Bomb Attacks Seen As Error By Insurgents
Insurgent forces on Mallorca admit a possible mistaken identity caused two aerial bombings of British ships. The Gallant and the Shropshire were targeted but marked ships avoided damage after Spanish commander Ramon Franco promised to check markings before dropping bombs. Fighting near Bilbao and Cordoba continues as international tension eases slightly.
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Ondon
UPI
Bouearis
Maderna
Hl. M.S. Cailont
Spain
Garland
Mallorca
Getler
Attecker Tro Crant
L Franco
Ramon Franco
Francisco Franco
Palma
iMy
Associated Press
Bilbao
Cordoba
Villabarta
Balearic
Gerland
Chuaser Shropshire
Britain
Galant
Anta Elise
Russia
France
Paris
Troona
M Nowever
Path II
Bitbso
Warazar Pass
Durango
Vitoris
Sudan
Villahart
Cordoba-Ponarroy
Avila Provines
Madrid
Cebreros
Mayor McSpadden’s Farm Expansion Move Sparks City Debate
Ray McSpadden, elected last year, shifts to move his farm a mile from town and seeks to extend city limits to include it. Critics deride the plan while he remains mayor.
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van Buren
Ray McSpadden
Ananimens
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Nearby States
Mostly cloudy and somewhat colder with showers in the northeast portion. West portion fair with rising temperatures. Kentucky expects cloudy and slightly colder conditions with rain tonight and fair Friday. Virginia shows showers tonight, warmer Friday in the east, cooler in the west, with colder conditions Friday.
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Kentucky
Varginia
Waymer
Bextreme
Dentist to Serve 16 Year Sentence in Girl Murder
Charlottesville April 8. Dr. Richard G Miller a 53 year old dentist was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the chloroform death of Cleo Sprouse an 18 year old high school girl. The case featured a dramatic courtroom scene as his wife pleaded for leniency and a letter was read. Commonwealth's Attorney W Fife said records showed multiple meetings with Sprouse across 1935 1936 and 1937 with only one $5 payment for dental services rendering a skewed relationship and motive.
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Charlottesville
Lemuel Smith
Richard G. Miller
Cleo Sprouse
Smith
Dr. Miller
Lucy
R. Miler
Virginia
Priso
Commonwealth
W. ©. Fife
Cleo
German Press Compliments Hall on Trade Efforts
Berlin reports that the Diplomatic Correspondent of the German Foreign Office praised Cordell Hull for his work in restoring world trade. The article notes Hull’s important declarations show strong engagement with foreign trade issues and receive broad approval.
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Berlin
Diplomatische Korresponder
German Foreign Office
Cordell] Hall
United States
Hull
Deaths Junior Whited L Ter Va
Junior Whited 12 year old son of Mrs Major Whited died Tuesday after illness from influenza A followed by spinal meningitis. He leaves his mother one brother and several sisters.
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Junior Whited
Major Whited
Hughes Fights to End Hearing on Court Plan
Senator Hughes predicts defeat in his bid to end sea rch hearings on the court reorganization bill. He says minds on the judiciary committee are made up and repeating testimony serves no purpose. The Senate weighs the Summers bill to let the attorney general intervene in private suits challenging federal laws as part of the President's program.
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Hughes
Washington
D-Del
Searce
Judiciary Committee
van Nuys
D-Ind
House
Sumners
Supreme Court
Administration
Senate
Burke
D-Ned
Senate Committee
J. S Manning
Raleigh
N. C
Manning
MURDERS DEVELOP GHOULISH ANGLES IN EASTER TRIPLE KILLING
New York April 8 police probe Easter triple murder in a Beekman Hill apartment. Investigators consider a death mask fashioned from plaster of Veronica Gedeon and husband, as clues point to sculptor suspect Robert Irwin. Grains of plaster and a dirty washcloth found, adhesive plaster on Ronnie’s neck, box of salt left behind.
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New York
Beekman Hill
Veronica Gedeon
Pennsylvania
Robert Irwin
Stroudsburg
Alexander Ettlart Supply
Deaser
Irwin
Etti
Ronnie
Mary
Frank Byrnes
Gedeon
McCoig Walks Calmly to Chair for Murder
Gus Life McCoig, a 22 year old escapee who robbed two banks and murdered Sheriff L B Hutchison of Union County, was executed at dawn. Chaplain Pickens Johnson read the 23rd Psalm as McCoig, smiling yet nervous, faced the electric chair at 5 22 A M. He told reporters he was ready to die but not sure if he killed the sheriff. Dean and Hopson also faced death sentences later commuted to 89 years for been part of the robbery. The condemned spent final hours smoking and pacing, with Negro quartet singing spirituals before the end.
