Dodgers Sign Van Lingle Mungo To 1939 Pact
Clearwater March 6 Van Lingle Mungo signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers for 5000 dollars salary a third of his 1938 pay. He moved into the Brooklyn hotel headquarters and worked out with the club after a dispute over the salary cut. Mungo won four and lost eleven last season.
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Clearwater
Fla
Larry MacPhail
van Lingle Mungo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Mungo
Brooklyn
MacPhail
Spanish general Casado offers peace terms for safe exit
diplomatic reports from Madrid say General Segismundo Casado, head of a republican defense council, proposed peace with the nationalists if republican leaders are guaranteed safe conduct out of Spain and Italian troops are not allowed to enter Madrid.
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Paris
Madrid
Segismundo Casado
Spain
Campaign Push Aims To Reorganize Government
Representative Cochran pledges to empower the President to reorganize the government in a bid to curb bureaucracy. The measure moves to the House floor amid debate on executive authority and efficiency.
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Washington
Rep. Cochran
D-Mo
Refused Permit For Funeral Of Beaten Child
Harrisburg reports a young mother Helen Wolf was denied permission to leave jail to attend the funeral of her two year old daughter who died after beatings and a branding by her suitor. District Attorney Joseph Nimon revoked an earlier order citing lack of available police to guard her.
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Harrisburg
Joseph Niemond
Helen Wolf
UAW adopts anti Communist clause at convention
Detroit March 6 The United Automobile Workers led by President Homer Martin adopts an amendment to ban officers affiliated with Communist Nazi or Fascist groups. Martin accuses his CIO backed rivals of Communist influence.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
Martin
UAW
Fitzgerald Calls Preacher's Hand
Governor Fitzgerald sent state police to Battle Creek to offer Rev. Amos Bogart free transport to Lansing to explain an open letter accusing the administration of friendliness with gamblers. Bogart refused to ride with police and sought his lawyer first while the governor said the probe should be brief.
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Lansing
Mich
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Battle Creek
Amos B. Bogart
Bogart
Upton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Goldwyn cancels film over aviation crash concerns
Hollywood March 6. Samuel Goldwyn announced cancellation of the planned film Thirteen Go Flying after informal objections from Washington. The crash of the flying boat Cavalier prompted fears the story would harm trans oceanic aviation now under development with larger planes.
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Hollywood
Bam Goldwyn
Washington Today
Goldwyn
Four Minnesota students injured in fraternity house fire
Four University of Minnesota students were injured when they leaped from third story windows as a fire swept through the Delta Upsilon fraternity house early today. Three were listed as seriously injured.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Delta Upsilon
Actress Moore in serious influenza illness
Dallas reports actress under contract to Universal Pictures is seriously ill with influenza.
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Dallas
Constance Moore
Universal Pictures
Guam Bases Move To Aid Pacific Air and Sea Reach
Admiral Leahy urged Congress to authorize 5 million dollars to develop Guam with a breakwater and seaplane facilities. He argued the project boosts American air routes and naval patrols, deterring any move toward Hawaii or the U.S. mainland.
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Washington
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Navy
Guam
Tokyo
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Japan
Leahy
Senate Committee
Dutch East Indies
United States
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Japan Plans War Budget With Eye on Soviet
Tokyo March 6 Finance Minister Sotaro Shiwata told the lower house budget committee the government studies a new military cost plan for the next fiscal year. Military outlays are projected at 2 billion dollars. Reports note 15 Russians were killed or wounded Saturday on the Manchoukuo border near Manchuk amid ongoing clashes.
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Tokyo
Sotaro
Shawata
Soviet Russia
Domei
Manchoukuo-Siberia
Manchuk
Italian naval employee executed for espionage near Rome
Antonio Scarpa, an Italian naval employee, was executed at dawn in the courtyard of Port Bravetta near Rome for military espionage. This action underscores wartime security measures and the harsh penalties for treason during the period.
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Rome
Antonio Scarpa
Port Bravetta
West Rate-Equalizing Bill Draws Western Protest
Western House members met rate experts led by J. G. Bruce and J. C. Winter to discuss Rep Rampeck's bill to standardize freight rates. Critics warned it could disrupt farm commodity movement while aiming to correct past regional discriminations. Representative Robinson named a three member probe panel.
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Washington
House
Ramapeck
D-Ga
J. G. Bruce
Idaho Public Utilities
J. C. Winter
North Dakota Tariff Commission
Robinson
Utah
White
Idaho
O'Connor
D-Mont
Lemke
R-Nd
City Election Set in Morganton for April 8
Morganton voters will choose a municipal government in an election scheduled for April 8. The notice confirms the date and local authority administering the race.
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Morganton
Roosevelt Receives American Hebrew Medal for Religious Unity
President Roosevelt accepted the American Hebrew medal for promoting better understanding between Christians and Jews. General Hugh S. Johnson presented the award on behalf of 55 faith representatives. The President urged unity under the Constitution and the shared biblical heritage to further religious liberty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
No New FDR Measures To Be Submitted To Congress
President Roosevelt, pressing business revival, indicated no new measures would be sent to Congress. House leaders Rayburn and Bankhead cited hopes for an early adjournment and continued government cooperation to spur investment, while officials stressed restraint from new taxes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
Bankhead
Hopkins
Morgenthau
Ickes backs permanent public works department plan
Secretary Ickes endorsed a proposal to establish a permanent department of public works while warning some agencies administering large construction programs may resist. He testified before the Senate Unemployment Committee on Byrnes’s bill to overhaul relief and liberalize Social Security benefits, stating unemployment could be a lasting issue.
