Germany 1 Faraged by 1s Attack on Hitler
Berlin warns of an impenetrable ring around Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler amid threats of assassination and renewed German resolve. Goering and Prussia’s prime minister urged unity against those seeking to overpower Germany by murder. Der Angriff echoed harsh, anti American digs over LaGuardia, Lewis, and Johnson. In Tacoma, a car streetcar crash killed three women and injured three others.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
LaGuardia
der Angriff
Roosevelt
Germany
John L. Lewis
Hugh 5. Johnson
Tacoma
Wash
Bottles Brown
Joseph Foultz
Mary Martin
Father of Governor Ayers Dies After Heart Attack
Georges Washington Ayers, father of Governor Roy F. Ayers, died at 1 a m at the governor's mansion after a sudden heart attack. Born March 7, 1860 in Iowa, he moved west as a child and settled in Montana in 1882, living in Fergus County and Lewistown. He helped swear in his son on January 4 during the governor’s inauguration and is survived by his wife, three children, and several relatives. Funeral plans to be announced with Lewistown services expected.
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Georges Washington Ayers
Roy F. Ayers
Montana
Governor
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Capitol
Avera
Iowa
Fergus County
Lewistown
Montana Supreme Court
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California
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Graces Range
Robert
Denver
Russell
Lavaille Hall
Opp
Conrad
Brave Admiral Hobson dies at 66 in New York
Rear Admiral Richmond P. Hobson, 66, noted for bottling up the Spanish fleet at Santiago and later a prohibition advocate, died suddenly of heart disease at his Lexington Avenue home. A hero of the Spanish American War, he later served in Congress and led narcotics education groups. Survivors include his widow and three children.
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Richmond P. Hobson
Santiago Harbor
Lexington Avenue
Admiral Hobson
Roosevelt
Congress
McKinley
Alabama
Greensboro
Ala
North Carolina
United States Naval Academy
WPA Workers Meet Today to Break Strike Activity
An embattled group of WPA workers met at the courthouse in Great Falls last night and voted to break the sit down strike at the district WPA office by force if necessary. They called a mass meeting at the labor temple at 10 o'clock this morning to solidify plans and end the strike that has halted all WPA projects in the area.
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WPA
Labor Temple
Workers’ Alliance
Toledo
Oho
Miller Cereal Milla
Omaha
New Jersey
Lebanon
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Duke of Windsor Cut Off From British Pension List
London March 16. Edward, once the Duke of Windsor, loses royal pension and must rely on the royal family after a parliamentary message. King George VI’s reply did not mention Edward but restored hereditary revenues to the Duchy of Cornwall, with Commons urged to provide allowances for royal family members.
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London
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England
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Austria
New Japanese State Reported in Mongol Region
From Kalgan Chahar Province on March 16 reports said a Japanese aided state named Monokuo was established by Teh Wang’s descendants in the snowy north. The move mirrors Manchoukuo and could threaten renewed hostilities between Japan and China.
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Chahar Province
China
Monokuo
Manchoukuo
Chahar
Teh Wang
Japan
Allan Hoover to Wed Miss Coberly in Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs Herbert Hoover will attend the wedding of their son Allan Hoover to Miss Margaret Coberly in Los Angeles tomorrow after they leave Palo Alto tonight for the trip.
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Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover
Los Angeles
Margaret Coberly
Allan Hoover
Hero Called Rear Admiral Dies in U S Navy Career
Detroit reports the death yesterday of a Rear Admiral of the U S Navy, noted as a leading figure of the Spanish American War. In boxing news Chuck Woods of Detroit defeated Al Manfredo of Los Angeles by referees decision in the 10 round main event tonight at the local card.
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Chuck Woods
al Manfredo
Los Angeles
Court hearing on age of Supreme Court justices sparks debate
Justin Miller testified before the senate judiciary committee arguing a direct link between the court’s average age and overturned decisions. Labor leader William Green defended expanding the court, while Senator Holt warned the Roosevelt plan would be driven by federal patronage. Miller noted the court’s age has risen to 72 and that higher age correlates with more invalidated laws, with 13 laws struck down in the last two years as the age hovered 70 to 72.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt Court
Mead Miller
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Intl
Supreme Court
Holt
W. Va
Federal
Fay
Miller
Board of Tax Appeals
Federal Bar Association
George Washington
Congress
California Senate Rejects Mooney Pardon Vote
Sacramento Calif March 16 The California senate voted down 34 to 5 an assembly sponsored resolution to grant a legislative pardon to Thomas J Mooney who was convicted of murder in the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing, ending the bid for clemency despite support from supporters of a pardon and labor groups.
