Insurgent Cruiser Baleares Sunk Off Cartagena
British destroyers Kempenfeld and Boreas rescued over 400 survivors before the 10,000-ton insurgent cruiser sank after a torpedo hit and air bombardment. The fate of the remaining crew is unclear as government ships claimed the loss would hamper the insurgent blockade.
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Gap
Madrid
Cartagena
London Admiralty
Kempenfeld
Boreas
Baleares
Epenar
Canarias
Mediterranean
Lepanto
Typhoid Threat Prompts Immunizations in California Flood Areas
Health officials warned of possible pestilence after floods hit southern California. Typhoid inoculations were administered as a precaution though no cases were reported. Colton near San Bernardino received typhoid serum after water supplies were shut off. Dr. J. A. Champion led Colton health efforts.
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Los Angeles
California
Colton
San Bernardino
J. A. Champion
Father Coughlin Attacks New Deal On Radio
Detroit preacher Rev. Charles E. Coughlin in a Sunday broadcast condemned the New Deal as concentrating wealth and widening poverty. He blamed the party system and Congress for current conditions, citing 1929 and 1937 figures showing wealth concentration and rising inequality. He warned against a return to the Old Deal while criticizing present policies.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles E. Coughlin
United States
Congress of the
Congress
Gold in mud sparks optimistic recovery in Santa Monica canyon
Residents digging through flood mud found specks of gold with mining men estimating a $1.50 to $2 per ton potential. Flood toll reaches 177 dead or missing across Los Angeles Orange San Bernardino Riverside and Ventura counties. Damages projected at 65 million with 10 thousand homeless. aid and repairs planned including $1 million for bridges and highways and a Red Cross appeal of 300 thousand dollars.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica Canyon
San Bernardino
Orange
Riverside
Ventura
Camp Baldy
Earl Lee Kelley
Red Cross
California
Medera County
Omer Mills
Farm Security Administration
Sovereign claims on Pacific islands hinge on aviation
The White House announced that US sovereignty over Canton and Enderbury islands rests on commercial aviation needs, not war. President Roosevelt issued an executive order directing Interior to take control and jurisdiction, with final claims to await negotiations with other claimants, notably Britain.
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Washington
White House
United States
Central Pacific Ocean
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Canton
Enderbury Islands
Phoenix Group
Hawaii
Yale Professor Thurman W Arnold Accepts Antitrust Post
Prof. Thurman W. Arnold of Yale accepts appointment as assistant attorney general in charge of the antitrust division. If confirmed, he would succeed Robert H. Jackson who left to become solicitor general. The nomination faces Senate scrutiny with critics warning of a heated battle over his pro reform views.
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Thurman Arnold
Yale University Law School
U.S
Robert H. Jackson
Wue Wits
Washington
U.P
Thurman W. Arnold
Yale University
Senate
Arnold
Retty
Homer 8
Cummings
United States
White House
Yale
William H. King
Utah
Jackson
French Airmail Plane Crashes in India Killing Six
Air France airmail flight from Hanoi to Paris crashed near Jodhpur after leaving Calcutta. Three passengers and three crew members died in the Indian accident, with officials confirming the fatalities.
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India
Paris
Air France
Hanoi
Indo-China
Jodhpur
Calcutta
Rier Promoted to Indian Agency Post
Robert J. Crier was moved to associate highway engineer in the Lake States district of the Indian Field Service in Minneapolis after four years as road supervisor for the Great Lakes Indian Agency at Ashland. Clyde V. Bryans of Phoenix, Ariz. will succeed him in Ashland.
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Ashland
Wis
Robert J. Crier
Lake States
The
Indian Field Service
Minneapolis
Great Lakes Indian Agency
Triey
Clyde V. Bryans
Phoenix
Ariz
Supreme Court extends tax powers over oil land profits
The court by a 5 2 vote reverses Gillespie and Coronado precedents allowing states to tax oil land income leased from the federal government and permitting the federal government to tax oil income on lands leased from states. Chief Justice Hughes presents the ruling expanding both levels of government revenue avenues.
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Mitchell
Washington
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Wyoming
Gillespie
Oklahoma
Burnett
Coronado Oil and Gas Company
Dinneen Appeal Quiz Postponed To March 21
The Dane county tax review board postponed until March 21 the appeal of William M. Dinneen former secretary of the state public service commission and his wife over a $75 000 back income tax assessment on $398 000 unreported income from 1924 to 1936. The delay was requested by Ray P. McCann with Dinneen’s counsel William J. Spohn citing a prior charity fraud hearing that impeded subpoenas. Preliminary fraud proceedings against Dinneen concluded March 4 with a motion to dismiss scheduled for March 18. McCann leads the defense in both matters.
