Broker Admits Theft Charges In Confession
Richard Whitney a former New York Stock Exchange president pleaded guilty to grand larceny in a $105,000 theft from a trust fund. He acknowledged guilt and said a penalty is due. sentence scheduled within two weeks. A second indictment accuses him of stealing $169,000 in securities from the New York Yacht Club where he was treasurer. Whitney may face 6 to 10 years if convicted on the first count.
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New York
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Richard Whitney & Co
Tara
Shem Usi
Whitney
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas E. Dewey
Clvic
John J. Bennett, Jr
Sheldon
On Whitney
Aitarney General
Witney
Bennet
Income Tax Clerks Get Laugh In Report
Louisville March 14 Busy federal income tax clerks are amused by a jittery report from a man whose income tax assessment was 7.40 dollars He says his salary was 400 a month and that his job has been taken by Somebody A year the bank took his home his wife kept her jewelry and he has only health and education left He offers to work out the bill in your Aepa.
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Louisville
Jo Man
Weather Across Regions Shows Clouds and Rain
Weather notes from Stowees Tennessee and surrounding states describe cloudy skies tonight with possible showers and cold conditions. Tuesday brings rain and colder conditions in Virginia with generally fair weather and rain on the coast. Kentucky remains cloudy and colder with rain in the eastern portion, Tuesday likely rain and colder in the southeast.
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Stowees
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Fordcit
Portiut
Insurgents Seize Alcaniz as Spanish Civil War advances
Spanish insurgent troops entered Alcaniz near the Mediterranean coast, driving the government line back toward Tarragona province and pushing toward the Cast border. Caspe was also reported captured with war material and prisons seized. Alcaniz became a major military center for government forces in the north after the advance.
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Hendaye
France
Alcaniz
Mediterranean
Military Sevices
Aragon
Tarragong
Mascon Raimundo
Caspe
Canada
Close Range Duel Claims Two Lives
In Lexington, two World War II veterans died after a Sunday gun battle that began when H. M. Littrell of Albany warned Leslie Farmer of Sun dy Gap not to park on the highway. A stray bullet struck Oliver Gasser, and two bystanders were jailed on drunkenness charges.
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Somerset
H. MM
Mose
Littrell
Albany
Lexington
Leslie Farmer
Short Creek
Kciens
Highway Patrol
Farmer
Sundy Gap
Here
Oliver Gasser
Irvine
Gasser
Hollis Owens
Russell County
James M. Beaty
Sterilization For Diseased People in State Discussed
MEMPHIS March 14 P Dis Hissin c of syphilis control and stabilization at the unfit held the attention of the Tennessee centers of social work today. W C William of Nashville commissioner of public health described syphilis relationship to indecency problem of dependancy medical cure, etc. He urged early diagnostic and adequate treatment facilities for prevention of these tragedies. Dr William B Cole challenged social workers to curb reproduction among the inferior and seek development of the normal and superior. He said the answer should rest with social workers and educational leaders not lawyers and legislators.
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Memphis
Dis Hissin
Tennessee
Pe W. C. Willian
Nashville
William B. Cole
Knonville
Cole
Norris to back Senate inquiry of TVA tactics
Senator Norris of Nebraska agreed to back a Senate inquiry into TVA tactics, dropping a push for a federal trade commission probe and uniting his resolution with Senator Bridges. Norris planned to introduce the combined measure immediately as Berry denies TVA lease implications with marble land.
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Senate
TVA
Washington
Ind
Neb
Federal Trade Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bridges
RNH
Trade Commission
Berry
D.-Tenn
Tennessee Valjes
United States
Tennessee Valley
Worris
Assembly Leaves Bills Unfinished In 1938 Session
Richmond Va March 14 The 1938 Virginia General Assembly closed with key enactments including old age assistance a nine hour workday for many women and raises for schools judiciary funding and retirement pay but left unresolved areas like jail reform highways redistricting labor industrial relations school official selection and game conservation The session ran late as lawmakers adopted a $220000 judiciary funding measure and approved Senate budget amendments prompting continuation notes.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Suny
Senate
House
Evangelist Freed After Murder Charge in Carolina
In Danbury North Carolina Maren Sisk an Oklahoma evangelist faced a murder charge in the 1903 killing of Sam Lawson. Justice James L. Moore freed Sisk after witnesses testified the man they pursued was not the preacher. An explanatory note from State’s Attorney R J Scott cited hardship and questioned relief limits.
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Danbury
N.C
Maren
Res
L. W
Justice of the Peace
James L. Moore
Sisk
Tuat
Sam Lawson
Bob Lawson
A. T. Law
Oklahoma
R. J. Scott
North Dakota
Hulls Confident Trade Pact Promotes Peace Aid
Secretary Hull reaffirmed belief in the trade agreement program and warned that abandoning it would revive economic warfare and increase global tensions. In a letter to 15 New England congressmen he said suspending negotiations would halt progress toward mutually profitable trade and slow peace efforts worldwide.
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Washington
Hull
New England
Byers Held in Woman’s Death in Alabama
Brad Byers, a discharged personal attendant for Dr. R. H. Barn, surrendered to Sheriff G. Mitchell in Fayette County and is charged with killing Belle Barnes, a 42 year old invalid planter. Barnes was shot three times as she entered a room where Byers once worked. An autopsy confirms bullets in neck and hand. a .42-20 caliber pistol was found nearby. The scene suggests a brief struggle before the attack.
