Britain and France Protest German Czech Grab Invasion
Britain and France delivered formal notes to Germany, denouncing the Czech invasion as a repudiation of the Munich agreement and asserting the changes lack legal basis. London and Paris sought a united front against further German expansion while consulting allied ambassadors and preparing urgent cabinet actions.
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Ambassadors Center
London
France
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Europe
Viscount Halifax
Herbert von Dirksen
Britain
Henderson
Chamberlain
Czecho- Slovakia
United Front
Birmingham
Hitler
Daladier
Great Britain
Eric Phipps
Romania
Chamber of Deputies
Pacexet
Firles
Robert Coulondre
Henri de Kerillis
de Kerillis
Avers Demands To Revise Taxes May Fade
Senator Schwartz of Wyoming said demands for revising federal corporate taxes would disappear once business sees the figures. He argued a single corporation income tax could replace repealed levies, with high rates possibly needed for large firms and lower for small ones, while President Roosevelt linked revision to maintaining current revenue.
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Washington
Schwartz
Wyoming
White House
Roosevelt
Four Die In Crash Near Glasgow
In a royal air force accident the crew of four died when their aircraft crashed in the hills about ten miles from Glasgow.
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Glasgow
Royal Air Force
Man Buried by Coal Escapes with Bruises in Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin. Anker Bach, 59, was buried by three tons of coal for 25 minutes after a hopper collapsed while he inspected a coal elevator at the C. Reiss dock. Firemen cut through the hopper to free him, and he survived with only bruises.
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Green Bay
Wis
Anker Bach
Bach
C. Reiss
Robbers Hit Weyauwega Utility Office for $200
Two unarmed men robbed the Wisconsin Michigan Power office in Weyauwega Wisconsin overpowering employee John Wilke 21 and escaping with about 200 in small denomination currency after locking him in the basement. Wilke suffered a forehead cut but escaped serious injury. A black Pontiac or sedan was suspected as the getaway car. Daniel Thorson upstairs freed Wilke after the cries for help.
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Weyauwega
Wis
Wisconsin-Michigan Power Company
John Wilke
Wilke
Ben Ragus
Daniel Thorson
Fond du Lac Youth Confesses Slaying
Fond du Lac police say Elsworth E. Medberry, 22, admitted killing a man near Akron Colorado about a week earlier. He waived extradition on a first degree murder warrant after being arrested at Colorado authorities’ request. He told of stealing a Colorado Springs man’s car and forcing the driver into a garage where the body was found the following Monday.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
James Silgen
Elsworth E. Medberry
Akron
Colo
Colorado
Medberry
Silgen
Colorado Springs
Silger A
British Chamber official Kidnapped by Bandits in Tientsin China
In Tientsin China the chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce, Dyott, was seized by three bandits yesterday afternoon in the occupied sector. Police had earlier reported a rescue, but Dyott was missing by nightfall.
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Tientsin
China
H. PF. ii
British Chamber of Commerce
Dyott
Laternoon
Specivmobile
Dvott
Nazis Restricted as South Africa Mobilizes Police Reserves
Urgent orders mobilize all South African police reserves including Europeans Asians and Africans in Pretoria amid German protest over immigration in southwest Africa a German mandated territory. Prime Minister J B Herzog said representations were made to administer immigration under the alien act but no reply until further detail. Former education minister J W Hofmeyr warned South Africa faces Nazism influence as Czech Slovakia ties with Nazi Germany aim to push on South Africa.
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Pretoria
Squid Africa
South Afrcan
Southwest Africa
Wertld
J. B. Herzog
Prme Tainister
South Africa
Cape Town
Tate
Germany
Germany Defies Critics Seizure of Czechoslovakia Denied
Berlin rejects British French denouncement of the Czechoslovak seizure as illegal and says the action was done legally. Hitler assigns Baron Von Neurath to govern Bohemia Moravia while seeking cautious responses to US and UK protests.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Vienna
Bohemian- Moravian
Konstantin von Neurath
United States
von Neurath
Bohemia- Moravia
Hitler
Hungary
Romania
East
Sumner Welles
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Taft says GOP must lead on easing business burdens
Senator Taft, addressing the National Republican Club, urged the GOP to assume leadership in boosting business by limiting government price and wage controls. He blamed New Deal regulation and taxes for stifling private action, saying many firms have gone out of business due to government interference. He criticized appeasement as a smoke screen masking administration policy.
