Romania Rejects Nazi Terms For Security Offer
Romania rejects Germany s proposed security terms for border guarantees with Hungary and Russia as intolerable high government circles oppose concessions. King Carol s advisers fear German control over exports would devastate the economy. A Romanian mission in Berlin hears Russia might sign a 25 year non aggression pact and Hungary vows no revision demands for 10 years. Over 100 pronazi iron guards freed on pledges while 14 leaders remain in prison and 800 have been released in recent months.
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Robert St. John
Bucharest
Carol
Romania
Germany
Rumania
Berlin
Russia
Hungary
Iron Guard
National Rebirth Front
F. E. Stevens
United Press
George Tatarescu
Armand Calinescu
Deadline set for vote on Hatch bill
Senate opponents of the bill to curb political activities of state employees funded by federal dollars yielded after a two week fight. A Monday deadline was set for a final vote by 2 p.m. (C. 8 S. T.) with Senate leaders hopeful for approval though objections linger.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Senate
Saint Patrick’s Day
Barkley
S. T
Roosevelt
Lucas
Hatch
New Mexico
Minton
Indiana
Chamber
Farm home fire kills mother and seven children in Arkansas
In Hieber Springs Arkansas a young mother Sallie Allen 26 and seven of her children were killed when their farm home burned early today near Shirley in Van Buren County. Father Qui Allen and brother in law JrRB Treas were seriously burned while attempting to fight the flames. Three sons escaped. The blaze likely started from an oil lamp explosion left burning overnight.
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Hieber Springs
Ark
Qui Allen
Treas
Victer
Shirley
van Buren County
Arkansas
Sallie Allen
Ernest
Dahl and others to reach U S Sunday aboard Exiria
New York reports American aviator Whitey Dahil along with five other Americans from the Spanish Civil War will arrive in the United States Sunday aboard the Exiria. Dahil, 31, once a Franco foe, was paroled in 1936 after a guilty verdict for worthless check. His wife Edith Rogers Dahls, a dancer, will greet him in Jersey City.
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New York
Habrold E (Whitey) Dahil
Francisco Franco
Edith Rogers Dahls
Camden
WN. J
Pier F
Jersey City
Dahl
Arthur C. Hohmann
Los Angeles
Department of State
Spain
Dahi
Franco
Washington
Dentist Trapped By Robbers Starts Fire For Help In Times Square
Dr John Senesac a Times Square dentist was bound by bandits in his lab and, after an hour, started a fire to summon aid. He freed himself crawled to a shelf and used a toaster plugged into a wall socket with towels over the toast er smoke filled the room and alerted neighbors. Firemen arrived and freed him.
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New York
John Benesac
Times Square
Dr. Senesac
Eight Given 80 Lashes at New Castle Workhouse
In a historic display of corporal punishment, eight men, four white and four Black, were lashed 10 times each in the New Castle county workhouse courtyard as sleet and snow swirled. Warden Elwood H. Wilson supervised the lashings, with deputy Thomas Wheaslley counting the strokes.
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Wilmington
Del
U.P
New Castle County
Elwood H. Wilson
Thomas Wheaslley
Delaware
Hugh McClelland
Robert
James Stewart
Walter Latham
James Turner
Lewis Brown
Webster Stanford
Wilbert Wilson
McCleland Brothers
Holy Week rites began at site of Christ's tomb
In Jerusalem the Holy Week began with a solemn entry into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Latin Patriarch Monsignor Frances Co Feisinger led 59 priests in a procession from Jaffa Gate through palm strewn streets. Bells rang across the city as spring sunshine highlighted the event. Tomorrow pilgrims will gather at Bethany for a procession into Jerusalem via Bethpage and the lanes to mark Palm Sunday.
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Jerusalem
Christ
Constantine
Jaffa
Old City
Francesco Feisinger
Bethany
Mary
Martha
Bethpage
Holy City
World Seeks Moral Basis For Peace Says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt told a White House broadcast that the world demands a moral basis for peace and that no lasting peace can arise from oppression famine or cruelty. He joined Queen Wilhelmina in a New York radio event and warned that true peace requires brotherhood respect for small nations and freedom of worship. Roosevelt noted that a lack of these principles plagued the years after World War I. He had a feverish cold but was improving according to Secretary Stephen Early who also reported his temperature at 99.8 degrees.
