Nervous thief robs 20-year-old clerk in Bluefield
A well dressed young man robbed Virginia Shumaker at a Bluefield cinema cash register taking 245 dollars. He apologized saying he would repay in 90 days. Police pursued him as they searched for the getaway suspect. In Salt Lake City an eight year old vanished from a dentist office and was found hours later.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia Shumaker
Salt Lake City
Roy Daniels
Roy
Brake Put On Hitler Drive By King Carol
Romania under King Carol appears to curb Hitler’s southeastern Europe advance by securing British purchases of Romanian goods and delaying German trade pacts. Officials see Britain’s trade mission and a new Romanian German pact as signals Romania may move toward a democratic regime and Western alignment while suppressing the Iron Guard.
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Britain
Carol
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Romania
Balkan
Iron Guard
Germany
London
Rumania
U S envoy to leave Prague amid legation closure
Wilbur J. Carr the U S minister to Czecho Slovakia began packing to close the legation and return to Washington with Mrs Carr. Major Lowell M Riley military attache accompanies him. Irving N Linnell designated consul general to represent U S in Bohemia and Moravia. The British and other legations are departing. The German language is adopted in Prague city offices. Public arms restrictions and anti Semitic drive continue under German protectorate.
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Prague
Wilbur J. Carr
United States
Washington
Three Drownings After Auto Plunges in Mississippi River
In Roslale Mississippi on March 21 three men from Merigold Mississippi M Carroll 45 Lucille Carroll 25 and Doc Walker 25 drowned when their car veered into the Mississippi river at Terene landing two miles north of town. Carrolls bodies were recovered from the back seat with two glass panes smashed. Coroner Dr C C Thweatt of Cleveland said the men had visited friends at Terene and apparently took the wrong road into the river.
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Terene
Rovgads Reports Attack After Torn Clothes
A man named Rovgads approached police reporting an assault that left his clothing torn, with details of the confrontation unclear in the fragment. Officers opened an inquiry to identify where and how the incident occurred.
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Los Angeles
James Rovgads
San Quentin Moves to End Hunger Strike
San Quentin officials act to break the second hunger strike in two months. Warden Court Smith targets about 15 trouble makers, hints revoking good time credits for strike leaders. about 16 hundred of 5,300 inmates refused dinner but many returned to cells when food offered.
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Calif
Court Smith
VPI
San Quentin Prison
America
Board of Prison
Smth
Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens Preliminary Sessions
Washington March 21 Preliminary meetings of the National Rivers and Harbors congress began with the projects committee chaired by Senator Miller Democratic Arkansas hearing advocates for 154 proposed projects across the nation. The committee will report Friday with recommendations for army engineer and congressional approvals before the full congress opens Thursday led by former Representative W J Driver of Osceola Arkansas. A Mississippi Valley Flood Control group of 33 levee boards from six lower valley states meets tomorrow with Senator Overton Democratic Louisiana as its president.
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress’ Projects Committee
Miller
Arkansas
Congress
W. J. Driver
Osceola
Ark
Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association
Lower Valley
Overton
Louisiana
Emily Carow Dies in Italy Sister of Theodore Roosevelt
Miss Emily Tyler Carow, 73, sister of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, died last Sunday in Porto Maurizio Italy. She had lived in Italy for 40 years and news of her death reached Mrs. Roosevelt yesterday.
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New York
Emily Tyler Carow
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Maurizio
Italy
US Rejects Legal Basis for Bohemia Moravia Protectorate
The March 21 US note to Germany states there is no legal basis for the Reich's protectorate over Bohemia and Moravia. It encloses Acting Secretary of State Welles’s condemnation of Germany’s acts of lawlessness and arbitrary force and notes receipt of Berlin's March 16 decree.
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United States
Germany
State Department
Bohemia and Moravia
Welles
Reich
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Rutledge Put On New Court By Roosevelt Nomination
Wiley Blunt Rutledge Jr a 44 year old dean of the University of Iowa law school was nominated by President Roosevelt to be an associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia a new position created by the last congress. He has taught at multiple universities and was dean at Iowa and Washington University. Attorney General Murphy praised his character and qualifications for the post.
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Wiley Blunt Rutledge, Jr
University of Iowa Law School
Roosevelt
United States Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Dean Rutledge
United States Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Securities Commission
Iowa
Cloverport
Wisconsin
Indiana
Colorado
New Mexico
University of Colorado
Boulder
Colo
Washington University School of Law
St. Louis
University of Iowa
Murphy
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Raymond Duvall Set for June 1 Trial in Potts Slaying
Shelbyville Indiana report says Raymond Duvall, 30, charged with the slay of Clayton Potts Indianapolis foundry executive during a holdup, will go to trial June 1 in Shelby circuit court. Duvall was arrested near Alexandria Louisiana after the case moved from Marion county. Date moved from May 1 due to crowded calendar.
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Ind
Raymond Duvall
Clayton Potts
Indianapolis
Shelby Circuit Court
Duvall
Alexandria
Maron County
Hitler cites Mussolini on shifts as Memel issue grows
Berlin dispatch says Hitler assured Mussolini of last week's Czech absorption implications. Attolico carries a letter to Il Duce as Goering resumes Riviera vacation to meet Mussolini and Balbo. Observers think Memel status may be settled, signaling further German moves.
