Britain Seeks Naval Accord After Japan Treaty Move
Sir Bolton Eyres-Mansell told the House of Commons Britain remained disappointed by Japan’s denunciation of the 1922 Washington treaty but urged calm. He predicted a naval conference this year and outlined reductions, including aims to reach 25 000 tons and 12 inch guns for capital ships and abolition of submarines and certain cruisers.
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London
Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Admiralty
House of Commons
Great Britain
Japan
Bolton
United States
Second Victim Dies In Monroe-Raville Crash
Ralph B. Cutler 32 of Delhi died from skull fracture after a head on collision on the Monroe Rayville highway near Milhaven. H. O. Williams 47 of Pittsburgh died earlier at a hospital. Four others injured include Jackie Cutler critically, and two Milhaven Negro men with leg injuries.
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Ralph B. Cutler
Delhi
Monroe-Rayville
Monroe
H. O. Williams
Pittsburgh
Penn
Jackie Cutler
Cutler
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mrs. Cutler
Johny Cassar
Milhaven
Andrew Casr
Mruitler
Anther Negro
Jim Wayne
Ith
Cassars
Crew Lake
Laoarche Swamp
Cutlers
Mr. Williams
Here
Weather service urged to expand hurricane warning program
The appropriations committee asked for an $80,000 increase to strengthen hurricane warning for the Weather Bureau. The plan calls for continuous day and night observations along gulf coasts, more ship reports, staff at New Orleans and Jacksonville, and a teletype network linking 11 first order stations and substations.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
Willia R. Gregg
Bureau
Gulf Coasts
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Farmers Assured 12 Cent Cotton Policy to Hold
Washington reports a White House meeting with Secretary Wallace confirming no change to AAA cotton policy and that the 12 cent loan for the 1934 crop will continue. AAA administrator Davis, senators Smith and Bankhead, and Rep Jones attended as prices slump alarms growers.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
White House
South
Chester C. Davis
Smith
South Carolina
Bankhead
Alabama
Representative Jones
Texas
Mendieta Restores Order in Havana Amid Night of Gunfire
In Havana authorities under Mendieta report control as gunfire rocks the city. Security forces discharged thousands of rounds in an overnight crackdown, with residents reporting tense streets and ongoing curfews.
Endanger American Journalists in Havana Amid city gunfire
In Havana on March 14 the government struggles to restore order as nightly outbreaks of shooting continue. American reporters Richard Armstrong and Richard Melton are briefly checked by police after bullets hit nearby apartments while the yacht Caroline anchors offshore and crew attend a party aboard HMS Dragon. Power outages occur as gunfire rattles sections of the city and workers resume shifts amid tension.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Richard Armstrong
St. Petersburg
Fla
Armstrong
Richard Melton
Baxley
Caroline
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Lady Ashley
Pink Slip Repeal Sparks Wealth Division Debate
In Washington the senate blocked quick action on House repeal of the pink slip income tax publicity law. Senators pushed two tax proposals to raise revenue on the rich, arguing for more even distribution. The revenue issue complicates the repeal effort and may doom the proposal, as Finance Chairman Harrison spoke.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harrison
Bus Crash Near Jackson Injures 35 Children
A truck carrying livestock collided with a school bus nine miles south of Jackson at 8 30 am injuring 35 pupils. Two children were critically hurt, Carroll Fricks suffered a broken jaw and possible internal injuries with amputation of a leg, and bus driver C M Case faced questions over signaling.
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Jackson
Tenn
Carroll Fricks
Harvey Young
Finger
J. H. Martin
Byrd
C. M. Case
Penson School
Fricks
New York Actor Implicated in International Jewelry Theft
George K Arthur a motion picture actor was seized by federal agents aboard a liner at Nassau and charged in a Canada France United States jewel theft case. He allegedly stole a 1650 dollar bracelet from Stephen Raphael in Cannes and later sold it for 275 dollars before buying it back. Arthur also known as George Arthur Brest pleaded not guilty and posted 2500 dollars bail.
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New York
George K. Arthur
Columbia
Nassau
Cannes
France
Stephen Raphael
London
Federal Grand Jury
Mary Jopling
Morgan W Jopling
New York Rubber Company
Miss Jopling
Arthur
United States
Raphael
George Arthur Brest
Tenant Farmers Hear Socialist Leader Norman Thomas
In Marked Tree Arkansas crowds of both white and black sharecroppers abandoned work to hear Norman Thomas urge unionization in the south's plantation system. He spoke after a cotton loading platform event in Parkin and drew about 70 people to Union hall here, as tensions over landlord relations and organizing efforts grow.
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Ark
Arkansas
Norman Thomas
South
Thomas
Parkin
Johnson’s War Profits Plan Urges Major Profit Cuts
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson argues in American Magazine for eliminating at least 90 percent of all war profits. He says munition makers profit like a green pen against the globe and urges wartime price fixing by law to end inflation and temptations to wage war for profit.
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New York
Hugh S. Johnson
Bunk
Ballyhoo
NRA
Coast Artillery Regiment to Move From Camp McClellan to Fort Crockett
Fourth corps area headquarters announces that the 63rd coast artillery motorized anti aircraft regiment will depart Camp McClellan Alabama on Monday for a new base at Fort Crockett Texas. The exact travel itinerary and arrival date at the Texas post are not known.
