France Seeks Franco German Rapprochement Amid Hitler Plea
Paris reacts to Hitler's interview with Bertrand de Jouvenel as Chancellor expresses desire for friendship with France. Edouard Herriot argues for renewed Franco German talks within the League of Nations while warning against resurgent armaments and regional tensions.
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Paris
Hitler
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Fuehrer
France
Germany
Ruhr
Soviet Union
Europe
Lausanne
Franz von Papen
Mother turns to arson to shield her children in chaotic Chicago
In Chicago a 38 year old nurse Isabel Devlin Borrell confessed to setting eight fires in her apartment building to protect her four to nineteen year old children from constant parties and drinking. She told Assistant State's Attorney she did not intend to harm anyone and even helped dampen some blazes before calling the fire department. The mother was arrested in her apartment with a kerosene can after a fire.
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Chicago
Mns
Isabel Devlin Borrell
Gordon Nash
Extraneous Events At Murder Trial In New Brunswick
In Dorchester New Brunswick AP report says the murder trial of Philip Lake drew sensational, nonessential moments. Crown witness Sgt B G Peters fainted in court and juror Humphrey Lockart fled when his house burned. Court adjourned to help the juror and his family. A prior witness described the Pacific Junction death scene where Lake was found.
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Dorchester
N. B
New Brunswick
Arthur Bannister
Humphrey Lockart
B. G. Peters
Canadian Mounted Police
Lonely Pacific Junction
Philip Lake
WPA Musicians To Appear In Concert
First public WPA organized music program under local recreation project will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the YWCA auditorium. Three groups under Malcom Adee will perform a three hour program including a six man WPA orchestra, a second six man ensemble, and a ten piece harmonica band. George Merrill and Slim Davis join the violin and piano items while Bob Snodgrass directs another six man group. The Friendly club hosts the event for ages 18 and over with nickel night on Tuesday.
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WPA
Friendly Club
Malcom Adee
George Merrill
Slim” Davis
Bob Snodgrass
Mr. Adee
Snodgrass
Clarence Sisco
Ray Workman
George Glynn
Wendl Warner
Charles Kunzmann
Donald Jones
James Hollingsworth
Thomas Joiner
Bob Heslop
Chester Grolund
George Vanslyke
Laurence Lovel
Kenneth Grump
Ray Robinson
Orville Lloyd
Lloyd
Vanslyke
Supreme Court hears Guffey Coal Act challenge
The Supreme Court heard arguments from 66 mine operators challenging the Guffey coal act as the government and Pennsylvania defend the law. Solicitor General Reed warned that without the act labor instability would rise, while Pennsylvania urged the measure as essential amid grave peril. Operators call the law void and capricious, with John W. Davis leading the defense. The justices scheduled a Monday session after a Saturday conference.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Stanley Reed
NRA
Charles J. Magiotti
John W. Davis
Dentist Given Year Jail In Homer Fanning Case
Dr. R H Blum Kirksville dentist pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods and received a one year jail term in circuit court. He was linked to disposing of items from Homer Fanning and Alfred J Schmidt of Griggsville Ill in tri state robberies. Fanning and Schmidt were sentenced to twelve years each.
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Kirksville, Mo
R. H. Blum
Homer Fanning
Alfred J. Schmidt
Griggsville
Ill
Fanning
Kirksville
Schmidt
Murder Suspect Shot In Gun Battle Near Farmington
Francis Thurman nineteen, wanted in the St. Louis murder of Sergt. William Cullen, was seriously wounded in a gun battle with St. Francis county officers near Farmington. He was struck through the right lung, with no officer injuries. Thurman to be taken to St. Louis in custody. Cullen was killed while sitting in a police squad car.
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Bonne Terre
INS
Francis Thurman
Sergt
William Cullen
St. Louis
St. Francis County
Farmington
Bonne Terre Hospital
Thurman
John J. McCarthy
Roy Presnell
Sergt. Cullen
Townsend plan and economic reform urged by Cedar Rapids groups
A letter from 25 000 Linn County petitioners and Townsend clubs argues the Townsend plan would replace dole with work, reduce taxes and crime costs, end pensions for many public workers, and boost buying power. It urges voters to endorse the plan via ballot.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Townsend
Dole
Hearst
American Liberty League
Lincoln
Dr. Townsend
Townsend Clubs
the Gazette
Banner Howard
Shouse Charges May Be Answered By Senate Probers
The American Liberty League and the senate lobby committee traded charges over the nationwide probe. Jouett Shouse accused overreach and rights violations in subpoenaing telegrams, while Chairman Hugo Black called Shouse and allies spokesmen for uninvestigated interests and said the panel would likely respond on radio.
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Senate
Washington
ULP
American Liberty League
Senate Lobby Committee
Jouett Shouse
The
Liberty League
Shouse
Hugo L. Black
Ala
League
Mercury Reaches Year High in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids recorded a peak 49 degrees at 5:30 pm under a clear sky, the warmest reading of the year so far. The previous high was 48 set last Tuesday, with temperatures falling to 43 by 7 pm and 32 by 10 pm per Chambers Inskeep company readings.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep
Safe Driving Courtesy at Intersections from NSC
National Safety Council urges courteous driving to prevent crashes at intersections. Do not insist on right of way. yield to pedestrians and reduce risk. Even mild drivers can become boors behind the wheel, making selfishness on the road dangerous.
