Mayor Anton Cermak Dies After Assassination Wound
Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak died at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami at 6 57 a m due to complications from a February 15 gunshot fired by Giuseppe Zangara during an assassination attempt on President Roosevelt Family and close friends were at his bedside including daughters and a granddaughter Medical staff reported gangrene in the right lung and a third blood transfusion had been given Indictment against Zangara for first degree murder was to be sought State's Attorney H Vernon Hawthorne said as jurors could be recalled to convene in the case
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Fla
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Giuseppe Zangara
Roosevelt
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Floyd Kenlay
Vivian Graham
Richey Graham
Frank Jirka
Edward F. Kelly
South Park
Frederick Tice
R. C. Woodward
Walter Wright
Clara Beesley
Joe Cermak
John Kallal
Cermak
Zangara
Game Hospital
Joe H. Gill
Miami Society
H. Vernon Hawthorne
J. W. Snyder
Banks Move To Reopen So Firms Can Pay Employees
Washington and New York reports say Treasury Secretary Woodin and aides vow to reopen banks if needed to allow payrolls. Plan drafts focus on four day bank holiday rules and potential use of clearing house certificates. Congress leaders consider emergency measures and a special session to authorize liquidity actions.
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Woodin
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Congress
Roosevelt
Representative Rainey
House
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Capitol
Robinson
Nine Southerners Die in Accidents
Nine people died in weekend accidents across the south from March 6. Six died in automobile crashes, one by a train, and two by drowning. Victims included James G. Hannie near Doyle Louisiana Achille Lorio in New Orleans and Craig Smith in Kings Mountain North Carolina Rain Carrigan in Gastonia North Carolina Lillian Gardner in Columbia South Carolina Will King at a Hattiesburg railroad site Mrs Thomas J McKenney of Buffalo New York died in Orlando autos. Mrs Mayme McPhink and Ray Crawford drowned fording Eleven Point River near Pocahontas Arkansas.
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North Carolina
Louisiana
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
James G. Hannie
Doyle
Achille Lorio
New Orleans
Kings Mountain
N. C
Craig Smith
Rain Carrigan
Gastonia
Lillian Gardner
Columbia
S. C
Will King
Hattiesburg
Miss
Thomas J. McKenney
Buffalo
N. Y
Orlando
Mayme McPhink
Ray Crawford
Eleven Point River
Pocabontes
Ark
Rambling Tales From North Second and DeSiard
A fragmented column recounts a traveler blocked by crowds on DeSiard and Second streets near a Betty Boop club show. It notes detours and a noon-hour delay, hints at Hollywood and a 1944 date, and mentions graft demonstrations in Nutland and a banking holiday affecting locals in Monroe.
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DeSiard
North Second Street
Law
Jackson
Japanese Move To Seize Eastern Wall Of China
March 6 dispatch reports three Japanese armies pressing Chinese defenses along the great wall to claim the eastern section. Units under Hattori Kawahara Nakamura Mogi engage through Jehol province, capturing Fanchiakow and Lengkow while advancing from Lingyuan toward Kouepikow and Peiping. Weichang, center of the Jehol opium region, falls as the campaign accelerates.
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China
Manchukuo
Jehol
33Rd
Kaoru Nakamura
Chiehlingkow
Weichang
Kennosuke Mogi
Mogi
Rangers Hunt Gang of Robbers in Grandview Bank Loot
Rangers pursue a gang that looted the First National Bank in Grandview Texas of about $12,000 in cash and valuables after four or more masked men using an acetylene torch forced entry. Night watchman Bob Hibbetts and shop operator Earl Brockette were captured, tied, and moved outside before the robbers attempted to remove the safe with a gas hose and water cooling.
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Grandview
Tex
First National Bank
Bob Hibbetts
Earl Brockette
Hibbetts
Brockette
Hitlerites Win Big Victory in Reichstag Vote
March 6. Hitler’s Nazis win the largest parliament group ever with 647 seats and 52 for Nationalists as Germany’s Reichstag and Prussian diet yield a decisive nationalist majority. The victory signals suppression of Communists and Socialists and a likely two year adjournment of the Reichstag.
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Berlin
Hitler
Workless protest clash with police in Washington
On March 6 in Washington several people were injured as police halted a demonstration at Twelfth and P streets after marchers from Eleventh street aimed to reach the district building for relief and racial equality. Inspector Headley warned against marching in formation. police used clubs riot guns and tear gas. The front rank bore the brunt as many marchers fled and others were loaded into patrol wagons and sent to nearby stations and a hospital.
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Washington
Twelfth
P. Streets
Eleventh Street
Albert J. Headley
Twelfth Street
One Ton Safe Stolen From Bank at Kress Texas
Kress Texas March 6. Bank officials say a one ton safe was bodily removed from the Farmers State Bank and trucked away. The safe reportedly contained about 1100 dollars in currency and silver. The burglary was discovered Sunday when bank president Tom Bagley saw cut power lines dangling from the building.
