House Group Votes For Five-Man Labor Board
The House Labor Committee approved a plan to expand the National Labor Relations Board from three to five members by 14 to 5 vote. Chairman Norton announced the decision after a two hour closed meeting and rejected abolishing the current board. Norton called the expansion a necessary step to reduce deadlock and improve response to complaints.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
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D-Nj
Special House
Nct
O Dwyer Reopens Murder Case Tied to Capone Henchman
District Attorney William F O Dwyer announced in New York today he will reopen the murder case of Frankie Yale a Brooklyn gangster friend of Al Capone blamed for the 1920 slaying of Big Jim Colosimo and the 1924 killing of Dion O Banion as part of a wider Brooklyn probe into a murder for hire syndicate involved in at least 30 gangland assassinations.
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Irving Cohen
New York
Walter Sage
Los Angeles
William Bright
Cohen
Hollywood
William F. O’dwyer
Brooklyn
N. Y
William F O'Dwyer
Frankie Yale
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Big Jim” Colosimo
Dion O’banion
O'Dwyer
Deputies Vote Secret Session On War Conduct In Paris
In Paris on March 19 the Chamber of Deputies voted an immediate secret session to discuss the government’s conduct of the European war and the Finnish peace repercussions. Edouard Herriot’s motion passed without a record vote as Daladier was questioned. The chamber’s last secret session was in February.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriot
Chamber
Premier Daladier
Senate
Daladier
Scottish Rite Masons to Meet in Charlotte April 23 25
A spring reunion of the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies in the Valley of Charlotte will be held here April 23 to 25. The gathering brings together members from the area for ceremonies and fraternal activities. Local Lodges anticipate participation and public notice of the event.
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Charlotte
Valey of
16-County Music Contest set for Greenville
A 16 county district music contest will be held at East Carolina Teachers College on March 29 and 30.
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Greenville
East Carolina Teachers College
Mrs Franklin Roosevelt Jr Injured In Farm Horse Fall
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Jr wife of the President's son suffered a fractured pelvis and brain concussion in a fall from a horse while riding near Charlottesville Virginia at Highlands estate. She was taken to University Hospital where doctors described her condition as satisfactory.
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Charlottesville
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Farmington Hunt
University Hospital
Roosevelt
Highlands
Robert Funsten
Young Roosevelt
University of Virginia Law School
Ethel du Pont
Washington Says Peace Headlines Lack Basis
President secretary Stephen Early said authoritative reports show no basis for claims of an 11 point peace plan at the Hitler Mussolini meeting. He noted no information had reached the U S government to support London Paris Rome Berlin reports and warned headlines would mislead readers.
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Mar
Stephen Early
White House
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Welles
Rome
Early
London
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Squalus Hero Volunteers For Old Position
Lloyd B. Maness, electrician's mate third class from Greensboro North Carolina, volunteers to serve aboard the Sailfish as the submarine Sailfish is recommissioned next summer. His act saved 33 lives by jamming shut a watertight door as the Squalus flooded last May 23. Eight men escaped through the door as he held it to allow others to flee before night. The Sailfish will be commanded by Lieutenant Commander Morton C Mumma. Five other enlisted men join Maness aboard the Sailfish.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sailfish
Lloyd B. Maness
Maness
Greensboro
N.C
Morton C. Mumma
Andrews Pioneer Dies At Age Of 83
David Samuel Russell 83 of Andrews died at his Main Street home at 6 this morning after months of illness. A pioneer citizen his work spanned farming mercantile law private study of law hotel ownership travel and real estate and insurance brokerage. He helped Andrews grow from woodlands to a thriving town.
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Andrews
David Samuel Russell
Main Street
Woodlands
Hobbs to Speak Bethel Meeting Features Rep Sam Hobs
Bethel hosts an Eastern North Carolina Chamber of Commerce event with Rep Sam Hobs of Alabama as principal speaker. The meeting is set for April 99 at an unspecified venue, drawing regional business leaders.
