Clipper Pioneer Backs Transpacific Flight Toward Honolulu
Alameda April 16 The Clipper Pioneer carrying six crew members is on the Great Circle route to Honolulu. It has been five hours ten minutes aloft with weather reports and navigational updates from Pan American Radio. The ship advances through darkening skies as it travels over the Pacific, with spectators tracking its progress.
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Cross country row leads to record in tense meet
Washington and Wey Long clash as women race to set a new cross country mark amid a storm warning. Major aviation moves include the Pan-American Clipper flight and a $4.3 billion market adjustment. The market watchdog hints at reforms while a probe tracks alleged pro-German activity in Ceochowlovaldan.
Woman pilot breaks endurance record flight attempt
An unnamed female aviator flies from eastern Colorado toward Oklahoma and Texas in a sustained journey of about 17 hours and seven minutes aiming to break Amelia Earhart’s transcontinental record. The craft experiences a dust storm near Alamosa but lands safely as officials assess the missed record by a few minutes.
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Boxers Max Naey Grabs Braddock Title Fight Plans
In New York on April 18 a boxing revival was forecast as Max Naey chose Jimmy Braddock for his heavyweight title bout on June 19 with dates set for a bout between Joe Touts and Primo Carurra. Promoter Mike Javolin from Century Sporting Club targets Madison Square Garden May 20 and Yankee Stadium June 28 for additional heavyweight clashes.
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Max Naey
Jimmy Braddock
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Mme Kensitional
Joe Touts
Primo Carurra
Rusale
Mme Melarnin
Barney Tons
Mike Javolin
Nineteen year delay uncovers trunkful of wedding gifts
A trunk of wedding gifts long presumed lost was found after nineteen years in a Dillon area hayloft. The items were traced to a Wisconsin couple, originally stored in Dutta from Wisdom, with no prior trace of owners. The discovery occurred in southern Neaverhead County, the stable hayloft yielding the long-hidden cache.
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Small Burg Wrecked by Great Blast
Seven injured and about 75 homeless after 250 kegs of blasting powder and 20 cases of dynamite exploded in a central Kentucky Tennessee village near the Ken tucky- Tennessee fire. Explosives stored in a mini supply house were set off by a burning residence, sending residents fleeing to shelter and the wooded mountains. Mrs OConnell called the alarm as the town suffered extensive damage and many homes uninhabitable.
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Roosevelt Criticizes Roosevelt Administration Debts
Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr accuses the Democratic national administration of leaving the country with the greatest debt and a waterlogged federal government. He, as president of the National Republican Club, lists failures and blames President Franklin D Roosevelt for the administration’s missteps and tests of power.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
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PWA Projects in Louisiana Face Cancellation Threats
Washington reports a bitter clash over the PWA program in Louisiana. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes warned he could cancel all public works in the state if Senator Huey Lang dictates terms, signaling a potential national political flashpoint between Baton Rouge and Washington.
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Tererty Cie Letter Questions World Treaty Fears
Naa Rogers reports confusion over arms and treaties as nations debate defense stance. The author muses on Germany and other powers under a lingering fear of conflict, questioning who enforces and what happens when treaty terms expire and who bears responsibility for security.
Three Powers Move to Censure Hitler Over German Rearmament
Geneva April 16 France Britain and Italy formally ask the League of Nations to censure Hitler for rearming Germany in violation of treaties and to punish future repudiations. The tri power resolution calls Germany's actions a repudiation of the Versailles treaty and warns against unilateral international obligations.
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Cold killing in Chicago street
John Donahue, 33, identified as the victim, was shot by three assailants from a slow moving car near Halstead Street on the North Side. Donahue was stabbed by shotgun blasts as he ran, died en route to a hospital despite police arriving quickly.
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Everett Mullaney
Retail trade federation formed to unite U.S. shops
A new national federation named the American Retail Federation was formed to unify and promote the business of more than 1,000,000 retail firms nationwide. Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill, Cincinnati's first city manager, will head the group and represent it in Washington where the federation's headquarters will be set up on Monday. Originator Louis B Kirstein, a Boston retailer, conceived the idea to give representation to the vast retail sector for the first time.
