Salesman Identifies Photo as Missing New Rochelle Boy
An automobile salesman in his shop positively identified a photo of Peter David Levine, missing from New Rochelle since February 24 and believed kidnapped, as the boy who solicited a ride last Tuesday night. Detective Sgt. J W McMahon would only say the information has been turned over.
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Peter David Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
June H. Johnson
Gate City Motor Company
J. W. McMahon
North Pelham youths indicted in Peter Levine kidnapping case
Two North Pelham youths Edward J. Penn age 18 and Werner F. Luck age 23 were indicted for blackmail linked to an aborted attempt to obtain an 880 000 ransom for the Peter Levine kidnapping. Penn a Pelham high senior previously stole a car and Luck described as father of a baby son was named as the alleged plotter.
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White Plains
North Pelham
Peter Levine
Edward J. Penn
Pelham
Werner F. Luck
Stocks Fall on New York Exchange Signals Broad Liquidation
New York trading on March 25 saw prices tumble to three year lows with United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel around 83 cents a share. Du Pont American Smelting and Refining American Telephone and Telegraph Chrysler Westinghouse Anaconda Copper Dome Mines and U S Rubber slid about $1 to around $4. Brokers cited no single cause for the drop as indices failed to respond and traders viewed the day as part of a liquidation phase.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
du Pont
American Smelting and Refining
American Telephone and Telegraph
Chrysler
Westinghouse
Anaconda Copper
Dome Mines
U. S. Rubber
Roosevelt Says Refugee Plan Covers Minorities Worldwide
President Roosevelt announced the American asylum proposal for political refugees in Germany and Austria also applies to oppressed minorities in Russia Spain and Italy and any other country abroad. He noted it aids Jews Catholics and Protestants and requires no new legislation. The plan echoes U S policy since 1789 and Hull’s refugee relief initiative surprised White House aides as officials confirmed presidential consultation. The president spent day in Warm Springs driving his new car on the grounds.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Austria
Russia
Spain
Italy
United States
Hull
White House
State Department
Hull proposal hinges on Nazi limits for refugees
Secretary Hull's plan to evacuate political refugees from Germany and Austria depends on Nazi restrictions. The proposal calls for an international committee financed by private groups to aid emigration, noting Germany's practice of allowing little to no funds for emigrants. Hull telegrams nine European and 20 American nations seeking a broad response.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Austria
Berlin
Hull asks aid for Austrian German refugees ahead of crisis
Secretary of State Hull requests British cooperation to aid political refugees from Austria and Germany. Informants say London is giving urgent sympathetic consideration and hopes to respond soon to Hull's proposal for an international committee to handle the issue.
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London
Hull
Austria
Germany
Payroll robber conviction in Greensville case
Hardy Clevenger, 86, faced a prison term after being convicted in the September payroll robbery of 814,700 from the Blackwood Coal and Coke company in Norton Virginia.
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Greeneville, Tenn
Hardy Clevenger
Blackwood Coal and Coke Company
Norton, Va
Williams orders probe into relief worker political activity
Aubrey Williams acting WPA administrator ordered an investigation into charges that relief workers in Kansas City Missouri engaged in political activity. The move follows reports of partisan actions by workers during the WPA program and aims to determine the scope of any improper political influence within relief efforts.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Kansas City
Senate Finance Committee Rejcts Estate Gift Tax Cuts
The Senate Finance Committee removed house approved estate and gift tax provisions from the revenue bill. It kept separate 40 000 exemptions for each levy and restored a 5000 annual gift exemption, arguing changes would not reduce revenue and citing Governor Lehman’s recommendations.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate
House
Lehman
New York
Finance Committee
Catholics Urge Yes Vote in Austrian Nazi Plebiscite
Vienna March 25 Catholics urged to vote yes in the April 10 plebiscite on Germanys annexation of Austria. Parishes will receive communications issued by Dr Jacob Weinbach secretary to Cardinal Innitzer archbishop of Vienna. Church leaders show optimism about church Nazi state cooperation.
