Southern Stove Freight Rates Fuel Parity Debate in ICC Hearing
In GHAM Alabama on April 13 the ICC heard a southeastern states complaint against discriminatory freight rates on southern made stoves. E P Jones of Jacobs Manufacturing testified that official rates north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi have stifled southern industry, with losses to Chicago and Belleville Illinois manufacturers and a shift toward rail use if rates matched northern levels.
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Jacobs
Ohio-Potomac
Mississippi
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Belleville
Ill
South
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Arthur J. Ribe
Birmingham
Martz
Ribe
Spain Calls Three More Draft Groups
Madrid April 13 three more draft classes were called into military service by a government decree published in the official Gazette Barcelona. The classes affected are 1927 1928 and 1941 men aged 32 31 and 18 years. The 1929 to 1940 classes have already been called.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Sixth grain dust blast victim dies in New Orleans
William Miller, 58, a millwright, died from burns today as the sixth fatality from the April 4 grain dust explosion in the public grain elevator. About twenty injured in the blast, blamed on a spark from a burned out motor.
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New Orleans
William Miller
Millwright
Step-Dad Claims Coogan Won’t Receive His Fortune
Brewery owner Arthur L. Bernstein says Jackie Coogan will get no money from earnings before adulthood. Coogan, claiming about 4.9 million dollars, sues his mother and Bernstein, court case set for next week. Bernstein argues the law grants all pre-21 earnings to parents and Jackie’s income is theirs.
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Coogan
Los Angeles
Arthur L. Bernstein
Jackie Coogan
Bernstein
Jackie
Betty Grable
Lucas Surges Ahead in Illinois Senate Primary
Chicago April 13 Lucas, backed by Governor Horner, builds a growing lead over Michael L. Igoe for the Democratic U S Senate nomination as late downstate returns push Lucas to the front. Igoe had led earlier amid the Kelly Nash machine with 7 211 precincts reported.
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Chicago
Scott W. Lucas
Horner
Michael L. Igoe
Edward J. Kelly
Patrick A. Nash
Lucas
Henry T. Rainey
Henry Horner
United States
P. A. Nash
Social Security Grants for Louisiana Aid Programs
The Social Security Board approved $398,258 for old age assistance and $11,523 for aid to the blind in Louisiana on April 13.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Louisiana
Prisoners move to federal jail as court session continues
In a ongoing civil suit in federal court, Mrs. Mary H. McCoy and others sue United Gas Public Service Co. and faces in custody transport to New Orleans. Judge Dawkins sentenced 10 defendants and ordered a new juror venire for the spring term. The case seeks over 70 000 dollars for natural gas royalties and disputes royalty basis between 6 and 3 cents per 1000 cubic feet.
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Federal District Court
Mary H. McCoy
United Gas Public Service Company
New Orleans
Ben C. Dawkins
H. L. Driskell
Monroe
McCoy
Public Service Company
Texas Corporation
Driskell
Louisiana
Richland Parish
John I. Youngblood
J. D. Briley
United States
Dawkins
J. Noble White
O. G. Elliott
Charles F. Ellis
Two 50,000-ton Battleships Planned by Navy
Senator Bone said the Navy is weighing plans for two 50,000-ton battleships with at least nine 18-inch guns. Admiral Leahy asked the Senate committee to expand the naval expansion bill to allow three 45,000-ton dreadnoughts, but naval chiefs reportedly favor two larger ships instead.
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Washington
Senator Bone
Navy
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Senate Committee
Bone
Naval Chiefs
Insurgents Push Frontline Breakthrough in Catalan Theater
From Hendaye at the Spanish frontier, insurgents under General Miguel Aranda shattered southern Catalan defenses. They advanced from Morella to the San Mateo highway, driving toward Vinaroz on the Mediterranean as government lines retreated to Albocacer. The offensive spans a ten mile front with ongoing fighting.
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Hendaye
France
Vinaroz
Mediterranean
Franco
Miguel Aranda
Morella
San Mateo Highway
Catalonia
Albocacer
Aranda
Italo British Pact Seen Shaping European Diplomacy
London reports prime minister Chamberlain planned to deliver a personal message to Mussolini in Rome on April 22 as Britain and Italy near a friendship accord. Diplomats expect the Anglo-Italian agreement to be signed in Rome, with Hore Belisha accompanying, signaling a potential overhaul of European diplomacy.
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London
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Britain
Il Duce
Rome
Malta
Williams Gentry Lead West Monroe Mayoral Runoff
Harry M. Williams Jr. topples B A Gentry in West Monroe mayoral primary with 380 to 353 while 2,212 votes were cast total. Gentry announces a May 17 runoff. eight council candidates advance to the second primary.
