United States Fleet Ordered Back to Pacific Coast
The fleet returned from an Atlantic visit to the Pacific five weeks early as part of Roosevelts peace bid. Secretary Swanson ordered the return after a brief White House appeal to Hitler and Mussolini. An Atlantic squadron of about 56 ships remains on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fleet
Pacific
Washington
Atlantic
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Swanson
Hitler
Mussolini
Pittman says US should curb trade with Japan over treaty violations
Senator Pittman addressing a radio audience urged strict measures against Japan for violating the nine power treaty. He proposed authorizing the president to restrict trade to pressure Tokyo to end the violations, and he favored amending neutrality law to permit cash and carry arms sales to belligerents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
China
Pittman
Nevada
United States
Senate Foreign Relary Committee
Border Adventure Opens This Newspaper Serial Thriller
Continued on Sixth Page. A daring heroine tracks a band of Mexican smugglers and infiltrates the slick leader to steal his plans. She masters his signal and escapes, but death nearly ends the chase as the thrilling serial begins today.
Vigorous New Orleans bishop elected praises youth work
Dr. Noble C. Powell, newly elected Episcopal bishop of Louisiana, leads with energy and wit from Washington. At 47, he is dean of the Washington National Cathedral and warden of the College of Preachers, known for reviving congregations and guiding youth across parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Episcopal Diocese
Louisana
Noble C. Powell
Episcopal Church
Washington
College of Preachers
Emmanuel Church
Baltimore
Police Jury Association Set for Louisiana Convention
More than 700 police jury members will attend the Louisiana Police Jury Association convention in Baton Rouge April 15 to 17. J. J. Fournet of Lafayette will preside. Speakers include Governor Leche Lieutenant-Governor Long Floyd Spencer Senator Peltier Mayor Caldwell and Jesse Hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Police Jury Association of
Louisiana
Resolutions Committee
J. J. Fournet
Lafayette
Richard W. Leche
Earl K. Long
Floyd W. Spencer
Louisiana Aaa
Harvey Peltier
LaFourche
Sam Caldwell
Shreveport
Jesse Hair
Division of Health and Physical Education
State Department of Education
Baltimore Torso Death Probe Deepens Mystery
In Baltimore investigators work after a young woman’s torso parts were found in a bramble thicket and sewers. An anatomist examined the remains while police collect clues including two pajama pairs and blue slips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charlies W. Wood
Coronner
Howard Clark
City Hospital
Wood
Cleveland
Kingsbury Run
Rumors of Italy and Spain Coup Plan Near Tangier
Rumors out of Tangier allege Italy and Spain plot a coup in the international zone opposite Gibraltar. Reported troop movements include hundreds of Italian soldiers in civilian dress and about 3,000 Spanish Falangists receiving military training with Italian cooperation. French authorities reportedly monitor theSituation and prepare for all eventualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Italy
Spain
Gibraltar
Spanish Morocco
Legation
Rome
France
Britain
Il Giornale d'Italia
Morocco
Savage spring tornado devastates Capron and nearby towns
A violent tornado roared from Vici to Hopeton injuring 33 or more and killing seven in northwest Oklahoma. In Capron 155 residents faced total destruction as bodies and wreckage lined Main Street. Names of victims include Bessie Wendel of Waynoka and the Harzman family near Alva.
