Weather and Storm Toll Across Twelve States
Severe winter weather and tornadoes swept twelve states from Texas to New England, killing ten in Ahcovile Alabama and injuring several others near Philadelphia and Milas. Power outages affected thousands as utilities and fruit crops faced extensive damage. Roads and utilities disrupted by heavy snowfall and flooding forced residents to evacuate in Marterville and Taleda as crews worked to restore services.
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Texas
New England
Ahcovile Ala
Pilladelphia
Milas
Weather Bureau
Washigton
Ohio
Larderville
Taleda
Pagi
Snowbound Motorists Amid Historic Texas Panhandle Storm
In Pampa Texas area April storm leaves about 100 snowbound motorists and students. A school bus with around 300 children lost northeast of Pampa. 20 reached safety, 10 remained trapped. Deputy Sheriff George Taman reported 59 cars stranded between Panhandle towns and LeFors. rescue efforts ongoing.
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Sampa
Texas
Texas Pans
Pampa
Haven
Sherif George Taman
Panhandle Cits
LeFors
Paris Senate Crisis as Red Mob Marches on Luxembourg
Paris garrison troops were ordered on alert as leftist mobs clashed with police outside the Luxembourg Palace amid the Senate vote on Premier Blum's powers bill. The finance committee rejected the measure 25 to 106, fanning strikes where 30,000 workers occupied 29 metallurgical furnaces seeking new contracts.
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Paris
Senate
Leon Blum
Blum
Lefista
Luxembourg Palace
Simms
Senate Finance
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of France
Bhoom
Tomor
Shrine charity gift and real estate transfer noted
A $100000 gift to the Shrine Crippled Children's hospital fund was announced by Potentate Joseph Ht Pengilly of Al Malaihah temple. Loms W Shrodair of Los Angeles deeded a business block in Butte Montana appraised at 100000 with annual income of 76000. Also a U S consul general stated he made representations to Japanese authorities regarding a bid to centralize the American owned Shanghai Evening Post.
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Los Angeles
Apu
Joseph HT Pengilly
al Malaihah
Loms
Shanghai
Apm
Clarency & Gauss
United States
Shanghai Evening Post
Senator LaFollette Subpoena Sparks Legal Clash
Washington report recalls Senator LaFollette using a one man committee to issue subpoenas against Aubpoena seeking broad records from a railroad audit firm. After a court show cause order, officials faced arrest and indictment as the trial began, with continued coverage promised.
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Washington
LaFollette
Justice Black
Supreme Court
Alabama
Senate
Thaat
United States
Vaisa
LaFol Ietis
LaFaollette
United States Senate
Hammond Named President of First National Bank
T he board of directors of the First National Bank and True company yesterday named T O Hammond as president succeeding T A Marlow who died March 28 after illness. Hammond pledged to uphold sound banking and courteous treatment. He came to Helena from Chicago last November after working at the First National Bank of Chicago.
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T. GQ
Tiammond
Orday
First National Bank and Trust Rompacy
Hammond
T A Marlow
First National Bank and True Company
Esterday
T. O. Hammond
T. A. Marlow
Harvard
Marlow
Mrr
First National Bank
Desire
Fle Vamk
Helena
Montana
Felena
Chicago
First National Bank of Chi
Loyalist Resistance Stiffens as Franco Forces Advance in Catalonia
Insurgent columns push to destroy Catalonia electric power sources centering around Balaguer and Tremp, with San Sebastian claiming capture of the key line. Gen. Tranemsed Franco's troops face stiff government resistance near Tortosa on the Ebry river as Barcelona unions urge defense mobilization. Foreign ministers express doubt over nonintervention while insurgents hail the Tremp power center seizure as a major blow to government efforts.
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Ilendare Francs
Spanish Fronte
Spain
Balaguer
Lerida
Tremp
San Sebastian
Catalonia
Wratine
Tramp
Ingurgetts
Montana Parks Open Early For Shriners Parade
The Park Service announced Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks will open ahead of schedule to accommodate Shriners traveling home from their conclave in Los Angeles. Glacier will open June 10, five days early, and Yellowstone about a week before the usual June 20 opening date.
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Washington
The
Park Service
Glacier and
Feltonstone National Parks
Los Angeles
Glacier Park
Yellowstons
Big Appropriation To Prime Pump 10 Be Asked Shortly
Washington analysts report a Roosevelt plan to provide 4.5 billion dollars in loans and direct spending to ease unemployment and recession. The package would include a 1.5 billion dollar Public Works loan program for cities and states, with long term industrial loans through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The bill faces Senate and House maneuvering as officials warn of funding delays if noninterest bearing loans require repayment over 50 years.
