Legal and war news mix as Cummings case looms in Congress
Former assistant to Attorney General Homer Cummings seeks leave to question Black about Senate retirement pay and a possible Supreme Court vacancy. The piece outlines Republican challenges, House appropriations, and a vivid briefing on China’s war with Japan, plus Snell charging the DNC with corrupt practices over convention book sales.
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Willis van Devanter
House Rules Committee
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Snell
Colorado
Resettlement Administration
Democratic Campaign Committee
White House
House
Strange Doings at Sea Sink Edith in Mediterranean
Reports from Barcelona say four insurgent airplanes dropped 25 bombs on the Danish vessel Edith, sinking it in the Mediterranean. Twenty crew and a French observer were rescued by two fishing boats. Copenhagen owners say it is their twentieth ship seized or bombed by rebels. A French freighter captain reports a torpedo fired by an unidentified submarine beside his ship near the Tunisian coast. The Spanish tanker Campeador was sunk with a rebel communique taking blame, though its captain says an Italian destroyer sank it.
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Barcelona
Copenhagen
Peame
Tunisian
Mediterranean
Black Confirmed to Supreme Court After Bitter Vote
The Senate confirmed Hugo L. Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court by 63 to 16 after a fierce battle. Six Democrats and ten Republicans opposed. insurgent Democrats led by Burker and Copeland objected over alleged KKK ties and bias, while Republicans questioned eligibility.
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Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Edward R. Burker
Neb
Royal S. Copeland
N. Y
High Tribunal
Rebels claim success in Santander drive amid coastal stalemate
Reports from insurgent command say 35 villages and 1000 prisoners captured as Franco forces press along the northern coast. government admits some advances but denies threatening Santander defenses while bombing and artillery pound fortifications. Insurgents plan a low manpower push to free Madrid front for a possible follow up assault.
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Franco
Bilbao
Madrid
Argentina Opposes Leasing U S Warships to Brazil
The Argentinian newspaper L4 NACION objects to leasing over-age U S warships to Brazil, warning it would upset South American naval balance. Secretary Hull asked Congress for authority to lease obsolete vessels for South American training use. President Roosevelt noted the ships are outdated and intended for training only.
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United States
Brazil
South America
Hull
Senate Naval Committee
Roosevelt
Quiet spring afternoon sparks a cryptic affair
Victoria and Violet Keats discuss family life on the lawn while Quentin bonds with his son Marty. Serena interrupts with a tense demand for a private talk, testing boundaries as Quentin plans a San Francisco trip and nights away from the Keats clan.
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Serena
Quentin
Victoria
Darling
Quentin Hardisty
Germany
Dearest Dearest
Vicky
Spencer
San Francisco
Dante Hospital
Fake eye specialists bait with radium belt swindle
A fraud gang poses as eye specialists selling a supposed radium belt that cures eye conditions. Victims pay deposits and checks learned to be cashed before belts arrive. Inspectors circulated warnings after fifteen swindlers were arrested. two were convicted. Police urge citizens to report complaints.
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Krupp
Asa
Eagle carries heavy trap in 150 mile flight
A sea eagle flew about 150 miles with a heavy mink trap attached to its leg. Found hanging from a tree by R P Reed and Bernard Eaton of Lamoine Maine the trapped bird yielded the name Joseph Haynes Norcross on the device. Norcross is about 15 miles distant. The note about the mountain beaver clarifies its classification as a tailless woodchuck-like rodent related to porcupines.
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R. P. Reed
Bernard Eaton
Lamoine
Maine
Joseph Haynes
Norcross
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