U S Sues Over Spanish Silver Purchases Amid War Era Deals
The United States bought about 10 million dollars of silver from the Spanish loyalist government during the civil war period. Four lawsuits in New York target the Federal Reserve Bank the United States Steamship Line and Sigmund Solomon claiming illegality of the sales. The Justice Department plans to seek dismissal or prove loyalist title to the silver.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
New York
Barcelona
Bank of Spain
Justice Department
U. S. District Court
Federal Reserve Bank
United States Steamship Line
Sigmund Solomon
U. S
Five reasons for Rome's fall and our time
Dward Gibbon's five causes of Rome's decline are echoed here as moral and spiritual decay. Divorce, heavy taxation, pursuit of pleasure, armaments buildup, and religious decay are warned as warning signs for modern society. The piece argues a rebirth of faith in higher values can save civilization from similar fate.
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Dward Gibbon
Rome
Gibbon
Murdered Child of Florida Rep. Caldwell Dies
Washington reports Millard F. Caldwell Jr., the 10 year old son of Representative Caldwell of Florida, was killed Friday when struck by a car.
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Washington
Millard F. Caldwell, Jr
Rep. Caldwell
Fla
Frederick Steiner Dies at 55 Former Oregon Senator
Frederick Steiner of Oregon, former U.S. Senator, died at Walter Reed hospital after a lingering illness. He resigned from the senate in 1939 to practice law in Washington. Steiner served from 1928 to 1939 and gave the keynote at the 1936 Republican National Convention with Alfred Landon nominated for president.
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INS
U. S
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Walter Reed Hospital
Senate
Steiner
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Senator Herring Defends Pardon Record In Iowa
Senator Clyde Herring of Iowa says as governor he pardoned one Fort Madison inmate in four years. He notes he acted on trial judge and prosecutor recommendations and pardoned other jail prisoners who had served sentences but faced unpayable bonds. He adds no reformatory prisoners were pardoned and he viewed pardons as correcting judicial errors rather than personal whim.
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Washington
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Fort Madison
Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Herring
Anamosa
Eight Firemen Feared Dead In Syracuse Block Collapse
Eight firemen are feared dead after a sidewall collapse trapped them in a basement of the Collins block in downtown Syracuse. Rescue crews heard faint voices hours after the dawn accident, then the sounds faded as teams tunnel toward the entombed men amid falling debris and burning timbers. Three other firemen were hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Syracuse
N. Y
INS
Thomas Dugan
Raymond Bauder
David Levine
James E. Diamond
John W. Agan
Michael Dixon
Albert C. Young
Frank Kerlin
Thut
Edward G. Gieselma
Des Moines Raids Target Gambling Houses Lob Liquor
Des Moines police raided four gambling houses, arresting 15 people after Chief H Alber urged strict enforcement of liquor and gambling laws. Police said raids were planned after a council discussion, and 10 suspects were later released on bond while five were released without charges.
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Des Moines
H.alber
Alber
Police Department
Council
Wife Who Waited 22 Years for Mooney Release Opposes Divorce
San Francisco about to hear Tom Mooney seek divorce from Rena Mooney after his pardon and release from prison. Rena, a copyist and former music teacher, says she will fight to the last ditch to keep the marriage, recounting decades of support and sacrifice including funding travel and speaking for him while living on $45 a month.
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Mooney
San Francisco
INS
Tom Mooney
Grayhaired
Rena Mooney
Culbert L. Olson
Tom
Sacramento
Feminine Angle Provokes Storm in Iowa Welfare Fight
Iowa lawmakers grapple with a proposed three member social welfare board for aged and blind pensions and child welfare. An amendment to add one woman sparks protests from men's and women's groups alike as the state teeters between reform and continued conflict.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hursday
Iowa House
Public Welfare Board
Senate
House Committee On Consolidation
Women’s Club
House
Social Welfare Board
White House Secrets Echo Baseball Team Tactics
Column uses a baseball metaphor to critique government secrecy and manipulation. The piece likens political strategy to a team where secrets on the field mirror hidden deals in Washington as the author critiques congressional distrust and the handling of pitches.
