League Committee Seeks Peace With Italy and Ethiopia
The League of Nations committee of 13 urged Italy and Ethiopia to halt hostilities and begin negotiations with a March 10 deadline for replies. British Foreign Secretary Eden and French Foreign Minister Flandin discussed the draft peace appeal, proposing cessation as a step toward Geneva talks.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
League
Eden
London
League of Nations Council
Japanese Army Officials Seek Leave to Quit
Seven top Japanese army generals asked to resign from the supreme war council, citing indirect responsibility for last Wednesday's rebellion and government assassinations. They asked War Minister Kawashima to deliver their resignations to Emperor Hirohito, listing Hayashi, Araki, Abe, Mazaki, Nishi, Uyeda, and Terauchi as signatories.
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Tokyo
Supreme War Council
Empire
Ioshiyuko Kawashima
Hirohito
Senjuro Hayashi
Sadao Araki
Nobuyuki Abe
Jinzaburo Mazaki
Giichi Nishi
Kenkichi Uyeda
Strike Halts Work On Three Slum Projects
In Cleveland on March 3 the strike of about 1000 union men stopped progress on three slum clearance projects. A new building trades wage scale had just taken effect, with carpenters earning 1.25 dollars per hour up from 1.12.
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Cleveland
Building Trades Employers’ Association and Crafts
Collision near Wooster tolls two lives
A truck and a coupe collided on a curve five miles south of Wooster killing Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ernest, both about age 60, of Coshocton. They were returning home after visiting their son, Dr Roy Ernest of Cleveland.
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Here
Gary Ernest
Coshocton
Roy Ernest
Cleveland
Toledo Names Ray Allen as New Police Chief
Toledo announces Ray Allen as chief of police succeeding the late Daniel T. Wolfe who died February 3. Allen previously served as deputy inspector under Wolfe with City Manager John N. Edy making the appointment yesterday in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo
Ray Allen
Daniel T. Wolfe
John N. Edy
Wolfe
Warren Hotel Fire Leaves Three Dead in Akron Area
Fire officials probe the $150000 Warren blaze as undetermined cause. Victims include Edna Wiles 29 of Akron who leaped from a third floor room, Owen Canole 39 also from Akron, and John McBane Republic Steel supervisor found burned in his room. Fire chief notes linen closet as possible origin. Injured include Phoebe Smith Emil Wehnes James ODay Hazel Louer Blaine Folsom.
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Warren
Edna Wiles
Center Street
Akron
Owen Canole
N. J. Smith
John McBane
Republic Steel Corporation
Edwin Wellser
Funeral Home
Wiles
Canole
McBane
Jefferson County
BE. H. Oldacres
Niles
Youngstown
Phoebe Smith
M. T. Smith
Emil Wehnes
James R. O'Day
Hazel Louer
Philip Beaudray
Blaine W. Folsom
Missionaries in Path of Chinese Reds
Anxiety rose over the fate of 21 American and Canadian missionaries reported in the path of a Chinese Communist invasion sweeping Shansi Province. Contact with the mission party has been lost since last Saturday and officials fear telegraphic failure may not fully explain the silence.
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Peiping
Shansi
County elections board seeks state appointee for clerk
In Urbana Ohio the Champaign county board of elections deadlocked over electing a clerk. After five ballots they could not agree and asked Secretary of State George B. Myers to name an appointee to the post. Clerk Russell Methard's term expired Saturday and his assistant Mrs. May Powell opposed him for the office.
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Urbana
Champaign County Board of Elections
George 8. Myers
Russell Methard
May Powell
Sam M. Dawson Dies at 79 Former Theatrical Executive
Sam M. Dawson a 79 year old theatrical executive died last night in New York. He had a prominent career overseeing stage productions and film projects. The passing was reported from New York with details to follow.
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New York
Sam M. Dawson
Davey Refuses To Intervene In Akron Strike Row
Governor Davey states the sheriff is the supreme law officer and has power to deputize citizens and police. He argues the state has no police force beyond the national guard, and that the sheriff must request aid, not the state government.
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Davey
Akron Row
Lyle Carruthers
National Guard
Violence Flare in New York Striker Skyscraper Attack
Riots erupt as strikers assault New York skyscrapers. Police log 309 disorder cases, about 100 arrests, injuries and scratches among workers, guards, and non striking staff across the city from the Upper Bronx to Greenwich Village.
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New York
America
Upper Bronx
Greenwich Village
McGurn Clan Slayings Linked to Jack McGurn Killing
Chicago March 3 AP reports Anthony Demery 24 the third member of the Demery clan slain by gunmen. Supervising Captain John Stege ties the murder to the assassination of his half brother Machine Jack McGurn citing similar execution style. Three men entered a Little Italy pool room and fired ten shots at Demery after a stickup call.
