Suspect Leakage In Air Mail Cancellations
Senate banking panel heard evidence that J P Morgan sold a 4500 share block of United Aircraft stock in the weeks before air mail contract cancellations. Richard Whitney's firm listed Morgan among long sellers. Whitney testified the trades were for J P Morgan and company and not Morgan individually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. P. Morgan
United Aircraft
Senate Banking Committee
Organ
New York Stock Exchange
Morgan
Richard Whitney
Exchange
F. A. Vanderlip
Tom Bragg
Aviation Corporation
F. H. Douglas
Douglas Aircraft
Seymour Gugenheimer
North American Aviation
Douglas
James Seligman
Curtiss Wright
Senator Costigan
D-Cole
Whitney
J. P. Morgan and Company
Mystery Marks Destruction Of Family Of Five
A coroner's jury in Laurens South Carolina ruled that J L Rush his wife Cynthia Ruth Ruby and Helen were killed by unknown parties rather than by Rush. The house fire uncovered the five bodies while a nearby neighbor recalled a girl crying papa and a man dragging her inside. Fire left suicide theory unlikely as no weapon was found and funds insurance policies were discovered in an outhouse.
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Laurens
J. L. Rush
Rush
Cynthia
Ruth
Ruby
Helen
Earle Poole
FDR Visit Delights Fayettesville Market Walk
The Havana special halted in Fayet teville so Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt could take a morning walk up to the old market house. The scene underscores a calm moment amid wartime bustle. Samuel Insull Sr must leave Greece tomorrow per interior ministry order. The Senate judicial committee also approved the municipal bankruptcy relief bill by an eight to five vote.
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Fayetteville
Mar
Havana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Athens
Ministry of the Interior
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Greece
Runyan and Smith Open With Course Record in Golf Match
Paul Runyan of White Plains and Horton Smith of Chicago shattered the tournament record with a 62, ten under par, in the first 18 holes of their 36 hole match in Miami. They led Martie Dutra and Al Watrous of Detroit by six strokes at the break.
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Miami
Fla
Mar. i
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. Y
Horton Smith
Chicago
Martie Dutra
al Watrous
Detroit
Famous racers killed in crash at Imperial fair
Ernie Triplett known as the Blonde Terror died in a mid‑way fair race pile up in Imperial California. George Smith aged 35 from Portland also died, Hap Happerly was killed while helping. Al Gordon and Jimmy Wilkeson escaped with minor injuries as officials halted the event and awarded Gordon first place.
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Imperial
Calif
Ernie Triplett
Triplett
George “Swete’ Smith
Portland
Ore
Jimmy Wilkeson
Hap
Gordon
Wilkeson
Coast
Flrat
Iplett
Coronation Jokes and Prohibition Odds in Dispatches
A humorous remark from Manchuria about a coronation suggests delays due to an armored carriage, reflecting on imperial rule by popular demand. The note compares dry states, partial dry zones, and looser laws elsewhere, then mentions nitrate sales in Chile and fertilizer use in Europe.
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Banta Monica
Cal
Manchuria
Japan
Chile
Europe
Dillinger Maintains Contact With Gang During Prison Stay
Crown Point Indiana March 5 evidence shows John Dillinger kept in frequent touch with gang members while jailed at Lake County Jail. Five investigators pursued details of his escape aided by a wooden pistol. Elaine Burton identified as Dillinger’s staged wife visited him several times.
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Dillinger
Indiana
John Hamilton
Crown Point
Ind
John Dillinger
Lake County
Elaine Burton
Hamilton
Desperado
Lillian Holley
Robert G. Estill
Paul McNitt
Edward C. Barce
Roy Hullett
Wiliam J. Murray
Patrick O'Malley
Chicago
Lake
Philip Lutz
Holley
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Herbert Youngblood
William Shoemaker
Ernest Blank
Tucson
Ariz
First Lady Roosevelt Heads to Puerto Rico by Train and Plane
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt begins a historic journey to Puerto Rico by train then seaplane, aiming to study poverty conditions firsthand. She travels with Lorena Hickok and a party aiding relief, planning to meet experts in Puerto Rico and then the Virgin Islands before returning to Washington for her 28th wedding anniversary with the President.
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Rocky Mount
Havana
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
White House
North Carolina
Washington
Lorena Hickok
Federal Relief Administration
Mrs. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Ted Roosevelt
James Bourne
Court Backs New York Milk Price Law
Roosevelt presses banks toward liberal lending as Supreme Court upholds New York minimum milk price law amid broader push for industrial recovery. The article notes federal actions to boost purchasing power, wage increases, and reduced hours, plus Navy and defense funding and economic plans.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Minnesota
New York
NRA
Senate Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan and Company
United Aircraft
Blue Eagle
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Eugene Black
Reserve Board
Richard Washburn Child
Hull
Europe
House
War Department
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Roosevelt addresses NRA leaders with tough economic debt
President Roosevelt tells NRA code authorities that the nation faces a dangerous era born of self interest and failed democracy. He argues for immediate wage and hours relief, safeguards for small operators, and a reckoning to correct manifest errors.
President addresses NRA code authority leaders in Washington
The President cites Recovery Act progress and urges unity among 3500 leaders from 600 industries representing over 90 percent of NRA covered employment. He recalls 1919 1929 critique, defends democratic remedy, and thanks for cooperation as the National Industrial Recovery Act guided national recovery.
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Washington
Mar
NRA
United States
Princess Irena awarded 150000 in Rasputin libel suit
London dispatch reports Princess Irena Yousoupoff won 125000 against Metro Goldwyn Mayer in a libel trial over the film Rasputin and the Empress. The jury deliberated briefly after arguments by Sir Patrick Hastings and Sir William Jowitt. The studio pledged no further showings. Justice Avery indicated no stay on the verdict.
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Rasputin
London
Irena Yousoupoff
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Ltd
Rasputin and
Empress
Prince Youssoupoff
Russia
Irena
Natasha
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Urery
United States
England
Justice Avery
Patrick Hastings
William Jowitt
Roosevelt Urges Immediate Wage Rise and Hours Cut
President Roosevelt appeals to NRA code authorities in Constitution Hall for industry to cooperate now. He calls for higher wages and shorter hours, warns government cannot bear employment burden alone, and stresses keeping prices low while preserving competition and worker choice.
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Sta
Pres
East Coast flood threat as melting snows raise rivers
Heavy melts push Mohawk and Hudson rivers toward flood stage forcing 200 families in Jerford New York to higher ground. Hoosick Falls and nearby towns face rising waters while bridges crumble and communities from Wassaic to Bainbridge report isolation and outages. The Ohio basin swells with Monongahela and Allegheny rivers flooding Pittsburgh area, and Cumberland in Tennessee nears crest with homes at risk.
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Jerford
N. Y
Hudson
Hoosick Falls
Wassaic
Turkey Hollow
Chenango Bridge
Binghamton
Lancey
Bainbridge
Kinston
New York City
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pittsb
Ohio River
Uniontown
Wheeling
Cumberlay River
Nashville
Tenn
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