Reorganization Bill Amendment Beaten in House
The House defeated an amendment by Rep. Case to shield the independence of the general accounting office and comptroller general. A later vote kept sections to rearrange the government accounting system. 116 to 93 supported striking out a plan to remove the comptroller general and create an auditor general. Vinson won approval for a 13 year term. debate focused on civil service reforms and an advisory board of seven citizens.
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Washington
House
Representative Case
Republican
South Dakota
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General
Representative May
Democrat
Kentucky
Representative Vinson
Foes
Congress
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
Special Reorganization Committee
Goconnor
O’connor
New York
Pace
Second Rebel Forage Within Sight Of 6th
A second contingent of General Franco's insur gents pressed toward Spain's east coast as heavy fighting rode along the Catalan front. Insurgents seized Mount Turmell and Tremp while government lines buckled near Tortosa. The Tremp dam threat was thwarted by insurgent officers who claimed plans to flood the Segre and Ebro valleys with 7,000,000,000 cubic feet of water.
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Nendaye
France
Franco
Spain
Mount Turmell
Vinaroz
Mediterranean
Tortosa
Lister Brigade
Lerida
Solchega
Catalonia
Tremp
Barcelona
Noguera Pallaresa
Imin
Segre
Ebro
Duncan to Waive Preliminary Inquiry in Fatal Milwaukee Crash
Milwaukee executive secretary to Gov La Follette Thomas M Duncan will waive the preliminary examination on a first degree manslaughter charge. He is accused of driving the car that killed Henry Schuette a retired West Allis businessman on a Milwaukee street March 9. The hearing is set for next Monday in district court. Duncan was released from Madison Wisconsin General Hospital and returned to Milwaukee for his formal appearance.
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Milwaukee
Thomas MM. Duncan
la Follette
Duncan
Henry Schuette
West Allis
Milwaukee Street
Joseph Brazy
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Naval bill bluff says Maj. Gen. Butler on committee
Washington Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler former marine corps commander told the senate naval committee the administration naval expansion bill is an international bluff. He warned the canal should be internationalized and kept open by world powers and criticized American foreign policy as a Wall Street racket. Butler warned reduced forces in China invite an act by Japan and recounted expeditions abroad.
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Washington
Smedley Butler
Marine Corps
Senate Naval Committee
Butler
Panama Canal
Key
Sve
Wall Street
China
American volunteer to aid evacuation from Spain civil war
John G. Honeycombe 37 of Los Angeles a political commissar for the Washington Lincoln battalion of the international brigades heads from Perpignan toward Marseilles to catch a boat for New York He plans to urge the U S State Department to evacuate American volunteers who wish to leave Spain and says only about 200 of his comrades remain to fight.
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Perpignan
France
John G. Honeycombe
Los Angeles
Washington-Lincoln
International
Marseilles
New York
Honeycombe
State Department
Spain
Chinese claim major victory at Taierhehwang on Taierhelwang front
Chinese report victory at Taierhehwang with Sun Sir Chung's Thirty first division driving Japanese from the northeast gate and claiming 20 tanks, 900 machine guns, 10 000 rifles and 77 artillery pieces. They say 15 000 Japanese casualties and foresee 40 divisions by summer. Japanese deny full city loss.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Taierhehwan
Sun Sir Chung
Taierhelwane
Sun
Taierhelwang
Feng Yu Hsiang
China
Ther Lnes
Central China Front
Dairen
North China Front
Tientsin
Taierhchwang
Davis May Be Choice for TVA Committee
Washington reports Vice President Garner moved to secure approval for a minority member on the Tennessee Valley Authority committee. Informed sources name Senator Davis of Pennsylvania as the potential appointee for the final vacancy on the 10 member panel. Three appointees accepted alongside others already seated.
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Washington
Garner
Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
de Vante
Davis
Pennsylvania
Donahey
Ome
Brown
New Hampshire
Frazier
North Dakota
Schwartz
Wyoming
House
AX KILLERS ATTACK FAMILY IN PHILIPPINE TOWN
Five members of a family were murdered and five others wounded in Samatoc Tayabas province by masked assailants. Police arrested two suspects who reportedly confessed. Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh met Dr Alexis Carrel after arriving from London and the two have previously collaborated on scientific work.
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Philippine
Lindberghs
DR. Carrel
Manila
t—Aw
Samatoc
Tayabas
Polion
Avila
Morfais
France
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Alexis Carrel
Lympe
England
Carrel
Gildan
Lindbergh
Mayors Urge 3 Billion for Work Relief Aid
The United States Conference of Mayors asked President Roosevelt to urge Congress to appropriate 3 billion dollars to provide work for about 3.5 million unemployed. Mayors met Roosevelt after he signaled a larger billion dollar work relief estimate and discussed new public works plans and a 1.5 billion loan program. WPA chief Hopkins testified 18 million depend on public aid as relief needs soar amid ongoing recession.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Roosevelt
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Senate Unemployment Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
House
Mayors’ Committee
Party clash over Wisconsin GOP structure discussed
Samp, head of the voluntary Wisconsin Republican state committee, vowed the central state committee has no authority to shift party functions. Both panels meet in Madison to map the 1938 campaign as Milwaukee delegates press for an open primary. the central committee will choose a new chairman after Cyrus L. Phillip’s resignation.