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Kress
Tex
Farmers’ State Bank
Tom Bagley
Emergency Program To Be Presented Near Readiness
Roosevelt to address seventy third Congress opening Thursday to tackle banking crisis and monetary emergency. President drafted immediate program aimed at reopening banks and stabilizing financial situation, with emphasis on direct presidential guidance rather than clerical delivery.
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Washington
Seventy-Third
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Night Wind Rips Monroe Area In Louisiana Storm
A brief night wind storm lashed Monroe and West Monroe between 1 45 and 2 30 Monday morning. Trees and outbuildings suffered minor damage while most homes remained intact. Reports from Bastrop Rayville Sterlington Columbia Ruston and other nearby towns noted little to no serious damage and utility lines were only lightly affected.
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West
Twin Cities
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Ruston
Sterlington
West Monroe
Telephone
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Dick Pritchard
Rogers Has His Say
A Santa Monica letter writer asserts strong support for a national leader, claiming Americans feel unusually happy yet frustrated by banks and work. The writer argues the public backs the president’s bold moves despite potential wrongs, even joking that a capitol fire would be acceptable if it showed action.
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Cal
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Congress
Capitol
Roosevelt Orders Four Day Banking Holiday Worldwide
Washington March 5 The nation began a four day modified banking holiday as President Roosevelt uses war time powers to restore financial order. A Sunday proclamation halted banking operations through Thursday and barred gold earmarking for foreign accounts. Clearing house certificates will serve as script during the holiday while Congress is asked to act in a Thursday special session. Governors met at the White House to discuss remedial legislation and banking crisis responses.
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United States
Congress
Roosevelt
American Bank Note Company
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Sub-Treasuries
Washington
White House
Slayer Taken by Church Posse in Atlanta
In Atlanta a church congregation abandoned hymn books for shotguns and captured a 26 year old negro named Rader Davis who reportedly confessed to two slayings and complicity in a third. He allegedly broke into a suburban home fatally wounding Mrs Henderson and wounding her husband before killing a farmer, with another man implicated in a following taxi-driver murder.
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W. A. Wells
Rader Davis
Davis
Sam H. Henderson
W. E. Stanley
Rockdale
Emmett Gibson
Hamp McGee
A. C. Peacock
Central Christian Church
Charlie Pourton
Trial of Senator Davis Again Postponed Monday
United States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania faces another postponement on federal lottery charges. Judge Johnson Jay Hayes granted adjournment until next Monday to avoid depriving Pennsylvania of representation during a national crisis.
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New York
United States
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Johnson Jay Hayes
North Carolina
Senate Confirms Six Roosevelt Nominations
The Senate in special session confirmed six Roosevelt appointments including William Phillips of Massachusetts as undersecretary of state. Also approved were Wilbur J. Carr of Ohio and Raymond Moley of New York as assistant secretaries, Henry Morgenthau Jr. of New York as farm board chairman, former Representative William F. Stevenson of South Carolina, and T. D. Webb of Tennessee for the federal home loan bank board. The moves followed Roosevelt's decision to send the nominations up Monday after attending Senator Walsh's funeral.
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Senate
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Massachusetts
Wilbur J. Carr
Ohio
Raymond Moley
New York
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Board
William F. Stevenson
South Carolina
T. D. Webb
Tennessee
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Two Fires Cause Large Loss in Monroe Area
Two Sunday fires inflicted about 4700 in damage in Monroe and West Monroe. The Tippitt home at 101 Cypress St West Monroe sustained about 2200 in damage from a attic fire caused by defective wiring while the Slack Produce warehouse at Ninth and DeSiard streets suffered an estimated 2500 in damage. West Monroe and Monroe fire crews responded with parish truck.
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West Monroe
T. L. Tippitt
Cypress Street
O. P. Slack Produce Company
Ninth
DeSiard Streets
Tippitt
Bank Holidays Declared Excludable From Credit Periods
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that bank holidays and moratoriums may be excluded from the credit period used to pay freight charges. The decision followed conferences between carrier representatives and the commission in Washington on March 6.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Dictator Plastiras Seizes Greek Government After Vote
In Athens General Plastiras, former head of the 1922 24 revolutionary government, announced a military government to prevent disorder after a parliamentary election produced a narrow lead for Panayoti Tsaldaris faction. A formal proclamation was expected soon.
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Greece
Plastiras
Panayoti Tsaldaris
Howell Holds Own Amid Pneumonia at Walter Reed
Senator Robert B. Howell of Nebraska developed an infection in the week and pneumonia. Officials at Walter Reed Hospital said he was holding his own despite a weakened condition.
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Washington
Robert B. Howell
Nebraska
Walter Reed Hospital
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