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Harry M. Williams, Jr
West Monroe
B. A. Gentry
Williams
Gentry
D. C. Golson
Mr. Golson
Marlin Hattaway
Din Geo
S. D. Kennedy
Lee Hawkins
Mik
R. L. Mitchell
Stee
Stich Sooke
Henry L. Presley
Police Jury Votes To Cut Off Farm Agent's Salary
The Ouachita parish police jury voted to withdraw financial support from E. R. Strahan the parish agricultural agent for 16 years and to oppose further appropriations and his office expenses. The action followed a resolution by W. A. Mills calling for Strahan's removal and eviction from the courthouse office.
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Ouachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Strahan
W. A. Mills
Ward 6
State Agricultural Extension Department
Baton Rouge
Mr. Strahan
C. W. Davis
Mills
AAA
Hill
Davis
Chinese Stall Japs Machine Gain in Skill on Front
Shanghai April 13 reports say Chinese forces using European tactics and ancestral swords stall the Japanese on the central China front. Irregulars helped win at Taierhchwang by disrupting Tientsin-Pukow rail communications, with General Lee Tsung Jen potentially directing success. Chinese troops march with German anti tank guns, fast planes, and growing manpower, estimated at 4 million under arms.
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Shanghai
Central China
China
Shantung Province
Taierhchwang
Shantung
Tientsin-Pukow
Lee Tsung-Jen
Hahn verdict affirmed in Cincinnati poisoner case
Ohio Supreme Court refused Anna Marie Hahn’s appeal in the Cincinnati poison slaying. She faces execution by electric chair on May 4 after a March 10 stay, with a separate murder-by-poison indictment pending for George Gsellian.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Ohio
George Gsellian
Deepest Oil Well in Bakersfield Begins Producing
Geologist Art Mason reports Continental Oil's 15 004 foot world depth oil well is now flowing 2800 barrels per day of 347 gravity crude. The well was brought back to 13000 feet after initial plugging.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Art Mason
Continental Oil Company
Roosevelt and advisers push new relief and works plan
President Roosevelt and five cabinet members plus officials worked at top speed at the White House to shape a relief and public works program. The package reportedly includes 1.5 billion dollars for public works and 1.25 billion for relief to support unemployed through February 1939, to be outlined in a forthcoming presidential message.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Works Progress Administration
Congress
Attorney J Novo Cleared In Embezzlement Case
Winnsboro Louisiana April 13 J Novo Alexandria attorney was acquitted on embezzlement charges filed by Rev Clifford Searcy over a damage suit where the preacher was beneficiary. Verdict came near midnight after a long litigation history including court losses and appeals. Novo claimed he advanced about 400 toward costs and a 40 percent fee arrangement.
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Winnsboro
J. Novo
Alexandria
Clifford Searcy
Searcy
Novo
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the State
Rev. Searcy
Infant Brother Smothered by Tot in Accidental Death
In New York, 2 1/2 year old Vincent Salerno Jr. placed a pillow over his seven month old brother Donald to "keep him warm." The father, a WPA worker, found Donald smothered. Police classify the death as accidental.
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New York
Vincent Salerno, Jr
Donald Salerno
Vincent
WPA
Donald
Roosevelt backs undistributed profits tax retention despite changes
President Roosevelt urged retention of the undistributed profits tax as desirable, urging small corporation exemptions while maintaining the tax principle. He wrote to Senate Finance and House Ways and Means chairmen as conferees bargaining on the tax revision bill met. The move emphasizes fair taxation and curb of tax avoidance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance
House Ways and Means
Capitol
Senate
House
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
PLAN 10 SLASH HIGHWAY FUND RECONSIDERED
Washington reports that the House Appropriations Committee reconsidered President Roosevelt's proposed 60 percent cut to highway funds. It discussed a six month appropriation of 100 million dollars, with plans to restore the usual 238 million, amid ongoing road project approvals by Secretary Wallace and partisan views on the proposed cut.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House
Cartwright
Oklahoma
Representative Cannon
Missouri
Wallace
Congress
Cannon
Taylor
Colorado
Father of Blast Victims Acquitted in Tennessee
Harm on Gouge 35 year old father of three who died in a January blast is acquitted of killing his former business partner Arnold Tollett after a 65 minute jury deliberation. Gouge admitted shooting Tollett in self defense while his daughters Sonia Luena and Roma Jean perished in the blast. Ulysses Walling and Lee Walker got 21 year terms. Church Lester and White Tollett were condemned to die, with Lester having killed himself in his cell.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Harmon Gouge
Arnold Tol
Gouge
Tollett
Johnson City
Sonia
Luena
Roma Jean
Ulysses Walling
Lee Walker
Church Lester
White Tollett
Lester
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Santa Cruz
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Middle West
Gloria
STOVE
Spain
Igoe
U. S
Hitler
Advisers
L. J. Novo
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