Poland arrests eight women for spreading false war tales
Warsaw reports eight women detained at Bydgosz on charges of dispersing false news about Germans mistreated in Poland. The move follows a German agency dispatch claiming beatings of German women and children. Authorities stress exaggeration and note nationwide rallies to defend Poland amid tensions with Germany.
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Bydgosz
DNB
Los Angeles
Calif
National Defense Fund
Poland
Memel
Germany
Danzig
Baltic
Berlin
Gdynia
Parity Fight Nearing Vote in House
The March 28 report says the House parity payments fight over a 250 million dollar farm parity fund nears a vote. Urban opponents demand assurances for reciprocal rural relief support, while farm lawmakers push to pass alongside allied relief measures in the agriculture department bill.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
FIGHTING BECOMES INTENSE IN CHINA
In Shanghai on March 28 intense fighting rages 120 to 150 miles southwest and southeast of Hankow amid a major Japanese offensive. Both sides claim heavy casualties with Japan saying 3,700 Chinese killed and 770 captured in three days while China reports checked advances north of Nan chang and continued hand to hand combat.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Nanchang
Missing Memphis violin teacher Hope Brewster
Police report Hope Brewster a violin teacher and Southwestern University honor graduate disappeared yesterday between her Memphis home and the Memphis College of Music. She lived with Mrs Frank Sturm and is believed to have possibly gone to Baton Rouge to see her sister and her baby.
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Tenn
Beautiful Hope Brewster
Memphis College of Music
Miss Brewster
Brunet
Southwestern
Frank Gilsson
Frank Sturm
Georgia
Sturm
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Priscilla
W. K. Hester
Baton Rouge
Hope
Donald Brewster
Savannah
Atlanta
Monroe citizens photographed in citywide contest
The News Star World conducts a candid camera sweep downtown collecting pennies for three 21 4 by 3 inch prints of readers. More shots planned today with excerpts to follow in the News Star and Morning World. participants will receive a free 7 by 9 sepia enlargement if their photo appears.
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Monroe
News-Star
Morning World
Taxation Plan Seeks TVA Property Tax Status
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire drafted legislation to tax TVA property at state and local levels. He plans to offer the measure as an amendment when the senate considers the Norris plan allowing TVA to purchase Tennessee electric properties for Commonwealth and Southern.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Norris
TVA
Tennessee Electric
Commonwealth
Southern
Misjudged judge and pool disruption at Huskers relay meet
In Torrington Connecticut spectators erupted after judge John Breen disqualified a girls relay team in a meet with New Haven. They hauled him into the pool fully clothed. In Plymouth North Carolina a thief stole a pistol and sword from the sheriff’s office prompting Sheriff J K Reid to rush to action despite illness.
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Torrington, Conn
John Breen
New Haven
Plymouth
N. C
J. K. Reid
Reid
UCLA physicist urges ear-muffs for city sleepers
Dr. Vern Knudsen of UCLA calls for ear-muffs to shield urban residents from sleep disruption caused by city noise. He cites damaging health effects and urges public awareness and practical protection.
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Los Angeles
Vern Knudsen
University of California At
Twin City Aero Club elects officers in Monroe meeting
Ed Apperson is named president of the Twin City Aero Club at Hotel Frances. Other officers include Miss Mary Benoit secretary treasurer Jack Castle first vice president Charles E McKenzie second vice president Henry Elliott third vice president. Board members include C E Woolman Benny Oakland and others. The club plans the Ark-La-Tex air tour through Monroe April 20 and a governors visit March 30. Plans for power and nonpower model meets are announced with eligibility for all boys interested.
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Ed Apperson
Mary Benoit
Jack Castle
Charles E. McKenzie
Henry Elliott
C. E. Woolman
Benny Oakland
H. H. Benoit
Lloyd Warren
C. E. Faulk
H. M. Williams, Jr
Travis Oliver
Marvyn Johnson
Mr. Woolman
Ark-La-Tex
Monroe
T. B. Herndon
Twin City
Storm Forecast on Gulf Coast Warns of Gale Winds
The U S weather bureau issued northwest storm warnings for the Texas coast from Brownsville to Port Arthur. A disturbance near Del Rio is expected to move east causing squalls and winds building to moderate gale force tonight with a shift to northerly by early tonight.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Texas
Brownsville
Port Arthur
del Rio
Tex
Thomas Holds Upper Hand at U A W Meet
President Roland J. Thomas leads delegates at the C I O United Automobile Workers convention as rules favor officers reporting to the floor and making elections the last order of business. Frankensteen challenges Thomas with possible candidacy, while Addes and Reuther ponder bids.
