O Connor Calls for Full Support in Freight Rate Fight
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner James P. O Connor Jr urges total cooperation from officials legislators and citizens in the southern freight rate equality battle. He frames the issue as a titanic economic struggle pitting southern labor and industry against northern and eastern interests with railroads and state governments backing them.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
James P. O'Connor, Jr
North
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
New England
Northern Rail
Big Aviation Merger Shifts Power In Flight Industry
Floyd B. Odlum, husband of pilot Jacqueline Cochran, leads a $165 million merger uniting Atlas with Curtiss-Wright. Shareholders will swap stock to create a $36.5 million liquid capital to speed $170 million in Curtiss-Wright backlogged orders. The move is described as aviation history’s largest financial operation.
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New York
Floyd B. Odlum
America
Jacqueline Cochran
Atlas Corporation
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Pioneer Aviation Manufacturing Company
Odlum
George N. Armsby
Guy W. Vaughan
Curtiss-Wright
Atlas
University of Colorado
Fifty Year Old Mill Destroyed By Fire In Plaquemine
A blazing inferno in Plaquemine Louisiana leveled the 65 year old A Wilbert Sons Lumber Co sawmill early today. Officials estimated damages around 100000 with the mill complex destroyed though 4 million board feet of lumber in the yard were saved. The plant employed about 106 workers and insured logs were covered. Firefighters contained the blaze, sparks drew a crowd, and no other fires occurred.
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Plaquemine
A. Wilbert’s Sons Lumber Company
Kings County DA Busts Murder-for-Hire Ring
District Attorney William F. O Dwyer of Kings County Brooklyn says 10 men are under arrest as members of a murder to order gang. Soon after his announcement Sheriff’s office in Hollywood California detained actor Irving Cohen.
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William F. O'Dwyer
Kings County
Brooklyn
N Y
Hollywood
Calif
Irving Cohen
Hatch backs federal finance of political campaigns
Senator Hatch of New Mexico urged that the federal government finance political campaigns after Senate approval of a bill extending anti politics limits. He cited Roosevelt in 1907 and said the plan could cost less than current private funding. House opposition was anticipated and no Republican opposed the measure in the Senate.
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Washington
Hatch
New Mexico
Senate
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Barkley
United
Celler
New York
Weaver
Democra
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Bankhead
Rayburn
Martin
Rules Committee
Eight Hurt in Tracy Hotel Blaze
A Tracy Minnesota hotel fire early today injured eight people, two seriously, as guests fled in nightwear. The three story 0 room building burned before firefighters from Marshall Walnut Grove Balaton and the local department could contain the blaze threatening nearby downtown structures. The most serious injuries were reported for Mrs. A. T. Britton of Sandusky Ohio and H. H. Robinson of Minneapolis.
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Tracy
Minn
Marshall
Walnut Grove
Balaton
A. T. Britton
Sandusky
H. H. Robinson
Minneapolis
Caldwell Death Probe Opens in Caldwell Parish
The Caldwell parish grand jury was convened to investigate the death of James Holloway aged 45 who was clubbed with a shotgun in a quarrel with a neighbor over land where Holloway resided. Sheriff George Erskine said the killing followed a dispute over land ownership.
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Caldwell
Columbia
Caldwell Parish
James Holloway
George Erskine
Holloway
Chamberlain warns Norway and Sweden face grave danger
In a Commons address Prime Minister Chamberlain argues allies are ready for any axis move and cites the Finnish war and Scapa Flow raid as indicators. He says experts must decide time and place to strike and links Britain's aims to Roosevelt's moral peace.
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London
Chamberlain
Norway
Sweden
House of Commons
Scapa Flow
Britain
Roosevelt
Brenner Pass
Sumner Welles
Jones warns against long last minute state actions
Jones, vacationing in Tucson, says incoming administration will closely scrutinize contracts and bills approved by the outgoing administration. He accuses the outgoing group of illegal, unfair, and improper script issuance for execution and payment and urges citizens to prevent further plundering of the state treasury.
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Jones
Tucson
Ariz
Roland Cocreham
Fire at Bogalusa Destroys Six Buildings
A grass fire near Bogalusa Louisiana yesterday destroyed two warehouses an office building a canning factory and two seed houses at a cotton gin. Damage was about $5000 to the Whitewood Products warehouse and office. gin losses around $1500. Three firefighters were overcome and hospitalized.
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Bogalusa
Gaylord Company
Whitewood Products Company
R. L. Little
Leo Smith
Sammy Ainsworth
Ned Lances
Odd Items In The News From The AP
UTOPIA MILLFIELD New Hampshire four voters showed up for signature task in a local precinct. SAD SONGSTRESS WILKES BARRE Pennsylvania a song from a singer prompted a husband to report his wife for desertion. CAMERON Missouri the city council voted to make property owners tax free except small levies.
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Wilkes-Barre
A R
Cameron
Judge orders Georgia governor to appear for contempt
Federal Judge Bascom Deaver demanded Governor E. D. Rivers show cause next Friday for contempt after Rivers defied state and federal courts by using troops at the highway department. Deaver freed Rivers temporarily, noting Rivers planned to seek a supersedeas in New Orleans. The ruling upheld Miller’s reinstatement and warned that breaking court orders undermines rights and enforcement machinery.
