Next Crisis in War to Come in Commons
Allied leaders promise fuller accounting for the Norwegian debacle and Balkan sparks as Churchill and Chamberlain brace Parliament. Churchill, the fiery first lord, looms as the political ace amid debate on Norway and the war’s longer strategy.
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Four Inmates Escape Kansas State Hospital Ward
Four inmates from the crime insane ward at the Kansas state hospital fled toward Oklahoma after taking two attendants as hostages. Led by Willis Grisco, they commandeered a car near Ashland and traveled south with plans to dodge major roads.
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State Hospital
Oklahoma
Bill Barnes
Jack Rush
John Dillon
Ashland
Anti-Monopoly Drive Upheld By High Court
The Supreme Court upheld the antitrust campaign under the Sherman Act, ruling that price fixing or stabilizing schemes violate federal law even when prices are reasonable. The decision sustained charges against 12 oil companies and five individuals for conspiring to raise gasoline prices across ten Midwestern states. Justice Douglas authored the opinion with Justices Roberts and McReynolds dissenting.
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Kidnaping Plot Victim Found Shot to Death
Ezra Lichty a 56 year old retired banker in Morrill Kansas was found shot to death on a country road shortly before he was to testify in the trial of Ezra Gossage charged with abducting him in February. Coroner Oliver Moore confirmed suicide. A note to Lichty's wife cited relentless worry over the case and stated he had committed no wrongdoing.
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Ezra Lichty
Oliver Moore
Harry E. Miller
Lichty
Ezra Gossage
Hunter, Ark
Gossage
Brown County
Hiawatha
Roosevelt Gives Approval To Hatch Anti-Politics Bill
President Roosevelt voices renewed support for the Hatch anti politics bill as Congress prepares to re consider a vote to overturn a prior committee tabling. The measure would curb political activity by federal funded state employees and cap campaign finance limits. Rep Murdock vows to move to reconsider the tabling and push the bill forward.
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Medical care costs gap by income revealed by 1928 31 survey
The Committee on the Costs of Medical Care reported that sick persons in the highest income groups received two and a half times as much medical service as those in the lowest groups. The earliest printed English book was Caxton’s Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, issued in 1477.
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Political backing signaling committee approval
The nominee secured announced support from multiple Democrats and Republicans as he moved toward committee endorsement. The backing from diverse party lines indicated broad confidence in his confirmation trajectory.
Metaphos Fertilizer Trials Start on 31 NY Farms
The TVA introduces Metaphos a new phosphatic fertilizer being tested this spring on demonstration farms across 31 New York state counties outlining its planned evaluation for crop response and potential adoption by local growers and cooperatives.
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Foreign at Flance. Allies press Narvik fight in Norway
AP dispatch reports three destroyers sunk by German bombers off Norway as Allies push toward Narvik. Paraphrased alerts note German relief movements, airmen claiming a British submarine capture, and Hitler and King Gustaf discussing Germany's future attitude. Italicized notes describe parachute troops near Norway and escalated tensions across Europe including Yugoslav border precautions and Italian troop concentrations near Fiume. Washington pledges support to prevent bombing of non combatants.
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Hiawatha Attorney Seeks Mortgage Cancellation Postponement
Hiawatha attorney said Gossage demanded cancellation of the mortgage while friends described the banker as melancholy since the abduction. Miller indicated a possible postponement of the trial. Lichty, former cashier of Bank of Hamlin, is survived by his widow and mother.
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Dowling Sentenced 30 Years for Assault on Londe Case Witness
El mer Dowling a former Bartenders' Union official was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary by circuit judge John A Witthaus for assault to kill Louis Lee Baker a witness in the Isadore Londe bombing case Baker identified Dowling as one of two men who lured him from a plantation to an abandoned clubhouse in St Louis County shot him and left him for dead Baker survived and later identified Londe as the bomber Dowling said he would appeal for a new trial
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Elmer Dowling
Louis Lee Baker
Isadore Londe
John A. Witthaus
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Bartenders’ Union
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St. Louis County
Londe
Beery Seeks Pardon for Former Chauffeur as Stark Visit
Wallace Beery and Governor Lloyd C Stark met in St Louis to discuss a pardon for Larry Suddeth, Beerys ex chauffeur jailed in Kansas City since 1930. Beery planned to rehire him if pardoned, then flew to Iowa. A separate note recalls Emily Bronte hiding authorship of Wuthering Heights. In 1939 US truck registrations hit 4,320,829, an all time high.
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ST. Louis
Wallace Beery
Lloyd C. Stark
Beery
Iowa
Larry Suddeth
Kansas City
California
United States
Prentis urges new businesses to curb jobless growth
H. W. Prentis Jr., president of the national manufacturers association, says unemployment can be solved by constant creation of new enterprises across fields. He calls for a resurgence of confidence, fewer government barriers, tax reform, and restraint on independent commissions. He spoke during a nationwide broadcast in St. Louis after meeting local businessmen.
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H. W. Prentis, Jr
National Manufacturers Association
Prentis
Lancaster
Camel ad touts slower burn for smooth flavor on fast ride
Jimmie Kelly speeds along Daytona beach on a 50 mph skid while Camel promotes its slower burn. The copy argues Camels stay cooler and milder, maximize flavor from higher grade tobaccos, and offer more pleasure per puff and more puffs per pack.
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