Powell Bank Robber Durand Ends Wild Chase With Suicide
Earl Durand, the famed gunman known as Tarzan Slayer, shot himself after a posse wounded him in a Powell Wyoming bank siege. He had kidnapped two men, forced a bank clerk to walk ahead, and looted about $2000 before retreating to a bank doorway where he died.
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Powell
Wyo
INS
Earl Durand
First National Bank
Wyoming Wilds
John
Durand
Gawthorp
Bear Tooth Mountain
Harry Moore
Simpson
Moore
Beaver
Half Billion Army Support Bill Reported
The Senate appropriations panel reported a war department bill totaling 511,005,584 dollars for 785 new fighting aircraft as part of a 6,000 aircraft program. A civil airports development plan totaling 435,000,000 dollars was also submitted to create 2,174 landing fields for civilian and emergency defense use. Senator Walsh backed a plan to build a large graving dock in New York harbor to service the navy and passenger ships. He cited the need for such a facility beyond Europe.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
New York Harbor
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
International News Service
Atlantic Seacoast
South Boston
Mass
Europe
Admiral Leahy
Willie's remark on Uncle Henry and nine kids
A quip from Willie Willis via Robert Quillen suggests Uncle Henry’s odd behavior stemmed from wedlock with a widow and nine children, implying he would have acted same anyway. The author’s humorous take centers on marriage and eccentricity.
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Henry
Youth describes shooting Durand in Powell Wyoming
A 17 year old Powell Junior recounts firing at Earl Durand during a bank shooting. He says he shot Durand and felt wicked afterward. He describes ducking in Otis Roulette's filling station as Durand fired from the bank and into a nearby drug store.
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Tipton Cox Powell
Wyo
Earl Durand
Powell
Otis Roulette
Roulette
Durand
Warsaw Mobilizes Troops and Seeks Corridor Security
Germany reportedly promised Poland it would renounce claims to Danzig in exchange for Warsaw not joining France Britain and the Soviet Union in opposing Nazi expansion. Paris and London believed such assurances explained Warsaw's reluctance to join a joint anti German declaration. Troops were mobilized as part of the security posture for the corridor and Danzig.
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Michael Wilson
Paris
INS
Germany
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Free City of
Danzig
France
Britain
Soviet
Russia
London
Moscow
Warsaw
Hitler
Soviet Union
Italy
Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Edouard Daladier
Chamberlain
Battle Forest Fires Strain 17 Counties Across State
About 1,400 men fought 85 fires last night across 17 counties aided by low humidity and brisk winds. State Forester Dan B. Griffin cites brush burners as the cause of 60 to 80 percent of fires and notes 18 incendiarism convictions in two weeks as investigators press offenses. He warns that if no improvement occurs in two days, conditions could rival last fall’s large fire season. several large blazes linger in Fayette and McDowell counties.
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Dan B. Griffin
Fayette County
Sandwick
Marsh Fork
Coal River
Griffin
Sand Lick
Raleigh
McDowell
Logan
Boone
Fayette
Kanawha
Summers
Wyoming
Mercer
Mingo
Preston
Barbour
Wetzel
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Grant
Hampshire
Sweepstakes Deals Win $50 000 For Englishman
Sidney Duggy Freeman, an English sweepstakes operator, estimated a $50 000 profit from the Grand National after spending $700 000 of his $1 000 000 stake. He reported 120 deals in the New York metropolitan area and about 200 nationwide, with several horses delivering large returns.
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New York
Sidney
Duggy
Revised Security Act Favored As Business Aid
President Roosevelt and Secretary Morgenthau endorsed abandoning the 47 billion dollar social security reserve in favor of a protective fund of about three billion dollars to cover old age payments over three to five years. Morgenthau submitted three payroll tax plans to ease business burdens for 1940 to 1943 while urging a financing approach that minimizes deterring effects on production. Roosevelt said a two and a half to three billion dollar reserve would suffice and criticized the idea of an unlimited reserve as freezing idle funds.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Social Security Board
House
Ways and Means
Shriners Close Conclave With Large El Paso Parade
More than 1000 uniformed Shriners from all U S sections paraded through El Paso as the 21st annual Shrine Directors association convention peaked. Texas led the bid to host the 1940 meeting, and Ray D. Newton of Des Moines was slated to become association president. Govs Price and Holt spoke at a hotel luncheon and 165 candidates were initiated in the spring ceremonial.
