Britain rejects economic boycott against Germany
In London on March 27 AP reports Britain will not pursue an economic boycott or League penalties with American cooperation to halt German expansion. Richard Austen Butler told the House of Commons Britain is not considering a boycott. He noted Foreign Secretary Halifax cannot endorse measures urged by Morgan Price for US-linked sanctions.
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London
Germany
League of Nations
Richard Austen Butler
House of Commons
Britain
Viscount Halifax
Morgan Price
Europe
Little Steel gets injunction against Walsh Healey wage rule
In a U S Court of Appeals ruling, Little Steel companies win a temporary injunction blocking the Walsh Healey act minimum wage of 62.5 cents an hour for government contracts. The ruling follows a district court denial and challenges Secretary Perkins authority in 13 Eastern and North Central States. A separate Charleston scene reports a major fire at Century Wood Preserving Company threatening nearby fertilizer plants with $200000 estimated damage.
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Washington
Little Steel
United States Court of Appeals
Labor Department
Walsh-Healey
Perkins
Charleston
D. C
Century Wood Preserving Company
United States
Union chief warns mass organizing for Canadian plants
YY-President Roland J. Thomas told CIO United Auto Workers convention in Cleveland that attention would be paid to organizing Canadian factories and Ford Motor Co. He warned that without a strong union in Canada automative plants may migrate there and called the organization of Word the biggest problem to face.
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Cleveland
Roland J. Thomas
CIO
United Auto Workers Convention
Ford Motor Co
Canada
Thomas
John L. Lewis
Word
Senator George urges limits on cotton surplus exports
Senator George of Georgia urged the Senate to approve a bill to stop the agriculture department from dumping cotton surpluses abroad without congressional consent. He warned that a two price cotton program would amount to a subsidy by selling cheaper overseas than at home.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate
Agriculture Department
Congress
Chamber
Roosevelt signs bill for crop insurance advances
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing the secretary of agriculture to make advances to farmers to pay premiums for insurance with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Advances come from existing appropriations for participants in the current control program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Franco declares victory at Toledo Bridgehead and Cordoba breakthrough
Generalissimo Franco's headquarters report Nationalist troops crushed Republican resistance at Toledo Bridgehead and broke through Republican lines in Cordoba Province. The Toledo offensive, 50 miles south of Madrid, marks a broader drive to end the war quickly.
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Burgos
Franco
Toledo
Cordoba
Madrid
Texas Legislature Backs Garner for President
The Texas legislature unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing John N. Garner for president and urging Democrats nationwide to support his nomination. The resolution praised Garner as a native Texan who has served long and ably in Congress and shown strong statesmanship and grasp of national affairs.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
John N. Garner
Garner
Congress
Farm tenancy program urged as solution to tenant problem
P W W Alexander Farm Security administrator told a Senate agriculture subcommittee that current federal efforts cannot make a considerable dent in the farm tenancy issue. He favored an expanded tenancy program proposed by Senator Lee of Oklahoma and 51 other senators as highly desirable. He said current measures are only touching the fringes and yielding some experience.
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Washington
P—W. W. Alexander
Senate Agriculture
Lee
Dokla
Alexander
Franco Launches Madrid Offensive Across Front
Franco reportedly shifted central army forces to drive toward Madrid after peace talks failed. Nationalists claimed advances on the Madrid and Toledo fronts and in Cordoba with weak Republican resistance. Republicans said they would surrender their air force if it showed good faith.
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France
Franco
Madrid
Toledo
Cordoba
Spain
Irun
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Richt Almaden
Madrid National Defense Council
Yankee Clipper on Atlantic inspection flight
Captain Harold EK Gray commanded the new Yankee Clipper on its first Atlantic inspection flight. Twenty other men accompanied him, the largest group to cross the Atlantic in a heavier than air machine. Passengers admire the Clipper’s luxuries aboard as Pan American Airways eyes regular transatlantic service.
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Harold EK. Gray
Atlantic
Pan American Airways
Japanese Army Captures Nanchang Amid Siege
Hankow reports Tokyo forces have seized Nanchang Kiangsi after a siege begun yesterday. Chinese counter moves along the Siao River inflicted casualties and claimed three Japanese planes down, while Chinese air force bombed positions along the river front.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Siao
Kan River
Nan
Motor Blamed For Crash Of Plane Killing Eight
Oklahoma City dispatch reports a Braniff twin engined airliner crashed after an engine failed killing eight aboard. Pilot Capt Claude Seaton Dallas said the left motor shook to pieces. Four survived injured. investigators seek cause. Victims include hostess Miss Louise Zarr of Dallas and nurse Miss Joan Allan of Evans ton Illinois.
