Rebels Near Barcelona At Panic Mounts
Paris reports premier Blum and army staff discussed reinforcing the Spanish frontier after secret service notes of Italian troops entering insurgent Spain. Loyalist Barcelona reels as Franco forces drive toward the city. Negrin appeals for French aid denied. fear grows leaders may flee. Moroccan cavalry threatens Catalonia while civilians flood toward the French border seeking safety amid heavy air raids on Barcelona and coastal towns.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Army General Staff
Secret Service
Spain
Harrison Laroche
United Press
Hendaye
Barcelona
Ower
Francisco Franco
Juan Negrin
France
Franco
Caspe
Madrid
Valencia
Catalonia
C.N. T
A. 1
Lerida
Alcaniz
Tarragona
Reus
Austrian Legation to Be Subordinated Under Reich Rule
Washington reacts as Berlin orders Austrian Minister Prochnik and staff to place themselves under German embassy control. Austria is announced as part of the Reich, with closures of Austrian legation and consulates likely and Prochnik to retire. Senators Borah Walsh Johnson weigh US reaction, with mixed views on impact and need for readiness.
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Washington
Edgar Prochnik
United States
Legation
Berlin
Hans Dieckhoff
Dieck
Hall
State Department
Austria
Prochnik
Vienna
Borah
Idaho
Adolf Hitler
Walsh
Massachusetts
Germany
Johnson
Colorado
Force Rules World Warns Wadsworth U S Must Prepare
Rep Wadsworth of New York warns the United States must prepare to defend the Western Hemisphere as dictator ships march. He backs the Roosevelt naval expansion, while Rep Luckey opposes it as a path to war. Southoff proposes a referendum on the program.
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Washington
United States
Western Hemisphere
Wadsworth
New York
Roosevelt
Europe
China
South America
Luckey
Nebraska
Foes in Unity Demand Joint Probe of TVA
A coalition of Senate and House critics of TVA called for a joint congressional investigation rather than a Senate only inquiry. Senator Bridges Republican New Hampshire and Senator King Democrat Utah allied with House Chairman May Democrat Kentucky and Representative Andrews Republican New York to push the joint inquiry. Norris Independent Nebraska had pressed for FTC led probe but failed to secure Senate action. Majority Leader Barkley and Minority Leader McNary opposed Norris. The resolution proposes a five member Senate inquiry appointed by the vice president.
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Adolf Hitler
United States
Tinkham
Massachusetts
House
Roosevelt
Hull
England
Washington
Senate
House Coritics
TVA
Bridges
New Hampshire
King
Utah
May
Kentucky
House Military Affairs Committee
Andrews
New York
Norris
Nebraska
Federal Trade Commission
Barkley
McNary
Ore- Bon
David I. Walsh
Alben W. Barkley
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Walsh
Threeman Civil Service Commission
Dual Employment May Be Forbidden
Milwaukee official Oliver L. O'Boyle argues in a legal opinion that the Wisconsin legislature may constitutionally prohibit a husband and wife from both holding public service employment.
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Milwaukee
Oliver L. O'Boyle
Wisconsin
Hundreds pay last tribute to Darrow at Chicago campus
Chicago friends and admirers of Clarence Darrow gathered at Bond Chapel on the University of Chicago campus to pay final respects to the eminent criminal lawyer who died of heart disease Sunday at age 80. Federal Judge William H. Holly delivered a brief nonreligious eulogy, a mutual speaking agreement between the two men. Darrow had once said it took him 50 years to believe there is nothing after death. His body was to be cremated per his wish.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Bond Chapel
University of Chicago
William H. Holly
Holly
Darrew
Darrow
Court approves sale of Hatton holdings in lumber firm
County Judge A M Scheller signed an order approving the sale of stock by the William H Hatton estate in the Tagram Day Lumber Company of Mobile Alabama for 800000 dollars to A S Mitchell of Mobile. First Wisconsin Trust Company of Milwaukee administrators of the estate filed the application.
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Hatton Holdings
Lumber Company
Waupaca
Wis
A. M. Scheller
William H. Hatton
Tagram-Day Lumber Company
Mobile
Ala
A. S. Mitchell
First Wisconsin Trust Company of Milwaukee
Railroads face general consensus on avoiding wage cuts
Washington officials after a White House conference said the general view is railroads must earn enough to pay employees without wage reductions or layoffs. Labor leaders oppose wage cuts and plan to fight any such moves. A follow up meeting with President Roosevelt is planned to discuss broader relief and long term restoration, with talk of consolidation and debt restructuring as potential remedies.
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Washington
W. M. W. Splawn
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Chicago
George H. Harrison
Association of
Railway Labor Executives
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Lea
California
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Millions Rush to File 1936 Income Tax Returns
Nearly six million Americans from clerks to multimillionaires rush to file federal income tax returns by midnight deadline. Officials estimate March taxes to total around 730 million dollars with postmark acceptance allowed. President Roosevelt awaited final figures as treasury aims to meet annual budget projections.
