Canal hearing notice gains attention amid European tensions
The report notes a canal hearing scheduled for tomorrow alongside international alarm over Germany’s advance in Central Europe. Britain recalls Ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson from Berlin as Daladier seeks dictatorial powers and a joint Franco British protest forms.
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Associated Press
France
Britain
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Gerite
Daladier
London
Paris
Shamrock Celebration Tells Shamrock Town's Irish Pride
Shamrock holds its St Patrick's Day festival in Shamrock Texas with the Donegal club leading 涓 celebrations. The town of 4000 decorates shops with green banners hosts a three mile parade beauty contests and an all Irish grid game. Meanwhile Lackawanna county sportsmen push to eradicate water snakes from trout streams.
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Shamrock
Tex
NEA
Texas
Donegal Club
Ireland
Lackawanna County
Two Are Found Tied Face to Face and Shot
Milton Florida dispatch reports Northwest Florida and Southeast Alabama officers hunted a holdup man who killed two Montgomery, Alabama residents after forcing them to drive him from a Georgiana Alabama gas station. The victims Mann and Wilkinson were found shot to death, tied with rope, near a highway, with watches and some money in pockets. Taxi driver Dick Carpenter said a young white man hired him to transport him from Milton to Pensacola around 5 am, then he left at the Louisville station claiming an eastbound train.
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Milton
Fla
Florida
Alabama
Georgiana
Ala
Montgomery
Joseph T. Allen
Clifford T. Mann
Charles Wilkinson
Mann
Wilkinson
Jorden Williams
Here
Allen
Dick Carpenter
Pensacola
Louisville and Nashville
Two Montgomery Men Identified in Milton Kidnap Killing
Victims identified as Clifford T. Mann, 28, Praetorians Life Insurance cashier, and Charles D. Wilkinson, about 23, a Mann friend. Authorities say Mann was on a company mission when abducted by a bandit after a Georgiana filling station holdup at 1 a.m.
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Montgomery
Ala
Milton, Fla
Clifford T. Mann
Praetorians Life Insurance Co
Charles D. Wilkinson
Mann
Praetorian
Georgiana
Michigan gets new governor as Dickinson succeeds Fitzgerald
Lieut. Gov. Loren D. Dickinson inherits the Michigan governorship after the death of Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald. Dickinson, who turns 80 in April, moves up following Fitzgerald’s passing at 54 after a long rise from clerkship to two-term governor. Frank Murphy, then US attorney general, held a related interim position between Fitzgerald’s terms.
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Lansing
Mic
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Loren D. Dickinson
Dickinson
Michigan
Fitzgerald
Frank Muphy
United States
Noon Stock List and Relief Funding Debate
The day’s stock list and relief funding discussion surface as WPA and congressmen examine relief appropriations. Officials debate the pace and adequacy of benefits amid shifting rolls and uncertain timing.
Irishmen Face Disorder Charges After Bar Riot
In Coral Gables Florida two Irishmen J O Cassidy and Bill O Keeffe fought five men including three in Nazi style uniforms on St Patrick Eve. The clash left opponents in custody for investigation. Officials say the riot erupted in a local bar and the motive remains undetermined. The uniformed trio, led by William Blanchard Jr, were identified as part of the anti Semitic White Front group. Also detained were William O Neill John P Holbrook Raymond Healey and H L Hill.
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Fla
Erin
St. Patrick’s Eve
W. F. Key
J. O. Cassidy
Bill O'Keefe
Unon
Wiliam Blanchard, Jr
White Front
William O'Neill
John P. Holbrook
Raymond Healey
H., L. Hill
Shamrock lacks St Patrick’s Day cheer in Dutch Country
In Shamrock Pennsylvania there is no wearin of the green today as the village in Pennsylvania Dutch country shows no local Irish celebration. The AP dispatch notes an absence of Irish residents and festivities in the small town.
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Shamrock
Pennsylvania
St Patrick's feat in driving the
Saint Scranton reports a St Patrick's Day event featuring a notable feat in driving. The brief notes the presence of local participants and celebratory activities, with emphasis on community spirit and traditional observances in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Scranton, Pa
Mar
St. Patrick's
St Patrick parade draws 75000 on Fifth Avenue in New York
A vibrant St Patrick's Day parade marches up Fifth Avenue led by John J. Sheahan as parade chairman. About 75,000 participants from Ancient Order of Hibernians Caln Na Gael Friends of Irish Freedom Cu Mann Na MBan and related Irish societies join the celebration. Kathleen Ni Hou Ihain themes and dreamlike reverence color the event.
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New York
Mar
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St. Patrick's Day
Ireland
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Order of Hibernians
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Friends of Irish Freedom
Cumann Na Mban
Editorial Feature Green Fen Ce Appears Today
Special St Patrick’s Day editorial feature runs today in the age edition. Reputable staff highlight history culture and festivities tied to the holiday with cultural commentary and local reflections.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Apalachicola Boy Wins Scholarship to Two Schools
Billy Russell, Chapman high school halfback of Apalachicola, won a five year scholarship at the Georgia Military Academy and Auburn University. Russell, a sensational backfield star, was named to the All Northwest Florida football eleven for 1938 and recently attended Spring grid practice at Auburn before learning of the scholarship. The award covers one year at the military school and four at Auburn.
