Irish Parade Honors Patron Saint on Fifth Avenue
New York March 17 A grand St Patrick’s Day parade on Fifth Avenue draws about 75 000 marchers under the Ancient Order of Hibernians Clan Na Gael and other Irish groups led by Monsignor Michael J Lavelle. Participants come from Donegal Kerry Armagh Cork Limerick Leitrim and County Down to celebrate Eire’s patron saint Padraic and pass unfurled banners amid brass and drums.
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John Ferris
New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick's Day
Ireland
Kathleen Ni Houlshan
John J. Sheahan
Order of Hibernians
Clan-Na-Gael
Friends of Irish Freedom
Cumnann Na Mban
Brian Boru
Wolfe Tone
Shane
Hugh
Owen Roe
Eire
Padraic
New England Fears Plants to Move South
Providence R I March 17 The New England council warned that continued southern freight rate propaganda could spur industry migration southward reducing New England influence. Harry C Ames transportation counsel said political rate-makers could force New England to abandon competing in goods, noting textile dominance declined since 1910.
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Providence
New England
New England Council
South
Harry C. Ames
New England Governors’ Railroad
Ames
Senator Ellender Hit With Shingle in Senate Row
In Washington on March 17 during a shin gle industry speech, Senators passed shingles to colleagues. Senator Wiley of Wisconsin sniffed the odor and struck Ellender of Louisiana on the head with one. Ellender split his shingle, while Minton of Indiana tapped Stewart of Tennessee on the thigh. Johnson of Colorado chewed a piece of his shingle as the scene amused all.
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Washington
State
Bone
Senate
Wiley
Wisconsin
Ellender
Louisiana
Minton
Indiana
Stewart
Tennessee
Johnson
Colorado
Double Killer Durand Hunted After Powell Shootings
A rifle savvy posse across Wyoming and Montana hunts Earl Durand, the raw meat eating killer who killed Park county officer D. M. Baker and wounded Town Marshal Charles B. Lewis after kidnapping Deputy Noah Riley. Durand fled toward the Bear Tooth mountains carrying rifles and a slab of raw beef.
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Powell
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Park County
Ray Easton
Earl Durand
D. M. Baker
Charles B. Lewis
Baker
Lewis
Durand
Here
Sherif Noah Riley
Cody
Riley
Bear Tooth Mountains
J. M. Klindt
Boyd Bennion
CCC to Enroll 43 in Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge La March 17 Special A R Johnson state welfare commissioner announced that 43 youths from Ouachita parish would be enrolled in the civilian conservation corps on April 5. The parish is among the largest quotas with 1 908 youths statewide. Unemployed males ages 17 to 23 in good physical condition are eligible with $30 monthly pay, $22 sent home or deposited with the government.
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Baton Rouge
A. R. Johnson
Ouachita Parish
Civilian Conservation Corps
Johnson
CCC
Louisiana
Gulf Coast Pageant Joins Parade of Spring Pilgrimages
The Mississippi gulf coast adds its pageant week to regional tours and celebrations from Natchez to Mobile. Governor Hugh White is expected for opening events as pageants run in Gulfport Bay St. Louis Pass Christian Long Beach Biloxi Ocean Springs and other towns through tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Natchez
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Southwest Louisiana
Covington
St. Francisville
Mobile, Alaazalea
Hugh White
Mississippi
Gulfport
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Long Beach
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
General Zachary Taylor
Neptune
D'Tberville
LSU President visits Monroe campus to inspect new facilities
Dr. James Monroe Smith president of Louisiana State University toured the Northeast Center in Monroe with dean B. F. Mitchell and business manager E. N. Jackson. They were guided by Northeast Center dean C. C. Calvert and praised progress including three new buildings a stadium and a social center with a library and music building expected next September.
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James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Northeast Center
Baton Rouge
Hotel Virginia
E. N. Jackson
B. F. Mitchell
Dr. Smith
C. C. Calvert
Monroe
Justice Butler Celebrates 73rd Birthday on St Patrick's Day
Washington March 17 Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler marked his 73rd birthday on St Patrick's Day. The Irish heritage is noted as he joins the Friendly Sons of St Patrick annual meeting, with his father also born on the holiday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pierce Butler
Patrick
United States
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt
Welles
Republic of
Michigan elects Loren Dickinson as new governor after Fitzgerald dies
Lieutenant Governor Loren D. Dickinson becomes Michigan’s first in line to ascend to the governorship after Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald dies in office from heart complications. Dickinson, 79, will turn 80 April 15 and takes the oath in his Charlotte home as influenza delays the ritual.
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Lansing
Mich
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Loren D. Dickinson
Dickinson
Michigan
Fitzgerald
Frank Murphy
United States
Murphy
Grand Lodge
Charlotte
Escape Attempts Turn Prague Into Tense Crisis
Reports from Prague on March 17 describe rising arrests and personal crises among anti Nazis and Jews as non Jews take over Jewish owned stores. The former Miko vice camp becomes a concentration camp while the Social Democrat party faces dissolution and film industry workers are ousted.
