U S arms cost four million daily in 1939 defense plan
Treasury estimates show the Roosevelt defense program would average 4 477 100 dollars per day in the 1939 40 fiscal year if Congress approves. It would create over 1 000 000 jobs and include thousands of civilian positions in aircraft, shipyards, and military orders.
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Washington
INS
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Guam
Barkley
Navy
Army
Navy Maritime Commission
Man Pleads Truth Behind Robbing Church Poor Box
Emil Doglio, 52, of New York admitted stealing $40 from the Sacred Heart church poor box in Duryea to fund his son's clergy education. He told Judge Michael F. McDonald he wanted his son to become a minister. Doglio received a five to ten year sentence.
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Wilkes-Barre
Emil Doglio
New York
Sacred Heart Church
Duryea
Michael F. McDonald
Doglio
Names Methodist Committees For Unity Conference
INDIANAPOLIS AP Dr. Harry Earl Woolever of Washington D C announced the selection of eight committees to represent the Methodist church at the unity conference to be held by three branches of Methodism in Kansas City April 26 Among members on the committees were Conference Frank W Court Waterloo ministry Earle A Baker Cedar Falls membership S A Cohagen Waterloo missions Mrs Thomas Nicholson Mount Vernon education E A Baker Cedar Falls and N J Burgstahler Mount Vernon
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Indianapolis
Harry Earl Woolever
Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Towans
Frank W. Court
Waterloo
Earle A Baker
Cedar Falls
S. A. Cohagen
Thomas Nicholson
Mount Vernon
E. A. Baker
N. J. Burgstahler
Conservative Voice Brought By Watson To F D R Councils
Washington reports Col Edwin M Watson has joined the White House secretariat giving conservative recovery before reform voices a new channel in Roosevelt's inner circle. The move contrasts with Brain Trusters Corcoran and Cohen and sparks debate over its impact.
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Watson
F. D. R. Councils
Washington
Col
Edwin M. Watson
White House
Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoran
Benjamin N. Cohen
Plane Rushes Aid To Save Nun's Life
An American Airlines jet took off from East Boston for Denver with gentian violet medical supplies in hopes of saving the life of a burned mother superior at a Catholic convent. The nun was seriously burned Friday night and treatment had begun at Boston City Hospital.
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Boston
INS
American Airlines
Denver
Boston City Hospital
O Liberdade! A Ted Shawn and Dancers at Cornell
Mount Vernon reports Shawn Dancers at Cornell College will perform An American Saga in three acts Monday evening. The program includes Act I The Past with Noche Triste de Moctezuma Los Hermanas Penitentes and The Forty Niners Act II The Present featuring War Call to Arms No Man's Land Return of the Hero and The Jazz Decade. Continuous notes reference recovery mobilization and a hospital scene.
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Pecial
the Gazette
Mount Vernon
O Libertad
Ted Shawn
Cornell College
Los Hermanas Penitentes
California
No Man's Land
Credo
Minette Sdoipal
Dying Pittsburgh Boy Seeks Study To Aid Future Cases
In Pittsburgh a two year old, Harold Holt Jr., wars a malignant internal growth likely to kill him within weeks. His father pleads for a hospital to study the case to identify causes and help future children. Surgeons removed the growth last November and X rays followed, but recurrence remains. The condition is rare and usually not detectable until age two. Many cases exist with no recovery.
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Pittsburgh
Harold Holt, Jr
Marines Force Four Japanese MP Officers Out of Shanghai Defense Zone
In Shanghai the U S Marines ordered four Japanese military police to leave the American defense sector after they were found in Zao San-chen’s home. Police notified Marine headquarters and the marines, arriving in a truck, compelled the MPs to withdraw without incident. Zao San-chen heads the Japanese controlled consolidated tax bureau.
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Shanghai
INS
Zao San-chen
Consolidated Tax Bureau
Vinton Church Of Christ Hosts District Youth Meeting
Representatives from Churches of Christ across Benton Buchanan Linn Jones Black Hawk and Fayette counties attend a Christian Youth Fellowship at the Vinton Church of Christ. The afternoon features singing by Robert Wilkins and talks by Jack Reeve with church reports, supper, a song service, discussion led by Bernice Hammond, and a 7:30 worship followed by a consecration service by Vinton youths.
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Vinton
Churches of Christ
Benton
Buchanan
Linn
Jones
Black Hawk
Fayette
Christian Youth Fellowship
Vinton Church of Christ
Robert Wilkins
State Department of Religious Education
Jack Reeve
Cedar Rapids
State Young People’s Committee
Mr. Reeve
Bernice Hammond
Vinton Young People A
Roumania Backs Polish Claims In Czechoslovakia Clash
Warsaw reports Foreign Minister Beck outlined Poland and Roumania backing Hungary and Poland demands for a common frontier against Czechoslovakia. Beck, briefing the senate committee, said the aim is to secure raw materials and emigration space for Poland’s surplus population, with plans to represent both nations in London discussions on Jewish migration.
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Warsaw
Poland
Josef Beck
Roumania
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Beck
Europe
London
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain and France Win Large Export Licenses for U S Aircraft
Washington reports Britain and France secured export licenses for over 17.6 million dollars of American airplanes and parts in January and February. France authorized 5.59 million, mostly military planes. Britain 11.71 million, largely military aircraft. Actual shipments totaled 6.43 million in February and 11.00 million for January–February.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Arms Control Division
State Department
Britain
Rebels Gain in Spanish Civil War Amid Madrid Fighting
In Madrid and three other cities, communist rebels reportedly gain ground as Franco forces press a final offensive. Heavy street fighting, casualties, and control of key sites including the Madrid subway are reported, with mutiny risk rising within Miaja’s defense council.
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Madrid
INS
Francisco Franco
Franco
Jose Miaja
Miaja
New Madrid Defense Council
Murcia
Alicante
Cartagena
Spain
Prairie du Chien Probes 100000 Spent On Rail Property
Prairie du Chien officials discovered the city had spent 100000 on a five acre riverfront park that later was found to sit on Milwaukee Road property. Mayor William J. Rider said negotiations with the railroad began Saturday for a long term land lease as a memorial tree planting program by students was set to start.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Prairie du
Hines Relinquishes Active Leadership of District Machine
New York AP James J. Hines ends twenty six years of control over the Eleventh district democratic machine but keeps his Tammany title. Bernard F. Plunkett will handle duties as leader and sit on the Tammany executive committee with Hines’ title possibly becoming vacant if Hines faces prison.
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New York
James J. Hines
Bernard F. Plunkett
Hines
Democratic Committee
Plunkett
Nebraska Friends of King Boris to Wed in Omaha
Gus Phillips of Falls City Nebraska a railroad engineer and friend of King Boris of Bulgaria and Blanche Johnson of Omaha a former newspaper woman will marry Tuesday at Miss Johnsons home Phillips was divorced last August.
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Omaha
Neb
Gus Phillips
Falls City
Boris
Bulgaria
Blanche Johnson
Johnson
Phillips
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