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New York
Taft
Republican
Ohio
Republican Party
National Republican Club
Mippenscreft
Amercan
Seretty Winphins
Ives Moines
Secreims Morenthaw
Havang Motius
Treasury ‘Department
Scuon I
de- Hemmared
Army Seeks Youth Pilots In Campaign To Train More Airmen
The War Department announced a nationwide recruiting drive targeting youths and June graduates for army aviation training. Five officer groups will visit colleges to recruit for the expanded program, with about 4,000 flying cadets needed to meet two-year readiness. Training spans three months in civilian schools, then Randolph Field, and finally Kelley Field, with collaborations among 15 civilian flying schools. The effort aims to double output of military flyers from Randolph and Kelley fields.
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Washington
Army
Congress
Randolph
Kelley Fields
Texas
Schoocl
Randolph Field
Kelley Field
War Department
Air Corps
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Iinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
J. F. Gamel
Medical Corps
R. L. Williamson
Bowman Field
William Jd. Bell
Scottfield
Miiisis
Ar Corps
Fond du Lac men confess burglary given probation
Fond du Lac Wis all 4 percent Ber eare Egan 31 and Richard Say cer 23 former employees of the Modern Grinder Co were placed on probation for two years after pleading burglary of the grinder plant Feb 25 the day they went on strike with other workers for higher wages.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Ber[eare Egan
Richard Saycer
Modern Grinder Co Iy
Yesterda
Weather Summary for March period from Wisconsin fair to snow
The report notes mixed conditions across Wisconsin with fair and warm spells followed by cooler northern areas. It projects a period from March 20 to 25 with snow or rain on some days and a trend toward above normal temperatures most of the week. Observations from Buckstaff Observatory show temperatures around 40s with variable wind and pressure readings.
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Associated Pre
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Wausau
Park
Marie and
Escanahiah Chitare
Great Lakes
Buckstaff
Neenah Officer Promoted in Foreign Service
Washington reports the Senate approved promotions for Wisconsin born officers. Walton C. Ferris of Milwaukee rises to Class VII to VIII as consul at London and Fred W. Clandrey of Neenah becomes vice consul at Naples. Salaries span from $3,500 to $10,600 annually.
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Washington
Senate
Wisconsin
Walton C. Ferris
Milwaukee
London
Fred W. Cjandrey
Neenah
Naples
Six Die in Alaska Plane Crash Bodies Brought to Juneau
An Alaska air disaster near Grand Island claimed six lives including Pilot Alonzo Cope and five passengers. The wreckage was found in trees by prospector Charles Ashby. Coast Guard Haida retrieved the crushed bodies as authorities note passengers raised arms as they faced the crash. Victims include George Chamberlin former Washington state senator John Chappell Earl Clifford and Jack Lennon all Juneau salesmen.
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Juneau
Alaska
Alonzo Cope
Marine Airways
Fairbanks
Coast Guard
Haida
Grand Island
Charles Ashby
Northland
Cope
Flyer
George Chamberlin
Washington
John Chappell
Teamwork Proposal Approved by Roosevelt
Democratic senators reported President Roosevelt agreed to a team work proposal by administration supporters in the Senate. Four Democrats announced support for boosting WPA funds by 3150.6 million, with other policy areas including relief, taxes, housing, and defense under review as Congress debates further action.
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Washington
Rovelt
Senate
Senweriz
Wyoming
Etrder
Lewisana
Oklahoma
Land
New Yorkun
Friends of
White House
Cap- Hel H
German imports face 25 percent countervailing duties
Washington announces new tariff action with Treasury and State Department backing. Affects hundreds of German goods including chemicals toys medicine paper and china. The move follows Germanys seizure of Czechoslovakian provinces and comes under the 1930 tariff act with Murphy's opinion cited. Senate supporters back stronger presidential powers in response.
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Washington
Treasury Department
State Department
Treasury
Germany
The
China
Department
United States
Frank
Murphy
Secretary of the’ Treasury
Senate
Geremany
Czechoslovakia
Farm hand shoots woman employer in Wisconsin case
Mrs. Mathilda Utter about 50 was shot in the breast when she refused money to farm hand John Olson known as Olsen. He grabbed a rifle and fired after demanding cash. Utter walked to a neighbor’s home for help and was reported in fair condition. Trempealeau county Albion town.
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Whitehall
Wis
Mathilda Utter
C. FE. Fugina
John Olson
Olsen
Utter
Onson
Fugina
Albion
Trempealeau County
Eau Galle treasurer robbed in broad daylight
Durand Wisconsin sheriff reports the town treasurer was held up and robbed yesterday of cash and receipts by two men in a small 1826 model car. A shot cracked the fender as he was forced to stop and the robbers escaped with currency and keys. No descriptions available.
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Durand
Wis
Earl Si Revert
Eau Galle
Treastacur
McRoberts
cNoeborns
Lehne Sand
McRoberis
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Tony Trinka Jr
Sheboygan
Tony ‘Trinka
Allen Willams
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Martin Fromm
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