Train slams citrus truck killing score of workers in Texas
A passenger train hit a citrus workers truck at an open crossing near McAllen Texas killing 23 people and injuring many. Most victims were Mexican nationals as bodies were sent to McAllen Weslaco and Edinburg with several more feared dead.
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Mcallen
Texas
Charles King
Weslaco
Edinburg
Mary Ann Wall
Alamo Citrus Association
McAllen Hospital
Atlanta Grand Jury Probing Terrorist Acts
A Fulton County grand jury in Atlanta examined evidence of at least 18 flogging cases by night riders and a death tied to the attacks. Witnesses described a terror campaign by secret bands patrolling Atlanta suburbs to enforce community morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
U.P
Ike Gaston
Fulton County
Court bans Bank Night at Troy theater
The Court of Appeals outlawed Bank Night in a Troy theater, ruling the Troy Amusement Company lottery and a game of chance. An injunction preventing interference was dissolved following a sustention of the demurrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Court of Appeals
Troy Amusement Company
Judge Rules Min Barber Prices Illegal in Columbus
Common Pleas Judge John R. King permanently enjoined Columbus from enforcing a city ordinance fixing a 50 cent minimum for haircuts and 25 cent minimum for shaves. He ruled the measure unnecessary for health or safety and unconstitutional under state and federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Common Pleas
John R. King
King
Foes of Hatch Bill Ready To Admit Defeat
Senate moves toward final passage of amendments to the Hatch clean politics act as opponents drop filibuster plans. Sen. Sherman Minton said the group would not block the measure, while Republicans support Sen. Hatch’s extension of the act to state employees amid ongoing debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch Bill
Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Sherman Minton
Ind
Barkley
Minton
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
Russians Seize Viipuri Before Peace Treaty Finalized
Moscow reports that five hours before fighting ceased Russian troops stormed Viipuri and captured the Finnish city. The peace treaty had been announced about four and a half hours earlier, outlining Viipuri’s cession to Russia.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Finland
Viipuri
Welles to Confer Again With Mussolini in Rome
Paris U P Sumner Welles United States under secretary of state arrived from London and continued to Rome to confer Saturday with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini who may have new information on Germany war views. Fargo N D U P R Mrs Ann Margaret Nye was awarded a divorce from U S Senator Gerald P Nye R N D late yesterday on cruelty charge.
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Paris
U.P
Sumner Welles
United States
London
Rome
Benito Musolini
Germany
Pension Survey Slated by McCaw in Ohio Plan
Ohio pension director Tom McCaw announced a statewide inquiry to determine how many old age pensioners are eligible for federal old age insurance checks. The survey follows a ruling allowing two checks if the insurance payment is smaller than the pension, with adjustments to avoid any loss to recipients.
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Columbus
Tom McCaw
Aid For the
McCaw
Social Security Board
End of Finnish War Not Affects Us European Policy
Washington officials said the end of the Russo Finnish war will not change the United States policy toward Europe. President Roosevelt denounced Russia and Finland’s peace terms, urging support for small nations and warning that force undermines international law. Congressional calls for severing relations with Russia reemerged as diplomatic observers noted the unprecedented stance by the U.S. toward the conflict.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ahn Fan Lawrend
Maeren
United States
Russia
Finland
Congress
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FDR Opposed To New River Harbor Projects
President Roosevelt told a bi partizan Senate delegation he opposed any new rivers and harbors or flood control authorizations at this session of Congress. The meeting included Josiah Bailey Morris Shepard and Charles L McNary as leaders on the rivers and harbors committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Josiah Bailey
Senate Commerce Committee
Morris Sheppard
Tex
Charles L. McNary
Republican Committee
Woman To Serve Fine In Nelsonville Jail
Bessy Love of Beaumont was fined $25 and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell on an intoxication charge in Nelsonville after arrest at the Hot Dog Restaurant by Police Capt. Charles Maple and Special Officer Carl Wilson. She was sent to Nelsonville due to lack of accommodations for women in Athens Jail and remained jailed after failing to pay the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nelsonville
Bessy Love
Beaumont
Cliff Cornell
Charles Maple
Carl Wilson
Committee to Review Wagner Labor Act Changes
The House Labor Committee voted 17 to 1 to close hearings on Wagner Act amendments and will begin considering changes next Tuesday at 10 a.m. under Chairman Mary T. Norton. The panel hopes to meet daily until a bill is decided.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Senate panel approves anti lynching bill
A Senate judiciary subcommittee voted five to one to approve the controversial anti lynching bill and sent it to the full judiciary committee for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Duffy Files Nominating Petitions for Governor
Former Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy of Columbus filed nominating petitions for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with the Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
Columbus
U.P
Herberts
Secretary of State
Three Youths Die in Crash Near Alpha Ohio
Betty Thompson 17 John Humphrey 18 and Hugh Marshall Jr 17 Beaver Creek Township high school students died when their car crashed into a parked tractor-trailer on Route 35 near Alpha Ohio. Two other youths were hospitalized in Dayton with injuries. The truck was driven by John E Harlow 40 of Harlow Transportation Company Dayton.
