Eccles dares Congress to cut taxes and spending
Federal Reserve Chairman Eccles issues a blunt challenge to Congress to accept full responsibility for a balanced budget through an economy tax revision program, warning that abandoning New Deal spending would have disastrous results. He notes public and congressional demand for expenditure cuts and urges cooperation with the executive on a national program.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
FDR
Senate Silver Committee
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Pat Harrison
Miss
Harrison
Sen
Byrd
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House
Shrine Parade Highlights 21st Shrine Convention in Charleston
Charleston hosts 21st annual Shrine Directors Association of North America convention with 2000 to 3000 Shriners, 600 delegates, and a 4 p m parade from the Shrine mosque. Imperial Potentate Andrew A. D Rahn and other officers attend. a cart drawn by oxen and Ferdinand the Bull join the procession. Police request the parade route stay clear 3 to 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Mystic Shrine
Shrine Directors Association of North America
Shrine Mosque
Beni Kedem
Imperial
Andrew A. D.rahn
Lex Lord
Directors Association
James H. Price
Virginia
Imperial Council and
Director Association
Beni Kedem Temple
Tyler Mountain
Gill, Schadel
Davison
Ferdinand
Armory
Lee and Goshorn
Willie Willis Weighs In On Bridge Game Noise
Willie Willis voices frustration about players at a bridge game shouting to hear each other, forcing him to lower his own tuning and struggle to hear amid the noisy chatter.
Blonde Too Much a Them G Men Ask Cops For Aid
The G men asked ordinary police nationwide to aid in guarding against a blonde con artist named Vernice Charla who uses aliases and a badge claiming Investigator 618 U S Immigration and Naturalization Service to cash fake checks. Daniel M. Ladd, head of the Chicago FBI division, said local police were alerted to the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Vernice Charla
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Daniel M. Ladd
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Accident Damage Award Upheld by State Supreme Court of Appeals
The state supreme court of appeals upheld a Kanawha circuit court ruling granting damages to E. H. Carroll after his 6 year old daughter was fatally injured by a car driven by Harold Fetty. The decision was among six handed down as the court wrapped its January docket before adjourning until April 11. Two judges dissented from the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Kanawha Circuit Court
E. H. Carroll
Harold Fetty
Fred L. Fox
John H. Hatcher
Child Recovers From Influenza Meningitis Using New Drug
Phyllis Baxter, two, of Waverly Kansas, battles a critical case of influenza meningitis. Doctors credit the newly licensed anti pneumonia drug sulfapyridine with the successful recovery as shown in a home convalescence scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Baxter
Waverly
Kas
Phyllis
Hines Receives 4 to 8 Year Prison Term in Dishonest Tammany Case
New York March 23 A political dynasty dating to the 1870s by a blacksmith who shoeed horses sees its heir James J Hines Tammany District Leader sentenced to 4 to 8 years for acting as a political protector of the Dutch Schultz policy racket The judge noted a paid protection scheme of at least 30000 annually and signaled possible parole after two years and eight months The case marks another major victory for District Attorney Dewey in his drive to dismantle political criminal alliances
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New York
Tammany
James J
Jimmy) Hines
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Hines
Nott
Upper West Side
Dist
Atty
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Big Harry” Schoenhaus
Trench Mortar, Gas Bombs To Blast Tarzan Slayer Durand
A massive Wyoming manhunt targets Earl Durand 26 as posse members encroach Bear Tooth mountain stronghold. Army mortars gas bombs and trench mortars awaited to storm the lair after Durand killed four. Guardsmen and federal help considered to break the hold.
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Tarzan’ Slayer
Cody
Wyo
Earl Durand
INS
Wyoming
Bear Tooth Mountain
Workers Injured in Revolutionary Move in Quito
In Quito Ecuador on March 23 students, strikers and police clashed as government circles described a Marxist revolutionary attempt. Federal police stormed factories where workers had begun sit-ins, injuring several and using tear gas amid the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ecuador
Hungary occupies parts of Slovakia near Carpatho Ukraine border
Budapest announces the occupation of several points on Slovakia's Carpatho Ukraine border to secure the Ung valley railway. Slovakia protests the incursions claiming a three way advance into Slovak territory. Hungarian officials say the border is not fixed and to be decided by a joint commission.
