Mussolini Abolishes Deputies and Allies in Africa
Rome reports Mussolini scraps the chamber of deputies and large industries while insisting on an Italian peace in Ethiopia. Paris and Berlin signal moves as Hitler plans to present his answer to Locarno powers, with London awaiting a counterproposal and the League pressing for peace.
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Hitler
London
Il Duce
Africa
Rome
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Austria
Hungary
London—League
Italy
Ethiopia
Locarno
Paris
Berlin
League of Nations Council
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
der Fuehrer
League
Council
Germany
Rhineland
Mussolini Abolishes Larger Private Industries in Rome
Premier Mussolini, beneath Julius Caesar’s statue, announces the abolition of larger private industries in Rome. The move signals a major shift in the economic policy.
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Rome
Mussolini
Julius Caesar
Grews Labor 10 Clear Highways
Charleston West Virginia March 23 road commission crews cleared snow drifts and flood debris from state highways as waters receded. Drifts measured 18 to 30 inches in Randolph Tucker counties with one-way traffic on sections in Mineral and Grant counties. Bridges suffered extensive damage with 12 to 165 spans washed out or impassable.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Randolph
Tucker
Mineral
Grant
Ohio
Potomac
B. D. Johnson
Keyser
Cacapon River
Kanawha River
Plymouth
Point Pleasant
New York Central Railroad
Barboursville
Wellsburg
Flood Devastates Eastern States Prompting Rehab Push
Floods leave Huntington at 56 feet and Mansfield classes canceled as Point Pleasant stays under nine feet of water. About 300 families displaced while death toll rises to 172 with a quarter million homeless. Officials study flood control measures amid widespread destruction and suffering.
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Ohio
Huntington
Marshall
Recheck
Mountain flood toll rises with widespread damage
Receding flood waters threaten health amid a vast disaster in West Virginia. Gov. Kump visits northern panhandle towns seeking federal funds for bridges while Red Cross reports 10 083 homeless families from Wellsville to Point Pleasant. Emergency relief and immunizations proceed as 14 deaths are tallied.
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Guyandotte
East End
Kump
Wheeling
Panhandle
Eastern
Washington
Eastern Panhandle
Red Cross
Wellsville
Point Pleasant
W. Va
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Thad Holt
Wheeling Chamber of Commerce
Ohio County
Brooke
Wetzel
Hancock
Marshall
Wellsburg
Parkersburg
New Martinsville
Green Springs
Huntington
Ohio Valley
Road Commission
Tucker County
Moundsville
C. E. Marlett
Harper's Ferry
Ohio River floods crest and recede in Huntington
Huntington West Virginia reports the Ohio river crest at 56.85 feet early this morning with gradual recession this afternoon. By 7 p.m. the gauge at Dam 28 showed a 0.3 foot drop while officials said the river fell about 0.05 feet per hour. Flood stage is 50 feet and hundreds of homes in lower areas remain submerged.
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Health Department
Panhandles
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Kanawha
James Couch
Huntington
Marshall College
Cabell County
W. Va
Ohio River
E. H. Campbell
Ohio flood crest advances toward Mississippi with widespread destruction
The Ohio river crest nears Cincinnati as eastern flood areas report 172 deaths and more than 425 000 homeless. Damage tops 500 million dollars with wide rehabilitation needs across 15 states and federal relief discussions underway.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Buckeye
Washington
High Works Progress Administration
Guffey
D-Pa
Allegheny
Susquehanna
Crest of flood nears Cincinnati
The Ohio River crest reached 57.56 feet at Cincinnati as floodwaters expanded into thousands of homes. Dr. Charles E. Holzer announced a Gallipolis meeting to push congressional funding for a 237 million dollar flood control program. One death was recorded in the lower valley from exposure after a rowboat incident.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Charles E. Holzer
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Water Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Wheeling
Conservation Congress
Charles Smittle
Portsmouth
Ohio
Washington
A. V. Donahey
Robert J. Bulkley
W. C. Devereaux
Rea Cross
Greater
Hauptmann Clings to Faith as Execution Looms
As the Lindbergh kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann nears the date set for his electric chair, he seeks solace in religion. Rev. J Matthiesen, a Lutheran minister who has defended his sincerity, becomes the source of comfort for Hauptmann in the waning hours before his fate.
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Bruno Hauptmann
Flood Area Puts House in Order After Disaster
In Pittsburgh and surrounding communities recovering from a 200 mile flood zone, 107 deaths are confirmed in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia with total damages exceeding 225 million. Water and power restoration progress, food and medical shipments arrive, and the Golden Triangle economic hub resumes activity as officials plan relief and rebuilding efforts.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wheeling
Red Cross
Washington
George H. Earle
W. Va
Johnstown
M. M. Chady
Golden Triangle
Senate and Novo to study nation flood conditions
Congress members from fifteen states push a joint senate and house committee to study floods and propose a national control program. WPA officials plan first hand inspections to gauge damage and direct relief with a $25 million allotment for restoring bridges roads public buildings and utilities and funds to fight disease.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
High Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Hartford
Conn
Lawrence Westbrook
Roosevelt
Wilson
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
New Hampshire
Maine
Virginia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Governors Cross
Earle
Howard C. Hunter
Works Progress
Springfield
Mass
Wheeling
W. Va
Portamouth
Cincinnati
Binghamton
N. Y
Easton
Wilkes-Barre
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Public Health Service
Capitol
Walsh
D-Mass
Lonergan
D-Conn
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Feudist Discusses Details Of His Execution With Hangman
Indianapol is March 23. George W. Barrett a condemned Kentucky feudist calmly discussed the hanging with his executioner Phil Hanna. Barrett described the rope and the chair option while awaiting execution after the Klein case shooting. He spoke with his sister a priest and jailers as hammering and precautions filled the jail yard.
