Barcelo na Threatened as Loyalists Warn Workers to Ready Front
Loyalist forces report stiff defense and air actions against Nationalist advances in Catalonia and Aragon. Loyalist defense minister calls for workers to prepare for paralysis of industry while Nationalists claim river crossings and village gains near Lerida and Caspe region.
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Hendaye
U.P
Barcelona
Teruel
Inda Jecio Prieto
Eady
Tiehe Pa
Cinca River
Fraga
Lerida
Belver
Osso
Almadebar
Zaidin Canal
Maella
Caspe-Candesa
Seros
Castellon
Valencia
RFC Funds Will Be Used Against Business Slump
Washington RFC head Jesse H. Jones plans to open new lending powers to help lift the economy. The plan aims to boost national income from slump levels and aid small business by extending loans to borrowers of good character. The proposal follows Senate approval of large Navy and War Department bills and positions the RFC as a tool to counter Depression forces.
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RFC
Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Houston
Tex
Roosevelt
Jones
RFC Treasury
Carter Glass
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Doughty Glass
White House
Glass-Jones-Morgenthau
Hoover
Counties Move to Open WPA Jobs for Hocking Miners
Dr Carl Watson state WPA director told a Columbus meeting of miners union officers and local officials that counties must set up projects to place unemployed Hocking Valley miners in WPA work once certified. A Athens District quota update raises state WPA workers to 220000 with 27785 for the district. Athens County certifies about 70 men daily.
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Hocking Valley
Relief Office
Carl Watson
WPA
Columbus
L. C. Gibson
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Mors Fan
Muskingum
Athens County
George Banks
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Frank Minner
Ben F. Beckler, Jr
Fred Shafer
Louis Tyroler
C. G. Dew
Nelsonville
Herman Theisen
Mortis
John Wyckoff
Watson
Shafer
Eugene Rosser Dies Suddenly in Nelsonville
Eugene Rosser, 71, lifelong Nelsonville resident and Kimberly Mine employee, died of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon. He was found on the road near the Shiv ers residence and died shortly after being taken to his daughter Mrs George Bateman’s home. He was highly respected by miners and friends. Continued on page 2.
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Nelsonville
Eugene Rosser
Frank Shivers
Floyd Shelton
George Bateman
Rosser
Kimberly Mine
House to Vote on TVA Probe Resolution Today
Washington reports the House will consider a Senate approved joint congressional investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The measure, amended by the House Rules Committee, is expected to pass, allowing investigators to review administration policies of the New Deal era and the $400 million regional power project.
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Washington
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
House Rules Committee
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Probe Locksjaw Deaths From Cancer Serum Treatment
An emergency investigation was ordered in Orlando after five patients treated with serum for cancer died of lockjaw within 24 hours. Fourteen other serum patients were under strict physician observation amid fears of further exposure to the lockjaw virus.
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Orlando
Fla
U.P
Ben
Refugee Refuge Agreement Announced by Uruguay and Chile
Uruguay and Chile announce acceptance of a U S proposal to provide refuge for politically oppressed Europeans. Foreign office statements signal cooperation and humanitarian scope in the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Chile
United States
Europe
Foreign Office Today
Burke Leads Fight On Reorganization
U S Senator Edward R Burke of Nebraska led a drive to send 75 000 to 100 000 expressions of opposition to the executive reorganization bill to the House The House prepared to debate the measure granting President Roosevelt broad powers by reorganizing the executive branch Burke said he would forward communications to representatives not to buy votes The House action follows Roosevelt remarks at Warm Springs Ga on the Senate’s failure to kill the bill The measure would allow six executive aides at 10000 yearly create a welfare department and replace the Civil Service Commission with a single administrator while separating spending and audit functions
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Washington
U.P
Edward R. Burke
Neb
House
Burke
Roosevelt
Senate
Warm Springs
Department of Welfare
Coal Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Civil Service Commission
CIO Wins Bargaining Rights at Firestone
The United Rubber Workers of America a CIO affiliate won collective bargaining rights in an employee election at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Akron. The vote count showed today and confirms the union will represent workers at the plant.
