Labor Hears President Has Ace In Hole for Union Talks
Labor sources say President Roosevelt has an ace in the hole to reunite the AFL and CIO. The plan, possibly unveiled at Tuesday’s White House session, would appeal if parley fails to break a deadlock and could guide future peace proposals amid mutual hostility.
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Washington
INS
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
AFL
White House
Arley
City Council Weighs Transit Franchise and Paving Plans
Tonight's Charleston city council meets with action expected on a new Transit company franchise and Virginia street paving. Officials aim for Public Service Commission approval on bus substitution for trolleys and to name an engineer for Virginia and Fourth avenue paving. Robert H. C. Kay and Arthur P. Hudson are to report on right of ways and land acquisition ahead of road projects.
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Charleston Transit Company
Virginia Street
Public Service Commission
Virginia
Fourth Avenue
Robert H. C. Kay
Bridge Avenue
Loudon Heights Road
Rock
MacCorkle
Arthur P. Hudson
Kanawha Parkway
Willie Willis Senses Home Temperature Without Thermometer
The quote describes Willie Willis claiming to gauge indoor comfort for each family member by feel. It contrasts a hot day pleasing Momma, a cold day pleasing Dad, and a moderate condition being suitable for the speaker.
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Momma
Dad
Loyalists Defy Franco Ultimatum as Spanish War Deepens
The Madrid radio reports the formation of a national defense council replacing the Republican government led by Dr. Juan Negrín. Franco’s deadline for unconditional surrender expired unheeded as Negrín commands armies in the remaining Republican zone. A circular dissolving central army control signals heightened tension and a claimed Nationalist seizure at Cartagena, though unconfirmed.
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Madrid
Madrid Union Radio Tonight
National Defense Council
Juan Negrin
Hendaye
France
Franco
Spain
Valencia
Central Army
Cartagena
Casablanca
French Morocco
Jose Miaja
Gandhi Orders Wife Returned to Prison During Fast
Rajkot reports Mohandas K. Gandhi, dying fast for constitutional reform, ordered his wife sent back to jail as he weakens on day three. The Rajkot ruler Dharmendrasinhji had freed her, defying Gandhi’s demands, while India prays for his survival and possible viceroy intervention.
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Rajkot
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Thakore Saheb
Dharmendrasinhji
Mrs. Gandhi
Gandhi
Marquess of Linlithgow
George VI
New Delhi
Rajputana
March Like Lamb Brings Triplets on Local Farm
On the Justus Mulert farm at Frankfort Springs Pennsylvania manager Charles Ackman notes the first day of March brought triplets to a Shropshire sheep. The neighborhood records 72 degrees while Iowa digs out from 18 inches of snow.
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Charles Ackman
Justus Mulert
Frankfort Springs
Shropshire
Iowa
Lawmakers Chart Scheme to Pension Selves In 10 Years
Washington lawmakers push a plan for a pension system for retired senators and representatives to curb post office seeking and lobbying. A social security study and legislation proposals would set a possible $5,000 yearly pension after 10 years of service, with funding from members’ salaries. Speaker Bankhead and Sen. Bridges are among the group evaluating feasibility and independence from administrations.
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Washington
INS
Capitol Hill
Social Security Board
Congress
House
Bankhead
Alabama
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Love Makers Declared Hazard to Traffic in Sabraton
Sabraton police chief ordered officers to curb public affection on town streets. The measure labels romance hotspots as dangers and directs lovers to conduct such acts outside Sabraton limits.
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Sabraton
Benton C. Rose
Lost World village found on slopes near Mount Roraima
Union college in Schenectady announces discovery of a lost village high in a Gorge near Mt. Roraima on the borders of British Guiana and Venezuela. Dr. Paul A. Zahl and team report 1600 foot waterfalls and two inch long four sting ants, claimed as authentic "monsters" of the lost world.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
A.P
Science
Schenectady
N. Y
Conan Doyle
Union College
Mt. Roraima
British Guiana
Venezuela
Doyle
Paul A. Zahl
Haskins Laboratory
Earth
Zahl
Roraima
Niagara
French naval ensign faces firing squad in betrayal case
In Toulon, 25 year old Marc Aubert, former destroyer Vauquelin officer, awaits dawn execution for betraying military secrets. He refuses to wash or shave and has slept in his clothes. His accomplice Marie Morel, 3 year sentence, is in a nearby women’s prison.
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Paris
Toulon
Marc Aubert
Vauquelin
Marie Morel
Womans
Religious Rioting Kills 35 in Benares India
In Benares on the Ganges a religious clash left at least 35 dead and about 200 injured after Hindus interfered with a Moslem festival. British troops arrived as police and soldiers used lathis. the violence had no link to Gandhi’s fast at Rajkot.
