Stokowski Garbo Visit Under Guard at Ravello Villa
Armed carabinieri guarded Villa Cimbrone in Ravello where Leopold Stokowski and Greta Garbo stayed amid crowds of curious locals. A sign on the gate read no visitors until further notice as rumors of a romance swirled. Consul in Naples doubted an imminent marriage and noted Garbo had not notified authorities.
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Italy
INS
Villa Cimbrone
Greta Garbo
Leopold Stokowski
Villa
Cimbrone
Gretta Garbo
Donna Misteriosa
Bay of Naples
Naples
United Press
Richter
Garbo
Stokowski
Wagner
Caruso Hotel
Philadelphia
Capri
Axel Munthe
Miss Garbo
Rome
Margaret Louisa Gustaffson
Munich
Lord Grimthrope
Strokowski
Miss Gustaffson
Soviet Show Trial Details and Confessions
The article reports on a Soviet show trial where defendants admit guilt in rapid succession. Krestinsky denies personal guilt while others confess to treason espionage or murder plots. Leon Trotsky is named as spiritual author of the plots, with Germany and Japan previously hinted at as involved nations.
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Great Britain
Ulrich
Andrei Vishinsky
Trotzky
Arkady P. Rosengoltz
Krestinsky
Abdullah Ikramoff
Uzbekistan
England
Nikolai Bukharin
Pravda
Investia
Alexei Rykoff
Maxim Gorky
Lenin
Leon Trotzky
Red Army
Stalin
Germany
Japan
Amazing bankruptcy petition dismissed by judge
The petition lists personal property valued at 1588 with exemptions totaling 1817 and debts including 38.03 in taxes 218 rent on a mortgaged real estate and 178.35 unserved claim. The 70 acre farm is worth about 7000 and redemption would require 15000 to 16000. The court finds the petition not filed in good faith and obstructive, and dismisses it.
Diesel Towboat Harold Grant Nears Hazardous Trip End
The diesel towboat Harold Grant progressed along the Illinois River to Peoria, nearing the trip's end. Pilot Roy W. Boyd of Rock Island earned admiration from rivermen for steering the 300-foot empty steel barge down the Mississippi and up the Illinois, having started Feb. 18 at Rock Island and passing several undammed locks this season.
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Beardstown
Harold Grant
Illinois
Peoria
Rock Island
Roy W. Boyd
Mississippi
Boyd
Pleiades Cluster Described as Dense Star Assembly
A historical note explains the Pleiades as a tight cluster containing more than 2,000 stars with about six or seven prominently visible to the naked eye, highlighting its dense stellar grouping.
Gillette Faces Convention Fight in Democratic Primary
The article notes a crowded Democratic senatorial field led by Gillette with opponents including Otha Wearin and Ellsworth Richardson. It details district history, past elections, and the potential impact on the state convention. It also covers a Navy budget amendment authorizing up to 15 million for experimentation and weapon development including aerial mines and new torpedoes.
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Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings
Ellsworth Richardson
Eddyville
Murphy
Hubert Utterback
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Utterback
James P. Flanagan
Sioux City
Thomas J. Curran
Ottumwa
Iowa Runoff Bids Warm Senate Scene Near White House
President Roosevelt avoided Iowa politics while Rep Wearin of Iowa announces a bid for the senator’s seat. Senator Gillette seeks reelection and comments that Iowa voters choose their nominees. Gillette explained his court reform bill aims to tighten Clayton act stock control rules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iowa
Wearin
Gillette
White House
Missing TWA airliner with nine aboard sparks search
A TWA airliner with nine aboard disappeared after reporting clear weather then turning back toward Fresno. A search party led by Bill Coyle heads toward the Sierra Nevada area near Huntington Lake as United cancels San Francisco Los Angeles service to aid the hunt.
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Fresno
Tehachapis
Union Air Terminal
Bakersfield
TWA
San Francisco
Bill Coyle
H. G. Andrews
Mike Doolin
C. G. Landry
Huntington Lake
High Sierra Mountains
Landry
Big Creek Canyon
United Airlines
Los Angeles
Experiments With Warships Approved By House Committee
The House Naval Committee endorsed a $1.171 billion naval expansion plan and a $30 million experimental fund for the navy. Chairman Vinson called the two hour session a love feast as the panel approved authorization to build a dirigible and test mystery warships.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Navy
Pershing Convalesces After Coma at Tucson Sanatorium
General John J. Pershing, 77, emerged from a coma and showed signs of improvement at the Desert Sanatorium in Tucson. Doctors reported stable vitals, resumed eating and drinking, and noted no relapse since the noon bulletin. His nephew Frank Pershing plans to return to Palm Springs as the general grows more aware of his surroundings.