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Washington
A. Roosevelt
J A Ingh
Congress
Glass D. Va
Senate Appropriations Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Glase
House
Senate
White House
Hail Investors to Be Protected in Railroad Reorg
President Roosevelt signaled protection for railroad investors in any financial reorganization. J Z Pelies, head of the Association of American Railroads, said after a meeting with Roosevelt that the chief executive aims at saving equities as far as possible, offering reassurance to investors including individuals, banks, and insurance companies. Details on the protection remain unclear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
J. Z. Pelies
Association of American Railroads
Peilley
Great Northern Slide Near Summit Delays Traffic
A rock slide on the Great Northern near the summit about 12 miles from Tesex delayed traffic for about four hours. A crew of officials said debris covered one track for about four feet and was cleared by section crews.
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Tesex
Great Northern Railway
Hoover to Attend Congressional Election Rally in San Francisco
Former President Werbert Hoyert returns home after a 7000 mile Europe tour and announces support to elect a larger Republican congressional representation. A citizens committee hosts a homecoming and Hoyert will speak on A Challenge to Liberty 1998, criticizing democracy and security tradeoffs amid unemployment and living standards concerns.
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San Francisco
Werbert Hoyert
Europe
Citizens’ Committee
Hoover
Iirad
Fate of Bill Left in Doubt in House Battle
Washington April 7 AP The House remains torn over a government reorganization bill as amendments split supporters and opponents. A key vote on striking the enacting clause drew 169 for and 191 against, signaling passage despite fierce opposition led by Representative O Connor who warned the measure edged toward fascism and dictatorship.
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Washington
House
Congress
Federal Education Bureau
Suy
Republicis
O'Connor
Detroit Trolley Strike Ends as CIO Trails AFL in Labor War
Detroit Mayor Juchard Reading announced the municipal streetcar strike had ended with service to be restored by noon and buses continuing. The agreement awaits ratification by Amalgamated Association Division 26 and Maloy Coach Employes of America, who had struck the previous day. The city faced widespread transit disruption with no street cars in operation and heavy reliance on buses, taxis, and walking amid a reported 79,000 affected residents.
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Detroit
Juchard W. Reading
Wayor
Reading
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and
Maloy Coach Employes of America
Car tracks point to double murder in Texas
A Texas search near Van Horn uncovered car tracks and two bloodstained paper handkerchiefs from the Frome family killings. Investigators, led by Sheriff Albert A Anderson, traced a dim trail south of the highway to an abandoned mine shaft where the missing baggage was sought. The discover ies bolster a shrinking pool of clues in the Berkeley, California murder case.
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Texas
el Vaso
Weepion G. Frome
Pnaney
van Horn
Berkeley
Calif
S. Tisteta Aduney
Roy D. Jackson
Frome Packard
Sheriit Albert A Anderson
Frome
Jackson
Nashway
van Jlarn
Caltt
Texas Desert
Here
Murdered In Texas Wastelands Shocks West Texans
In West Texas badlands, the bodies of 23 year old Neney Frome and her 46 year old mother Mra Havel Frome were found stripped and with crushed heads by two truck drivers. They had lain for days a mile from a highway near Berkeley socialite Weston G Frome. Two years earlier two men and two women vanished from the same area.
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Neney Frome
Mra Havel Frome
Weston G Frome
Berkeley
Calif
West Texas
Badlands
Senate Drops House Taxes on Undistributed Profits and Gains
Washington April 7 The Senate fast tracked revenue changes by replacing the House plan for undistributed profits taxes with a flat 18 percent corporate income levy and setting capital gains at a flat 10 percent. The House had proposed graduated rates and a 16 to 20 percent profit tax. Senator Harrison led the Finance Committee in support of the replacement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Miss
Senfete
Finance Committee
Bankers gathering hears call to face facts
Walter Lichtenstein, vice president of Chicago banking group, urged Americans to stop closing their eyes to facts and to beware of dismissing statements that favor policy. He spoke at the opening of a three day Pacific conference on banking, addressing bankers from Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
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Pullman
Wagh
Walter Lichtenstein
First National Bank of Chicago
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Two Are Missing In Airplane In Florida
Orlando Fla April 7 two dozen airplanes searched most of Florida from the air today for a pilot and a student flier who left the municipal airport here Tuesday and failed to return Aviation Director E C Nilson said Pilot Charles Griffith of Orlando and his student J D Patterson 21 year old winter visitor from Pittsburgh Pa were to the
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Orlando. Fla
Florida
E. C. Nilson
Charles Griffith
Orlando
J. D. Patterson
Pittsburgh
Great Battle Rages as Japanese Losses Mount in Taterchwang
Shanghai April reports say the battle for Taterchwang enters its 18th day with intense street fighting and heavy casualties. Chinese morale rises after repelling Japanese advances toward Suchow, while independent dispatches echo both sides claiming gains and renewed strength.
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Shanghai
Taterchwang
Toledo
Alenzar
Shantung Province
Japan
Suchow
Tientsin-Pukow
Viheren
Hankow
Talerch#ang
Cot
Mort
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