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Washington
U.P
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roosevelt
Administration
Treasury
Two Madison Boys Drown in Mendota
Edward Harris six and Robert Alexander five drowned last night near an icehouse on Lake Mendota. Don Tracy, icehouse attendant, retrieved Harris’s body from four feet of water. Soon after, Alexander’s body was recovered as authorities dragged the scene with coroner Edward Fischer and Officer Rufus Alison.
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Madison
Edward Harris
Robert Alexander
Lake Mendota
Don Tracy
Harris
Alexander
Edward Fischer
Rufus Alison
Alexander Child
Senate group tax bill hearings set for Friday
Washington report notes Senate Finance Chairman Pat Harrison of Mississippi announced public hearings on the $5.33 billion tax measure will open Friday. He seeks rapid passage, expediting sessions, with 15 of 21 committee members backing revisions to drop the undistributed profits tax and cap gains levy. The bill is about $22 million short of required federal revenue.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Harrison
Treasury
United States
Whitney Indicted on Theft Charge in Yacht Club Case
Richard Whitney former five time NYSE president was indicted by a county grand jury for stealing 109000 worth of securities entrusted to him by the New York Yacht Club. He will be arraigned before General Sessions Judge William Allen.
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New York
WUP
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
County Grand Jury
New York Yacht Club
General Sessions
William Allen
Whitney
Richard Whitney & Co
George R. Sheldon
Yacht Club
Commodore W. A. W. Stewart
Wall Street
Stewart
Sudeten German Leader Warns Czech Government In Chamber
Karl Hermann Franck, vice president of the Sudeten German party, warned the Czechoslovak chamber to heed signs from the Austria Anschluss. He urged a voluntary calm and stated the German minority would not be confined, declaring the party would use its organization as a political weapon. Hitler was said to intend to protect Germans abroad.
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Adolf Hitler
Franck
Fleet Leaves For 38 War Games From San Pedro
The United States fleet moved to sea early today for the 1938 war games off the Pacific coast testing harbor defense against a naval attack. About 60,000 officers and men, 150 ships, 400 planes, and six weeks of mock battles will put theories from 19 years of study to the test. Admiral Claude C. Bloch led aboard the flagship Pennsylvania as the fleet departed through Los Angeles Long Beach breakwater channels.
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San Pedro
Calif
Ww.p
United States
Eel
Pacific
Marine Exchange
Los Angeles-l
Long Beach
Claude C. Bloch
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
Green Bay man dies after tavern fire near home
Green Bay resident William Frinkner, 68, collapsed and died of a heart attack this morning after aiding his crippled wife and trying to fetch furniture from Smitty's tavern in Preble. The tavern burned to the ground with an estimated loss of $5,000.
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Green Bay
Wis
William Frinkner
Smitty
Preble
Claude Smith
Wisconsin Weather Forecast and Observations
Wisconsin will see rain in the south and rain or snow in the north tonight and Wednesday with warmer tonight and colder Wednesday. Milwaukee recorded a high and low in the last 24 hours while Abilene and Sault Ste. Marie are listed in the data. Observations from Northwestern show temperatures 36 maximum 20 minimum with no precipitation and a 29.70 barometer reading.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Abilene
Sault Ste. Marie
Bueckstaff Observatory
Primary election turnout reaches 1810 in Oshkosh polls
The spring primary drew 1,810 Oshkosh voters to noon, with heavy turnout in wards where primaries are held, similar to two and four years ago. No primaries in Fourth Fifth Seventh Thirteenth wards, as insufficient candidates entered. Northwestern plans evening returns from State Street bulletin board. observers at polling places will report results by 8 pm.
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Northwestern
Common Council
State Street
Roosevelt Plans Four Messages to Congress This Week
The White House announced that President Roosevelt intends to send three, possibly four messages to Congress soon. Topics include monopoly issues, phosphite resources, and a Hungarian debt settlement offer. A railroad situation message may follow, contingent on carrier discussions today.
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Washington
WUP
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen T. Early
United States
Appeals of 17 Russian traitors rejected by soviet
The presidium of the supreme council of the Soviet Union rejected clemency appeals of 17 of 18 condemned traitors in a mass trial. Moscow-linked Rosengoltz, former foreign trade commissar, not among those granted clemency, as 18 were sentenced to death and three to prison terms for overthrow plots and assassinations.
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Moscow
A. P. Rosengoltz
Supreme Council of the Soviet Union
Rosengoltz
Hitler Proclaims Austria as Part of German Reich in Vienna
Adolf Hitler arrived in Munich after a four day tour of Austria and declared the country now part of the German Reich. Vienna becomes a provincial German city as Jews lose the vote and Seyss-Inquart is named governor.
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Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Trapsburgs
Viennese
Hitler
Vienna
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Fuehrer
Seysz-Inquart
Heroes' Square
Reichschancellor
Hofburg
Berlin
Madison man found guilty as liquor stills used
Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that involvement with a still and mash constitutes illegal manufacture even if no liquor is produced. Milton Ross of Harris, Marquette County, was held guilty after state agents found him near a barn still with mash and a fire under the boiler. Justice Edward T. Fairchild upheld the verdict, stating the law is unambiguous.
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Madison
State Supreme Court
Edward T. Fairchild
Clayton F. van Pelt
Milton Ross
Harris
Marquette County
van Pelt
Ross
Marquette
Fairchild
Quilty
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