Opening Move Made in Leas Plea for Writ
Attorneys argued before Criminal Judge John J. Cunningham on preliminary questions in Leas habeas corpus case. Col Jake Lea and Duke Lea Jr of Nashville resist removal to North Carolina for bank law convictions. Judge Cunningham said four or five days to decide on quash or halt further hearing.
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Cunningham
Crossville
North Carolina
Clarsesville
Tent
John J. Cunningham
Col
Jake Lea
Duke Lea, Jr
Nashville
North Ceclina
Gov. Hill
McAlister
Leas
Colonel Lea
Lea
Maury Louise
A. H. Robarts
Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company
Davis M Dónald Open Discussions at Downing Street
Norman H. Davis the US special ambassador in Europe and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald began talks at 10 Downing Street on world problems with emphasis on the forthcoming world economic conference and disarmament. Davis arrived from America and planned continued talks in London over the weekend. Ford plant reopens at Dagenham after a three day halt due to a wage dispute affecting 7,000 workers.
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London
Norman H. Davis
United States
Europe
Ramsey MacDonald
Number 10
Downing Street
Davis
England
Yeateray
America
FORD
Dagenham
Mar
Ford Motor
Bomb explodes at Rev Coughlin home in Royal Oak
A vinck powder bomb blew in the basement of Rev Mother Charles Coughlin's Royal Oak home near 3 am. The blast caused minor damage and several windows were broken. Coughlin, his assistant Father John Tully, and Father William Dun Scotus were in the house. no injuries reported. Police found no bomb traces though black powder scent lingered. Detectives investigated the scene and neighbors alerted authorities.
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Detroit
Charles J. Coughlin
Royal Oak
Suburbs
Masher Coughlin
Walher Coughlin
Detertiv Nimer Hall
Edward Livkian
Polite
Father Coughlin
Fat Coughlin
John Tully
William
Dun Scotus
Alabama jury attack quashes venire in Patterson case
In Morgan circuit court a formal motion to quash the jury venire for Haywood Patterson, 19, Chattanooga, charged with attacking two girls in the Scottsboro case, alleges deprivation of rights under the fourteenth amendment due to absence of negroes. Defense cites potential witnesses. prosecution questions the motive and process as continued.
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Decatur, Alu
Haywood Patterson
Chattanooga
Morgan Circuit Court
Alabama
Jackson County
Patterson
Hey
Samuel CG. Leibowitz
New York
Morgan County
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Jews Appeal Hitler to Halt Boycott Plans in Berlin
Jews appeal to Chancellor Hitler and President von Hindenburg to stop the nationwide boycott set for Saturday amid anti Jewish actions in several cities. The Nazi party disapproves vandalism but radical elements prevail as the boycott order reaches party offices nationwide. Einstein renounces Prussian citizenship and Jews in Breslau are ordered to surrender passports invalid for foreign travel, signaling intensified measures.
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Berlin
Hitler
Wilhalm
Hermann Goering
Joseph Goebbels
General Council of Jews
Hindenburg
Albert Einstein
Germany
Belgium
Professor Einstein
Ulm
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Breslau
Preacher on Trial for Attempted Assault in Indiana
In Muncie Indiana AP reports 18 year old Sunday school teacher Helen Huffman testified that Rev G Lemuel Conway threatened violence after she resisted his advances in December He described threats of hair pulling and mud in a creek Conway suspended from his pastorate and facing an assault indictment for striking a choir master Willard Aurand in January Prosecutor Leffler said the state would rest today with defense time to wrap up.
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Comvay
Hullman
Rollin
Lennington
Miinister
Miss Huffman
Conway
Willard Aurand
Paul E. Leffler
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Rain and warmer conditions are expected in Tennessee with showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Virginia forecasts cloudy skies with warmer temperatures and rain chances in the eastern regions Friday. Previous day temperatures and rainfall show no rain on the same date last year. Readings recorded at 6 p.m.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Forest Work Bill Nears Enactment
The senate accepted house amendments to the forest unemployment bill and sent it to the White House. President Roosevelt hopes to start 250000 men at work in forest conservation within two weeks, with details to be finalized by regional foresters. The plan forms part of a broader relief program awaiting final congressional approval.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Big City
Labor Department
RB Y
Stuart Relief Forester
Federal Reserve counsel says Congress can centralize banking
Walter Wyant chief counsel of the Federal Reserve board argues in the boards bulletin that Congress has power to abolish state bank systems and regulate banking under federal control. Wyant cites Supreme Court decisions and supports actions to curb competition from state banks to safeguard deposits and ensure a national banking system.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Walter Wyant
Federal Reserve] Board
Wyatt
Senate
Banking Committee
Glass
Virginia
Eugene Meyer
Reserve Board
Supreme Court
Coxgrags
Bank of the United States
Wyath
Tennessee Legislature Ends Battle On Repeal Convention Plans
Nashville reports the state legislature passed a bill for a statewide referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment. Governor McAlister is expected to sign promptly. The measure sets July 20 for delegates to a convention on August 11 to decide support or opposition to the twenty first amendment. The bill includes ballot instructions distinguishing ratification and repeal voters and avoids labeling all opponents as wets.
