FIERCE FIGHT FOR TORTOSA SHIFTS IN SPAIN
Spanish Civil War dispatches report a third day of heavy fighting for Tortosa as Franco’s insurgents press a sea coast drive toward the Ebro delta town. Government forces counter attacked during the night, recapturing positions, while Franco’s artillery blocks the Barcelona to Valencia corridor. New Catalan resistance and cabinet reshuffles mark a volatile day in Madrid as Negrin sacks Prieto and tightens government control. The article also notes the death of a judge’s father in Prestonsburg.
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Hendaye
France
Tortosa
Ebro
Franco
Mediterranean
Alcaniz
Gandesa
Irun
Barcelona
Spain
Valencia
Madrid
Burgos
Catalonia
Lerida
Segre
Embre
Antonio Mola
Emilio Mola
Bilbao
Teres
Luis Vernillo Berger
Weather outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Weather: Rain tonight and Thursday across East Tennessee and Kentucky, with showers in Virginia. East regions warm, West portions colder tonight and much colder Thursday. Virginia and Tennessee see slight warmth tonight, while Kentucky turns colder in the West.
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West
Kentucky
Virginia
Seven Men Die In Fire At West Morilson Hotel Center
CHICAGO April 6 Seven men burned to death as flames swept the four story Hotel Center during a blizzard. Thirty guests and many women were led to safety by firemen, while three others including a fireman were burned. Investigators blamed spontaneous combustion from stored paints oils and rags in a room.
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Chicago
West Morilson Street
Felix Soukus
Joseph Bento
Henry Berndt
Edward Hass
Thuren Olson
Michael Corrigan
Bari Lyons
Squaid
Madigan Street
Michael Cody
First Division
Moneshall
Weat End
Venus
Berndt
Mounting relief figure
Mounting relief costs revive talk among administration officials of a huge new public works program to prime industrial pumps and provide direct employment to thousands. A deficit in employment hinges on better business conditions and President Roosevelt may need to boost relief funding beyond last year’s 1.75 billion. The fiscal year ends June 30 and January projections suggested up to a billionaire deficit for 1928 39. Continued discussion notes lacking clear business improvement through spring.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Roosevelt
Congress
Relef
Industrial leaders press for lower freight rates in South
Industrial leaders and rate experts prepared to present before Interstate Commerce Commission in Birmingham as part of a southern campaign against freight rate discriminations. Gov Bibb Graves, chair of a southeastern governors conference, said the drive aims to aid both Southern manufacturers and Northern consumers for national trade growth. The dispute centers on differential freight charges affecting development.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPL
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bibb Graves
Southeastern Governors' Conference
Montgomery
South
Graves
Chicago
Burman Ends Mississippi Run With Blow For A Landing
William Burman, famed for river books, ends five year tenure with his latest novel Blow For A Landing about shantyboat life on the Mississippi. He mocks the old river label, saying there is no Old Man River except on Broadway and in Hollywood, and notes the cycle's completion after a decade of river conscience work.
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William
White
New York
Ben Lucien Burman
Mississippi
Old Man River
Broadway
Hollywood
Burman
Morocco
River flood breaks levee near Para gould Arkansas
The St Francis river rose after recent storms and breached a levee at Deménts bridge during the night. Two hundred feet of the Arkansas side levee failed two miles north of Bertig and ten miles east of Paragould, inundating several thousand acres of farm land with no reported casualties.
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Paragould
Ark
St. Francis River
Deménts Bridge
Arkansas
Bertig, Ack
Nation observes Army Day amid peace time buildup
Army Day marked nationwide with parades and military displays as 12 000 troops and civilians participate in Washington. President Roosevelt plans a parade review while Congress debates a $489 million Army appropriation and a $6150 million Navy package, signaling intensified national defense efforts amid global tensions.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Spain
China
Senate
War Department
House
Woodring
Storms lash out in western area
Winter weather hit the middle west with heavy snow up to a foot deep in many places. Chicago grounded all airplanes and traffic was crippled as storms extended from Wyoming to the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Forecaster J R Lloyd warned continued heavy snow in northern Illinois and Iowa and southern Wisconsin with rain turning to snow in parts, including Boston's 25 degree cold.
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Chicago
Middle West
Wyoming
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Boston
J. R. Lloyd
Government Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Kansas
Japanese Invasion Effects Hit Shanghai Trade Hard
Reports from Shanghai on April 6 note sharp slumps in foreign firm trade and widespread impairment of Japanese business in occupied areas. American tobacco firms struggle as factories warehouses and stocks are disrupted and the central government limits foreign exchange. Oil trade also wanes amid talk of a possible Japanese oil monopoly in Manchoukuo. Concurrent battles near Taierchwang and Tsierchwang show heavy fighting as Japanese push toward the Lunghai line and Suchen, with pillbox resistance and clashes around Che Foo.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Lunghsi
Manchoukuo
Genn. Lit
Sung-Jen
Suchow
Tsierchwang
Taierchwang
Fraud Fund Used for Pope Defeat in Tennessee Trial
Counsel for E. L. Pardue and R. L. Stockard said they would call more witnesses as the trial entered its eighth day. Stockard testified he paid over $15,000 from 1934 to 1936 to aid FB. S. Strickland and to protect a coal contract at Brushy Mountain prison. He explained the funds supported campaign efforts and blocked legislation on county-made produce, under an ongoing arrangement with Strickland.
