Roosevelt Removes TVA Chairman Amid Congressional Probe Ties
President Roosevelt removed Arthur E. Morgan as Tennessee Valley Authority director and backed a full congressional inquiry. An advisory opinion by Solicitor General Jackson supported the right to remove Morgan. Senate and House leaders move to authorize probes as Morgan contemplates court challenge.
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Roosevelt
TVA
Washington
U.P
Congress
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Robert H. Jackson
Morgan
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate
House
Yellow Springs
Harcourt D. Morgan
Harcourt Morgan
David Lilienthal
H. Styles Bridges
N. H
William H. King
Utah
Bridges
Dreyfus
Foes Rapped In Surprise Attack Today
In Gainesville Georgia President Roosevelt denounces selfishness among a few citizens delaying national recovery. He links feudalism and fascism, calls for higher Southern wages and broader social reforms, and praises Gainesville’s post tornado redevelopment as a model for Democratic policy.
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Gainesville
Roosevelt
South
Congress
United States
Roosevelt Square
Warm Springs
Yainesville
Storm Brews Over TVA Tax Spending Probe
Congress plans to investigate more than 150 million dollars borrowed by TVA directors. Washington commentators compare Dr. Morgan to a Dreyfus figure as clashes with Harcourt Morgan and David Lilienthal raise questions on public money transfers to private pockets and costly social experiments. The probe promises to reveal alleged illegal and foolish expenditures, including a 4500 jackass, and losses on power production funded by taxpayers.
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TVA
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Harding
Arthur E. Morgan
Harcourt Morgan
David Lilienthal
Washington News
Dr. Morgan
U. S
Senate group to act on Rumely records refusal
The Senate Lobby Committee planned an executive meeting to consider action against Dr Edward A Rumely for refusing to produce private records of the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government. It postponed an open hearing on the Byrnes Bill for executive department reorganization to Thursday.
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Edward A. Rumely
National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate Democrats
Rumely
Congress
Washington
Byrnes
GOP To canvass for little man's views in 1940 elections
Dr. Glenn Frank, chairman of the Republican Party program committee, completed organizing regional subcommittees to canvass the nation for the little man's opinions on policies and platforms for the 1940 elections.
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Chicago
Glenn Frank
Republican Party
Tobacco crop climbs to second largest on record
The Department of Agriculture states barley tobacco production last year reached 402,673,000 pounds, up 84 percent from 1936 and the second largest crop on record.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Report claims James Lin killed in Taiwan stampede incident
Reliable sources report James Lin, foster son of President Lin Sen, was killed during a November shelling of the North Wall in Taiwan. Chinese officials were reluctant to discuss the death after Lin Sen cut relations following his marriage to Viola Brown of Columbus Ohio who later obtained a divorce.
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Hankow
U.P
James Lin
Lin Sen
Taiwan
North Wall
Viola Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Filibuster Likely On Lynch Bill Reappearance
Southern leaders threaten another filibuster to block a federal inquiry and publicity power over lynching or fatal mob violence. President Roosevelt presses for a method to address lynching while Senate opposition argues against federal authority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
G-Men
Youths Held in Kidnaping of Peter Levine
Two handcuffed youths about 19 were brought to New Rochelle police headquarters in the custody of E. E. Conroy the FBI agent in charge of the Peter Levine kidnapping case. The missing 12 year old has been absent since February 24 and is the subject of a federal investigation.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
URP
E. E. Conroy
Peter Levine
Conroy
Federal Bureau of Investigations
France Creates National Defense Fund for War Mobilization
Paris officials say the government completed the national defense fund organization to autonomously manage vast defense expenditures for a war in Europe. The chamber resumed debate on a mobilization bill as it approved the fund’s first appropriation of 61.15 million dollars from foreign exchange control surplus.
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PARIS
U.P
National Defense Fund
Europe
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Foreign Exchange Control Fund
Nazis Arrest Archduke Ferdinand for Insult Claim
Archduke Josef Ferdinand of Hapsburg Tuscan line, 65, was arrested at Mondsee near Salzburg for insulting the Nazi regime of Greater Germany. He is son of the late Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and a member of the Hapsburg family.