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Davison
Mexico
France
Desert
Tucson
Frank Pershing
Palm Springs
Calif
Pershing
Gen. Pershing
Roland Davison
Mercy Man Graves Known For Aiding Indians And Snowbound Caretaker
Pilot John D. Graves 35, missing on a Trans World Airlines flight, is called the mercy man by fellow aviators for 1932 relief flights to Hopi Navajo and Zuni Indians. He later aided a snowbound Arizona airport caretaker by dropping cigarettes from the air.
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Burbank
Cal
INS
John D. Graves
TWA
Graves
Arizona
New Mexico
Rainstorm Triggers Flood Crisis in Los Angeles County
A heavy Wednesday rainstorm floods Los Angeles County from mountains to sea. Four people killed and hundreds displaced as roads wash out and dams fill. Downtown streets flood, storefronts sandbagged, lifeguard boats deployed, and landslides bury garages.
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Bulletin
Los Angeles
Niemoeller Seeks Clarity As Trial Ends In Sealed Hearing
The public reading of the court's reasons for the verdict is followed by a restricted session with officials from justice and church ministries. Niemoeller, a 46 year old pastor and prominent anti Nazi church leader, faced a secret tribunal after vehement protest. He condemned Hitler's move to nazify religion and faced years of surveillance and harassment. His wartime record includes the Pour le Merite and service as a submarine commander. The trial saw his stance harden, with his defense team resuming after a pause and indications of potential Nazi easing of churchman penalties amid church reopenings.
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Justice, Propaganda and Church Ministries
Fuehrer Hitler
Germany
Niemoeller
Jesus Christus Lutheran
Berlin
Dahlem
Secret Service
Fuehrer
Hitler
Debate on scrapping comptroller general post
Washington senate debate centers on abolishing the comptroller general and replacing the civil service commission with a single administrator. Sen. Schwellenbach defends elimination as ending a useless office while Sen. Walsh warns the merit system could suffer under one-man civil service control.
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Washington
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Wash
Comptroller
David I. Walsh
Mass
Slaying of WPA Worker Echoes Sammett Murder
James Fenton WPA worker and sole support for his blind mother was killed Tuesday in Chicago six blocks from where Dr Max Sammett exiled German dentist was found murdered. Four youths saw three to four assailants flee after beating and shooting Fenton in the head and neck. Police hunt links to the Sammett case and ordered ballistics tests to compare bullets.
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Chicago
James Fenton
WPA
Max Sammett
Fenton
Sammett
McNutt Says No Hope for U.S.-Britain China Cooperation
Washington report notes Paul V. McNutt, high commissioner of the Philippines, stated there is no hope of cooperation between the United States and Great Britain to solve China’s resent difficulties. He blamed the refusal of the United States to act with Britain.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
United States
Great Britain
China
Reform Policies Blamed For Slump In Business
Two industrialists testified before the Senate committee investigating unemployment blaming Roosevelt administration reform policies for the business slump. They argued new rules hinder capital and growth, citing declining output and layoffs.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Springfield figure on commerce committee and Baldwin chief
Springfield Vermont member of Secretary of Commerce Ropers business advisory committee and George H Houston Baldwin Locomotive Works president and chairman of the committee on industrial financing of the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Springfield
Vermont
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
George H. Houston
Baldwin Locomotive Works
National Association of Manufacturers
Probe Irregularities In Woodbury County Relief Project
Siou x City reports County Attorney Maurice Rawlings announced an investigation into irregularities in the Woodbury county sewing room of the relief administration. He said claims for merchandise may have been filed and paid without delivery, with an audit under way to determine amounts and responsibility. No officials are implicated yet. the matter may go to the March grand jury term.
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Sioux City
Maurice Rawlings
Woodbury County
Rawlings
County Relief Administration
Board of Supervisors
Col Edward M House Shows Improvement After Illness
Former adviser to Woodrow Wilson Col Edward M House, now critically ill with pleurisy, was reported better by his secretary on Wednesday in New York. The update indicates a positive turn after a period of severe illness.
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New York
Edward M. House
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago Board of Trade opens hearing on Cargill charge
Directors overrode a protest by Cargill Grain Co and opened proceedings alleging manipulation of the September 1937 corn market. Cargill refused to attend, citing priority of a concurrent Commodity Exchange Authority case. the outcome could suspend or expel the firm.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Cargill Grain Company of
Minneapolis
Cargill
Exchange
Kenneth S. Templeton
Commodity and Exchange Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
CEA
Board of Trade
Commodity Exchange Administration
Templeton
Roosevelt halts most business reform bills for nine months
President Roosevelt announced a nine month pause on business reform legislation except for bank holding companies. He said no new proposals would be sent to Congress and signaled a long range inquiry into monopolies and price questions. He praised the NLRB and noted many settlements under the Wagner act while addressing labor and business criticisms.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Cummings
Robert H. Jackson
William O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jackson
Douglas
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Business Advisory Council
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