Non Intervention Talks Amid Italian Front Disappearances
Valencia dispatch reports a sudden disappearance of Italians from insurgent divisions near Guadalajara northeast of Madrid. France and Britain disclose an accord within the non intervention committee to make the policy effective and consider harsh steps if needed, with Delbos opposing immediate dispatch of warships to aid Italian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Spain
Guadalajara
Madrid
Yvon Ibos
France
Britain
Delbos
Italy
Francisco Ranco
Seven Burn To Death In New Jersey Fire
In Jersey City a three alarm blaze killed Mrs. Rose Burkhardt 54 and six of her children plus a brother in law. Only Rose Burkhardt survived as fire crews battled the three story frame dwelling and rescued other residents. Firemen found two children suffocated before the flames reached them. The cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Jersey City
N. J
Rose Burkhardt
Burkhardt
John Gorman
Philip
Charles
Florence
Theresa
Veronica
Rose
Gorman
Alan Rose
Medical Center
Robert
John
Debrita
Sit-Downers March Out In Snow Across Chrysler Plants
More than 6,000 striking automobile workers marched in swirling snow today from eight Chrysler plants they have held since March 8. They prepared to establish picket lines until exclusive bargaining rights are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Frank Murphy
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Board
Lewis
DeSoto
Dodge
Highland Park
Plymouth
Martin
Richard Frankenstein
UAW
Proposal for 75 year mandatory judge retirement and nine seat court
The article notes Senator Burke proposes a constitutional amendment to require judges retire at 75 and to set the court size at nine. The plan would go to state conventions convened by Congress within six months to consider the changes amid Roosevelt court bill opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burke
D.neb
Congress
Stripping Is No Tease Act Sparks Dress Plant Disorder
In Memphis on March 25 a strike at the Ona Lee Dress Co. plant escalated as clothes were torn from at least six workers. About 40 girls breached a picket line of 100 union members from the Ladies International Garment Workers Union aligned with John Lewis'ICG. Eight union members were arrested for breach of peace as chaos erupted at 6:30 am. A worker entering faced forceful obstruction and was stripped. later two groups of women clashed, hats, blouses, skirts, and undergarments scattered on the cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
ona-Lee Dress Company
Ladies Inrnational Garment Worker Union
John Lewis’ Committee For Industrialganization
Farmer Drowns In Fish Pond Near Edgecombe
J. Frank Rown, 65, prominent Crisp section farmer, was found dead in Owen pond near Macclesfield after an all night search. Officials offered it may be a heart attack or exposure, body found in water with clothing removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macclessfeld
J. Frankrown
Edgecombeunty
Owen Pond
Here
Sodden Diary Tells Story Of Pair's Agonized Death
A sodden diary from December records Willie Col l in 23 and Edgar 20 dying in northern Quebec after a series of blizzards and hunger. The brothers, haunted by leg injury and illness, were trapped in an abandoned shack as storms wiped out food. They chronicles entering December 25 and Christmas with heavy snow, then worsening hunger and inability to move before their deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Pierre
Que
Canmadian Press
Quebec
Willie Collin
Edgar
Willie
Compromise Hinted in Charlottesville Murder Case
Charlottesville dentist Dr. R G Miller faces trial for the murder of Cele Sprouse. Commonwealth's attorney W O Fife suggests a possible compromise with the defense if justice can be served after a conference with Miller's counsel E V Walker. Trial date April 12 was set by Judge Lemuel F Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
R. G. Miller
Cele Sprouse
Commonwealth
Mill Strike Ends at Lumberton Cotton Mill
Ada McLean Cotton mill reopens on full time basis after a strike halted operations since yesterday. Ben Edwards on behalf of the workers says no concessions were granted except a promise to raise wages when feasible. Two men, Cliff Taylor and Farley Thompson, post $100 bond each for a recorder's court hearing on charges tied to the strike. 125 workers walked out for shorter hours and higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
Ada McLean Cotton Mills
Ben Edwards
Amise
Cliff Taylor
Farley Thompson
Liberty
Recorder’s Court
Quake Shakes Los Angeles and Southern California
A heavy earthquake hit Los Angeles at 8 49 am with a double shock felt across southern California. No damage reported though Los Angeles Glendale Santa Monica Anaheim and San Diego districts reported tremors with doors rattling and swaying motion lasting several seconds. Long Beach experienced a milder swaying compared with the 1933 quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Glendale
Santa Monica
Anaheim
San Diego
Long Beach
Earthquake Hits Imperial Valley. Police See No Damage
A strong quake shook the Imperial Valley today with Sgt. Jack Stork of the El Centro police reporting no believed damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Jack Stork
Textile union maps campaign in upstate New York
Rochester march 25 six city representatives outlined plans to organize about 60 000 textile workers from Yonkers to Jamestown. An organizer will be placed in every city with textiles. Sidney Hillman of New York will guide the organizing lines as chairman of the textile workers organizing committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
C. I. CO
New York
Yonkers
Jamestown
Sidney Hillman
Amalsamted Clothing Workers of America
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Politician William Sacks Dies in St. Louis at 63
William Sacks a nationally known Missouri Republican leader and former U S senate candidate for 1922 died in a St Louis hospital aged 63 He was an attorney and banker and had been a prominent political figure in Missouri politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
William Sacks
Missouri
Jeader
United States Senate
Payne Report Proves False In Pinehurst Chase
Towns end police report that Bill Payne and his companions were not the car thieves who overturned a stolen auto near Pinehurst. Bloodhounds aided the search after the theft in front of a hotel, with a youth arrested but later cleared as a member of Payne's group. Officers continued surveillance along U S Highway 1 from Aberdeen to Pine Bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
C. F. Townsend
Bill Payne
Townsend
West End
Payne
Aberdeen
Pine Bluff
Auto peace boosts mart
The Chrysler strike armistice signaled an early stock upturn but later trades reversed in many cases. Trading was timid ahead of the holiday, with noticeable profit taking throughout the day. Activity slowed notably near the fourth hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chrysler
Plans for new Winston-Salem newspaper delayed
March 25 Winston-Salem special report says Orville McPherson, hired to organize the proposed paper, was ordered to halt progress after readiness to launch by June 1. Local backers have bought a Liberty Street building and remodeling plans. Rumors say Owen Moon may sell his papers for two million dollars. Gordon Gray represents the backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Orville McPherson
Liberty Street
Owen Moon
Winston-Salem Journal
Twin City Sentinel
Gordon Gray
Famed British novelist John Drinkwater dies at 54
London reports the death of John Drinkwater a renowned British novelist and dramatist at age 54. He died suddenly in his London home from a heart attack while asleep after attending the Oxford Cambridge boat race. He recently completed a coronation film The King and His People and was known for historical plays such as Abraham Lincoln and Robert E Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Drinkwater
Oxford
Cambridge
University Club
Drinkwater
George VI
Queen Victoria
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Murderer Paroled from Wilkes County Sentence
Edward Bauguess sentenced in August 1931 in Wilkes county to 10 to 15 years for second degree murder has been paroled, according to Raleigh dispatches dated March 25.
