New Panama Treaty Abolishes U S Right of Intervention
The United States and Panama signed a new treaty under the good neighbor policy ending Washington’s right to intervene in Panama. It replaces the 1903 pact, shifts canal rent to balboas retroactive to 1934, and sets joint responsibility while transferring two American naval radio stations to Panama. Three supplementary conventions cover radio regulation and a transisthmian highway.
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Roosevelt
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Panama Canal
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Republic of Panama
Cuba
Republic of
Balboas
Senate
Iawo American Naval
Panama Republic
Canal Zone
Germany Ready to Sign Naval Pact Says Leader
Berlin has informed London that Germany is prepared to negotiate an Anglo German bilateral treaty based on any agreement reached at the ongoing four power naval conference. The issue of Germany joining the proposed pact remains a central point of dispute among the United States Great Britain France and Italy.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press Foreign Staff
London
Foreign Office
Germany
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Court order halts fishing for FIM files
Washington reports a temporary injunction against Western Union Telegraph Company restraining telegrams from a law firm to the senate lobby committee. Sas H. Straum, Chicago attorney and former Chamber of Commerce head, calls the move a fishing expedition. Justice Jesse C. Adkins granted the injunction set for Thursday. the order expires Monday.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senate Lobby Committee
Sas H. Straum
Chicago
Winston, Strawn & Shaw
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Republican Finance Committee
Jesse C. Adkins
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Roosevelt Tax Message Set For Delivery Tomorrow
Washington's scene centered on taxes as President Roosevelt planned a special message to Congress on taxes with a target of about 3.8 billion dollars annually. Treasury began a 1.809 billion dollar financing operation while debate over spending intensified. Congress faced a separate impeachment action against Federal Judge Ritter of Florida as the Senate considered park bills and the House prepared action on the resolution.
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Roostvelt
Congress
Stephen T. Early
White House
Capitol Hill
Tomorow
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate
House
Summers
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Halstead L. Ritter
Florida
Judiciary
Ritter
AAA
National Economy League
Teday
Rail derailment halts traffic near Sobieski
In Sobieski Wisconsin traffic on the Milwaukee road line returned to normal after a derailment of 14 freight cars caused a halt for hours. Officials blamed a defective rail. No one was seriously injured. The wreck occurred about an hour before a southbound passenger train. The derailed train halted at Abrams five miles north. Superintendent F T Buechler arranged cars to transport passengers to Green Bay where another train was formed.
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Milwaukee Road
Abrams
Here
F. T. Buechler
Green Bar
Britain Ready for Oil Embargo and Peace Talks
Britain offered to embargo further oil shipments to Italy if other League members join. The League of Nations Council Committee of 13, excluding Italy, will meet tomorrow to discuss conciliation of the Italo Ethiopian war. Eden urged sanctions while France called for a quick meeting and conciliation efforts.
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Great Britain
Italy
League
League of Nations Council
League Council
Anthony Eden
Laly
Ethiopia
Pierre-Etienne Trandin
France
Committee of 13
Eden
Texas marks 100 years of freedom in statewide homage
Brenham Texas joined a centennial celebration with ceremonies in multiple cities including Washington-on-the Brazos Brenham and Houston where 52 signers of the Texas declaration of independence originally joined the event Addresses were delivered by Governors Allred La Follette and McAlister with tributes to Sam Houston for his roles in Texas history and the fight against Santa Anna.
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Washington-on - the - Brazos
Huntsville
Houston
Gonzales
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Schon
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James V. Allred
Phil la Follette
Wisconsin
Hill McAlister
Tennessee
Carmie
Samy Houston
Santa Anna
Fatally Injured in Auto Accident Near Here
A 25 year old from Hammond Wisconsin died after a car collided with a snow plow at an intersection near here. The driver Alvin Jacobsen, 52, Hammond, was detained for questioning and slightly injured.
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St. Paul
Albert Christianson
Bammond
Wis
Alvin i Jacobsen
Hammond
Prison 6003 Law Approved by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court upheld the Hawes Cooper Act in a test case involving Asa H Whitfield of Cleveland Ohio sales agent for prison goods from Alabama factories. Alabama sought to enjoin state laws hampering sale of prison made goods tied to its 53000 100 prisoner establishment and cotton and potato farms and textile shops. The Whitfield case argued prisoners earned about 15 cents weekly on 10 hour days. Continued on page 2 column 7.
