Nationwide strikes shake oil and coal sectors
An air of unease spread as 21 000 idle Alabama miners and other workers waited for action in a disputed differential. Operators and stations faced possible diverters amid threatened walkouts and company orders. Independent centers kept some operations while large firms eyed a March outlook and potential shifts in production.
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NRA
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World News In Gist From The Associated Press
A digest of global items notes Senate debater calls for new policy and presidential actions, witnesses denying allegations, tax revisions at Washington to bridge with the White House, and labor strikes. Reports cover Arizona budget impacts, U S debt payments, Soviet cautions on American purchases, France inviting Trotsky, Japan clarifying policy, and armament talks between Paris and London. World wheat conferences consider acreage reductions.
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Senate
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Wirt
New York
Theodore Toone
Repubean
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China
Park
France
Great Britain
Rome
Onda
Air lines prepare suit to enforce air mail contracts
Four aviation firms plan to sue in federal court to force the government to honor terminated air mail agreements. The action targets Postmaster General Farley personally, arguing he lacked authority to cancel the contracts. The move follows Senate debate on Roosevelt’s aviation policy commission and related studies.
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Farley
Kenate
Legisla
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Thadditden
Snerpinry Dern
Alr
Anit
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Witlie
French Move Toward Disarmament Policy Report
Purta April 17 GP reports a French memory and the army Uniliation convention as noting Paris readiness to pursue disarmament if credible pledges are delivered. Cabinet approved terms for an arm treaty to be submitted to London this afternoon, stressing Britain’s papers and the need for strict verification. A continued debate over Hungarian policy and German threats appears in the context of French strategic thinking.
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Binospeety
Brice
Great
London
England
Uy Arma IP
Hertin
Plane crash in Texas claims four lives near Lewisville
Four people, two men and two women, were killed when an air plane crashed in a field west of Lewisville during a strong electrical storm. The exact identities of the victims could not be immediately determined.
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Texas
Uuilis
Tee
Aire
Inn Field
Lewisville
Blue Eagle program to enroll men under code soon
Washington reports the movement to enroll every man in the country under the blue eagle code will begin within two or three days. The note signals rapid organization across firms and industries as the effort expands nationwide.
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Blue Eagle
Washington
Ander
Earthquake Shakes Santa Ana Beach Towns in California
A strong quake of about 10.4 a.m. rattled Santa Ana and adjacent shore towns in California, drawing residents to the streets. Buildings vibrated but no damage or injuries were reported, though the tremor was described as the strongest since the March 10, 1914 event.
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Calif
Santa Ann
Noth
Here
Governor fires Montana fish and game commission names five new members
Governor Frank H Cooney demanded resignations of the commission March 24 after they refused to appoint his preferred slate. He revoked the terms of W J Suleibon of Square Butte William F Flynn of Amaconds and William Steinbrenner of Wincoula and awaits five new appointees to serve as state fish and game commissioners. Continued on Page 2.
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Williaan Steinbrenner
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iMed
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Smith
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Western Progressive
Central Park Citizen Severely Injured in Vehicle Crash
April 37 in Roseman reports Leonard Ta Lawrence, 40, of Central Park, was seriously injured when he jumped toward a car driven by Tom Remore, 28, of Fargo, on a highway near Lawrence's home. He remained in critical condition at a local hospital. County Attorney Pred Lay released statements from Remore and four witnesses, indicating Remore was blameless.
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Raph Ta Lawrence
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Junto
Tom Remore
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Tora Hospital
Remore
El Paso Holdup Slain By Police In Downtown Shootout
A El Paso armed robbery at noon left the robber dead after a police pursuit and gunfire. Four people were wounded, including clerks Julius Kantor and O R Pimental, and bystander Conmuela Moholla de Perez. Suspect identified as Juan, companion Virginia Ortez of Dallas aided police with details.
