Roosevelt Eyes 25 Million Cut in Relief Funds
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt open to reducing relief appropriations by 25 million dollars from the requested 150 million. Senate is divided. subcommittee hearings adjourned as southern delegates press for full funding. Roosevelt says cuts only with guaranteed private industry absorption of unemployed. warns such scheme may not gain popular support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Senate
House
Workers Alliance
Coal Boom Plan Mapped to Boost Bituminous Output
Fifteen engineers from the nation’s bituminous coal producers outlined a $700,000 three year research program to restore production to peak levels by capturing markets from gas and oil. The Bituminous Coal Research Inc sponsored plan targets automatic coal heating and devices for homes plus applications in the steel and ceramic industries. The program is supervised and underwritten by the Bituminous Research group with E R Kaiser of Columbus Ohio stating the project cost.
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Pittsburgh
Bituminous Coal Research Inc
Roosevelt Nominates Douglas For Supreme Court Seat
A former farm hand turned chairman of the securities commission, 40 years old, receives word that President Roosevelt has nominated him for the Supreme Court. If confirmed, he would replace Justice Louis D Brandeis who retired February 13.
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Suabhvval Veling
Llilalul
Douglas
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
Louis D. Brandeis
Postal Cards Predict Hitler death in Detroit
In Detroit on March 21, several hundred postal cards predicting Adolf Hitler's death on March 22, 1939 were received. Officials said no federal law was violated and no investigation would be opened.
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Detroit
INS
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Senate Approves Wheeler Amendment to Reorganization Bill
The Senate, by three votes, adopts a Wheeler proposed amendment requiring explicit approval from both houses for presidential orders abolishing or reshuffling agencies under the government reorganization bill. The measure tilts power from the executive, prompting a recessed session and a tied vote that Vice President Garner declined to break.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Wheeler
Mont
Congress
Garner
WPA to Drop 7000 in State If Congress Refuses Funds
State WPA Administrator Joseph Alderson said about 7,000 people would be dropped from WPA rolls in the week of April 3 unless Congress provides additional funds. A nationwide cut of 400,000 employment positions is planned with state by state reductions on a project basis to preserve efficiency per Col. F. C. Harrington's directives.
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WPA
Joseph N. Alderson
Congress
Col
F. C. Harrington
Alderson
Col. Harrington
Meat Tenderizer Invented To Banish Tough Steaks
Pittsburgh report on a four year research effort by Dr. M. D. Coulter of the Mellon Institute detailing an ultraviolet radiation based method to tenderize beef within two days. The process uses controlled temperature and humidity to break down tough fibers while preserving flavor, juiciness, and nutrition. it aims to reduce costs and broaden access to tender beef compared with aging or hanging methods.
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Pittsburgh
M. D. Coulter
Mellon Institute
Coulter
Britain Calls For Four-Power Anti Nazi Talks
Britain urges a four power bloc with Soviet Russia France Poland and Britain to resist German aggression. A binding declaration would require consultation on actions if Hitler pursued conquests with aims to spur early commitments before Mussolini speaks. Romania Turkey Greece Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were approached for possible adherence. The Moscow note calling for a six power conference raised questions about Soviet willingness to join a rapid bloc.
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Viscount Halifax
Britain
Hitler
Romania
Turkey
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Mussolini
Moscow
London
Rome-Berlin
Coal Men Suspect Miners’ Filibuster in Wage Talks
A spokesman for bituminous coal operators said they suspect a filibuster in negotiations to write a new wage and hour contract for 338000 Appalachian miners. Charles O’Neill cited endless statements by miners as evidence, following a meeting of the 32‑member negotiating committee. Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers (CIO) responded with a counter remark.
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New York
Appalachian
Charles O'Neill
Philip Murray
The
United Mine Workers
CIO
Marble Hill Annexation Fight Draws New York Battle Over Boundaries
Five thousand Marble Hill residents fear being ripped from Manhattan and joining the Bronx amid a looming annexation dispute. Bronx President Lyons raises a flag and pushes to redraw school, library, and church access while Marble Hill leaders petition Governor Lehman to preserve their Manhattan ties.
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Marble Hill
Bronx
New York
Manhattan
Sudetenland
Harlem River Canal
James J. Lyons
W. J. Anderson
Lyons
Marble
Bill Would Tax All War Profits
Sen. Bone introduces a wartime profits tax bill with 50 senators backing it. The plan would levy a graduated income tax up to 93 percent and 15 to 100 percent corporate rates, lower exemptions, and aim to prevent profiteering from war.
