France to press resolution condemning German rearmament
The French delegation at the League of Nations signals it will push a resolution condemning Germany's Versailles treaty violations. Denmark and Poland oppose, with Argentina and Chile possibly dissenting. Also noted are anti German demonstrations in Pomorze and a Swiss move to appeal to The Hague over the Berthold Jacob kidnapping. The German government denies Swiss complicity.
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Associated Press
League of Nations Council
Germany
Denmark
Poland
Argentina
Chile
Geneva
Pomorze
Permanent Court of International Justice
The
Hague
Berthold Jacob
Switzerland
French Draft Reshapes League Debate on Germany
Geneva April 16 French foreign minister Pierre Laval announced plans to revive a draft resolution criticizing Germany’s armament and treaty repudiation. France hopes support from Britain Italy Russia Czechoslovakia Turkey Portugal and possibly Australia and Mexico, while Denmark Argentina Chile and Spain may withhold approval. The council session was delayed five hours to woo dissenters as Poland and Denmark oppose a strong condemnation. Hungary and Austria also face stalled rearma ment talks amid Danubian pact concerns.
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Geneva
Pierre Laval
League of Nations
Germany
Laval
Council
France
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Turkey
Portugal
Australia
Mexico
Denmark
Argentina
Chile
Spain
Poland
League
Weather Outlook Across States
Tennessee fair with frost in east and central portions tonight. Westportion warmer. Virginia fair with heavy frost in west and east tonight, and rising temperatures by Wednesday. Kentucky fair with frost in west, heavy to killing frost in east tonight.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Open Murder Trial for Virginia Convict Today
Thomas Cole Hart, recaptured escaped convict, goes on trial in Scott County circuit court for the murder of convict guard Alton Leonard during a Moccasin Gap escape on Sept. 15, 1932. Witnesses testified Leonard died from blunt instrument blows. Hart had been captured in New York and was serving an 18 year Norfolk sentence.
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Gate City
Thomas Cole Hart
Scott County
Alton Leonard
Moccasin Gap
W. H. Reed
Kingsport
Leonard
W. F. Smith, Jr
State Highway Road Force
Richmond
Hart
New York
Norfolk
C. E. Branson
Branson
Laura Ingalls Aims 15Hour Transcontinental Flight
Laura Ingalls roared away in a black mystery plane from Los Angeles to Floyd Bennett Field New York hoping to break Amelia Earhart's 17 hour 7 minute 30 second record. The 129 pound aviatrix and pilot carried coffee buttermilk and sandwiches aboard a $40 000 low wing monoplane for a 2447 mile nonstop dash with favorable weather reported along the Albuquerque Kansas City Cleveland route. Takeoff was at 5 10 am 8 10 am EST and the plan is to complete the coast to coast flight in about 15 hours.
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Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
Amelia Earhart
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Albuquerque
N. M
Kansas City
Cleveland
Middlewest
Miss Ingalls
Miss Earhart
Fear Outbreaks Corridor Poles Fear Outbreaks Corridor Poles
Reinforced police squads patrolled Pomorze in Poland as a precaution against renewed anti German rioting. Violent disorders left one Nazi dead and many wounded, with about 100 shops wrecked and windows smashed in German minority homes. A German official said the Reich government had made no decision on steps to take. The Polish government may seek a quick note of regret to avert protest.
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Dynia
Poland
Pomorze
Reich
Crisis Seen As Convicts Strike At Ohio Penitentiary
In Columbus on April 16 AP reports a crisis looms as about 1,000 convicts in the Ohio Penitentiary go on strike. Warden James C. Woodward seeks ringleaders and may appeal again for workers to resume their duties. The largely incarcerated group seeks faster action from the state board of paroles.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
James C. Woodward
Dust Storm Survey Led by Officials Amid Dust Bowl Haze
M L Wilson and Gov Alf Landon toured Colby Kansas as dust storms and haze spread across the dust bowl. Landon urged stronger listing of acres and higher per acre funding to aid farmers amid financial strain. Dust closed schools in Trinidad Colorado and covered Utah areas with fatalities reported nearby.
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Associated Press
M. L. Wilson
Alf Landon
Kansas
Colby
Kas
Landon
Trinidad
Colo
Utah
Basil Powell
Dalhart
Tex
Springfield
Baca County
Colorado
Red Cross
Name successor to ousted judge
Memphis April 16 The city commission was to name a temporary successor to City Judge Lewis T Fitzhugh who will not preside during the disposition of indictments accusing him of involvement in a fine remittance racket He said he would recuse himself temporarily accepting the suggested step by the Memphis and Shelby County bar judiciary committee He had just been arrested and posted bond on a contempt of court citation by county grand jury foreman J Thomas Well ford for allegedly showing contempt in court continuous until the end of the sentence.
