TVA Probe Backed by House Group in Senate Inquiry Plan
The House Rules Committee approved a Senate resolution for a full congressional investigation of TVA operations. The panel kept in Senate provisions allowing a joint ten member inquiry with private utilities, and a report deadline of January 3.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
O'Connor
D-Ny
House
Senate-House
TVA
Roosevelt
Arthur Morgan
Congress
Army appropriation bill reaches Senate after House approval
The House passed and sent to the Senate a 1939 army appropriation bill totaling 448,116,284 dollars. It reflects a roughly 882.75 million increase over the current year's military costs and remains largely unchanged from the committee approved version.
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Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
United States and Britain to build battleships surpassing 35000 tons
An authoritative source says the United States and Great Britain will reveal by week’s end plans to construct battleships over 35000 tons.
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Tondon
United States
Great Britain
Archbishop Declares Collective Security Impossible Debate
In London on March 29 the Archbishop of Canterbury told the House of Lords that collective security is impossible. He spoke during a debate on the League of Nations amid attacks and defenses of Prime Minister Chamberlain’s foreign policy declaration from the prior Thursday.
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Tondon
Canterbury
Church of England
House of Lords
League of Nations
Chamberlain
Cardinals defend farm system as salvation of minor leagues
President Sam Breadon replied to Kenesaw Mountain Landis denunciation by declaring the Cardinals farm system the salvation of the minor leagues. He credited Branch Rickey, the club’s vice president and originator of the system, with more to the game than any man or official.
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Cardinals
ST. Louis
Sam Breadon
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
St. Louis Cardinals
Mongolians Massed on Western Manchuria Frontier
Outer Mongolia has massed fifty thousand Russian trained troops along a newly completed fortified line on Manchukuo's western frontier. The report from Hsinking by Domei notes a large buildup ready for action in the region.
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Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Manchoukuo
Domei
Hsinking
Burley Weed Men To Vote April 9
Burley tobacco growers in 17 North Carolina counties will vote April 9 on opening a marketing quota for the 1938 crop. The referendum will run throughout the burley belt. Flue cured growers have already voted in favor of a quota for their crop.
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Raleigh
Burley Tobacco
North Carolina
Burley Belt
Japs Are Still Losing Ground
Shanghai reports a major Chinese push along a 100 mile front in central China. In Shan tung province east of the Tientsin Pukow railway the two armies exceed 100000 men with thousands of casualties. Chinese claim a victorious sweep northward while Japanese dispute it, but data suggests Japanese withdrawal from a large hairpin area between the railway and Lini.
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Shanghai
China
Shantung Province
Tientsin-Pukow
Lini
Train Hits Truck Kills Local Trucking Chief
Enfield March 29. R F Miller head of a trucking firm was killed this morning when a northbound train struck his truck at a Coast Line grade crossing about 6 15. Police said the crash virtually demolished the vehicle and Miller died almost instantly.
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Enfield
R. F. Miller
F. B. Sykes
Miller
German pilot breaks world seaplane distance record
SAO SALVADOR Brazil March 29 AP H W Von Engel a German commercial pilot landed at Caravelas Brazil after a 43 hour flight from England to set a new straight flight seaplane distance record The Dornier seaplane was catapulted from Lufthansa’s carrier Westfalen leaving Southampton England and reaching Caravelas Bahia Rio de Janeiro area 5433 miles away
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Brazil
H- W. von Engel
Greenwich
Caravellas
England
Caravelias
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Southampton
Hugh Dornier
Lufthansa
Westfalen
Wagner Lehman May Trade Jobs
The New York Herald Tribune reports Senator Robert F. Wagner a Tammany Democrat is Roosevelt's pick to succeed Governor Herbert H. Lehman this fall. Lehman may be offered the nomination for Wagner's Senate seat, risking a party split if Wagner is nominated while Lehman seeks reelection.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
U. S
Robert F. Wagner
Tammany Democrat
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
Govenor Lehman
Wagner
Dr Otto Schmidt Blamed For Arctic Ship Plight By Soviet Officials
Moscow reports the Soviet cabinet-level council censured the Northern Sea Route Administration led by Dr Otto Schmidt for the perilous position of ice breakers and freighters in Arctic ice. It faulted management and asked for a detailed report by April 15 as several ships faced imminent danger during the winter drift. The notice also notes Ivan Papanin's appointment as Schmidt's assistant at the Northern Sea Route.
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Otto Schmidt
Arctic
Moscow
America
Sea Route Administration
Dr. Schmidt
Soviet Union
North Pole
Greenland Sea
Ivan Papanin
Schmidt
Crowds Witness First Train Through Cut in City
Crowds and city officials, led by Mayor C. Grayson, watched the first train pass through the new grade crossing cut. The engine pushed 21 coal cars and a caboose as officials deemed the line fit for traffic. No. 46 is expected to regularize service through the cut, with plans for tomorrow or Thursday routing.
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Main Street
Enterprise
Cut
C. 8. Grayson
Southern Railway Company
Rantharn Railene
O. K
Southern
Frank T. Miller
President Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Shirley Temple's mother rejects $350000 for six weeks
Hollywood reports that Mrs. Gertrude Temple refused all personal appearance and radio offers totaling at least 350000 for Shirley Temple. The six weeks' vacation starting in June will not be a money making tour, keeping the child away from engagements.
