New England statesman named comptroller general
President Roosevelt nominates former New Hampshire governor senator Fred H Brown to a 15 year term as comptroller general. Brown, a Dartmouth and Boston University Law School graduate, was a long time Democratic ally and ex major league player who began politics in Somersworth before serving in the Senate. He succeeds John R McCarl, with Richard N Elliott acting in the interim.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fred H Brown
New Hampshire
United States
Brown
Angie
Senate
Strong F.D.R
John R. McCarl
Richard N. Elliott
N. H
Providence
R. I. Brown
Boston National
Changes in State Law Lower Unemployment Costs
State unemployment compensation law changes take effect Saturday reducing administrative costs. A new benefit year runs April 1 to March 31, 12 months, with a single three week waiting period. Beginning 1939, totally unemployed claimants with 1938 wages file a new claim for benefits.
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John S. Stump, Jr
State Department of Unemployment
Grafton
Yankee Clipper Leaves Azores For Lisbon Flight
Pan American Airways Yankee Clipper, a 42 ton flying boat, took off for Lisbon at 4 14 a m EST on the second leg of its initial trans Atlantic flight. The aircraft arrived here Monday from Baltimore on an inspection trip over a trans Atlantic commercial route.
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Azores
Pan American Airways
Lisbon
Baltimore
Mussolini Visits Calabria Amid Daladier Speech Reactions
In Rome Premier Mussolini paid ceremonial respects in Calabria as French premier Daladier spoke. Italian readers and Bologna newspaper Il Resto Del Carlino noted an widening rift between France and Italy and warned that Daladier’s stance risks grave consequences. Mussolini also laid a wreath at the tomb along the Calabrian coast.
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Mussolini
Calabria
Italy
Daladier
France
Bologna
Dala Yer
Daladier refuses to cede land or rights to Italy
Paris reports Premier Daladier vowed France would yield not a foot of territory or rights to Italy. He said France would negotiate colonial and other disputes only after Italy made the first move. The Paris press praised the stance with Blum endorsing it and the Communist party paper also backing the position.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Italy
Blum
Leon Blum
Dalladier
Communist Party
Dala- Gier
Munich
Two Juveniles Held In Theft of Huge Wheels
Two juveniles accused of stealing wheels from the citys stone crusher at the quarry east of the city and selling them to a junk dealer will be given a hearing before Justice of the Peace A B Knabenshue later today. City police obtained warrants last night after a day of investigation.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Grafton
J- H. Lawson
Mary Brown
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Jewelry Salesman Abducted and Robbed in Ohio
Herman Hamburger a New York jewelry salesman reported to Sheriff Homer Roosa that three men kidnapped him and robbed gems valued at 25000. Hamburger and his chauffeur William Redmond were abducted near Plattsville Vinton County while traveling from Cincinnati to Parkersburg West Virginia and driven to near New California Union County about 100 miles away. State highway patrol began a general hunt for the trio.
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Marysville
Herman Hamburger
New York
Homer Roosa
Hamburger
William Redmond
Plattsville
Vinton County
Ohio
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
W. Va
New California
Union County
State Highway Patrol
Memel Ceding Approved by Lithuanian Parliament
Kaunas Lithuania March 30 The Lithuanian parliament ratified the German treaty formally ceding Memelland to the Reich. Memelland a 1099 square mile region detached from Germany by the Versailles treaty was occupied by German troops March 23 and now transfers to German control.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Memelland
Germany
Japan to make important announcement tomorrow
Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese government will host ambassadors from the United States France and Britain at the foreign office to hear an important proclamation. Machiro Arita may outline negotiations with Italy and Germany on the anti comintern accord and signal no changes to democracies while placing Soviet Russia at the pivot. Arita is expected to mention relaxing foreign trade restrictions in China and a possible easing of conditions there.
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United States
Foreign Office
Machiro Arita
Italy
Germany
Arita
Soviet
Russia
China
Modern Bus Caravan Heads Toward New York World Fair
A parade of 28 oversized Greyhound coaches will travel through Graf ton tomorrow morning in advance of displays at the New York World Fair. Mayor P F Gillspie will inspect the fleet parked briefly on West Main street. Each bus costs 9000 dollars and seats 56 with space for 64 standing. The tour, led by Exhibition Greyhound Lines, expects millions to ride the buses during the fair run.
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Grafton
P. F. Gillspie
West Main Street
New York
R. A. L. Bogan
Exposition Greyhound Lines
British Navy and Air Force to Be Expanded
Prime Minister Chamberlain indicated in the Commons that Britain would expand its navy and air force. He said a statement would be made as conclusions are reached after an emergency cabinet meeting that considered possible European crisis steps and measures to train and equip 210,000 recruits for unprecedented peacetime.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
United States’ National Guard
R. T. Fletcher
France and Romania plan to sign trade pact
Paris reports France and Romania expect to sign a commercial accord that would double France's purchases of Romanian petroleum. The move is seen as a counter to a week old German Romanian agreement expanding German demand for Romanian minerals and aiding oil field development.
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France
Rumania
Paris
Germany
Cohan's Former Wife Freed From Second Mate
Eth el Levey, San Francisco born musical comedy star and former wife of George M. Cohan, was granted a divorce from Claude Grahame-White on adultery grounds. The charge named a former chorus girl said to have met Grahame-White in Palm Beach in 1934. he admitted the charge.
