Newspapers Lead Advertising Field Says Research
William A Thomson of the American Newspaper Publishers Association reports that firms maintaining newspaper ads during a downturn kept earnings within 7 percent of prior years, while those cutting ads saw over 70 percent shrinkage. He noted virtually everyone reads newspapers and ads reach all buyers through daily papers.
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CumbéHand
William A. Thomson
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Thompson
Wharon School of Finance and Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
Husband And 3 Children Found On Wife's Grave
Gilbert Friend a 28 year old railway mail clerk from Plant City Florida and his three young children were found shot to death at the grave of his wife in upper Darby suburb near Philadelphia. The children Robert eight Helen six Kenneth seven months lay on a blanket near Marianne 26 who died January 5. The tragedy appeared to have occurred around midnight police said. The bodies were found with a pistol nearby and the three children and Friend were inscribed on the headstone of the wife's grave authorities stated.
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Philadelphia
Gilbert Friend
Plant City
Fla
Upper Darby
Friend
Robert
Helen
Kenneth
Jekoet Friend
Marianne
Gancary
House balks at rushing thru banking bill
Washington March 18 despite Roosevelt urging rapid passage the House balked at immediate consideration of a bill to remove banks outside the Federal Reserve system but agreed to take it up Monday with swift passage in prospect Chairman Steagall said the measure would extend to nonmember banks the privileges of the emergency banking act Snell urged caution noting several bills have passed quickly with little study Boody said the committee had no time to know more continued on page six
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Federal Reserve System
Steagall
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve
Snell
Senate
Gall
Boody
Steagill
Hans Luther Named German Envoy to United States
Berlin reports Dr Hans Luther, 54, former Reichstag bank president, was appointed German envoy to the United States to succeed Frederich Wilhelm von Prittwitz. The move was announced on Tuesday in Berlin.
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Hans Luther
U.S
Berlin
Reichstag Bank
United States
Frederich Wilhelm von Prittwitz
New Deal Plan To Be Rushed Without Wait
Washington reports a Roosevelt push to complete new deal legislation by May 1 with continuous congressional meetings. Railroads banking and a large unemployment relief plan top the agenda, to follow emergency farm relief and unemployment measures.
Hunger Hidden in Money as Family Starved at Home
New York report recounts detective Harry Sloan story of Mrs Algerus Marcus and her son Max in a Park Avenue home where malnutrition was found. $1600 cash, two money orders and a $400 bank book were discovered under the mattress while the husband, out of work seven months, failed to provide. The wife refused to spend the money, saying only the husband’s earnings mattered. Electric shutoffs and eviction followed.
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New York
Harry Sloan
Park Avenue
Algerus Marcus
Wwell
Max
John
West Virginia beer bill becomes law with 3.05 percent rate
West Virginia lawmakers approved a 3.05 per cent beer tax, effective in three months, with governor Kump not acting on several bills. The measure, projected to raise over $1,000,000 annually, taxed manufacturers and distributors at $1 per barrel or eight cents per case.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Kump
Parkers Ridge
Slab Fork
Wyoming County
State Water Commission
Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
Beacom
Cabell
Grafton Man Hurt in Fall From Washington Job
R L Matheney a 37 year old bricklayer fell from a Washington D C building where he worked yesterday evening and suffered serious injuries including possible internal damage He is at Provente hospital in Washington His wife Miss Tighe daughter of the late Martin Tighe and father M L Matheney of Blueville are seeking further details through Washington police. two brothers are en route to the scene.
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R.L. Matheney
Washington, D. C
M. L. Matheney
Lincoln Street
Blueville
Wallace Henderson
Washington
Provence Hospital
Matheney
Miss Tighe
Martin Tighe
Wheeling
War With U S Income Tax Collections Sparks Madness Claim
Tokyo envoy Yosuke Matsuoka said war between the United States and Japan would be an act of madness. He criticized American views on China and urged understanding and friendship to advance Pacific civilization and peace between the nations.
