League of Nations Condemns Germany for Rhineland Move
The assembled powers unanimously condemn Germany under Hitler for violating Versailles and Locarno by sending troops into the Rhineland. Joachim von Ribbentrop argued the action was justified by France's pact with Soviet Russia while Germany stood isolated in the vote.
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Associated Press
London
Council of the
League of Nations
Hitler
League
Germany
Versailles
Locarno
Rhineland
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reich
Beligui
France
Belgium
von Ribbentrop
New York
League of Nations Council
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Louisiana D A R Elects Officers At New Orleans Meet
New officers chosen for Louisiana chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution include Mrs A R Lacey as regent and Mrs C M Flower, Mrs R H Agate as vice regents. About 75 delegates attend the convention closing session with a luncheon headlined by Mrs William A Becker.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
William A. Becker
The
National Organization
A. R. Lacey
Shreveport
J. Harris Baughman
Tallulah
C. M. Flower
Monroe
R. H. Agate
Lafayette
Flora Bowers
Ruston
Frank Brown
Lake Providence
Roy Brown
H. Grady Price
C. B. Turner
Baton Rouge
J. H. McDonald
Alexandria
E. Moore
H. S. Palfrey
Franklin
Witnesses Heard In Labor Practices Case In New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 19 witnesses testified before the National Labor Relations Board about unfair labor practices by Bradley Lumber Co at Warren Arkansas. An injunction from an Arkansas chancery judge halted a Warren hearing. The charges arise from the company’s refusal to rehire about 70 workers after a shutdown following a union organization. Federal courts had declined to halt the proceedings.
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New Orleans
National Labor Relations Board
Bradley Lumber Company
Wareren
Ark
Warren
Arkansas Chancery
Fuel and Food Running Low at Isolated School
In Marion North Carolina March 19 the Newlands school district reports fuel and food scarce as snowbound students face blocked roads. Superintendent George M Bowman asks state highway officials to push open routes, noting no hunger yet but supplies dwindling and isolation growing.
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Marion
N.C
George M. Bowman
Newlands
Louis Kluttz
McDowell County News
Kluttz
Bowman
State Highway Department
South Carolina Solons Push for Social Security
In the South Carolina general assembly sponsors press to expedite social security legislation amid appropriations and highway reorganization measures. A joint referendum resolution nears third reading in the senate as supporters push for passage to clear the way for related bills.
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Associated Press
South Carolina General Assembly
Senate
Alabama
Shushan Appeals Income Tax Case in Washington
Abraham L. Shushan of New Orleans, Huey Long ally, appeals to the board of tax appeals to redetermine a $60,046 income tax deficiency and penalty. He seeks to set aside a jeopardy assessment filed after his acquittal on evasion charges and denies any income beyond that reported. He argues no delay risks collection and calls the jeopardy assessment a tactic to deny ordinary legal procedure.
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Washington
Abraham L. Shushan
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Board of Tax Appeals
Shushan
Internal Revenue Bureau
Flier Forced Down Near Grafton After Engine Trouble
Capt. Orville Anderson, co-holder of the stratosphere record, forced a landing near Grafton West Virginia today. He reported no injuries but his plane sustained slight damage after descending near a local hotel.
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Grafton
W. Va
Orville Anderson
Conway Governs Again In Baton Rouge
Secretary of State E A Conway served as acting governor after Governor James A Noe crossed into Texas en route to a stock show in Fort Worth.
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Conway
Baton Rouge
E. A. Conway
James A. Noe
Texas
Noe
Fort Worth
Attorneys Split Over Mayor Trotti Succession in Lake Charles
Local attorneys in Lake Charles discuss legal procedure to name a successor after Mayor J. A. Trotti death. Trotti served nearly full four year term ending May 10, 1937, with only 14 months remaining.
