Britain to Seek New Penalties Against Italy Over Ethiopian War
Britain announced it would press for new penalties against Italy if peace efforts fail in the Ethiopian conflict. Foreign Secretary Eden led the move as the League of Nations committee adjourned to April 16 for another peace bid by Salvador de Madariaga.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
Committee of Thirteen
League Council
Britain
France
Germany
Rhineland
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
Eden
Madariaga
League Committee
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
Tim
Com
Committee of
League
Committee On
Ian
Fish
Teague
Red Cross
Sasaah Bur
Amand
Tatus
Fiaile Selassie
Lake Ashangi
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Ras Ghuietacciou
el Haile Selasa
Addis Ababa
Daggah Bur
Jones seeks list of firms benefiting from tariff protections
Washington AP Jones asks the tariff commission to provide a list of all corporations and factories receiving direct tariff benefits of 100000 dollars or more annually. He says the resolution will be introduced soon and cites big company earnings to argue for transparency alongside AAA recipients. He notes Aluminum Company of America and others with substantial earnings and high protection levels.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Texan
Aluminum Company of America
U. S. Steel
Allied Chemical and Dye
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
FE. I. du Pont de Nemours
Aluminum Company
Farmers Not Joining AAA Made More Profits
Chicago report states the Farmers Independence council claims farmers who joined AAA earned 85 percent less income over two years than those who did not. The council cites a study by secretary Dr. E. V. Wilcox of Washington, criticizing regimented farm policy.
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AAA
Chicago
Farmers Independence Council
Council
E. V. Wilcox
Washington
Cornell Professor Dr Harry M Kelly Dies at 68
Mount Vernon Ohio reports the death of Dr Harry M Kelly age 68 a biology professor at Cornell College since 1894 after heart trouble. Born Harrisburg Pa May 27 1867 he married Caroline Vanderslice in 1894 and they had a daughter Caroline. He held A B and A M degrees from Bucknell Harvard L L D from John B Stetson and taught at Central Pennsylvania college Harvard and Northwestern before Cornell. He belonged to the American Society of Naturalists Zoologists Iowa Academy of Science and Phi Kappa Psi Phi Beta Kappa.
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Mount Vernon
Harry M. Kelly
Cornell College
Dr. Kelly
Harrisburg
Caroline Vanderslice
Pennsylvania
Caroline
Kelly
Bucknell University
Harvard
John B. Stetson University
Central Pennsylvania College
Northwestern
Cornell
American Society of Naturalists
American Society of Zoologists
Iowa Academy of Science
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Beta Kappa
Murder Plot Charge Brought Against Wife Of Engineer
Pensacola Florida charges allege Mrs. L W Vann wife of a 70 year old railroad engineer plotted to wreck her husband train to collect life insurance and wed carpenter Earl Travis Travis held on same charge and two others face railroad tampering counts prosecutors say she offered $50 to the would be wreckers Vann defends his wife saying she could not hatch such a plan and vows to seek her release after his run
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Pensacola, Fla
INS
L. W. Vann
Louisville and Nashville
Earl Travis
Travis
New Castle
Ala
Richard Merritt
Merritt
Vann
Freight Wreck Delays Passenger Train Near Wheaton
Nine Illinois Central coal cars derailed from a freight train at Cloverdale, seven miles north of Wheaton, due to a broken angle bar. The cars plunged into a ditch but no injuries were reported. An Omaha Chicago passenger train arriving in Chicago at 9 am was delayed five minutes.
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Wheaton, Ill
Illinois Central
Cloverdale
Here
Chicago
Schwab Uncle Dies In Pennsylvania
Martin Schwab aged 89, uncle of steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, died suddenly at his sister-in-law Elizabeth Schwab's home in Loretto Pennsylvania.
