Powers Seek United Action to Avert War in Europe
Europe shifts from brink of war as Britain France and Italy agree on united non aggression action. A Danube pact and an eastern European accord are discussed to deter aggression, with Rome Danubian meeting planned for May 20 and a formal three power pact to be signed Sunday.
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Stresa
Italy
Europe
Britain
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Hitler
Danube
Central
Benito Mussolini
United ‘Front
Austria
Rome
England
Japan
United States
Manchuria
Scout Aspirant Aged Eight Faces Life Saving Deed Test
Chicago report recalls Tommy Bennett an eight year old aspirant who aimed to join the Boy Scouts at twelve and do daily good turns. He saved nine year old Mildred Burke from a speeding car by pushing her aside but was struck by the vehicle himself and taken to a hospital with doctors giving him a fair chance to recover.
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Chicago
Tommy Bennett
Mildred Burke
Tommy
Mildred
Shim
Living Jesus First in a Material World
A 1935 reflection argues that people pay lip service to Jesus while prioritizing money and status. It contends the world is upside down for neglecting spiritual values, citing Jesus message to seek righteousness first and warning that force and wealth fail to bring lasting happiness.
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Jesus
Former Springfield Mayor Pleads Not Guilty To Theft
John S. Schnepp former Springfield mayor pled not guilty to embezzlement charges during arraignment in the circuit court. Date of trial not fixed. Attorney William St John Wines said an attack on the indictment's legal aspects may occur before or after trial if convicted. The indictment allegedly shows only one grand juror signed it instead of 23.
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Springfield
INS
John S. Schnepp
William St. John Wines
Schnepp
Wines
Death sentences in San Quentin escape plot
San Rafael Calif INS reports two of four convicts from January’s sensational San Quentin escape plot were sentenced to death. Alex MacKay and Joe Kristy faced Superior Judge Edward S. Butler who imposed the sentences, with execution set for June 21.
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San Rafael
Calif
INS
San Quentin Prison
Edward S. Butler
Alex MacKay
Joe Kristy
Butler
Man Found Slain. Divorcee Arrested in Lynn
In Lynn Massachusetts Leon Brown a 52 year old leather worker was found slain with a butcher knife nearby. Grace Seward also known as Grace Goodridge a middle aged divorcee was arrested booked for murder and held without bail after blood stained money was found in her pockets.
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Lynn
Mass
Leon Brown
Grace Seward
Grace Goodridge
Glass Urges Return of Gold Standard in America
Senator Carter Glass, Virginia Democrat, urged restoring the gold standard to stabilize the dollar by fixing commodity prices. He argued true stabilization requires controlling the gold content of the dollar and warned against offloading the gold standard, saying the United States must return to it to avoid disrupting currencies worldwide.
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Washington
INS
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
United States
Great Britain
France
Ney
Romance Of Boy 6 With Shirley Temple Ends In Finances
Chicago police report six year old Warren Dawes tried to marry Shirley Temple after tucking 126 cents into his pocket. He planned to call Hollywood, but learned a one dollar call would cost six times his savings.
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Chicago
Warren Dawes
Shirley Temple
Warren
Shirley
Hollywood
Pupils Help Hunt for Missing Boy in Chicago
In Chicago several hundred school children joined police and German police dogs in a nine day search for 4 year old Richard Max Perrot. The hunt spread to deserted houses and Chicago river moorings as his mother collapsed and his father pressed on amid theories of a mysterious thin man.
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Chicago
Richard Max Perrot
Richard
Must Take Sides Or Face Perilous Neutrality In Next War
Noted American historian Albert Bushnell Hart warns in Cambridge that Europe faces a crisis where nationalities collapse under despotic regimes led by Hitler Mussolini and Stalin. He asserts popular government is scarce in these nations and warns a general European war could draw England Japan and the United States into mobilized conflict within ten years.
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U.S
Europe
Albert Bushnell
Akron Rubber Leaders Forge Four Point Pact to Avert Strike
Akron Ohio rubber manufacturers and the American Federation of Labor reach a four point agreement to prevent a strike at Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich plants. The accord requires union negotiations, bulletin board postings of changes, postponement of elections during court appeals, and no strike or lockout pending appeals with a three member fact finding board if grievances persist. Signed by company reps and AFL leaders, subject to federation approval. mass meetings planned Sunday.
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Washington
Akron
Ohio
American Federation of Labor
Goodyear-Goodrich-Firestone
Labor Relations Board
Firestone
Goodrich
Secretary of Labor
William Green
The
Federation of Labor
Coleman Claherty
Federaion
Trio Must Die for Killing Conductor
A jury in East St. Louis crime court found Edward Balling 19 John Krul 21 and William Dedmon Van Buren 25 guilty of murdering street car conductor William C Moss last February 22 The judge stayed formal sentencing until Monday to allow appeals by defense counsel.
