Roosevelt bill risks court independence says Columbia dean
Dean of Columbia University Law School, Dean Young B. Smith, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Roosevelt court reform could threaten judicial independence and alter constitutional powers without a amendment. He proposed compulsory retirement at 70 or 75 as an alternative and noted ongoing opposition from observers and lawmakers.
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Washington
Dean Young B. Smith
Columbia University Law School
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Peale
Smith
Law School
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Columbia Dean
Fred Brenckman
Washington Representati
Burke
Attorney General’s Office
Democratic National Committee
Irwin N. Griswold
Harvard
Walter F. Dodd
Chicago
Dorothy Thompson
Neely
W. Va
Bureau of Public Information
Liberty League
Republican National Committee
Dean Smith
Congress
Weather cold wave to hit Tennessee and nearby states
A cold wave is forecast with much colder conditions across Tennessee and adjacent regions. Friday will be fair but colder, with increasingly cold temperatures overnight. Central and western areas may see light rain or snow flurries as precipitation shifts, while other portions stay mostly cloudy and cold. The north end and Kentucky expect the cold spell to extend into tonight and Friday with lingering frigid air.
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Tennessee
West End
Ginia
Kentucky
Twisters cause heavy damage and 100 homeless in Kentucky
In four bluegrass communities near Winchester and surrounding towns, more than 100 Kentuckians were left homeless and many injured as tornadoes damaged homes and facilities. Four critical patients, dozens treated, and hospitals called for nurses after a funnel described as a black ice cream cone cut a six mile path through Clark County. Victory and Becknerville reported damage but no injuries. Rain preceded the storms with hail following and a preliminary loss estimate of hundreds of structures in Clark County.
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McNeil
Winchester
Victory
London
Athens
Lafayette County
Becknerville
Here
Clark County
Widow and six others die in Jersey City blaze
In a three alarm fire in Jersey City Mrs Rose Burkhardt fifty four and six others including five children and a brother-in-law perished in a three story frame dwelling. One daughter escaped and another son away from home. Firemen battled the blaze, saved a nearby building and a garage, while a friend rescued another daughter. The cause remains unknown. In Knoxville Tennessee the University reports 2450 spring registrations, up 200 from last quarter.
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Rose Burkhardt
Burkhardt
Gorman
Alan Rose
Medical Center
Robert
John
Mary Lanese
Agence
Anthony Debrita
Rose Lurkhardt
Debrita
Rose
Charles
Bremen
Italians Quit Insurgent Aid Report From Valencia Front
Valencia March 25 Italian units in insurgent divisions on the Guadalajara front vanished from reports after aerial scouts observed insurgent reinforcements. Government sources said at least 30,000 Italians fought in the Guadalajara sector before the retreat. Madrid suffered a five hour aerial bombardment as insurgent bombers struck central districts and outlying areas, while defense lines and searchlights tried to counter the assault and refugees sought shelter in embassies and basements. At Andujar Pozo Blanco drive the government reported gains with 10,000 Italians along the lines, aided by air and armored units, as Jaen province saw a downing of a junker attempting to aid the Virgin de la Cabeza besieged group. Leg fracture reported at Eastern Teachers College.
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Spain
Guadalajara
Madrid
Andujar
Pozo- Iblanco
Cordoba
Jaen
Junker
Virgin de la Cabeza
Pozob-mance
Bankers Seek Lift of Federal Aid Amid Crisis
Atlanta report quotes Tom Ix Smith of St. Louis as head of the American Bankers Association. He says bankers face the task of reconciling federal credit involvement with private operations and plan studies to guide talks on reducing federal banking activity.
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Atlanta
Tom Ix. Smith
St. Louis
American Bankers Association
Bankers Association
Britain backs Spanish blockade amid non intervention talks
London March 25 Britain backed forceful action by France to halt further Italian landings in Spain and considered a warship blockade if needed. The accord between Foreign Minister Delbos and Britain's ambassador Clarke moved to make non intervention fully effective. Britain signaled readiness to discuss strict measures but had not decided to dispatch warships. Also Browning to speak at Central High School commencement May 20 in Knoxville.
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Great Britain
France
Spain
Wartorn
Yvon Belbes
George Russell Clerk
Britain
Delbos
Italy
Francisco Franco
Neutrality Iy
Neutrality Committee
Stores Here Will Observe Shorter Hours in Kingsport
Kingsport merchants announced a new weekday 9:00 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. schedule effective Monday April 5, with Saturday hours 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The change, adopted after a merchants meeting, aims to give employees an extra hour of daytime freedom and may lead to further half-day closings in summer.
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WW. B. J’cecls
Retail Merchants Association
Winter Storm Paralyzes Midwest and Plains Regions
A severe snow, wind and storm system across Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Illinois and Wisconsin brought drifts up to ten feet, downed thousands of poles, halted highway travel and closed schools. Tornadoes touched Alabama and Kentucky, with casualties near Owah and Winchester.
Sit Down Strikers Start Evacuations At Memphis Dress Plant
In Memphis on March 25, a strike at the Nonar Lee Dress Company led to clashes as about 40 workers breached a picket line of nearly 100 members of the Ladies International Garment Workers Union. Clothing was torn from workers, nine arrests were made, and eight union members faced threat of breach of peace charges as police dispersed the skirmishers.
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PI Clothing
Nonar Lee Dress Company
Ladies International Garment Workers’ Union
John L. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
John Drinkwater English poet dies in London
March 24 London reports the death of John Drinkwater at 54 after a heart attack in his sleep at home. The noted novelist dramatist had attended the Oxford Cambridge boat race and later a university club evening. Daisy Kennedy, his widow, injured in a March 11 car crash. Drinkwater had recently completed a coronation film he authored and produced.
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University Club
Hart
Daisy Kennedy
Drinkwater
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Leytonstone
Essex
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Lawrence of Arabia
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Pilgrim Players
International
Birmingham Repertory Theater
Abraham Lincoln
Dt Berama
United States
Ife
Pik Loewen
Wis
Sunee Pepys
Penelope Ann
Qusu
Evacuation Evoked in Chrysler Plant Sit-Downs
In Detroit and Lansing a morning evacuation vote began as part of a revised Chrysler strike settlement. Strikers at Desoto Dodge Highland Park Chrysler Plymouth and Dodge Truck plants approved vacating after 17 days of sit-downs while negotiations on exclusive bargaining rights continue. Governor Murphy and UAW leader John L. Lewis praised the accord as a step toward easing industrial tension.
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United Automobile Workers
Lansing
Detroit
John
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Frank Murphy
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Board
Desoto
Dodge
Highland Park
Chrysler
Plymouth
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Generel
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Triumph of Reason
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Rea
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White House
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William Bankhead
D. Ala
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Senate
Chicago
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Ohio
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Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie
U.S. Steel Corp
World Telegram
American Newspaper Guild
New York
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