Italy Pushes Naval Parity at London Conference
The Italian delegation clung to parity with France as tensions rose in the London Naval Conference. Secretary Stimson sought a mediation role, meeting privately with Dino Grandi to push for compromise, while Mussolini held telephonic talks with Grandi. Grand Council to review conference progress in Rome this evening.
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London
France
Stimson
Grandi
Italy
Henry L. Stimson
Dino Grandi
Mussolini
Signor Grandi
Grand Council
Rome
Venezia
Idleness Count Anxiously Awaited Census News
Washington officials await the March unemployment census to set first counts of idle workers in the United States. The survey will record wage earners and independent workers, noting who is idle, seeking work, or on layoff, and how long the idle period has lasted.
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Washington
Mar
Administration
United States
Woulmlaly Vavis Uass Cslimmalsu
Census Bureau
Capone Heads For Gangland Heath
Chicago awaited Scarface Al Capone, freed after ten months for concealed weapons, but he did not appear at Union Station. Rumors claimed a Chicago return by train or plane, yet officials and trainmen denied any sighting amid heavy snow and security concerns from rival gangs.
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Chicago
Scarface
al Capone
Pennsylvania
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Capone
Eastern
Philadelphia
Republican Chairman Incensed By Action
A Senate lobby committee subpoenaed records from Blythe and Bonner in New York over a 56,100 Union Carbide contribution and a 36,100 Huston deposit. Huston denounced the move as personal interference while Senate Republicans debated broad records and witness questions.
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Washington
Mar
Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
New York
Blythe and Bonner
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Muscle Shoals
The
Improvement Association
Union Carbide Company
Shoals Power
Narcotics Search Scuttled On French Liner France
More than one hundred government agents searched the French liner France after a tip claimed 2,000 pounds of German narcotics were hidden aboard. The vessel was brought to the pier under quarantine, with passengers screened and visitors barred. The operation was directed by Assistant U S Attorney George J Minizer under U S Attorney Charles H Tuttle.
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New York
Mar
France
United States
George J. Minizer
Charles H. Tuttle
Partial Paralysis Outbreak Strikes Pain Lick Kentucky
In Pain Lick Kentucky county five men became partially paralyzed after consuming Jamaica ginger tests showed wood alcohol in their systems authorities link the illness to poisonous alcohol similar to outbreaks elsewhere in the country the incident reported from Richmond dated March 158 is part of a broader public health concern.
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Richmond
Pain Lick
Jamaica
Brigham Young Essays Trigger Senate Clash Over Morality
In Washington and Springfield two major news threads unfold. A Springfield freight wreck kills two trainmen and injures a third as cars derail and a gasoline tank is spared from ignition. In the Senate, clashes over Brigham Young essays and censoring foreign literature fuel debate on morality and book bans.
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Brigham Young
Washington
Mar
Mormon Church
Senate
Senator Cutting
New Mexico
Blease Boasts County Vote Silence For Hoover
Senator Blease of South Carolina says his county produced no votes or no recorded votes for Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. He notes the distinction in the Senate, declaring pride in that record.
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Blease
Hoover
Washington
Mar
Senator Blease
South Carolina
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Arkansas candidate Harney McGhee runs for district attorney
Paris Arkansas March 18 Harney McGhee announces his candidacy for district attorney in his Ozarks home folks style. He touts humble roots in the Boston mountains and a life of farming teaching law and politics, vowing to target crooks and warm the courthouse. McGhee is 39 and currently serving his second term in the state legislature.
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Paris
Ark
The
Ozarks
Harney McGhee
Boston Mountains
Ozark
Georgia
Crawford County
Oklahoma
van Buren
McGhee
Hoover Declares Federal Patronage Cleaned Up
President Hoover told the Senate committee report on southern patronage is outdated. He cited actions on March 26 that established a system to end purchase and sale of appointments and noted officials involved have resigned or been removed.
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Justice Department
Senate
South
Kess
Hoover
Washington
Mar
Department of Justice
Senate Committee
Bank consolidation signals Chase plan to acquire rivals
Directors of Interstate Trust and Equitable Trust approve a consolidation seen as the first move toward Chase National Bank acquiring the two, creating a likely world’s largest banking institution. In Kingston Ontario, Henry Simoneau of Montreal and VP Robinson died in a Toronto Montreal airmail plane crash near Long Lake 30 miles north of Kingston.
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New York
Mar
Interstate Trust Company
Equitable Trust Company
Wall Street
Chase National Bank
Sargest Banking Institution
Ingston
Ont
Henry Simoneau
Montreal
VP. Robinson
Toronto
Long Lake
Kingston
Union Orders Springfield Leaders Expulsion Probe
The United Mine Workers of America voted unanimously to summon all insurgent leaders to appear before the international executive board in Springfield Illinois to show cause why they should not be expelled from the union.
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Dianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Springfield
International Executive Board
Australian Trade Minister Talks of April Return Passage
Australian Minister for Trade and Customs James E. Fenton announced that the Australian delegation had provisionally booked return passage for Australia, with plans for April 12 sailing following the naval conference.
Navy seeks end to 300 percent pilot enlistment rule
Acting Secretary Jahneke told Congress the 300 percent enlistment requirement for naval air pilots is too large and urged legislation to remove the provision. The request follows a call to adjust policy affecting personnel numbers and aviation readiness.