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Austria
Archduke Josef Ferdinand of
Hapsburg
Hapsburg-Tuscany
Mondsee
Salzburg
Greater Germany
Archduke
Ferdinand IV of Tuscany
Archduke Otto
Youths Final Act After Terminal Diagnosis
Randall Buckley, 21, of Cleveland, killed himself Tuesday after a doctor informed him he had less than six months to live. The report from United Press notes his death was by self-inflicted gunshot.
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Cleveland
Randall Buckley
Father of eight killed in Findlay electrocution
Fred Berlin aged 34 a power plant worker and father of eight was electrocuted Tuesday in Findlay He had a wife and six other children at home and worked at the plant for five years officials reported The tragedy prompted a safety inspection at the facility.
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Findlay
Fred Berlin
Wealthy bride-killer James Crabb II waits trial in Delavan
Delavan Illinois banker James Warren Crabb II 21 is pictured awaiting trial on manslaughter and perjury charges in the death of his 19 year old bride Betty Crabb. He claims the shooting was accidental during a struggle for a gun.
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James Warren Crabb II
Delavan
Betty
Crabb
Trotsky Predicts US Will Lead Postwar Economy
In Mexico City exiled leader Leon Trotsky said the United States will become the dominant economic power after the next world war, though a revolution elsewhere could shift that position. He argued the US cannot stay aloof while others fight and will leverage its resources to lead globally.
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Mexico City
U.S
Leon Trotsky
United States
Trotsky
Imprisoned Feline Rescued After Car Ride
Gallipolis report: Kenneth Mossman found a cat trapped under the hood of his car. He drove several blocks hearing cries before stopping and releasing the distressed animal safely.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Mossman
Mossman
Suspect Transients Tied to Gallia County Robberies
Gallia County officers link three Tuesday night robberies to transient suspects. The Dillon Garage in Crown City and Myers Produce in Gallipolis report $10 losses each, while Wetherholt Garage in Gallipolis loses $26 in cash and $125 worth of accessories.
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Gallia County
Dillon
Crown City
Myers Produce O
Wetherholt
Italian Wartime Warning to France Over Loyalists
The Tevere warned France not to aid the Loyalists or face a large war. Mussolini told Fascists Italy would fight if needed but seek peace. A Milan 1919 anniversary recalls the first Fascist Fighting Groups. London reported Franco disclaims responsibility for Barcelona raids and Britain plans a parliamentary foreign policy statement.
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Tevere Today
France
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Mussolini
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Piazza San Sepolcro
Milan
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
Daily Express
Barcelona
Viscount Halifax
Dino Grandi
Chamberlain
War Supplies Bill Approved By Committee
The House Appropriations Committee favorably reported a 447 808 550 War Department supply bill, lifting national defense appropriations over 1 billion dollars. The Navy already secured 553 million for the fiscal year and a 1.121 billion expansion plan was authorized, to be spent over years. Army Chief of Staff General Malin Craig testified that a 1 000 000 man wartime force requires equipment costing about 1 billion dollars.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
House
America
Malin Craig
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Gas Company Seeks Rehearing Over Rate Case Ruling
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. applied to the state supreme court for a rehearing of its rate case ruling. The court held that in rate regulation the public utilities commission must prioritize proceedings under a city ordinance if filed after the ordinance. The decision reversed a utilities commission order that favored the company's rate increase in Norwalk.
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Columbus
AUP
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
State Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
Norwalk
Ohio Fuel
Jefferson Day Observance Proclaimed for April 13
President Roosevelt issues a proclamation designating April 13 this year as Jefferson Day and calls for annual observance in honor of Thomas Jefferson. The statement sets the date for the first celebration and urges nationwide participation across communities.
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Jefferson
Washington UR
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Judge Landis frees Cedar Rapids players in St. Louis case
Belleair Florida report says Judge Landis, baseball’s high commissioner, ruled all players on the Cedar Rapids Three-Eye League team list are free agents after an extensive probe into the St. Louis Cardinals Cedar Rapids tie up. The ruling spans five leagues and blocks the St. Louis-Cedar Rapids partnership from profiting from alleged improper conduct.
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Belleair
Fla
K. M. Landis
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis Cardinals
Landis
Cardinals
St. Louis
Franco Plans Final Drive Toward Mediterranean
Generalissimo Francisco Franco after an air tour of the lower Aragon front was reported ready to order a final campaign to reach the Mediterranean. The next objective was Valderrobres near the Catalan frontier as Nationalist planes paused bombing while ships dropped leaflets urging Catalonians to join the Nationalist movement.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Mediterranean
Franco
Catalonia
Spain
Valderrobres
Catalan
Barcelona
Suspect Escapes While Detectives Rescue Cat
Maurice Ross fled a detention pen in felony court as detectives and court attendants freed a cat trapped by a screen. Ross was missing when his captors forgot about him during the commotion to save the animal.