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Madison
Edward 7. Samp
Republican State Committee
Lamp
Thei I Statunery Committee
Stephen Bolles
Janesville
Samp
Central Committee
Iit
Milwaukee
Cyrus L. ‘Phillip
Musical instruments stolen at Chippewa Falls school
Thieves broke into Chippewa Falls Junior High after a concert and stole musical instruments valued at more than $4.50. The break in occurred after the school closed and was discovered when the building opened this morning.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chippewa High School
Winds and Water Take Toll of 23 Lives in Deep South
The storm across Alabama Mississippi caused 10 deaths at Aliceville Alabama and other casualties as floods threatened Cahaba and Tombigbee rivers. Rescue efforts mobilized with Alabama Guardsmen Red Cross and coast guard aid. Tens of thousands affected across a 20 mile wide area between Selma and Montgomery.
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Birmingham
Ala
Teast
Alabama-Mississippi
Aliceville
Alp
Alabama
Mississippi
Alabma
Bibb Graves
Red Cross
Ife
Cahaba
Yombigbee
St. Francis
Red
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tombigbee
Gulf
Alex Hudgins
Cipht
Washington
American Red Cross
The
Coast Guard
Mississipp
Georgia
Cost Patrol
Mobile
Mortimer Ames
Selma
Montgomery
Blum Resigns After Senate Defeat Over Dictatorial Powers
Paris dispatch reports Premier Leon Blum announced his government’s resignation after the Senate rejected his bid for dictatorial powers over finance and hostile debate followed. Caillaux criticized totalitarian aspects while bonds rose and strikes spread as the political crisis deepened.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Senate
Luxembourg Palace
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist
Elysee Palace
Albert Lebrunjie Wao
Blum
Republic
Joseph Caillaux
Chamber
Caillaux
France
Gerrie
Ciss
Fienani
Thourand
Crsis
Duffy backs subsidies to keep workers employed
Senator Duffy argues for government aid to employers under the Glass bill to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation powers. He says subsidies help keep workers on payroll rather than rely on public relief, maintaining business operations and citizen self support.
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Washington
Rean Duffy
Demos
Sconsid
Pelicyan
Re- G Traction Finance Corporation
Duffy
CBS
Beenae Atoo
Theorte
Admiral Mito Warns on Allied Navies and Japan’s Surprises
In Kobe Admiral Mito declares Japan not expanding ship numbers now but may revise its naval plans to ensure national defense. He cites U S and Britain plans to build larger ships and warns the situation could pressure Japan to adjust its deterrent and armament programs in the Far East.
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Kobe
Japan
Mito
Yoni
Naw
Hethay
Nates
Britain
Japa
Washington
London
England
United States
Nis
Macitan
Highways in South Wisconsin Close Under Snow Drift
Southern Wisconsin roads were nearly impassable as 35 mph winds drifted snow across Highways 40 and 42 near Milwaukee, with only one bus through to Chicago. Plows could not keep up. north of Milwaukee, no new snow. Roads opened later as plows cleared drifts after a two day blockade.
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Aliceville
Ala
Pooley Latham
Latham
Milwaukee
Chicago
Milwaukee Motorclub
United Press
Wisconsin
Racine
Lake Michigan
Albert Reger
Dodgeville
Grant County
Dartington
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Northwestern Observations
Weather outlook shows snow in the southeast and extreme east central regions tonight with partly cloudy conditions in Milwaukee and nearby areas. Temperature ranges include a high near 40 and a low around 31 with northeast winds and light precipitation possible. data covers Wednesday through Thursday with historical highs and lows noted for comparison.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwawker
Jacksonville
Miami
Gheyenne
Gurkstate Observatory
Wedneday & P.m
Senate Near Final Vote on Tax Measure
The senate nears a final vote on a revenue bill rejecting a proposal to raise hard liquor tax to 2.25 a gallon. Senator Frazier urged approval, claiming potential $19 000 00 revenue while treasury and finance panel opposed it to curb bootlegging.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Frazier
North Dakota
Barkley
Kentucky
Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Garner
Jevy
Parc
Measure 10 Expands R F C Loan Powers Passed by House
The House approved and sent to the White House a bill by Sen. Carter Glass expanding Reconstruction Finance Corp loans to 1.5 billion dollars for businesses and local communities. The House also backed its own measure waiving ICC approval for hatland loans and continued Senate scrutiny of railroad finance under R F C loans.
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R. F.C
Washington
U.P
House
White House
Carter
Democrat
Virginia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commercce Commission
Hatlands
Senate
Catholic Papers Urge Hitler Rule in Austro German Vote
Berlin and Breslau Catholic weekly papers publish appeals urging Catholics to back the Nazi regime in the plebiscite on Austro German union. Berlin emphasizes child welfare and birthrates while Breslau argues against opposing Austrian state theses and calls Catholics to act at the 11th hour for national interests.
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Berlin
Breslin
Austria
Germany
Breslau
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