Industrialists say recovery hinges on FDR
New York March 25 business leaders and industrial experts said the early success of Secretary Hopkins recovery program would hinge on two actions by Friday a dramatic Roosevelt gesture to reassure investors or a direct reassurance from the president when he meets big business executives. Optimism waned as steps promised by the plan were delayed and support from Wall Street risked erosion amid health concerns and leadership changes.
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Henry Paynter
York
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Presant Roosevelt
Business Advisory Council
Wall Street
Council
Enyneit
Toanch
Jeaders
Des Moines
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Congress of National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Hopkins Tron
Treasury
Hanes
Hnes
Weather Outlook Across Regions This Weekend
Interunit reports Sunday and Monday cold in the Northwest. Virgine forecasts cloudy skies with showers in the afternoon and falling temperatures. West Virginia expects showers Sunday and Monday with colder conditions. Kentucky notes study and Sunday night unsettled, with intermittent rain in the northwest and north areas through Monday.
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West Virginia
Suniday
Kentucky
Borah Urges U S Stay Free From European Quarrels
Washington March 25 Senator Borah Idaho criticizes Britain for aiding Germany and hints the United States should not aid European democracies. He argues the aim of democracies is imperial schemes, not destroying Nazism, and urges no entangling alliances or funding. Page 14.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Borah
Idaho
Hitler
Pittman Id Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
England
France
Borgh
Slayer of Mate to Plead Insanity in Oklahoma City
Roger Cunningham, accused of murdering his wife Eudora, seeks an insanity defense. He directed officers to his wife’s grave with a crude map and confessed in a fit of rage after work stress. Prosecutors deem him mentally sick. formal murder charge filed.
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Oklahoma City
Attornneys
Roger Cunningham
Eudora
Herbert KE. Hyde
Charles Urschel Kidragel
Cunningham
K. D. Mitchell
Lewis R. Morris
Evert Crismore
Dynamite Blast Wounds WPA Workers Near St Clair
Lu ther Trent and Will Justus of Persia were badly hurt in a dynamite blast while working on a road project near St Clair. Justus is in Takoma Hospital with a severely mangled leg and blood loss, while Trent is at Lyons Hospital in stable to serious condition. several transfusions were given to Justus.
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Rogele
WPA
St. Clair
Here
Justus
Langford
Takoma Hospital
Kelly Lankford
Trent
Hawkins Deputy Bound to Court
Deputy Sheriff Frank McClure is freed on a $2,000 bond after a preliminary hearing in Church Hill over the shooting of Red Conkin. Four magistrates heard the case. attorney John R. Todd and Ward Wilson appeared for the state. three witnesses testified.
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Rocearsville
Frank McClure
Church Hill
Red" Conkin
J. D. Hamilton
Bert Smith
Murl R. Culbertson
Wiley Moreloes
John R. Todd
Weward Wilson
Eastman Wage Dividend Paid to Tennessee Eastman Workers
Eligible employees of Tennessee Eastman Corporation and Chemical Wood Corporation will receive a wage dividend of about 2.2 million dollars. The payout follows a long standing Kodak policy based on common stock dividends and employee service years. Since 1912 the plan has distributed roughly 43 million dollars to workers nationwide.
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Tennessee Eastman Corporation and
Chemical Wood Corporation
Hasten Kodak Company
Novemer
Waga
Kodak
House Debates Farm Bill Parity Payments Delay
Washington dispatch reports a fight among House blocs over parity payments totaling 230 million and a stalled 1.087 billion Agriculture Department appropriation. Debate split Republicans and Democrats over boosting parity to 500 million and concerns over Roosevelt’s 30 percent cut, with urban lawmakers seeking WPA funding and farm members clashing on provisions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Howse Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Rep
Lambertson
Ditter
Klebergy
Tri Cinally Way
Tarver
Deralsether
Government Probes Plane Crash Kills Three in East Tennessee
A government agent arrived from Nashville to investigate a plane crash near Elizabethton that killed three men, including Elizabethton resident Hd Laws. The victims were a local father of three, Houston Armatrong, and George Mason, all from Elizabethton and Selma Alabama. The crash occurred on a first flight after two Elizabethton girls had ridden in the plane. Services for Laws were not yet held as of dispatch.