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Memphis
City Commission
Lewis T. Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh
Judiciary Committee
Memphis and
Shelby County Bar Association
Fitzhu
New York Legislature Rejects Nudism Theater Plan
Albany April 16 AP the legislature approved an anti nudism bill in both houses and sent it to Gov Lehman for signature or veto The measure makes nude performances by opposite sex a misdemeanor and holds owners of properties hosting nudist shows liable The nudist play shown last night targets critics and guests ahead of tonight's public debut in New York City
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Albany
Theater Guild
Assembly
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Washington
Wallace Faces Farm Policy Firestorm Across Regions
Henry A Wallace contends with a national clash over AAA amendments as cotton manufacturers in the north oppose the plan, drought fears grow in the west, Governor Talmadge critiques the policy in the south, and congressional resistance rises. Chester Davis expects farmer support to shape the outcome amid calls to bring the dispute into the open. The Boston meeting threatens legal action over the processing tax seen as raising prices and harming the cotton industry.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Talmadge
Georgia
AAA
Wallace
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Boston
the National Cotton
Dynamite Blast Destroys Helenwood Tennessee Town
In Helenwood Scott county about 150 to 200 residents fled as dynamite and powder exploded near the C N O and T P railroad station. The blast wrecked stores and the Masonic hall while many homes were damaged and a fire spread from a residence to a warehouse storing explosives.
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Helenwood
Tenn
Scott County
Masonic Hall
Burdette Keeton
Huntsville
O'Connor
R. H. Cecil
Patrick Foster
H. B. Judd
Guthrie Grammar School PTA Campaigns Against Pinboard Machines
The Guthrie grammar school PTA in Memphis continues its drive to remove pinboard machines after alleging local businesses exploit children by gambling away lunch money. The Memphis PTA council will seek cooperation, with pinboard operators warned to pay out only in merchandise.
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Memphis
Tenn
Parent-Teacher Association
Guthrie Grammar School
Memphis P. T. A. Council
B. F. Legge
Guthrie P. T. A
Textile fight splits North and South over cotton tax
Southern mill owners applaud northern mills for fighting the cotton processing tax but criticize the sectional wage differential. Georgia mills report closures due to market conditions while Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Association officials urge legal action to repeal the tax. The American Cotton Manufacturers Association meets next week in Augusta, Ga., to state official views.
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Northern Mills
South
W. F. Caldwell
Associated Press
Atlanta
New England
Roosevelt
Wallace
North
T. M. Forbes
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Association
Georgia
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Secretary
Forbes
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Augusta
TVA names Frank Tousley as assistant general solicitor
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced the appointment of Frank Tousley of New York as its new assistant general solicitor. Tousley previously served as counsel for the Federal Alcohol Control Administration.
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Washington
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Frank Tousley
New York
Tousley
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Divorce Granted After Hen Attack Testimony
Mrs. Viola G. Beck testified that her husband struck her on the head with a setting hen, killed the hen and knocked her unconscious, then ordered her to cook the bird. District Judge Frank Dineen granted the divorce.
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Omaha
Viola G. Beck
Frank Dineen
Bonus bill redrafted for Senate ballot
Senator Harrison urges a compromise bonus bill with White House caution on presidential endorsement. President Roosevelt may speak if the bill reaches him. Senator Robinson's forecast of a Roosevelt message to the Senate did not materialize. The plan reportedly shifts bonus certificates maturity from 1945 to 1938, boosting current value.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Harrison
D-Miss
White House
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Japan's Rayon Boom Boosts Exports and Output
Japan's textile sector expands rayon production sharply, aiming to lead world output by 1935. First quarter output reaches 41 million pounds, a 54 percent rise from 1934, with 220 to 225 million pounds forecast for 1935 as new factories come on line. Exports of rayon textiles rise 43 percent to 32 million yen in Q1, placing rayon textiles third behind cotton goods and raw silk in exports.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Long strengthens his dictatorship in Louisiana session
In Baton Rouge on April 16, Huey P. Long moves to push more than twenty measures to centralize finances and control over local governments and federal funds. A measure would allow Long’s administration to name election commissioners and watchers. A parade by Socialists and Republicans occurred in Yauco, Puerto Rico.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
National Guard
East Baton Rouge Parish
State Supreme Court
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Yauco
Senators Demand Drastic Economies In State Government
Nashville April 16 Senator George H Cate and two colleagues pressed for sweeping cuts after charging Central State Hospital under the department of institutions shows mismanagement. Auditors faulted supply practices and alleged large private use of coal and feed for chickens. Todd cited costly auto purchases and a large deficit, while Atchley urged tighter contracts on state produced goods and questioned prison coal profits and abuses in the mining system.
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Nashville
George H. Cate
Davidson
Central State Hospital
Senate
Cate
Department of Institutions
Insane Persons Committee
John R. Todd
Sullivan
Department of Finance and Taxation
Todd
Funding Board
Finance Department
Fake photograph extortion plot against heiress exposed
New York April 16 A third man linked to faked photograph extortion plots against Doris Duke and Mrs George Harris was hunted as two suspects were captured. Police say the scheme used a marked bill to meet a $5000 demand and a type writer connected to the extortion attempt was sought.
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New York
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
George Upham Harris
Harris
New Jersey
Arthur Udisse
Dominick Pilotti
Cromwell
Miss Duke
Department of Justice
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Wallace Stubborn
Ouch
Sen. Harrison
By Glenn Babb
Count Haugwitz
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Reno
Nev
Kurt Haugwitz
Prince Mdivani
Louisiana
J. Arthur Atchley
Knox
Brushy Mountain
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McAlister
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