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Loretto, Pa
Martin Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Elizabeth Schwab
Joker Seen In Order For AAA Payments List
Washington report notes a so called joker in a senate resolution demanding a list of all AAA payments over ten thousand dollars. The clause would prevent crossing county or program lines, excluding multi county or multi program disbursements from the list. Secretary Wallace opposed the full scope but favored simplifying the plan to avoid disruption of AAA spending.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Arthur E. Vandenberg
Mich
Wallace
Agriculture Committee
AAA
Boy And Bicycle Swept Right Into Street Sweeper
Twelve year old Alfred Zuhl rode across an intersection when his bicycle skidded and was drawn into a street sweeper. Driver Bert Johnson halted as mechanics dismantled the machine to free him. Alfred emerged unharmed except for scratches and noting the dark dusty interior.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Alfred Zuhl
Alfred
Bert Johnson
Johnson
Doctors In Hewitt Case To Be Arraigned
Dr Tilton E Tillman and Dr Samuel G Boyd are ordered to appear for arraignment Friday before Superior Judge George J Steiger on conspiracy to commit mayhem in the sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt. The charge against Mrs Maryon Cooper Hewitt in Jersey City is in abeyance pending recovery.
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San Francisco
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Ann Cooper Hewitt
George J. Steiger
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Jersey City
N. J
Reopen Cedar River For Commercial Clam Taking
Iowa Conservation Commission adopts new rules reopening parts of three streams to commercial clam and mussel taking from June 15 to November 30. The Red Cedar Iowa and Des Moines rivers are specified with exact watershed segments. Bivalves may be taken commercially on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers at any time. Executive Council must approve, then two weeks after publication notice.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Executive Council
Red Cedar
Waterloo
Commission
Maquoketa club backs senior class play fund drive
The Maquoketa Downtown Athletic Club voted Thursday to sponsor the high school senior class play and raise funds for the athletic activity fund. It was decided to give peers nights as a substitute for the previously proposed May benefit program.
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Maquoketa
Down Town Athletic Club
House Group May Cut Surplus Tax
Washington, UP. House tax experts, after a two hour session, expect further delay in drafting a 799 million dollar tax bill. They weigh demands from business to reduce the undistributed profits tax and debate shifting the corporate tax scale to ease the peak rate, amid protests the new rates penalize business.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Four Robbers Loot Sol Partner Jewelry Store in Dayton
Four robbers held up the Sol Partner jewelry store in Dayton Ohio late Thursday escaping with silverware and jewels valued at $60 000. One kept guard at the door while three others emptied showcases after forcing proprietor Albert Fornas L C Lehman and clerk Stanley Watson to the rear. They left in a car after about 20 minutes inside the store.
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Dayton, Ohio
Sol Partner
Albert Fornas
L. C. Lehman
Stanley Watson
Veterans Dig For Flowers Find Gold in Napa Patch
Four World War II veterans at the Yountville soldiers' home dug up a pepper patch on Thursday and uncovered 175 in five dollar gold pieces. Col. Nelson Holderman, the home’s commander, said the treasure likely came from a patient who died without revealing the cache.
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Napa
Calif
Yountville
Nelson Holderman
Youth Dies Five Days After Secret Marriage in Iowa
Arthur Dale Fox of Oelwein dies at Mercy hospital five days after secretly marrying Helen Lenius of West Union. Fox became ill Saturday while in a Quasqueton dance orchestra. funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Christian church. He is survived by his wife, his parents Mr. and Mrs. David Fox, a sister Mrs. Herbert Downey, a brother Dean of Oelwein, and another brother Lyman of Elkader.
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Oelwein
Arthur Dale Fox
Helen Lenius
West Union
Fox
Quasqueton
Mercy Hospital
Lyman
Elkader
The
Christian Church
Collins Again Seeks Assembly Seat Urges Voters to Sterilize Crooked Officials
Fonda J. H. Collins announces another run for state representative from Pocahontas County with a platform calling for core honesty in public office. He recalls a 1934 liquor investigation involving Harold M. Cooper of the Iowa Liquor Control Commission, claiming Cooper offered a $100 monthly job if Collins withdrew. Cooper faced election-law charges and was acquitted.
