers and a heart ailment after a period of critical condition yesterday.
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Dayton
AU P
Paul P. Yoder
Used Car Jam Opens Nationwide Auction Drive
The auto industry launches National Used Car Exchange Week with parades and civic celebrations as 46,000 dealers seek to move thousands of used cars from showrooms to buyers. The effort aims to relieve stalled new car sales tied to large second-hand car stocks. Alvan Macauley, head of the AMA, calls the campaign an outgrowth of talks with President Roosevelt.
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Detroit
Alvan Macauley
The
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Roosevelt
Two Coal Boards To Meet In Price Stabilizing Plan
Charleston W Va two district coal boards formed under the Guffey Act plan to meet next week to push price stability via marketing agencies after the NBCC suspended the minimum price schedule Appalachian Coals Inc calls its District No 7 board to meet at White Sulphur Springs Tuesday Smokeless Coals Inc marketing agent for low volatile districts meets in New York Wednesday The scheme rests on boards proposing rules for sale and distribution by code members Violators face a 19 percent tax and boards may require producer membership in a marketing agency exempt from anti trust laws
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Charleston
W. Va
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Appalachian Coals, Inc
White Sulphur Springs
Smokeless Coals, Inc
New York
NBCC
Widow for 60 Years Dies in Gallia County
GALLIPOLIS Staff Special Mrs Sarah Fisher 80 widow of Civil War veteran James Fisher who died nearly six decades ago passed away Friday at her home in Cheshire Township Funeral services set for Sunday at 1 pm at Little Eager Church led by Rev E C Vent burial in McCarty Cemetery Surviving are two sons Charles and Wesley Fisher and two brothers George Ray Cheshire and John Ray Galion
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Gallipolis
Sarah Fisher
James Fisher
Cheshire Township
Little Kgger
E. C. Vent
McCarty
Charles
Wesley Fisher
George Ray
Cheshire
John Ray
Galion
Son in Hospital Not Told of Parent's Death
Mrs. Cathrine Donovan aged 86 mother of State Sen. Bernard R. Donovan died at home in Toledo. The senator, seriously ill in a Columbus hospital, was not informed of his mother's death during her illness nor of his own condition.
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Toledo
U.P
Cathrine Donovan
Bernard R. Donovan
Donovan
Columbus
Whale Arms and Legs Flood Hollywood Flood Tale
Hollywood floods bring plaster arms and legs to Chick Chandler’s lawn as a sculptor’s wreckage causes a bizarre spectacle. King Victor faces a $100000 negligence suit from Ruth Hubbard after a mud pile at a neighbor’s home floods hers. Warner Brothers searches for a rubber whale washed away by the LA River flood near Catalina Island.
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Hollywood
Chick Chandler
20Th Century-Fox
King Victor
Paramount
Ruth A. Hubbard
Beverly Hills
Warner Brothers
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Zeis Plans To Appeal Heart Balm Verdict
Rev Harold C Zeis plans to appeal a federal court verdict awarding $10 000 to Mrs Cora Lillian Burnham in a heart balm suit against the Episcopal rector The rural jury of 12 deliberated four hours after a four day trial Neither party attended the moment the verdict was read Burnham 43 had left for New York City while the rector stayed home with his wife the former Emma Sharpe whom he wed in 1936 after ending his engagement to Burnham
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Steubenville
Harold C. Zeis
Cora Lillian Burnham
Emma Sharpe
Burnham
Washington to Brazil Broadcasts Inaugurated
A new short wave radio station began regular broadcasts to Brazil after inauguration by government officials. The first program linked this country with all Latin American nations and was aired last night. Federal officials hailed the channel as establishing a new medium of goodwill between Brazil and the United States.
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Washington
U.P
Brazil
United States
Weatherman Predicts Rain and Snow for Week
Weatherman outlook for March 7 to 12 shows generally fair Ohio Valley and Tennessee except rain in the south and rain or snow in the north midweek. Expect rain Saturday or Sunday, a cold Monday, warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, colder Thursday, then warmer again at week end.
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Chicago
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Bill Proposes National Cemetery at Columbus
Representative Arthur P. Lamneck of Ohio introduced a bill seeking a $150,000 appropriation to establish a national cemetery in Columbus Ohio. The proposal highlights a federal cemetery site need and follows ongoing war casualty handling.
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Bill
National Cemetery
Columbus
Washington
Arthur P. Lamneck
Ohio
Columus
Closure of Vienna University After Student Clashes
Vienna authorities closed the university Saturday following serious clashes between Nazi students and a combined Catholic Fatherland Front group. Police sealed campuses and ordered dispersal as tensions flared on campus.
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Vienna University
Vienna
Catholic-Fatherland Front
Mother Gives Him Her Eye To Save Child’s Sight
Irene Laverty of North Wales Pennsylvania offers to donate one of her eyes to her 2 year old son Roger Laverty after his sight was damaged by measles and pneumonia. A New York specialist planned cornea transplant but said the operation was futile.
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Roger Laverty
Irene Laverty
North Wales
New York
TVA Offers To Buy All Power Plants in Area
Washington Tennessee Valley Authority proposes to buy private utility properties in seven southeastern states at actual legitimate cost with negotiations set to begin March 11. The plan, backed by most TVA board members, aims to end a four year clash over TVA policies as Senator Norris accuses Chairman Morgan of hindering the program. White House approval is said to back the plant purchase.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Storm Center
Congressional Investigation
TVA Board
TVA
George Norris
Neb
Arthur E. Morgan
Norris
Morgan
White House
New Deal Names Yale Professor for Antitrust Post
Yale law professor and anti monopoly critic Truman W. Arnold, 47, was offered the assistant attorney general post in charge of the Justice Department antitrust division. The move signals the administration’s commitment to pursuing alleged business monopolies after Robert H. Jackson’s resignation to become solicitor general. An official called Arnold “tougher than Jackson.”
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Washington
U.P
Truman W. Arnold
Yale
Justice Department
New Deal
Arnold
Homer S. Cummings
Robert H. Jackson
Women Shoe Workers End Five Day Strike in Lynn
In Lynn Massachusetts a five day strike of about 1000 women shoe stitchers ended Saturday after representatives of the workers and eight manufacturers signed an agreement banning the Eastern Shoe Manufacturers Association's executive secretary from compiling price lists.
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Lynn
Mass
U.P
Eastern Shoe Manufacturers Association
Planes Rush Provisions to Cut-Off Areas
A late Saturday storm threatens more rain in Southern California as 126 dead and at least 100 missing in a $30 million flood. Airplanes deliver food to isolated camps, water concerns surface at East Riverside, and rescue teams face high debris and swift rivers in San Bernardino and San Antonio Canyon.
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Los Angeles
California
East Riverside
Here
Ontario
George H. Parrish
San Antonio Canyon
San Bernardino Mountains
Camp Baldy
San Bernardino
Claremont
Anaheim
Astrong
Mount Wilson Ervatory
H. C. English
Mount Vernon Avenue
English
Lytle Creek
Colton
San Francisco
Howe Predicts Success For Mother-in-Law Day
Amarillo Tex U P Gene Howe founder of Mother-in-Law Day predicted the annual observance next Wednesday would be splendid with 200000 visitors expected in Amarillo. Mrs W F Donald said it would be the greatest ever as Eleanor Roosevelt wife of the President would be guest of honor and receive the world’s largest bouquet containing 5000 roses. She review a 12 mile log parade.
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Amarillo
Tex
U.P
Gene Howe
W. F. Donald
Howe
Eleanor Roosevelt
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