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Washington
Bone
D. Wash
Senate
Woman 77 Eyes Ninth Spouse on Easter
Mrs. Leonora A. Duncanson, 77, who says she has been married eight times, and William Louis Styer, 59, an insurance salesman, applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles. Styer is widowed with one prior marriage. Duncanson identified as an ordained minister of the Psychic Science church and said they would wed on Easter.
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Los Angeles
Leonora A. Duncanson
William Louis Styer
Styer
Ex Seaman Lashes For Beating Wife In Maryland
Louis Woolshlager, 45, a former seaman, was whipped five times in the Maryland whipping post for beating his wife Margaret. He stood restrained as Sheriff Joseph C. Deegan administered the punishment in the city jail infirmary, the second such case in almost a decade and the first since 1931.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Louis Woolshlager
Margaret
Woolshlager
Joseph C. Deegan
Soviet proposes six power talks on German threat
Moscow says it suggested Britain and others clarify positions in a six power conference in response to Britain's inquiry about aid to Rumania. Britain called the idea premature. The note stresses Romania and Poland did not ask Moscow for aid and signals Moscow’s independent foreign policy amid European tensions.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Britain
Rumania
Poland
Joseph Stalin
All Union Communist Party
Berlin
Soviet Russia
Pravda
Europe
Trains to Arrive From Both Coasts for Shrine Meet
Two special trains from opposite coasts will arrive in Charleston at 9 30 p m and 9 40 p m to bring Shrine Directors from North America to the 21st annual convention. Delegates from the United States and Canada are expected to number about 600 with 1000 to 1500 Shriners from southern West Virginia and surrounding states attending the event at the mosque and convention headquarters. Uniformed bodies from Beni Kedem will greet arrivals and lead a parade from the mosque to the station before escorting guests to the convention site. Registration will be open all day.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Shrine Directors’ Association of North America
San Diego
Calif
Lex Lord
al Bahr Temple
Boston
Mass
Beni Kedem
Temple
U. S
Canada
West Virginia
States
U S Demands Over German Czech Protectorate
The United States publicly condemns Hitler’s seizure of Bohemia and Moravia as wanton lawlessness. A formal note to Germany rejects any legal basis for the German protectorate, citing de facto administration and enclosing Acting Secretary of State Welles’s earlier statement as U.S. views in the diplomatic record.
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Washington
U. S
Germany
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
State Department
Bohemia and
Moravia
Welles
France Calls Out Reserves and Extends Work Week
Paris reports an undisclosed number of French reserves summoned to man the Maginot line as Premier Daladier uses dictatorial powers. Decrees also extend the work week from 40 to 60 hours to speed production, with possible further measures to follow after President LeBrun's return.
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Paris
Germany
Daladier
France
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
LeBrun
London
Constable Shelters Families He Evicts
ST. JOSEPH Mo March 21 Constable Louis Silverman defies the stereotype by offering a new fate for families he must evict. He has taken an option on an old four story hotel and plans to convert it into a home for the destitute. A public chance will be held to raise about 2000 to cover the hotel cost. Silverman estimates 800 people can be accommodated in the furnished rooms.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Louis Silverman
Silverman
Fascist council backs Hitler policy and warns democracies
Rome reports the Fascist grand council declares full adherence to the Rome Berlin axis amid threats of a democratic front of war. It notes no Mussolini congratulations to Hitler on Bohemia and Moravia and hints at Italian colonial aims against France to be addressed in a Sunday speech. Premier Mussolini presented the international situation to the council.
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Rome
Grand Council
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Rome-Berlin
Italy
France
Democra
Germany
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czecho- Slovakia
Mussolini
Hitler
Austria
Il Duce
Vittorio Emanuele
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Romania Orders Additional Army Reservists Amid Border Tensions
Bucharest reports call up of more reserves as Romania grows wary of Bulgarian and Hungarian troop concentrations and German divisions near its frontiers. A Romanian Jew shot a German official and a German secretary died by gunfire. authorities claim suicide, while German quarters dispute. A German citizen was wounded in Brasov after a dispute at a Jewish community house. King Carol's stance against German influence heightens international concerns.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Moravia
Legation
Georges Schmidt
Brasov
Hijammar Krarzt
Carol
Romanian War Department
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Horak
Prague
Gilomer Yanled
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Shrine
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