Roosevelt seeks 150 million WPA relief amid 5 million job fears
President Roosevelt asks Congress for an extra 150 million dollars for the Works Progress Administration to avert a livelihood loss for nearly five million people. Rep Woodrum is deposed as acting chair of the relief appropriations subcommittee, with Taylor named to lead the effort. Debates provoke Republican caution and Democratic skepticism about need and motives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rep
Woodrum
D.-Va
House
Taylor
Appropriations Committee
Economy Group
Cox
D.ga
WPA
Rep. Martin
R.-Mass
Senate
McNary
R.-Ore
Sen
Byrnes
Sen. Barkley
D.-Ky
Floods Expected In New England After Blizzard
Boston reports rising temperatures melt large snow drifts from a blizzard that killed 23 people across six states. Governor Saltonstall orders coordination of state forces to prep for possible floods, while urging calm and precautions as Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts face rapid melt.
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Boston
INS
New England
Leverett Saltonstall
Adj
Edgar C. Erickson
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Fair to Labor Provision Cut From Arms Bill
Senate house conferees dropped a senate amend ment barring rearmament contracts to firms accused of labor law violations from the administration's 358 million defense bill. They also set army plane maker profits at 12 percent including four years of contract revenues and losses. President Roosevelt sought 14.7 million to strengthen Panama Canal defenses as part of the act. Sumner Welles urged allowing Latin American nations to buy U S warships and munitions, while Admiral Moreell warned shipyards are already overloaded. Roosevelt said Britain’s response to the proposal is not known and no loan is involved.
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War Department
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Panasha Canal
Welles
Sumner Welles
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Ben Moreell
Navy
Bureau of
Senate Naval Committee
Britain
Great Britain
State Department
Four Distillers Named In Whisky Monopoly Probe
The monopoly committee heard that four leading distillers produced nearly two thirds of the nation’s whisky output last year and held 78 percent of four-year old whisky in bonded warehouses. Phillip E Buck named Schenley, National Distillers, Joseph E Seagram and Sons, and Hiram Walker.
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Washington
Phillip E. Buck
Federal Alcohol Administration
Schenley Distrillers Corporation
National Distillers Products Corporation
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc
Hiram Walker and Son, Inc
Robert A. Montgomery
University of Texas
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
Freeport Sulphur Company
Coal Board Cut Defeated in House Vote
The House defeated by 99 to 80 a bid to curtail the Bituminous Coal Commission's activities. Rep. Allen of Pennsylvania urged cutting $900,000 from a $2.9 million appropriation in the Interior Department supply bill, arguing the commission failed to benefit the industry and worsened conditions. Rep. Rich of Pa. commented on the commission’s performance.
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Washington
House
Rep
Allen
Interior Department
Guffey
Rich
Police Help Drivers Resist Temptation
Chicago police chief James B. Kerr used nine extra squad cars with a loud speaker to urge motorists to slow down during springlike weather. Arrests were made for speeding, as authorities aimed to curb risky driving.
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Chicago
James B. Kerr
Park Police
Gazette Cooking School Sets Attendance Record
Nearly 2 000 homemakers packed the Gazette cooking school in the WCHS auditorium on opening day. Miss Charlie Mae Elliott demonstrated easy meals for easy days, emphasizing basic cookery principles and new roasting methods. The session continues today at 1 30 p m with more on meat dishes and a spinach stuffed ham highlight.
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The
Gazette Cooking School
WCHS
Charlie Mae Elliott
Miss Elliott
Dog Requests Law Against Cutting Tails
Springfield March 14. Speaker Hugh Cross of the Illinois House receives a message signed Dog urging a law to stop cutting dogs tails off. The note says the dogs tail is the only indicator of the animal s feelings when wagging or tucking it.
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Springfield
INS
Hugh Cross
Ilinois House of Representatives
Stock Marts Ask Revision to Revive Investment Flow
Washington March 14 leaders of 16 stock exchanges urged revision of the federal securities law to boost industrial investment and business recovery. In a two day conference they recommended the SEC modify strict provisions and listed three changes including distinguishing harmful from beneficial manipulations and removing officer liability for profits from trading company stock.
