Reynaud Takes Helm in France Amid Coalition Strife
Paris reports Paul Reynaud forming a broad coalition cabinet to replace Edouard Daladier as prime minister and foreign minister. Daladier’s party, Marin’s rightist federation, and Flandin’s alliance refuse full support, while Reynaud names a war cabinet and calls an early cabinet meeting amid parliamentary tensions.
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John H. Martin
Paris
Paul Reynaud
France
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Senate
Louis Marin
Republican Federation
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Republican Alliance
Feynaud
Lucien Lamonmeux
Reynaud
Camille Chautemps
Cesar Campinchi
Navy
National Defense
Laurent Egnac
Air
Raoul Dautry
Henry Roy
Louis Rollin
Albert Serol
Lucien Lamoureux
Georges Mandel
Albert Sarraut
Henri Quequeille
Paul Thellier
Georges Monnet
Anatole de Monzie
Charles Pomaret
Jules Julien
Louis Frossard
Alphonse Rio
Marcel Heraud
Albert Riviere
Monnet
Serol
Riviere
National Union
Federation
Solon Pushes 3 Million Cap on Party Campaigns
Washington representative Francis Waller, Democrat of Pennsylvania, urges writing a 3 million dollar limit into the Hatch clean politics bill to cap party spending in national campaigns. He backs the measure to keep politics clean and expects subcommittee support, while defending the 5 thousand dollar per person annual contribution cap.
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Washington
Francis Waller
Pennsylvania
House
Walter
Senate Committee
Senate
Queen Mary Sails From New York Amid Troop Transport Talk
The 81 000 ton British liner Queen Mary left New York harbor as rumors swirled she would join the Mauretania in troop transport duties between Australia and the Near East. The Mauretania had already slipped into the Hudson bound for the Atlantic amid secrecy and planned to anchor off Ambrose Light with sealed orders.
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Earl B. Steele
United Press
New York
U.P
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Hudson, River
Narrows
Atlantic
Australia
Near East
Great Britain
France
Cunard
White Star Line
Ambrose Light
R. B. Irving
Narrow strip gets a blanket of snow across four states
A weather disturbance over Iowa brought light snow across a narrow strip stretching from Chicago to Springfield and into Indiana and Michigan. The storm moved east from the plains, dropping temperatures 5 to 19 degrees below normal in the Great Lakes region, with nightlike darkness over Chicago due to low clouds and calm winds.
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Chicago
Iowa
Springfield
Indiana
Michigan
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Chamberlain May Appoint New Cabinet
London reports say Prime Minister Chamberlain will reshuffle his cabinet during the Easter recess to press a more vigorous war effort. Speculation targets Air Minister Kingsley Wood and Supply Minister Leslie Burgin amid criticism of Sir John Simon and Sir Samuel Hoare. At sea, a German plane appeared over the Shetlands, a British vessel was bombed off the south coast, and Baltic submarine bases are named as next potential targets.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
John Simon
Privy Seal
Samuel Hoare
Geoffrey Mander
Commons
Kingsley Wood
Leslie Burgin
Air Ministry
Shetland Islands
Baltic
Germany
North Sea
Admiralty
Viking
Scotland
Roosevelt’s Fifth Cousin Attacks New Deal in Wisconsin Rally
Superior Wis Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr campaigning for Thomas Dewey denounces the New Deal as a danger to democracy. He warns that current policies invite alien influence and vows to correct government flaws without destroying its structure. He argues Dewey can restore true wealth through work and notes a tied line about family ties to FDR.
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Superior
Wis
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Thomas F. Dewey
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Dewey
Appleton Civil War veteran Charles Gosha marks 100th birthday
Appleton Wisconsin Charles Gosha the town's last Civil War veteran celebrated his 100th birthday today. He has lived in Appleton for many years and remains a landmark figure in the community.
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Appleton, Wi
Appleton
Charles Gosha
Ickes says no Democratic candidate could clinch nomination
Secretary Ickes told a press conference that no current Democratic hopeful could secure enough delegates to win the nomination. He named Gar ner, McNutt and Farley and declined to elaborate. He said liberals would back Roosevelt's renomination regardless of rivals and avoided commenting on Farley’s resignation.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Garner
McNutt
Farley
Ieries
Jim
Democratic National Committee
Judge Rules State Entitled to Tax on Horlick Estate
Racine Wisconsin. County Judge J Allan Simpson rules the state may collect a 25 percent emergency tax for indigent relief from the $1 million Horlick estate widow Arabella Horlick died July 9 1938 two years after her husband The judge says the issue is without precedent and questions whether the Supreme Court has faced a similar case He notes the tax commission remarks could not be weighed without a concrete example and decision required an estate tax under the widow’s allowance
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Racine
WUP
J. Allan Simpson
Arabella Horlick
Simpson
Supreme Court
Tax Commission
Three More Named Honorary Colonels
Governor Heil announced the appointment of Sidney J. Herzberg and Frank L. Greehys, both of Milwaukee, and Juan Trippe of New York City to his staff of honorary colonels. Trippe is president and general manager of Pan American Airways. The appointments increase the staff to 120.
