Foulois Plays Role in Hearing On Air Corps Change
Major General Benjamin D. Foulois testified before the House military committee that an aviation procurement change by Assistant Secretary Woodring was only procedural. Woodring also said he did not alter specifications for 7.6 million dollars of planes.
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Washington
Mar
Harry H. Woodring
House Military Committee
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Woodring
Foulois
Appropriations Committee
Rogers
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
D.-N.h
Congress at Work Today on Problems
Congress moved on NRA code changes with plans to cut working hours by ten percent to boost employment. President Roosevelt seeks extended industrial licensing beyond June 16, while NRA still has one more year. Senate advances Navy reenforcement bill and war department legislation battles. Robinson cites Morgan stock sales as proof of advance information by bankers. treaty ratification prospects with reservations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Hugh
Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
Senate
House
War Department
Robinson
R-Ind
J. P. Morgan & Co
United Aircraft
International Bankers
St.Lawrence Watersway
Endorsement for Bankhead bill aims to lift cotton prices
Edoardo Stradella of Milan endorses the Bankhead cotton production control bill and predicts passage will push the 1984 cotton crop to 15 cents a pound. In Miami the first round of the international four ball tournament has Denny Shute and Al Espinosa leading Runyan and Horton Smith by one up after 18 holes.
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Indorses Bankhead
Memphis
Tenn
Edoardo Stradella
Milan
Italy
Bankhead
Miami
Fifa
Denny Shute
Philadelphia
al Espinosa
Akron
Ohio
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. Y
Horton Smith
Chicago
Miami Country Club
CWA rolls to be reduced by five thousand in N C
North Carolina's CWA lists will be pared by 5,000 effective tomorrow leaving 38,000 names on the state payroll for the week ending 9-15. At present 43,000 are on the rolls a reduction of 5,000. Heaviest cuts in the new plan will hit agricultural counties while industrial centers will bear least.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
Proximity Mills to Enlarge and Add Workers
Greensboro reports Proximity Manufacturing company approved an enlargement costing over 250000 dollars. The project will create about one thousand new jobs under the program. A contract for an addtion to the White Oak Cotton mills was awarded to D F Harwell of Teemsboro by the proximity firm.
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Greensboro
Mar
Proximity Manutoring Company
E White Oak Cotton Mills Yesday
Proxity Frm
D. F. Harwell
Teensboro
Grand Jury Hears Witnesses in Pulliam Case
Greensboro March 7 The grand jury examined four witnesses in the Emma H Pulliam murder case but returned no finding yet. If a true bill is returned the trial is set for Thursday morning before Judge John H Clement in Superior Court.
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Greensboro
Mar
Emma H. Pulliam
Lee H. Harvell
John H. Clement
Winston-Salem
Conciliator Called To Settle Strike At Spindale Mills
Spindale mill workers strike over conditions as 250 employees walk out at Stonecutter Textile. Conciliation Commissioner C L Richardson expected to mediate after Albert Beck sought Roosevelt help. No violence reported. one striker Earl Mace jailed then released on bond. Seven others arrested for trespass.
Havana Faces Feared Outbreak Amid Unrest and Martial Law
Rumors of a communist revolt linked to ex-president Grau plan a palace attack. President Mendieta suspends ten personal guarantees, signs national defense law, and orders deportation of alien agitators. Military guards, searches, and detentions rise as trains and streetcars are operated by troops.
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Havana
Comunists
Ramon Grau San Martin
Leity
Marianao
Carlos Mendieta
Mendieta
Carmen
Camaguey
Santa Clara
Frankie Pope Chicago Gambler Shot In Hotel Murder
In Chicago West Side, Frankie Pope a longtime gangster known as West Side Frankie was killed with ten bullets in his Vernon hotel room on West Jackson Boulevard. Police say two men, who invited Pope to his room, carried out the assassination as other gang figures from the Capone era note Pope’s survival of earlier gang wars.
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Chicago
Mar
West Side
Frankie’ Pope
Pope
Vernon Hotel
West Jackson Boulevard
Capones
Mike de Pike
Heitler
Jack Zuta
Gusicks
Aiellos
Clarence Mitchell
Papa
Lincolnton men jailed for whiskey theft from sheriff
Cal Sparks and Porter Jenkins were jailed in Lincolnton after being charged with stealing whiskey from Sheriff A F Reinhardt's office. Jenkins is identified as a Black man.