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Benares
India
Ganges
Burma
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Rajkot
30 000 Aliens Removed From WPA Projects
Washington report states that under the emergency relief bill the WPA must drop aliens within 30 days. Col Harrington, WPA administrator, estimates about 30 000 aliens will be affected as the 30 day period expired.
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Washington
WPA
Col. C. F. Harrington
C&O Fraud on RFC Loan Reported by Senate Panel
Senate railroad finance committee finds Chesapeake and Ohio used fraud in 1931 to save Chicago and Eastern Illinois. C and O allegedly lent 700000 to C E I and camouflaged the deal, secretly spent over 8000000 to take control of C F I, misused funds, and obtained taxpayers money to bail out the wealthiest line. Prosecution barred by statutes of limitations.
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Washington
Senate Railroad Finance Committee
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
C. and
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. I
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
ICC
C. and O
Nazi Bomb Is No Secret
Washington reports military circles have learned army ordnance experts solved the German aerial bomb mystery used in the Barcelona raids. The bomb was not liquid oxygen but ammonium nitrate with charcoal and powdered aluminum in a light magnesium shell. Senate testimony earlier referenced compressed air as a possibility.
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Washington
Army
Barcelona
Army and Navy Journal
Germany
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Henry H. Arnold
Air Corps
Arnold
Sen. Clark
D-Mo
Guinea Pig Gets Another Reprieve in Death Row Case
Huntsville Texas March 5 The human guinea pig Winzell Williams a Dallas Negro slated for execution tomorrow afternoon again receives a 24 hour stay from the state board pardons and paroles after Gov Lee O Daniel extended his life 30 days Williams welcomed the delay and the governor defended his stance against capital punishment saying the prospect of a prolonged death is worse than immediate execution
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Huntsville
Tex
INS
Lee O'Daniel
Winzell Williams
Dallas
Board of Pardons and Paroles
O'Daniel
Williams
Radcliffe dorm dates system rates student dates
Mary Cobb notes a new Cambridge Radcliffe dormitory date reporting system where students grade dates from utter flop to divine. A yellow mark marks a poor date while purple signals a superb one.
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Mary Cobb
Radcliffe
Cambridge
Mass
Four Day Week Urged in Mines
Washington dispatch reports coal industry leaders proposing a four day week for about 400 900 miners to curb overproduction. Minter Fuel Company president BE C Minter of Beckley West Virginia outlined a five point program urging balance of output to demand and cooperative reform with the Bituminous Coal Commission while tying to wage talks and the April 1 expiration of current labor agreements.
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Washington
BE. C. Minter
Minter Fuel Company
Beckley
W. Va
West Virginia
Coalact
United Mine Workers of America
Commission
Minter
Bituminous Coal Commission
The
Coal Commission
Germany Faces Hunger as Goebbels Warns at Leipzig Fair
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels told the Leipzig fair that Germany's 75 million people are hard pressed for food. He blamed unequal global resource distribution and urged practical measures to ease European tensions through German economic remedies. He argued Germany's lack of raw materials and territory drives the crisis and pledged German ingenuity will solve new problems.
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Leipzig
Germany
INS
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Goebbels
Deporting Jobless Aliens Demanded
Sen. Robert R. Reynolds proposes immediate wholesale deportation of at least 30 000 unemployed aliens from the United States. He would ask the State Department and Labor’s Immigration Division to survey foreign sentiment on accepting expelled workers and push for legislation to deport discharged alien WPA workers who do not work. He acknowledged possible difficulty securing responses from other nations but called it a matter of details.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
State Department
Immigration Division
Labor Department
Goofy week noted in oddball U.S. headlines
A roundup of whimsical events across the United States includes a Chicago man drawing a moustache on a billboard girl, a seasick sailor helped by coast guards, Mae West on censorship, a Harvard freshman eating a live goldfish for $10, and a U S treasury tip advising not to pay more than five cents for a nickel.
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New York
Mae West
Chicago
Massachusetts
Coast Guardsmen
Harvard
U. S. Treasury
New Jersey
Guam Harbor Fortifications Dropped From Defense Bill
Administration moves to quiet foreign policy debate by removing Guam harbor improvements from a 552 million defense package. Senate and House discuss warplane funding, army expansion, and seacoast defenses as Admiral Leahy to testify. reorganizing bill plan softened.
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Guam
Washington
Senate
Congress
Walsh
Dmass
Senate Naval Committee
Pacific
House
Japan
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Stench Bombs greet Nazi Leader Kuhn in Chicago
Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund visited Chicago to address band members. Two stench bombs were tossed into the Germania club during a dance drawing about 500 attendees. Dancers opened windows as fumes spread and the fire department arrived amid confusion. Police did not locate the attackers.
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Chicago
INS
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
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