Wisconsin canning firms face wage law dispute
Washington hearings revealed that the labor department will report before June on applying the wage and hour law to the canning industry. Rep Keefe of Wisconsin and Rep Engel of Michigan pressed wage and hour chief George McNulty as to rulings they deemed inconsistent, noting Wisconsin canneries closed last year and fearing more closures unless fixes are found.
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Washington
Congress
Labor Department
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Labor-Federal Security Agency
Isador Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Women’s Bureau
Keefe
Wisconsin
Representative Engel
Michigan
George A. McNulty
Engel
McNulty
Arver
Georgia
Six German Soldiers Killed by British Patrol
A British patrol killed six Germans and captured one in close range fighting on the western front. The British reported no casualties. Air activity was limited by poor visibility. French reconnaissance planes flew over German lines. Germans conducted a flight over Alsace. High command reported nothing to report.
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Faris— U2
Alsace
High Command
British Flyers Drop Boots For Hitler to Escape With
Report by Jan Windrich says RAF crews dropped a German base gift for Adolf Hitler during a raid on a Baltic island. Eleven airmen describe the operation using 49 planes and cycles of bombs, noting the theft-like prank and mission dangers. Estimated damage tops $2 million.
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Hitler
Jan Windrich
United Press
London
Adolf Hitler
William Bell
Royal Air Force
Adolf
Bell
England
Sergt
Edward Ferrands
Lines Being Crossed In Vote Battles
Milwaukee area report shows factional and party line crossing in Wisconsin delegate fights for the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Winford H. Johnson of Kiel, pledged to Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, sought Taft votes in Green Bay radio remarks, hinting Wisconsin’s delegation might back Taft if Vandenberg falters. Vandenberg backers deny formal deals with Taft adherents, while La Follette followers face uncertainty about Progressive bloc support.
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Milwaukee
Redhot
Wisconsin
Winford H. Johnson
Kiel
Eighth
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Green Bay
Johnson
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Vandenberg
Vandenberg For President Club
Club
Progressive Party
la Follette
Morgenthau reports income tax receipts far above estimates
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said preliminary figures show annual income tax collections 31.2 percent higher than last year and well above Roosevelt budget estimates. In the first 20 days of March receipts reached 621 million, up from 473 million last year, with March the peak due to due dates. He declined to say by how much estimates would be exceeded, but noted no chance to meet the 460 million extra revenue goal for defense costs. He reaffirmed support for the president's request for new taxes.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Treasury
Weather snapshot from Milwaukee and points west
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with light snow chances in the southwest and east. Temperatures range from a low near 20 in northern areas to upper 30s elsewhere, with west winds and brief snowfall reports in several locales.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Devils Lake
N_D
La Follette Defeated In Bid To Boost Food Stamp Funds
Wisconsin Senator La Follette failed to move a larger food stamp appropriation, seeking 113 million instead of 85 million for surplus disposal. The measure, tied to surplus goods, was ruled out of order as the senate prepared to vote on the farm bill. The program operates in about 100 cities and could add 60 more under a larger fund.
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Wisconsin
Senate
Washington
la Follette
Progressive
Chamber
Impeachment of Cromwell Urged by U S Rep Tinkham
Rep George Tinkham of Massachusetts urged Congress to consider impeaching James H. R. Cromwell the U S minister to Canada if he is not recalled immediately. He accused Cromwell of violating Roosevelt's neutrality proclamation and foreign service rules after a Canadian speech defending democracy. He also accused Lord Lothian of violating diplomatic privileges and immunities in a Chicago speech last October calling for Britain to respond.
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Washington
George Holden Tinkham
Massachusetts
Congress
James H. R. Cromwell
U. S
Canada
Tinkham
Cordell Hull
Cromwell
Roosevelt
Lord Lothian
United States
Chicago
Great Britain
Noonday Holy Week services conclude Friday at Strand
The Noonday Lenten series at the Strand, under the American Lutheran church, ends Good Friday from 12 10 to 12 45 with Detroit lawyer Attys John C Winter as speaker on The Arrest Trial and Conviction of Jesus Christ from a Lawyer s View point. He spoke today on Can a Lawyer Believe in the Resurrection to an audience of about 900. Rev C J Lange of Peace Lutheran will liturgize tomorrow and Miss Bertha Schaaf will be organist again. An account of today's address appears elsewhere.
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Strand Theater
American Lutheran Church
Welock
Attys John C. Winter
Detroit
Mich
Jesus Christ
Winter
C. J. Lange
Peace Lutheran Church
Bertha Schaaf
Sums Lower Than Budget Of Roosevelt Contends Overstaffed Agencies
Congressional panels called for trimming next year’s funds for labor board and wage hour administration amid claims of overstaffing and administrative confusion. Proposals cut $337,000 from the labor board and $1,080,000 from wage hour, plus large reductions in old age assistance grants. Witnesses urged cautious reform, with comments on wage trends, labor contracts, and agency efficiency.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Labor Board
Wagehour
Laboree
Federal Security Agency
Davia Saposs
Budget Bureau
National Youth Administration
Labor Department
Labor and Industry
Social Security Board
Arthur J. Altmeyer
House Appropriations
Isadore Lubin
J. Warren Madden
Representative Tarver
Georgia
George C. McNulty
Josep Rauh
Engel
Republiccan
Michigan
Rauh
Arch A. Mercey
Government Film Service
WPA
PWA
Farm Security Administration
Public Health Service
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