Roosevelt weighs WPA relief level amid congressional talks
Ashington March 13 President Roosevelt met with Democratic leaders to decide how much extra funds are needed to run the WPA to July 1. A message to Congress is expected. debate centers on a possible 150 million dollar request and calls for interparty committee review to curb waste and boost economy.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Bankhead
Garner
Barkley
Rep. Rayburn
Wheeler D
Mont
Wheeler
Europe
Orient
Harrison
Dmiss
Senate, Finance Committee
Eeler
Byrnes
Department of Public Works
WPA
Senate
McNary
Rore
Federal Reserve Board
Okla
Logan
D- Y
Eforts
Church Fight Looms Over Unification Rights
A new special committee in Columbia South Carolina plans to hire lawyers to safeguard church properties as Methodist anti unificationists prepare to challenge a uniting conference in Kansas City. The panel includes L A Manning G G Pike W M Wilson Dr James W Lipscomb T C Keeling J A Manger and Frank J Dudley.
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Columbia
8. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
L. A. Manning
Latta
G. G. Pike
W. M. Wilson
Greenville
S. C
James W. Lipscomb
Columbus, Miss
T. C. Keeling
Nashville, Tenn
J. A. Manger
Atlanta, Ga
Frank J. Dudley
Columbus, Ga
Tumor Will Take His Life
A two year old boy Harold Holt Jr faces a Wilm’s tumor that has spread to his liver lungs and kidney. Doctors say the cancer is always fatal and there is no known cure. The boy’s father pleads for any possible help as two other children at the hospital are being treated.
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Pittsburgh
Harold Holt, Jr
Children's Hospital
Wilm
Monongahela
Harold
Children’s Hospital
Dionne Father Accepts Royal Presentation Invitation
Collander Ontario March 13 Olivia Dionne father of the quintuplets announced he accepted the Ontario governments invitation to take his famous daughters to Toronto for a May 22 presentation to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The five year olds have never left Collander, and Dionne had opposed the royal visit initially, preferring the royal couple come to Collander.
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Collander
Ontario
Olivia Dionne
Toronto
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Dionne
German Ex-Soldier Arrested In Los Angeles For Deportation
Heinze Gerhardt Hartmann Wrede, 30, former March Field clerk, held on illegal entry charges awaiting a federal hearing. He claimed to have uncovered a German spy ring and feared death if deported while working in Hollywood film production after a prior army discharge. Authorities gave no comment.
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Los Angeles
March Field
Army
California
Germany
Heinze Gerhardt Hartmann- Wrede
Los Angeles Examiner
Hartmann- States
Orient
Shanghai
Hartmann-Wrede
Hollywood
Tll
Hartmann- Wrede
Wife Swap Alleged in Alabama Bigamy Case
In Russellville Alabama Sheriff D C Nix charged two men and two women with bigamy amid a wife-swap scheme. W D Johnson and Odell Brand were divorced then remarried the next day without waiting the required 60 day period. Brand and his new wife posted 300 dollar bonds while Johnson and his new partner remained jailed with bonds of 1500 dollars and more.
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Russellville
Ala
D. C. Nix
W. D. Johnson
Odell Brand
Brand
Johnson
Montgomery eyes toll bridge from Mobile to Dauphin Island
State highway chief C J Sherlock Jr said he would discuss with Governor Dixon whether the state would maintain a proposed toll bridge from the Mobile mainland to Dauphin Island. The RFC may loan about 1 million dollars for construction and asked who would handle maintenance.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. J. Sherlock
Frank M. Dixon
Mobile
Dauphin Island
Sherlock
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Mobile City
State Bridge Commission
New York
Highway Department
Mobile Press Register
Gulf Properties Corporation
Birmingham Interests
Mobile Bay
J. R. Watkins Rites Held Near Neel
Final rites for J. R. Watkins age sixty nine were conducted at Johnson Chapel by Rev. H. W. Brooks and Rev. R. N. Moore. Burial followed under Drinkard-Howell direction. Survivors include a widow two brothers W. C. Watkins Somerville and W. T. Watkins Austinville five sisters all of Austinville five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Honorary pallbearers listed from local families and physicians.
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J. R. Watkins
Neel
Hartselle
Johnson Chapel
W. Brooks
R. N. Moore
Drinkard-Howell
W. C. Watkins
Somerville
W. T. Watkins
Austinville
W. B. Vaughn
E. M. Day
FP. E. Echols
Parks Glasgow
Irby Betterton
Clint Thompson
Virgil Wallace
Golston Maddox
Kyle Johnson
Edgar Thompson
John Wallace
Johnny Roberts
Bob Puckett
Anderson Rackley
J. P. Roberts
W. H. Holt
Claude Roberts
John Ellis
Peace move in Spain as defense unit removes Communists
Madrid reports the defense council removing Communists from civil posts to back a military victory. It says the six day revolt against General Miaja ended with captured leaders Col. Francisco Bueno and Col. Jose Barcelo. About 3000 Republican prisoners freed including the Madrid governor Jose Gomez Osorio.
