Belgian cabinet resigns amid currency gold standard dispute
Premier Georges Theunis announced the cabinet's resignation in Brussels as Belgium faced a heated debate over staying on the gold standard with France and neighboring nations. He defended previous currency safeguards and denied Belgium had abandoned gold.
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Brussels
Georges Theunis
Theunis
Chamber of Deputies
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Switzerland
Remier
Belgium Faces Gold Standard Challenge After Cabinet Resigns
A diplomatic source said Belgium may struggle to form a new cabinet to back the gold standard and could pull other gold bloc members with it. Markets swung as gold currencies weakened and the dollar slipped against the pound while banks debated Belgium’s gold status amid royal decree safeguards. Committees expect a clearer stance once the decree text is released.
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Associated Press
London
Belgium
Georges Theunis
Brussels
United States
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Data With 24 Hour Stations
A river flood bulletin lists daily stage readings for stations across Mississippi Arkansas Tennessee and Ohio valleys. It shows stage changes with rises falls and hourly notes for cities including St Louis Memphis Helena Vicksburg Natchez Baton Rouge Pittsburgh Evansville Nashville Little Rock Shreveport and more.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez
Baton Rouge
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Evansville
Ancess
Tennessee—Chattanooga
Cumberland— Nashville
Arkansas
Ort Smith
Ittle Rock
Reveport
Mandria Coidve
Germany Demonstrates Aviation Strength Amid European Tensions
Washington reports the administration weighing a cautious stance on Europe as Germany showcases aviation power. Congress faces two major issues: a $2 billion bonus for veterans and the existing $2.04 billion work relief program. Three payment proposals compete: Patman cash, Vinson American Legion bonds, and Tydings Cochran negotiable bonds. Roosevelt signals caution toward Europe implications.
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Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Senate
Patman
Vinson- American Legion
Tydings-Cochran
White House
Germany
Police Night Officer Favors Apples In Historic Oddity
A police officer on the night shift is noted for his fondness for apples. Stands closed during hours led to friendly restaurants saving fruit for him. Fellow officers nickname him Allah Ben Haddam as greetings spread. The ERA nursery seeks toys for children ages two to four at 3105 Lee Avenue.
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Allah Ben Haddam
ERA Nursery
Lee Avenue
ERA
Mosque riot in Karachi leaves 27 dead and 97 injured
In Karachi on March 19 a crowd of about 100000 Mohammedans rioted over the execution of Abdul Quayam for murder. Police and troops fired on the crowd after stones and missiles were thrown, with 27 killed and 97 wounded. The dead and injured were moved to the civil hospital.
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Karachi
India
Abdul Quayam
Mohammed
Industrial draft to take profits from war urged
John T Flynn urged the Senate munitions committee to back a drastic wartime industrial draft with a constitutional amendment. He said profits from war must be curbed, proposing industry salaries capped at 10000 and taxes on profits above three percent. He aligned with Nye on needing a formal committee project, while criticizing Colts Arms over NRA labor guarantees.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
John T. Flynn
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Flynn
Colts Arms Company
NRA
Army Plans Mimic War On Big Scale Soon
The War Department plans a peace time mimic war involving about 60,000 soldiers, concentrated at Pine Camp New York in August. Major General Dennis F. Nolan will command the operation with the First Army. National Guard units in the area will be called up if Congress approves $379,630 for the mass drill.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Department
Pine Camp
New York
Dennis F. Nolan
National Guard
First Army
Congress
Senate
House
Child Fatally Hurt By Auto Near Crowley
Irene Landry seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Valerie Landry was fatally injured four and a half miles east of Crowley when struck by a car driven by Mrs Cecile Reaux of Port Arthur Texas. Death due to a fracture at the base of the skull. Reaux cleared as accident deemed unavoidable. Survived by parents and four siblings. Funeral arrangements not complete.
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Crowley
Irene Landry
Valerie Landry
Cecile Reaux
Port Arthur
Texas
Z. J. Francez
Reaux
Joe Dore
Ohio Governor and Hopkins clash over relief corruption charges
In Columbus Ohio Gov Martin L Davey and federal relief head Harry L Hopkins spar over alleged waste in the state relief administration and claims of firms paying kickbacks. The House begins a probe after Davey accuses Hopkins and former relief director Frank D Henderson of corruption while urging a full investigation.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Harry L. Hopkins
Ohio
House
Senate
State Relief Administration
Davey
Federal
Newerk. O
Hopkins
Ohio Relief Administration
Frank D. Henderson
Health workers to meet in Monroe for public health conference
A one day conference for North Louisiana parish health workers will be held in Monroe on Saturday March 23. Speakers include Louise Strachan director of child health education at the National Tuberculosis Association and Dr Charles R Gowen. The event aims to aid tuberculosis campaigns and will be at Central Grammar School auditorium with sessions at 10am and 2pm. Monroe is hosting due to noted local public health work.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Louise Strachan
New York
National Tuberculosis Association
Charles R. Gowen
Shreveport
John McBride
Louisiana Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Central Grammar School
Small Group Guides Fate Of Countries In Europe Talks
A small cadre of negotiators shapes Europe’s postwar settlement as Germany presses to redefine boundaries after World War I. Adolf Hitler, 46, centers a tight circle with Werner Von Blomberg and General Her, guiding Germany’s military future amid fragile peace talks.