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Oklahoma City
Braniff
Claude Seaton
Dallas
H. D. Collins
Seaton
Carl Erickson
Chicago
Capt. Seaton
Malcolm Wallace
Perry R. Smith
Corpus Christi
Tex
Erickson
Louise Zarr
Joan Allan
Evanston
Ill
Ben Coplon
Barney G. Grossman
Coplon
Ida
Houston
Grossman
Aurora
R. T. Bate
Denver
Georgia Sheldon
Omaha
Ferim Cairo
Mexico City
E. Hinckley
Port Isabel
Flood Of New Bills Expected In North Carolina Legislature
Raleigh March 27 A flood of new bills was expected as the General Assembly prepared for late afternoon and night sessions under a last day for introducing measures. Through Saturday 508 bills and 28 resolutions had become law this session with 1,491 introduced, leaving 900 awaiting action or killed. House election reform, school and revenue machinery bills were before the Senate with a controversial bill to abolish professional markers set for a special order.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
Local Man Released On Bigamy Charge
C R Smith 28 of High Point hosiery mill worker from Sophia was released from Guilford County Superior Court on a bigamy charge. He had been tried last September after allegedly marrying Cletus Sumner in Martinsville Virginia, but the case was not pros with leave due to lack of evidence that the couple cohabited in North Carolina. The term is presided by Judge G Vernon Cowper of Kinston with a grand jury in session.
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Greensboro
C. R. Smith
High Point
Sophia
Guilford County
North Carolina
G. Vernon Cowper
Kinston
Lithuanian Cabinet Resigns After Memel Concession
Kaunas March 27 The Lithuanian cabinet resigned less than a week after agreeing to cede Memel to Germany General Tshenius was asked to form a new government The move followed reports of friction in talks between Lithuania’s foreign ministry and Willi Bertuleit Nazi Memel director over the concession and about forming a common patriotic front with former opposition groups
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Memel
Germany
Tshenius
Foreign Ministry
Willi Bertuleit
Patriotic Front
Exchange Member Suspended By SEC
The Securities Commission suspended Junius A. Richards from seven stock exchanges for ten days for aiding two British firms in manipulating an American stock. The action hit the New York and several other exchanges but did not implicate his firm Smith, Barney and Company beyond Richards own conduct.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Junius A. Richards
New York Stock Exchange
New York Curb Exchange
Baltimore Stock Exchange
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Boston Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Commission
Richards
New York
Smith, Barney and Company
Benny to Enter No Lo Contendere Plea in Jewelry Case
The Daily News reports radio comedian Jack Benny will plead nolo contendere when he goes on trial in Federal Court in New York on charges of smuggling jewelry worth 2131 dollars into the country. If the plea is rejected he is prepared to plead guilty.
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New York
The
Daily News
Today
Jack Benny
Benny
Clipper Plane Hops To Horta
The Yankee Clipper landed at Horta Azores at 8 07 EST after 17 hours 33 minutes from Baltimore on Pan American Airways transatlantic test. The craft reported 2540 miles from Baltimore and 340 miles from Horta while cruising at 154 mph at 2000 feet with 21 crewmen onboard.
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Baltimore
Horta
Azores
Pan-American Airways
Europe
Clipper
Daladier Shapes Answer to Mussolini Africa Demands
Paris March 27 Premier Daladier ready to reply to Mussolini with a note to Rome or a broadcast speech inviting Italy to specify needs. Reconciliation possible as France weighs concessions including Tunisia Djibouti and Suez control while noting risks of broader territorial asks.
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Paris
Daladier
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Pierre Laval
Africa
Tunisia
France
Djibouti
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aden
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Move Starts Anew For Czech Freedom
In Pittsburgh on March 27 a new independence movement for Czecho Slovakia began as Czechs Slovaks and Carpatho Russians pledged unity. Wendell Stephen Platnek, a leader in 1918, was elected president of the revived movement by acclamation.
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Pittsburgh
Wendell Stephen Platnek
National Slovak Society
House Leaders Schedule Action on WPA Inquiry
Congress moves to probe the WPA with Rep Cox leading the inquiry authorized by the House Rules Committee. Rayburn outlines focus on the investigation and DC legislation while debating a $250 million parity payment for farmers and a $150 million WPA relief fund.
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Washington
WPA
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
Chamber
District of Columbia
Rep
Cox
D-Ga
House Rules Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Rayburn
Labor Department
Roosevelt
Sabath
Agriculture Department
Supreme Court Lets Tax Plans Move Forward Partially
The Supreme Court upheld part of FDR's tax plan allowing state tax on the income of federal employees and federal tax on state workers. In NY and Utah cases, the court found no constitutional shield preventing salaries from taxation, ruling there is no immunity for government workers. Justice Stone led the majority.
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Supreme Court
Rovelt
Congress
New York
Utah
Stone
N York
New York Authority
Sta
Wage Hour Chief Warns on Low Pay in Deep South
Atlanta March 27 Wage Hour Chief Elmer F Andrews told Atlanta Rotarians that labor standards act is broad social legislation to help workers. He said enforcement will ensure workers receive lawful benefits and that all interstate commerce will see the wage increase from 44 to 40 hours and 40 cents. Roosevelt praised pay scales in Gainesville a year ago as a model for the South.
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Atlanta
Elmer F. Andrews
Roosevelt
Andrews
Gainesville
Pravda lauds Mussolini speech as response to aggressors
Moscow Pravda commends Mussolini's Sunday address as an eloquent reply to aggressors in London and Paris. The paper argues fascist aggression will not be delayed and criticizes threats to act against Czechoslovakia while praising the Italian leader's stance.
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Communist Party
Pravda Today
Premie Mussolini
London
Paris
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