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Virginia Ortez
Dallas
el Pano
Paso
Jimmy Stinson
Nolice
Julius Kantor
0. R., Pimental
Jon Meraz
Conmuela Moholla de Perez Af Juarez
Atore
Los Angeles Court Doutes If Cowan Was Murdered
Angelen readers learn in a Montana born 17-year-old suspect's trial that Judge Fullore Craig questions whether Cowan’s death was murder or a result of other causes. Cowan’s body lay on a street with injuries, and Tony Borington later claimed to police a sensational but contested account of Cowan’s criminal career. The youth’s public defender argues for a congenital condition as a defense while letters from Montana residents are offered in his favor.
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Henry Rovington
Etring Ston
Montana
Frank Cowan
Rovington
Fullore Craig
Cowan
Tony Borington
Cowan Inn
Shawn Cowan
Four Men Killed in Honduras Plane Crash
A transport airplane crashed in a tropical rainstorm near Toructraipa Honduras killing four men. Victims include Victor Martin of Trouxtan the pilot and three passengers: Congraase Iman Santiago Cervantes of Yoro Rev. Tidefonso Carhalieda a Spanish missionary in Narestonia and Conzatree Alvarada a lawyer of Requias.
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Honduras
Hamaia
Narestonia
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Requias
Plans of Murphy to be taken up
Rome April 17 P Members of the world wheat advisory commission decided tonight to take up with their respective governments proposals to eat wheat acreage on no white scale prior to their next meeting in London India. The experts ended their current negotiation in the world wheat market after a five hour session devoted chiefly to acreage reduction schemes submitted by Frederick E Murphy of Minneapolis American delegate. He told his colleagues that cut
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World Wheat Adtory
London
Indane
Frederick E. Murphy
Minneapolis
Goode Law Upheld by United States Court in New York
Federal Judge Francis Caffegt denied a pretrial injunction sought by the William F Chiniquy Company of Chicago to restrain NRA Inbals from mailing to millinery manufacturers who have complied with the code authorities Roosevelt era action upholding government power to regulate industry was announced in New York on April 17.
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William F. Chiniquy Companys
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Malling Nra
Married Men to Hear Murder Trial in Nebraska
A jury of married men was selected to hear the murder trial of Joe McMaken, a Mountamouth contractor, charged with the killing of Douglas McCrary, a barber. The prosecution seeks the death penalty as McMaken allegedly found the victim with his wife, Etherd McCrary, a single man.
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Miattamouth
Roosevelt advisory board completes preliminary NRA critique
A Washington dispatch says Roosevelt's advisory review board on NRA codes has finished a preliminary report sharply criticizing the operation of the national recovery act under General Hugh Johnson. The board headed by Clarence Darrow is expected to be sent to the White House this week, with publication at the president's pleasure.
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Washington Dispatch
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Clarence Darraw
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White House
Narrow
Canons defense delayed verdict in Washington trial
In Washington on April 17 Bishop James Cannon Jr. faced a delayed outcome as his defense sought a not guilty verdict arguing the government failed to prove conspiracy to conceal 1928 campaign contributions. Prosecutor urged the trial to continue with jury verdicts to follow.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Peyton Gordon
Robert HW. McNeill
After Slayer of Young Gail
Shreveport La April 18 Two companies of national guardsmen were placed in action to protect the Caddo parish courthouse from a mob of about 3000 who seized the building last night to reach Fred Lockhart who confessed to the murder of 16 year old Mae Giffin. The guard moved in by order of Governor Allen after authorities requested protection as the mob forced its way onto the floor and held off officers armed with machine guns and tear gas. Lockhart was confined in the jail on the seventh floor as the mob threatened gunfire and the sheriff's office stairway.
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Fred Lockhart
Mae Giffin
National Guard
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Lockhart
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Wirt inquiry fizzle fails to scare witnesses
Washington April 1 21 six witnesses contradicted Dr William A Wirt saying they discussed a brain trust plot. They testified they heard a four hour monologue on education and gold devaluation rather than any conspiracy. The open hearing ended with mounting questions about misstatements and possible prosecutorial steps.