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London
Yosuke Matsuoka
League of Nations
America
United States
Japan
Matsuoka
Tokyo
China
Pacific
Japanese Forces Annihilated in Sino-Japanese Battle
A Ben som dispatch from Hsifengkow reports Japanese patrols annihilated near Pan lehiakow after fierce fighting with a superior Chinese force. The exchange has persisted for days with heavy casualties on the Japanese side.
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Tokyo
Bensom
Hsifengkow
Great Wall Passage
Panlehiakow
Prisoner Takes Life In Kentucky Jail Cell
Lawrenceburg Kentucky March 18 prisoner Clay Brown aged 58, recently sentenced to 13 years in the state reformatory for the killing last August of his cousin Postmaster J Burt Searcy, died by his own hand in his county jail cell, bleeding from numerous razor wounds. Receipts and tax figures from Washington and Philadelphia are noted in the same dispatch, with March income tax collections for 16 days at 69 million and change, far below last year’s pace, while Olympic champion Bill Carr’s accident and banking concerns delay treasury measures.
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Lawrenceburg
Clay Brown
State Reformatory
J. Burt Searcy
Washington
Treasury
Philadelphia
Congress
Bill Carr
Patrick Flannery celebrates 89th birthday in Grafton
In a brick West Main Street home Patrick Flannery marked his 89th birthday. He recalls Grafton’s growth from a rail town of log cabins to a thriving center. He notes Irish heritage, early railroad work, and a long life linked to the Baltimore & Ohio corridor. Continued on Page Be.
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Patrick Flannery
Carl Currey
Grafton
Flannery
Dublin
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
the Sentinel
Mr. Flannery
John Flannery
Canadian Grand Trunk
Louisville
Patrick
Page
Unrequited Love Tells Story of Spokane Hotel Slaying
In Spokane Washington on March 18 police report Clarence E Forbes a 42 year old World War II veteran and pilot killed Miss Pearl Fraser 27 a school teacher in a hotel. Forbes shot Fraser alleging unre quited love.
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Spokane
Wash
Clarence E. Forbes
Miss Pearl Fraser
Forbes
Miss Fraser
Bitter Farm Bill Clash Foreseen As Congress Probes Plan
Washington March 18 A new farm plan to create a general banking system for farmers advances in Congress while the House Agriculture Committee weighs administration relief measures. Senator Smith D S C says he will fast track a bill, and Senator Nye after meeting Roosevelt predicts an administration refinancing plan. Congressional action on Roosevelt farm relief is postponed until next week amid calls for a trial and caution over drastic provisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rayburn
House Interstate Committee
Page Ave
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nye
N. D
House
Senate
Full Opening of Parkersburg Bank Authorized Today
Richmond March 18 The Federal Reserve Bank announced the comptroller of the currency has authorized the full opening of the Peoples Bank of Parkersburg in Parkersburg.
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Parkersburg Bank
Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank Today
Comptroller of the Currency
Peoples’ Bank of
Parkersburg
Debt default brought before French deputies
Paris March 18 Payment of 19000000 interest on war debts to the United States, defaulted by France last December 15, was brought before the chamber of deputies in a resolution presented by Rene Richard, a radical socialist deputy.
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Paris
United States
France
Chamber of Deputies
Rene Richard
Oeputan
British PM MacDonald Meets Mussolini in Rome Talks
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald travels to Rome for talks with Benito Mussolini on Europe's political problems. He aims to exchange views with Italy's leader to foster cooperation among great nations and seek a path to peace and economic stability, urging prompt action to avoid wasting time.
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Ostia
Italy
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Rome
Benito Mussolini
MacDonald
Mussolini
Europe
John Simon
Geneva
Ohio Mills and Plants Call Workers
More than five thousand families in industrial Ohio await factory whistles and rising smoke as breadwinners return to work. Banks in the Cleveland district resume licenses on a 100 percent basis, with gold holdings in district vaults exceeding seven million dollars. Fifth district center in Richmond reports no immediate statement on further bank resumptions while processing applications from multiple states.
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Associated Press
Federal Reserve District
Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
West Virginia
Fifth District
Ohio
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Florida
Mpdonald
W. Va
Water Commission
Supreme Court
R. L. Matheney
Washington Hospital
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Tenn
U. S
Mission
Kentucky
Ohio Mills and Plants
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