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Akron
United Rubber Workers of America
Committee For Industrial Organization
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Government orders ignore Coal Commission price orders
Acting Comptroller General R N Elliott told agencies to disregard coal price orders in buying fuel for the Interior Department Bureau of Mines. The case centers on a Pittsburgh coal contract where Snyder Coal Co won at 2.04 a ton with 1 percent discount for early payment, despite Hurley’s lower offer and protest. Elliott approved paying Snyder at the 2.04 rate.
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Washington
U.S
R. N. Elliott
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Coal Commission
Pittsburgh Experimental Station
Snyder Coal Co
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburgh
The
J. B. Hurley
Hurley
Snyder
Elliott
Ickes
Snyder Co
Austrian education chief bars Jewish students at universities
Vienna reports Oswald Menghin, minister of education, announced that Jewish students will not be admitted to Austrian universities.
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Vienna
U.P
Oswald Menghin
Morgenthau Pushes Plan for Long Range Relief Board
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr plans a proposal to Roosevelt for a permanent National Human Resources Board to study and prepare economic and social cushions against future depressions. The board would be a nonadmin executive body like a research commission guiding relief funding and employment policies. Morgenthau seeks reliable data after the WPA demanded $250 million in extra relief this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Roosevelt
United Press
Morgenthau
National Human Resources Board
National Resources Board
Board Reaffirms Coal Price Minima Procedures
The National Bituminous Coal Commission outlined steps to reestablish minimum coal prices at an executive session with 50 district producers representatives. Acting Chairman Percy Tetlow said the process would move quickly but carefully under the law, without estimating a completion time.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission Today
Percy Tetlow
Tetlow
Divining Rod Locates Radium in Garbage Pail
Dr. Ysay Balinkin of the University of Cincinnati recovered radium valued at 2000 dollars from a garbage pail inside General Hospital. The element had vanished from a small container late Monday, and the divining rod method aided the recovery in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati-Au.p
Ysay Balinkin
University of Cincinnati
General Hospital
Ohio Bank Deposits Fall Off Thirty-Five Million
State Bank Superintendent Samuel H. Squire announced that the March 7 state bank call shows a total deposit decline of 35,390,194 compared with December 31, 1937.
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Ohio
Columbus
O.R
Samuel H. Squire
State Superintendent of Banks
Identified Lake Erie body of East Liverpool woman
The body of a 45 year old woman recovered from Lake Erie Tuesday night was identified by relatives as Mrs. Anna Peden formerly of East Liverpool Ohio.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lake Erie
Anna Peden
East Liverpool
Grand Jury Indicts 19 in Cleveland Counterfeiting Ring
A federal grand jury indicted 19 individuals tied to an alleged counterfeiting ring based in Cleveland. Authorities say the group produced and circulated fake currency, prompting ongoing investigations and potential prosecutions.
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Cleveland
Little Tammany Wins Kansas City Elections
Thomas J. Pendergast head of the Democratic faction that dominates Kansas City politics for 12 years tightened control in Tuesday's city elections. Unofficial returns show his organization winning every post except one, and reclaiming a position it had lost four years prior.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Pedergast
Middle West
Little Tammany
Pendergast
Tammany
Ideas on Food Economy at The Messenger Cooking School
Women attend the second day at Athens High School auditorium for free sessions led by Mrs. Bertha M. Harris. Gift baskets go to attendees, and many take notes on inexpensive family meals. Open house follows with neighbor praise and merchant displays as the event continues.
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Messenger
Athens High School
Bertha M. Harris
Harris
Residents of City Hall Host Dinner as Relief Office Quarters
READINg Pa. UP Charles Machemer and nine children occupy old City Hall rooms after taking over Berks County Public Assistance Office. They entertain friends as relief work remains suspended. Acting director Edwin Moore warns office will close again if protests resume or more families move in.