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Gazette
FONDA
J. H. Collins
Pocahontas County
Harold M. Cooper
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Collins
Cooper
Republicans Urged to Back New Tariff Revision Plan
Robert Lincoln O’Brien, Republican Tariff Commission chair, urges party to endorse the New Deal method of tariff revision via reciprocal trade treaties. He aims to persuade the Cleveland convention platform committee and spokes to support the plank, asserting his long Republican record from McKinley to Hoover.
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Washington
Robert Lincoln O’brien
Tariff Commission
O’brien
Massachusetts
Commission
Hoover
Congress
Cleveland
Platform Committee
McKinley
Four Men To Take Another Drunk Detector Test
In Cleveland four men who tried Safety Sergeant Roths new drunk detector will repeat tests sober on Friday. Two taxi drivers left in other mens cabs after a whiskey and beer wash at Mount Sinai hospital. The scene drew reporters and photographers as the device and its results were evaluated for potential use in traffic cases.
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Cleveland
Arthur Roth
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland Police Department
Gordon Davis
Eddie Dork
Frank Svee
David E. Offcutt
Sergt. Roth
Dork
Davis
Deep River Man Held Here In Stolen Property Probe
H L Height a 32 year old man from Deep River was held at police headquarters for Sheriff D A Mulcahy of Poweshiek county after detectives here uncovered information about stolen property Height allegedly concealed and sold locally Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley said Height was arrested in Deep River and brought to Cedar Rapids for questioning as some property found here is believed stolen in Poweshiek county
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H. L. Height
Deep River
D. A. Mulcahy
Poweshiek County
Cedar Rapids
Height
Earl Stanley
Mulcahy
Stanley
Police Hunt For Wendel Kidnaper
Police spread a three state dragnet for a notorious ex convict named by Paul H. Wendel as the mob ringleader behind the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. Wendel says his alleged confession was obtained through torture but he repudiates it.
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New York
INS
Paul H. Wendel
Lindbergh
Rhone Wine Growers Say Tar Spoils Their Flavor
Tar used on nearby roads has caused wine from Rhone valley growers to take on a tarred taste. The issue concerns vineyards along roadways where road surfacing uses tarred asphalt, affecting aromas and palate.
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Rhone Valley
Costigan of Colorado Says He Will Not Seek Re election
Senator Edward P. Costigan of Colorado announces he will not run again due to ill health. The 61 year old Democrat helped promote the New Deal and sponsored laws on unemployment aid public works and labor relations. He has long been a leading figure in the silver bloc.
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Washington
Edward P. Costigan
Colo
Costigan
Colorado
Progressive
Democratic Party
Wilson
United States Tariff Commission
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Public Works Administration
Home Owners Loan Act
Senate Silver Bloc
Rev Drakes Googoo Unfrocked Again in LA
The Rev Drake Googoo Joes Penner's duck was stripped of his ministerial robes by a Los Angeles religious group for insubordination after failing to report to the mother church within 60 days of certification. The duck had aided an LA Ministerial association inquiry into alleged ordinations.
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LOS Angeles
Drake Googoo
Joe Penner
Penner
Los Angeles Ministerial Association
Crucifixion Reenactment Resumes by Penitente Sect in New Mexico
Deep in New Mexico and Colorado valleys the Los Hermanos De Sangre Cristo complete a blood and pain rite for Holy Week. Cristos endure lashings and thorn crowns then are bound to crosses and suspended before being cut down and anointed. Some villages abandon the cross while others pursue a final brutal act to cleanse sins.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Colorado
Los Hermanos de Sangre Cristo
Cristos
Calvary
Hermanos Mayores
Cristo
Christ
Police pursuit ends in escape after Harlem cab robbery
Police rushed to Harlem after a report of three Negroes robbing a taxi driver. The trio jumped from their own car and fled, leaving the taxi’s engine running before slipping into another police car and escaping.
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New York
Harlem
Birds on Parade Through Mississippi Floodwaters
A Cairo Illinois AP report describes a family of 20 riding a single log down the flooded Mississippi River in a line like water birds. Rivermen said the sight was unusual and notable as they floated for miles on the water.
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Cairo, Ill
Mississippi
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