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Prague
Czech Republic
Expres
Eugen Zucker
Anglo Bank
Rudolf Wahle
Paul Donner
Czech Radio System
Mikovice
Social Democrat Party
A-Zet
Hitler
Ada Smolkava
Munich
Melody Pact With Dead Keeps 42 Years
Reading Pa March 17 A church cornetist fulfills a 42 year old pact with a saloon keeper at Neversink mountain tonight as midnight nears He will trumpet Irish tunes over the grave of Tom Hannahoe owner of the Stars and Stripes saloon The agreement requires playing On Saint Patrick s Day in the last minutes before deathful.
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Reading
Alvan Schaeffer
Neversink Mountain
Schaeffer
Tom Hannahoe
Stars and Stripes
Hannahoe
Mardi Gras Anti climax in New Orleans Vieux Carre
New Orleans marked an anti-climax Mardi Gras as visitors on fiesta tours watched locals fill the French Quarter. The crowd jammed streets, with re-routed streetcars and detoured buses as residents recreated colonial era life amid a lively, if slightly disorganized, parade atmosphere.
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New Orleans
Vieux Carre
Canal Street
Old City
Jenny Lind
Adelina Patti
Germany Loses Trade With United States In February
Berlin data show exports to the United States fell sharply in February contributing to a 29.3 million mark drop in Germany’s export trade from January’s 441 million marks to 411.7 million. Imports eased from 472.2 million to 471.5 million marks, widening the adverse trade balance by 60.5 million marks versus the prior two months.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Rotation plan eyed for relief rolls longest on WPA
Washington March 17 WPA administrators and a house appropriations subcommittee favor a rotation system to replace the longest on relief rolls with those on the waiting list. The idea, discussed during hearings on a 150 million relief fund, may be acted on when WPA funds are voted for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Washington
WPA
Harrington
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Army Sees First Look at Fast Bombing Planes at Wrightfield
The Army reviewed several new two motor light bombing aircraft built for Air Corps expansion at Wrightfield Ohio. Reported speeds near six miles a minute, these brand new planes are armed with machine guns and bombs. Major General Henry H Arnold noted only fastest pursuit planes could counter them. Three manufacturers submitted completed planes including Martin of Baltimore.
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Washington
Army
Air Corps
Wrightfield
Dayton
United States
Henry H. Arnold
Congress
Martin
Baltimore
Effort Made to Save Doomed Tot in New Rochelle
Harold Holt Jr a 2 year old from Monongahela Pa was brought to New Rochelle for deep X ray therapy after doctors in Pittsburgh lost hope for survival A tumor with liver lungs and kidney involvement blighted his young body and may respond to aggressive treatment as hospital officials monitor progress.
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N. Y
Harold Holt
Wilma Holt
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Holt
Alexander J. Chilko
Harold
Austin J. Schoneke
New Rochelle Hospital
Baptists Pick Laurel as Next Year's Convention Site
Laurel Mississippi was chosen as the site for the American Baptist association’s next annual convention, selected at the closing session of the meeting in Fayetteville Arkansas.
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Baptists
Laurel Fayetteville
Ark
The
American Baptist Association
Laurel, Miss
Fire delays and tax note led to quirky refusals
Brinson ignored a fire during a hot fish supper and stayed in place as flames were extinguished. In New York, IRS collector Rasquin received a letter with a split donation, sending $10 but noting the writer and his wife sent $5 each because they could not be taxed.
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New Bern
N. C
Charles J. Brinson
Brinson
New York
Almon G. Rasquin
Roosevelt May Name Woman to Supreme Court
Washington reports say President Roosevelt may fill the Bran deis vacancy with a woman. Senate voices are divided on timing with some insiders noting a possible late day appointment while others await a formal move. Senator Norris hints at Dean Wiley Rutledge as a preferred candidate while Senator Borah has urged the Attorney General on letters of endorsement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Louis Brandeis
White House
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Wiley Rutledge
University of Iowa Law School
Borah
Idaho
Robber Slays Two Motorists In Northwest Florida Case
Sheriff reports a 24 year old Pensacola man named Harvey McGraw confessed to killing two Montgomery men, Clifford Mann and Charles Wilkinson, after a robbery. The victims were found with their car about 200 yards off a highway near Milton, Florida, near the Alabama line, where the suspect used their car to flee.
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Milton, Fla
John Harrell
Chipley
Pensacola
Harvey McGraw
Montgomery, Ala
Milton
Fla
Florida
Alabama
Georgiana
Ala
Joseph T. Allen
Clifford
President and Mrs Roosevelt Mark 34th Wedding Anniversary
Memories of a St Patrick s day wedding in 195 spanned over 1000 miles as the president and Mrs Roosevelt exchanged telegrams and telephones on their anniversary. Mrs Roosevelt lectured in San Antonio while the president remained at his desk in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
San Antonio
Tex
Czechoslovakia Defiant Minister Refuses German Surrender
AP reports in Washington that Czechoslovakia’s defiant minister refused Prague orders to surrender the Czech legation and consulates to German representatives. Roosevelt signals neutrality act revision. Hitler arrives in Vienna amid Bohemia Moravia moves. U.S. envoy confirms death of American cameraman Peter Lissiuk during clashes in Carpatho Ukraine.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Roosevelt
Bucharest
United States
Legation
Peter Lissiuk
Chust
Carpatho-Ukraine
Lissiuk
Hungary
Carpathos Ukraine
New York City
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