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Ashington
Mar
Naval Air
Jahneke
The
Navy Today
Congress
Judiciary Panel To Review Judge Anderson Information
Chairman Graham of the judiciary committee announced the attorney general would furnish information on the conduct of Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson of the western Tennessee district. The move follows a resolution by Rep LaGuardia of New York.
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Ashington
Mar
Graham
Judiciary Committee
Harry B. Anderson
Tennessee
LaGuardia
New York
Air mail pilot escapes as plane crashes near NX Y
Ernest Dryer, an air mail pilot, forced to ditch his craft near NX Y on March 18 after hitting sleet and snow. He jumped moments before impact and survived uninjured though the plane’s propeller was shattered.
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NX. Y
Ernest Dryer
Young Greensboro Woman Crushed by Coal Car
Elma Ward a young silk mill worker in Greensboro was run over by a coal car in Southern railway yards. She, with a companion, walked the tracks to her shift when the accident occurred, resulting in the loss of both feet and an arm.
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Greensboro
Mar
Elma Ward
Southern Railway
Missouri University Upholds Condemnation of Sex Questionnaire
The University of Missouri board of curators voted unanimously to not revisit its prior condemnation of a sex questionnaire circulated among students. The move followed an investigation into charges of academic unrest and calls for President Stratton D. Brooks to resign.
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Missouri University
Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Stratton D. Brooks
Marshall Remains Free Despite Pardon Revocation
Jackson Mississippi March 18 The Mississippi house of representatives held Carl Marshall in contempt then pardoned him but today Marshall remains free as the house refused to recognize the executive pardon He faced questions about an $80 000 settlement tied to a threatened 10 000 000 anti trust suit against Warren Brothers Boston based material firm
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Jackson
Miss
Carl Marshall
Mississippi House of Representatives
Bilbo
Liberty
House
Marshall
Warren Brothers
Boston
Fraud Injected Into Doheny Case
In a bribery trial against Doheny and Albert B. Fall, prosecutors introduced for the first time that courts in civil cases had described the Elk Hills naval oil reserve award as a fraud by Edward L Doheny. Doheny testified under cross examination about receiving security for a $100,900 bribe from Fall in 1924 prior to civil actions.
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Washington
Mar
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny Company
Edward IL. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Doheny
Owen J. Roberts
Fall
Overman Delays Confirmation of Judge Thacher
In Washington on March 18 Senator Overman of North Carolina blocked the confirmation of Judge Thomas Day Thacher of New York as solicitor general, asking that consideration be postponed temporarily. The judiciary committee had favored Thacher after he disclosed selling stock in four power companies, and no opposition had been expected. Overman said he needed time to review matters concerning Thacher.
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Washington
Mar
Thomas Day Thacher
New York
Senate
Overman
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Judge Thacher
Ower
Thacher
Darrow Prepared for Two Dry Law Debates in New York
Clarence Darrow returned to the United States after nine months in Europe and prepared to debate prohibition. He will face Senator Smith W. Brookhart tomorrow and Clarence True Wilson on Friday. Darrow said the U S has no friend abroad due to war loan repayments and high tariffs.
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New York
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
United States
Europe
Smith W. Brookhart
Clarence Trne Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance
Prohibition and Public Morals
Darrow
Saturnia
Spain Honors De Rivera Remains
In Irún Spain authorities fired a 21 gun salute as Primo de Rivera's body crossed into Spain en route to Madrid. The former dictator who died in Paris Sunday night is honored with state solemnities including masses and prayers at railway stations as the funeral train proceeds to the capital.
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Irun
Spain
Primo de _ Rivera
Paris
Madrid
Geddie Approved For Marshal Job
The senate confirmed Edgar C. Geddie as marshal for the eastern district of North Carolina on March 18 in Washington.
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Geddie
Washington
The
Senate Today
Edgar C. Geddie
North Carolina
Treasury reports tax receipts lag behind last year
The March 15 treasury statement shows income tax collections at 67.5 million, about 5 million below the same date last year. Officials note that Saturday payments not yet recorded may alter totals, and a telegraphic poll suggests a somewhat smaller overall amount than 1940 figures.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Mellon
Prisoners Foiled Escape From Ohio State Penitentiary
Two inmates, from Montgomery and Cuyahoga counties, tried to break out of the Ohio state penitentiary today but were stopped when a guard spotted an improvised rope dangling over the wall.
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Columbus, O
Montgomery County
Cuyahoga County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Quash Indictments In Willis Murder in Greenville
The defense motion to quash indictments charging Carlos A. Rector and J Harmon Moore with Sheriff Sam D Willis’s murder was granted by Judge W H Townsend. The bill was ruled improperly drawn and the grand jury unconstitutional due to two ineligible members. Solicitor Leatherwood indicated a possible appeal to the supreme court.
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Greenville
Carlos A. Rector
Greenville County
J. Harmon Moore
Sam D. Willis
W. H. Townsend
Willis
Leatherwood
Townsend
Supreme Court
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Democratic National Committee
Blaine
Wisconsin
Raskob
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H.L. Russell
Aaron Moss
Joe Crandall
R. H. Dowden
Henderson Division
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Smoot
Utah
D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterly
Copeland
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Thomas D. Thacher
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