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Washington
Roosevel
White House
Wilhelmina of Holland
Christian Foreign Service
New York
Roosevelt
Tiibute
Stephen Early
Early
Mr. Roosevelt
Fifty Trapped in Coal Mine After Explosive Blast
In St. Clairsville Ohio fifty miners were trapped by a underground explosion at the Villa Grove mine of the Hanna Coal Company four miles south of town. Rescue attempts were hampered by gas and burned communications while two hundred other workers were reported safe.
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St. Clairsville
Willow Grove
Here
Villa Grove
Hanna Coal Company
Mim
John Richards
Howard Sanders
Hanna Company
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pickets and Police Clash Outside French Consulate
In New York a fist fight between police and Spanish royalist sympathizers at the French consulate on Fifth Avenue tied traffic and drew thousands to Rockefeller Center. Thirteen pickets were taken to court and freed of disorderly conduct charges after the arresting officer arrived late. The protest opposed a reported French decree on Spanish refugees. France denied any such decision.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
France
la Guardia
Testimony Completed in M Crea Case in Detroit
Final testimony concluded in the examination of Prosecutor Dun can C McCrea and former Detroit Police Superintendent Fred W Frahm along with others charged with conspiring to protect and operate a baseball lottery. The court may rule this afternoon on holding any or all defendants for trial. The session opened after a clash between McCrea and grand jury special prosecutor Chester P O’Hara over alleged campaign speeches.
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Detroit
Duncan C. McCrea
Fred W. Frahm
John Sidick
Homer Ferguson
Toom
McCrea
Chester P. O'Hara
Hall
Britain Calls 500000 More Into the Army
Britain orders men aged 25 and 26 to register for service next month as part of a broader conscription push. The move accompanies a wartime air offensive over Poland and continued patrol clashes in the western front, with British and German forces reporting ongoing engagements.
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London
Poland
Ministry
Berlin
High Command
France
Oslo
Norway
Osman
North Sea
Tun Gveek
Reuel 5S. Moore
United Press
Great Britain
Britain
Territorial Army
American National Guard
Ministry of Labor
Egister
Thoose
Germany
Amelia Laura
Bosh
Gandhi would delay so for independence
United Press interview from Ramgarh Hills India reports Mahatma Gandhi willing to postpone statutory independence until after World War II ends while continuing to press for a definite postwar settlement. He says there is no room for compromise on complete independence though practical concessions could arise with Britain if a common cause emerges.
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Reynolds Packard
United Press
Ramgarh Hills
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress
United Press Today
Gandhi
Britain
Mahatma
Subhas Bose
Enforcement of Wisconsin codes begins Monday for barbers cleaners
Madison announces general enforcement of business codes for barbers, cleaners and dyers across 34 Wisconsin cities starting Monday. Codes apply in cities over 5,200 population in counties over 30,000 with five exemptions, restoring prior orders suspended for nonpayment.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Marinette
Marshfield
Beaver Dam
Portage
Weather outlook and temperatures from Wisconsin to Great Lakes
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with Sunday mostly fair then snow flurries possible in the northwest and extreme west. March 18 to 22 forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with near normal temperatures and light precipitation possible late week. Milwaukee Chicago Minneapolis observe near term highs around 33 and lows near 14 with no precipitation reported tonight.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Fair Milwaukee
Phoenix
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Chicago
Great Lakes
Buckstall Observatory
Injunctions Suggested By Citizens Over Census Income Questions
Washington reports a growing call for injunctions against income queries in the 1930 census as citizens protest possible rights violations. Senator Tobey leads opposition to including earnings questions, while President Roosevelt defends them. Tobey Jr says citizens nationwide may sue to block the questions. Committee action and potential delays loom as plans to avoid income disclosures include sealed, mailed responses.
Finland to Fortify Borders Amid War Peace Stance
Helsinki reports Finland will immediately fortify its frontiers and modernize its army while avoiding general demobilization. Premier Ryti notes a plan to rebuild with a sword in one hand and a trowel in the other. Finland seeks defense ties with Sweden and Norway as Western civilization faces danger. Diet clears treaty by a 145 to 3 vote.
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Helsinki
Finland
Risto Ryti
Sweden
Norway
Russia
Rei
Diet
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