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Cleveland
Roland J. Thomas
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers
Rules Committee
Thomas
Richard T. Frankensteen
Thomas’ Post
Frankensteen
Ford Motor Company
Constitution Committee
Ed Hall
Wyndham Mortimer
John Brophy
British talks with Germany halted as progress ends
London reports that political developments make further progress in trade talks with Germany impossible. The prime minister says Britain will pursue negotiations with other governments to deter Adolf Hitler. Madrid signals Republican defenders surrender Madrid to Franco forces, ending a 32 month civil war. Burgos notes mass surrenders on southwest fronts.
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London
House of Commons
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Associated Press
Madrid
Franco
Burgos
Titian Hair Bias Inquiry Sails Past Red Head Jibe
Washington report on Senator Ellender's discrimination hearing as he probes navy department promotion practices amid charges that red headed girls face bias. The probe scene in Room 357 features a red decor motif, with 47 men and 17 women attending including a few hair colors noted. Ellender vows protection for witnesses and hints at potential testimonies regarding red headed applicants.
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Washington
Ellender
Louisiana
Navy Department
Senate
City Attorney coerced to help chum in bank holdup
Chanute Kansas March 28 city attorney Joe Balch said his old school friend John Thornburg forced him to carry a sawed off shotgun during a holdup at the First National bank. Thornburg allegedly planted dynamite on his body and fled with 4860 in a stolen taxicab as Balch described the scene and threat.
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Chanute
Kans
Joe Balch
John Thornburg
Salina
Balch
B. S. Cofer
Lee Knapp
Thornburg
War in Spain Ends as Franco Wins but Smolders On
The Republican capitulation ends three years of Civil War and Europe’s tension but leaves trouble smoldering in the ashes. Franco’s victory, aided by Italy and Germany, shifts influence to Britain France and reconstruction efforts. The conflict cost over a million lives and reshaped regional power dynamics.
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Associated Press
Spain
Europe
Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Generalissimo
Franco
Hitler
Mussolini
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Morocco
Vic
Former Cuban President dies after brief 1933 term
Havana March 2 Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Cuban writer and diplomat aged 67 died at his Vedado home after a long illness. native of New York City son of the 1868 Cuban patriot who started the war for independence. He served as envoy to Italy Argentina the United States and France and briefly held the provisional presidency in 1933 before Batista and loyalists toppled him.
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Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Republic
Vedado
de Cespedes
New York City
Cuba
Spain
Italy
Argentina
United States
France
Gerardo Machado
Cardenas
Sagua
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Reform Bill Heads for Final Approval
A compromise government reorganization bill moved toward final congressional approval. A joint senate house committee adjusted differences between measures from both chambers. Routine approval by both houses would send the legislation to the White House. The bill would let the president reorganize consolidate or abolish most agencies unless both chambers disapproved within 60 days.
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Washington
Senate-House
White House
Senate
House
Chronology of the Spanish War 1936 39
Timeline of events from 1936 to 1939 showing revolts, sieges, captures, and government changes. Key items include Melilla revolt, fall of Toledo and Bilbao, siege of Madrid, Barcelona moves, Catalonia front, and Madrid fallout leading to peace efforts.
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Spanish Morocco
Popular Front
Toledo
Alcazar
Madrid
Valencia
Brihuega
Bilbao
Gijon
Biscayan
Barcelona
Minorca
Catalonia
Negrin
Defense Council
Miaja
Burgos
Push to bar retroactive income tax on state workers
Washington March 28 The Supreme Court ruling ending immunity from income tax on state and federal salaries sparks calls for laws to stop retroactive taxation of state workers. Senators warn back claims could hit about 2.6 million state and local employees and up to 1.2 million federal workers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Treasury
Roosevelt
Brown
Michigan
Sailor Confesses Killing Organist in Palos Verdes Hills
Los Angeles dispatch reports 17 year old sailor William D. Vaughn confessed to killing Clarence M. McCann a 39 year old organist. Vaughn said after meeting in a beer parlor they argued in a car leading to him striking McCann with a hammer and throwing him over a cliff. Vaughn was arrested near Bakersfield after a crash in McCann’s car.
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Los Angeles
William Perprase
William D. Vaughn
Clarence M. McCann
Palos Verdes Hills
Penrprase
Vaughn
Vincennes
Mare Island Navy Yard
McCann
Penpr
Fascists Celebrate Madrid Surrender Ending Civil War
March 28 report from Madrid says republican forces capitulated with white flags and nationalist emblems. Leaders fled as 60,000 jubilant fascists filled the streets while Colnel Prada Miaja and Segismundo Casado left for Valencia.
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Madrid
Spain
Europe
National Defense Council
Colnel Adolfo Prada
Republican Army
Jose Miaja
Segismundo Casado
Valencia
Germany buys wheat heavily in Argentina
Buenos Aires March 28. Germany makes a barter purchase of 100000 tons of wheat and 8000 tons of wool in exchange for 900 railway cars and 60 locomotives. The deal totals about 14 million marks and is seen as boosting Germany as a major Argentine trade partner.
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Nazi Germany
Great Britain
United States
Argentina
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