WPA Relief Rolls Cut Possible By July 1 1920
Washington reports Col. F C Harrington told appropriations subcommittees that WPA rolls could be halved by July 1 1920 if added funds are approved. He argued WPA is temporary and could eventually be liquidated. testimony noted 3 million on rolls now and proposed spending 150 million. A substitute relief plan to continue current funding until June 1 without new WPA money was proposed by Sen Vandenberg.
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Washington
F.C Barrington
WPA
Harrington
Roosevelt
Herrington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sven
House
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Sayer
Crpgress
Congress
Michigan Republican
Weather forecast for Tennessee Kentucky and surrounding areas
Fair and colder tonight and Friday. In west portions mostly cloudy with frost in scattered areas. Temperatures will fall to freezing in northern and extreme western parts. South and central coasts should see colder but fair conditions.
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Tennessee
Hentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee Labor Leader Attacks Cooper Over State Support
Nashville March 16 James Foley leader of the Tennessee Federation of Labor accuses Governor Cooper of providing no labor agenda in the General Assembly. The report notes only one labor-backed law passed, over veto, and details other stalled bills including child labor limits and prevailing wage requirements.
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Tennessee
Cooper
State
John J. Aurt
Nashville
Tennessee Federation of Labor
Tist General Assembly
Gerald Foley
Davidson County
Tower House
Georgia Debaters Fight in House Over Tax Vote
An Atlanta session of the Georgia House erupted as fists flew during a clash around the 2 per cent retail sales tax proposal. Speaker Lanham threatened the National Guard as Rep W H Lovett and Rep Henderson Lanham engaged. Lovett was cut under an eye and left the hall. Also noted are 1938 aviation accident fatalities, with 35 killed, 23 passengers.
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Atlanta
PIA
House of Representatives
National Guard
Henderson Lanham
Ways and Means Committee
H. B. Edwards
Edwards
Lovett
No Halt To Mine Work Is Assured In Appalachia
A committee of Appalachian coal operators said talks with the United Mine Workers are likely to yield a new contract before the current agreement expires on April 15. They propose no production suspension and want a five year term from April 1, 1939 to March 31, 1944, with wages and hours under review. John L. Lewis urged guarantees against work stoppages to protect fuel supply.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Theoperators
John L. Lewis
Britain's Armada Afraid of Nothing
The House of Commons was told the Royal Navy could confidently accept a direct battle challenge by any probable foe as it presented naval estimates of 123,707,000 pounds for the year ending March 31. Geoffrey Shakespeare outlined a vast program adding 43 warships in 1938-39 and 80 more in 1939-40, including two fast battleships of 40,000 tons with 11 inch guns. He warned of three dangers: enemy fleet defeat, submarines, and air attack.
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London
House of Commons
Royal Navy
Britain
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
Shakespeare
Champagne Division Behind In Navy Shipbuilding Delays
Washington March 15 The champagne and sponsor division of the navy lags in shipbuilding as a rapid launch program proceeds. A sponsor woman traditionally hands a bottle to christen a vessel and proclaims its completion, but the division has delivered only two innovations including a hand guard.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Navy
United States
Coursy
Not to Fight for Guam Project
Senate naval committee chairman Walsh says Roosevelt objects to a 5 million harbor development item at Guam and favors moving it to a rivers and harbors bill or non military measure. The House already cut the item from the navy base bill. The island lies about 1200 miles from Japan.
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Washington
Pio
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
White House
Giat
Roosevelt
Pacific
Guam
Japan
House
Navy
Massachusetts
Naval Air Base
Pair Face Hearing in Police Slaying in Knoxville
Rose Lee Cole a 19 year old waitress and Carl Jenkins 35 beer parlor operator faced preliminary hearing in city court on murder charges in the death of Patrolman Herman Rollins 82 father of two. Homicide Chief Tom W Day said Rollins died from a bullet wound after an attempted arrest at Jenkins beer parlor. City Judge John L Mesner ordered both held without bond pending the hearing.
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Knoxville
Rose Lee Cole
Carl Jenkins
Herman (Curley) Rollins
Rollins
Tom W. Day
Jenkins
Heer
John L
British envoy recall considered over Czech invasion
London March 18 Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons the government is considering recalling Sir Neville Henderson the British ambassador to Berlin to report on Germanys eastward advance. He did not answer whether Britain would protest the invasion of Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia as protectorates.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Reich
Henderson
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Affairs
Britain
French War Hero Named Spain Ambassador Tours Burgos
Marshal Henri Petain, first French ambassador to Nationalist Spain, walked under sabres drawn by French officers as 2000 schoolchildren cheered in Burgos. He was greeted by Spanish military and civil officials during the escort today.