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Nashville
E. L. Pardue
R. L. Stockard
Stockard
FB. S. Strickland
Brushy Mountain Prison
Strick
Revision measure at crucial stage in Congress
Washington April 6 The House stalled over a government reorganization bill as leaders plan to strike the enacting clause to force a test of strength against concessions. Rep Boland predicted broad Democratic support though the outcome hinges on administration opposition and proposed overrides.
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Washington
House
Nant
Senate
House of Representatives
O'Connor
D-Ny
Boland
D-Pa
Education Bureau
Interior Department
Veterans Administration
Congress
Eleanor Patterson
The
Washington Herald
Roosevelt
Rise From Bottom To Top In American Steel, Fairless Takes Helm
April 6 New York Benjamin F Fairless wore overalls and dirt on hands as he begins his first full day as top executive of United States Steel Corporation the worlds largest steel maker valued at 2600000000. The move marks a major shift in industry leadership.
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New York
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Fraud Inquiry Hits Sullivan Primary Controversy
Washington April 6 reports a political scandal tied to poll tax receipt fraud during the Sullivan primary. President Garner faced hurdles naming five Senate members for a TVA investigation committee as Republicans push for Senator Bridges to join, citing impartiality concerns.
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Washington
Vicw
Garner
TVA
Bridges
N. H.bridges
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Congressional Committee
McNary
Oregon
Borah
Idaho
Blum Gets Power In Chamber Vote
ParisApril 6 Premier Cedi Blum won a 310 to 245 vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies on his demand for decree powers over finance and emergency powers until July 1 to meet France financial difficulties The opposition led by former Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin called his program a Roosevelt like experiment and warned the American approach must prove its merit
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Paris
Cedi Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Blum
People's Front
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Roosevelt
Chamber
Kentucky Pushes Legislative Bills in Special Session
In Frankfort Kentucky lawmakers push through bills with four days remaining in the special session. An amendment to permit limited Sunday beer sales in Jefferson Kenton Campbell Boyd Fayette and McCracken counties from 1 pm to midnight would accompany a bill banning Sunday whisky sales statewide. The House also sent Senate measures reducing the redemption period for tax sales from five to three years and imposing a 10 cent tax on each $100 of credit extended by brokers in marginal stock and bond deals.
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Frankfort
Kentucky House
Senate
House
Jefferson
Kenton
Campbell
Boyd
Fayette
McCracken
Manhunt for Slayers of Nancy Frome and Mother
A manhunt stretched across the southwest for the killers of Nancy Frome of Berkeley California and her mother who were found beaten to death near Van Horn Texas. Authorities suspect abduction and slaying after the women stopped to get a tire while en route to South Carolina by automobile.
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Southwest
Nancy Frome
Berkeley
Cal
Lonely Wild
van Horn
Tex
Miss Frome
South Carolina
Central Press
Rewards Offered In Torture Crime In El Paso
El Paso on April 6 reports a coordinated effort to solve the robbery and torture slayings of Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her daughter Nancy. A central information bureau is set up, Sheriff Chris Fox oversees records, and six suspects are questioned across three states amid $2000 rewards. Search continues in sage country for missing items. victims’ bodies were found near Van Horn.
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EL Paso
Tex
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
Central Bureau of Information
Chris Fox
van Horn
Albert Anderson
Sage Country
New Wages Hour Measure Offered
Washington April 6 a house labor sub committees recommended a revised wage hour bill with a graduated minimum wage and work week from 40 to 48 hours. The plan creates a five member independent board to administer provisions with president powers to route reports through any executive department head.
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Washington
Ya House
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Trustee Finds 2000 Receipts Were Illegal
A Sullivan County political scandal emerges as 2000 forged poll tax receipts are linked to the Democratic primary. Trustee H P Richards cites forged documents across Kingsport Bristol and rural areas, possibly affecting over 7000 votes. Eight county seats headline a August general election with 20 candidates.
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Sullivan County
Qrose
H. P. Richards
Richards
Kingsport
Bristol
King Printing Company
BE. M. Cross
T. L. Holt
Blountville
T. N. Orr
T. W. Erwin
White House Backing Seen For Candidates In Future
Washington April 6 Evidences of White House interest in Democratic primary races suggest administration support may help reelection bids. The piece notes Barkley in Kentucky facing Gov Chandler, with Roosevelt recently expressing favorable sentiment toward Barkley to Kentuckians, signaling possible White House backing for some incumbents.
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White House
John M. Hightfower
Washington
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Fla
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