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Budapest
Hungary
Slovakia
Ung Valley
Poland
Bratislava
Hlinka
Stephen Csaky
Foreign Office
Senator Fears Nazi Air Bomb Sparks Senate Probe
Senator Ernest Lundeen proposes an immediate Senate investigation after warnings from explosives experts that a liquid oxygen bomb could set cities ablaze if dropped on gas or oil tanks. He seeks action amid broad naval war readiness moves and debates on combat zones and freedom of the seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Germany
Ernest Lundeen
F.L
Minnesota
Senate
U. S
Lundeen
Key Pittman
Nevada
International News Service
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
Sen
David J. Walsh
Massachusetts
Sea
King of Italy Calls for Peace in Europe
King Vittorio Emanuele declared Italy's desire for peace in Europe and signaled readiness for negotiated settlement with France. He referenced Mussolini's December note and outlined aims to protect Italy's African empire while seeking long lasting peace. French sources noted possible concessions on Djibouti and Suez but warned France resists full immigration and Tunisian nationality.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Europe
France
Senate
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Mussolini
Africa
Lavoro Fascista
Mussoglini
Il Duce
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Suez Canal
Tunisia
France Paves Way For Talks
Paris reports the French government sets two minimum guarantees to start negotiations with Italy. France seeks withdrawal of Italian troops from Spain and a halt to the Italian press anti French campaign. The move follows interpretations of King Vittorio Emanuele's speech as an invitation to talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Italy
Mussolini
Page Seven Excerpt Prompts Reading Turn
A clipped line notes “Turn to Page 7 Part 1 Col. 5” guiding readers to continue with the next section. The fragment suggests navigation within the issue to locate ongoing content or features.
Coal Negotiators To Work Saturday
In New York on March 23 a six day work week for the mine company presidents and union officials on the bituminous industry negotiating committee was arranged. Thirty two negotiators representing about 338000 Appalachian miners would continue talks through Saturday as the existing contract nears midnight Friday. An extension would require unanimous approval to avoid a shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Appalachian
United
Hitler heads to Memel territory on battleship tour
A photo shows Adolf Hitler leaving Berlin for a victorious voyage to Memel with Wilhelm Keitel and Erich Raeder aboard a battleship as bureaus report the swift seizure of Memel land. The image was broadcast from Berlin to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memel
Memelland
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Nazi Germany
Wilhelm Keitel
Reich
Erich Raeder
Navy
New York
Waterloo Cited By Chamberlain
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain warned Germany that Napoleon's failed bid to dominate Europe ended at Waterloo. He told the House of Commons that if Germany seeks regional domination, the British government would resist alongside other free nations, while noting limited progress on diplomatic efforts for an international stop to aggression.
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London
INS
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon
Europe
House of Commons
Hitler
Reich
Chamberlain
Parliament
G Men Favored For U S Spy Drive
Washington dispatch reports a three‑agency clash over Roosevelt anti spy efforts with Attorney General Murphy backing a centralized direction likely under J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI. Murphy spoke at a press conference and urged efficiency through a single agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
State
Treasury-Justice Department
Roosevelt
Atty
Murphy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ex Consul Aims to Rebuild Czechoslovakia Organize Friends of Freedom
Chester J. Chastek former Czechoslovakian consul in Seattle announced plans to form the Friends of Freedom a national organization to restore independence for Czechoslovakia and aid oppressed peoples. He pledged to punch the nose of any Nazi attempting to seize state records and would file incorporation papers with Secretary of State Belle Reeves with four associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
INS
Chester J. Chastek
Czechoslovakia
Chastek
Friends of Freedom
Sec. of State
Belle Reeves
Surrender Talks Reported for Madrid and Valencia
London dispatch cites Exchange Telegraph and Italian correspondents reporting that envoys of the Madrid junta flew to Burgos to confer with Gen. Francisco Franco on surrender terms for Madrid and Valencia, the two largest Republican-held cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Rome
Madrid
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Spain
Burgos
Slovakia Bows to Nazi Terms in New 25 Year Pact
Germany and Slovakia seal a 25 year treaty granting Slovakia nominal independence while Germany assumes exclusive military protection. Slovakia agrees to let German troops be quartered in a defined western strip and to align defense and foreign policies with Berlin. Population 2.45 million, area 14,600 square miles, retains self governing status rather than a protectorate.
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Berlin
Germany
Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia and Moravia
Oil Wheat Timber Handed to Nazis
Rumania signed an economic agreement with Germany granting wide German access to its oil, wheat and timber resources. The pact, signed in Bucharest, aims at close military and financial cooperation and expands Reich influence toward Soviet Russia and the Black Sea region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
INS
Rumania
Germany
Romania
Soviet Russia
Black Sea
Hitler Welcomes Memel Citizens to Reich in Baltic Port
Adolf Hitler visited Memel in the Baltic to welcome Memelland's 50 000 residents into Germany and pledge the nation will master its fate. He spoke from a balcony, saying Germany had no wish to harm others and that reparations period was ending. An official rewrite later altered the phrasing regarding the harm caused by the world and the greeting of Volksgenossen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memel
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Baltic
Memelland
Fuehrer
Leopard
Hitler
DNB
Volksgenossen
Reich
Berlin
Leaders to Renew Labor Truce Talks
On March 23 8 000 000 workers will push to finish a lasting peace between AFL CIO factions. Secretary Perkins urges unity while AFL chief William Green rebukes CIO head John L Lewis for bitterness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
CIO
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Port City
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Russia
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