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Vienna
Austria
Germany
Jacob Weinbach
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Cardinal Innitzer
Navy maneuvers against an enemy fleet near Hawaii
Warships including the Salt Lake City sailed from Pearl Harbor to intercept an enemy fleet preparing a surprise attack on the Hawaiian Islands. Thirteen destroyers and minesweepers joined at dusk while naval aircraft patrolled wide ocean areas as major portions of the U S fleet conducted extensive war games.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
U. S
Salt Lake City
Pearl Harbor
United States
AFL backs minimum wage plan with annual increases
William Green told a House labor subcommittee the AFL would support a 30 cent minimum wage if mandatory annual increases are provided. He said 40 cents is fair, but would back a lower figure to pass labor standard laws, with a universal minimum below which interstate employers cannot go. He also urged a 40 hour work week ceiling given current conditions.
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Washington
William Green
House Labor
American Federation of Labor
Green
Welch
R.calif
British Labor Demands League Meeting Over Appeasement
Labor leaders from the Trades Union Congress and Labor Party condemned Prime Minister Chamberlain's foreign policy and urged an immediate League of Nations assembly session to consider steps toward appeasement of Europe. They called for European nations, especially France, Britain, and Russia, to discuss measures amid armament plans cited by Chamberlain.
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Chamberlain
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Europe
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Labor
House of Commons
League
France
Great Britain
Russia
Spain
North Carolina Utilities Commission to Hear Railroad Freight Raise Petition
The Utilities Commission indicated it would grant higher intrastate freight rates in North Carolina as hearings opened on railroads petition for increases similar to recent interstate rate hikes.
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Raleigh
N. C
The
Utilities Commission
North Carolina
Plan for distributing Nazis in Italy sparks concerns
Rome reports fascist circles say Italian authorities study a plan to distribute German families across reclaimed lands in Italy following Austria’s annexation. No compulsory dispersion is planned. proposal suggests favoring German households on reclamation projects as Italy absorbs Austrian territories.
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Rome
Germany
Austria
Italy
Guilford Farmers Get Over Million In AAA Benefits
Washington March 25 Farmers in Guilford County received 103799.36 in AAA benefit payments under the 1936 conservation program. The total covers through September 30 1937 and includes county conservation committee expenses and administration costs. Officials said payments under the 1936 program were nearly finished by late September 1937.
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Guilford County
Department of Agriculture
County Conservation Committee
Three More Announcements Near Deadline In Races
Three more candidates paid filing fees to the state elections board to enter the June primary and November general election. Filing closes tomorrow at 6 p.m. if no Republican contest develops. the board will also decide on Rev. A. A. Johnson’s case over a possible United States Senate bid and consider ballot placement.
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Raleigh
State Elections Board
A. A. Johnson
Buncombe County
United States Senate
Raymond Maxwell
Johnson
Maxwell
A. A. F. Seawell
Robert R. Reynolds
Frank W. Hancock, Jr
Oxford
Fifth District
Reynolds
Election Board
W. H. McElwee
N. Wilkesboro
J.C. Meekins
Columbia
Paul Swanson
Winston- Salem
Japan To Purchase Oil From Mexicans
Tokyo reports private companies in talks to arrange a contract for Mexico to supply nearly 500000 barrels of crude oil annually to Japan. The plan includes Japanese technical aid for Pacific coast pipeline and harbor improvements, with Tehuantepec crossing and Salina Cruz as loading points.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mexico
Pacific
China
Tehuantepec
Salina Crug
Lince
Mexico to issue bonds to repay oil expropriation debt
Finance Minister Eduardo Suarez proposed a domestic bond issue to finance the $400,000,000 expropriated American and British oil properties. Governors from 24 states pledged aid, with a 5 percent contribution of their annual budgets to wipe out the petroleum debt.
