Work relief bill faces senate house clash over amendments
Washington march 25 debate over the 4 880 000 000 works relief bill intensifies as silver bloc threats loom and a conference to reconcile senate amendments is planned. President Roosevelt and Hopkins will map spending methods while Long hints a filibuster and defense of the Thomas silver monetization rider.
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Buchanan
Appropriations Committee
White House
Senate
House
Oklahoma
Burns
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Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Huey P. Long
Congress
Senate Intercommerce Committee
Suit tests control of East Baton Rouge parish council
In Baton Rouge a court hearing opens on whether government control of East Baton Rouge parish lies with Huey Long supporters or opponents. Gov. O K Allen leads a lawsuit seeking to restrain interference with 17 Long followers as the parish governing council. An anti Long group files an exception claiming no cause of action.
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Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish
Huey Long
O. K. Alien
W. Carruth
Long
Paul G. Barron
Jes' Ramblin' About The Town Returns To Print In Monroe
Local columnist H. H. B. resumes Jes' Ramblin' About The Town after a year away due to an earlier mishap. The piece thanks Monroe residents for kindness, notes Mickey O'Brien's return to town, praises J. J. Derringer's age and vigor, and shares light anecdotes about Postmaster James Wooten, Perry DeMoss, and local fishing adventures on Black Bayou.
Son of New Orleans Fire Chief Succumbs Monday
James Evans 33 son of Fire Chief John M. Evans died suddenly at his home in New Orleans. Physicians suspect heart attack or acute indigestion. Evans, an assistant engineer, headed the fire prevention bureau. He is survived by his wife Carmen Halphen and three children Mary Catherine John J. and Kenneth M. Evans. Funeral services to be held tomorrow afternoon.
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New Orleans
James Evans
John M. Evans
Evans
Drought Damage Runs High in Southwest Areas
Drought damage across the Southwest ranges into millions as dust storms smother crops and drive cattlemen from Colorado and neighboring states. Officials warn of widespread losses with potential record crop failure. wheat forecasts fall to about half normal in Oklahoma and Texas experiences limited crop impact.
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Kansas City
Hubert L. Collins
Denver
United States Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Collins
Western Plains
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Baca
Bent and Prowers
Oklahoma
F. K. Reed
War Declared on Gangs by Chicago Prosecutor
Chicago March 25. State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney, target of eight bullets, launches a campaign to crush all gangs. He vows to turn on the heat and declares the war is on as gunmen in a small fleet car fire on his sedan but miss. Alderman Harry E. Perry and Detectives John Cronin accompany him.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
Cook County
Harry E. Perry
John Cronin
State supreme court upholds death sentence in McKechnie case
Pittsburgh report states Robert Allen Edwards had his murder conviction and death sentence affirmed by the State supreme court. His claim of juror pre judgment and alleged threats by juror Luft were denied. Edwards was convicted October 6 at Wilkes-Barre for the slaying of Freda McKechnie. Edwards is described as a young mine surveyor. Roosevelt to depart for Florida fishing cruise after secretary Howe improves.
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Pittsburgh
State Supreme Court Today
Robert Allen Edwards
Freda McKechnie
Edwards
Wilkes-Barre
John Luft
Luft
Six Die in Club Rendezvous Fire in Chicago Mass Panic
A devastating blaze at the Club Rendezvous in Morton Grove Chicago killed six people and left 16 seriously burned as patrons panicked at a single narrow exit. Fire swept through the dance hall and dining room as guests, including Northwestern University students, fled toward the inward swinging door and kitchen exit amid chaotic scenes. Firemen say the main door opened inward trapping many in the crush. The blaze started near a gas heater with drapes and streamers fueling the flames. The incident continued on page eight.
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Chicago
Morton Grove
Northwestern University
Elmer Cowdrey
Cowdrey
Stronger Navy High On List Of Must Measures
The House, March 25, places a stronger navy high on the must list and moves three major naval bills toward passage. They aim to expand Pacific bases, supply officers and aviators for a fleet and air force, with administration backing. The measures may be sent to the floor Wednesday amid other wartime and air base proposals.
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Washington
House
Pacific
Military Committee
Moe
Traffic Safety Campaign Launched by Local Groups
Seven civic organizations led by H Flood Madison Jr form a safety council to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities. The coalition includes Monroe Rotary Lions Kiwanis West Monroe Kiwanis Ouachita Parish Business Men’s Club Barkdull Faulk American Legion and Monroe Y's Men’s Club calling for active motorist and business fleet cooperation.
