Roosevelt lays cornerstone for Interior Building and pledges conservation
President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the 12 million Interior Department building and urged vigorous federal action to conserve natural resources. Secretary Ickes traced the department’s history and urged renaming to the Conservation Department to reverse exploitation. The event highlighted New Deal efforts and the PWA financing.
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New Deal Conserva
Weather Largo Carolina Partly Cloudy And Cooler
Weather report from Harlotte April 16 notes partly cloudy conditions tonight with scattered mountain showers possible and cooler temperatures along the coast and southern portions. Coastal areas see a cooler Friday with northwest portions especially affected. Daily table lists temperatures around 58 to 72 degrees across cities such as Birmingham, Westchester, and Boston.
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Italians Near Addis Ababa Mussolini Proposes Fast Move
A flying column of hundreds of trucks flanked by tanks and watched by airplanes sped from Dessye toward Addis Ababa as Italian reports claim the capital could be reached in three days. Another push may outflank Ras Nasibu’s forces at Harar, with the road described as passable in the rainy season.
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Associated Press
Rome
Desiye
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Col- Ama
Ras Nasibu
Harar
Shoa
Dessye
Emperor Haile Selassie
Italy Demands Right Conduct Own Settlement In Addis Ababa
Geneva April 16 Italian government pushes for independent settlement as Ethiopia presses demands on the League of Nations. Reports say Premier Mussolini may offer peace only on terms of victory and vanquishment with the League excluded.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Etthiopia
League of Nations
Addis Ababa
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Three Die as Mourners Firing Breaks Out at Spanish Funeral
In Madrid on April 16 three mourners were killed and at least five wounded as shots erupted during a funeral procession for a civil guard and construction workers. Police say workers fired from a new government building under construction, sparking a fierce exchange as mourners fired back.
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Madrid
Castellana Avenue
Eighteen Homes Burned Near Lenoir In Textile Town Fire
Eighteen frame dwellings burned and eight were damaged as a fire swept through Val Mead near Lenoir. Red Cross officials prepared to aid 18 homeless families. Beeler Rolick, a cotton mill worker, was injured by an axe during the blaze. Preliminary damage estimated at 20000 dollars.
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Valmead
Red Cross
Beeler Rolick
Fatal shooting in Franklin attributed to self harm
The Franklin office manager of Mantahala Power and Light, C. W. Allen, 36, was found dead in his car. Coroner M. Moore ruled the death a self-inflicted gunshot, and no inquest would be held.
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Franklin
C. W. Allen
Mantahala Power and Light Company
M. Moore
Allen
Farley Predicts Roosevelt Victory as GOP Adopts Farm Plan
Democratic chairman James A. Farley charged in Albany that Republicans like Hoover and Landon have "adopted" the administration farm program. He accused the GOP of embracing New Deal policy and said there is overwhelming evidence Roosevelt will be reelected. Farley also attacked the American Liberty League and insisted the farm price issue favors Roosevelt.
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James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Albany
N. Y
Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Farley
Landon
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American Liberty League
Roosevelt
London
Fountain attacks Bailey over tobacco session delay
April 16 Greenville Fountain, a former lieutenant governor candidate, criticizes Senator Josiah Bailey for not joining North Carolina lawmakers in requesting a special session on tobacco control. He cites farmer mass meetings and asks why Bailey delays the tobacco compact act, urging support to pass the bill this year.
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Richard T. Fountain
United States Senate
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Raleigh
Fountain
Bailey
Power Trust
Senate
Orth Carolina
Kidnap Threat Against Royal Children Nabbed in Belgium
In Liege, Belgium, 31 year old ex convict Nicholas Elsen was arrested after confessing to writing letters threatening to abduct the motherless children of King Leopold. Police say the letters demanded money and were traced by a reference to his former convict status. King Leopold and his children had been kept under guard and then left Brussels for a seaside holiday. The king planned to travel incognito to Switzerland and later to visit Princess Marie Jose.
