Fall of Madrid Touches Off Encircling Offensive
Madrid faced imminent fall as Nationalists closed in. The Republican defense council moved to demobilize recruits and aid fleeing civilians, signaling a likely peaceful entry by Franco forces. Casado urged peace while talks remained stalled over surrender terms and air force delivery.
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Franco
Republican National Defense Council
Defense Council
Union Radio
Casado
Segismundo Casado
Republican Defense Minister
Socialist
Defense Junta
Japs Take City in Kiangsi as War Drive Advances
The Japanese army announced the capture of Nanchang Kiangsi province calling it a crushing blow to General Chiang Kai-shek. The city fell after a seven day 40 mile offensive the greatest Japanese push in months. Japanese said 3700 Chinese were killed and 770 captured between Wednesday and Friday.
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Shanghai
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Chiang Kai-shek
Willie Willis Contemplates Town Life Contrast
A quote depicts Willie Willis wishing for a big town like Cousin Joe, contrasting with a small place where the installment man cannot be your furniture without neighbors knowing. The remark hints at social scrutiny in tight communities.
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Joe
Drunk on Bicycle Menace Judge Rules
Louisville police judge John B. Brachey declares a drunk on a bicycle as dangerous as a drunk driver. He imposes a nine day jail term and a nineteen dollar fine, a sentence not appealable in Kentucky, aimed at curbing drunken driving in Louisville.
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Louisville
John B. Brachey
Kentucky
Brachey
Yankee Clipper Begins Atlantic Maiden Flight to Europe
The Pan American Yankee Clipper lands in Horta Azores after a 17 hour 32 minute trans Atlantic leg from Baltimore. Captain Harold E. Gray says the 2800 mile journey was unusually comfortable as 21 crew and observers ride the first leg toward Lisbon with bases set to open Europe service later this summer.
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Horta
Azores
Atlantic
Europe
Baltimore
Pan American Airways
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Harold E. Gray
Gray
Lisbon
Portugal
Marseille
Southampton
Foynes
Ireland
Bermuda
North Atlantic
Man Learns Wedding Saturday Was Late
Stanley M. W. Friden, 22, learned his wedding occurred last Saturday after a proxy ceremony with Freya Binner of Buenos Aires. A cablegram from the bride says they married Saturday and plan sailing April 26, with a honeymoon starting May 20 pending. Friden believes legal delays postponed the original Wednesday ceremony due to technicalities.
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Oakland
Calif
Stanley M. W. Friden
Buenos Aires
Freya Binner
Friden
Britain probes U.S. on war material sales and sanctions
British officials quietly seek Washington guidance on moral and material support for a firm stance against Nazi aggression. Prime Minister Chamberlain rules out immediate penalties on Germany and shelving League sanctions while Viscount Gort heads to Paris to inspect defenses. American Ambassador Kennedy met Lord Halifax to discuss U.S. possible moral backing for Britain's anti aggression policy.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Washington
U. S
Neville Chamberlain
Nazi Germany
League of Nations
Commons
Richard Austen Butler
Butler
Chamberlain
Romania
Germany
Gort
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Viscount Gort
Marie Gustave Gamelin
Maginot
Joseph P. Kennedy
Viscount Halifax
Lord Halifax
Kennedy
Job Insurance Case Appealed by Parkersburg Workers
About 200 workers from the spinning department at American Viscose in Parkersburg walked out June 5 1938 triggering a plant wide shutdown. Gladys Bailey’s case led Kanawha County Circuit Court to hear an appeal and a writ of certiorari as the unemployment compensation board’s ruling covered all workers tied to the labor dispute.
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Parkersburg
American Viscose Corporation
Kanawha County
State Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Gladys Bailey
Julian F. Bouchelle
Bailey
West Virginia
New Treatment of Blood Cancer Hailed by Medical Experts
Dr. Edwin E. Osgood of the University of Oregon reported a method to grow human bone marrow in a test tube and treat it with X rays or radium to determine the precise radiation dosage needed to halt leukemia. He explained culturing bone marrow allowed exact treatment planning rather than trial and error with fatal results.
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Oregon Medical School
Edwin E. Osgood
University of Oregon Medical School
Osgood
Flu and Colds Keep 300 From Charleston High
Flu and influenza kept about 300 Charleston High students from classes yesterday, principal Thomas R. Horner said, the largest absence in two years. About 250 were out Friday, four teachers ill but expected back today. county superintendent Virgil L. Flinn said there is no epidemic and no other school reports unusual absences.
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Charleston High School
Thomas R. Horner
Horner
Virgil L. Flinn
Coal Parley Marks Time As Wage Talks Resume
In New York on March 27 the bituminous industry wage conference paused as operators caucused to draft a fresh wage and hours contract. Appalachian spokesmen attempted to unite positions while miners push for concessions remained opposed. The old pact ends March 31.
