Mine Explosion Kills Two in Logan West Virginia
A gas explosion in Macbeth mine, Logan County, West Virginia, killed at least two men and trapped seventeen more behind coal falls. Rescue teams recovered Joe Free the motorman and his lieutenant Troy McCoy. rescuer said there was little hope for the trapped men with no air where they are. The Macbeth mine, owned by Hutchinson Coal Co, had previous deadly blast on September 2. Continued on Page 2.
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Hutchinson Coal Company
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One Dead Five Hurt In Fires In Butte
Butte March 11 A two weeks old baby suffocated and five others were injured when gasoline ignited in two separate houses. The infant died after a jug broke and the liquid caught fire. Parents and a 13 year old boy sustained moderate injuries. In a second incident Mrs G Yomlin and her son Edward Meade 24 received second degree burns when a gasoline can broke spilling flame in the kitchen.
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Butte
William Kenneth Simmons
William Simmons
Edward F. Meade
Robert Jackson backs court reform plan in hearing
Washington March 11 Robert Jackson assistant attorney general testified before the senate Judiciary Committee in support of the Roosevelt court reorganization bill. He warned senators that abuses in the Supreme Court result from a overextended power and Congress bears responsibility for restoring proper function. He urged active congressional action to curb the court’s overreach.
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H Robert Jackson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Spon Congress
Congress
Wool Goods Trade Surges as Costs Rise in New York
In New York on March 11, a wool goods market upturn showed how years of higher costs push wholesale trade. Buyers rushed in to cover bulk needs in men’s wear fabrics and top coatings while mills hedged with orders to be confirmed later. Trade circles remained optimistic that consumer prices can rise without much trouble.
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New York
New York Wool Top Exchange
Gleichschaltung and the Roosevel t Supreme Court Debate
In 1943 a new German term Gleichschaltung defined directing all institutions into a single channel. The piece compares Hitler’s method to FDR’s proposals to reshape the Supreme Court, arguing that legal, broad support could enable a personal dictatorship if unchecked. It notes unions, churches, and courts altered rather than abolished, keeping core structures but changing their direction.
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Germany
Hitler
Workers Front
Roosevelt
Congress
Sinclair Lewis
Beratlius Windrip
Windrip
Supreme Court
Mr. Lewis
Fabulous Mine Legend Reopens Heirs Seek Hidden Riches
Denver reports revive the tale of the Fabulous Mine also called the long lost gold hoard. Howard Roepnack, a Denver attorney and grandnephew of Kalobetzki, claims to have located the mine near the Spanish Peak country after skeletons of two prospectors were found in the shaft. The bone of contention centers on Kalobetzki’s 30,000 dollar gold brick said to be hidden, with plans to move the treasure by wagon if snow melts. The story traces to a 1901 Cleveland Plain Dealer account and links to Kalobetzki’s mysterious life in the Spanish Peak region.
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Ahjore
Huggets
East
Howard Roepnack
Rabobetzki
Cleveland
Ohio
Spanish Peak
Southern
Colorado
Kalobetzk
Kansas
Puebla
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Karobetzki
J Cole
Kalobetzki
Two Million Honan Starving Epidemic Rages In China
Hangkow, China, March 11. The famine in western Honan province strikes two million residents. The Chia International Famine Relief Commission, led by John Earl Baker of Eagle, Wisconsin, reports widespread starvation across 6,000 villages. Deaths loom as spring crops fail, with farmers abandoning homes to seek aid. Refugees reach stations with bloated bodies. weeks of subsistence on tree bark and roots. Desolate scenes include parched lips and silence from a land stripped of water and dogs.
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China
Honan
John Earl Baker
Fagle
Wis
Roosevelts Warm Springs Visit Amid Domestic Tensions
In a hurried national summary Roosevelt travels to Warm Springs Georgia for a vacation as domestic issues loom. A Charleston coal mine blast raises fears of multiple fatalities while Chicago Bar Association votes against Supreme Court reforms. Foreign news notes U S envoy protest against Nazi slurs and Madrid accuses Italy of undeclared war. Vatican reports Pope improves health to reassure attendees.
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W. Va
Chicago
American Bar Associatiem
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
U. S
Madrid
Italy
Vatican City
World’s fattest man Eckers dies after injuries
Flomaton Alabama March 11 Harpy Jack Eckers 63 who weighed 729 pounds and called himself the world s fattest man fed tonight in a hospital of injuries from a February 7 collision between his specially built automobile and a freight truck.
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Flomaton
Ala
Harpy Jack" Eckers
Automobile Field Strikes Drag On Final GM Treaty Put Off
The Associated Press reports autoworkers strikes persist as General Motors talks stall again over a final agreement with the United Automobile Workers. No progress at Chrysler and Hudson contrasts with a new stage-in at the Reo truck plant in Lansing Michigan. CIO gains in McKeesport and Vandergrift spur steelworker talks as SWOC chief Murray calls a Pittsburgh meeting to map strategy and membership shifts.
