Senate Limits State Employee Political Gifts Move
The Senate approved an amendment to curb threats of political influence by state workers paid partly with federal funds. Senator Neely said the proposal stops those pressuring other state employees for political conditions. House Speaker Bankhead opposed the Hatch bill and signaled potential pigeonholding. The farm aid front saw a possible $300 million rise in next year’s farm supply bill as parity payments and surplus removals increase.
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Senate
Hatch
Neely
W. Va
West Virginia
Norris
Hateh
D-Nm
Garner
Nickly
House
Bankhead
Senate Appropriations Committee
Germans Launch Heavy Attacks in Vosges and Moselle Sectors
Paris reports German forces deploy large numbers for renewed assaults west of the Vosges and east of the Moselle. French artillery and machine-gun fire inflict heavy losses on German troops across three engagements, with several hundred casualties and two missing on the French side. Also in Texas a 120-ton granite monument is dedicated at New London to 294 victims of the 1937 school explosion.
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Vosges Mountains
Moselle
Vosges
New London Memorial
New London
Tex
Allies Plan to Aid Turkey Discussion in London
In London on March 18 Emanuel Shinwell argued in the House of Commons that Britain must speed up shipbuilding or face severe shortages. He criticized the Shipping Ministry for delays and cited reduced merchant tonnage, with ships like the Queen Mary tied up, as Britain, France, and Turkey discuss possible military aid measures.
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London
Britain
Emanuel Shinwell
Laborite
House of Commons
Shinwell
Commons
France
Turkey
Marchant Marine
Churchill
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Hitler Mussolini Meet at Brenner Pass in Snowstorm
In a snowy Brenner Pass meeting Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred for two and a half hours in a railway car. The talk, described as cordial, aimed to discuss war aims relevant to Allied and authoritarian nations with Sumner Welles in Europe on a U S mission.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Austria
Europe
Berlin
Sumner Welles
United States
Roosevelt
Welles
Mussolini
Rome
Great Britain
France
Germany
Il Duce
Hitler
Barlows New Bomb To Be Demonstrated By Military
Senate Military Committee said War and Navy Departments will allow Lester P. Barlow of Baltimore to demonstrate his secret explosive invention. Two witnesses from each committee will observe land and sea tests as arranged, amid reports of acrimonious exchanges over wartime patent claims.
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Sheppard
Tex
Senate Military Committee
War and Navy Departments
Lester P. Barlow
Baltimore
Senate
House Military and Naval
War Woodring
Secretary of Navy
Edison
Barlow
Department
Departments
Unemployment Range Seen At Nine To Twelve Million
Roosevelt advisers provide a memorandum showing 9 to 12 million unemployed at the start of 1940 with estimates from Conference Board AFL CIO and other sources. Seasonal factors and business declines are cited as drivers for higher January figures, with a forecast unemployment near 9 million in April if patterns hold. The agricultural bureau foresees spring signs of activity reversal but no rapid improvement ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ex WPA Chief Sent To Prison In Los Angeles And Kansas City
Hollywood reports Irving Cohen 37 arrested as a fugitive linked to a Brooklyn murder probe. Kansas City fans two year federal prison sentence for Matthew S. Murray a ex Missouri WPA official convicted of income tax evasion on $69 691 with alleged gifts and favors from Pendergast and Pryor. Authorities said more arrests may follow in Los Angeles.
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Matthew S. Murray
Missouri
WPA
Murray
Tom Pendergast
Albert Reeves
Pendergast
J. J. Pryor
Reeves
Public Works Department
Pendergast and Pryor
Hungarian Minister Leaves for Rome Conference
Budapest March 18 Count Pal Teleky premier of Hungary will leave for Rome tomorrow for talks with Italian Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano. An official statement says the trip is mainly for rest and that he will use the opportunity to meet the Italian leaders.
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Pal Teleky
Hungary
Rome
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Playwright Harry Sheldon Found Dead After Rejection
New York, March 18. Playwright Harry E. Sheldon, 63, died of illuminating gas poisoning in a west side two room apartment. He learned his latest play I Object had been rejected hours before. Roommate Otto Wodn found the body in a chair with a newspaper on his lap. Last seven manuscripts had been rejected.
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New York
Harry
Sheldon
West Side
Otto Wodn
Madetto-Order Gang Uncovered in Brooklyn Slayings
Brooklyn DA William F. O Dwyer said a murder-for-hire group known as the Madetto Order killed by contract for racketeers and was linked to at least a dozen and possibly as many as 200 gangland slayings. The prosecutor announced today after investigations by police and federal agents, with ten men named as suspects.
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New York
Brooklyn
William F. O Dwyer
Post-Dispatch Defends Editorials In Nick Brady Case
The St Louis Post-Dispatch answered a contempt citation by arguing its March 5 and 6 editorials and a cartoon served public service and bolstered trust in the courts. The paper claimed freedom of speech and press protected publication and denied defaming the court or Judge Rowe.
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The
Post-Dispatch
Nick-Brady
Thomas J. Rowe
Abandon Hope For 71 Miners Trapped In Ohio Coal Mine
71 miners remained entombed after a massive blast at the Willow Grove mine near St Clairsville Ohio. Rescue crews battled slate falls while two men died and four-man squads worked to clear passages. John Marks and Ross McFadden were recovered early, with coroner C C Hardesty opening an inquest as officials warned only a miracle could save the others.
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St. Clairsville
Hope
John Marks
Ross McFadden
C. C. Hardesty
John Owens
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Ohio and
West Virginia
United States Bureau of Mines
Hanna Coal Company of
Cleveland
R. V. Clay
Ralph Sutton
John Richards
Howard Sanders
Four German Airmen Interned After Lolland Crash
Four German airmen from a bomber that crashed on Lolland island were captured while seeking food at a farmhouse and will be interned. A Danish fishing boat named Marken reported it was bombed and machine gunned 155 miles west of Denmark but escaped harm.
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Lolland
Mark
Denmark
Netherlands
Axis Talks Point to Italy Joining War Against Allies
Berlin reports say Hitler and Mussolini discussed extending the Berlin axis to Moscow and Italy potentially entering the European war on Germany's side. A future Italian-Russian rapprochement and Balkan sphere delineation were hinted, with Ribbentrop's monthly organ signaling hardline war aims.
Welles Awaits Duce Return From Brennero
Rome dispatch reports simultaneous talks shaping Europe’s fate. Hitler and Mussolini met in Brenner Pass as snow blurred borders while Pope Pius XII and Sumner Welles held a Vatican discussion on peace prospects.
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Duce
Brennero
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