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Elizabethton
Plant
George Mason
Test
Houston Art Strong
Scrouge
Nashville
R. A. Young
Accident Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Authoriy
East Tennesses
Selma
Ala
North American Rayon Corp
Hd Laws
Houston Armatrong
Laws
Bemberg
Meson
Tarzan's Hideout Located by Posse Near Powell
Powell Wyoming March 25 Officers found near Powell a hideout where Early Durand known as Tarzan hid for days while pursuers closed in The 26 year old fugitive died after a gun battle in a rough jacket and venison leg found at the scene Durand had killed a man earlier and was tracked to the mountain hideout authorities reported.
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Powell
Wye
Durand
Wyoming
Tarzan
Frank Blackburn
Donlyn
Tovis
Huck
Weather Record Surges to 77.8 Degrees at Isai Airport
A three day stretch saw a maximum of 77.8 degrees at Isai Airport, topping Feb 25’s 77.7 degree high with 53.2 degree lows and 20 inches of rainfall. Rainfall has been light, enabling farmers to prep spring planting as warmth continues.
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3Fchellar
Weather Bureau
German Pride Rises on Hitler Gains Yet Burden Remains
Berlin dispatch analyzes the costs of Hitler’s European expansion after new treaties with Lithuania Slovakia and Romania. It notes 7,000,000 Czechs placed under German rule 600 Memel Germans brought home and Slovakia and Lithuania made economic dependents. Britain is derided and France sidelined while Italy is termed a junior partner in the Rome Berlin axis.
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Louis TP. Loghner
Berlin
Mar
F Hiller
Reich
Slovakia
Lithuania
Germany
Great Britain
Lontempe
Sten Hitler
France
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Hitler
Siege of Madrid near end as peace talks advance
Reports from both sides of the Spanish Civil War say Madrid's siege is near collapse with peace negotiations advancing. Republican dispatches note rail lines reopen and relief may arrive, while observers expect a Nationalist army to enter Madrid as capitulation nears. General Jose Miaja is cited as agreeing to surrender Madrid’s air force and disarm militia.
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Beess
Bendaye
France
Madrid
Sean
Spain
Republian
Rome
Il Giornale d'Italia
Netionalist
Nationaliet
Jose Miaja
Republican Defense Council
Methodist Funds to Guide United Church Plan
Nashville Tenn March 25 The new Methodist church formed by unifying the three branches aims to keep fund administration stable. A working plan for Kansas City conference April 26 forms the basis of upcoming legislation, proposing a board of trustees to replace existing corporate boards. The plan, a four year study by joint commissions, covers administrative matters of union.
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Nashville
Tenn
New Methodist i Church
Methodiem
Southern Church
Uniting Conference
Kansas City
United
Board of Trustees of
The
Methodist Church
Joint Commission On Church Union
Methodist
Modern Jean Valjean Hangs Self In Jailed Year After Pardon
Knox County report from Knoxville dated March 25 details the death of Rhode H Fellows in a Colbert County jail cell. The Tennessee case ties to a 1919 store robbery where Fellows was convicted despite professed innocence. His wife and 11 year old son were not located. a prior mob raid during a race riot freed a suspect, leading to Fellows's escape.
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Jean Valjean
Knoxville
Rhode H. Fellows
Tuscumbia
Ala
Tennessee
Ean Valjean
Fellows
Colbert County
H. McRight
Rhode Fellows
Peter Nichols
Here
Bwe
National
Il Duce Takes Spotlight In Rome Berlin Axis Jubilees
Mussolini headlines Rome Berline axis events as fascists mark their 20th anniversary. Observers expect a cautious speech praising Hitler while seeking concessions from France. Spain’s nationalist government and Franco are in focus amid talks on naval transfers and regional power plays in Europe.
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Benito Mussolini
Europe
Italy
France
Spain
Mussolini
Madrid
Tr Duce
Vittorio Emanuele
I Taly
Hitler” Front
Rome-Berlin
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IL Duce
Adolph Hitler
Franco
Shipa
Burgos
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Cartagena
Fortnigat
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Gdynia
Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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