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Raleigh
Edward Bauguess
Wilkes County
Bankers Call for More Banking Ability at Conference
North Carolina bank commissioner Gurney P. Hood told an American Bankers Association session there is poverty of real banking ability and urged maximizing existing banks. He outlined chartering steps, noting 1 164 banks chartered since 1804 in NC, with 241 still operating. Salem reports Mrs Emily Thomas wife of the bus driver died after a crash that killed 20, three roller derby troupe members survived in serious condition. John L Creekmore and others listed among injured. Thomas husband Dick mentioned.
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Hood
Atlanta
Gurney P. Hood
North Carolina
American Bankers Association
Salem
Emily Thomas
Thomas
Salem Community Hospital
St. Louis
Richard S. Kaplan
Gary
Ind
Transcontinental Roller Derby Association, Inc
John L
Creekmore
Miami
Kaplan
Erwin to Attend Washington Hearing on School Funds Bill
Clyde A. Erwin North Carolina superintendent of public instruction said he would testify before the U S house education committee in Washington next Wednesday or Thursday in support of the Harrison Hines Fletcher bill to fund schooling. He estimated North Carolina would receive 3 million dollars the first year and federal funds would grow to 300 million by year five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Clyde A. Erwin
House Committee On Education
Washington
Congress
Erwin
North Carolina
Midwest Snow Storm Halts Travel Across Border
Blizzard conditions crippled communication and paralyzed highways as the winter storm struck the midwest. Winds whipped snow into drifts, sweeping Minnesota, the Dakotas, and surrounding regions with rain sleet hail and freezing temps. Brookings Watertown Sisseton and Black Hills area measured 22 inches of snowfall while Mitchell Huron Pierre and Aberdeen were isolated by a 50 mph wind tearing wires.
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Chicago
Middle West
Minnesota
Dakotas
Mid-Continent
Brookings
Watertown
Sissetown
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mitchell
Huron
Pierre
Aberdeen
Farm spokesman and professor oppose court reorganization plan
Washington on March 25 a farm spokesman and a college professor argued against President Roosevelt's court reorganization plan. Fred Brenckman of the National Grange called the bill an attempt to intimidate the supreme court, while Dean Young B. Smith of Columbia University law school described it as coercive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dean Young B. Smith
Columbia University Law School
Decision Pending in Da Cotah Cotton Mill Receivership Case
Judge Teague weighs dissolving a temporary receiver order issued two days ago for the Da cotah Cotton mill of Lexington. Mrs. Lillian Hunt seeks protection for minority stockholders amid reports of efforts to sell holdings to certain interests. The mill has been idle since October 1935. owners say they plan to reopen soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Teague
Dacotah Cotton Mill, Incorporated
Lexington
Lillian K. Hunt
G. Foster Hawkins
Paul R. Raper
Execution to be Expensive in North Carolina
North Carolina may incur a cost of $1000 or more to build an electric chair for a single execution. Capital offenders after June 30, 1935 die by gas, but James McNeill was ordered re sentenced to die by electrocution after the Supreme Court ruled his prior gas sentence improper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
James McNeill
Supreme Court
Three Slain In Doctor's Office In South Boston
Boston police reported that three persons were shot to death in a physician's office in South Boston. Victims were Dr Charles E Mackey former chairman of the Boston school committee his brother Jeremiah and employee Paul Costa. Costa's sister was wounded.
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Boston
South Boston
Charles E. Mackey
Boston School Committee
Jeremiah
Paul Costa
Costa
Insurgents Bombard Madrid in Night Assault
Insurgent bombers rained explosives on Madrid for five hours halting only when artillery and anti aircraft fire opened the sky battle. The raid began before midnight and lasted till dawn with planes circling the city under bright moonlight. Government militiamen used search lights as defense troops fired anti aircraft shells and rifles.
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Madrid
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Tee
Bert Hall
Hall
Senate
Kercheval
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Lansing
Corporation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
England
Red Cross
Walton-on-Thames
Sodden
Pair
Textile Union Maps
Desperado
NEW Winston
Midwest
MILLS
Teague
Dacotah Mills
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