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Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Italy
Riviera
Italo Balbo
Libya
Africa
Japan
Hitler
Bohemia- Moravia
Rome
Goering
Memel
Labor Hearing Delayed Amid AFL CIO Talks In Washington
Washington March 21 The senate labor committee votes to delay hearings on Wagner act amendments until next Tuesday as AFL and CIO wage peace talks continue. Senator Borah says both sides seek more time to reach a settlement. The hearings were postponed after negotiations began at the presidents urging.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Rooseveltt
House
Roosevelt
WPA
Congress
Ex convict Rovira slain by New Orleans police at docks
Edward Rovira alias Red Rovira 28 year old ex convict was shot and killed by an officer after resisting arrest near Barracks street docks. Detectives Vitari Sbisa and Captain Bell witnessed Rovira fleeing with packages near Esplanade avenue and drawing as if a pistol. Packages sent to district attorney for inspection. Rovira previously served time in Angola prison on narcotics conviction and had 13 prior arrests for larceny and narcotics.
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New Orleans
Edward Rovira
Red” Rovira
Barracks Street
Joseph Vitari
Edward Sbisa
William Bell
Rovira
Esplanade Avenue
Angola
Murder Case at Oak Grove Goes to Jury
Wiley Johnson 33 defends against murder charge in the death of his brother in law Freddie Duncan last Christmas eve. District Attorney sought the death penalty while the defense argued self defense or acquittal as jurors began deliberations after full day of testimony at Mills store north of Danielle.
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Wiley Johnson
Inlaw
Freddie Duncan
Attoney
J. Vernon Simms
Sartis Bassett
Johnson
Young Duncan
Mills
Danielle
Duncan
Dynamite Death Suspect Couple Held in Illinois
State's Attorney says he will question Alice Austin and Theodore Simmons, held on murder charges in Hardin county, as investigators seek details on the dynamite blast that killed Earl Austin near Elizabethtown. Lucille McDowell, 19, was severely injured in the explosion that wrecked the truck.
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Rock
Ill
Clarence E. Soward
Saline County
Hardin
Earl Austin
NYA
Alice Austin
Theodore Simmons
Harrisburg
J. T. Gram
Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Ustin
Lucille McDowell
Mrs. Austin
Simmons
Soward
Austin
German American League proposes break with Nazis
The German American League for Culture of Northern New Jersey asked President Roosevelt to withdraw U.S. diplomatic and consular staff from Germany. It urged seizing Nazi property to settle German claims and embargoing all exports, condemning Nazi actions in Czecho Slovakia.
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N. J
League
Douglas nomination to Supreme Court heads for swift Senate approval
President Roosevelt's pick of William O. Douglas to succeed Louis D. Brandeis appears headed for rapid, overwhelming Senate confirmation. Western senators lament regional balance but expect no opposition. McNary and Barkley foresee quick approval amid talks on SEC leadership and continued stock regulation.
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Roosevelt
William O. Douglas
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
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Securities Commission
McNary
Barkley
Rankin
Mississippi
Douglas
SEC
Mrs Roosevelt walks fair sights on Treasure Island
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt visits San Francisco for the Golden Gate Exposition with planned on foot exploration of Treasure Island exhibits. She drew large crowds earlier as her lecture filled the island's biggest hall, then she sought a quieter self guided tour without official escorts or press.
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America
Eleanor Roosevelt
Treasure Island
Golden Gate International Exposition
Governors Seek Labor Aid in Freight Rate Battle
Georgia Governor E D Rivers chaired southeastern governors who appealed to national labor groups to back lower freight rates for finished goods. Arkansas Governor Carl E Bailey urged AFL CIO to join in pressuring for relief after a recent victory tying wages and hours to transport costs.
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Southeastern Governors’ Conference
Carl E. Bailey
Arkansas
Congress
Bailey
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William E. Lee
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Plane forced landing leaves two dead in Pacific tragedy
A 19 year old pilot survived a forced ocean landing off California after fuel ran out near Santa Catalina island. His father Anthony Carey 50 and uncle Jack Carey 30 both drowned within 20 minutes. Richard Carey 19 and James Buntini 30 were rescued by a tugboat crew after being pulled from the sea.
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Calif
Pacific
Richard Carey
James Buntini
Long Beach
Carey
Anthony J. Carey
Jack Carey
Victorville
Mojave
Richard
Santa Catalina Island
Coast Guard
Careys
Buntiniere
Britain Pressures Sign Halt Hitler Pact Amid Balkan Tensions
A chaotic observance from Bucharest notes the shooting of a German citizen by a Jew at Brasov sparks concern as King Carol seeks to curb German influence. London reports Britain calls on Soviet Russia France and Poland to sign a Halt Hitler declaration while six power talks pause.
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Rumania
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Europe Awaits Hitler Move As Powers Call Conference
Europe watches for Adolf Hitler next move as Germany aims to expand its borders. The Soviet Union proposed a conference of six major powers while Britain signals cautious involvement.
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Hitler
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Soviet
Russia
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