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Lincolnton
Mar
Cal Sparks
Porter Jenkins
A. F. Reinhardt
Roosevelt speech on income and spending cited in Beverly Hills
Special to The Enterprise notes President Roosevelt's takeaway on income distribution. Ninety percent of people earn wages while ten percent earn profits, and those earning under two thousand dollars buy over two thirds of goods. The piece suggests the NRA’s fate may awaken interest and concern among business leaders.
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Beverly Hills
Canf
Roosevelt
NRA
Will
Tragic double murder suicide in Oil City family
Axel G. Anderson 53 killed his son Paul 15 and daughter Mildred 19 with a four inch hunting knife then died by a shotgun blast in the family home. The tragedy, discovered by another son Harry, followed an apparent preplanned act with an orchestrated alibi and a note allowing Paul to leave school early.
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New Orleans
Mar
Alice Huseraux
Alice Chatelain
Lena
House of the Good Shepherd
Rene Mason
Roger Lawson
Stanley Huseraux, Jr
Dallas
Dorothy
Oil City
Axel G. Anderson
Paul
Mildred
Harry
J. R. Sharp
Anderson
Justice of the Peace
Kite light misleads York crowd as a star flashes
A bright sky illusion in York drew crowds when a flashlight tied to a kite created a flashing star in the southern heavens. The effect dazzled observers before it was revealed as a prank.
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York
Ss. C
Mar
Industries To Cut Code Working Hours Ten Percent
NRA code authorities will be asked by the administration to trim code working hours by ten percent where feasible with exemptions for noncompliant industries. Hugh S. Johnson and Cotton Textile Code head George Sloan discussed methods, stressing careful, industry-specific action over a blanket fiat. Johnson urged continued negotiation with industrialists to reach agreeable procedures for current labor problems.
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Washington
Mar
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
George Sloan
Cotton Textile Code Authority
Johnson
Ukase
Fiat
Code Authority
Four Die As Blizzard Crashes St Louis to Chicago Airliner
A blizzard ice glazed wings triggered a crash near Petersburg Illinois killing four aboard a St. Louis Chicago American Airways flight. Victims include Hugh Sexton Chicago Tribune aviation editor and Walter Hallgren veteran pilot. Hallgren cut his switch to prevent fire but darkness prevented a safe landing.
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Petersburg
Ill
Hugh Sexton
Chicago Tribune
G. H. Waetjen
East 41St Street
New York
Walter Hallgren
W. N. Bell
Chicago
Columbus
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
American Airways
Here
Hallgren
Dr Winekoop Convicted of Slaying Rheta Wynekoop
Chicago March 7 A jury found Dr Alice Wynekoop guilty of murdering her daughter in law Rheta Wynekoop on her operating table. The sentence is 25 years in prison with appeals planned. The verdict ended a high profile trial that stunned the nation and drew crowds.
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Rheta
Harry B. Miller
Walker
Catherine Wynekoop
State Supreme Court
Wynekoop
Charles S. Dougherty
Rheta Wynekoop
Powers add 10 war fleets in global naval build up
The Associated Press reports that major powers are expanding naval forces. The United States Congress approves a 500 million dollar bill to reach treaty limits, while France authorizes about 58.9 million for a 26000 ton battleship, subs, and destroyer. Britain plans 282.75 million for ships and crew, and Italy considers a 25000 ton battleship to counter Dunkerque.
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United States Senate
President Roosevelt
Naval Committee
French Chamber of Deputies
British Admiralty
Italy
Dunkerque
Giorrnale D'Italia
Texas Prison Break Prevented By Guards
Guards thwart a five-man escape attempt at the Texas state penitentiary before dawn. Three prisoners were shot and wounded. two surrendered. Notable figures include Charley Frazier, Edward McArthur, Pete Finch, and Roy Thornton, husband of Bonnie Parker. Six inmates fled from cell row with a prison blacksmith shop key as alarms sounded and guards moved in with armed response.
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Huntsville
Tex
Howard Bass
Texas State Penitentiary
Bass
Gus Gray
Pete Finch
Charley Frazier
Liberty
Edward McArthur
Frazier
McArthur
Finch
Robert Hill
Roy Thornton
Hill
Eastland
Clyde Barrow
Eastham
Raymond Hamilton
W. W. Ward
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