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Valdosta
Bascom Deaver
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Deaver
W. L. Miller
Miller
Rivers
Rives
Macon
Georgia Education Association
United States
E. B. Doyle
Federal
Atlanta Constitution
Overa
Circuit Court
Gracie Fields and Monty Banks wed in quiet ceremony
Beverly Hills report says Gracie Fields and Monty Banks married at the bride’s parents’ home. The couple plan to sail for New York and Europe on April 7 after a civil ceremony. Banks mentioned a later church wedding in Telcombe England and future film work in Low.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Gracie Fields
Dallas Driver Kills Self in Underpass Collapse
Dallas March 19 Jack Kirk 25 drove his car eight miles an hour into the center column of a railroad underpass. Justice Lewis Sterrett ruled death by own action.
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Dallas
Jack Kirk
Lewis Sterrett
Final Vote on Farm Measure Expected Today
The Senate moves toward a final vote to approve about $922.9 million in agriculture department expenses and farm subsidies for the year starting July 1. A parity fund proposal seeks to raise farmers purchasing power to the 1900 14 level, a point House members did not discuss.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Gill Is Given 1 Month Term
Eugene Gill, among three men convicted for election day violence at a New Orleans poll, was sentenced by Judge Frank T. Echezabal to two months in parish prison and a $9 fine. Gill, 38, a detention clerk, was found guilty of assault on Russ F. Kintzley, reporter for the New Orleans States, at the first precinct of the fifth ward.
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New Orleans
Eugene Gill
Frank T. Echezabal
Russ F. Kintzley
Fifth Ward
Philip “Nina” Paterno
Dahl Won’t Face Check Charges in Los Angeles
Harold Dahl, once Spanish captive, will not face prosecution in Los Angeles for bad checks unless he returns voluntarily. A district attorney deputy said pending charges would stay, notes Dahl is in New York with his dancer wife Edith for a reunion, and no pursuit to bring him back is justified.
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Los Angeles
Harold Dahl
Dahl
New York
Edith
Five Democrats Can Elect Any Of Five Leaders
Senator Russell of Georgia said the Democrats could elect any of five presidential candidates Roosevelt Garner Hull Farley or Wheeler and that the people will not tear up the policies of this administration. He did not comment on the third term question.
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Washington
Russell
Georgia
Roosevelt
Garner
Hull
Farley
Wheeler
Montana
Labor Board Expansion Plan Advances in Washington
The House labor committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend increasing the National Labor Relations Board from three to five members. Chairman Norton said the panel rejected abolishing the board and creating a new one, and noted the move could end deadlocks and broaden review of labor disputes. Leiserson dissented on a related case involving McQuay-Norris Manufacturing and the United Auto Workers.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Norton
Democrat
New Jersey
Speciel House
William L. Leiserson
National Labor Board
Leiserson
McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
United Auto Workers (Co. Loj
Aviatrix Seeks World Speed Mark In Solo Flight
Jacqueline Cochran aims to surpass the 2009 kilometer air speed record of 311 miles per hour. Weather permitting she will fly a single engined oxygen equipped monoplane from Mt Wilson observatory to a point west of Albuquerque and back over a 190 kilimeter route. Larry Therkelsen of the National Aeronautic association will time the attempt.
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Los Angeles
Jacqueline Cochran
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Here
Albuquerque
N. M
Larry Therkelsen
National Aeropeutic Association
Huge British Ships Ready to Carry Troops
Two enormous British ocean liners the Queen Mary and the Mauretania prepared to ferry Australian and Canadian troops to Europe. New crews of about 1 000 and more men arrived in New York as Antonia docked nearby and authorities hinted at routine wartime clearances.
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New York
Europe
New York Harbor
Cunard
Antonia
Mauretania
Cunardite Star
Wion
Louisiana Tax Notice Urges Continued Collection Before June
Baton Rouge reports W A Cooper urges continued collection of the state sales tax despite a constitutional amendment vote. He notes taxes due before June if repeal passes, warns dealers to file returns to avoid penalties.
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Baton Rouge
W. A Cooper
Louisiana
Cooper
Agsine
Oil company worker killed in Patterson auto crash
George Powell an oil company employee died in an early morning automobile accident at Patterson Louisiana. Sheriff T R Hughes received the report but details of the crash were not learned.
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Shreveport
George Powell
Patterson
T. R. Hughes
Germans Tightly Bind Axis Hopes Amid Brenner Talks
Berlin reports Hitler returned from meeting with Mussolini at Brennero and stated Germany aims to secure its Lebensraum and victory. Vatican talks seek Catholic safety in annexed territories. Paris debates war measures as Europe contends with strategic alignments.
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Benito Mussolini
Brennero
Italy
Europe
Ooo
Brennera
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Moscow
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Uni
Halien
Rome
Russia
Southeastern
Comrmonen
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