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Lake Charles
J. A. Trotti
Three Hundred Cows Drowned in Northfield Floods
In Greenfield Mass on March 19 three hundred pure bred Jersey cattle were drowned in their barns at Northfield farms due to flood waters. Also reported a toll collector robbery at Pell City Alabama with about 40 dollars taken at gunpoint and a Capitol Hill briefing on a possible American super liner to rival Normandie and Queen Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Mass
Mississippi River
Northfield Farms
Pell City
Ala
Coosa River
Birmingham-Atlanta
Lon Embry
Atlanta
Birmingham
Washington
Capitol Hill
Inquiry Broadens on AT&T Racing News Wire Facilities
The Communications Commission called on the Justice Department to probe AT&T for providing wire facilities used to transmit race news. The move reflects regulatory scrutiny of telecommunications links to media content.
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Washington
The
Communications Commission
Justice Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Whittaker Held After Wife Slaying In Los Angeles
Samuel L. Whittaker a 60 year old retired organist was placed in technical custody by police in Los Angeles over the slaying of his wife Ethel E. Whittaker who he said was shot by a robber.
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Los Angeles
Samuel L. Whittaker
Ethel E. Whittaker
Slaying of State Market Chief Spurs Patrols
Nashville officers seek two young men who exchanged shots with Sheriff L. A. Bauman and two deputies after the body of Jasper K. Milliken, assistant chief of the State's market division, was found in a Nashville ditch with a chest wound and a head wound.
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Nashville
Tenn
iPi
Jasper K. Milliken
L. A. Bauman
Milliken
Tokyo war office frees 1320 rebels after questioning
The war office announced that 1,320 enlisted men including NCOs and privates who took part in the February 2% rebellion were released from detention after questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
The
War Office
Slaying in Court Shocks Newton Jurors
Newton Texas March 19 The Scrappin valley murder case reached court with 300 venicemen summoned for trial of three men charged with murder in the 6 year old slaying of Richard Ridgeway.
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Newton
Texas
Scrappin’ Valley
Richard Ridgeway
Nelson Brothers Postponed Fourth Time in Tax Conspiracy Case
In New Orleans on March 19 Pi Mness announced a fourth postponement in the federal trial of the Nelson brothers over a conspiracy to defeat and evade $29,279.10 in Mississippi Valley Construction taxes from 1930 to 1933. The trial before Judge Wayne G. Borah, set for April 6, was delayed after John P. Nelson was hospitalized with pneumonia in Baton Rouge. The defendants include Harry B. and Willis W. Nelson.
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New Orleans
Pi Mness
Nelson Brothers
Mississippi Valley Construction Company
United States
Wayne G. Borah
Rene A. Viesca
John P. Nelson
Baton Rouge
Harry B
Willis W.nelson
Floods push Congress to background as relief effort expands
President Roosevelt oversees a vast flood relief push with the army navy coast guard and WPA assisting victims. Red Cross raises a 3200 relief fund while 1500 workers shore up a dike to protect 100 million dollars in government buildings and shrines. Congress debates a 1.59 billion unemployment relief request amid a peacetime budget nearing 9 billion.
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Washington
Marsch
Congress
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
WPA
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Florida
Capitol Hill
Chaplin and Paulette Goddard Married Rumor Abounds
Singapore rumors swirl that Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard may have wed before arriving. An interview suggested Goddard wore a possible wedding ring on their arrival, but no ceremony evidence was found amid Chaplin and Goddard touring with her mother.
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Singapore
Straits Settlement
Charles Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Miss Goddard
Chaplin
President Roosevelt postpones fishing trip due to flood emergency
President Roosevelt deferred his Florida fishing cruise for at least 24 hours to attend a White House conference on the eastern flood disaster. He was summoned to discuss relief measures with the emergency flood committee headed by Secretary Dern, delaying departure from Washington and possibly altering his Florida coast plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Dern
Florida
Pittsburgh Begins Cleanup as Flood Recedes in City
After the great Pittsburgh flood, authorities report the water level dropping from a peak of 49.5 feet as guards seal the zone. Pumps and fire alarms echo while thousands of workers start the long salvage, with 10 feet of water still in some basements and muddy debris filling streets.