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White House
Msager
Mysterious Death In Des Moines Stirs Police Probe
Des Moines police and coroner probe the death of Rose Stringfellow 44 found unconscious in a street near the business district. She died after a brain hemorrhage 12 hours later while investigators seek leads noting a lost shoe two miles away and an unidentified call.
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Des Moines
Rose Stringfellow
A. E. Shaw
Stringfellow
Lytton,Ja
Funeral set for three children killed in train bus crash
In Minot North Dakota funeral arrangements were under way Friday for three schoolchildren who died when a freight train struck a school bus at a crossing.
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House Vies To Carry On Dies Inquiry Despite Opposition
Washington notes the House voted 344 to 36 to extend the un-American activities and propaganda inquiry for another year. Rep. Dies of Texas returns as chair, with a $100,000 funding plan after a prior $25,000, amid sharp partisan and constitutional disputes.
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House
Congress
Patrick J. Boland
Pennsylvania
Dies
Lindsay Warren
N. C
Goebbels Bans Werner Finck and Four Others from Public
In Berlin Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels permanently barred humorist Werner Finck and four lesser stars from any public or private appearances. Finck had ridiculed party and state institutions, authorities said. The move parallels banning of Will Rogers in the Reich era.
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Berlin
Ins
Joseph Goebbels
Werner Finck
Reich
Will Rogers
Finck
Conscience-Ridden Returns After Long Flight Admits Killing Family
Pittsburgh district attorney outlined how Norman Stewart, a 34 year old dentist and former Jacksonville bartender, confessed to killing his wife Mary Louise McCleland Stewart and their four year old son Norman II after revealing a desperate flight from debt. He had been indicted for murder and likely faces trial in weeks.
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Andrew T. Park
Lorig
Norman Stewart
Jacksonville
Park
Ned
Stewart
C. Dick Cable
Cable
Parks
Mary Louise McCleland Stewart
Wilkinsburg
Norman II
U S Asks Italy Explain Attacks Against President
The U S embassy in Rome asked Italy to explain bitter personal attacks on President Roosevelt in fascist press. The campaigns followed quotes about U S frontiers in France and threats extending defense lines to the Rhine Alps and Rio Grande amid Mussolini planning a grand council meeting to discuss Roosevelt policy.
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United States
Roosevelt
Senate
France
America
Rhine
Virginio Gayda
Fascism
Europe
Alps
Gayda
Il Giornale D
Italia
Rio Grande
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Benito Mussolini
Grand Council
Mussolini
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Murphy Orders U. S. Judiciary Checkup
Attorney General Frank Murphy orders a nationwide inquiry into conditions in the judiciary amid concerns over charges against Judge Martin T. Manton. A special assistant will run investigations. Roosevelt endorses the plan. A Civil Liberties Unit will study constitutional rights and related laws, with Schweinhout named chief.
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INS
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Manton
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Civil Liberties
Department
Henry A. Schweinhout
Civil Liberties Unit
Village Isolated By Snow In New Mexico For Two Weeks
Snowbound in the Palma mountains, Los Tapias village remains cut off for two weeks. Patrolmen and highway workers, aided by plows and horses, fight drifts to reach the isolated settlement. An unnamed adventurer traversed the area to verify a distress SOS spotted by a pilot in the air.
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Mexico
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Tapias
Palma
Roosevelt Denies Rhine Border Claim and Party Ties
President Roosevelt rejected reports that the Rhine border defined US policy and reiterated a nonpartisan foreign policy. He criticized unnamed senators and newspaper owners as agitators and said public disclosure of confidential intelligence would endanger sources. Senator Key Pittman sat nearby as the briefing continued.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
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Rhine
France
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House Appropriations Subcommittee On Military Appropriations
Pittman
Key Pittman
Neevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt Defines Foreign Policy In Direct Press Remarks
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt gave reporters a direct outline of his foreign policy stance. He listed four principles: oppose entangling alliances, maintain world trade for all nations, support arms reduction efforts, and back peaceful independence for all nations. He noted he would share the exact wording for publication.
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