Norris accuses TVA head of siding with utilities amid feud
Senator Norris told the Senate that TVA chairman A E Morgan was blocked from testifying in a federal suit by TVA attorneys fearing he would influence witnesses. Norris labeled Morgan jealous and criticized the three-director leadership clash as he outlined further TVA developments and Lilienthal’s five point negotiation framework.
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Norris
TVA
Utilities
Washington
Senate Today
A. E Morgan
Power Agency
Morgan
Knoxville
Power
Dr. Morgan
James
Fly
H. A. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Pub Mc
McLean
RNJ
House
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Tennessee Valley
Anglo Italian talks open in Rome as Eden resignation looms
Last Minute Rome March 8. The Part of Perth Britain's ambassador met Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano at the Chigi palace to begin talks seen as key to war or peace. The session follows Eden's resignation, triggering a political crisis in Britain.
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Rome
Europe
Perth
Britain
Chigi Palace
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Anthony Eden
United States and Britain Share Views on Pacific Islands
Secretary Hull said both governments have fairly accurate views of each other s position on the Pacific Islands including Canton and Enderbury. he spoke in general terms about their attitudes and the possible American occupation.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Pacific Islands
Hull
Canton
Enderbury Islands
Labor Federation Reports January Unemployment Totals
The American Federation of Labor estimates January unemployment at 10,073,000, up from 9,241,000 in January 1987, with a slight later rise in AF of L employment in late January and early February.
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Washington, March
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Armstrong and Ross to clash in welterweight title bout
Henry Armstrong featherweight champion and Barney Ross welterweight champion were announced for a 15 round world title fight on May 26. The venue will be either the Garden Bowl on Long Island or Yankee Stadium per Mike Jacobs of the Twentieth Century Sporting Club.
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Armstrong
Ross
New York
Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong
Mike Jacobs
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Garden Bowl
Long Island
Yankee Stadium
Indians Send Rollie Hemsley Home From Camp
Cleveland manager Oscar Vitt ordered Rollie Hemsley sent home from training camp after declaring he had broken training rules. Hemsley will remain at home until he is ready to follow the club’s training regulations.
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Rollie
New Orleans
March
Cleveland Indians
Rollie Hemsley
Oscar Vitt
Tribe
Soviet Protest to Japan Escalates Tensions Amid Detention Row
A Soviet protest in Tokyo renews strain with Japan over detention of two Russian steamers and a Soviet air line in Manchuria. Japan counters by charging that Soviet authorities illegally hold 58 Japanese subjects in Sakhalin and nine fishing vessels.
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Tokyo
March
Japan
Russia
Mikhail M. Laavutsky
Highway Dept. Charged With Bond Limit Violation
Governor Olin Johnston sent a special message to the legislature accusing the highway department of exceeding the legally permitted bonded indebtedness. The action was announced March 8 in Columbia.
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Highway Dept. Columbia
8. C
Olin Johnston
State Highway Department
Snow and Guerrilla Attacks Check Japanese Advance in China
Snow across central China and intensified guerrilla strikes slow the Japanese drive to install a pro-Japanese regime. Japanese positions around Hangchow face raids cutting lines and trains. In Anwhel and nearby areas, Chinese forces recapture towns while ambushes kill soldiers. Guerrilla units operate along the Tientsin Pukow line and Shanxi reports note disrupted retreats and mobile warfare.
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Shanghai
China
Anwhel
Wuhang
Wukang
Tingyuan
Linhkaikwan
Tientsin-Pukow
Shanxi
Shensi
Mystery slaying of Dr. Davis solved in Sumter
Sumter police announce the murder of Dr. E. M. Davis, a 54-year-old physician, solved with the arrest of filling station proprietor R. G. Pittman and his wife in Lake City on a murder warrant. A third person was released after being named as an accessory.
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Sumter
8. C
E. M. Davis
W. J. Seale
Sumter County
W. C. Kirven
R. G. Pittman
Lake City
Davis
Mayesville
Pittman
Travis Goodman
Florence
Seale
Pittmans
Fight for Bus Line Continues in North Carolina
In Raleigh on March 8 the utilities commission heard Piedmont Coach’s case for a Wadesboro to Winston Salem route via Thomasville. Atlantic Greyhound opposed the franchise, arguing it would harm Greyhound’s business. Twenty witnesses were examined, and commissioner Stanley Winborne said no decision yet.
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Raleigh
The
Utilities Commission
Piedmont Coach Company
Wadesboro
Winston- Salem
Thomasville
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Company
Greyhound
Geryhound
Stanley Winborne
19-Pound Baby Reported In Detroit
A 19-pound baby boy born yesterday in Detroit drew visitors as hospital staff noted weights up to 26 pounds in the area. The infant measured 24 inches at birth and cried vigorously, marking a rare delivery in local records.