Hoover Hinting At 1936 Run At Republican Rally
In Colorado Springs Herbert Hoover suggested a possible quick entry into the 1936 race. He praised youth and pledged to push Republican issues to every hamlet while condemning relief pressure and urging a clean election with no federal officials politicking on relief.
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Colorado Springs
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Republican Party
Congress
Isolated Private's Wife Kills Husband and Self
In Wilmington, Army Private Ellwood Hoffman and his wife Margaret were isolated on Pea Patch island at Fort Delaware. After weeks of confinement in harsh winter, Mrs Hoffman telephoned Fort du Pont saying she had shot her husband and then killed herself.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware River
Ellwood Hoffman
Fort Delaware
Lonely Pea Patch Island
Margaret Hoffman
Hoffman
Fort du Pont
Akron Housewives Rush For Milk Amid Blockade
Akron residents rushed to dairies and grocers Saturday night to buy milk after failed negotiations failed to end a producers blockade over a delivery drivers strike. City officials moved to clear Goodyear surrounding pickets while clashes earlier in the day limited police progress. Milk producers warned they may cut home delivery while a few independent dairies operated under union escort.
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Akron, O
Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
United Rubber Workers Union
Averill Dairy Company
Mussolini Focuses On European Crisis Amid Rhine Tensions
In Rome on Saturday night Mussolini concentrated on the Rhine crisis after Germany’s rearmament move. Guards were increased at the British embassy as Italy sought to balance pressure from the League of Nations while weighing terms of peace with Ethiopia.
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France
Germany
Schuschnigg
Austria
Rome
Africa
Italy
People’s Front
Chamber of Deputies
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Rhineland
League
Committee of Thirteen
Mussolini
Geneva
Il Duce
Rhine
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Palazzo Viminale
Great Britain
Karam
Hitler
Injunction Halts PWA Loan for Knoxville Plant
Justice F Dickinson Letts of DC Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining injunction blocking the Public Works Administration from lending Knoxville Tennessee 2 600 000 to build an electric distributing plant and transmission lines delivering power from TVA Norris dam. The Tennessee Public Service Company urged the action claiming TVA aimed to generate the power without constitutional authority.
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Washington (Lp
F. Dickinson Letts
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
Knoxville
Tenn
PWA
TVA
Norris Dam
Letts
Tennessee Public Service Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Laughing Girl Awakens After Abdominal Operation
Teresa Hawkins, age 18, who was thought to have a dangerous condition, awoke in very satisfactory condition at Weston state hospital after an abdominal operation and a night of rest. Nurse superintendent Jessie O Curran reported the patient’s laughter had sapped her vitality for ten days but had now improved.
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Weston
W. Va
Teresa Hawkins
Jessie O’curran
Weston State Hospital
Ten Die as Boiler Explodes at Isotta plant
A boiler explosion at the Isotta-Fraschini automobile and aviation motors plant in Milan killed ten workers and injured thirty, eleven of them in serious condition, on Saturday.
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Milan
Isotta-Fraschini Automobile and Aviation Motors
Washington Sees Limited Immediate War Risk Over Rhineland
Washington officials forecast diplomatic maneuvering rather than immediate armed conflict after Hitler re militarizes the Rhineland. German ambassador Hans Luther calls Hitler's move constructive toward peace and vows Germany will honor Locarno when others do likewise. State Department withholds comment, noting the action does not directly involve the United States.
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Washington
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Hans Luther
United States
Luther
Germany
Hitler
State Department
Jobless numbers rise sharply in government survey
Washington reports nearly nine million people sought work on January 1 through government employment agencies, up 2.24 million since last June. Officials attribute much of the rise to relief registrations and note that registration and earnings distort unemployment estimates.
Jurors Summoned for Cedar Rapids Federal Court April Term
Petit and grand jurors for the April term of the Cedar Rapids division of federal court have been summoned to report in Cedar Rapids April 7. Grand jurors must report at 2 p.m. and petit jurors at 10 a.m. Detailed lists name all summoned jurors with their hometowns across Iowa communities.
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R. G. Fox
Belle Plaine
A. F. Fisher
Clutier
Frank E. Fowler
Tama
Ralph R. Hadley
Ackley
George Horn
Martin Hudepohl
Homestead
John F. Hoff
Hubbard
Presley M. Hanna
Anamosa
Otto Kahl
Clarence
Karl Kupka
Toledo
L. H. McComas
Traer
Peter A. Meyer
Wellsburg
R. G. Mead
W. A. McKusker
Marengo
Matthissen Pauls
London
J. H. Perrine
Monticello
Glenn Russell
Joseph Roland Ramey
Onslow
Ernest Rohwedder
Wyoming
Peter Stuck
Amana
Ray Sanford
Scotch Grove
L. J. Tanner
J. R. Wagner
Ladora
Loafers to Receive First Discharges Under Work Relief
Washington reports that loafers now on the government payroll under the four billion dollar work relief program will be the first of about 700,000 to be discharged within 90 days. Officials could not estimate how many will be listed as loafers but expect the number to be small.
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Washington
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Reich
Berlin
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Goebbels
von Neurath
Gaul
Basle
Augst
Locarno
Geneva Institution
Guffey
People’s Forum
National Safety Council
Bulletin
Watches Rhine Developments
Rodolfo Graziani
Jijiga
Sovich
Eric Drummond
Foreign Office
Drummond
SPIE
Spilies
Lighthouse Cleanser
Ise
Chesterfield
Camel
Chase & Sanborn
Phillips
van Camp’s Milk
Labor Department
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