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Nhendaye
France
Henri Petain
Hitler seals rule for Czechs as Slovaks come under protection
In Carpatho Ukraine Hungarian forces clash with Czech and Ukrainian nationalists defending the eastern border of former Czechoslovakia. By noon Hungarian casualties rise as defense lines near Chust hold against bombardment and trench defenses. Premier Augustin Volesin reportedly fled to Romania amid confusion.
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Robert B. Parker
Carpatho-Ukraine
Hungary
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czecho-Slovakia
Chust
Tie
Bucharest
Augustin Volesin
Romania
Budapest
New Deal policy to remain intact religiously stated
Washington March 16 The administration signals that core New Deal aims will stay intact despite a likely spring tax revision. SEC rejection of drastic changes to federal securities rules is cited as evidence that the drive to stimulate business will not topple fundamental policies. Secretary Morgenthau postpones public tax details until after the first week in April.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Securities Commission
Stock Exchange Committee
SEC
Douglas
Morgenthau
Czech Minister Refuses Post Hand Over
Czechoslovak minister Vladimir Haurban refused to surrender the situation to German representatives without written orders from Prague. The report notes he held firm on the stay amid diplomatic friction.
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Washington
Vladimir Haurban
Frague
Economic boom seen for the South
Ethridge, vice president of the Courier Journal and Times, predicted a future economic recovery boon for the South during a New Orleans luncheon of the association of commerce. He cited a January Atlanta meeting of 39 leaders who drafted a South recovery plan for Congress as a guide.
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New Orleans
Mark Ethridge
Louisville, Ky
Courier Journal and Times
Todey
South
Merk Ethridge
Leuisville
Ethridge
Association of Commerce
Atlanta
Elhridge
Roosevelt
Hungarian Premier Teleky Announces Carpatho Ukraine Annexation
Budapest reports Premier Teleky says Carpatho Ukraine becomes part of Hungary as fighting spreads in Chust and near the Poland border. Dispatches note Hungarian forces advancing in the eastern Czecho Slovakia region amid cheering street crowds.
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Ukraine
Kingdom of Hungary
Budapest
Paul Telaky
Carpatho- Ukraine
Chust
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Warsaw
Poland
Teleky
Mistake in Hats Solves Slaying
Asheville reports Sheriff Guy English credits an accidental hat mix up with solving a brutal Madison county murder. Edward B. Duckett and cousin William Doyle Duckett confessed to robbing and killing Willie Ledford, a wealthy recluse, with details including a hat swap and hair on a window sash.
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Asheville
N. C
Fats
Guy English
Madison County
Edward B. Duckett
Willie Ledford
Ledford
Duckett
Khax Ville
Tenn
William Doyle Duckett
Ducketts
Hitler Declares Bohemia Moravia Protectorate Under Germany
Adolf Hitler moved to bring Bohemia Moravia under German rule with a decree at Hradcany Castle. Prague reports the protectorate will place Germans in a privileged class while others become subjects. Slovakia also declared independent under German guidance, as tensions rise across Carpatho Ukraine with Hungarian and Ukrainian clashes.
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Prague
Adolf Hitler
Slovakia
Bohemia-Moravia
Fuher
Germany
Hradeany Castle
Hitler
Charles Bridge
Bruenn
Brno
Bratislava
Czecho- Slovakia
Cargatho- Ukraine
Hungary
Hradcany Castle
Bohemia and
Moravia
Greater
Joseph Tiso
Europe
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Bohemia
Mussolini
Italy
Uungery
Rumania
Bohemia- Moravia
Bohemia-Morayia
Emil Hache
Czecho-Slovakia
Hradcany
Hache
Bohemia-Morayis
Hitler and Eastward Drive Echo German Traditions
New York dispatch notes Hitler’s push eastward echoes a long standing German urge, the drang nach ost enshrined in tradition rather than new tactics. It cites Kaiser Wilhelm at Doorn as a historical precursor and frames the drive as a recurring biological impulse in German policy.
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Dewitt Macken
Asotin Mew Forckan
New York
Hitler
Doorn
der Puebrér
Kaiser Wilhelm
Gerrian
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Champagne Division
Lay Admirals
Isle
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Weary Bowers
Claude Bowers
Spain
Memphis
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