Herring among fourteen signing cigaret testimonials
A report notes fourteen U S senators including Iowa's Clyde L Herring signed testimonials used to advertise a major cigarette brand Yet Herring says the money from the endorsements was for his claimed favorite charity and that he was approached by Garner to participate The article contrasts his candor with Washington speculation about his wealth and influence A second item from Rome describes Mussolini’s grand council debating armament and birth policy with threats to increase penalties for childlessness and tax the bachelor and childless estates reflecting fascist social policy
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United States
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Garner
Tobacco Company
Herring
Washington
Senator Herring
Jack Garner
Rome
Grand Council
England
France
Italy
Mussolini
Alberta Promises Basic Dividends Fail to Deliver
Premier Aberhart warns that promised 25 dollar monthly credits cannot begin within the 18 month target, postponing distribution previously pledged. In the U.S. broad paternalist rhetoric recurs amid policy debates.
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Lberta
William 4. Aberhart
Aberhart
Alberta
United States
Aberharts
Peon Confesses to Argentine Child Murder and Kidnapping
Argentine itinerant worker Jose Gancedo confessed to kidnapping and killing 2 year old Eugenio Pereyra Iraola, heir to a cattle fortune, on the La Sorpresa ranch north of Mar del Plata. The body was found in a cornfield last Saturday. authorities report strangulation with a head wound and ant bites. The confession came after 100 hours of police questioning aided by Buenos Aires detectives.
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Mar del Plata
Argentina
Jose Gancedo
Eugenio Pereyra Iraola
Argentinia
Gancedo
Eugenio
Simon
Simon Pereyra Iraola
Pampas
Buenos Aires
Plan To Open French Boys War Training At Six
Paris reports Premier Blum sponsorship of a plan to begin pre military and physical training for boys at age six. The program runs from six to 18 with two years of arm use instruction followed by two years of compulsory service, shaping youth for wartime service.
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Paris
Premier Blum
G M Difficulties At Janesville Settled Resume Work Today
In Janesville Wisconsin United Automobile Workers tensions with nonunion staff at General Motors plants ended Monday and 2700 workers will return to work Tuesday. Dennis F Hurley Fisher Body plant manager said three UAW members who were fired or suspended for booing alliance button wearers would be rehired. UAWA officials pledged to curb further disruptive acts.
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Janesville
Wis
General Motors
Dennis F. Hurley
Fisher Body
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Alliance
Alliance
Chevrolet
UAWA
Furser
Troue
Swallowing Life’s Small Pills Like Cannon Balls
The piece explains Charles Spurgeon’s proverb about confusing minor troubles with major blows. It urges swallowing bitter pills promptly to avoid prolonging pain, notes that imaginary worries worsen life, and praises facing small hurts early to free time for bigger matters. Copyright 1837.
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Charles Spurgeon
Roosevelt nominates eight Iowa postmasters
President Roosevelt sent eight nominations for Iowa postmasters to the Senate on Monday. The picks include Independence John T. Barnett, Dyersville Laurence C. Smith, McCallsburg Jake A. Mein, New Providence Gladys Hadley, Rake Wayne O. Thomas, Beadlyn Harold F. Diekmann, Toledo John N. Lichty, and West Bend George W. Montag.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iowa
Senate
Dyersville
Laurence C. Smith
Independence
John T. Barnett
McCallsburg
Jake A. Mein
New Providence
Gladys Hadley
Rake
Wayne O. Thomas
Beadlyn
Harold F. Diekmann
Toledo
John N. Lichty
West Bend
George W. Montag
Brookings criticizes ever normal plan as impractical
Washington AP Brookings Institution approved federal control of farm production in emergency periods but labeled the proposed ever normal granary program impractical. Three economists Edwin G. Nourse Joseph S. Davis and John D. Black favored continued AAA aid to farmers to adjust to changing conditions and cushion drought and flood shocks while questioning sustained production control devices. They agreed such controls work in emergencies but not as a continual economic plan.
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Brookings Institution
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Edwin G. Nourse
Brookings Institute of Economics
Joseph S. Davis
Food Research Institute
Stanford University
John D. Black
Harvard University
Davis
AAA
Roosevelt proposes sugar quota system with excise tax
President Roosevelt asked Congress to enact a sugar quota system financed by an excise tax of at least three quarters of a cent per pound on raw sugar. He said tax revenue could reach about 100 million dollars yearly to resume producer benefits, while not raising consumer sugar costs. He urged safeguards for child labor rules and a minimum wage, and cited the Jones Costigan act’s legacy and offshore producers in Hawaii and the Philippines.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Hawaii
Philippines
AAA
Treasury
United States
Robinson
Gerald B. _Winrod
Theo Mahn
Alma, Neb
Wichita
Kar
Supreme Court
George’ W. Norris
Neb
Marin
Supreme Court rules bullion contracts not protected by gold clause
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision led by Justice Cardozo, held that the 1933 gold clause ban applies to bullion contracts as well as coin. The ruling defeats Holyoke Power Co.’s bid for $28,874 extra from Writ ing-Paper Co. and cites that contracts cannot override Congress controlled monetary standards. The dissenters were Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cardozo
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Butler
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Massachusetts Federal District Court
Holyoke
Mass
Company of
Massachusetts
Connecticut River
Congress
Wallace urges need of land utilization in US
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace told a North American Wildlife conference that wasteful exploitation of land threatens national welfare. He argued land utilization supports wildlife, flood control, soil preservation and higher crop production, noting there is enough land to meet agriculture, industry and recreation needs.