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Madrid
Defense Council
Jose Miaja
Miaja
Wenceslao
Car
First Army Corps
la Pedriza
Guadarrama
Castellana Avenue
Rebela
Iatervil
Jose Gomez Osorio
el Pardo
Col
Jose Ascano
Chamberlain backs plan for Palestine future
Prime Minister Chamberlain agreed to the final British plan for Palestine a three hour conference last night outlined to Jewish leaders. The plan prepared at 10 Downing Street by a cabinet subcommittee may extend a British proposal to bolster army reserve in Palestine with Admiral Chatfield present, details unavailable.
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London
Chamberlain
Palestine
Downing Street
Baron Chatfield
Seniors Run Local Store at Penney's by Riverside High
The Riverside high school senior class will take over a J C Penney store next Saturday March 18 under Miss Aileen Pope. Twenty top students will manage the sales line in a historic project showcasing their sales ability.
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Harry Higdon
J. C. Penney Co
Riverside High School
Penney
Aileen Pope
Intensive Drive To Dry Up County Continues By Sheriff Force
Morgan county crackdown by sheriff's deputies federal and ABC officers yielded six arrests during weekend raids on Black Person Mountain Eva area. Seven five gallons of whiskey seized from two cars along with a truck, five stills destroyed, 273 gallons recovered. Suspects handed to federal agents and jailed in Madison county with transfers to Huntsville.
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Morgan County
Federal
ABC
WT. Willoughby
Willoughby
Bibb Humphrey
Candler Pittman
Huntsville
Madison County
Cornell engineers solve 100 year old power balance problem
Associated Press reports at Cornell University in Ithaca that Professors Michel G. Malti and Fritz Herzee describe a method to balance dynamos and motors by rearranging coils to fit existing slots. The discovery completes Faraday’s induction history and offers simplified, economical electrical machines.
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Associated Press
Ithaca
N. Y
Carnegy University
Michael Faraday
Fra Day
Cornell
Michel G. Malti
Fritz Herzee
School of Electrical Engineering
Faraday
Électrica
Delay in State Tax Equalization Boards Seen
John C. Curry state revenue commissioner said county tax equalization boards likely will not supervise assessments until next year. County boards of review began sitting on 1938-39 assessments. governor and Curry expect three-member boards ready after May 1 with objections heard in June and July. Jefferson County allows 12 months. other counties plan meetings in March, April, June, and July.
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Montgomery
Ala
John C. Curry
Curry
Frank M. Dixon
Boards of Review
Jefferson
Birmingham
Snow Storm Rolls Across New England in March Blizzard
The worst March snowstorm since 1888 swept New England and moved offshore after a weekend storm that dropped snow sleet and rain across the north. At least 27 people died as New York City and Michigan faced heavy disruptions and ice hazards spread from Pennsylvania to Ohio.
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Associated Press
New England
Atlantic
United States
Middle West
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
Massachu- Saanpabine
New York City
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland Idea
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Adrian
Ann Arbor
Jackson
Hillsdale
Pontiac
Detroit
Massachusetts Wins Supreme Court Domicile Case in Green Estate
The Supreme Court ruled Massachusetts was the domicile of Col. Edward H. R. Green at his 1936 death, awarding the state about 4.95 million dollars of the 36.1 million dollar estate. Texas New York and Florida claims were noted and the Federal government had already collected over 17.5 million.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Edward H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Green
Justice Stone
Johns. Flannery
Texas
New York
Florida
Frank Furter
Black
England
New York City
Round Hills Farm
South Dartmouth
Mass
Star Island
Miami
Fuerrer Opens Talks With Slovak Leader in Berlin
Chancellor Hitler met with Dr. Jozef Tiso the deposed Slovak premier in Berlin for an extended conference as officials signaled possible German intervention in the Czecho Slovak crisis. A German note could be sharp even if only diplomatic steps are taken.
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Berlin
Hitler
J Tiso
Germany
Tiso
Slovakia
Prague
Chane Cellery
Foreign Office
Vienna
Bratislava
Rome-Berlin
Czecho-Slovak protests Germany over minority actions
Prague reports the government will protest to Germany within 12 hours over minority German activities in Brunn Brno and Bratislava and Vienna radio interference. clashes occurred in Brunn and Olmutz amid separatist Slovak broadcasts. Berlin warned of possible intervention while Prague accuses the German minority of flag violations.
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Prague
Germany
Vienna
Brunn
Brno
Bratislava
Ferdinand Durcansky
Iglau
Olmuetz
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Berlin
Foreign Office
Radio Staon
Weather Summary for Tennessee River and Southeast
Morning river gauge 18.4 feet and falling. Temperatures max 74 and min 43 in 24 hours with trace rain in Alabama and extreme northwest Florida. Tonight and Tuesday fair with colder to warmer change. Gentle northerly winds along the coast becoming variable. Tennessee: fair tonight and Tuesday, warmer Tuesday and extreme west portion tonight.
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Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
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