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Detroit
Dean Noe Weighs 155 Pounds At Present
Baltimore March 8 The Rev Israel Harding Noe former Dean of St Marys Protestant church in Memphis Tenn whose 22 day fast attracted national attention is rapidly gaining weight at Johns Hopkins hospital He weighed 139 1 2 pounds on Feb 17 and now weighs 165 pounds
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Baltimore
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Protestant Church
Memphis
Tenn
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Workers Alliance Seeks 3 Billion for Relief and Jobs
A Workers Alliance spokesman urged Congress to appropriate 3.0 billion dollars for the next fiscal year to fund 3 million WPA jobs and direct relief. He called for a planned national program for work and security including housing, slum clearance, flood control, and anti monopoly taxes. Howard Kester, representing the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, urged cooperative farming to aid tenant farmers and rural workers, noting the South’s need for both industrial and agricultural advancement and higher wages.
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Washington
Workers Alliance of America
Congress
Senate Unemployment Committee
Howard Kester
Nashville, Tenn
Southern
Tenant Farmers Union
Kester
South
Youth Sent to Murder Trial in Chicago
Trembling 16 year old Theodore Danielsen Jr learned a grand jury reported a true bill charging him with murdering his mother. The high school sophomore, arrested after his 47 year old mother was found stabbed to death, was expected to be arraigned tomorrow. Assistant State's Attorney Morris G. Myers said the state would not seek the death penalty.
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Chicago
Theodore Danielsen, Jr
Morris G. Myers
Hoover and Hitler Hold 45 Minute Berlin Talks
Former President Herbert Hoover and Adolf Hitler spoke about the international situation in a 45 minute conversation in the chancellery. Hoover was accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson and interpreter Paul Schmidt assisted Hitler. Hoovers next visit includes a reception by Field Marshal Goering at Karin Hall outside Orlin.
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Berlin
Herbert Hoover
Parkers Indicted by Federal Jury for Kidnapping Case
A federal grand jury indicted Elila H. Parker Sr. and Ellis Parker Jr. of New Jersey along with three New York men for kidnapping Paul H. Wendel from New York to the Parkers home in Mt. Holly on February 24, 1936. The case ties to a forged confession used in the Lindbergh saga and may allow trial relocation to New York.
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New York
Elila H. Parker
Burlington County
N. J
Ellis, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Parkers
Mt. Holly
Wendel
Charlies A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Murray Bleefeld
Harry Weiss
Martin Schlossman
King's County
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Levine Seeks Ransom Payment in Kidnapping Case
New Rochelle N Y March 8 Murray Levine says he is sure kidnappers of his 12 year old son Peter have contacted him for a $30000 ransom. He reports no overnight developments and notes police and federal agents stay out of the case. He hints at a possible alive token but avoids commenting on a secret car trip claim.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Murray Levine
New York
Levine
Peter
Cuban Army Raid Kills Four at Havana Cave Assembly
Four people died in a night raid on a secret cave gathering near Havana. An army sergeant was wounded as troops surprised the conference of soldiers sailors and civilians alleged to plot against Batista. Government officials identified two civilians and two non commissioned navy officers among the dead.
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Havana
Iife
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Navy
Von Cramm in Jail Infirmary
Berlin March 8 Baron Gottfried Von Cramm Germany s great tennis player today was reported confined in a jail infirmary as the result of a nervous collapse after his arrest on a morals charge. Authorities withheld details but the ministry promised a full statement. Von Cramm, world s No 2 amateur, was arrested after returning from a tennis tour to Australia. Rumors of other aristocrats arrested circulated in Berlin.
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Berlin
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Germany
Ministry of Propaganda
von Cramm
Australia
Whitney & Co Suspended From New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange suspends Richard Whitney & Co for insolvency and failure to meet obligations. Richard Whitney, once NYSE president, led the firm during the prior downturn and is a Morgan partner’s brother. Hearing set for March 17. firm cited inability to meet obligations.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
Richard Whitney & Co
Richard Whitney
Exchange
Whitney
George Whitney
J. P. Morgan & Company
Charles R. Gay
House Rejects Salary Publicity in Tax Bill Vote
The House tentatively refused to add a salary publicity provision for corporation chiefs earning over 15000 a year. A standing vote 85 to 48 and teller 118 to 60 against. Roosevelt had supported the idea at a press conference.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Doherty Seeks Expanded National Defense Plan
Boston leader Daniel J. Doherty, national commander of the American Legion, urged a bigger defense posture at a state Legion meeting in Goldsboro. He backed an 180000 man standing army and 200000 in the national guard and endorsed President Roosevelts naval expansion program.
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Goldsboro
Daniel J. Doherty
Boston
American Legion
Doherty
Post Officers Conference
State Department
Legion
Roosevelt
Hail and floods hit Southern California as rescue crews push in
Severe weather lashed the region with hail and lightning, causing scattered power outages and minor damage. Rescuers trek over flooded San Gabriel River to reach Mrs. Ethel Helen Troy, wife of the Alaska governor, while medical supplies are air dropped. Deaths, missing, and extensive flood damage push totals toward 65 million dollars and dozens of lives.
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Alaska
Los Angeles
California
Pasadena
Altadena
Redondo Beach
Santa Barbara
Newport Beach
Sogey
San Gabriel River
Ethel Helen Troy
Upper
San Gabriel Canyon
Mia
Troy
EB. R. Lambertson
Mountain Cabin
Lambertson
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Tennessee Electric Power Company
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Mass
Kane
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Anghei Province
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Shansi
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Workers Alliance
David Lasser
Labor Department
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Hitler
Gay
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Bankhead
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