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Cat
New York
U.P
Maurice Ross
Ross
James Sweeney
Ohio conservation council elects Ray Miller chairman
Ray Miller of Zanesville was elected chairman of the Ohio Conservation Council at the group's annual organizational meeting in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ray Miller
Zanesville
The
Conservation Council of Ohio
Madrid Suffers Severe Shelling in Seven Weeks
The central and northwestern districts of Madrid endured the heaviest shelling the city has seen in seven weeks, marking a day of intensified bombardment.
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Madrid
U.P
Entire Nation Will Have Part in War
Berlin dispatch reports Germany mobilizes for a totalitarian war with a deep battlefront and accelerated production. Frederick C. Dechsner notes Germany aims to be powerful and not lose again as factory wheels turn.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Frederick ©. Oechsner
Berlin
The
United Press
Frederick C. Dechsner
U.P
Europe
Germany Turns Whole Nation Into War Machine For Next Conflict
The article argues Germany aims to mobilize every sector of society for war. It states women may face conscription under a defense act and all resources from farms to breweries will serve the army. It notes a centralized regime with Adolf Hitler’s words as law and little parliamentary opposition.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Germany prepares vast war chest and Autobahnen mobilization
The article notes a secret war chest of 1,000,000,000 Reichsmarks in gold and a meticulously planned mobilization. It highlights Germanys Autobahnen high speed highways for rapid troop movement and cites the swift German advance into Austria as a warning to enemies.
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Germany
Austria
Unseasonable Heat Gives Way to Showers in Ohio
A brief heat wave in Ohio gave way to cooling showers on Wednesday. Columbus reached 82 degrees at 2:30 to 3:30 pm, the March high for several southern cities. The Weather Bureau forecast a fall to 40 to 45 degrees Thursday, with a short cold snap expected to end within hours.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Labor Lands Oil Seizure Protests Grow in Mexico
In Mexico City thousands march in support of President Lazaro Cardenas as the Labor Confederation calls a mass demonstration for expropriation of foreign oil holdings valued at 400 million dollars. Oil workers are told to stay on the job to show control of the industry. American and other foreign oil firms appeal to the U.S. State Department for intervention. About 100000 gather in the capital with many more at events in other cities.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexican Workers Confederation
Confederation
U.S. State Department
Hold Austrians As Offenders After Union
Vienna reports that about three thousand Austrians are being held as political offenders since the Austrian German union. Five hundred are in concentration camps, including members of prominent Austro German noble families. Some former anti Nazi figures are joining the Nazi cause, hoping to be absorbed into a larger German entity.
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Vienna
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Friends and Servants To Get Share of Estate
Mrs Florence Libbey’s will provides gifts totaling 1 168 500 to friends and servants and annual incomes of 26 200 to others. The remaining estate will fund income for unspecified duration with remainder going to the Toledo Museum of Art.
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Toledo
Florence Scott Libbey
Former Berry Manager Dies In Canal Winchester
William Foot age seventy five who operated the Hotel Berry in Athens under a lease died Sunday at relatives home in Canal Winchester after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Canal Winchester. A Columbus district native he once ran a chain of large hotels in the South and East and later suffered losses in 1929 30 before moving to Athens. He was a member of the Athens Rotary Club and is survived by several brothers and sisters living near Canal Winchester and two daughters.
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William Foot
Berry
Athens
Canal Winchester
Columbus
Foot
Athens County Native To Be Buried Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Dutton Mickle widow of Leonard Mickle will be held Friday at 2 PM at the Hockingport M E Church. Burial will follow in Hockingport Cemetery. A native of the Hockingport district she died Tuesday at the home of her grandson Dale Newland in Iona Kansas. The funeral party arrives Coolville Thursday evening with calling hours Friday morning at the White Funeral Home. Rev E B Dean to conduct.
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Jennie Dutton Mickle
Leonard Mickle
Dale Newland
Iona
Kas
Hockingport
M. E
Mickle
White Funeral
E. B. Dean
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