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Chicago
Anthony Demery
Machine Jack McGurn
John Stege
Jack
Demory
Italy
Anthony
Joseph Demery
Assassins Fail to Kill Havana Financier on Malecon
Four gunmen trying to kill Nicolas Castano, wealthy Havana businessman and former kidnap victim, wounded Castano and his bodyguard when they fired shotguns from a vehicle on the Malecon near Maceo Park. The attack occurred as they traveled through central Havana.
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Havana
Nicolas Castano
Castano
Malecon Boulevard
Maceo Park
Escaped Lifer At Large From Columbus Prison Farm
Edgar Leaverton a 33 year old London prison farm inmate serving a life term for murder escaped in Columbus yesterday while delivering farm mail to the state welfare department. He remains at large today. He was sentenced in Highland county.
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Columbus
Edgar Leaverton
London
Leaverton
State Welfare Department
Highland County
Slide Menaces Home Riverview Family in Kentucky
Masses of rock tumbled from a ridge on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River crushing near a Riverview, Kentucky home. Earl Miller and his family escaped unharmed as rocks nearly demolished the house.
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Portsmouth
Kentucky
Ohio River
Earl Miller
Riverview
Miller
Sweeping Tax Change Urged by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged Congress to overhaul the tax system with sweeping changes including a tax on undistributed corporate profits expected to raise about 1.614 billion dollars annually and repeal of the current graduated corporate income tax. He also proposed broader processing taxes and a windfall tax to recoup old processing tax revenue, and repeal of the capital stock tax and the excess profits tax.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Presidnt
Supreme Court
Jurist Halsted Ritter Faces Senate Impeachment Action
The Senate will hear impeachment charges against Federal Judge Halsted L Ritter for alleged misconduct. The House approved the articles by a 181 to 146 vote citing Ritter accepting 4500 dollars from a former partner tied to a 75900 dollar receivership fee.
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Senate
Ritter
Washington
Halsted L
House
Rumors Sparked About Fairbanks Marriage in Hollywood
Rumors of an impending marriage between Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Sylvia Ashley circulated in Hollywood, but Mrs. Robert Fairbanks denied that she or her husband had been informed of any plan.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Sylvia Ashley
Hollywood
Robert Fairbanks
Britain Reveals Large Scale Arms Program
The white paper outlines rearmament and stronger defenses driven by global tensions and a "deplorable and undeniable" arms buildup. It notes the United States, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy and Soviet Russia have begun similar plans and calls for defense against aggression and collective security.
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United States
Germany
Belgium
France
Italy
Soviet Russia
FDR Nears Close of Third Year in White House
President Roosevelt nears the end of his third year as the White House faces a rough budget. He seeks taxes to restore finances after Congress and the Supreme Court overturned parts of the AAA. The $500 million yearly farm subsidy plan aims to be a keystone, replacing the struck AAA.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
AAA
Supreme Court
Pioneer pitcher dies at 74 in Oak Park home
William H. Reedy, 74, reputed by some to be the first curved ball pitcher, died last night at his daughter’s Oak Park residence. He gained fame in early baseball circles and is remembered as a pioneer of the curve.
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Chicago
William H. Reedy
Oak Park
Surprise for Schools Announces Funds Distribution
The state auditor reports accruals from last and February sales taxes totaling 2,233,780 for schools and counties. Funds will pay liquid fuel tax debts, poor relief, and relief bonds in counties with such issues. Hocking County received 1,731 in the poor relief distribution.
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Hocking
Pensions Reduce Aged In County Homes Ohio Official Says
F L Harrison Jr a case examiner for Ohio division of aid for the aged reported today that 1000 pension recipients left county homes easing a $248000 yearly burden while 600 more were kept out of county homes because of their pensions.
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Columbus
F. L. Harrison, Jr
Ohio
Division of Aid For
Harrison
Two Men Plead Guilty to Counterfeit Coins Case
Two Detroit men Arnold Wilson 34 and Anthom Ritchie 33 pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit coins and attempting to pass them. They were arraigned before U S Commissioner John Budd with bonds set at 2500 each.
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Toledo
Wapakoneta
U. S
John Budd
Arnold Wilson
Anthom
Ritchie
Detroit
Sandusky Bay Bridge to Be State Owned by May First
Officials planned to take possession of the Sandusky Bay Bridge for the state about May 1. A price of 1,795,000 was set yesterday after three days of negotiations between the state commission and the private owners of the structure, which built seven years ago.
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T. Bridge
Sandusky, O
Sandusky Bay
State Commission
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Joseph Dunn
John Barleg
Belleville
Judiciary Committee
Florida
Denys Star
Calif
Britain
Charles P. Nutter
Great Britain
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