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Hollywood
Mar
Shirley Temple
Gertrude Temple
Auto Hits Randleman Man Kills Pedestrian
Roy L. Burgess aged 34 of Randleman was fatally struck by an automobile on highway 220 about two miles above the town. The driver D J Pickler of New London said he did not see Burgess until impact. Sheriff C E B King investigates. Burgess leaves a wife and two children along with two sisters and two brothers. Funeral set for Wednesday at 4 PM at Country Holiness Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Randleman
Roy L. Burgess
D. J. Pickler
New London
Burgess
C. EB. King
Luke H. Burgess
Jimmy
Frances Burgess
R. W. Fleming
Irving Hanock
Glenn
Dennis Burgess
Country Holiness Church
Tornadoes Kill Five in Arkansas and Louisiana
Five people died and at least eighteen injured as tornadoes struck Arkansas and Louisiana from last night into today. In Turtle Lake near Ferriday three were killed and seven hurt. near Texarkana two children died and eleven were injured when a farm home cluster collapsed. Hanson Curso, 38, and his two sons Johnny 15 and Clifford 9 perished when their house collapsed.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Turtle Lake
Here
Texarkana
Ark
Jonesville Highway
Hanson Curso
Johnny
Clifford
British Home Secretary Says Gestapo Monitors Germans in England
Sir Samuel Hoare told the house that British authorities closely watch alleged activities of the German secret police in England. Opposition Liberal Geoffrey Mander had claimed the Gestapo tracked Germans in Britain and reported to Berlin.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
House of Commons
England
Geoffrey Mander
Gestapo
Berlin
House Group Merges Four Reorg Measures for Vote
Democratic members of a special house committee decide to lump four approved reorganization bills into one general measure to be sent to the house for passage. The plan follows senate action and includes provisions on the comptroller general and an auditor general as congressional appointee. The full committee will meet to consolidate the four bills and submit a merged package for House approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wagner
D-Ny
RFC
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General
Cochran
D-Mo
Bankhead
Congress
UNC Professor Named State Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell announced the appointment of Prof. Robert H. Wettach of the University of North Carolina law school to become an assistant attorney general on July 1. Wettach was chosen for his outstanding ability and expert knowledge in litigation and controversy arising from recent state and federal legislation.
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Raleigh
A. A. F. Seawell
Robert H. Wettach
University of North Carolina Law School
Seawell
Wettach
Price For Foreign Silver Sliced By U S To 43 Cents
The treasury cut the price for foreign silver to 43 cents an ounce after a prior one cent drop. The move, the first change in over two years, sparked speculation that London silver speculators fear the United States is withdrawing support of the world price.
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U. S
Washington
Mar
Treasury
London
United States
Utilities Encouraged To Push Construction Programs
The administration aims to spur the utility industry to proceed with construction, offering a “reasonable time” to holding companies to simplify their structures after a Supreme Court victory. Officials estimate utilities are cutting annual construction by over 1 billion dollars, due to regulation fears and government competition.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Supreme Court
White House
E. C
Hitler Launches Liner for Labor Recreation Vessel Named Robert Ley
Adolf Hitler presided at the launch in Hamburg of the 25,000 ton luxury liner Robert Ley built for wage-earners on vacation. Ten thousand visiting workers from Austria and German colleagues attended. The Fuehrer said the ship serves recreation not destruction and honored labor front leader Robert Ley.
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Germany
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Robert Ley
Wilhelm Gustloff
Switzerland
Hitler
Insurgent Pus Into Catalonia Halted
At Hendaye France international press reports say Spanish government forces moved to the front to halt insurgent push into Catalonia. Foreign fighters for the Republic reinforced the line in the desperate defense of the rich northeast corner of Spain.
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France
Fround
Nacchk
International Briades
Catalonia
Republic
Spain
European powers clash over Spain civil war and foreign aid
The Spanish government accuses Germany and Italy of strong support to Franco’s insurgents as Rome and London weigh intervention. Insurgents counter and accuse Madrid of planning air raids on French ships. Fronts along a 60 mile stretch near Barcelona press government defenses as Moors break at Fraga.
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Great Britain
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Ionn
Franco
Barcelona
Vranco
Fraga
Metal Workers In France Agree On Settlement Basis
Paris reports 20000 striking metal workers reached a basis for settlement after long talks with senior officials including Minister Marx Dormoy and Vincent Auriol. Details of the proposed agreement were not disclosed but it is understood Leon Blum may arbitrate after the strikers return.
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Tenior
Marx Dormoy
Vincent Auriol
Leon Blum
Hoover Returns From Europe With Honors and Cautious View
Former President Herbert Hoover came home from a two month tour of 14 countries with seven or eight honorary degrees and around 16 or 18 medals, saying Europe shows no imminent general war. He found Europe changed, noted a shift from democracies to totalitarian tendencies, cited broad armament, and warned neutrality is unreliable. He declined to discuss talks with Hitler and European leaders.
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Herbert Hoover
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