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Hobbs
Bethel
Sam Hobs
Alabama
Eastern North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Germany Silent On Russian Alignment
Berlin reports indicate Germans expect a new European order from a Rome Berlin Moscow axis. After Hitler’s Brennero conference with Mussolini, officials said Germany aims to end the war victoriously and secure its life interests against democracies. They suggested peace in the Balkans but did not confirm any Moscow accord, noting practical politics differ from ideology.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Balkans
Hitler
Berlin-Rome
Russia
Italy
Catholics Will Be Protected
Vatican talks with Germany aim to safeguard Catholic interests in annexed territories. Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo conducts negotiations in Berlin while Pope Pius XII discussed the issue with Joachim von Ribbentrop. A tentative modus vivendi would govern worship, school teaching, seminaries, theology faculties, and state aid in Austria, Bohemia Moravia, and occupied Poland.
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Germany
Vatican
Berlin
Cesare Orsenigo
Muncio
Pius XII
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Austria
Bohemia - Moravia
Poland
Leiserson Attacks NLRB Members Over McQuay Norris Ruling
William L. Leiserson rebukes fellow NLRB members for a decision ordering McQuay Norris Manufacturing to sign an agreement with the CIO United Auto Workers. He notes the company previously agreed in 1938 to recognize the union and bargain through it, challenging the majority's view on exclusive representation.
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Washington
William L. Leiserson
National Labor Board
Leiserson
McQuay - Norris Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
United Auto Workers (Cio
Warren Madden
Smith
Wasner
UAW
McQuay- Norris
St. Louis
Connersville
Ind
Axis Leaders Weigh Balkan Neutralization for German Offense
Rome dispatch reports Hitler and Mussolini in Brenner Pass talks weighing neutralizing the Balkans to secure a land supply route for a Western Front push. Possible Italy Soviet rapprochement floated. Ansoldo disputes broader peace aims. Ciano aide says no intercontinental mission linked to the two regimes.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
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Italy
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Russia
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Balkans
Hitler
Il Duce
Reich
Giovanni Ansaldo
Telegrafo
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Leghorn
Dentes
Romes
Vatican
Convicted For Killing Child In Media Case
William J. Larkin, 26, shipyard worker, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for strangling his 20 month old son and sentenced to six to 12 years plus a $6,000 fine and prosecution costs. The judge blasted the verdict as inconsistent with the confessed crime and denounced Larkin’s act as brutal.
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Media
William J. Larkin
Theaw
Larkin
Srate
Albert Dutton MacDade
Commonwealth
St Louis Daily Papers Embrace Scented Print Ads
St Louis readers sniffed their papers as fragrance wafts accompanied ads. The Globe-Democrat used peppermint green ink while the Post-Dispatch featured pink scented promotions for a department store and a new cologne.
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ST. Louis
Chamberlain Warns Norway Sweden in Nordic War Danger
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Allies stand ready for any axis move and warned Norway and Sweden that danger now lies on their doorstep. He tied war aims to Roosevelt's peace plan and noted minimal damage from the Scapa Flow raid while citing Finnish Russian terms and troop movements.
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Norway
Sweden
J. C. Stark
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Scapa Flow
Finland
Britain
North Sea
Finnish Delegation Arrives in Moscow for Talks
A Finnish delegation led by Juho Paasikivi arrived in Moscow from Stockholm to pursue ratification of the Finnish Russian peace treaty. Officials expected talks at the Kremlin that evening. Russia had not yet ratified the treaty, which would grant territorial and economic concessions to the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Finland
Stockholm
Juho Paasikivi
Foreign Office
Baltic Affairs Department
Kremlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Big Increase In Income Tax in Early March
Treasury figures show March 16 income tax collections totaled 090,247. up from 038,051 for the same period last year. Almost half of the day’s amount was income tax only, 145,077, compared with 120,21 a year earlier. Delays in processing returns may push full March totals beyond initial figures. The rise may reflect improved 1939 performance and new state and local government payments.
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Washington
Treasury
Fontaine seriously ill after abdominal operation
Hollywood March 18 4 Joan Fontaine remains in hospital after an abdominal operation. The star, sister of Olivia de Havilland, will not be on hand to take bows when her screen work reaches a high point tonight.
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Hollywood
Joan Fontaine
Olivia de Havys
Tugs Start 4 800-Mile Tow of Drydock to Pearl Harbor
The U S Navy begins towing a 6 500 ton floating drydock from Sparrows Point Maryland down the Mississippi to the Panama Canal and on to Pearl Harbor to service ships there. The voyage, arranged by President Roosevelt, will test the shipyard's tow force and take about four months to reach Hawaii.
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Pearl Harbor
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Panama Canal
Pearl Uncle Sam
Battle Harbor
Roosevelt
Navy
Diego
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