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Chapman
Apalachicola
Georgia Military Academy
Auburn University
Auburn
Russell
Florida
Military School
United States envoy seeks Italian view on German action
Rome Mar 17 United States ambassador William Phillips called on Italian foreign minister Count Galeazzo Ciano seeking official reaction to Germany’s seizure of most of Czecho Slovakia and Italy’s intentions.
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Mar
United States
William Phillips
Czecho-Slovakia
Italy
Phillips
Galeazzo Ciano
Italan
Fires Rage Across Bay County In Swiftly Spreading Blazes
Bay County faced a series of woods fires as dry weather and northwest winds spread multiple blazes over the past 24 hours. The largest fire burned a three mile area between Airport Road and Lynn Haven Highway west of Harrison Avenue, sending smoke and ashes into Panama City. County forester J. N. Wilson Jr warned violators will be prosecuted as several arrests await trial.
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Bay County
Airport Road
Lynn Haven Highway
Harrison Avenue
Panama City
County Forest Department
Department
J. N. Wilson, Jr
Prevention Planned for Everglades Flood Control
In Fort Lauderdale on March 17 W M Stafford of the Everglades fire district proposed controlled flooding to stop muck fires and save soil for future generations. He urged series of dams to divert water from Lake Okeechobee to fire threats with no pumping. A massive blaze west of town burned about 96 000 acres of muck while Davie resident Frank Sterling valued the destroyed soil at over 100 million dollars in potential Florida value.
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Fila
Everglades
W. M. Stafford
Stafford
Lake Okeechobee
Frank Sterling
Davie
Florida
Carrier Boy Improves After Hit and Run Injury
Grover Baxley a 16 year old News Herald carrier was struck by a speeding car early Tuesday night and thrown from his bicycle. He has improved after more than 48 hours near death while officers search for the unidentified driver.
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Grover Baxley
News-Herald
Young Baxley
Morgan outlines ward three street WPA paving plan
Councilman Morgan states that Oak Jenks and Grace avenues are part of the city WPA paving program and scheduled for improvements within about a month. Grace avenue paving starts next Monday, Jenks avenue resurfacing within three to four weeks, and Oak avenue work to begin as soon as possible.
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State Legislators Consider Stronger Tax Collection and School Code
Florida legislators opened debate on a new legal code for public schools to clarify duties of trustees and superintendents and to set new teacher and administrator standards. The same session saw a committee split on tax revisions, with opposition to a sales tax growing though some favored it as a last resort.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
State Education Department
Florida Education Association
Negro Survives Serious Skull Injury in Logging Accident
Henry Williams of Sheip Lumber Co. in Apalachicola was operating a tractor pulling logs when a log hook flew and struck him on the head. Doctors report a shattered skull with brain penetration but removing fragments improved his condition. he remains under care at a local hospital.
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Henry Williams
Sheip Lumber Co
Apalachicola
Williams
Boy Stays in School Through Cooperative Living Effort
Beverly M. Brown of Lynn Haven faced high living costs at the University of Florida and planned to quit. After joining the Cooperative Living Organization he found work in a vegetable market, lived in a garage loft, and paid meals himself. He kept a two point average, pursued trumpet study, and was selected for the Florida band, even filling in as soloist when needed.
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University of Florida
Beverly M. Brown
W. L. Brown
Herald
Ne. Moan
Ago
Orego
Beverly
Florida
Cooperative Living Organization
Tallahassee
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Pari-Mutuel Law Seen Threatened in Florida
Defuniak Springs Florida March 17 A lawsuit to declare race track revenue sharing illegal could lead to efforts to repeal the pari mutuel wagering law. Rep Thomas D Beasley told Walton county commissioners he would seek repeal if the Supreme Court ruling on the distribution upsets the method. About 1.5 million dollars in annual race betting taxes are distributed equally among Florida counties.
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Defuniae Springs
Fla
Thomas D. Beasley
Walton County
Supreme Court
Waterway Link Hearing Set for Ochlocknee Bridge
Northwest Florida, South Alabama, and Georgia residents will attend a Carrabelle public hearing tomorrow on extending the intra coastal canal by bridging the Ochlocknee River. U S representatives will lead the session as officials discuss canal extension from Apalachicola through the Crooked and Ochlocknee rivers toward Leon County. Local officials say funding hinges on community rights of way and that Seaboard railroad cannot finance the bridge. attendance urged from county boards from Tallahassee to Pensacola.
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Ochlocknee
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Crooked
G. Price Wood
Gulf County
North Florida Association
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Corpus Christi
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Carrabélle
Pensacola
Bay County drives for Florida Children's Home near goal
Bay county nears the Florida Children's Home fundraising goal with under $15 of the $500 quota collected. Mrs. John Pilcher, local chair, notes strong county support but laments shortfall. Two homeless Bay county children listed on the Home’s rolls and likely to be admitted soon per a field representative. Over 100 children from the county have been housed there over the years. A high school girls committee will canvass Andrews Panama City and Millville areas tomorrow urging more cash gifts or clothing donations to Mrs. White at the Gulf.
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Florida Children’s Home
John Pilcher
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Pilot Club
White
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