Roosevelt seeks federal supervision of investment securities
President Roosevelt asked Congress for federal supervision of investment securities and proposed using interstate commerce power to regulate new securities. He urged rapid action as part of a broader unemployment relief plan including a $500 million grant fund for states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committee
Rep. Rayburn
Dem
Tex
Interstate Commerce Committee
Sims Orders Restrictions of Insurance
West Virginia insurers must suspend cash surrender payments loans and accrued dividends under an order from State Auditor Edgar B. Sims acting as insurance commissioner. Exceptions possible for need or technical cases as similar moves occur in Ohio Pennsylvania and New York amid banking day disruptions.
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Charleston
Mar
West Virginia
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Oil Regulators Hearing Plan Backed by Industry
Washington March 29 AP The oil industry faces federal control as Secretary Ickes weighs a government wide enforcement plan aimed at curbing oil flows. Governors, major interests, and independents back tentative federal regulation with interstate commerce authority on oil shipments. A final draft will go to President Roosevelt for approval.
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Washington
Teles
Sal B. Elliott
Los Angeles
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Roosevelt
Prince of Wales Tour Marred by Unpleasantries
Glasgow March 29 a royal visit to Glasgow by the Prince of Wales ended amid two incidents. A man alleged to be a communist refused to halt his speech and was removed by police. Later a window at St Roach s recreational club was smashed as the royal car arrived. authorities could not locate those responsible.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Prince of Wales
St. Roach’s
Mrs Bonafede Buys Property for 30000 in Georgia
Attorney Gene W Ford as special commissioner filed for record on March 24 a deed recording Mrs Culomba Bonafede widow of the late D Bonafede as purchaser of the balance of her husband s property for 30000. The transfer covers 15 tracts across county districts and an elaborate West Main Street apartment building near the government building. The deed was recorded in May for the first property sale. Seventeen products grown on a single Georgia farm were served at a luncheon in Atlanta.
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Gene W. Ford
Culomba Bonafede
D. Bonafede
Grafton
Barber slaying shocks Opelousas family in tragedy
Herbert Richard, barber of Sunset La, shot his three young daughters then himself on their farm. Mrs Richard found Merlic 11 and Rosalie 6 dead as Gerlic 13 lay gravely wounded. Coroner B A Littler had no reason for the act.
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Opelousas
Herbert Richard
Barber
Sunset
Richard
Merlic
Rosalie
Gerlic
B. A. Littler
Tenement Fire Claims Chinese Man And Injures Three
A six story tenement on the lower East Side burned, killing a Chinese man and injuring three others. Firemen helped terrified women and children down from the flames as smoke poured from the windows.
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New York
Lower East Side
Senate group to rewrite farm relief bill
Senate Agriculture Committee outlines a detailed revision of Roosevelt era farm relief with criticisms and praise from nearly a week of hearings. Form of final measure remains speculative, likely unveiled Friday or Saturday. Indications point to a novel cotton option pool to curb surplus and production, possibly paired with domestic allotment and price quality plans. Nearly a dozen witnesses testified.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
Paroled Boy In Plot Case From Lindbergh Scandal
Akron, March 29. A 5 year old boy charged with attempting to extort $25,000 from Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh by threatening letters will be paroled as he is considered not a bad boy. Judge Oscar Hunsicker urged parish priest consent for Proveno parole. The boy will stay in the juvenile detention home. Police say Marcello, a high school student, admitted writing two letters demanding blackmail but none reached Mrs. Lindbergh. The first letter was stopped locally. the second in Washington.
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Akron
Charles A. Lindbergh
Oscar Hun~sicker
Proveno
Ernest D. Claggett
Marcella
Tony
Prance Seeks Postponement of Debt Debate
Paris reports the government asks the foreign affairs committee to delay parliamentary debate on the $19,000,000 debt installment due last December so negotiations with Washington can proceed unhampered. Foreign Minister Paul Boncour is expected to request the postponement for several weeks.
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Paris
Washington
Paul Boncour
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Thomas G. Hardman dies from railroad yard injuries
Clarksburg March 29 Thomas G. Hardiman 55 a former city councilman died last night from injuries suffered when he fell under a locomotive yesterday afternoon in the railroad yards. He worked for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He is survived by his widow and four daughters.
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Clarksburg
Thomas G. Hardiman
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Boycotts Grow as Nazi Policy Expands Across Regions
Berlin reports say official boycott of Jews starts April 1 with municipal purchases from nationalist merchants. Forty eight Jewish shops closed or picketed by storm troopers and additional non Jewish shops run with Jewish funds face pressure. In Vienna Austrian Nazis warn no recognition of any future Collfoss regime pacts as they parade with chants of allegiance to Hitler. Windows smashed in Ringstrasse shops underscore street demonstrations opposing Dollfuss dictatorship.
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Berlin
Germany
National Os Socialist Storm
National Socialist Party
Vienna
Austria
Englebert Collfess
Hitler
Engelbert Dollfess
Railroad Bill of Roosevelt Taking Shape
President Roosevelt aims to have a federal co ordinator railroad bill ready for conference early next week. The plan focuses on eliminating duplications in traffic and work with regional staff likely, funded by the railroads. A small staff is proposed and a general meeting of interested parties may be held Saturday.
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Washington
Aarch
Roosevelt
Cult Murder Case Heard By Kentucky Grand Jury
The strange February slaying of an elderly mountain woman during a cult service in Kentucky will be retold to a Martin County grand jury convening this week. The report notes the case emerged amid ongoing investigations and will continue on page six.
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Kentucky
Army Council
War Office
Tower of London
W. J. Mays Dies Prominent Taylor County Sheriff
William J. Mays a former captain of B and O police and twice Taylor county sheriff died at his West Main street home after a yearlong liver illness. Born in 1862 in Evansville he spent most of his life in Grafton and served the B and O railroad and police before his 1920 election as sheriff. He was re elected in 1928 by a strong Republican majority. He was married to Margaret A. Knotts in 1892.
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William J. Mays
B. & O. Police
Taylor County
West Main Street
John N
Phoebe Griffith Mays
Evansville
Preston County
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monongah
Mays
West Virginia to sue US for four million dollars
Representative Ramsay of Virginia introduced a bill allowing West Virginia to sue the federal government in the Supreme Court for about four million dollars. The suit concerns money due under the 1784 deed of territory northwest of the Ohio River ceded by Virginia to the U.S. government.
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Washington
Ramsay
West Virginia
United States
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Virginia
Congress
Planes search eastern jungle for lost fliers
Managua Nicaragua March 28 Army airplanes are continuing a search of the eastern jungle for W A Flowers of Dallas Texas and Harry Scott of New Orleans who disappeared three days ago on a flight from here to Puerto Cabezas They reported today that they had found no trace of the missing plane.
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Managua
Nicaragua
W. A. Flowers
Dallas
Tex
Harry Scott
New Orleans
Puerto Cabezas
Federal pay cut ordered to June 30
President Roosevelt ordered a flat 15 percent cut in salaries of government officers and employees, the maximum allowed under the economy bill, to begin next Saturday and continue until June 30, the end of the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kump asks utilities aid to raise tax revenue
Governor Kump stated he would bluntly tell public service firms of state finances and seek their help to supply needed revenues without undue hardship. He announced interviews with water and power company reps and noted prior talks with railroad and oil and gas firms as part of funding under the levy limitation amendment.
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Charleston
Kump
Water and Power ‘Company
Legislative Efficiency and Economy Committee
Railroad and Oil and Gas Company
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Senate Group
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W. J. Mays
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