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Mexico City
Inance
Eduardo Suarez
Suarez
To Hold Inquiry On TVA Charges
Senate groups seeking a TVA investigation agree on a new resolution for a congressional inquiry. Senator Bridges and coauthor Senator King say the compromise includes eight of 23 charges, restoring core points from Bridges initial allegations.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bridges
N. H
King
Utah
Barkley
Norris
Incl
Neb
Pershing Shows Signs of Recovery in Arizona Cottage
General John J. Pershing, 77, convalescing from a grave illness, is now able to walk about his Tucson cottage and hopes to attend his son Warren’s wedding to Miss Muriel Bache Richards in New York on April 22, though physicians have not confirmed he will be strong enough for the trip.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Warren
Muriel Bache Richards
New York
Grady Files for Democratic Utilities Nomination Against Winborne
Paul D. Grady of Kenly declared he would file this afternoon to seek the Democratic nomination for utilities commissioner, challenging incumbent Stanley Winborne.
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Raleigh
N. C
Paul D. Grady
Kenly
Stanley Winborne
Bailey outlines steps for permanent recovery and democracy
Senator Bailey of North Carolina argues permanent recovery requires ending political interference in economics. He urges a balanced budget, a just labor law, removal of the undivided profits tax, and ending government competition with private enterprise. He warns losses to incentives and calls for increased production and confidence in the system.
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New York
Bailey
American Academy of Political Science
Dewey Elected Shriner Proxy
The Shrine Directors association of North America elected First Vice President Lee D. Dewey of Waco Texas as president at its three day Charlotte convention Dewey past potentate of Karen Temple succeeds Louis Chackes East St Louis as head of the association Lex Lord of San Diego advanced to first vice presidency and Ray Newton Des Moines named second vice president.
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Charlotte
N. C
Shrine Directors Association of North America
Lee D. Dewey
Waco
Texas
Dewey
Karen Temple
Louis Chackes
East St. Louis
Lex Lord
San Diego
Calif
Ray Newton
Des Moines
Iowa
WPA Grants in North Carolina Allocate Funds
WPA Administrator George W. Coan Jr announced a total of 40024.50 dollars for four projects in North Carolina. The Dukeville school near Salisbury received 5248.10 dollars to improve facilities and equipment.
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Raleigh
WPA
George W. Coan, Jr
Dukeville
Salisbury
High Point Loses Second Hit in Hydro Plant Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court denied rehearing for High Point in a $5.78 million hydro electric project dispute with Duke Power. City officials offered no statement on further action while City Manager E M Knox and City Attorney Grover H Jones remained reticent about next steps.
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High Point
Supreme Court of North Carolina
E. M. Knox
Grover H. Jones
W. P. Stacy
W. A. Devin
Supreme Court
J. Paul Williamson
Duke Power Company
Knox
Approval Averts Crisis In France
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum’s cabinet, 12 days in office, won approval to seek ratification by the Chamber of Deputies for a financial bill. The move would advance 6 billion francs from the Bank of France to the treasury to cover immediate bills. Senate approval came with amendments while strikes mounted as metal workers in Lille occupied factories and demonstrated.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of France
Senate
Chamber
Lille
Students Strike for Longer School Term in Marion County
Leaders of striking students from seven Marion County high schools convened a mass meeting in Fairmont to halt the walkouts and press the board of education to extend the term. The board said funds were insufficient to finance a full nine month term and ordered schools closed a month early.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County
Board of Education
American Owned and Bred Wins Grand National by Narrow Margin
The United States achieved its first American owned and bred victory in the Grand National as Bruce Hobbs at age seventeen guided Battleship to a one head win over Royal Daniels. The four mile plus race at Aintree drew about 250000 spectators with Workman falling back to third.
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Eng
United States
Marion Scott
Battleship
Bruce Hobbs
England
H. C. McNally
Alex MacGuire
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