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Nashville
Tenn
Gus Lfe- Coig
Dexpertdo
East Tennessee
Pickens Johnson
McCoig
L. B. Hutchison
Union County
Pete Dean
Frank Hopson
Tazer Well
Hopson
Dean
Hutchison
Maynarisville
State Supreme Court
Browning
Slay ers Among Seventeen Negroes Escape Duval Jail
Seventeen Black inmates including five killers escaped Duval county jail in Jacksonville on April 8. Police rapidly closed on hideouts while Chief Deputy Sheriff Bohon reported recaptures and identified possible locations for James Tyler. Several escapees had been tied to the Surrency murder during a Thanksgiving holdup. The jail, crowded and under reconstruction, used a board and window brace as a makeshift bridge for the escape.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County
R. L. Bohon Gard
Alvin Baker
James Tyler
Bohon
Baker
Tyler
John H. Surrency
Clyde Hysler
Hysler
McKinzie
Walter Williams
Dias Joe Simms
Preston McDonald
Bolton
Smuggling Blamed for Poor Working Conditions in China
Washington reports at the International Textile Conference that unscrupulous foreign nationals smuggling goods into China suppress workers' conditions. Chinese delegate T Ing cites tariff constraints and foreign dumping, claiming China loses over 1 million dollars weekly in uncollected duties. C H Fan adds that about 4% of 506,000 textile workers are foreigners, mostly Japanese, evading Chinese and their own labor laws.
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China
Washington
International Textile Conference Today
T. Ing
Constance
Ing
C. H. Fan
No Man’s Land
Employee Walk Out Threat Clouds Ford Strike
The United Automobile Workers press to unionize Ford Motor Company’s 150000 workers as Henry Ford spurns unions saying he will never recognize the UAW or any union. Ford maintains a policy of “cessations of activities” at select plants while committing to open shop ideals. The article outlines Ford’s global empire and market reach across dozens of cities and countries with Dearborn and River Rouge as hubs.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Henry Ford
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Chrysler Corporation
Ford
Ways
St. Louis
United Automobile Workers' Union
Kansas City
Lewis
United States
Dearborn
River Rouge
Ford Empire
England
Ireland
Holland
Belgium
France
Turkey
Greece
Spain
Italy
Romania
Portugal
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Canal Zone
Brazil
Cuba
Mexico
Uruguay
Chile
China
India
Egypt
Japan
South Africa
Australia
Russia
Soviet Union
General Motors of Canada, Ltd
Iheshawa
Ont
Ways, Ga
Ball Donates Stock to George and Frances Ball Foundation
George A. Ball a Muncie millionaire donates his entire Midamerica Corporation common stock holdings to the George and Frances Ball Foundation. The foundation was incorporated March 22 at Indianapolis with incorporators including Ball his wife Frances Ball daughter Elizabeth W. Ball and others. Ball State Teachers College president Lemuel A. Pittenger was named on the board for three years and Leland Rex Robinson for two. The announcement gave no detail on fund use. the foundation’s purposes are religious educational and charitable.
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Muncie
Ind
George A. Ball
George
Lemuel A. Pittenger
Ball State Teachers College
Ball
Robinson
Pittenger
Gertrude Barrett
Banks Get Call for Conditions
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all National banks at close of business March 31. The Federal Reserve Board called for condition of more than 6,000 member banks on the same date. The FDIC issued only two calls a year and did not join the others. The last call results were compiled on December 31.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Lie Comptroller
Cal
Reserve System
Federal Deposit Disveauce Corporation
Tornado kills, cripples village near Brundidge Alabama
A tornado struck a lumber mill village south of Troy Alabama damaging Brundidge and surrounding farms. Four dead were reported by Highway Patrolman Will Tatum with dozens injured and many houses leveled. Telephone lines were down hampering casualty tallies as hospitals in Troy treated victims.
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Troy
Ala
Here
Southland
Will Tatum
Montgormory
Walter Br. McAdory
Alabama Highway Patrol
Tatum
McAdory
Brundidge
Banks
Fred Crowley
Justice of the Peace
L. A. Ray
Mill Village
Ray
Strike Called For 3700 Workers In Canada
A general strike by 3700 General Motors of Canada employees in Oshawa Ontario followed failed negotiations with local management. Picket lines formed after the walkout as the union seeks recognition. The company refused to sign the Detroit agreement while bargaining on hours and wages continues.
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Oshawa
Ajl
Generalliotors
Canada
Hugh Thompson
Detroit
CLO
General Motors of
C. H. Millard
United States
Windsor
United Automobile Workers’ Union
John L. Lewis
Committee of Industrial Organization
Ford
George H. Earle
Vania
Dauphin County
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Royal
General Motors
Lewis
U. A
We Ao
Chrysler Corporation
Con Frank Murphy
Lansing
Hudson Motor Car Company
Tssutspot Gealt
Rom Motor Car Company
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Frank H. Sumner
Senate Judiciary Committee
New York University, School of Law
Hall
Tiny Baby
Henry Johnston
Oma
Albia
Strappe
George Ball
Midamerica
South
Alabama
Texas
South Alabama
Lebanon
Ohio
Albert Price
L. F. Tufts
Price
Knoxville
Hiss Margaret May
Beaumont
Knosxville
Las Ceeles
Batsell Ba
David Lipsear
Baxter
California
Scool
Athens
City Board of Education
C, C Hoback
Rcaliac
Delmon Cuirat
Sec Tury
United Automobiite Workers Jacal
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