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Leopold
Liege
Belgium
Nicholas Elsen
Astrid
Bison
Switzerland
Marie Jose of
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Entombed Men Still in Mine at Moose River
Engineers drill a five inch hole 140 feet deep to reach three Toronto men trapped by a cave in a gold mine near Moose River Nova Scotia. Rescue teams hope to communicate through the bore hole while authorities fear low odds of survival but pursue all efforts.
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Moose River
Toronto
D. EB. Robertson
H. B. Magill
Charles Alfred Scadding
Michael Dwyer
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Graham Plan Irks UNC Alumni in Vote Returns
Central alumni office tally shows 3,815 responses from 19,000 questionnaires. Alumni favor moving the engineering school to Raleigh, restricting aid to athletes with less than a year of factory standing, and abolishing the current athletic council with athletics under the university president.
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Chapel Hill
Central Alumni Office
University of North Carolina
Raleigh
Consolidated University
Howard Rondthaler
General Alumni Association
France weighs its own power amid Geneva showdown
Paris reports France is quickly assessing military strength and boosting readiness as fears grow that the League of Nations system and collective security may collapse amid a potential Geneva sanctions clash. France anticipates a decisive test of the league’s impotence.
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France
Geneva
League
German air ministry outlines trans Atlantic air service
Berlin reports trial flights for a Germany to United States air service within months. Planes would route via the Azores and Bermuda to Charleston South Carolina. Preliminary plans include a catapult ship stop between the Azores and Bermuda with no start date set.
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German Air Ministry
Germany
United States
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Bermuda
Charleston
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Bermudas
Air Ministry
England Executes Woman for Poison Murder
Birmingham England April 16 Mrs Dorothy W ingham 34 year old mother of five died on gallows at Winson Green prison today while guards held the approaches against a demonstration protesting the execution.
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Britain
Louisa Baguley
Mradingham
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Senate lobby probe ends as witness refuses to answer
In Washington on April 16 a senate lobby committee hearing halted when Kurt Grunwald refused to name contacts for his anti AAA group. Lawmakers planned an afternoon session to decide contempt charges, while Grunwald claimed naming links would implicate others.
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Washington
Kurt Grunwal
Farmers Independence Council
Grunwald
House
William
Quintuplets Die After Premature Birth Near Oradea
Gypsy mother Mrs. Maral Linguraru near Oradea gave birth to quintuplets who died after arrival at Oradea Hospital. Doctors described the infants as unnaturally preternatural in appearance while the mother and husband Alexander Lunguraru had been working in a field when the births occurred. The mother was reported recovering from the ordeal.
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Bucharest
Romania
Oradea
Maral Linguraru
Hodos
Bihor
Transylvania
George Jankulisku
Johan Piku
Bankila
Jankulisku
Alexander Lunguraru
Jankuliska
Legislature Defers Action On S C Road Commissioners
The South Carolina legislature postponed action on five new highway commission appointments by Governor Olin Johnston. The House refused to concur with Senate amendments raising the annual appropriation by more than 300000, sending the measure to free conference. The Senate delayed the highway appointments printing and signaled opposition to auto tag relief for 1936, while the House planned to postpone a highway bill elections of a new commission. The stalemate shifts final decisions to next week amid expected vetoes.
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Highway Commission
Olin Johnston
House
Senate
Nicholson
Greenwood
Ths
Sol Blatt
Barnwell
Fingerprints May Lead To Solution Of Bathtub Murder
New York police study fingerprint clues from a bedstead in the apartment of Nancy Evans Titterton who was strangled last Friday. Experts noted five prints from one hand may tie the case to the 84 year old suspect or the killer, hoping future tests will yield a clear match.
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New York
Mre
Nancy Evans Titterton
Expo
Be Boss Bee Dance Faces Hurdles at San Diego Show
In San Diego in April, Le Rand performs despite bee stings as onlookers protest with nudists outside the exposition. The famed peek-a-boo dancer continues the routine amid harassment and beestings, claiming the sting was not serious and the act must go on.
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