Benny Benny Fined for Smuggling Case
New York April 4 Jack Benny pleaded guilty to smuggling charges and was fined 10000 dollars with a two year probation and a suspended prison sentence. He admitted importing 2131 dollars worth of French jewelry with Albert Chaperau. Burns also pleaded guilty previously and Chaperau awaits sentence.
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New York
Jack Benny
Benny
Albert N. Chaperau
Mary Livingstone
Vincent Leibell
George Burns
Burns
Kenny
Mob Attacks Kill British Consul Amid Albania Talks
A British consul G E B A C Monck Mason was killed by a mob in Mosul as crowds mourned King Ghazi. Martial law was imposed and four arrests reported. Britain eyed a broad anti aggression alliance with Poland and France, while Italy pressed ties with Albania and warned against German expansion. Talks also touched Romania and a possible military treaty to defend independent states.
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Mosul
Iraq
G. E. A. C. Monck-Mason
Khazi
Albania
G. EB. A. C. Monck-Mason
Ghazi
London
Monck- Mason
Tigris
Baghdad
Italy
Rome
Zog
Poland
Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
Beck
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Viscount Halifax
Chamberlain
Romania
Turkey
German Press Attacks Chamberlain on Encirclement Policy
Berlin reports describe British Prime Minister Chamberlain as a peace breaker amid criticism of his encirclement plan. German outlets reject his address to Parliament and push a pro Himmelreich stance while announcing Baron von Neurath’s Prague posting with a German military display.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Reich
Deutscher Dienst
DNB
Foreign Office
Joseph Beck
London
House of Commons
Britain
Germany
Anzeiger
Damocles
Albert Kesselring
Hermann Goering
Konstantin von Neurath
Bohemia and Moravia
Prague
Yankee Clipper Flies Into Southampton Final Atlantic Leg
The Pan American Airways giant Yankee Clipper landed at Southampton at 3:40 p.m. completing the last leg of its trans Atlantic flight from Marseille which left at 11:23 a.m. local time.
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Iclipper
Southampton
England
Pan-American Airways
Marseille
Lindbergh Lands at Lympne After Channel Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived alone at Lympne Airdrome near London after crossing the English Channel from Saint Inglevert France. He then departed for Reading England where his airplane was constructed.
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Lindbergh
Lympne
England
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lympne Airdrome
London
English Channel
Saint Inglevert
France
Reading
Hitler returns to Hamburg after North Sea cruise
Hitler disembarked from the Robert Ley steamer at noon to a cheering crowd in Hamburg. He is slated to reach Berlin midafternoon and depart for his Berchtesgaden mountain chalet later today.
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Hitler
Hamburg
Germany
Robert Ley
Berlin
Berchtesgaden
College Buildings Threatened by Fire in Boone
Fire, fanned by a brisk breeze, threatened two Appalachian college buildings and two residences today before Boone firemen brought it under control. Fire Chief Pat McGuire said damage totaled about 8500 dollars. The blaze started in a large frame dwelling near the college campus and the structure was destroyed.
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Boone
Appalachian College
Pat McGuire
Four Navy Fliers Die In Midair Collision Near Quincy
Four Navy personnel died when two bi planes collided at 2,000 feet during a formation drill near the Wasp launch at Quincy Massachusetts. The dead were Waldo H. Brown Ellsworth Benson Walter Kirk John Casiello. Wes Williams an observer aboard a nearby craft reported the second plane crashed into a house igniting a fire while the third plane dove away in a separate power dive.
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East Braintree
Mass
Navy
Waldo H. Brown
Naval Reserve
Ellsworth Benson
Walter Kirk
John Casiello
Wes Williams
Strangle Death Inquest Ordered In New York City Composer
In Cold Springs New York Coroner George A Logan ordered an inquest into the strangling death of 20 year old New York City composer Irving M Feigin who died while descending Breakneck Mountain The body hung for two hours 500 feet above a roadway as fellow climber M Girard Bloch 20 engineering student at CCNY reported Feigin became entangled in the rope and died Autopsy ordered after a will was found in Feigins pockets directing disposition of some trinkets and naming persons not revealed by authorities.
