United Front of Charity Plea From Roosevelt Speech
President Roosevelt urged a united front to fund and expand the 1938 private charity drive and federal works program. He tied direct relief to community chests and emphasized full employment as essential for economic stability and individual security. He warned that one third of the employable are under 26 and urged jobs over relief to prevent future social problems.
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Washington
Rooesvelt
White House
Roose- Frett
Hospital Bares Birth of Siamese Twins
Danville Illinois reports the birth of conjoined twin girls to Mrs. Paul Bryant of Olivet. Doctors at Lakeview Hospital say the twins were joined at the neck and died shortly after birth. The father is an Olivet College theology student.
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Danville
MaTen
Paul Bryant
Olivet
Lakeview Hospital
Thook
Olivet College
Probe Into Seversky Plane Plans Transfer
A Seversky Aircraft employee, unnamed, was questioned by FBI agents at the factory in Farmingdale Long Island regarding possible transferring plans for new aircraft to foreign powers. The worker was taken from his post to the F B I office in New York on Wednesday. He worked on steel components for tactical designs intended as super speed bombers pursuit craft and transatlantic passenger ships.
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Farmingdale
Seversky Aircraft Corporation
Federal Fureau
F. BT
New York
Army
School Patron Slate to be Announced for Board Election
School patrons committee plans to announce its slate for the school board next Monday. Nomination chair McAllister is out of the city and will return Monday. L. G. Williamson filed as first candidate to replace Roger Stokes. deadlines set for March 22 with election April 3. Dr Mary King Robble and Mrs H O Wyneken may run. Stokes will not seek re election.
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Baxter D. J. Greer
W. McAllister
L. G. Williamson
Scottish Rite Masons
Roger Stokes
H. Kifer
Menefee
R. F. Cullen
Mary King Robble
H. O. Wyneken
Sill
Stokes
Te- Shan
Monument Base Construction for Ben Milam Statue
Work to begin on a base 1 Milam square for a Ben Milam statue. Louis Rodriguez, contractor, announced Friday. The statue is the first Historic Monuments work funded by Texas Centennial funds in the city. A Moses Austin statue will be placed on the city hall square. Alamo cenotaph work with WPA labor is planned.
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Milam Square
Ben Milam
Louis Rodriguez
Texas Centennial
Moses Austin
City Hall Square
Alamo
Transfer 5 Jailed in Valley Killings RIG. GRANDE CITY
Five special deputy constables accused of slaying three men have been jailed in Hebbrowville awaiting action by Starr County Grand Jury. The grand jury meets Monday. Officials say transfer was arranged as the case develops. The killings occurred Sunday and were reported Tuesday.
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Grande City
Maren
Hebbrowville
Starr County Grand Jury
Ottavio Saneney
Sal Mére
Theoling
Aster
Texas Cotton Referendum Voters Decide On Marketing Quotas
Texas cotton producers in College Station vote tomorrow on marketing quotas for the 1938 crop. About half a million Texans in 2351 counties are eligible to ballot, with associations in charge. A two-thirds yes vote would bind all growers, while a one-third or more against would nullify quotas for the year.
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College Station
Texas
Western Plains
Southland
Congress
George Slaughter
Wharton
Texas’ Agricultural Conservation Committee
Russia Holds Japs Until Ships Freed
Vladivostok dispatch reports Soviet authorities detaining eight Japanese prisoners for release of two Russian ships and their crews. Tass says the Soviet ambassador in Tokyo demanded ship release before deporting the prisoners.
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Russia
Moscow
Vladivostok
Japan
Tass
Pews Agency
Tokio
One Dead and Eleven Injured in Auto Collision
Gladewater reports a fatal crash north of town last night leaving Louis Gosson an oil well driller dead and Collin Home oil company switcher not expected to live. Eleven others suffered injuries in the collision and are being treated.
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Gladewater
INS
Louis Gosson
Collin Home
Wife Sees Tractor Kill Her Husband
A husband was killed when a tractor lurching forward struck him and drove him into a garage wall. His wife, standing in the doorway, witnessed the fatal accident near his home.
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Near Here
Cardboard bomb inspected on Randolph field bus
A cardboard device found in the rear seat of a Randolph field bus aroused imagination but few officials believed it dangerous. The bus owned by M. Mendez had arrived from a battle near Corutla where scenes for The Texan were filmed. The object, about six inches long and three inches in circumference, looked like a primitive incendiary bomb filled with black powder. Detectives handed the case to U.S. munitions expert A. Englehart who deemed it incendiary but not a detonator risk.
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Randolph Field
M. Mendez
Ba Etle
Motion Picture Group
Corutla
Gol
Texas ranges in good shape for March
Texas ranges entered March in better condition than in the past six years. The Agriculture Department reported moisture favorable across the state with February snow and rain supplying needed moisture in the Panhandle for spring grass. Cattle wintered in good condition at 78 percent of normal, above the ten year average for calves.
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Austin
Texas
Panhandle
Gagd Enosh
Father Found Guilty of Lashing Daughter
In El Monte California Henry F Goates 42 a laborer pleaded guilty to lashing his 16 year old daughter Gloria with a seven foot whip after she ditched classes. State investigator Homer J Tahiels testified Goates punished the girl inhumanely breaking her flesh with the whip and leaving welts on her body. Gloria testified I hope he gets punished for it.
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EL Monte
Calif
Gloria
Henry F. Goates
Justice of the Peace Court
Homer J. Tahiels
Goates
LIST JOBLESS AT 10 WILSON LIST JOBLESS AT 10 WILSON
Washington March 11 The business recession has taken a toll of about 10 450 000 unemployed in the four months ending March as economists report the highest jobless total in three years. Figures prepared for the president's committee on economic security show a volatile trend with peaks near 15 million in 1993 and a gradual decline to 7 to 8 million in late 1990s.
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Washington
Inet
Fodern
Ntation
Red Trend Talker Warns Labor and Capital War
Dr George Herman Derry of Detroit told Central Catholic High school students that capitalism must self cleanse to lift social injustices or risk communistic gain. He claimed labor leaders invite communists, warn of a united front and farmer labor alliance. He cited 40 000 Communists in the U S and noted tea per capita consumption in the United States is seven tenths of a pound annually, with tea making five times as many cups as coffee from the same weight.
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George Herman Derry
Detroit
Derty
Central Catholic High School
Keights of
Columbus
Labor
Forture
United Popular Front
San Antonio
West Side
U. 5
United States
Dr. Berry
Sen Aton
el Paso
Marygrave College
Elms
Cambridge
Oxford
Stonyhurst
Johns Hopzius Univer
Sities
Fort Worth Opens Fortieth Second Southwestern Expo Show
Fort Worth March 11 180 contestants in 10 gallon hats and rodeo regalia gathered for the opening of the forty second annual Southwestern Expo stock show. A grand opening parade was planned with Merodeo performers. About 8000 animals were in stalls for the initial opening.
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Fort Worth
Feltock
Merodeo
Pate
Writers win $10,000 plagiarism judgment in case involving Marx script
In Los Angeles, March 1 17 Pi two writers Henry Barrie and David Weissman won a $10,090 judgment against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Love's Inc. for alleged script plagiarism from the Marx brothers film A Day at the Races. The trial saw the Marx brothers named as defendants dismissed. Barrie and Weissman had sought $150,000.
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Los Angeles
Henry Barrie
David Weissman
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Love's, Inc
Marx Brothers
Barsha
Weissman
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