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U.P
Supreme Court
Hawes-Cooper
Ohio
Asa H. Whitfield
Cleveland
Alabama
Whitfield
Landon blasts New Deal relief as misused funds
Lincoln Neb special report on Gov Alf Landon addressing 7000 at University of Nebraska Founders Day. He attacks relief programs as idealism wrecked by chaos and partisan politics, urging a balanced federal budget to prevent national breakdown. The speech heads to page 7 continued on page 2 column 77.
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Lincoln
Landon
Kansas
Ships Are Preparing For Busiest Season Since 1930
Cleveland observers and industry experts predict a burst by 1940 in iron ore and coal shipments on the Great Lakes. Shipments could top 40 million tons as ore carriers rise one fourth to one third over last year. navigation may start late due to ice, but demand remains strong with coal and ore tonnages climbing.
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Miles A. Smith
Associated Press
Cleveland —i
Inter
Semvice
N& Boats
Januay
Leke
Lake Sunerier
Lake Association
Vis
City National Expected to Pay Interest
City National Bank may issue an interest dividend soon in addition to the 74 percent fourth dividend already paid to depositors and creditors. Receivers certificates advise holders to preserve them, as interest payments depend on available assets and official approval from the Washington comptroller.
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City National Bank
Oshkosh National Bank
Cates 9
L. J. Bosworth
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D.C
Emergency Declared in New York City
Mayor la Guardia proclaimed an official emergency amid a building employees strike that spread through Manhattan. He ordered dep oplization of over 40,000 municipal workers to restore building services as safety standards required. Bambrick reported rapid agreements with owners for restoration of workers but ordered a citywide walkout north of Fourteenth Street.
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Tom Hagenbuch
Associated Press
New York
la Guardia
Manhattan
Midtown
Financial District
James J. Bambrick
Fourteenth Street
Bambrick
Building Service
Hauptmann to be reprieved again in Lindbergh case
News from Trenton reports that Bruno Hauptmann will likely receive another reprieve before his scheduled electric chair execution the week of March 30 based on present indications A high level conference led by Ally Gen David J Wilentz Col H Norman Schwartzkopf and Prosecutor Anthony Hauck was held to discuss the move Hoffmann and others questioned key witnesses while Wilentz indicated he would not fight a possible reprieve The debate centered on the guilt structure surrounding the Lindbergh kidnapping and Hauptmann's conduct in Flemington last year
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Trenton
Bruno Richard Jisuptmann
Amoent
David J. Witents
H. Normans Schwartzkopf
Anthony Hauck
Hauptmann
Tris
Flemington
Hoffmann
Schwartzkopf
Hoffman
Hauck
Whited
Lrndbersh
150 Billion for a Sustained Public Work Program
Providence address by U S Senator La Follette condemns New Deal delays and taxes while proposing a $150 billion sustained program. He urged graded projects such as grade crossing elimination and slum clearance to unleash consumption power and restore economic balance, arguing never dealt with carefully engineered plans.
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la Follette
United States
FasGiot Army Victorious In Tembien Area
Fascist forces drive deep into Ethiopia as Italy seeks to reshape the war’s outcome at Geneva. Badoglio’s northern columns penetrate Ethiopian defenses in Tembien Amba Alaji, with reports of heavy Ethiopian losses. Diplomatic efforts center on whether Italy will accept peace terms or push sanctions. Haile Selassie races to shore up northern defenses while Italy signals willingness to negotiate, and Britain girds for rearmament amid impending white paper.
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Charles BE. Harner
Associated Press
Ethiopia
Geneva
Taly
Italy
League of Nations
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Tembien
Abbiaddi
Makale
Rome
Haile Selassie
Djibouti
Dessge
Paris
King of President Dies at New Bedford
A fragmentary obituary from Sew Urdford Massachusetts reports the death of Talia Dela cousin of President Rensieveit's mother and a member of the Bedford shipping and clipper clan. She was about 70 years old.
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New Bedford
Urdford
Mass
Aiss Talia Dela
Rensieveit
James Reneweceh
Fom
Bedford
Rivalry Likely Between British and Chinese Over Tibet
Madison author Harrison Forman predicted yesterday that Britain and China will vie for influence in Tibet. He cited perceived pro Chinese sympathies of the Panchen Lama after witnessing his return to Tibet this winter. Forman, arriving from the Orient, described a 30 000 mile two month journey and noted a Chinese general from the Nanking government offered formal assistance upon return from exile.
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Orient
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