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Cold Springs
N. Y
New York City
Breakneck Mountain
George A. Logan
Irving M. Feigin
Jose Iturbi
Feixin
New York
Eustis
Fla
M. Girard Bloch
College of the City of New York
H. A. Gay
Bloch
Feigin
Feisin
John P. Donahue
Gay
Child dies after Lancaster apartment fire in Charlotte
Barbara Jean Knight four years old and daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Knight died today in Charlotte hospital from burns suffered last night in a Lancaster South Carolina apartment fire. Her mother Mrs Knight is reported in critical condition after attempting to rescue her child.
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Charlotte
Barbara Jean Knight
Harry Knight
Lancaster
S. C
War Department Plans Fast Track for Five New War Planes
The War Department said contracts for five types of war planes were ready for signature once Congress approves a $513 million army supply bill. Planes include four engine bombers pursuit planes and a new interceptor with speeds likely over 250 mph. The program aims to produce about 3 000 planes using expanded defense funds and streamlined procurement.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Louis Johson
Warm Springs
Senate
House
Army
Mitchel Field
L. I
Colonial Worries Would Hold Germany Back Says Speaker
Lawrence Dennis a former U S consular service member told UNC listeners that if Germany took what she wanted she might be too preoccupied to threaten others. He urged avoiding another war warning it could end civilization and noted disputes cannot be settled by law. W H Auden was scheduled to speak that night.
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Chapel Hill
Lawrence Dennis
U. S
Consular Service
Germany
Great Britain
Dennis
Human Relations Institute
University of North Carolina
W. H. Auden
Miners Accept New Agreement in Bid to End Lockout
Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers announced at a joint conference that the union would accept an extension of the contract that expired March 31 and remove the penalty clause from district pacts. Operators had rejected all 26 union proposals, with 330,000 Appalachian miners idle awaiting a new wage and hour settlement.
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New York
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Murray
W. L. Robinson
Cleveland
Appalachian
Ex German Consul and Wife Become American Citizens
New York April 4. Dr Paul Schwarz former German consul who resigned after 20 years in the German diplomatic service when Hitler became chancellor became an American citizen. He and his English born wife took the oath yesterday and he praised the country. Schwarz a friend of Dr Albert Einstein is now connected with a brokerage firm.
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New York
Paul Schwarz
Hitler
Schwarz
Albert Einstein
Congress creates 12 man subcommittee for thorough probe
The House Appropriations Committee formed a 12 member subcommittee to conduct the inquiry into the Works Progress Administration as ordered by the House. Taylor leads the panel with Woodrum handling details, aiming for a preliminary report this session. Other members include Cannon Ludlow Thomas McMillan Snyder ONeal Johnson Taber Wigglesworth Lambertson Ditter. Senate talks on relief funding and farm blocs push for more aid while railroads back uniform regulation. Adams notes the senate subcommittee split vote on Roosevelt request.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Works Progress Administration
Taylor
D-Cole
Woodrum
D-Va
United States
Senate
Adams
Cannon
D-Mo
Ludlow
D-Ind
Thomas
McMillan
D-Sc
Snyder
D-Pa
O'Neal
D-Ky
Johnson
D-Wva
Taber
South
Association of American Railroads
Adams Senate
Roosevelt
Record-Making Laws Enacted In 90-Day Meet
The 1939 North Carolina legislature adjourned after a 90 day session that enacted sweeping reforms. Measures include election changes, health and education laws, a near 155.5 million dollar biennial appropriation, agricultural funding, expanded Negro education, a school tax mechanism, and local option alcohol rules in Onslow County and other areas. New programs cover pension study, old age aid, Cape Hatteras Seashore planning, and a proposed eastern tuberculosis hospital bond.
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W. Jaynes MacFarland
Raleigh
General Fund
N. C. State College Extension Service
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina College For
Durham
Agricultural and Technical College
Greensboro
Onslow
Morehead City
New Hanover County
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Fear
Fort Fisher National Park
Department of Justice
Division of Investigation
Aulander
Iraq Monarch Ghazi Dies In Auto Crash At Baghdad
Kine Ghazi the First of Iraq dies from a skull fracture after crashing into an electric light pole near the palace in Baghdad. Crown Prince Feisal proclaimed king under a regency headed by Emir Ali. chamber of deputies approves. Ghazi, born 1912 in Mecca, was 27 and known for modernization and Western interests.
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Kine Ghazi
Iraq
Ghazi
Feisal
Emir I Ali
Chamber of Deputies
England
Harrow
Britain
Great Britain
Near
Gazi
Mecca
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