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American Retail Federation
United States
Clarence O. Sherrill
Cincinnati
Washington
Louis B Kirstein
Hoston
Feteraon
75 Beggars Die in Persian Gulf Panic
London reports a disaster in the Persian Gulf where about seventy five people, mostly women and children, were trampled to death while crowding for alms on Mahreln Stand near the gulf coast. The India Office released a brief statement on the tragedy.
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Long calls impeachment of Supreme Court judges in Baton Rouge
Senator Huey Long announced plans to impeach Chief Justice Charles A. O'Neil and Justices Fred M. Odom Wynne G. Rogers and two others, as he denounced the court and urged withdrawal of Public Works Administration funds. He directed passage of more bills to place relief monies under state control and warned of a political fight over election machinery.
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Huey Long
Lautal- Ama Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
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O.K. Allen
Charlen A. O'Neil
Fred BM. Odom
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Puerto Rican Republic Parade Hits Hones City Hall
A group of serialists and publicans paraded Yaneca streets declaring a Puerto Mean republic and hoisting a flag over the city hall in Hones Puerto Rico on April 16.
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Puerto Rico
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Plot Bruited in Czechoslovakia
A report claims around twenty people were arrested in Czechoslovakia in an alleged pro German espionage plot spanning parts of Poland. Letters from Paris note Laval may visit Berlin, but no confirmation exists. Soviet writers see opposition to German rearmament shaping terms with Germany.
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Erickson Withdraws as Relief Admin. Hart Nominated
The Montana relief commission, previously at odds with National Administrator Harry Hopkins over state relief, recommended Ray Hart of Billings for confirmation as Montana relief administrator after Erickson withdrew. John Wrickson had declined the post. Hart’s nomination follows a weeks long stalemate between the state relief commission and the federal government.
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Vellowestone County
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State Relief Commission
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W. J. Butler
Bremer describes kidnaping ordeal and planned ransom
St Paul banker Arthur Bremer testifies in federal court about being kidnapped beaten and held for ransom as 30 defendants face trial for involvement in his $200000 shell. He recalls mob threats and offers to tie him over to another gang while captors demanded payment and details of the rescue near Rochester Minnesota.
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Low Cost House Plans Promote Frugal Living
Uncle Sam’s architects and engineers publish a government booklet on practical low-cost house plans. Forty dwelling sketches and floor diagrams cover farm homes and urban designs, with kitchen plans approved by state home economics experts. Available by mail for ten cents, send coupon to the Washington Information Bureau in Washington, D.C.
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Low-Cost Housing Projects Possible
Washington April 16 plans for the use of upward of 500 million dollars in low cost housing and for putting persons in rural areas on a self sustaining basis were disclosed as having been worked out by Public Works and New Deal administration officials. The extent of carryout depends on the work fund allocation by President Roosevelt.
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Harrison drafts 1.3 billion WW2 bonus bill for Senate
Senator Harrison, Republican finance chair, completes a draft of an 1.3 billion dollar World War II bonus bill to be introduced, outlining a plan to issue negotiable certificates maturing 1945 to 1950 and offering an exchange option for veterans to convert to cash. The White House signals cautious stance while Roosevelt may sign if Congress sends the measure.
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Contempt charges filed against Montana editor
Allings April 16. Contempt proceedings again against Herman Krogman editor of the Montana Bulletin for mimeographed handbill circulated here. The case stems from March 29 article on damage actions against the Northern Pacific railroad tied to the Wilson Nood matter. An order to show cause was issued by federal court after an affidavit from M. S. Gunn of Helena charged the statements with corrupt intent to influence jurors. James F. is among the defense.
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Doris Duke Cromwell extortion plot exposed in New York
New York officials reveal details of a $25,000 extortion plot targeting Doris Duke Cromwell. Arrested were Arthur Ulisse, 24, and Dominick Pilot, 35, who walked into a police trap while attempting to extort $6,000 from Mrs. George A. Harris, wife of a stock exchange governor. Police say the method mirrored a prior failed scheme against the duchess.
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