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Reading
Charles Machemer
Assistance Board
Edwin Moore
Roosevelt to Inspect Fort Benning Unit Visit
President Roosevelt planned an inspection tour of Fort Benning Georgia about 60 miles from his Warm Springs vacation retreat. The visit marks a show of support for the military installation and its personnel.
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FT. Benning
Warm Springs
U.P
Roosevelt
Fort Benning
Handbill Trial Dismissed During Lunch Break
Los Angeles captioned report states Municipal Judge Joseph Call, while dining, read that Chief Justice Hughes ruled a Griffin Georgia handbill ordinance violated freedom of the press. He then dismissed Miss Melba Strand's case for distributing handbills outside an auditorium where Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt spoke.
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LOS Angeles
U.P
Joseph Call
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Griffin
Call
Melba Strand
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ship Out of War Games Due to Tonsillitis
An outbreak of tonsillitis sickened 500 crew aboard the U S Aircraft Carrier Lexington in Honolulu and forced the ship to withdraw from Pacific war games.
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Honolulu
T. H
U. S
Lexington
Pacific Ocean
Offense Best Defense, Duce Tells Senate
Mussolini announced to the Italian Senate and people that Italy has built a mighty war machine and is ready to act on the belief that the best defense is offense. He claimed a powerful submarine fleet, eight battleships totaling 240000 tons, and a mobilization capability of 9000000 soldiers along with a modern air fleet.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Mussolini
France
Man Kills Himself After Butcher Refuses Credit
Cleveland report: Charles Storm aged 53 shot himself after being refused credit at a butcher shop. Carl Barany, the butcher, told police he could not extend credit due to his own debts. Storm went to a washroom and fired five bullets into his body.
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Cleveland-Au.p
Charles Storm
Carl Barany
Storm
Indians Demand Ouster Of Chippewa Agent To Preserve Peace
At Cass Lake Minnesota a large Chippewa pow-wow urged John Collier to replace Louis Balsam head of the Consolidated Chippewa Agency accusing him of unfair treatment. The transfer of the agency to Duluth sparked protests and a tense night march as chiefs warned Washington to act.
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Cass Lake
Minn
U.P
Washington
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Louis Balsam
Consolidated Chippewa Agency
Indian Cooperative
Duluth
Balsam
Ohio WPA chief faces blame over relief squeeze
Dr. Carl Watson, a state WPA director, was told by miners from Athens to Muskingum counties that relief distribution is too tight. Officials from five counties urged broader WPA work. Watson said the issue is local and proposed faster certification. an investigator was sent to Hocking County.
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Columbus
U.P
Carl Watson
Ohio
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Morgan
Muskingum
Hocking County
Watson
Woman Juror Aces Case In First Degree Murder Probe
A Negro woman juror Florence Helson a WPA dramatics instructor was summoned to the county prosecutor s office to explain why she hung a jury in a first degree murder trial of a Negro defendant. Other jurors to be questioned.
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Cleveland
U.P
Florence Helson
Norman S$. Minor
Subsidies Planned for Large German Families
Munich Germany state secretary Fritz Reinhardt announced subsidies for families with more than two children effective April The finance ministry has appropriated 208 million dollars for marriage loans and child subsidies in 1938.
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Munich
Germany
U.P
Fritz Reinhardt
Finance Ministry
Reinhardt
Border Town Bombed Near Perpignan France
Port Boy near the Spanish frontier reports a bombing Tuesday night and early today. Two persons were killed and ten injured in the attack.
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Perpignan
France
U.P
Port Boy
Romanian Cabinet Resigns Under Christea Regime
The cabinet of Patriarch Miron Christea in Bucharest quit today amid political pressure. Officials announced the resignation after mounting tensions with the regime, signaling a potential shift in Romania’s leadership landscape.
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Roumanian
QLITS
Bucharest
Miron Christea
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Charles Milgrim
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N. Y
Milgrim
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Donald Carroll, Jr
Donald Carroll, Sr
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Mattheisen
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TVA
CIO
Firestone
Commission
BAR Jewish
Works Progress Administration
City Hall
Duce
Walter J. Clark
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