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Sacramento
Calif
California Senate
Assembly
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Pension tax agreed to fund rail workers retirement plan
Washington reports a 5 percent payroll tax deal between railroads and unions to fund a retirement pension for about 1.5 million workers, split evenly between railroads and employees. The tax rises to 7 percent after 13 years, with no increase until 1940, replacing a prior tax struck down as unconstitutional.
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Washington
Irrigation Bill Pressed by House Reclamation Team
Washington March 16. House reclamation forces push to speed passage of a senate approved bill granting western irrigationists a one year moratorium on 30 percent of 1937 installments repaying project costs. The measure by Senator Borah of Idaho and Senator Hatch of New Mexico also extends indefinitely the period for completing investigations of western reclamation projects. Representative White Idaho chairs the irrigation committee says they will speed senate action. Representative Dempsey of New Mexico supports substituting the Borah measure for his bill.
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House
William E. Borah
Idaho
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Compton I. White
House Irrigation and Reclamation Committee
John Dempsey
Santa Fe
N. M
Air War Update Over Madrid Bombing Raids and Duels
Madrid defense officials report fifty government planes carried out a large offensive against insurgent Brihuega, dropping 760 bombs in a bold air strike. Aerial duels occurred at multiple points along the forthedsten sector as operations continued.
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Madrid
Brihuega
Just a Minute with Irvin 8 by Cobb Santa Monica
Irvin 8 Cobb muses on benefits and celebrity no-shows in entertainment circles. He jokes that last minute absences turn stars into amateurs while noting performers juggle yachts, racing stables, and weddings. The piece satirizes the theater and screen world’s self promotions.
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Coss
Santa Monica
Cal
Milky Way
Cobb
Unemployment Insurance Act Approved by Governor Ayers
Governor Roy K. Ayers yesterday approved H. R. 844 creating a state unemployment insurance commission and outlining its structure to prevent panics during layoffs. The plan, aligned with federal Social Security rules, resembles insurance by providing partial wages to workers laid off in slack seasons. A three member commission will appoint a state director to oversee administration, with initial appointments expected in days.
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Montana
Roy K. Ayers
Uf Employment Commission
Detroit hotels reopen as strike ends cooling nation wide unrest
Quirk settlement ends hotel standstill with Book Cadillac Detroit Leland Fort Shelby and Statler reopening. Gov. Murph announces termination of the short stalemate after police guard a sit down attempt. 6,000 Chrysler workers keep plants shut in Detroit as injunction demands exit by 7 am. Chicago sees 140 garment workers walk out as wider strike looms. violence flares with a taxi taxway fire.
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Michigan
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Statler
Force Way
Madidac
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Chicago
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Illinois
Wisconsin
St Patrick, Mo. Postmark Marks Saint Day Mail Run
Postmaster John N. Kirchner stamped the last batch of collectors’ mail with St. Patrick, Mo. postmarks on March 17. Tomorrow, St. Patrick’s Day, the letters will be sent to Canton for worldwide mailing, from the nation’s only town named for Ireland’s patron saint.
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John N. Kirchner
St. Patrick’s Day
Ireland
Canton
Silence on Court Brings View From Justice McReynolds
Justice McReynolds addressed Phi Delta Theta on March 1647 urging acceptance of a fair tribunal. He asserted an oath to justice for rich and poor alike and protected the backwoodsman as well as the mansion resident, criticizing postloss complaints about court fairness without naming recent cases.
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McReynolds
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Bardust
Phi Delta Theta
Georgia
Fifth Avenue
Justice McReynolds
High Court Reorg Critic Says Court Must Goosestep
Senator Rush D. Hott of West Virginia accused President Roosevelt of seeking a Supreme Court reorganization to make it march in step with the president. He spoke in a national radio address and said the administration uses patronage and prestige to push Congress to back the proposal, countering calls for change.
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Rush D. Hott
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Supremes Court
Holt
Warden Named President of North Montana State Fair
Great Falls March 16 The Warden publisher of the Great Falls Tribune was named president of the North Montana state fair at a board meeting here. The fair dates have been set for August 2 to 7 inclusive.
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Great Falls
Warden
Montana
President Roosevelt Reports Eye Ailment
Warm Springs Ga March 16 President Roosevelt was reported by aides to be treating a minor ailment on his left eye. The aides said it was of little consequence and not interfering with his reading of the daily mail from Washington.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Daily Mail
Washington
Three Planes to Race Pacific in World Flight Era
Oakland dispatch reports a planned cross Pacific air race tomorrow involving Amelia Earhart on her round the world flight Pan American Airways’ upper air pioneer hop to New Zealand and the Hawai Clipper bound for Manila. Earhart will start regardless of the others, weather and coincidence shaping the event.
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Calif
Pacific
Amelia Earhart
New Zealand
Manila
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