Wirt charges spark probe as Democrats vow full inquiry
Democrats vow to widen the probe if Dr. William A. Wirt proves his charges. Rep Byrns dismisses GOP claims of starvation of the investigation and says extra funds will be provided if new revelations justify it. Wirt testifies on brain trusters linking a Kerensky Stalin revolution claim.
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Washington
Rainey
William A. Wirt
Wirt
House
Roosevelt
Kerensky
Stalin
House of Representatives
Representative Byrns
Tennessee
McGugin
Kansas
Byrns
Gary
Ind
Burns
Washinon
Stock Exchange Victory Shifts Regulation Plan
Washington April 9 The New York Stock Exchange won a 10 to 8 vote in the senate banking committee to create a three member presidentially appointed commission to regulate the exchanges. The move overturns plans to place regulation with the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission. The committee also removed the bill’s introductory constitutional purposes section.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Trade Commission
Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Senate
Reserve Board
The
Trade Commission
Adams
Colorado
Supreme Court Takes Up Economy Act Case Review
The Supreme Court agreed to consider the constitutionality of the Economy Act which cut veterans benefits. It granted reviews to Sam Wilner Lynch of Albany Georgia and the brother and son of a war risk policy holder, with lower courts ruling the Act barred merits review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sam Wilner Lynch
Albany
Up Pops the Devil at junior college theater
Francis Barnett and Frances Miller star in the Little Theater play Up Pops the Devil at the junior college tonight. A Rayville performance ended with the leads embracing on stage, drawing cheers from the audience. A local sighting notes jokes about Santa, doctors, and the new post office as courthouse term begins in Monroe with the modern elevator at the building.
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Francis Barnett
Frances Miller
Steve
Anne
Rayville
Francis
Federal Court
Monroe
American Revue Ordered Away from Tokyo Engagement
Tokyo police ordered the American Revue Troupe of 75 members to depart after completing the Tokyo engagement by April 15, forcing cancellation of remaining Nagoya and Osaka bookings. The company arrived February 23 from San Francisco and had visa extensions until April 15 declined. U S embassy did not act officially.
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Tokyo
Japan
A. B. Marcus
Nagoya
Osaka
San Francisco
United States
Foreign Office
Petition Filed Asking Report of McLeod Bill
A petition was filed in the house asking the banking committee to immediately report the McLeod bill calling for a governmental payoff to depositors in closed federal reserve member banks. Jesse H. Jones, RFC chairman, opposed the bill.
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Washington
House
McLeod
Federal Reserve
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Corporation
Ward chieftain slain in Chicago on eve of vote
In Chicago the ward chieftain Joseph Tierno is found shot in the street on the eve of a primary election. Police weigh motive while noting the ward's history of violence and alleged fraud claims over 100 000 registrations. The case adds to a tense scramble for Democratic county committee control.
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Chicago
Joseph Tierno
Illinois
John Powers
Antony D'Andrea
D'Andrea
al Capone
Octavius Granady
Citizens Committee
Union League Club
John S. Rausch
Election Board
Tragedy in Eureka Springs Husband Slays Wife and Children
Officials outlined a jealous rage motive as Warren Davis, 58, allegedly killed his wife Virginia and their two young daughters Dixie and Mildred after a dance, then killed himself. Police found the bloody hammer and razor in the bedroom where the mother lay embracing Dixie. The four bodies were discovered by Virginia’s sister, Katherine Brown.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
Warren Davis
Katherine Brown
Mildred
Fair Weather Forecast For Southeastern Area
The forecast calls for fair weather in the southeast over the next several days after Sunday showers. Rain was general in Alabama Georgia northern Florida the Carolinas eastern Tennessee and southwest Virginia with the heaviest downpour in North Carolina where about an inch fell. Temperatures remained warm with 7 am readings near 40 in cities north of Chicago and Des Moines. No cold weather expected in the near future.
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Associated Press
Southeast
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Chicago
Des Moines
Snipers Fire On Investigator in Strike at Mines
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on April 9 snipers fired a fusillade of 100 to 150 rifle bullets at an automobile carrying state investigator Shippen Lewis who was en route to a mining camp to inspect picket lines. No injuries were reported.
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Uniontown
Shippen Lewis
Hudson Motor Plant Closes
Detroit April 9 The Hudson Motor Car company announces a shutdown at 1 p m due to parts shortages caused by a strike at Motor Products. Public relations rep J Edward Schipper says the plant will stay closed until a new supply source is found or the strike ends. about 1 000 Motor Products workers are on strike.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Motor Products Company
J. Edward Schipper
Motor Products
Three Autoists Killed in Rock Slide at Storm King
A rock slide from Storm King mountain onto a scenic highway killed three motorists near West Point New York. Mrs Otto Seilheimer 28 and her son Otto Jr 8 of East Paterson New Jersey died. Lambert Shacknis 27 of Brooklyn died from the rock impact while Mrs Shacknis was injured. Geraline Seilheimer 18 months old survived with injuries.
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N. Y
King Mountain
Otto Seilheimer
Otto, Jr
East Paterson
N. J
Lambert Shacknis
Brooklyn
Seilheimer
Geraldine
Shacknis
Chinese Papers Report Japanese Move to Strengthen Influence
Chinese newspapers charged that Japan dispatched 100 military officers to Chahar Suiyuan Shansi and southern Hopei to study strategic centers in northern China. Other papers noted talks to reopen the Malanyu Pass near the tombs of the Tsine dynasty failed.
Outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Sought in Southwest
Southwest peace officers press on to capture Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker after a slew of killings. An abandoned Barrow car with two bullet holes was found near Ottawa Kansas as Dillinger is also rumored active in the region.