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Washington
William A. Wirt
Distriet
Wirt
Bulwinkle
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Securities laws may be changed in revision talks
Representative Scrugham and Rep Landis discuss possible revision of securities laws to remove provisions hindering the bloc. Trade Commissioner James M Landis indicated the administration is ready to consider changes and comment on alterations, with a statement planned for western representatives tomorrow.
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Japan Objects To Aid For China From U S And Others
Tokyo officials object to foreign aid for Chinese air and military forces, drafting a restatement clarifying Japan's policy toward China. The document, to be sent to Nanking, Washington, and other capitals, warns against actions that could threaten peace in East Asia and hints at possible force if peaceful efforts fail.
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Unclear content with health and political references
A fragmentary notice mentions a Savannah death of a young girl and broad satire on smoking and a bonus march to Washington. It references Congressmen, a depot meeting with the president, and a requested one and a half billion in federal funds for reelection districts.
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Washington
Anti-Long Gandudate Lends In Louisiana Primary
Talon Rouge April 17 With only 22 in precincts casting in the sixth district congressional primary J Sander Jr and Huey Long candidate held a lead over his nearest opponent Harry D Wilsoy but complete returns are needed to decide if a second primary must be held.
Silver Men Will 60 10 President Silver Men Will 60 10
Washington April 17 determined to force action this session silver advocates planned to push rehabilitation of silver directly to President Roosevelt. Senator King Utah and six other senators backing silver legislation planned to meet with the president Thursday to discuss pending measures and the goal of free and unlimited coinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold.
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Two Colorado Thugs Face Life Sentences
Colorado Springs, April 17. Authorities plan to file assault and robbery with firearms charges against two men held in Canon City state prison as probable attackers of Colorado College students Miss Georgia Lindsey and James O'Brien. Conviction could yield life imprisonment, Chief Hugh D. Harper said.
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Canon City
Georgia Lindsey
James O’brien
Colorado College
Follee
Hugh D. Harper
Roosevelt denounces New Deal policies in speech
Col Theodore Roosevelt, speaking at the National Republican Club in New York, denounces the Roosevelt administration as militaristic and violating constitutional liberties. He calls the New Deal the old deal in disguise, warns of autocratic drift, and accuses the government of canceling mail contracts without due process and suppressing free press.
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New Deal
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National Republiican Club
Blast in Fireworks Plant Kills Three Women in Ohio
An explosion at the United Fireworks company plant in Waylon, Ohio, killed three young women and seriously injured four others. Victims include Elizabeth Bradley, 20, of New Lebanon, Thelma Weedford, Dayton, and Mt. Cottle Rollock of West Alexandria. Firecrackers were being made when the blast destroyed two small buildings and damaged nearby houses. The insured list includes Lena Morkie, 18, Paxton. Louis Barth, 21, Drexel. Naomi Keener, 18, Brookville. and Catherine Shank, 18, New Lebanon.
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United Fireworks Company
Elizabeth Bradley
New Leabmnan
Mt. Cottle Rollock
Weat Aleaanvia
Thelma Weedford
Dayton
Lena Morkie
Paxton
Louis Barth
Drex
Naomi Keener
Brookville
Catherine Shank
New Lebanon
Boy of 7 Lost in Woods as Dog Leads Rescue Team
A seven year old boy went missing in the woods near Band Point. A stray dog repeatedly barked, drawing rescuers to the area where Walter Nelwon was eventually found unharmed after spending the night in the timber. The dog’s alertness helped locate him this morning.
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Helena Independent Offers a Booklet on Care of the Feet
The Helena Independent promotes a booklet on foot care stressing health and comfort. It urges readers to send 10 cents via a coupon to the Information Bureau in Washington for a copy titled Care of the Feet, with a form for name address and state.
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