Three Branches In Congress Send War Trade Shifts
The Senate backs a billion dollar farm bill and extended trade act while the House debates a $1 billion labor bill. Anti-lynching measures move forward as Congress considers Wagner amendments and farm credit reorganizations. A Supreme Court ruling limits patent price fixing in gasoline processing. Communists face contempt in Dies Committee testimony amid renewed propaganda concerns as London and Moscow clash over coverage.
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Senate
House
Labor Department
NLRB
National Youth Administration
CCC
U. S
Agriculture
Wallace
Congress
Supreme Court
New York
France’s Reynaud Faces Crisis as Premiership Proves Fragile
The new French premier Paul Reynaud survives a tight Chamber vote and asserts strength amid mounting foreign strains. He orders the dismissal of the Soviet ambassador Surits after a provocative Paris note, while tensions with Britain and Russia flare over wartime policies and alliances.
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France
Paul Reynaud
Chamber of Deputies
Moscow
Jakob Surits
Surits
Paris
Joe Stalin
Europe
Russia
Saints
Britain
U. S
Bolivian military revolt and political notes
Summary of scattered items: an attempted Bolivian military uprising, Bernard Macfadden’s Florida Senate bid, a Senate panel to study foreign propaganda, Miami birth case predicting quintuplets, State Department agent Bannerman and foreign leaders, antitrust indictments of Bausch and Lomb with Carl Zeiss, New York Easter parade chill, and White House egg roll amid frost.
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Bolivia
Bernarr Macfadden
Florida
U. S
Senate
Emory Callahan
Miami
Robert Bannerman
State Department
Michael Savage
New Zealand
Madeline Force Astor
Dick Fiermonte
Society
Bausch and Lomb Optical Co
Rochester
N. Y
Carl Zeiss Co
Germany
New York
Washington
White House
Wang Ching-wei rises as Japan-backed China leader
From Sun Yat-sen’s will to a triad, Wang Ching-wei, once Sun’s secretary and Chiang Kai-shek foe, governs in Hong Kong under Tokyo terms. The piece traces Wang’s career from student in Japan to No. 2 in the republic, his exile, and his current role as puppet leader seeking international recognition.
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Sun Yat-sen
Hu Han-min
Chiang Kai-shek
Wang Ching-wei
Chiang
China
Wang
Nanking
Tokyo
Japan
Husan Tung
Peiping
Dr. Sun
Gen. Chiang
Kong
Chungking
News Quiz On March Events Memory Test
Questions cover Ismet Inonu parity payments largest ship Russo Finnish peace talks Brennero location and March headlines Analyze each item for basic facts from that period and recall key figures places and events involved
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Ismet Inonu
Brennero
April 1 to 6 highlights in 1918 era events
A sequence of observances and events across days of April includes All-Fools' Day on Monday April 1, Conservation Week, the U S fleet beginning Pacific maneuvers, Census-taking starting Tuesday April 2, primaries in New York and Wisconsin, the British Parliament reconvening, Army Day on Saturday April 6 marking 23d anniversary of U S entry into WWI, and a Socialist national convention in Washington.
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America
New York
London
U. S. Fleet
Wisconsin
U. S
Socialist National Convention
Washington
Doctor jailed on morals squad claim sparks police probe
An out of town doctor arrested by Chicago morals squad was released on bond after a lawyer allegedly offered to secure his release for a fee. The doctor complained, prompting a police captain to probe four officers and the lawyer for a shakedown racket involving hundreds of men.
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Chicago
Morals Squad
Easter Day Solar Storm Disrupts Communications Across Americas
A magnetic solar storm disruptedEast coast and European cable messages and telegraph links while South America remained unaffected. Astronomers warn storms may recur next month. Hayden Planetarium notes the event as highly disruptive. A Clark University report describes a virgin birth experiment in parthenogenesis by Dr. Gregory Pincus.
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Europe
Kansas City
South America
Hayden Planetarium
Gregory Pincus
Pincus
Murder Inc. Bosses and Brooklyn Slayer Ring Exposed
New York district attorney William O Dwyer reveals a Brooklyn gang of killers who murder for hire across the country. Abe Reles, called the executive vice president, is a central figure as O Dwyer seeks grand juries to speed trials. Penn’s inquest adds to the chilling portrait of Murder Inc. and its fear driven assassins.
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Jolly
Irving Penn
Tin Pan Alley
New York
Brooklyn
William O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
Sing Sing
Penn
Orlofsky
Murder, Inc
Lepke
New York City
Abe Reles
Reles
Abe
Dillinger
Giant 42 ton clipper, 70 ton bomber and efficient engine
The article notes a 42 ton trans Pacific clipper drawing public awe, a 70 ton bomber nearing completion at the Douglas plant in Santa Monica, capable of Europe round trips without refueling, wings spanning 210 feet, and Wright Aeronautical Corp reporting a new air cooled nine cylinder engine delivering one horsepower per pound of weight.
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U. S. Army
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Calif
Europe
Wright Aeronautical Corp
New Jersey
Bomb described as mass murder radius shown in public demo
Lester Barlow outlined a carbon and liquid oxygen bomb capable of mass murder within a 1000 foot radius. He demonstrated explosive power before reporters, with logs splintered and sandbag dugouts demolished. A five pound unit fired from a mortar rose 1500 feet and landed intact.
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Washington
Lester Barlow
Baltimore
Barlow
Wisconsin GOP contenders face off in first primary clash
Wisconsin voters prepare for a high stakes GOP presidential showdown with U S Senator Arthur H Vandenberg from Michigan and prosecutor Thomas E Dewey from New York. Dewey attacks New Deal as failed while Vandenberg urges seasoned leadership. Democrats seek convention delegates split among Garner Roosevelt and Roosevelt Farley tickets. Maine Democrats pledge 10 votes to FDR or Farley.
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Wisconsin
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Vandenberg
Dewey
WPA
Garner
Roosevelt
Maine
Bangor
Chicago
FDR
Farley
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