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Washington
INS
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kid Coogan to Receive About 150000 in Settlement
Jackie Coogan will receive roughly 150000 under a settlement of his accounting suit against his mother and stepfather. The tentative agreement covers about 300000, mostly in real estate, plus stocks bonds and cash totaling around 100000. Coogan claimed he earned four million dollars from The Kid and other films.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Hollywood
Wilshire
San Diego
Jackie
UMW Demands Wage Increase in Standstill Wage Talks
The United Mine Workers press for a six hour day and a fifty cent per day rise to $6.50 in a new two year contract with Appalachian soft coal operators employing 338000 miners. Murray presented 17 proposals at the first wage conference with 300 management and labor representatives. Operators delayed reply to tomorrow’s resumed session, with some estimating the rise could raise production costs by about 52 cents per ton.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America Today
Management and Labor
Murray
Philip Murray
Democratic Party Completes Campaign Plans For City Rally
The Democratic city committee finalized details for the nominating convention at the national guard armory Friday night and a Monday campaign rally. Frank L. Taylor said about 1,000 attendees plus 200 ward delegates are expected at 8 p.m. Friday. H. L. Snyder Jr. will preside and deliver the keynote. Mayoral, city treasurer, police judge and five council seats will be nominated with the party platform adopted. The Republican camp, led by Mayor D. Boone Dawson, plans to run in the primary with unopposed nomination for Dawson and contests for other posts.
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Democratic City Committee
Frank L. Taylor
National Guard
Snyder
H. L. Snyder, Jr
County Board of Education
D. Boone Dawson
Dawson
Nazis Goose Step As Czecho Slovak Republic Crumbles
London and Paris kept aloof as Czecho Slovakia crumbled under German pressure. Prime Minister Chamberlain rejected intervention and said Britain would not guarantee Czech frontiers. France appeared to watch Berlin and Rome settle the crisis while safeguarding against Italian demands.
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Czecho-Slovak Republic
London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Little Republic
Paris
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Berlin
Rome
Chamberlain
Hitler
Hungary Declares Czech Reply Unsatisfactory in Carpatho Ukraine
Budapest reports the dissolved Czecho-Slovak government rejected Hungary’s demand for evacuation of Carpatho Ukraine and the right of locals to form armed formations. An ultimatum expired as Czech troops began withdrawal and Hungary announced immediate measures.
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Budapest
Carpatho-Ukraine
Hungary
Foreign Office
Hitler rises to new top in power in Europe
German troops entered shattered Czecho Slovakia with little resistance as Emil Hacha, former president, negotiated with Hitler for a German protectorate. Hacha reportedly proposed disbanding Czechoslovakia’s army and handing foreign affairs to Berlin. Hitler announced Slovakia’s independence and moved toward Bohemia Moravia under Nazi control.
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Berlin
Czecho-Slovakia
Nazifuehrer
Iit
Hitler
Europe
Emil Hacha
Slovakia
Hacha
Bohemia-Moravia
Rapid Change Creates Slovak Republic Under German Shield
Bratislava reports a swift political shift as Slovakia proclaims a new republic severing ties with Czechoslovakia. Parliament ratifies the split in a silent vote and names Joseph Tiso as first premier, amid German military aid assurances and widespread astonishment across the nation.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Germany
Europe
Prague
Joseph Tiso
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt study to merge five corporation taxes into one
President Roosevelt announced the administration is studying a plan to consolidate the five corporate levies into a single tax while preserving current revenue. Treasury officials say the change would not involve individual income taxes and focus on equitable distribution between large and small businesses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Bankhead
Congress
Future of Nation Is Dictated by Hitler Long Live Garda
German Reich under Adolf Hitler claims protection over Bohemia and Moravia as the post Munich Czechoslovak state collapses. Prague reports German and Hungarian forces pushing into Carpatho Ukraine while Slovakia seeks independence and the Prague government resigns amid rapid disintegration.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Moravska-Costrava
Germany
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Poland
Tatra Mountains
Zilina
Moravska Dostrava
Hungary
Europe
Munich
Rudolf Beran
Emil Hacha
Anti Aircraft Guns Mounted in London
Anti aircraft guns were placed on rooftops in Fleet Street at 3:30 a.m. today, as during the Czecho Slovakian crisis last September, in a heightened wartime readiness move reported by INS from London.
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London
Fleet Street
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