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East St.louis, Ill
East St. Louis City Court
Edward Balling
John Krul
William van Buren
Dedmon
William
C. Moss
William F. Borders
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Traffic toll in Cedar Rapids reflects rising accidents injuries and deaths with numbers 88 103 noted in the fragmented record. The item lacks full context but signals concern over road safety and toll outcomes.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Eyes End of Federal Doles by July 1 1936
President Roosevelt signaled that federal relief payments will wind down by July 1 1936 with a broad plan to shift work relief into full force by mid November The program includes soil erosion work in five Western and Plains states and a ramp up of work projects for 2 500 000 relief families The administration also weighs trimming PWA loan rates and boosting outright grants to 50 percent for construction while Tugwell Hopkins Fechner coordinate erosion control effort Direct relief funds totaling 113 661 384 were allocated to states excluding Georgia for feeding and clothing 20 500 000 needy this month
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Harry’l. Hopkins
Hopkins
FERA
PWA
Harold Li Ickes
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Georgia
Wallace warns textile men to support AAA
Atlanta AP reports Secretary Wallace warned textile manufacturers that stronger measures may follow if opponents of the Agricultural Adjustment act succeed in destroying it. He reiterated that the cotton processing tax would continue and urged farmers to unite with southern and midwestern agricultural interests.
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Atlanta
Wallace
Georgia
Wesley Memorial Church Auditorium
Talmadge
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
Agriculture
Llamy
Agricultural ,Adjustment Administration
South
Middlewest
Name Frank Byers on Iowa Senate's Sifting Committee
Des Moines AP Byers of Linn is named among Iowa Senate sifting committee members. The panel is headed by Harold L. Irwin of DeWitt with Democrats Harrington Appanoose Valentine Dubuque Baldwin Crawford Bell Des Moines Driscoll Lee and Republicans Knudson Hamilton Hush joining.
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DES
Ohio Governor appeals for public gifts to fund office
Ohio Governor Martin J. Davey issued a call to the public for donations to sustain the governor's office. He urged citizens to contribute nickels, dimes, and dollars for stamps, stationery, and other supplies after Republican and one Democrat senators blocked the appropriation bill, hampering services.
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Columbus
INS
Ohio
Martin J. Davey
State Senate
Weather Outlook For Chicago And Plains Week
The AP reports a week starting April 15 with considerable cloudiness across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central great plains. Expect one or two precipitation periods, cooler conditions at the start, with temperatures rising later in the week.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Banking Bill To Be Passed by Steagall Says
Washington reports House banking bill seen passing with administration support after talks with Roosevelt. Steagall predicts favorable committee report next week and swift passage, while Hancock warns of dangers if federal reserve credit control is not strengthened.
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Washington
House
Henry Steagall
Banking ‘Committee
Steagall
Roosevelt
N. C
Federal
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner
S. Eccles
Cits
Federal ‘Reserve
12 on Trial In Bremer Case Monday in St Paul
Shattered by federal gunfire and months of police pressure twelve Barker Karpis gang members including Arthur Doc Barker face trial here Monday for the $200000 Edward G Bremer abduction. The case draws from coast to coast as witnesses and defendants tied to crime rackets testify about the ransom and the White House reverberations.
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ST. Paul
Thes Barker
Karpis
Little Arthur
Edward G. Bremer
White House
Adolf Bremer
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Arthur
Barker
Byron Bolton
Jess Doyle
Edna Murray
Oliver Berg
Bruno “Whitey” Ausfin
Harold Alderton
Elmer Farmer
James Wilson
John J. McLaughlin
William ‘E.vidler
Philip “Delaney
Berg
Joliet
California
Florida
Barker- Karpis
Ramsey County
Federal
Alvin Karpis
Volney Davis
Harry Sawyer
William Weaver
Myrtle Eaton
Joseph FP. Moran
Harry Campbell
Kate Barker
Fred Barker
Russell Gibson
George Zeigler
Former guard of O Donnell shot in Chicago
Sanford Rosenbaum a 34 year old former guard for Edward O Donnell was shot three times by a lone assailant Saturday. He was taken to Cook County Hospital after being identified by police officers Ben White and Morris Murphy. The attacker eluded pursuit and fired on Rosenbaum from a car after a brief chat.
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Chicago
Sanford
Thad Gimp
Rosenbaum
Edward
Spike
O'Donnell
Cook County
vCapone
Mais
Che
Ben
White
Morris
Murphy
Nazi Church Clashes Grow as Clergy Face Mercy Cutoff
Munich reports a Nazi decree promises no quarter to church opponents. Department heads warn heavy hand will descend on clergy and laymen who oppose Reichsbishop Mueller. Four Hessian and two Saxon clergymen are sent to concentration camps, shaved heads and prison garb imposed.
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Munich
Germany
Vynazi
Brown House
Reichsbishop
Ludwig Mueller
Mueller
Generalissimo Chiangs forces claim massive Kweichow purge
reports from Nanking say Chiang Kai Shek’s troops blasted through Kweichow province in four days, killing about 7,000 communists. The defense ministry described the fight as the bloodiest since the anti Reds campaign began, with limited details available on the heavy clashes around Shihfeng.
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Nanking
China
Chliang
Kai ~ Shek
Rav
Kewichow
Yeaching
Kewiyang
Kweichow
Shihfeng
Tobacco Control Act Held Unconstitutional in Kentucky Ruling
Federal Judge Charles I Dawson ruled the Kerr Smith act regulating tobacco production unconstitutional in Louisville. The decision blocked enforcement by U S District Attorney Mac Swinford and Internal Revenue Collector Seldon R Glenn in suit by Penn Brothers Fayette County growers, marking the act’s first court test.
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Louisville
Charles I. Dawson
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