Ethiopia seeks League sanctions and armistice terms
Ethiopia demanded immediate League action against Italy including military force as legions advance on Addis Ababa. The report cites Mussolini favoring victory terms with the League kept out, while Ethiopia insists on full Article XVI sanctions and a neutral peace conference, with Britain and France invited.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Addis Abala
Mussolini
Ethiopie
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League
Lausanne
Committee of Thirteen
Reave
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Locarno
Germany
Europe
Anthony Eden
London
Haile Selassie
Dibouti
Addis Ababa
Tana Lake
Eritrea
Mies
Lague
Knox and Borah Lead Illinois Primary Delegates Clash
In Chicago Apr 16 AP report on the Republican presidential preferential primary results. Col Frank Knox carried 13 of 24 districts and Sen William Borah 12 based on incomplete returns. Of 49 district delegates, Knox leads 26 to Borah 24 in advice to vote. Eight at large delegates may follow statewide Knox support. total Knox 34 plus eight at large. One Knox district may yield only one delegate due to 1934 vote rule, potentially reducing Knox’s advised tally.
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Chicago
Col
Frank Knox
William E. Borah
Vietor Thellinois
Eigh
Knox
Borah
Republican National Committee
Bartholomew custody talks aim for private reunion
In Hollywood on April 16, lawyers for 12 year old Freddie Bartholomew and his aunt Myllicent Bartholomew moved toward a friendly custody settlement. Mrs Lillian Mae Bartholomew, Freddie’s mother, indicated she prefers a private reunion rather than a legal fight, and her attorney Leonard J Meyberg said they seek a meeting with the boy under proper circumstances.
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Hollywood
Freddie Bartholomew
Screen State
Myllicent Bartholomew
Lillian Mae Bartholomew
Net
Leonard J. Meyberg
Felix Cunningham
Daniel O
Murder Tale Declared False In Desert Slaying Confession
In San Antonio on April 16 authorities rejected Jerry Martins claim of robbing and killing four Illinois tourists in the New Mexico desert as false. Police prepared to file auto theft charges against him, noting his alias Morris Gordon Richardson. The sensational confession named Mr and Mrs George Lovius of East St Louis and Mr and Mrs Albert Hebercor of Du Quoin as victims.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jerry Martin
Illinois
New Mexico
Martin
Morris Gordon Richardson
George Lovius
East St. Louis
Albert Hebercor
Duquoin
Three Die As Clash Rages In Madrid Parade
In Madrid on April 16 a battle between Fascists and Communists near Castellana avenue left three dead and 40 wounded among mourners for the disgraced monarchist figure. Police and civil guards battled snipers as mounted troops cleared streets and the procession moved toward the cemetery stakes.
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Madrid
Red Cross
Miguel Prime de Rivera
Castellana Avenue
Department
Andre Sanez de Heredia
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Ilasio Reyes
Aredieut
Anaseivil Guard
Castellano Avenue
Spain
Bercerra Plaza
Threat to kidnap king’s children shocks Belgium
Liege police report a 31 year old ex convict Nicholas Elsen confessed to writing letters to King Leopold demanding about 132000 dollars and threatening to abduct the royal children unless money was left in the woods near the border. The king’s children Josephine Charlotte seven Baudoin three and Albert fourteen months are under tight guard.
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Brussels
Leopold
Liege
Belgium
Nicholas Elsen
Astrid
Josephine Charlotte
Baudoin
Albert
Twins Earn Identical Scholarship Test Grades
Findlay Ohio April 19 Twin brothers Fred and Je Flowers, who look very much alike, received identical grades in the state scholarship test for high school seniors. Each answered correctly 341 of 406 questions and sat on opposite sides of the room during the exam.
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Findlay
Fred
Je Flowers
Higher Wages Predicted For 1997 WPA Jobs
Washington April 36 UP Increased wages for 3 500 900 work relief personnel under the 1937 WPA program were forecast by labor congressmen. Rep Connery said Hopkins assured prevailing wages would be paid over a broader range, while Buchanan disputed free wage changes, noting current security levels would largely remain. The wage fight continues as lawmakers press for a 35 hour week and minimum wage measures amid relief funding debates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William P. Connery
Mass
House Labor Committee
Works Progress
Harry Hopkins
Connery
James P. Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Buchanan
House
PWA
Public Works Administration
Albert F. Beiter
N.Y
Ellenbogen
NRA
Appropriations Committee
Hopkins
Egyptian lifts sanctions on Italian products
Cairo reports an Egyptian ministerial order rescinds bans on several Italian goods, reversing sanctions previously imposed. The move reduces trade barriers and may ease bilateral economic tensions between Egypt and Italy.
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Cairo
API
Egypt
Rescue Efforts Continue For Trapped Miners At Moose River
A diamond drill was rushed from New Glasgow and set up today at the Moose River gold mine as rescuers pressed the effort to free three men trapped by a Sunday cave-in. The three believed imprisoned are Dr. D E Robertson, Herman R B Magill and Alfred Scadding, all of Toronto, on the 140 foot level.
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Moose River
N. S
New Glasgow
D. E. Robertson
Herman RB. Magill
Alfred Scadding
Toronto
Licensing Drivers Seen as Solution to Drunken Driving
Missouri officials and lawmakers discussed strict driver licensing to curb drunken driving. Dwight E. Brown said his office would cooperate with the highway department and patrols. Roy Hamlin urged state wide license laws, with Jefferson City officials including Hanes Knox Lane Stephens Ellis Rose Potter at the conference planning another meeting in two months.
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Dwight E. Brown
Secretary of State
Highway Department
State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Hamlin
Roy Hamlin
House
State Assembly
Jefferson City
C. 0. Hanes
Chamber of Commerce
William F. Knox
Carl H. Lane
Col
Hugh Stephens
Arthur W. Ellis
June BR. Rose
Jim Potter
Close vote forecast on Ritter impeachment trial
Washington April 16 An extremely close vote on guilt or innocence of Federal Judge Halsted L Ritter was indicated as the Senate entered its second day of deliberating charges of high crimes and misdemeanors. A sharp division of opinion was evident with a vote expected tomorrow on removal from office. The nervous jurist paced near a barred office as debate continued. Gypsy Quins Dead in Romania Quintuplets born to a Gypsy mother near Oranien died Authorities reported today.
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Washington
Halsted L. Ritter
Senate
Florida
Ritter
House
Reported Kills In Battle In Poland Amid Unrest
In Warsaw on April 1, reports say about twenty people were killed on both sides in a Liwow Lenmbberg street battle as unrest erupted during a funeral for two workers killed Tuesday. Unemployed protesters clashed with police, overturning streetcars used as barricades and disrupting communication with Lavon.
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Warsaw
Liwow
Lenmbberg
Lavon
Busch Heiress Daughter of Adolphus Busch Dies
Mrs Edward A Paust aged 61 and daughter of Adolphus Busch of St Louis died today in St Louis. She was married to a local capitalist and noted art collector.
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A. Busch
Sit. Louis
UPY
Edward A. Paust
Adolphus Busch
Louis
St. Louis
Labor Censures Talmadge Endorses Roosevelt in Georgia
In Columbus Georgia the Georgia Federation of Labor condemned Governor Eugene Talmadge for usurpation and dictatorship and endorsed President Franklin D Roosevelt for re election. In Washington the House passed the measure extending the life of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for two years from July 1 1936 sending the bill to the White House.
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Columbus
Georgia Federation of Labor
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Nll
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
House
Senate
Federal Deposit,insurance Corporation
White House
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