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London
Ethel Levey
George M. Cohan
Claude Gra“fhame-White
Miss Levey
Grahame-White
Palm Beach
Fla
Ed Wynn Divorce Suit: Wife Claims Cruel Treatment
New York March 30 Ed Wynn radio funnyman and stage star is described as a constant nag in Supreme Court records filed by his wife Frieda Mierse a former chorus girl. She says he abandoned her last August after 21 months of marriage and seeks 250 a week temporary alimony and 7500 in counsel fees with a hearing set for next Thursday.
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New York
Ed Wynn
Radio Funnyman
Supreme Court
Frieda Mierse
Roosevelt and Hopkins Tour Alabama By Auto
President Roosevelt with Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins arrived in Chehaw Alabama at 10 a m for a three hour motor tour of east Alabama education centers. A bright sun greeted the party after a night of heavy rain that slowed train travel due to high water and rainfall totals ranging from one to six inches across Georgia and Alabama.
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Miss
Clear Creek Bayou
M. Wilson
Jackson
Marcus Meeks
Canton
M. W. Beaver
Mary Schrag
Mansfield
Ohio
Ann Turner
Memphis
Claude Cox
Margaret Guice
Norman Schlemmer
R. B. Jones
W. A. Bragg
George Bragg
Leroy Meeks
Rupert Lewis
Florence
Gladys Schrack
Mary Schrack
R. G. Tindall
Hollandale
W. A. Brannon
Clinton Roads
L. C. McIntosh
Big Black River
Vicksburg Jackson Highway
Here
Chehaw
Ala
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
East Alabama
Georgia
Alabama
Few Criminal Actions From Wage Law Inquiries
Washington report: wage hour chief Elmer F. Andrews says among 8 000 complaints of wage law violations only four criminal cases have resulted. Three defendants pleaded guilty. Officials cite inspector shortages and caution in pursuing airtight cases besides business men cooperating after warnings.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Neutral law change tops Fr. program in Washington
Senate Leader Barkley outlined a 10 item program centering on neutrality law revision and continued congressional session into June. He omitted business and AFL labor act amendments, urged railroad relief, social security tax freezes, nuisance taxes, reciprocal salary levies, and possible future gov securities income taxes. A cotton export subsidy plan, WPA emergency funds, housing expansion, defense measures, and annual department appropriations were also proposed.
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Senate
Barkley
Dky
Congress
AFL
Roosevelt
WPA
Jnational
Miaja Forecasts Republican Revival After Spain Loss
General Jose Miaja, former chief of Spain’s defense council, declared in Oran that the Republican cause will return soon. He, with 13 planes carrying other Republican leaders from Valencia, said he fulfilled his duty to save the republic before leaving Spain. He planned to sail from Algiers to Marseille, with reports suggesting a later change to Egypt.
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Algeria
Jose Miaja
Spain
Republic
Terday
Valencia
Algiers
Miaja
Marseille
Egypt
Cotton Subsidy Export Suggestion Is Ignored
Senate Agriculture committee rejects President Roosevelt's cotton export subsidy idea. It approves a bill allowing farmers to reclaim up to 3,000,000 bales tied to government loans and sends a cost-of-production farm bill to the Senate. Senator Bankhead says the cotton plan would subsidize American producers rather than foreign buyers.
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Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Frazier
N. D
Bankhead
Als
Franco rounds up ex enemies in Madrid civil war drive
Madrid March 30 Nationalists held all 52 provinces under their guns as Generalissimo Franco's military police rounded up thousands of Republicans for classification and possible trial. The war worn populace continued peace demonstrations in the streets of the Repub liberal capital while awaiting food from supply trucks.
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Madrid
Spain
Forged Check Incident at Birmingham Hotel
In Birmingham on March 30 a man attempted to pass a $25 check on W. E. Scruggs at the hotel cashier. He offered a credit card and credentials to prove identity but was arrested by a detective for forgery. The man claimed the credentials belonged to a traveling salesman in Jacksonville, Florida and admitted to being surprised by the arrest.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. E. Scruggs
Scruggs
Jacksonville
Fla
W. E. Scruges
Ducks Rain in North Mississippi Storm in Greenville
In a heavy downpour that drenched northern Mississippi yesterday it literally rained ducks in Greenville. Federal alcohol tax unit investigator Gylde Pave said a sudden hail storm drove flying wild ducks into the street where he and others observed ducks falling from the sky.
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Miss
Mississippi
Gylde Pave
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Clark Gables Go To Ranch For Arizona Elopement
Hollywood on March 30 reports Clark Gable and Carole Lombard wed in a desertion town ceremony at Kingsman Aziz amid rumors of a quick elopement. The couple, traveling by car, ignored Gretna Greens as Maria and Gable’s freedom earlier in the month sparked much chatter.
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Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Arizona
San Fernando Valley
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Gable
Jai
Kingsman
Aziz
Gretna
Yuma
Ariz
Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Cate
Invitation to Opera House double bill tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ralph Woodyard of 515 Walnut Street to attend tonight's double bill at the Opera House theatre featuring The Last Express, a Crime club feature, and Drifting West ward with Jack Randall.
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D. C. Hinkle
Market Street
Dr. Kildare
Lew Ayres
Strand Theatre
Ann Gillis
Dixie Theatre
Grafton Sentinel
Ralph Woodyard
Walnut Street
Jack Randall
Opera House
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