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Autuma
Bile
Shursaay
John L. Lewis Steel Group
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler and Hudson
Reo Company
Lansing
Mich
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Lewis’ Committee
CIO
Mckheesport
Kiski Valley
Philip Clowes
SWOC
Aad
Cartegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Vandergrift
Lewis’ Group
Owens Jones
Cartegie-Illinois
Thia
Jones
CIO Representaties
McKeesport. Tit Plate Company
Lewis‘ Amalgamated Association of Iran, Steel and Tin Workers
Just a Minute with UnTime Cuba
Santa Monica reports on European efforts to safeguard children amid looming war. Mussolini’s program for militarization invites Italian scientists to aid military self sufficiency, while a gas-masked baby embodies a controversial, prophetic image tied to wartime indoctrination.
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Cuba
Santa Monica
Europe
Mussolini
President Roosevelts Vacation Trip to Warm Springs
President Roosevelt and envoy William Bullitt travel aboard the presidential train toward Warm Springs Georgia for a two week vacation. The president plans daily outdoor swims at the foundation pool aiding infantile paralysis victims while Bullitt joins the State Department briefing on developments in France.
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Wat Springs
Marts
William CG. Wall
Warm Springs
Bullitt
State Department
France
Georgia
Victory of wets in Alabama decisive in March
Alabama’s repeal of the 22 year old prohibitory laws fuels new debate among dry counties in the South. Unofficial counts show 24 of 67 counties voting to permit sale of wine and liquor by state stores and beer by private dealers, shaping next rounds of enforcement and litigation.
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Ala
Alabama
Teknesses
Georgia
Atales
Deaters
Collision near Orange leaves six dead in crash
Three men were burned to death and two women died of injuries after a collision between an automobile and a truck at Sycamore Grove in Santa Ana canyon, twelve miles east of Orange, California, late today.
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Calif
Sycamore Grove
Santa Ana Canyon
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Spaniards Charge Is Duce Openly in the La Civil War
Madrid reports government officials declare Italy is waging an undeclared war in Spain. General Miaja says central troops hold line near Guadalajara as insurgents press offensives. Four Italian officers and 37 soldiers captured are shown as proof of Italian aid. Rome denies truth of rumors via fascist authority.
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Madrid
Guadalajara
Italy
Spain
Julia Alvarez del Vayo
Jose Minja
Spai
Miaja
Italan
Aragon
Jimia
Building site chosen for Glasgow federal post office
Washington March 11 Senator James H Murray of Montana said the treasury department informed him it had decided upon the Fried Cahall property as the site for a new federal building and post office at Glasgow Montana The site to be purchased for 7600 dollars is at the southwest corner of Second Avenue South and Sixth Street South
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Washington
James H. Murray
Montana
Treasury Department
Little Maid of 3 Perhaps Kidnapped in New York
East Unity N Y March 11 The search for Shirley Brooks missing since Saturday was renewed after Sheriff Emery Monta declared the child may have been kidnapped The three year old vanished as she wandered from her father near a maple syrup orchard in what is described as one of the most mysterious cases in his experience
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Unity
N. Y
Shirley Brooks
Sherif Emery
Monta
U S Protest Over German Press Attacks On Americans
Washington reports the United States government expressed shock and concern at violent German press attacks on American citizens and institutions. Secretary Hull told Ambassador Dodd to convey this to Berlin and protest continued unprintable articles after Hull's earlier apology for LaGuardia's Hitler remark. The House committee alleged fascist influence in the US with Fritz Kuhn named as a supposed leader and about 200,000 Nazis in 14 states.
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Washington
United States
Hull
William E. Dodd
Berlin
Boveri
Germany
Fiorello J. LaGuardia
New York
Adolf Hitler
Stull
America
House
Rnulea
Dickstein
Fritz Kuhn
Ford Motor Company
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lax Guardia
Hitler
LaGuardia
House Passes Soft Coal Control Bill for Third Time
Washington March 11 Legislation to permit government price fixing in the 11 billion dollar soft coal industry moved through the House without a record vote. The Guffey Vingon control bill, revised from the original act struck down by the Supreme Court, heads to the Senate in its current form. The labor provisions were removed to satisfy court objections.
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House of Representatives
Chamber
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Jast Sessfon Tat
Stuprems Court
Fortune believed hidden in lonely shack on Peace River
Edmonton report says police investigate tarpaper cabin on Peace River after a man, Henry Lerch, dies there. The RCMP and Peace River constables examined the shack where Lerch once lived, with a Payette lawyer noting a prior communication from a lawyer in Larimore, North Dakota, about the Lerch family and a hidden fortune.
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Peace River
Edmonton
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Henry Lerch
Deater
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