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New York
Appalachian
West Virginia Miners Await Wage Talks Deadline
About 100000 miners in West Virginia expected a wage pact by April 1 with little concern, as union and operators in New York negotiate a two year Appalachian wage agreement. The current contract expires March 31 and miners seek a 30 hour week with a 50 cent daily raise, while operators push for cuts due to losses.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
New York
United Mine Workers
Logan County
Pretty Leg Contest Shocks Times Square Crowd
A shoe company window contest to choose the city’s most beautiful legs drew about 2000 spectators. Police halted excess enthusiasm after a girl appeared in a blue drape bathing suit, causing fence damage and a patrolman to intervene. Gerald Gellady, the claimed general manager, was summonsed for disorderly conduct. The event moved to the basement to avoid Broadway crowds.
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New York
Times Square
Ansnar
Gerald Gellady
Broadway
John McElhorn
Probers Win Bipartisan Backing for WPA Investigation
Congress votes 352 to 27 to order a thorough inquiry into the Works Progress Administration. Leaders from both parties push for fair, impartial adminstration while farm parity and relief funding loom. A subcommittee vote on a $150 million WPA request is also anticipated.
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Washington
House
Works Progress Administration
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Appropriations
Rep
Cox
Appropriations Committee
Rayburn
Tex
Administration
Rep. Martin
Mass
Marcantonio
N. Y
WPA
Capitol
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
F. C. Harrington
Supreme Court Lifts Income Tax Immunity From Public Workers
The U S supreme court ruling allows West Virginia to tax federal salaries, ending a long exemption. State officials note the tax now applies to federal employees, boosting potential revenue though exact gains are unclear. The move aligns with a 1939 repeal of an earlier federal exemption and drew no objections in the legislature.
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Supreme Court
West Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
Record Arms Bill Is Passed in Senate
The $513,188,000 peacetime army appropriation bill sailed through the Senate with a single dissenting voice and now goes to a joint committee to reconcile House and Senate differences. Senator King urged ten percent pruning, but the chamber approved the measure by voice vote as opponents raised few objections to the size of the defense program.
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Washington
Senate
House
King
Sen
Utah
Europe
Thomas
Okla
Japan
China
Hitler
Germany
England
O” Sen. Lundeen
F.L
Minn
U. S
Bermuda
West Indies
Minton
UAW Convention Calls for Unity Amid Internal Bickering
In Cleveland CIO leaders urged delegates to focus on real issues and build strength. James E. Carey pressed unity while John Brophy praised the purge of disruptors and President Roland J. Thomas challenged the dual union faction.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Automobile Workers
James E. Carey
New York
John Brophy
Roland J. Thomas
Rainmaker Claims Rainfall Ends Florida Drought
Frostproof Florida reports showers in drought stricken zones as Miss Lillie Stoate, a self styled rainmaker, claims success by sitting near water. Weather bureau attributes rain to an ordinary spring disturbance. Downpours reach Lake Reedy as citrus growers note first rain since January.
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Frostproof
Fla
Lillie Stoate
Florida
Weather Bureau
Lake Reedy
Miss Stoate
Oxford
Miss
France Must Act Urged By Berlin Over Mussolini Claims
Berlin declares Paris must take action over Mussolini’s demands on Tunisia Djibouti and the Suez canal though no ultimatum was issued. Goebbels goes to Budapest while Hitler rests at Berchtesgaden and prepares to attend the Von Tirpitz launch. Ribbentrop Goering also vacation.
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Berlin
Mussolini
Tunisia
Djibouti
Suez Canal
France
Duce
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Foreign Office
London
Paris
Deutsche Diplomatisch - Politische Korrespondenz
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Budapest
Athens
Goebbels
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Wilhelmshaven
Motor of Plane Blamed For Crash
Oklahoma City dispatch reports pilot Capt. Claude Seaton said the left engine "went to pieces in the air" as the Braniff 14 passenger plane failed during takeoff, causing a fiery crash that killed eight. Four victims' bodies were en route home, including Barney Grossman and Benjamin Coplon of Chicago, R. T. Bate of Denver, and Mrs. Georgia Sheldon of Salina Kansas.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
INS
Braniff
Claude Seaton
Seaton
Barney Grossman
Benjamin Coplon
Chicago
R. T. Bate
Denver
Georgia Sheldon
Salina
Kan
Elizabeth Hinckley
Tron Lung Man to Visit Lourdes Shrine of Miracles
Frederick B. Snite Jr. a boy with infantile paralysis who has lived in an iron lung for nearly three years will travel to Lourdes France this summer. His father arranged the trip seeking a possible miracle or at least a morale boost for the boy.
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Tron Lung
Paris
INS
Frederick B. Snite, Jr
Lourdes
France
le Havre
Snite
Chicago
Snite, Jr
Miami Beach
Fla
Fred
Supreme Court Reverses Tax Immunity for Government Salaries
In a 6 to 2 ruling the court ended income tax immunity for 3.8 million public employees. The decision opens the way to taxing state and local salaries and securities, potentially yielding about 16 million dollars annually to the federal government.
Reorganization Bill Advances After Senate House Accord
A joint conference committee approved a compromise draft of the government reorganization bill in Washington. The measure lets the president issue orders to reorganize or abolish agencies with effects after 60 days unless both houses disapprove. It requires transfer of functions to another agency if an agency is abolished and limits debate to 10 hours per chamber. Sen Byrd adds an economy focus for orders.
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Washington
Senate-House
Congress
Senate
House
Sen
Byrd
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
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