Monopolies Under Fire Report Urges Decentralization Push
A congressional committee warned that concentration of economic and political power threatens free enterprise and government in the United States. It urged permanent decentralization, new federal charters for interstate corporations, tighter anti monopoly laws, and selective reforms in insurance, patents, and corporate governance.
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Congress
United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
Summer T. Pike
Securities Comp
Pike
Domina Ot
So Bresta
Ferriday death probe centers on club shooting
A coroner's jury in Ferriday La prepared to hear the last of six witnesses in the fatal shooting of Mrs Fred Jr 32 and wounding of Fred L Bankston 38 of Vicksburg Miss at the Sycamore Inn three miles south of Ferriday were part of a broader search for R Bruce Swayze Jr Ferriday night club owner accused by witnesses of firing the fatal shot Following a dance at the club the four witnesses C W Tucker Ezel Jones A Bee and the couple testified that an argument between Swayze and Bankston and Mrs Lancaster led to the shooting as they left the hall about 11 p m
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Ferriday
Fred Jr
Concordia Fame
Fred L. Bankston
Vicksburg
Mias
R. Bruce Swayze Jr
Lancaster
Bankston
Sycamore Inn Club
Here
Vidalia-Ferriday Highway
C. W. Tucker
Swayze
Ezel Jones
Lake St. John
Estate of Charles Hayden to Foundation for Boys Aid
The $52,410,065 Hayden estate will benefit the Charles Hayden Foundation to aid boys and young men. An appraisal shows about $49,571,921 to fund the foundation’s work Hayden supported in life. He died January 8, 1937.
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New York
Charles Hayden
Charles Hayden Foundation
Hayden
Bridges Deportation Trial Opens In San Francisco
The immigration service began proceedings to deport labor leader Harry Bridges by alleging Communist party membership or affiliation. Two witnesses and a 2,500 page FBI report back a case built on prior hearings that flagged Bridges as energetically radical but not proven a party member.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Immigration Service Today
Militant C. 1
Communist Party
Australia
Immigration Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Bridges
Jisabor
Physician Charged With Slaying Wife in Bath Maine
Dr Merril EB Joss of Richmond pleaded innocent in municipal court to murder of his 38 year old wife Laverne Harris Joss formerly of Birmingham Alabama. Judge Deering ordered him held without bail for trial next Friday as police pursue a “woman angle” theory and search for a suspect who allegedly beaten Mrs Joss in their Bath home and office.
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Bath
Merril EB. Joss
Richmond
Laverne Harris Joss
Birmingham
Joss
Gardiner R. Deering
Augusta
Frank J. Cowan
Ala
Stout
Edward C. Joss
Washington
New Mediation Board Reports First Four Strikes Settled
The Roosevelt created defense labor mediation board announced that its first four strikes have been terminated or settled. In Bridgeville, Vanadium Corp of America workers will return as jobs become available while issues are kept for later talks. Other settlements involve International Harvester plants in Chicago D S and Cornell Dubilier in South Plainfield with wage and recognition negotiations ongoing.
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Associated Press
New Defense Labor Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Frank P Graham
North Carolina
Mediation Board
Bridgeville
Vanadium Corporation of America
Vanadium Company
Labor Department
Chicago
D. S
International Harvester
Cornell Dubilier Corporation
South Plainfield
N. J
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
CCC Today Reaches Eighth Birthday
Washington March 31 The Civilian Conservation Corps is eight years old with 275 000 enrollees in 1 506 camps 2 500 000 youths graduated and 2 800 000 006 dollars spent Director J J McEntee said in a corps review. Members built 118 492 miles of truck trails 6 000 000 erosion check dams 84 727 miles of telephone lines 101 radio stations 24 969 767 rods of fence planted 2 060 403 000 trees and spent 6 273 000 man days fighting forest fires.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
J. J. McEntee
Four Outstanding 4-H Members From Louisiana
Baton Rouge on March 31 four 4-H members were named most outstanding and earned trips to the national 4-H club camp in Washington. The winners are Ruth Childress 17 Baton Rouge Annie Ruth Melville 17 Newellton Tensas parish Tait Whittington 19 Alexandria and Luke Leger 1 Rayne.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Washington
Ruth Childress
Annie Ruth Melville
Newellton
Tensas Parish
Tait Whittington, Jr
Alexandria
Luke Leger, Jr
Rayne
British win in Mediterranean sea battle sinks Italian ships
Britain claimed a major victory in the eastern Mediterranean as Italian ships including cruisers Fiume Pola and Zare and destroyers Vincenzo Gioberto Maestrale were sunk. About 1500 Italians believed dead with over 100 survivors rescued at Piraeus. Debates over ship identities continued as a large naval engagement occurred amid clashes with French convoy and Algerian shore batteries.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Athens
Fiume
Pola
Zare
Piraeus
Vincenzo Gioberto
Maestrale
Giovanni Delle Bande Nere
Vittorio Alferi
Britain
France
Mayfield youth dies of wound on hunting trip
J H Mayfield Jr 15 died from a gunshot wound sustained when a companion, J T Stuckey 16, attempted to unbreech a 12 gauge shotgun during a hunting trip near West Monroe. He died at a sanitarium after blood transfusions failed. Funeral held at Assembly of God Church with Rev E L Tanner officiating. Interment in Hasley Cemetery. Surviving are parents a brother and several grandparents. Pallbearers named. Dixie Funeral Home in charge.