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Madison
Dane County Tax Review Board
William M. Dinneen
State Public Service Commission
Ray P. McCann
Milwaukee
Dinneen
William J. Spohn
McCann
Spohn
Charites
B. E. Buckman & Co
Madison Securities Firm
Dinnecen
Plan to Expand Navy With Mosquito Fleet Approved
The Navy aims to spend 8.01 million dollars on experimental air and surface craft as part of a billion dollar fleet expansion bill. Senator Borah questions national defense justification, warning of world bankruptcy and possible war, while administration officials expect passage this week.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
House Naval Committee
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations
Japan
China
House
Roosevelt
Briain
Italy
Germany
France
Britain
Morgan to Stay TVA Chairman Amid Board Tension
Arthur E. Morgan reaffirmed his post as TVA chairman despite calls to resign from Harcourt Morgan and David E. Lilienthal. He warned against loss of decency and effectiveness in government and pressed for a broad TVA investigation.
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Harcourt Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Morgan
Roosevelt
Lilienthal
Maverick
Democrat
Texas
Aluminum Company
Tennessee
Aluminum Company of America
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Poindexter Nominated for Hawaii Governor Term
President Roosevelt renominated Joseph J. Poindexter for another term as governor of Hawaii. He also sent to the Senate the nomination of Bunk Gardner of Kentucky as federal district judge for the Panama Canal Zone to succeed Judge Charles Harwood, who resigned effective March 10.
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Washington
Provident
Roosevelt
Joseph J. Poindexter
Hawaii
Aso
Senate
Bunk Gardner
Kentucky
Panama Canal Zone
Charles Har+wood Gi
Britain to rearm if peace talks fail with Italy and Germany
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain would accelerate rearmament if vital peace talks with Italy and Germany collapse this week. He said successful negotiations could lead to disarmament in due course while stressing the need to prevent Europe from sliding into war.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Italy
Germany
Britain
Europe
Chamberlain
Chamberlin
Rome
Berlin
Pershing Envisions Sun After Slow Recovery Progress
General John J. Pershing continued his gradual recovery at Desert Sanitarium in Tucson. He spent 40 minutes on the sun porch as doctors noted low blood pressure but no significant change in his condition. Dr. Roland Davison said the recovery from heart ailment and uremic poisoning must be slow, with notable improvement reported over the weekend.
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Lilienthal
TVA
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Willkie
Toto
Tucson
Aziz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Yakovleva testifies in Moscow treason trial against Bucharin
Barbara Yakovleva, 93, a former Bolshevik heroine and ex head of the secret police, testifies she heard in 1918 Bucharin plotted to kill Lenin and Stalin if peace with Germany held. She and 20 codefendants face treason and murder charges as the trial unfolds with prosecutor Vishinsky pushing espionage links.
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Moscow
Barbara Yakovleva
Nikolai Bucharin
Russia
Madame Yakovleva
Bucharin
Nikolai Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Madame Yakovieva
Tke Bucharin
Lenin
Buchanin
Standling
Yakovleva
Stalin
Jacob Sverdloff
Britain
Japan
Poland
Trotsky
Teron ‘Frothy
Mexico
Andrey Y. Vishinsky
Buchorin
Leo M. Karakhan
Makeshift and Delusion Tax Bill Criticized in House
Representative Fish denounces the tax revision bill as destructive and makeshift saying it fails to balance the budget and targets tax exempt securities. Democratic Rep Lamneck labels the surtax on closely held firms discriminatory and unjust while Republicans seek Lamneck to lead repeal efforts.
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New York
Washington
Fish
House
Senate
Columbia
Surtax Ueld
Lamneek
Democrat
Ohio
The
Bil
Henry Ford
Republican House
Lamneck
Negro confesses assault murder of student nurse in Chicago
Chicago police say Mack Hickerson confessed to the August rape and murder of Anne Kuchta 18 a student nurse at Chicago Hospital He admitted beating her with a chair leg after entering her dormitory room during nap time Investigators traced a stolen radio found at the scene to him He has a long crime record including early prison terms and paroled periods in multiple states
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Chicago
Anne Kuchte
Chicago Hospital
Polie
Jain Cartan
Mack Hickerson
Vickerson
Michael Reeve Hospital
Rapig
Cortan
Deer Lodge
Mont
Colorado
Canon City
Nebraska
Low
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John PF
Konrad
Eugene
Atamgerlain Maps
Pershing
Associated Press
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Northwestern
Tighest
Jacksonville
Sault Ste. Mane
Buckstarf Observatory
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