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Winfield
Ala
H. M. Covel
Brad Byers
R. H. Barn
Belle Barnes
S G. Mitchell
Fayette County
Couch
Barnes
Byers
Senate panel backs major overhaul of tax revision
Washington March 14 Proposals for a thorough overhaul of the administration tax revision bill gained strong support in the Senate finance committee. Treasury experts were called as changes likely to counter administration opposition were discussed. The House already knocked out a surtax on closely held corporations and inserted a 4 tariff tax on pork. Conservatives and administration forces are expected to clash over how far to modify the tax plan with aims to stimulate business.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
House
Harrison D d
Nance Committee
Harrison
LaFollette Pro-Wisd
Administration
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Vinson warns against forcing disarmament talks now
Chairman Vinson of the house naval committee urged Congress not to compel a disarmament conference as the United States debates a 46 ship, 22 auxiliary, and 950 aircraft naval expansion bill. He said limiting armaments could aid world peace but a conference now would likely fail. He defended the plan as essential to national security, denied secret British understandings, and urged Roosevelt to pursue arms limitation when conditions are right.
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Washington
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Hill
Tax bill deemed insufficient for revenue needs in House
Washington reports secretary of the treasury Roswell McGill told the senate finance committee the sion bill as passed by the House would not provide enough revenue. Also, Senator Melktellar urged creation of an additional judgeship for the Eastern and Middle Tennessee districts to serve both areas. A Nashville woman, Mrs Andrew Robinson, was killed by a fast passenger train and her three year old baby was injured at a railroad crossing.
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Washington
Roswell McGill
Andée
the Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
Melktellar
Tennessee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tincred
Andrew Robinson
Nashville
Britain warns Germany of rear-ment plans in Vienna rally
Adolf Hitler rode into Vienna amid a frenzied crowd of about a million as he declared the German Reich inviolable. He promised speaks tomorrow from heroes’ square while top Nazi leaders including Himmler Ribbentrop and Papen joined the triumphal motor procession amid chants of Deutschland Ueber Alles. Demonstrations lasted hours as the city celebrated the Anschluss.
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Adolf Hitler
Fuschrer
Hitler
Koenigsburg
Hamburg
Reichmanthem
Horst Wessels
Hiller
Heinreich Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Franz Vor Papen
Berlin
Viktor Liutze
Fuehrer
S.A
S.S
S.4
Munich
Tulius Streicher
Reich
Nenbaiter
Linz
Freedom effort fails for Capone
Washington reports that Al Capone, former Chicago gang leader, failed in a Supreme Court bid to avoid serving a one year Cook county jail term after his 10 year Alcatraz sentence. The Court refused to interfere with the Seventh Circuit's ruling. Capone argued double jeopardy but his petition was denied as justices consider a 1935 act regulating public utility holding companies.
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Washington
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
Supreme Court
Cook County
Alcatraz
High Court
Capone
Elrcurt Court of Appeals
Abraham Teitelebaum
Ume
Aligime
Wnitl
Noted Lawyer Passes After World-Wide Defense Pleas
Celebrated attorney famed for pivotal defense pleas including the Scopes monkey trial in Dayton Tennessee dies at his Chicago home. His death ends a storied career shaping public trials and legal defense strategies across decades.
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Dayton, Tenn
Gayenee Darrow
Fieed
Chicago
Clarence Darrow Dies Noted Defense Attorney at 72
Chicago March 11 41 Clarence Darrow famed criminal attorney died after a long heart ailment at his home He rose from a country school teacher to the nation s best known defender He was 60 years old His wife Ruby son Paul and sister Mrs Jennie Darrow Moore were with him Funeral arrangements were incomplete His career spanned across the country defending the poor and oppressed.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Jim
Ruby
Paul
Jennie Darrow Moore
Czechoslovakia vows to fight Hitler threat
Washington March 14 Czechoslovakia Minister Vladimir Hurhan told under secretary Sumner Welles that his country will fight German pressure and is actively preparing military forces to meet any threat. The meeting followed a demonstration by the American League for Democracy before the German embassy. Police questioned 25 protesters. German envoy Wieckhoff did not receive the delegation. Three men and a girl were arrested for picketing the Austrian embassy as Congress curbed demonstrations near embassies.
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Washington
Vladimir Hurhan
Czechoslovakia
Sumner Welles
Austria
Europe
Welles
American League For Democracy
Polict
Wieckhoff
Congress
England Plans Expand Armies for Protection
London March 14 Prime Minister Chamberlain warned Germany Britain would expand rearmament to match force with force following Austria’s absorption. He did not promise France support if it defends Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain urged cool judgment and insisted Britain would stay interested in central Europe developments. The speech drew mixed reactions in parliament with diplomats observing closely.
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London
Chamberlain Tadey
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Chamberlain
Italy
Charles Corbin
Jan Garrigue Masarys
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Austria
Austrian Maneuver Elevates Hitler Among Strategists
The report from New York on March 14 notes Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler solidifies power in Austria with a calculated bid for a Austro-German union. It credits keen planning, timing, and patience as key to avoiding a military challenge from France or England while Mussolini backs the pact and France opposes German expansion. Britain's wavering stance influences the balance as Hitler awaits a favorable moment.
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Bdewitt MacKenzie
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Hici
Heinrich Himmler
Darrow
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