Political trend seen in results week activity
Washington March 11 Roosevelt gains in New Hampshire boost his candidacy while Minnesota delegates move ahead. Hoover backers push to place delegates in Ohio May 10 as Republicans avoid risky primaries in North Dakota and Illinois. Roosevelt faces North Dakota challenge from Alfalfa Bill Murray and Garner in Congress while Smith campaigns in multiple states. Delegates stand 48 for Roosevelt, 22 for Murray, 20 uninstructed. Minnesota bolting hints at broader party tensions.
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Washington
Mar
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Alfred E. Smith
New England
Smith
Minnesota
Ohio
North Dakota
Ilinois
Calvin Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Murray
Albert C. Ritchie
John N. Garner
Congress
Pennsylvania
California
Massachusetts
Curley
Boston
Louisiana
Chicago
Happe
New Jersey GOP Endorses Hoover but Calls for 18th Amendment Repeal
The New Jersey state Republican committee formally endorses President Hoover for re nomination while directing delegates to campaign for repeal of the 18th amendment. The notice appears in Washington on March 11 with continuation on page six.
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Washington
Hoover
New Jersey State Republican Committee
Chinese Reject Jap Peace Terms and League Approves Plan
Shanghai reports say Chinese refuse any settlement not demanding unconditional Japanese and Chinese troop withdrawal from Shanghai. Both sides accept League resolution of March 4, but no peace talks begin. Chinese troops occupy American Episcopal church property at Changshu and Kunshan, repurposing buildings as rice stores. missionaries seek evacuation via the U.S. consulate.
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League
Shanghai
League of Nations
Church
American Episcopal Church
Changshu
Soochow
Kunshan
Ghangbai-Nanking
United States
Explosion at Camden gas plant claims 15th victim
In Camden New Jersey the death toll from the Public Service Gas Company purifying box explosion rose to 15 with the death of Spire Cechic a 37 year old critically injured worker who died last night.
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Camden
N. J
Public Service Gas Company
Spire Cechic
Signs of improvement in hoarding and finance around Washington
Hoarding declined by 39 million dollars in a week while national bank failures dropped to two in three weeks, the fewest in two years. Gold stocks rose 12 million, treasury certificates were oversubscribed, and loans to brokers jumped 57 million as stock activity increased.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
League of Nations approves three point Sino Japanese plan
The League of Nations adopted a three point settlement plan for the Sino Japanese dispute on March 11 but delayed formal adoption until Japanese and Chinese delegates receive government instructions. The plan rejects resolving disputes by military pressure and aims to evacuate Japanese forces while expanding the assembly’s role.
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Geneva
Mar
League of Nations Assembly
League
China
John Simon
Naotake Sato
W. W. Yen
Dual Execution Ends Alabama Train Robbery Case
In Montgomery Alabama on March 11 two Black men Isaac Mims and Percy Irvin were executed at Kilby Prison after midnight for murder and robbery linked to a freight train hold up near Fort Deposit last March. Irvin marked the first robbery death sentence to be carried out in Alabama by electrocution. Another accomplice Robert Strickland was later commuted and a fourth suspect remains at large.
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Isaac Mims
Percy Irvin
Kilby
Nims
John Clark
Montgomery
Fort Deposit
Ala
Irvin
Alabama
Clark
Robert Strickland
Winter grips nation as cold persists and ships face peril
Temperatures plunged nationwide with New York at 15 above and a Buffalo merchant dead amid a second March blizzard. Offshore, vessels battled ice as the H. F. De Bardeleben sank 500 miles off Poston and Harburg waited rudderless near Nova Scotia. Coast guardsmen remain missing after the patrol craft 218 incident.
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Atlantic
H. F. de Bardeleben
Poston
Harburg
Nova Scotia
Foundation Franklin
Delaware Capes
Lake Fiie
New York City
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Houston
Texas
Snow falls across four southern states and Louisiana sugar crop
Snow blanketed parts of Louisiana Arkansas and Texas with a light New Orleans blizzard not seen since 1929. Corpus Christi Houston Port Arthur and Austin reported snow while forecasts predicted more snow in the south Atlantic states as the sugar cane crop in Louisiana faced potential damage.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Houston
Port Arthur
Austin
Tex
South Atlantic
Louisi
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Snow and colder air spread across Tennessee with snow in the east and central areas and colder conditions in the southwest tonight. Virginia expects increasing clouds and snow in the south tonight with coastal rain or snow and interior snow, milder in the south and far west.
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Tennessee
Virginia
South
Dirigible Akron Gains Approval
Washington March 11 The house naval committee approved a report finding no poor workmanship or faulty material in the airship Akron. The sub committee noted any issues were corrected before completion and the ship met required standards.
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House Naval Committee of
House Naval Committee
Lindbergh kidnapping bulletin outlines early leads
Trenton New Jersey March 11 first bulletin under new police procedure signed by Col Norman Schwarzkopf reports John Norman Prett arrested in Miami for questioning but claims no link to Lindbergh household. Investigators review ladder connection to Skillman construction and survey farms on Pennington and Princeton roads for suspicious activity with no findings yet.
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Trenton
N. J
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
State Police
John Norman Prett
Miami
Lindbergh
Skillman
Pennington and
Princeton Road
King's Grandson Weds Commoner in London Registry
Prince Lennart, grandson of King Gustav of Sweden, marries Karin Nissvandt, a Stockholm businessman's daughter, at a London registry office after Sweden refused consent. He renounces succession rights to wed a commoner. they will reside in Switzerland and he plans to cattle raise.
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London
Prince Lennart
Gustav
Sweden
Karin Nissvandt
Stockholm
Marie
Russia
New York
Switzerland
Three Against One Is Lineup for German Presidency
Berlin reports a four-way race for the German presidency with Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg seeking a second term against Adolf Hitler, Ernst Thaelmann, and Theodore Duesterberg. Voters weigh preservation of the past versus a new order as campaigns intensify.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Paul von Beneckendorff
Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
Ernst Thaelmann
Germany
Soviet Union
Theodore Duesterberg
Steel Helmet
Thaelmann
Duesterberg
von Hindenberg
Hitler
Reichstag
Hamburg
von Hindenburg
Wilhelm Marx
Police questions go unanswered in Lindbergh case
Fourteen reporter questions on the Lindbergh kidnapping were not answered as Col. H Norman Schwartzkopf said daily questionnaires would end. The queries covered bloodhounds search methods and whether footprints by kidnappers could be traced, with focus on the vicinity of the Lindbergh home and surrounding woods.
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Trenton
Mar
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Hopewell
Lindberghs
Lindbergh Home
Lindbergh
Police end Lindbergh case questionnaires in favor of twice daily bulletins
New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col H Norman Schwarzkopf announced the force will stop answering written questionnaires on the Lindbergh kidnapping case. From Hopewell, bulletins will be issued daily at 11 am and 10 pm with prompt updates as definite information develops.
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William Cusack
Chicago Detective Bureau
New Jersey
Trenton
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Chicago
Cusack
Hopewell
N. J
Mar. IL
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Lindbergh
Schwarzkopf
Col. Schwarzkopf
Col Schwarzkopf
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