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J. H. Mayfield, Jr
J. H. Mayfield
Lazerre Avenue
West Monroe
J. T. Stuckey
Floyd Rothman
Reginald Jones
Thomas Genung
Earl Brown
Raymond
Dixie Funeral Home
Delay Granted in Suit by Louisiana Judges
Hearing by two Lake Charles district judges to secure a salary rise from 6000 to 7500 a year was postponed to April 14. District Judge Charles Holcombe approved the delay sought by the judges and accepted by the state.
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Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Charles Holcombe
John T. Hood
M. C. Pickrel
Sam Jones
Board of Liquidation
German Ultimatum and War Drama Mark Early World News
Belgrade awaits midnight deadline as German ultimatum greets Yugoslavia. Berlin laments exhausted patience while Rome claims battles at sea with Italian losses and British victories. US seizes Axis ships. Britain reports key Ethiopian rail town captured. clashes unfold from Brest to Eritrea and Algiers.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Mediterranean
Brest
United States
Washington
Diredawa
Cheren
Eritrea
France
Algiers
Senate panel faults producers for 1937 Little Steel strike
The Senate civil liberties committee blamed the 1937 Little Steel strike on producers unwilling to bargain with workers. It warned that any company today refusing to sign bargaining contracts risks national security, citing Bethlehem, Republic, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube plants.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Bethlehem, Republic
Youngstown
Scuste
Dr Cottingham Leaves for Tech to Head Louisiana Institute
Dr Claybrook Cottingham resigns after a 35 year service to Louisiana College and will assume the presidency of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in Ruston. H M Weathersby will become acting president tomorrow while a trustees committee selects a permanent head.
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Alexandria
Claybrook Cottingham
Louisiana College
Pineville
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Cottingham
H. M. Weathersby
the Baptist College
Board of Trustees
Weathersby
Rankin Home Sold in New Orleans Hope for Hospital Use
Purchasers of the partially completed St. Tammany parish country home of William G. Rankin former Louisiana conservation commissioner said they hoped to convert it into a hospital.
Four injured and one killed in Highway 80 crash
A Monday morning collision seven miles west of town on Highway 80 killed John Satcher and injured four others including Ed Tiffin and Patricia Vining. Tiffin suffered back injuries while Vining and Mrs. N. T. Robinson faced serious head cuts. Keith Everett had minor injuries. Tiffin tried to pass a truck behind a school bus, then struck by Everett’s Ford coach as the Studebaker skidded.
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Here
St. Francis Sanitarium
John Satcher
Shreveport
Monroe Printing Company
Ed Tiffin
Riverside
Patricia Vining
Oak Grove
Louisiana Tech
N. T. Robinson
Forest
Keith Everett
Tech
Tiffin
Studebaker
Monroe
Wanders All Night Following Mishap
Colonel Robert M. Chaney of Athens Georgia is taken to Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium after reportedly wandering all night near an automobile accident site in Baton Rouge Louisiana. James Robertson said he was Chaney’s driver and letters in the car supported the identification.
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Baton Rouge
Robert M. Chaney
Athens
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium
James Robertson
Wallace Bourg
Colonel Chaney
Robertson
Plaquemine
Addis
Bourg
Chaney
New Or
Texas
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Yugoslavia Germany in Crisis as Demobilization Ultimatum Looms
In Belgrade tense relations deteriorated as Germany prepared to demand demobilization of Yugoslavia 1.2 million troops. Viktor von Heeren left for Berlin while Ivo Andric arrived from Germany. An axis exodus toward Rome and Berlin proceeded. a midnight deadline loomed with trains packed and officials warning of a near hopeless situation.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Germany
Legation
Viktor von Heeren
Berlin
Ivo Andric
Adolf Hitler
Peter II
Hitler
Rome
Italy
British Bomber Attack On French Coast Night Raid Followed
British RAF bombers and fighters hit the French invasion coast and German shipping along the channel in daylight action, following a night raid on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest. Observers reported water eruptions near the German shore as ships burned near Le Havre and Brest.
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London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Dover Strait
Channel
Air Ministry
la Havre
Roosevelt Indicates Seizure Orders Behind Axis Ship Confiscations
President Roosevelt, en route to Washington aboard the Roosevelt train, says he personally ordered seizures of axis ships in U S ports as part of a seven trillion dollar aid drive to democracies. He refused to comment on weekend seizures but suggested expectations aligned with his policy of action. He spoke at Fort Jackson and then continued to Fort Bragg for further inspections.
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Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Fort Jackson
S. C
Greece
Britain
Fort Bragg
N. C
Berlin
Germany
Prem
Axis Nations Protests Escalate Over Seized Ships
Reports from San Jose and Washington describe German and Italian crews setting ships afire at Punta Arenas and mass seizures of more than sixty German Italian and Danish merchantmen in U S ports. Officials warn of further coordinated axis protests as ships are taken into federal custody.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Eisenach
Fella
Punta Arenas
Washington
United States
Coast Guard
New England
Gulf Coast
Pacific Northwest
Ranise Ernesto
Galveston
Tex
Petrillo Dies in Chair In Philadelphia Murder Ring Case
Paul Petrillo 49 died in Rockview prison death chamber after being condemned for the 1932 poison slaying of Luigi Lavecchio. Officials say the insurance murder ring may have up to 19 victims and Petrillo claimed innocence to guards on the way to the chamber.
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Bellefonte
Paul Petrillo
Rockview Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Lugi Lavecchio
Petrillo
Personal Injury and Death Toll Update This Year and Last Year
The report shows 118 personal injuries to date this year and 23 to date last year, along with 6 deaths to date this year and 3 deaths to date last year. It provides a concise year over year comparison for public safety metrics.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
Reichchancellery
Fred Lancaster
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CCC
Mayfield
West Monroe Bay
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