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Nasshville
Mar
McAlister
Senate
W. Monroe
Union
Monroe
A. O. Denning
Denning
Hull Works To Forge World Economic Conference Plan
Washington dispatch describes Cordell Hull driving U S efforts toward a world economic conference. It highlights his six point program covering monetary policy prices capital movement tariff and trade policy production organization and the aim to persuade nations to curb trade barriers. Hull’s stamina remains evident as he negotiates with Britain on conference host duties and U S trade relations while pressing for global economic cooperation.
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Washington
Mar
Cordell Hull
Hull
Capitel
Capitol Hill
Great Britain
United States
Probers to Study Bank Move in Roosevelt Probe
Senate stock market investigators met to decide next steps in exposing banking irregularities. Pecora and Pletcher discussed the Harriman National Bank case and planned to bring the matter to the steering committee for action. They weighed delay in presenting Harriman, questioned scope, and considered inviting Samuel Untermyer to join the probe.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevit
Ferdinand Pecora
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Harriman National Bank and Trust Comany of
New York
Tthey
Banking Committee
Delay
Pletcher
Joseph W. Harriman
Pecora
Samuel Untermyer
iNew York
Untermiger
The
New Yorker
Engineer Flags Own Express After Blast On Erie Line
Engineer Walter Fredericks was hurled from his cab when an explosion blew through the Erie Express. He fled a grassy verge near the tracks and later flagged his own train at Elmira Heights after it ran five miles without him. Fireman M. S. Delap aided others as the engine crew sought safety and Fredericks returned to the train with a new engine.
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Elmtra
N. Y
Atlantic Xpress
Erie
New York
Walter Fredericks
South Corning
Chicago
Fredericks
M. S. Delap
Cosl
Delap
Big Flats
Corning General Hospital
Elmira Heights
Canaries Trader in Little Rock Arrested for Bird Tricks
Tom Redman kept canaries and Mexican finches and displayed sparrows in a room of cages. Police, posing as buyers, found an improvised dryer, rubber plates, and dye materials while timing his sale of birds. The Municipal Judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence of misrepresentation.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tom Redman
Hater
Redman
Har
Receivership for Journal Refused in Knoxville Court
J C Wood, a stock salesman, seeking a receiver for the Knoxville Publishing Company, publishers of the Knoxville Journal, had his application refused by Chancellor Robert M Jones. Wood claimed $4727.50 in commissions. the company admitted owing 300 and offered it in court. The judge said the claimant must first reduce the claim to judgment before seeking a receivership.
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Knoxville, Tenn
J. C. Wood
Knoxville Publishing Company
Knoxville Journal
Robert M. Jones
Wood
Fight For Action Bill Fails In Tennessee House On Monday Night
In Nashville on March 30 the drive to abolish the Great Smoky Mountains Park commission failed 254 to 21 in the Tennessee House after the steering committee did not schedule it. Representative Gaines urged action, arguing the measure would end “hortonism” in the state while opponents cited pending administration measures. The session also adopted a world court adherence resolution and designated a local bridge for Alfred R. Sivan. In Calcutta, Indian authorities jailed Aney and 60 Congress members, including Ram Das Gandhi, amid nationalist activity.
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Nashville
Senate
House
G. T. Gaines
Knox
Gaines
Austin Peay
Montgomery
Tennessee
Bell
Coleman
de Lozier
Foote
Howard
Moladay
Ingram
U. S. Senate
Cory Smith
Hamilton
Smith
Russia
H. S. Walters
Hamblen
iSwan’s Ferry
Jefferson County
Alfred R. Sivan
Walters
Swan
East
B. B. Montgomery
Sevier
Sevierville
Sevier County
Bank of Sevierville
Calcutta
India
PIM
S. Aney
Congt
Congress
Ram Das Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
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Gaines Flags Steering Body
Tam Das Gandhi
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