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Washington
Ickes
Department of Public Works
Senate Unemployment Committee
Byrnes
DSC
New Works Department
Swope urges $15 monthly Social Security support
General Electric president Gerard Swope told the House Ways and Means Committee that $15 per person per month is the right initial federal contribution toward old age pensions. He supported extending Social Security to domestic and farm workers and certain charitable and educational workers while noting church-state issues. He proposed starting pensions next year and raising old-age pension taxes to 1½ percent for both employers and employees.
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Washington
Maren G
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
House
Ways and Means
French Naval Officer Executed for Espionage
Ensign Marc Aubert, 25, was executed at dawn in Toulon by a firing squad of volunteers from the fleet after confessing to selling naval secrets to a foreign power. He died with his head high, uttering I know how to die like a sailor.
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Toulon
France
Marc Aubert
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Trade
Chicago market report shows butter at 925,643 steady with creamery specials and various grade ranges. Eggs strengthen with firmer grading and mixed car and local receipts, reflecting current storage packed extras and firsts.
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Chicago
Fisher Appointed State Organizer in Patriotic Order
Charlotte, March 6. T. G. Tate of Gastonia, state president, announced the appointment of B. H. Fisher of Charlotte as state organizer of the Patriotic Order, Sons of America.
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Charlotte
T. G. Tate
Gastonia
B. H. Fisher
the Patriotic Order, Sons of America
Court Declines Review of Carlisle Lumber NLRB Battle
The Supreme Court refused to review Carlisle Lumber Company of Onalaska Washington in a case over a Labor Relations Board order reinstating 147 discharged workers with 185000 dollars back pay. The decision upheld a ninth circuit ruling, with no opinions delivered, delaying any ruling on a related deportation case for alien Communist Joseph Strecker.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Carlisle Lumber Company
Onalaska
Wash
Labor Relations Board
Ninth Federal Circuit
Joseph G. Strecker
Hot Springs
Ark
Carlisle
Labor Board
Carlisle Company
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Associated Employer
Onkalaska, Inc
Plant Shutdown Sparks Fifth Amendment Challenge
The company argues that shutting its plant and discharging workers ends the relation permanently and cannot be revived by law, and that back pay of 185000 would push the firm toward bankruptcy. The high court earlier refused to rule on the order and the appeal questions board jurisdiction.
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United States
High Court
Watson Named As FDR Secretary
The White House announced Colonel Edwin M. Watson, Roosevelt’s military aide, will be appointed a presidential secretary to succeed James Roosevelt around April 1. Watson, with 33 years of service, will be promoted to brigadier general effective March 31 and retire a day or two later, serving as general for only about 24 hours.
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Washington
White House
Edwin M. Watson
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Watson
Japs Press On With Offense Along Han River Front
Japanese motorized columns advanced toward Shasi and Ichang on the Han river, aided by bombers, with incursions across the Han and several towns occupied in Central Hupeh. Chinese claims of halted crossings contrasted with reports of 2,000 Chinese bodies found in mud near Anlu.
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Shanghat
Han River
Shasi
Ichang
Yangtze River
Hupeh
Yokiakow
Kiukow
Chingsiang Frain
Hankow
Han
Anlu
Hanin
Kingmen-Yukiho-Tangyang
Shansi
Upper
Haichow
Nancheng
Shanghai
Hughes Misses Supreme Court Session for Slight Cold
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes was absent from a Supreme Court session due to a slight cold. This marked his first illness related absence since his 1950 appointment as chief justice.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Hughes
Hit and Run Fatality Shocks Elm City
Bud Moore a 30 year old Black man was fatally injured yesterday near Elm City by a hit and run driver according to Highway Patrolman J C Provo.
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Elm City
Bud Moore
J. C Provo
Balanced Budget Sought By Current Revenue Bill
Raleigh March 6 A permanent revenue bill aims to fund a proposed 154 360 000 appropriations package and achieve a balanced budget. The House plans several days in committee of the whole before three readings. Governor Hoey expects a 90 day or shorter session while labor and teachers retirement bills move forward with hearings and committee action.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
House
Hoey
Senate
Joint Labor Committee
State Federation of Labor
Cortes Chief Says Seizure Must End War
Paris dispatch reports Diego Martinez Barrio president of the Spanish Cortes saying the seizure of power by a Madrid defense council must lead to peace. He aligned with Miaja and suggested possible peace talks with Franco to end the war, noting an accord with Negrin’s ousting while signaling no direct line to Negrin.
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Paris
Diego Martinez Barrio
Spain
National Defense Council
Martinez Barrio
Ria Council
Premi Juan Negrin
Jose Miaja
Francisco Franco
Peac
Republian
East Negrin
Cortes
Parliament
Manel Azana
Madrid
Martinez Brio
Azana
Catalonia
Barcelona
Miaja
Republic
Permanen
Permanent Committee
Negrin
Madri
Seek an Outlet for Their Jews
In Warsaw on March 6 Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu of Romania said Poland and Romania would seek to open the doors of Palestine or other regions for their Jews and noted both nations refused to imitate anti Jewish actions of Germany and Italy. He spoke after a three day visit that strengthened the 1921 Polish Romanian alliance to offset Nazi activity between the Rhine and Soviet Russia.
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Grigore Gafency
Rumania
Poland
Palestine
Germany
Italy
Rhine
Soviet
Russia
Joseph Beck
London
Gafencu
Beck
Gable Expected Freedom to Marry Carole Lombard
In Las Vegas a court plans to grant Marian Gable a divorce from Clark Gable tomorrow after their separation in 1935. Hollywood friends anticipate Clark Gable may wed Carole Lombard before the month ends.
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Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Court
Marian Gable
Hollywood
Gable
Car Lombard
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