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ST. Louis
Henry A. Wallace
North American Wildlife Conference
J. N. “Ding” Darling
U. S. Biological Survey
General Wildlife Federation
United States
America
Wallace
Roosevelt urges new sugar quota legislation
President Roosevelt addresses Congress urging enactment of a Sugar quota system. He notes the December 31, 1937 expiration of Jones-Costigan act provisions and the repeal of the processing tax, calling for renewed principles and necessary complements to manage sugar quotas and benefit payments to beet and cane producers.
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Congress
Gerald Smith Forms Group to Save America
Gerald L K Smith launches a new outfit named the Committee of One Million. He invites activists and “topple cider boys” to join for 50 cents a month to receive bulletins on what to watch for as part of his third attempt to save America.
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New York
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey Long
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Share Our Wealth Clubs
America
Spanish Civil War Death Toll Estimated at 180000
Paris reports eight months of civil war in Spain have claimed about 180,000 lives with rebel losses around 80,000 and loyalist deaths near 100,000 according to reliable estimates issued Monday night.
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Paris
Spain
French Abandons Plan to Restore Nazi Colonies
Paris and London revealed a secret French offer to Hitler to return former German African colonies in exchange for guaranteeing eastern security with Russia. Britain rejected any return of colonies while Ribbentrop defended German strength. France and Britain signaled unity on colonial policy despite talks to tempt Hitler away from anti Bolshevik aims.
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London
France
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Ribbentrop
Leipzig
Paris
Delbos
Eden
Britain
Viep
Disinterment Reveals Slain Japanese Family in Auburn
Police Chief Ed Norris and Japanese laborers unearthed the bodies of Mrs Einich Kato and her four children from a shallow grave in Auburn. The children Sam 9 Tom 8 Mary 6 and Amy 5 suffered head wounds. A neighbor reported a mound of earth after the family’s mysterious disappearance two weeks earlier.
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Auburn
Wash
Ed Norris
Einich Kato
Norris
Tom Tsuchida
Kato
Portland
Ore
Sam Kato
Tom
Mary
Amy
Seattle
T Kumaeai
Judge Denies Dismissal in Dafoe Breach Suit
Federal Judge John P. Barnes in Chicago denied defense attorneys petition to dismiss a $1,000,000 breach of contract suit against Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, physician for the Dionne quintuplets, on Monday.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
Allan Roy Dafoe
Steel industry moves toward peace talks and wage hikes
Carnegie-Illinois Steel and U S Steel began bargaining with John L Lewis SWOC on union terms. 20,000 National Steel workers will move to a 40 hour week starting March 16 with a minimum daily wage of 5 dollars, up from 4.20. Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet will raise hourly rates by 10 cents to 62.5 cents effective March 16.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
United States Steel’ ‘Corporation
John L. Lewis
Steel
Ganizing Committee
National Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
SWOC
Benjamin
F. Fairless
Carnegie-Illinois
Philip
Mm” Murray
Lewis
Agyewiet Ae
OMT
Es. Vt. Res SP (Ap
Comeon Abor
Republic | Steel Corporation
Youngstown ‘Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel boosts wages to ten cents an hour
Inland Steel announced a ten cent per hour raise for 13,000 common laborers and plans a 40 hour week starting March 16. Bethlehem Steel followed with wage scale increases expected to add 20 to 25 million dollars to employees’ pay.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Company
Bethlehem
Bethlehem, Pa
BethLehem Steel Company
Mrs Johnson Returns To Jungle Prefers Solo Mission
Mrs Martin Johnson vows to go it alone returning to jungle trails once walked with her explorer husband who died in a California crash. She says civilization is noisy and wants quiet Africa to carry on his work, aiming for a disciplined, peaceful routine.
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Wichita
Kan
Martin Johnson
California
Civilization
Africa
F D R Signs Trade Powers Extension
President Roosevelt signed legislation extending for three years from June 12 his authority to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with foreign nations. Under the law such agreements do not require Senate ratification. The original act of 1934 aims to raise living standards through greater foreign trade and allows tariffs to be adjusted up to 50 percent. Pacts with 16 nations have been signed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Move To Nationalize Mexican Oil Trade
Stock holders of the Petroleum company of Mexico known as Petro Mex met Monday night and voted dissolution as the first step toward reorganizing the company as a government concern and eventual nationalization of the oil industry in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Petroleum Company of Mexico
Petromex
Roosevelt signs Sumners bill allowing Supreme Court retirement at seventy
President Roosevelt signed the Sumners bill, enabling Supreme Court justices to retire at age seventy with full pay of 20 000 dollars. The move extends retirement eligibility to the high court for the first time, safeguarding salaries against congressional reductions and potentially opening seats for replacements.
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High
Washington
Roosevelt
Sumners
Supreme“ Court
Cain
Congress
Migible
Seirlee Evans
Hughes
Louis
Cnes
Willie
Luter
Penn Miners Begin Sitdown Strike In Underground Depths
About 300 Jamison Coal miners started a sitdown strike 300 feet underground in Uniontown Pennsylvania on Monday. Families and local United Mine Workers members brought food clothing and bedding to the strikers while daytime workers learned of the action during the night shift discussions.
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Uniontown
Jamison Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Another Foreign Ship Crippled By Mines Off Spain
London reports indicate renewed British efforts toward Spain’s peace as mines off Spain’s east coast cripple a French freighter Marie Therese Le Borgne near Palamos. The ship joins the Llandovery Castle in a cluster of mine incidents, with the French transport Seban narrowly avoiding a blast near Barcelona.
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London
Spain
Marie Therese le Borgne
Palamos
Llandovery Castle
Seban
Barcelona
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