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Feudist
Hangman
Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Kentucky
Barrett
Phil Hanna
Hanna
West College Corner
Ind
Nelson B. Klein
Klein
Accused Tax Official Kills Himself Amid Arrests
A state tax office member killed himself as two officials were placed under arrest in a widening case. Governor Hoffman to seek clemency for Hauptmann as new evidence prompts review of the Lindbergh kidnapping trial and potential commutation to life.
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Hoffman
Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
David T. Wilentz
New Jersey Pardons Court
Lloyd Fisher
State House
State Court of Errors and Appeals
General Hagood Granted Three Months Leave
Port Everglades Florida March 23 President Roosevelt authorized a three months leave for Major General Hagood pending decision on his future assignment to duty and then put to sea for a fishing cruise. Hagood rode across Florida with Roosevelt talked with the commander in chief and declined to comment at West Palm Beach. Marvin McIntyre issued a brief statement confirming the three month leave.
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Port Everglades
Fla
Roosevelt
Johnson Hagood
Florida
Armed Forces
Eighth Corps
West Palm Beach
Marvin McIntyre
McIntyre
Hagood
Senate approves army supply bill amid war scare
The Senate passed a record peace time army appropriation of 611 million 362 thousand with 5 to 12 votes after a 36 to 35 fight over WPA Florida canal funds. The bill funds 165000 soldiers next year and river harbors projects totaling 196 million with 30 million for flood control. Non military spending reaches 226 million. Twelve senators opposed including Black Buro Byrd and others.
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Washington
Senate
House
War Department
Black
Alabama
Burow
South Dakota
Byrd
Virginia
Clark
Missouri
King
Utah
McGill
Kansas
Murphy
Iowa
Pope
Idaho
Wheeler
Montana
Democrata
Capper
Frazier
North Dakota
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Windfall levy near in Roosevelt tax plan report
Washington reports a tentative second leg of the windfall tax plan, aiming to recoup unpaid AAA processing taxes. The Ways and Means Subcommittee expects to issue a report by Friday as hearings start next week. The panel weighs whether to broaden the base with new processing taxes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Samuel B. Hill
D.wash
Treasury
Hill
Roanoke Man Dies After Window Plunge at Railway Office
Roanoke Virginia March 23 Martin W McMahon 63 Norfolk and Western clerk died after leaping or falling from an eighth floor window of the railway s new general office building Coroner Dr C M Irvin said death was probably self inflicted He landed on concrete between two wings suffering multiple fractures Survived by wife and six children all Roanoke residents with one daughter in Washington DC He had been with the railway for 29 years and was recently transferred from Portsmouth Ohio
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Roanoke
Martin W. McMahon
Norfolk and Western
C. M. Irvin
McMahon
Campbell Avenue
S. W
Central Timekeeper
Portsmouth
Ohio
Railway
George E
Martin W., Jr
Richard F
Benita
Betty
Catherine
Mary Cecilia McMahon
Washington, D. C
Holt to Speak in West Virginia This Week
Senator Rush D. Holt plans three WV appearances this week to discuss the Works Progress Administration. He will speak at Williamstown Wednesday night to the Young Democrats, Huntington Thursday, and Charleston Friday night.
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Holt
Washington
Rush D. Holt
WVA
West Virginia
Works Progress Administration
Williamstown
Young Democrats Club
Huntington
Charleston
Gas Tax Officials Accused in Embezzlement Scandal
Boyd Ferrell, assistant director of the gasoline tax division, and colleagues J. C. Little and Carl Horn, are charged with fraudulent handling of gasoline tax refunds. Ferrell, after arrest, killed himself at the state capitol in Charleston. Little and Horn posted bonds as the investigation, led by Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox, continues to seek exact losses estimated between six and ten thousand dollars over the past 18 months.
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Fox
Charleston
W. Va
Boyd Ferrell
State Tax Department
J. C. Little
Carl Horn
State Capitol
Ferrell
Linden
Horn
Thompson
Little
Fred L. Fox
E. 8. Watson
Health officials warn of diseases among flood refugees
In Charleston March 23 health officials reported minor chicken pox and mumps in refugee camps along the Ohio and Potomac valleys. They urged boiling milk and water, ordered water checks, and noted several cases in Parkersburg while sending nurses to Sistersville to immunize victims. Two thousand WPA workers were ordered to clean wells and remove debris.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Health Department
Ohio
Potomac
Parkersburg
Edward L. Huffman
Ohio County
Health Department
Sistersville
Wetzel
Tyler
Pleasants
R. C. Hunter
T. H. Blake
Panhandle
WPA
Young Republican Club Postpones Meet
Flood conditions at Wheeling West Virginia forced postponement of a statewide rally of the Young Republican League. Acting president W Fred Kistner said the meeting will be held after April 1.
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Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Teeng Republican League
W. Fred Kistner
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Joint Committee
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Garner
National Resources Board
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D-Md
Lewis
Kniffen
Rogers
Gray
John F. Condon
New Jersey
Dr. Condon
Jassie
Bronx
Accord 15
Northfork
J. C
Young Republican Club
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