Britain Japan Talks After New Naval Pact
London and Washington pressed discussions with Japan on Far East fortifications and bases following the London naval pact. Japan did not sign, seeking fleet equality, while US and Britain kept navies at equal levels. Delegates sail home aboard the Washington, optimistic senate ratification will occur.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
Far Eastern
Britain
Italy
Dino Grandi
Norman H. Davis
S. S. Washington
Senate
Congress
Floods rise as Miss river to 13 feet in Wisconsin
Mississippi River crests at 13 feet forecast for La Crosse and surrounding lowlands as rains intensify flood danger. Durand Chippewa river reached 11.8 feet and was receding. Upper Mississippi flood stage spreading toward lowlands between La Crosse and Dubuque. Navigation on the upper river to begin Monday with buoy deployment. Western crews repair a washout on a Northern Pacific branch line near Grantsburg. Prolonged floods force hundreds from homes in West Virginia and Ohio. Pittsburgh largely spared.
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la Crosse
Wis
A. D. Sanial
Weather Bureau
Chippewa
Durand
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Fountain City
Buffalo County
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Upper
Mississippi
United States
General Allen
McGregor
Grantsburg
Burnett County
Northern Pacific Railroad
Phil La Follette names two to state boards
Gov. Philip F. La Follette announced appointments to two state boards and one county office. W. I. MacFarlane of Tomahawk was named successor on the board of dental examiners for a term ending May 2, 1940. August Paunack of Madison was appointed to the banking review board for a term ending the first Monday in January, 1937. Joseph Fiedler Jr. of Mineral Point was named Iowa county district attorney to succeed Charles H. Gibbon for the remainder of the term ending the first Monday in January, 1937. No senate confirmation needed. about 20 other appointments await action.
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Madison
Philip F. la Follette
W. I. MacFarlane
Tomahawk
W. W. Wick
Dental Examiners
Paunack
J. F. Schrepner
Banking Review Board
Joseph Fiedler Jr
Mineral Point
Iowa
Charles H. Gibbon
State Senate
Governor plans ladder nail test in Hauptmann case
Trenton N J Gov Hartley Hoffman disclosed plans to test the Lindbergh ladder rail nails against attic beams in Hauptmanns Bronx home. The move comes as Hauptmanns second mercy appeal nears an execution date five days away, with expert Arthur Koehler testifying the nails fit perfectly and the rail likely cut from a floor board. The test will occur with officials present to verify the nail hole alignment and spacing, before any court of pardons action.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Arthur Koehler
Madison
Wis
Flemington
Kochier
Governor Hoffman
David T. Wilentz
Lloyd Fisher
New Jersey State Police
New York City
Hearings on Pension Plan Records Ordered
Washington- The House pension inquiry today ordered Robert E. Clemens to produce post haste books and records of the old age pension movement already subpoenaed. A 20 minute recess was taken as Clemens dispatched an aide to collect records.
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Robert E. Clements
Left
The
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
F. E. Townsend
Associated Press
Washington
U.P
House
Townsend
Jasper Bell
Democrat
Missouri
Clemens
Boring From Within Democrats May Bolster Roosevelt Force
Conservative Democrats in Congress may split from the party to criticise the New Deal while some lawmakers rally to Roosevelt. Key figures named include Carter Glass Harry Byrd Royal Copeland Millard Tydings Josiah Bailey and Gov Eugene Talmadge. Tydings signaled a platform clash at the convention while Glass and others have spoken less this year.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
East
Carter Glass
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
House of Representatives
Tydings
Glass
Sen
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Carolinas
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Garrison urges state conciliation board for labor peace
Lloyd Garrison dean of the University of Wisconsin law school urged creation of a state conciliation board representing employers workers and the public to prevent strikes. The board would have only advisory powers and would merely suggest policies. Garrison formerly chaired the national labor relations board.
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Milwaukee
Lloyd Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Garrison
Silwaukee High School Teachers’ Association
National Labor Relations Board
State Tavern Code Stopped Temporarily
The National Manufacturers' Association said 50 to 80 billion dollars in capital could aid expansion if recovery led reforms. They urged Congress to absorb unemployment by industry and blamed political obstructions for curtailing idle capital. They listed seven principles to guide expansion, including accurate unemployment data, durable goods focus, and that government competition harms private hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
WUP
National Manufacturers’ Association
Association
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt forms committee to study NRA outcomes
President Roosevelt appoints a committee on industrial analysis to study results and performances of the outlawed NRA. Secretary Roper will lead, with Perkins and Wallace among members, as outsiders may later join. An executive order dated March 21 sets the group up to prepare surveys and public analyses of NRA operations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
White House
Roper
Perkins
Wallace
Order to Authority Hearing Set on April 8 by Judge Hoppman
A Wisconsin circuit judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the state tavern code. The order, sought by Madison tavern owner M. J. Griffin, sets a hearing for April 8 to determine why an injunction should not be granted. The suit affects more than 12,000 licensed taverns and questions the code's constitutionality while delaying code provisions on hours wages prices and fees.
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Hoppman
Madison
A. C. Hoppman
M. J. Griffin
Griffin
Tavern Code Authority
State Supreme Court
High Court
New Deal aims face two major bills in Congress
Washington U P says Congress has limited major achievements with the soil conservation program the only big act amid fast moving actions on the soldiers' bonus law and extended neutrality measure. Other must bills include tax reform and a relief appropriation awaiting action as elections approach.
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H. O. Thompson
United Press
Washington
U.P
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Nr Roosevelt
Laborers Seize Farm Lands in Spain
In Badajoz laborers allied with socialist and communist groups surged onto large estates to redistribute land, taking over estates per prearranged lists amid warnings from Premier Manuel Azana to wait for legal distribution. Police avoided gunfire as authorities feared a wider surge, marking the first large coordinated seizure in the region.
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Badajoz
Spain
Manuel Azana
Madrid
National Association of “Land Workers
Workers’ Republic
WPA to slashed payroll to cut state quota
The Works Progress Administration will remove 1 067 WPA workers from the payroll within five days as part of Washington orders to reduce the state employment quota to 49 600. A first cut by April 1 precedes another reduction by April 15, with total WPA employment about 63,000 now.
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Madison
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Washington
M. W. Torkelson
Torkelson
Ietter
Britain presses Berlin to end Rhineland crisis
Prime Minister Baldwin sent a personal message to Adolf Hitler via Joachim von Ribbentrop urging practical proposals to end the Rhineland crisis. Eden warned Britain’s open mind is needed and France must cooperate. Eden rejected being tied to any foreign power while France and Germany argue over Locarno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Kuh
United Press
London
WUP
Stanley Baldwin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Baldwin
Ribbentrop
Hitler
No. 10 Downing Street
Germany
France
Britain
Anthony Eden
Demilitarized Zone
Eden
Locarno
Fuhrer
G. H. Anderson
Associated Press
House of Commons
Europe
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Hugh Dalton
Labor Party
Dalton
Petition for Utility Annexation at Lakeside Plant
Wiss P L Fessenden district manager of Wisconsin Power and Light filed with the city clerk a petition to annex the Lakeside plant valued at 3 5 million dollars. The move would add 40 000 in tax revenues to Sheboygan.
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Sheboygan. Wiss —P
Fessenden
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
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