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Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Werner von Blomberg
Reichscher
Her
Ethiopia seeks League help in border dispute with Italy
Ethiopia formally appealed to the League of Nations for intervention in the Italy border conflict. Addis Ababa invoked Covenant articles 15 and 11, signaling unresolved East African tensions and a possible special council session to consider investigation and settlement recommendations.
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Geneva
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Council
Addis Ababa
Plane Found With All Aboard Dead in Congo Jungle
A colonial ministry message reports the downed Congo jungle flight carrying Edouard Renard governor of French Equatorial Africa his wife and five colonial officers. The plane was forced down last Thursday in the Congo region.
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Brussels
Colonial Ministry
Edouard Renard
French Equatorial Africa
Renard
Paris
Congo
Flood Control Hearings Planned by Rep Wilson on Mississippi Valley
Washington March 19 Representative Wilson Democrat Louisiana, chair of the house flood control committee, announced hearings on the lower Mississippi valley flood control program to begin April 1. He introduced a bill amending the 1928 act to remove Jadwin plan features, establish controlled floodways, and compensate landowners for flood way use.
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Washington
Wilson
Louisiana
House Flood Control Committee
Lower
Mississippi Valley
Army Engineers
Mississippi River Commission
Chief of Army Engineers
Chief of Engineers
Levee Board
Citizens urged to attend housing act meetings in Monroe
A. V. Miller, chairman of the local federal housing administration committee, calls bankers, builders, and citizens to two sessions on the national housing act at the Hotel Virginia. Sessions start 2 PM and 8 PM Wednesday. Title One discussed in the afternoon and Title Two at night. Local and state FHA representatives will explain and demonstrate benefits for home improvements and construction.
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Monroe
West Monroe
A. V. Miller
Federal Housing Administration Committee
Virginia
Federal Housing State
New Orleans
Airplanes Roar Over Berlin in Mass Maneuver
Berlin witnesses a major air power show as 100 to 150 German planes, bombers and pursuit aircraft, fly over the city in the first military air maneuvers since World War I, amid talk of Versailles treaty violations and possible aims to demilitarize Rhineland zones.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
United States
Japan
Rhineland
France
Air
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Long awaiting court decision in phone case stalls in Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge Huey Long remains in his hotel suite amid the statewide telephone rate reduction suit. He meets with state officials and legislators as Judge W Carruth Jones is due to rule on Southern Bell’s injunction against lower rates. Long serves as special counsel for the Public Service Commission while arguing against the injunction.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Louisiana
Statehouse
Long
C. Arthur Provost
Iberia
N. Smith Hoffpaulr
Acadia
W. Carruth Jones
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Commission
East Baton Rouge
Schooner Laura Runs Aground Off Utila With 104 Passengers
The British schooner Laura carrying 104 passengers and 12 crew ran aground today near Utila Honduras. Relief ships departed from La Ceiba Utila and Roatan to rescue the imperiled group. The vessel had departed Belize and many passengers were Bay Islands residents on an excursion.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Laura
Utila
la Ceiba
Roatan
Belize
Bay Islands
Roosevelt weighs developments amid global events
President Roosevelt takes time to study unfolding international developments and shows little concern about the rapid whirl of events abroad as he assesses policy directions during a tense period.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Deliberates United States Policy on German Armaments
The Roosevelt administration showed extreme caution over Germany's breach of the Versailles terms and its peace with the United States. Officials weigh possible protests or joint actions with allies while avoiding entanglements as Berlin shifts to larger armed forces. No decisions yet, with future European developments shaping the plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
United States
White House
William C. Bullitt
Russia
Reich
Europe
Berlin
Roosevelt Convenes With Foreign Advisers On European Crisis
President Roosevelt and top foreign affairs aides planned another conference to shape U S policies as Germanys rearma ment fuels European tension. Secretary Hull Norman H Davis and other envoys monitor reports from Berlin London and Paris while awaiting allies input.
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Washington
Germany
Roosevelt
Hull
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Great Britain
Berlin
Roosevelt era politics clash over social programs
In a Santa Monica column, a Democratic critic argues Congress should drop humanitarian schemes and focus on old age pensions. He says rivals seek a single 1936 outcome and warn that while people will cooperate, they will not pay willingly. The piece notes distrust in Roosevelt's approach.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Congress
Roosevelt
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