Locarno Talks Stall as Hitler Rebels Against Proposals
The London briefing reports Britain and France delaying further Locarno action as Reichsfuehrer Hitler's response to four power Rhineland proposals looms. Mussolini's delay in ratifying the accord stirs anxiety among British, French, and Belgian delegations while Rosenberg proclaims no German territory will be ceded.
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Ondon
Locarno
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hineland
Aris
Minis- Pierre-Etienne Flandin
London
Tned
Anthony Eden
Den
Nee
Belgium
Italy
Arno
der Fuehrer
Mussolini
Mier
Dino Grandi
Delee
Germany
Rhineland
France
Gue of Nations Council
Itler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Wuppertal
Theichstag
Alfred Rosenberg
Nazi Party
Jury Selected for Stretz Murder Trial in New York
A jury to try Londe Vera Stretz for the slaying of her lover was completed. Igmar Hart and Clifford Griebel joined earlier panel members in the jury box as witnesses were selected. Stretz, accused of shooting Fritz Gebhardt, a German industrialist, wept during the proceedings and grew hysterical when a lawyer cited a woman’s right to kill to protect her body.
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New York
Londe Vera Stretz
Igmar Hart
Clifford Griebelere
Miss Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
London Noble Inherits Titles With No Estate Hope in Truck Trade
A 72-year-old London clerk becomes the 30th Baron and 12th Baronet of Foulis and 37th Chief of Clan Munro but loses estates to another heir. The dispatch hints at a twist of fate and hints at Hollywood to lift spirits, while a classified ad notes a used truck trade offers.
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London
Foulis
Munro
Hollywood
Selby
Goodyear Strike Ends With Peaceful Akron Parade
After a five week walkout at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co 14000 workers idle the settlement ends the blockade ends. Workers parade down Main Street surrender strike sticks to police in joy mediators failed to resolve the dispute but the union backed plan provides share-the-work voting on hours and recognition of grievance groups. Reopening at three plants is being rushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Mussolini Decree Triggers Market Crash in Italy
Milan and Rome stock markets tumbled after Premier Mussolini moved to abolish large private industries. Fiat fell from 373.5 to 347.5, Pirelli down from 1141 to 1115, Terni Steel 233 to 221, Cantoni Cotton 2140 to 2100, Snia-Viscosa 371.75 to 368, Montecatini 197 to 186. Bonds steadied but eased. Marshal Badoglio reported a plane crash killing four.
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Rome
Milan
Mussolini
Italy
Fiat
Pirelli
Terni Steel Works
Montecatini
Congress Faces Tax and Relief Battles Ahead
Washington lawmakers brace for clashes over taxes and relief funding as the Senate approves a war department appropriation and speeds it to conference while considering a large agriculture bill. The House debates rail freight pricing and a potential Work Relief inquiry nears action with a $1.5 billion relief request from Roosevelt.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
War Department
House
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Sails for Bahama Fishing Cruise
President Roosevelt sails aboard the USS Monaghan from Port Everglades bound for the Bahama Islands for a two week fishing cruise. The presidential party will transfer to the USS Potomac later to continue the voyage with five companions aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Monaghan
Roosevelt
Gulf Stream
Bahama Islands
Port Everglades
Mellon Observes 81st Birthday Anniversary
Pittsburgh scene notes that Andrew Mellon, renowned financier and three time U.S. Treasury secretary, marks his 81st birthday anniversary. The article recalls he entered business 64 years ago and remains as busy as ever.
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Mellon
Pittsburgh
Andrew
William Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Train Disaster Quickly Averted in Cleveland
A passerby found a 20 foot miniature landslide on Wheeling and Lake Erie tracks Monday night. Patrolmen Schiebert and Grzewski cleared the debris with shovels before a train could be affected. A track cleaning crew arrived ten minutes later.
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Cleveland
Wheeling & Lake Erie
William Schiebert
Theodore Grzewski
Payroll Stolen At Columbus Two Gunmen Rob Morehouse Martens
In Columbus two gunmen robbed a Morehouse Martens Co. department store lobby at noon taking a 3700 payroll. Harry Harrington had just withdrawn the money nearby and chased the bandits but they blended into the crowd and escaped.