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Max Fullerton
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
$3,000,000 for relief asked by chief executive
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation appealing for $3,000,000 to the American Red Cross for flood relief. The emergency flood relief committee met at the White House to plan aid as 200,000 people were driven from their homes, with 150,000 already dependent on Red Cross support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
Federal Emergency Flood Relief Committee
Presidents Desk
Red Cross
United States
Crucifixion hoax alleged in Ocala case
Ocala Florida March 19 George J Thammerman a 39 year old bricklayer and carpenter whose name appears in police reports as Timmerman was found in a wooded area near his home nascently claiming he had been crucified after being nailed to a cross. Sheriff Thomas said the tale appeared staged for notoriety or sympathy and investigators discounted his story finding him faking the injuries and events.
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Ocala
Fla
George J. Thamerman
Sherff S. C. M. Thomas
cross-Florida Ship Canal
James M. White
Timmerman
Baker Estate Valued At 6471 85 In Louisiana
An inventory in civil district court shows the estate of late Justice Joshua G. Baker of the Louisiana Supreme Court totaling 6471.85 dollars. The widow Mary Monroe Baker and daughter Mrs Jules M Bayle are named as beneficiaries.
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Baker
New Orleans
Civil District Court
Joshua G. Baker
Louisiana Supreme Court
Mary Monroe Baker
Jules M. Bayle
Water Terrifying In Speed Fifty Towns Hit
A burst dam floods the Blackstone and Pawtucket river valleys. Rice City Uxbridge dam failure sends 15 feet of water downstream while Lippitt dam breaks causing 5 inches of water to flood Riverpoint Lace Works and Perrenial Dye and Prints, forcing 250 workers from Clyde plant. State police warn further dam strain on Woonasquatucket.
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Boston
C(ap
Rice City
Uxbridge
Blackstone
Blackstone River
Providence
Lippitt
Pawtucket
Riverpoint Lace Works
Clyde
Woonasquatucket
Stillwater
Georgiaville
Flood Devastates Wheeling as Ohio River Rages
Torrents of the angry Ohio river engulf Wheeling downtown with seven feet of water, killing 18 and drowning two more at Wellsburg. Panicked residents are stranded in homes and businesses as rescuers use fifty boats to reach those on Wheeling Island and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W.a
Ohio
West Virginia
Wellsburg
Pittsburgh
Wheeling Island
Ohio River
Highlands
Floods of record sweep eastern states as death toll nears one hundred
The Ohio River floods surge through Wellsburg West Virginia and Wheeling submerging business districts and threatening towns. States tally dozens of deaths with Pennsylvania West Virginia and others reporting missing and feared fatalities while the Potomac roars toward the Chesapeake as President Roosevelt halts Florida trip to coordinate aid.
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R. H. Hippelheuser
Associated Press
Ohio River
Wellsburg
W. Va
Wheeling
Wheeling Island
Flood Scenes Across Northeast Prompt Rescue Actions
Flood reports from Port Jervis Eddyville Warren and East Hartford describe hermit Bill Marvin resisting evacuation, police and fire crews rescuing him and his animals, students ferried by rowboat, a boy clinging to a tree, and city officials offering free boat transport to marooned residents. The Broadway Limited was redirected due to washouts, with continuation on Fifth Page.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Bill Marvin
Delaware River
Coty
East Hartford
Conn
Former Sheriff Candidate Indicted in Decatur Killing
Kenneth Ogbin, 29, tavern keeper and former sheriff candidate, was indicted by the Macon county grand jury on a murder charge in the death of John King, 43, a Decatur broker. King died after being shot early Saturday. Allee Hutchins, alias Tucker, is charged as an accessory before and after the fact.
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Decatur, I
Kenneth Ogbin
Macon County Grand Jury
John King
Decatur
King
Ogbin
Allee Hutchins
Tucker
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Charles P. Nutter
League Council
Louisiana
South Carolina
Solons
PVA
Paulette
W. V
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Vermont
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Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
War Dern
Eddyville
N. H
Albert Busby
Baker River
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
New York Central
Cleveland
Sheriff Is Indicted
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