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H. Flood Madison, Jr
Monroe Rotary
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
West Monroe Kiwanis Club
Ouachita Parish
Boston Youth Reunited With Mother in New Orleans
Vincent O'Brien, 16, traveled for six weeks and was traced to New Orleans by his mother Mrs Bridges O'Brien of Boston. Police aided in identifying him after she arrived in the city seeking news of her son.
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New Orleans
Vincent O’brien
Bridges O’brien
Boston
Mass
Vincent
Borah predicts no European war in near future
Senator Borah, long a leader on foreign affairs, asserts there will be no war in Europe soon and that America would stay out if conflict arose. He links Germany’s rearmament to possible peace and notes Britain holds the key to avoiding war.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
Italy
France
Forgotten mens clemency hearing held in Parchman
Mississippi governor presides over a personal clemency session at Parchman Prison for inmates serving 10 to 30 years in stripes. More than 150 prisoners, many without relatives, are brought before Governor Sennett Conner to plead for mercy in a one man court style proceeding.
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Miss
Mississippi
Sennett Conner
Conner
Ontario government orders police guard at Dafoe Hospital
Toronto March 25 reports say the Ontario provincial government ordered a police guard at Dafoe hospital near Callander around the clock to foil an alleged plot to kidnap the Dicone quintuplets. The move follows word of a planned abduction, with officials insisting security is heightened for the newborns.
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Toronto
Ontario
Dafoe Hospital
Callander
Hitler Seeks Adequate Forces in Berlin Talks
Reichsfuehrer Hitler, in private talks with Sir John Simon, pressed for a strong army nav y and air force to guard Western Europe from Bolshevik threat. The meeting with Eden and Neurath began earlier and continued behind closed doors as diplomats weigh peace versus war prospects.
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Associated Press
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Hitler
John Simon
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John
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Approval Given Floodway With Modifications
The Tensas Basin Levee board approved a floodway through East Carroll Madison and Tensas parishes with modifications. The resolution requires adequate compensation to landowners, at not less than twice the 1934 assessed valuation, including unassessed improvements, before final approval.
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Madison
Tensas Parishes
Board of Commissioners
Tensas Basin
Gales and Blizzards Sweep Pacific Northwest
Gales and blizzards battered the Pacific Northwest with four deaths reported from a drowning near Waldport Oregon. A motor car left a highway and plunged into the Alsen river as storm warnings spread along the Washington coast and Columbia River mouth.
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Wash
Pacific Northwest
Tom O'Brian
Alsen River
Waldport
Ore
Washington Coast Line
Columbia River
Bax
Eviction Rule Upheld in Arkansas Tenants Lawsuit
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled a tenant cannot sue a landlord to enforce the 1934 35 cotton crop and acreage reduction contract with federal agencies. The decision means no injunction to halt eviction in the case brought by Winburn West and others against H Norcross.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
United States Department of Agriculture
High Court
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Poinsett County
Winburn West
H. Norcross
Federal Judge refuses Shushan motion to quash indictment
Judge Wayne G Borah in New Orleans denied A L Shushan a motion to quash the federal indictment charging alleged tax evasion. St Clair Adams argued double jeopardy and protested alias wording while Borah upheld government practice and indicated plans for bill of particulars and possible testimony.
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New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
Federal District Court
A. L. Shushan
The
Orleans Levee Board
Huey P. Long
St. Clair Adams
Mr. Shushan
Underworld
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Adams
Discovery of charred human bones near Baton Rouge
In rural eight miles northeast of Baton Rouge a fire destroyed a tenant’s house and left charred human bones found on a bed springs. Sheriff and coroner began an investigation as attorney Shelby Taylor reported the bones likely belong to a person burned in the blaze. the victim’s identity was not yet established. A man named Jones, reportedly a federal employee, had agreed to rent the building.
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Baton Rouge
Shelby Taylor
Taylor
Jones
New Italian Ethiopian Skirmish Reported
Rome March 25 an official communique announced a new combat between Italians and Ethiopians during the night of March 23 with one Ethiopian killed. The clash occurred at the frontier of the Italian colony Exitrea and Ethiopia.
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Apa
Exitrea
Ethionia
Senators Unite to Defend Cotton Farmers Against Attacks
Washington report says Senator Bankhead and a group of Democrats agreed to cooperate in protecting cotton farmers from organized attacks amid a sharp market drop. He cites propaganda aimed at undermining loan programs and crop control, and notes government loans for the 1935 crop will be provided.
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Cotton Farm. Org
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
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Senate
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