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Atlanta
Fourth Corps
United States Army
63Td Coast Artillery
Camp McClellan
Ala
Fort Crockett
Texas
Solons Denounce Huey Filibuster In Night Senate Sessions
Washington March 14. The Senate rejected Senator Long of Louisiana and his amendment up to 100 1100 for education from the 4 85 billion relief bill while debates over works funds and earmarking drew lines across parties. Norris opposed more pork barrelling, Johnson supported the concept of earmarking as guidance. The session highlighted bipartisan strain as talks on the 4 88 billion work and relief measure intensified.
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Washington
Senate
Long
Louisiana
Emergency Relief Administration
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
Johnson
California
Town Opposes Madison Parish Spillway Plan
Tallulah Louisiana aldermen adopt a resolution opposing the Tensas Bayou Macon spillway proposed in Madison parish as part of the Jadwin flood control plan. The measure cites loss of more than 40 percent of Madison parish’s area from commerce and taxation and is sent to Congressman Riley Wilson, chair of the House flood control committee.
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Tallulah
Macon
Madison Parish
Board of Aldermen of
Riley J. Wilson
House Flood Control Committee
Tensas-Bayou Macon
California Poet Has His Fill Of Being Lawmaker
Washington March 14 Two months in congress has convinced Representative John S Mc Groarty former poet laureate of California there is no place like home I ought to like a fight because I m Irish but I don t like all this contention and I don t want to come back He displayed a letter he wrote a constituent it scolds him for not reforesting the Sierra Madre mountains and ends with a crude insult the line Will you please take two running jumps and go to hell
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Washington
Congerss
John S. McGroarty
California
Washington Post
Congress
Sierra Madre
Alleged Slayer Pleads Insanity To Avoid Electrocution
Frank Dobbs, 40, identified as the slayer of Miss Fannie Orr near Benton Arkansas, relies on an insanity defense to escape the electric chair. Witnesses for the defense include Dobbs’s mother and Dr. E T Ponder who diagnosed dementia praecox amid details of the attack and arson.
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Benton
Ark
Frank Dobbs
Here
Fannie Orr
Dobbs
Louisa Orr
E. T. Ponder
Little Rock
Wallace urges higher U S industry output in 1936 policy talk
Secretary Wallace told a House appropriations subcommittee that factories should turn out 50 percent more goods at clearly lower prices. He argued a 30 to 40 percent city‑level increase in physical output is needed to lift the entire economy and aid farmers.
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Washington
Wallace
House
Agriculture Department
Treasury calls first Liberty bonds for June 15 payment
Washington March 14 The treasury called for June 15 payment on its entire issue of outstanding first Liberty loan bonds totaling about 1.933 billion dollars. The 1932 47 maturity issue includes 1.392 billion in 3 1 2 percent bonds, 5.002 million of converted 4 percent bonds and 535.981 million of converted 41 4 percent bonds. The move aims to refund gold clause bonds, with broader exchanges previously offered, including 20 25 year 27 8 percent bonds, as Secretary Morgenthau noted.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Supreme Court
Morgenthau
Pleasant Hill gunman shoots three citizens then is subdued
Frank Peacock opened fire in Pleasant Hill Sabine parish injuring J. R. Ramsey postmaster T. W. Hardee merchant and A. J. Barron bookkeeper. Ramsey and Hardee were shot in the head and are in serious condition. Barron grazed on the right ear with minor injury. Deputies Rains and Butler captured Peacock and jailed him at Many.
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Pleasant Hill
Sabine Parish
Frank Peacock
J. R. Ramsey
T. W
Ramsey
Hardee
Shreveport
Barron
Peacock
Ike Rains
Roy Butler
T. W. Hardee and Company
Willkie criticizes government in utility holding company fight
Wendell L. Willkie told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that utility securities have fallen by 3.5 billion since 1933 due to government campaigns against public utilities. He urged ending Washington’s defamatory campaigns and warned the Wheeler Rayburn bill to abolish holding companies within five years would worsen losses for American families.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Roosevelt
Willkie
Sedition Measure Killed By Arkansas Upper House
Arkansas senate defeated the Gooch sedition bill by a 20 to 9 vote. The measure would have imposed up to 20 years in prison for sedition. Senator J L Shaver pushed for consideration but the senate refused.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Senate
Gooch
J. L. Shaver
Commonwealth Labor College
Senate
Sam A. Gooch
House
Thousands Flee Before Floods in Several Areas
Engineers test a cut off system on the Big River amid rising flood fears as thousands abandon homes in parts of the region. Warnings and evacuations spread along floodplains while crews monitor levees and waterways for signs of breaching.
TWO STATES HARD HIT Small Community In Ar kansas Is Surrounded By Water
Floods along the Mississippi drainage basin spread through Arkansas Missouri Illinois and Kentucky as levees broke and rivers rose. Army engineers tested the cut off flood water plan while relief agencies aided thousands of refugees and warned of food shortages in Success Arkansas.
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Great Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Newport
Ark
Jackson Port
White River
Red Cross
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
St. Francis
Black River
Poplar Bluff
Kennett
National
Mississippi
Charleston
Metropolis NL
Cairo, Ill
Saline County
Ohio
Ashland
Paducah
Frankfort
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Jackson, Miss
Rivers Terrorize Lowland Residents
Floods and crevasses swelled as rivers inundated vast farmland in Arkansas Missouri Mississippi Illinois Kentucky and nearby states. Relief agencies mobilized to aid thousands displaced by rising Mississippi and its tributaries while Dr I M Cline warned of continued flood expansion.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
I. M. Cline
Rogers has his say in Beverly Hills roast
In a Beverly Hills dispatch, Roosevelt’s remarks on holding companies spark debate. The column notes sharp exchanges among political figures and hints at ongoing controversy over corporate power, with readers urged to consider the implications of the heated rhetoric.
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