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U. S
Shrine Directors Association
el Paso
Tex
Texas
Ben Turner
Florida
Jacksonville
Ray D. Newton
Des Moines
Iowa
Lex Lord
San Diego
Calif
West Coast
Gov. Price
Holt
Daniel Boone Hotel
Price
John H. Zink
Baltimore
Shrine Mosque
Beni Kedem
Douglas Approved By Subcommittee
In under five minutes a Senate judiciary subcommittee recommended confirmation of William O. Douglas as a Supreme Court justice. Douglas, former SEC chairman, surprised the panel by visiting and offering to answer questions.
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Washington
INS
Senate
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Franco Outlines Surrender Terms for Republican Spain
Madrid reports Generalissimo Franco presented surrender terms to the Republican defense government after a peace commission returned from Burgos. Negotiations were said to be incomplete and the commission planned to travel back to Burgos soon.
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Madrid
Burgos
Governors Words Call Totalitarians Armed Ruffians
Huntington March 24 Governor Holt labeled leaders of totalitarian states armed ruffians and warned the United States would face a fight if the European situation threatens American liberty. He spoke at the opening of a three day Huntington American Legion 20th anniversary celebration.
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Huntington
Holt
U. S
Huntington American Legion
Phantom Burglar Captured on Coast
Los Angeles police capture Ralph Graham 40 former LA officer in San Francisco after a struggle outside a jewelry shop. He is linked to a gang that looted film folk homes and wealthy residents of more than $1,000,000 in jewels and furnishings. Local authorities close in on the phantom burglar trail.
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Los Angeles
INS
Bel-Air
Ralph Graham
San Francisco
6 Million Cubic Feet Gas Well Is Drilled In Jackson County
A gas well with daily capacity of 6,000,000 cubic feet was completed at Goldtown on the Ira Boggess tract near Ripley. Depth reached 4,993 feet through 36 feet of Oriskany sand. Everett Starcher of Spencer and partners own the Goldtown well and plan another well on the Grady Boggess tract. The Story Boggess and R R Boggess tracts nearby have larger productions.
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the Gazette
Ripley
Ira Boggess
Goldtown
Jackson County
Oriskany
Everett Starcher
Spencer
Grady
Boggess
R. R. Boggess
Starcher
Mediterranean accord sought by France Italy Britain and Spain
Secret talks move toward a Mediterranean Locarno to ease Franco Italian tensions. Proposed pact would include Spain Britain and Franco regime with six points from Spanish questions to Gibraltar neutralization and arrangements for Balearic ports and Italian rights in French colonies plus Djibouti concessions.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Italy
France
Pierre Laval
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Francisco Franco
Spain
Gibraltar
Spanish Balearic Islands
Mallorca
Minorca
Tunis
Djibuti
Hitler Returns From Conquest Milestone Achievements
Berlin reports Reichsführer Hitler returning from Memel after ten days of gains. He plans ceremonies in April including launching the battleship Tirpitz at Wilhelmshaven and a 50th birthday celebration. Germany urges world possessions and denounces Britain while seeking the return of Danzig and other territories.
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Berlin
Hitler
Poland
Germany
Free City
Danzig
Pomerze
Thefuehrer
Swinemuende
Baltic
Deutschland
Bohemia
Moravia
Halt Hitler group foresees Hitler's ultimate defeat
Secretary Hull warns of world lawlessness as Hitler secures gains in Memel and Europe moves toward conflict. He meets Roosevelt and urges all nations to unite for law and order while a "halt Hitler" bloc forms around Britainechoes of a looming European crisis.
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Washington
Hull
Hitler
Roosevelt
Treasury
Memel
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Group of Nations
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Rome
UMW Faces New Contract Contest
The United Mine Workers push toward a new contract with bituminous coal operators as anthracite groups set April 3 talks in New York. Labor Secretary Perkins noted an investigator probes charges of a possible lockout if March 31 expires. operators deny plans. Both sides urge a 3 cent a gallon tax on imported oil, arguing foreign oil harms the coal industry.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Sec. of Labor
Perkins
Washington
UMW
Adventurous Boston trio return from south seas voyage
Three young Boston men sail the 89-foot brigantine Florence C Robinson to Tahiti and back, recounting hurricane and shipboard fire. Photographer Arthur Hansen, cartoonist Eddie Ruggles, and painter Lawrence O T o o l e describe near death at sea and glamorous Tahitian girls. Captain Sterling Hayden led the voyage which began November 22 from Gloucester. Hansen credited with saving the ship during a galley fire.
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New York
Florence C. Robinson
South Seas
Tahiti
Arthur Hansen
Boston Herald
Eddie Ruggles
Sterling Hayden
Montclair
N. J
Gloucester
Mass
Gulf Stream
Hansen
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Rocco J. Gorman
Andrew A. D. Rahn
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Mystic Shrine
James H. Price
Virginia
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John Evans
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Associated Press
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