Barbour Proposal and Economy Measures Dominate Feb 20 Briefs
On Feb 20 the Senate debated Senator Barbour’s anti-lynching bill distinct from Wagner-Van Nuys with penalties tied to official neglect. A separate note covered Adams urging larger economy and a $1.8 billion appropriation discussion with TVA cuts. other items included British German economic talks, public car theft punishments, and a Pennsylvania tax ruling on chain stores.
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Barbour
R-N.j
Congress
Senate
Adams
D-Cole
Dams
House
Arrisburg
Pennsylvania
Naval Air Base Bill Advances in Congress Today
The 53.8 million naval air base bill moves quickly in Congress with Speaker Bankhead and Rep Rayburn signaling full days of debate. Senators discuss safeguards on military aircraft transfers and a separate five million dollar plan for a Guam seaplane harbor amid foreign policy tensions.
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Rayburn
Texas
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R-Nd
Army
Senate
United States
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Committee
Rep
Maas
R-Minn
Guam
Rules Committee
Rettig Reported Pressuring German Students in United States
In Alin and Washington reports, General von Masead stated former Berlin university official George Rettig acted independently to mobilize German students in the United States. No successor named. Wage-Hour Administration filed suit against Har Manufacturing Corp in New York for underpaying workers below 19 cents an hour.
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Dhief George Rettig
Jor
Ewald von Masead
Rettig
Askerman
United States
Shington
Sunction
Har- Manufacturing Corporation
Fifth Avenue
New York
Interstate hearing set on textile yarn transport case
Interstate Commerce Commission orders a March 30 hearing before Examiner W. W. McCaslin in Washington on a textile truck line’s request to carry rayon yarn and textile bobbins in interstate commerce. The applicant is Textile Truck Line of Mt Airy North Carolina.
Floridians Push Townsend Pension Plan in House Hearing
Three Florida lawmakers urged adoption of the Townsend old age pension plan before the House Ways and Means Committee. Senator Andrews and Representatives Peterson and Cannon argued that monthly benefits up to 200 dollars for people over 60 would aid all and deter crime, calling it a needed step for relief.
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Florida
House
Ways and Means
Andrews
Peterson
Cannon
Townsend
Governor Grants Stay In McCall Appeal
Franklin Pierce McCall, facing execution for the kidnap and death of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr., is granted a stay until Friday to pursue a United States Supreme Court appeal. The stay comes as McCall’s attorney plans to travel to Washington. relatives bid farewell as the case moves toward higher courts. Meanwhile, Paul Fried Bunge of Tampa is set for execution at 10 a.m. for murder of his wife and two children, and Clyde Hysler’s sentence is stayed 30 days amid unresolved charges against accomplices.
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Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
United States Supreme Court
James Bailey Cash, Jr
McCall
L. F. Chapman
Fred P. Cone
Princeton
C. A. Arriett
Jasper
Washington
Paul Fried Bunge
Tampa
Bunge
Clyde Hysler
Jacksonville
Hysler
Advocates Air Defense Soon
Major General H. H. Arnold urged immediate arming for air defense at a national aviation forum. He warned France and England acted too late and noted eighteen months to reach mass production and two years to train crews. He called air power vital to keeping America out of war. Representative Randolph echoed air power as a key factor in war’s rise.
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H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
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France
England
Ming
America
Naval Air Service
Randolph
DW. VA
Guaranteed annual wage contracts eyed under act
Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews predicts broader use of guaranteed annual wage contracts by seasonal industries under the Fair Labor Standards Act. He cites a Magruder memorandum showing exemptions from overtime for unions with long term wage and schedule terms.
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Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Calvert Magruder
Magruder
Congress
Moscow Drives Trade Bargain Advances With Poland Soviet pact
Moscow signed a Polish Soviet agreement on most favored nation terms as part of a broader trade drive. Recent deals with France Latvia Estonia and Lithuania followed. A Ivanovo delegation is in Moscow to sign soon while a Vickers representative hints at renewed Soviet German talks though a German official did not arrive.
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France
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Ivan
Vickers, Ltd
Ministry of Economics
Berlin
Son of Frank Hague Named to New Jersey High Court
Frank Hague Jr., son of Jersey City mayor and state Democratic leader, was appointed by Governor Moore as a lay judge of New Jersey’s Court of Errors and Appeals. He succeeds Thomas Glynn Walker who resigned to join Hudson County's common pleas bench.