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Columbus
Morehouse-Martens Co
Harry Harrington
Harrington
Touhy Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison
Tommy Touhy, once a feared Chicago gang figure, was sentenced by Federal Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye in Minneapolis to 23 years in Leavenworth. He was convicted on ten counts for参与ing in the January 3 1933 government mail robbery, receiving five year terms on three counts and one year on six others.
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Minneapolis
Tommy Touhy
Leavenworth
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Touhy
Tommy
Chicago
Comedian McCullough Slashes Self in Medford Hospital
Brookline comedian Paul McCullough of Clark and McCullough was in serious condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after an apparent suicide attempt. Police reported he grabbed a barber's razor during a transfer and cut his throat wrist and arm while in a barbershop chair.
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Medford
Mass
Paul McCullough
Brookline
Clark
McCullough
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Condon Says He Will Allow Questioning In Hauptmann Case
In Trenton AP dispatch Dr John F Condon says he will permit Governor Hoffman to question him at the Condon home in New York. Hoffmans inquiry aims to clarify unsolved aspects of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping aiding Hauptmanns conviction.
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Trenton
N. J
John F
Jassie) Condon
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Dr. Condon
Hoffman
Condon
New York
Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Charles Zied
Philadelphia
C. Lloyd Fisher
Brazil Under Martial Law Proclaimed Across Nation
President Getulio Vargas declared martial law for 90 days across Brazil amid subversive activity fears. The decree follows a three month siege and arrests of a senator radical deputy leader, government opposition figure, and an army captain.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Chamber of Deputies
Jenkins Seeks Flood Aid for Ohio Districts
Congress urged immediate relief for Southern and Southeastern Ohio flood victims. Senators to file for one million dollars. delegation met with Senator Donahey to hear district reports and push for aid Tuesday.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Vic Donahey
Screen Work Ruins Actors Says Sidney Howard
Sidney Howard told the American Academy of Dramatic Arts graduating class that screen experience harms actors. He argued great screen names like Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo cannot consistently hold stage scenes without proper training. He cited Pauline Lord Katharine Cornell and Helen Hayes as the enduring leading actresses.
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Howard
Greta Garbo
Joan Crawford
New York
Sidney Howard
Dramatists’ Guild Ofmerica
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Pauline Lord
Katharine ‘Cornell
Helen Hayes
Pride of Britain launches Queen Mary on Clyde
Great Britain's new liner Queen Mary began her voyage from the Clyde as crowds estimated at about one million watched. The ship, rival to France's Normandie, rolled out of the fitting basin with red funnels, white superstructure, and a black hull. It can carry 2,200 passengers on a four day Atlantic crossing to New York, though interiors remain to be finished before May maiden voyage.
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Glasgow
Great Britain
Clyde
Britain
France
Clydebank
Atlantic
New York
Burglars Crack Liberty Oil Safe Despite Sign
In Des Moines Iowa burglars ignored a placard reading there is no money in this safe. They blasted open the Liberty Oil Co office safe and took $10 along with the combination displayed on the sign.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Liberty Oil Co
Dust Storms and Tornado Kill Four in Midwest
A sequence of severe weather left four dead across the Midwest as a tornado struck south central Missouri late Monday, while dust storms hit southern Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. Snow fell in parts of western Kansas and southeastern Colorado. dozens injured and homes ruined. A Kansas country teacher, Pauline Rader, saved 30 pupils by leading them to safety as the storm destroyed their school. The dust front reached as far as Columbia Missouri and Shenandoah Iowa.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandies
Colorado
Rader
Pauline Rader
Oklahoma Panhandle
Columbia
Shenandoah
Dickinson Seeks Steady Path to Nomination
Iowa Senator Dick inson, a Republican presidential hopeful, condemned the New Deal as reckless and urged a thrift focused program. He spoke to a Cleveland Chamber of Commerce luncheon asserting the need to stop borrowing and steer toward settling up national obligations. He criticized Roosevelt tax plans and said the administration ignored Supreme Court rulings against NRA and AAA.