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XENIA
U.P
Dayton
Route 35
Alpha
Betty Thompson
John Humphrey
Hugh Marshall, Jr
Beaver Creek Township
Beaver Creek School
Green County
John E. Harlow
Harlow Transportation Company
Modified Martial Law Used To Halt Dam Work
In Disney Oklahoma a National Guard officer and two aides enforced modified martial law for Governor Leon Phillips on the Grand River Dam and hydroelectric project. Phillips sought court relief to block the work while in Wagoner guards encamped with weapons amid his feud with federal authorities.
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Disney
Okla
O.R
National Guard
Leon Phillips
Grand River
Phillips
Wagoner
Million Under Arms in Italy and Rome
The war office announced that Italy now has 1,000,000 men under arms, signaling a major mobilization. Rome reports the figure as part of wartime strength, with high readiness across the nation described by officials.
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Rome
U.P
War Office
Italy
Germany Seeks Romanian Materials to Counter Allied Blockade
Germany broadens a Balkan diplomatic push while claiming gains on the North European front. Bucharest reports de mobilization of farm and some commercial workers as Berlin seeks Romanian supply to offset the Allied sea blockade. Finland, Sweden, and Norway face uncertain futures as Moscow signals support for Scandinavian defense.
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Germany
Balkans
Baltica
Bucharest
Berlin
Carol
Reich
Ministry of Agriculture
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Stockholm
Scandinavia
Moscow
Income Tax Exemption On Age May Be Raised
Washington report notes a joint congressional committee studying raising the exemption age for dependents from under 18 to 21. The current law allows a $400 annual exemption for each child, and lawmakers consider extending it for future tax schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Joint
Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
18th Child Is Born To Gallia County Couple
Gallipolis report states Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson of Thivener welcomed their 18th child, a son. The father is 55 and the mother is ten years younger.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Charles Johnson
Thivener
Convocation Speaker Urges U S to Understand Mexico
Dr Samuel Guy Inman told Ohio University in Memorial Auditorium that better U S understanding of Mexico would foster Latin American relations and world peace. He cited contrast, mystery and revolution in Mexico and predicted future oil accord with foreign interests amid enduring independence since Porfirio Diaz.
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United States
Mexico
Latin
South America
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Samuel Guy Inman
Latin America
Herman G. James
Inman
Dr. James
Brazil
Dr. Inman
Religon
Porfirio Diaz
Floor Leader Martin to speak at Ohio GOP roll call
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts will be the principal speaker at an Ohio GOP roll call in Columbus on April 3. A campaign year policy preview will be offered, with U S Senator Robert A. Taft Gov John W Bricker and other officials attending. Taft and Bricker will speak in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Ohio
Republican State Committee
Ed D. Schorr
U. S
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Sen
Taft
Gov
Bricker
House May Authorize $25,000 Mine Safety Probe
Rep. Andrew L. Sommers said the House may authorize a $25,000 investigation into coal mine safety conditions. He chairs a subcommittee tasked with a senate approved bill for federal inspections, planning tours of mines in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. The Neely bill would authorize annual inspections by the interior secretary with the Bureau of Mines and other safety agencies in interstate coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew L. Sommers
N. Y
House
Sommers
House Mines and Mining Committee
Matthew M. Neely
W. Va
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Neely
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Mines
Cold Wave Moves East Across the Midwest and Atlantic
A belated cold wave that hit the Middle West moves eastward today threatening plummeting temperatures and ice from Virginia to Maine. The storm already produced sub zero readings in parts of the Dakotas and brought heavy snowfall to the northern states, with sunny skies expected in the Midwest tomorrow.
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Chicago
Middle West
Atlantic
Virginia
Maine
Dakotas
Lone Dillinger Survivor In Columbus Prison Plot
Russell Clark the only survivor of the Dillinger gang was named as one of seven Ohio penitentiary convicts who plotted to escape by taking Warden Frank D Henderson and guards as hostages. The plan was foiled last week when officials rounded up the seven suspects and placed them in a secure section for incorrigibles as inquiries continued.
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Columbus
Russell Clark
Ohio Penitentiary
Frank D. Henderson
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Troy Theater
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Mussolini
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Stamford
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