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N J
Frank Hague, Jr
Jersey City
A. Harry Moore
Court of Errors and Appeals
New Jersey
Thomas Glynn Walker
Common Pleas
Hudson County
Cold Wave Heads East From Midwest Hit by Colder Air
The Associated Press reports a moving cold front from the Midwest toward the East after rain and snow. Detroit Lakes Minnesota recorded 31 below zero, with sub zero temps across the Dakotas Minnesota and Nebraska. Forecaster H A Downs predicted near zero in Wisconsin Michigan Illinois and Indiana as the East braces for much colder weather tonight and tomorrow.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
H. A. Downs
Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Fearful Kidnapping Casts Shadow Over Pasadena Girl
Police launch a wide scale hunt for 8 year old Anne Louise Sweitzer of Pasadena after she left home to play and was later seen in the automobile of her 40 year old gardener uncle. The girl’s father Ralph Sweitzer is a disabled World War II veteran.
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Calif
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W. G. Collins
Collins
Jennie Purcell
Anne Louise
Nine Americans Planned to Leave Mount Kuling
Nine Americans prepared to depart Kuling on a Japanese transport to Shanghai amid ongoing Chinese Japanese hostilities. Lieut. Commander Charles R. Jeffs of the U S gunboat Oahu relayed the embassy in Chungking with word that about 45 foreigners, including the nine Americans, aimed to leave Wednesday.
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Lushan
Charles R. Jeffs
United States
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Wilhelmina Kalsbeck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Roy Allgood
Birmingham
Alabama
J. W. Bradley
Lexington
Hugh W. White
Bedford
J. Vv. W. Bergamini
David and
Elizabeth
New York City
British polo star in coma after international match injury
Captain C. T. I. Pat Roark a nine goal player lay unconscious and near death from a brain injury suffered in an international polo match at Midwick Country Club yesterday. The record notes his status and the accident at the club.
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Pasadena
Calif
Pat) Roark
Midwick Country Club
Franco Outlines New Government Officers
Franco plans a new eight member cabinet under Serrano Sunner as premier while retaining chief of state and army command. The lineup reportedly includes Gomez Jordana as foreign minister and Fernandez Cuesta as agriculture minister with Davila slated as captain general.
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France
Francisco Franco
Serrano Sunner
Franco
Spain
Sunner
Falangists
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Raimundo Fernandez Cuesta
Fidel Davila
Genera
Antonio Aranda
Jose Moscardo
Duce Open to Talks With Mussolini and Hitler
Rome reports indicate Franco may engage in high level talks with Mussolini and Hitler. Il Popolo d Italia cites Paris dispatches under Three Great Heads To Convene headline. Italians view such publication as signaling possible meeting after Madrid falls to Franco in early March.
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Hitler
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Il Popolo d’ Italia
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France
France Halts Spain Peace Talks At Burgos Summit
Paris reports that French negotiators with General Franco over peace and recognition of his regime halted after Franco demanded unconditional surrender or total victory by nationalist forces. Berard planned to seek leniency for Republicans and removal of Italian and German troops as a condition for recognition.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Burgos
Franco
Leon Berard
San Sebastian
France
Robert M. Hodgson
Berard
Robert
Francisco Gomez Jordana
London
Barcelona
Edouard Daladier
Manuel Azana
Britain Seeks Approval Of Arms Budget
In the House of Commons R A Butler reported Italy will send 30 000 more troops to Libya to bolster security amid Britain's big rearmament plan. He noted Rome told Lord Perth the move followed information on French forces in Tunisia. Debate looms as Henderson challenges the pact breach claim.
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Libya
North Africa
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Italy
Lord Perth
Rome
Libya xxx
North African
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Tunisia
Butler
Laborite
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
George VI
Chamberlain
Precautions Tighten For Nazi Bund Meeting In New York
Police kept 16 officers on 24 hour guard at Madison Square Garden after a bomb threat warning. A hall search found no devices and the German American Bund rally proceeded with heightened security.
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Bund
Madison Square Garden
February Heat Wave Grips New York City
New York reports a February heat wave with temperatures at 62 by 10 am, following a 60 degree record. The Weather Bureau forecasts a rise to 65 before nightfall, well above the normal 30 degrees cooler for the season, with rain and a much colder night expected.
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Weather Bureau
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