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Capron
Okla
Oklahoma
Vici
Hopeton
Here
Bessie Wendel
Waynoka
Woods County
Oscar Harzman
Alva
Harzman
Alva American Legion Auxiliary
Louise Harzman
Northwestern State Teachers College
Adam Vollmer
J. N. Voorhees
Woodward
Main Street
Manufacturers oppose subsidy plan for cotton exports
The American Cotton Manufacturers' Association opposed government subsidies for cotton exports, calling it the death knell of the textile industry and urging the cotton crop move into free trade channels. It urged direct farmer payments to prevent cotton entering government loans and endorsed Bilbo’s net weight measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Bilbo
Democrat
Mississippi
Mrs Roosevelt Adopts Orphan Child Under Spain Plan
New York April 15 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt who raised five of her own children has adopted a 12 year old Spanish orphan Lorenzo Marias whose parents were killed in the Spanish civil war He does not know the whereabouts of his sister and two brothers Mrs Roosevelt adopts him for a year as part of a foster parents plan and will send nine dollars monthly to support him in a children s colony near Biarritz France
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lorenzo Marias
Rome Receives Roosevelt Peace Plan In Cold Reception
In Rome on April 15 President Roosevelt’s ten year peace proposal drew a cool response from Italy. Mussolini and Goering met as fascists showed limited sympathy with the plan while diplomats doubted acceptance and noted Italy’s claims to world wealth. Ciano voiced assurances of peace and collaboration with Yugoslavia and Greece and promised legions would return after a Franco victory parade.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Stefani
Zog
United States
Goering
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Albania
Vittorio Emanuele
Ciano
Negotiations Seen Under Way On Danzig Future
Early talks between Poland and Germany over Danzig's status were predicted by informed sources amid Roosevelt peace appeal uptake. Berlin rumors of imminent Nazi troop moves were discounted as Poland signals readiness to resist any unilateral change.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Danzig
Berlin
Free City
Roosevelt
Italy
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Gazetta Polska
East Prussia
Hitler rejects Roosevelt peace plea in German press attack
German controlled press and Munich circles condemn Roosevelt appeal for a 10 year non aggression pledge with Hitler weighing a response after telephone talks with Mussolini. Ribbentrop joins discussions as Hitler may not personally reply.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Munich
Hitler
Rome
Mussolini
Deutsche Dienst
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Romania pulls troops back as Hungary talks warm
Thousands of Rumanian soldiers retreat from near the Hungarian border after a day of talks between Hungarian Minister Laszlo Bardossy and Romanian Premier Armand Calinescu. Diplomats say the crisis eased with a potential minority treaty for Hungary’s 1.2 million in Romania and broader Balkan stability. Germany and Poland reportedly back the rapprochement as trade and alliance interests align.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Transylvania
Budapest
Balkan
Laszlo Bardossy
Armand Calinescu
Bardossy
Stephen Ssaky
Hungary
Germany
Poland
Balkans
Four die in auto crash spoiling marriage plans
Four persons were killed and three injured in an automobile crash near Portsmouth Ohio. The dead include Daniel Ratliff 39 and his wife Iva 30 both of Portsmouth along with Leonard Watkins 30 and Miss Marguerite Bruerd 24 of Hillards Ohio. Injured were Mrs Watkins and her young daughter Sarah and D G Rife 44 of Columbus Ohio. Bruerd and Rife were en route to Kentucky to be married when the accident occurred.
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Portsmouth
Here
Daniel Ratliff
Iva
Leonard Watkins
Marguerite Bruerd
Hilliards
Sarah
D. G. Rife
Columbus
Britain and France Back Roosevelt Plea for Peace Pact
London and Paris quickly accepted President Roosevelt's offer of a ten year non aggression pact as an opening for restraint in war haunted Europe. Britain and France urged swift replies from Hitler and Mussolini while Goering met Mussolini in Rome amid renewed anti Polish campaigns and talk of Danzig coups.
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London
Britain
France
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Hitler
Chamberlain
Daladier
United States
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Rome-Berlin
Albania
Russia
British Empire
Rumania
Poland
Soviet Union
British War Office
Sorrowing father seeks witnesses after daughter’s death
Philadelphia April 15. A grief stricken father used pickets and posters to locate witnesses to the fatal auto crash that killed five year old Eloise Martocello near 13th and Vine streets. Truck driver George A. Berle of Merchantville N J was held responsible by a coroner jury and later released on bail. Martocello declined vengeance, saying any parent would want facts and justice.
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Philadelphia
13Th
Vine Streets
Joseph A. Martocello
Martocello
Eloise
George A. Berle
Merchantville
N. J
Martocella
Roosevelt Demands Promises of Nonaggression From Hitler and Mussolini
President Roosevelt asked Hitler and Mussolini to pledge ten years of peace and halt any invasions of independent lands. He proposed a world council to ease armament burdens and open access to raw materials. The appeal, made in Rome and Berlin, stressed firm yet conciliatory language and cited recent losses of independence in three European nations and one in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Turner
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
Berlin
Hull
Europe
Africa
Paper Industry Honors Herty in Savannah Festival
A four day Savannah celebration opens honoring Dr Charles Holmes Herty whose pine based paper industry became a major southern employer. Twelve states will participate in the festival with a Court of Papyrus featuring governor appointed princesses from Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia. Dr Herty died July 27 after seeing his work expand into the industry.
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Savannah
South
Virginia
Texas
Charles Holmes Herty
D. G. Moon
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louseisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
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Memphis
Searnreaee
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Rise Caie
Ala
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Nashville
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Little Rock Onealaoe
RED Shreveport
Alexandria
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