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Kansas City
Clyde Barrow
Desperado
Bonnie Parker
Cal Campbell
Miami
Okla
John
Wooden Gun" Dillinger
Southwest
Barrow
Ottawa
Kas
Renewed threats stir Kansas City mayoral turmoil
Kansas City faces renewed threats against City Manager Henry F. McElroy on the eve of new officials taking office. A sniper's bullet hit a window near McElroy and his daughter Mary, following a prior extortion note and a threatening telephone call. The attack comes amid calls for his ouster, as the newly elected council prepares to vote on his fate.
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Kansas City
Henry F. McElroy
Storm Center
McElroy
Mary
Foul Play Suspected in Death of Pearl Kemp
Los Angeles officers suspect foul play in the death of Pearl Kemp 22 a dress maker found dead in her hotel room with an open gas jet nearby a blood smeared pillow case and facial bruises. A letter in her possession addressed to Mrs J D Kemp of Ethel La was found on her.
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Los Angeles
Pearl Kemp
J. D. Kemp
Ethel
Sixth District congress race heats up with clashes
In Plaquemine Louisiana a heckler James Jumonville clashed with Ford Claiborne a speaker for Harry D Wilson at a Wilson rally as debate raged over Huey P Long influence in the Sixth District primary. State Senator J Y Sanders Jr accused Long and Wilson of manipulation.
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Plaquemine
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
James Jumonville
Ford Claiborne
New Orleans
Harry D. Wilson
Agriculture
Congress
Wilson
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Long
Donaldsonville
Claiborne
Mr. Wilson
Senator Long
American fleet leaves West Coast after long stay
The U S fleet ends a two year Pacific coast stay at San Pedro and moves to the east coast via the Panama Canal. Fifteen patrol planes will fly 700 mile hops to the canal rejoining the fleet April 21 while the airship Macon sails from Sunnyvale to participate in early war games as 75 officers and men undertake the flight.
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Cal
United States
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
San Diego
Navy
U. S. S. Macon
Sunnyvale
Canal
Two Die and One Hurt in Starks Grade Crossing Crash
Two persons died and a minister was injured in an automobile train crash at a Starks grade crossing on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Ratcliff of Starks, 49, and L. R. Roark of Dry Creek, La., were killed, while Rev. C. N. Green, Baptist minister of Dry Creek, was hurt and treated at an Orange hospital. Ratcliff’s body was sent to Orange, Roark’s to DeRidder, La., after the collision with a passenger train.
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Orange
Texas
Starks
Mary Ratcliff
L. R Roark
Dry Creek
C. N. Green
Ratcliff
War veteran on trial for murder of wife in Oklahoma
Virgil Brown, a war veteran, goes on trial in El Reno district court for the slaying of his wife Marie Elmsley. Marie, from Windsor Ontario, was beaten to death last fall while traveling east from California. A nationwide search followed before Brown’s arrest in Shawnee. A man named Simons reported hearing a scream near the scene and later disappeared. The couple’s marriage was secret and revealed after the investigation.
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EL Reno
Okla
Virgil Brown
Marie Elmsley
Brown
Windsor
Ontario
California
Shawnee
Oklo
W. A. Simong
Simons
Woman Loses Leg After Winnsboro Auto Crash
Mrs. Wallace Hall 21 of Winnsboro suffered critical injuries when struck by a Spencer Louisiana automobile on Sterlington road near DeSiard road. Her left leg was amputated above the knee at Monroe General Hospital and her condition slightly improved by noon. Spencer claimed he did not see the parked car or Mrs. Hall until the collision. Sanders, the other driver, was uninjured and no charges were filed.
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Wallace Hall
Winnsboro
Sterlington Road
DeSiard Road
Monroe General Hospital
Sanders
Spencer
Torrid Exchange Causes Recess in NRA Hearing
A heated exchange between John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and Alabama operators’ rep Forney Johnston halted the NRA hearing on miner wage and hour changes. Johnston claimed the wage-side order violated the recovery act while Lewis pressed whether the union implied a secret wage move.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Forney Johnston
Alabama
NRA
Johnston
Lewis
One Man Killed in Sarnia Tar Compressor Blast
In Sarnia Ontario a tar compressor exploded at the Imperial Oil plant shortly after noon injuring several workers and killing one man. Fire confined to the small building, damage described as light.
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Sarnia
Ont
Imperial Oil Company
Slicht
Sullivan denies dictating Louisiana revenue post nomination
Col John P. Sullivan of New Orleans testifies before the senate finance committee that he did not direct D. D. Moore's nomination as internal revenue collector for Louisiana and that he has never engaged in gambling. He dismisses Long's charges of handbook profit and asserts his efforts to stamp out the practice.
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Washington
John P. Sullivan
New Orleans
Lowever
Senate Finance Committee
D. D. Moore
Internal Revenue Collector
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Sullivan
Edoward Righter
Moore
Long
Long charges Moore with perjury in Senate clash
Senator Long accused D D Moore New Orleans internal revenue collector of perjury over a 20 year old libel suit involving Clare nce Pierson The dispute centers on Moore testimony about a Louisiana insane asylum case and a court opinion Long questions Moore on Sullivan influence and prior office visits while Moore denies involvement and asserts no relation to Joe Gardiner This item continues on page six.
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Senator Long
Louisiana
D. D. Moore
Internal Revenue
New Orleans
Moore
Clarence Pierson
Pierson
Internal Revenue Office
John P. Sullivan
Edward Righter
Long
Sullivan
Sulliva
Joe Gardiner
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Stage Change
Flood conditions push river stage higher with 24 hour readings showing rapid rise. Local authorities monitor crests and warn of potential property damage as water levels approach minor flood thresholds along key river towns.
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