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Cleveland
Dickinson
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court
NRA
AAA
Roosevelt
Favorite Son Taft Opens Campaign in Cleveland Heights
Robert A. Taft of Cincinnati, the Ohio GOP favorite son, conferred with supporters before his opening Cleveland Heights High School speech. He was expected to launch attacks on Senator William E. Borah and the Roosevelt administration.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio Republican Party
Cleveland Heights
Taft
William E. Borah
Roosevelt
Workers Offer Wages To Repair Flood Damaged Plant
Four hundred employees of Imperial Glass Corporation volunteered to contribute 10 percent of their wages for 40 days to aid rehabilitation of the flood damaged plant. President Karl W Newton said contributors would receive stock or bonds in the company in return for the deduction.
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Renaire
Imperial Glass Corporation
Karl W. Newton
The
Glass Corporation
Flood Control Meeting Called By Dr Holzer
Ohio Valley flood concerns prompt a meeting of the Ohio Valley Water Conservation and Flood Control Congress officers in Gallipolis led by Dr Charlies E Holzer to review plans for federal approval and future reservoir work east of Cincinnati. Estimated flood losses exceed 200 million dollars with proposed costs around 237 million for headwater reservoirs.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Water Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Charlies E. Holzer
Ohio Valley
Congress
E. M. Marcum
U. S. Army Engineers Corps
Alan Jordan
Columbus
Washington, D
Army Engineers
Holzer
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Muskingum Valley
Tygart Creek
Grafton
W. Va
Blue Stone
Kanawha River
Flood Control Congress
W. C. Culkins
W. F. Marting
Ironton
E. V. Rawn
W. S. Rosenheim
Huntington
F. W. Ingraham
Pt. Pleasant
Andrew Claney
Maysville
Reno Hoag
Marietta
W. M. Hall
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Dave Warner
Ohio Water Conservation Board
Homer Selby
Portsmouth
Riley Holcomb
Wheeling
Rodney Neekam
Killer of U S Agent Hanged in Indiana
George W. Barrett, a gray haired former Kentucky feudist, was hanged by the federal government at Marion County jail yard in Indianapolis for the murder of a federal agent. The execution, led by Phil Hanna known as The Humane Hangman, occurred at 12:02 a m with Arthur Reeves as volunteer executioner.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Marion County
Phil Hanna
Epworth
Arthur Reeves
Barrett
Paroles Granted To Athens County Men
The state parole board released 72 prisoners at the London Prison Farm and 16 women at the State Reformatory. It continued 44 London farm cases and eight reformatory cases. Paroled at London were Dewey Cavanaugh and Ralph Smith from Athens County with non support offenses and release dates May 1.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
London
State Reformatory For
Dewey Cavanaugh
Ralph Smith
Athens County
Funeral services for Fred Brost secretary of Weier Bros
Funeral services were being made today for Fred Brost age 58 secretary of the Weier Bros Co and a former officer of the Ohio State Grotto Association. He died Monday.
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Sandusky
Fred Brost
Weier Bros. Co
Ohio State Grotto Association
Ohio Flood Toll Reaches 177 As Rivers Recede
Storms drive death toll to 177 across the Midwest and along the Ohio River. Cincinnati and nearby areas evacuate 20 000 to 25 000 residents amid rising flood waters. Red Cross aid pours in while states plan a vast flood control effort. New England improves though mos t areas face disease prevention and sanitation efforts.
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Midwest
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Indiana
West
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Memphis
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio Valley
New England
Ohio River
American Red Cross
Portsmouth
Kentucky
Hartford
Conn
W. Va
Wheeling Island
Nationalist Forces Press Ahead in Shansi Front
Heavy fighting was reported in southwestern Shanxi as 38,000 Nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-Shek reinforced positions. Nationalists claimed to have shattered the Communist offensive by recapturing Suitoucheng, the Communist capital, and severing key communications in the north central theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Shanxi
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shansi
Suitoucheng
City Ordinance Bans Street Congregations in Middlefield
Middlefield passes ordinance forbidding more than five persons to gather on streets without written mayoral consent. Convictions carry a fine from 1 to 49 dollars. The Johnson Rubber Co plant is located in Middlefield.
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Owers
Isolini
Bulletin
League of Nations
Associated Press
Stretz
Il Duce
Chamber of Fascists
Pietro Badoglio
Guiseppe Valle
Mediterranean
Valle
Flyer
Jassie
Lindbergh Case Wires
Telegram
Jenkins
Pride of
GOP
U.S
George Barrett
Weier CO
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