Roosevelt warns Democrats against becoming conservative
President Roosevelt, addressing a junior Jackson Day dinner in Washington, warns the Democratic Party will suffer death by own action if it becomes conservative. He urges members to subordinate their prejudices or leave, and to remain loyal to the party’s principles ahead of the 1940 election. He laments back-seat drivers and cautions independents and Republican liberals who voted Democratic to stay, or risk alienation. Page 10 continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stealing Business Pays Off Two Ways
Charles Pastor, a two term ex convict, testified before Circuit Judge William J. Fulton about his chicken theft business. He said he earned about 35 dollars weekly for a year and stole over 3000 chickens. Pastor was sentenced to one to ten years in prison for grand larceny.
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Sycamore, Ill
INS
Charles Pastor
William J. Fulton
Pastor
Rivers Recede as Ohio Flood Crisis Eases
Relief workers and equipment left Ohio river communities as the water receded after cresting at Cincinnati. Lambert Hehl of Newport Red Cross said the emergency was over and two refugee stations will stay open briefly. Fourteen deaths in Kentucky, crop damage feared, and Ohio communities from Huntington to Louisville reported easing water levels.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Lambert Hehl
Red Cross Disaster Committee
Newport
California
Aurora
Ind
Portsmouth
Kentucky
Green
Cumberland
Pond
Louisville
Ohio
Owensboro
Paducah
Suspect Queried In Torso Murder Case In Baltimore
Baltimore police questioned a 49 year old steel worker after finding four suitcases of a young woman's clothing in his home, possibly linked to the torso murder. Four packages with a young woman’s limbs and organs were found in sewers within four blocks of his house. Neighbors said a young woman living there was last seen Thursday night after a quarrel and fight sounds. Pathologists worked to evolve a description of the victim.
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Baltimore
Foreign Sabotage Hinted In Burning Of French Vessel
Investigators in Le Havre consider foreign saboteurs sparked multiple fires aboard the liner Paris. The ship burned 13 hours, rolled on her side, and sank in 36 feet of water. authorities report five to six separate fires, with valuables damaged and some cargo saved or moved to other ships.
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S. S. Paris
le Havre
France
New York
Europe
Paris
French Line
San Francisco
Champlain
Surete Nationale
Pilgrimage to Lour des Shrine For Divine Help
Miami Beach April 19. Fred Snite Jr infantile paralysis sufferer in an iron lung plans a May 17 sailing to Lour des France seeking miracles. His Chicago financier father said reservations are made for the Nor mandie voyage, despite ongoing European hostilities. The boy previously crossed the Pacific on his world trip.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Europe
Fred Snite
Lourdes
France
Atlantic
Chicago
Normandie
Young Snite
Pacific Ocean
Iron Lung
Peiping
China
Save My Baby Plea as Doctors Quit in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn mother appeals for help to save her 9 month old daughter Carol Miller born with broken hips and possible brain eye abnormality leaving her blind. Doctors at several hospitals doubt survival beyond weeks but mother Rose Miller pleads for a brain or eye specialist to help despite poverty and the father's unemployment.
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New York
INS
Brooklyn
Rose Miller
Carol Miller
Jewish Hospital
Kings County Hospital
Lewis Orders Nationwide Soft Coal Shutdown Threat
John L. Lewis ordered an immediate end to the soft coal contract extensions unless Appalachian operators agree to new terms with the United Mine Workers CIO. UMW districts outside Appalachia began notifying that the special agreements would terminate at midnight May 4, affecting about 150,000 miners in 14 states after a 15 day notice. Officials cautioned comments would come from ongoing negotiations as a coal shortage grows.
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New York
John L., Lewis
Appalachian Region
United Mine Workers
CIO
UMW
Appalachian
Lewis
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
New Relief Plan Debated In Senate Move To Consolidate Agencies
Washington April 19 The senate plans to consider tomorrow a bill to abolish existing relief departments and merge them into a single public works agency. The proposal comes from a senate committee led by Sen. Byrnes and includes potential liberalization of social security benefits for the unemployed.
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Washington
Senate
Public Works
Byrnes
Cure for Tax Meaners Proposed in Illinois Legislature
Springfield April 19. Rep Clinton Searle of Rock Island introduced a bill proposing an asylum for wild taxpayers seen as complainers about high taxes or wasted funds. The plan calls for care and lifelong custody if treatment fails, a move political experts doubt will pass.
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Springfield
INS
Clinton Searle
Rock Island
Reich Honors Hitler at 50 with National Celebration
Berlin observes Hitler's 50th birthday with two days of oratory and ceremonies led by Goebbels. A national broadcast extols Hitler as a political program for the world while Nazi crowds fill streets and a newly opened boulevard is formally dedicated.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Europe
U S Battleship Sets New Atlantic Depth Record
The USS Milwaukee under Captain F H Kelley reached 4,780 fathoms in the Puerto Rico trough during naval maneuvers, with corrected readings exceeding 5,000 fathoms. Navy officials said the depth marks the greatest bottom measurement yet in the Atlantic.
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Washington
INS
Nares Deep
Cash Carry Plan Backed To Avoid War By Ex-Diplomat
Former diplomat Breckinridge Long endorsed the cash and carry neutrality plan as a way to keep the United States out of war. He argued against embargo proposals and urged allowing belligerents to buy U.S. raw materials and arms on cash and ship transport, noting it could affect Allied and Axis access. Senate hearings probed the plan while House committees heard witnesses including Benjamin C. Marsh of the People’s Lobby.
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Washington
Japan
Breckinridge Long
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Johnson
R.-Calif
U. S
Pacific
Great Britain
Atlantic
Long
Italy
Senate
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Benjamin C. Marsh
People’s Lobby
Europe
Bonnet Praises Roosevelts Peace Effort In Paris
French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet lauds President Roosevelt's peace initiative during a two hour briefing to the foreign affairs commission. He notes steps to defend the empire and mentions Anglo French talks with Poland Romania and Greece and possible Russian involvement. He says talks with Moscow include an air defense pact and broader agreements.
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Paris
INS
Georges Bonnet
France
Roosevelt
Foreign Affairs Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Bonnet
Poland
Rumania
Greece
Russia
Moscow
Notorious Money King and 13 Indicted in Bogus Cash Ring
Noted counterfeiter Henry Neuwirth, famed for escaping a German prison and nose injury in a love feud, heads a nationwide bogus money ring indictment. Thirteen others named. Neuwirth tied to a plot with Victor Lusting Miller as a benchmark. Authorities report raids yielded a printing press, ink, unfinished notes, and large sums in fake currency. over 250 passers arrested and most convicted.
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New York
U.S
Joseph L. Delaney
Henry Neuwerth
Victor Lusting Miller
Delaney
Neuwerth
Neuworth
Secret Service
Canada
Lewisburg
Eskimoes and Indians Forecast Big War From Eclipse
Eskimoes and Indians in Aklavik Canada predict a large war as a solar eclipse passes, with elders claiming the event signals turmoil. The northern settlement watches the sky as twilight falls.
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Edmonton
Alta
INS
Aklavik
Canada
Hitler Seeks Basis For Blast At Roosevelt
London April 19. Adolf Hitler has asked Balkan states if they feel threatened by Germany and if they knew Roosevelt planned to dispatch a peace message to Berlin and Rome. He aims to counter Roosevelt and will reveal responses April 28 in Berlin as Reichstag meets to hear his reply.
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London
INS
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Balkan
Germany
Nazifuehrer
Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Rome
Reichstag
U. S
Hungary Declares Alignment With Axis Powers
Hungary's Foreign Minister Count Stephen Csaky rejected Roosevelt's call for a decade of peace and said Budapest has thrown its lot with Germany and Italy. The statement, issued through the Italian news agency, follows Hungary's alignment with the Rome-Berlin axis and raises concern over central Europe’s immediate future.
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Rome
Hungary
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Stephen Csaky
Mussolini
Hitler
Europe
Csaky
Martinsville man swallows 5000 goldfish record
Claude C. Curtis of Martinsville an employee at Crassyfork fisheries claims a 5000 goldfish gulp during a tour for DePauw alumni. He dipped a cup of water and swam through the hatchery pools to prove the feat in a single swallowing event.
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Martinsville
Ind
Claude C. Curtis
DePauw University
Curtis
Crassyfork Fisheries
DePauw
Britain Offers No Encirclement Pledge amid Arms Drive
Britain pledged no encirclement to Hitler as cabinet escalates armament and alliance efforts. Halifax said Britain pursues a broad front excluding none, with talks on a Soviet pact and possible new supply department. Kennedy hosted a luncheon for leaders of British opposition parties.
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London
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Viscount Halifax
Germany
Italy
Lord Halifax
Russia
Chamberlain
Department of Supply
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Neville
Czecho- Slovakia
Roosevelt
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Foreign Office
Poland
Romania
Joseph P. Kennedy
Col Lindbergh Assembles Data On Aviation Strength
Col Charles A. Lindbergh completed his first day of active army service in secrecy and went into seclusion to gather data on European aviation strength. He will present this information tomorrow to the nation's top air research panel. He will also meet behind locked doors with the National Advisory Committee for Air Research.
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Washington
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Miller
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Halifax
England
Kennedy
Col. Lindbergh
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