French Spy Trial Opens in Paris in Secrecy
The most important espionage trial since WWI opened in Paris with two American defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Litz, plus 18 others. They face possible five years imprisonment and a fine around 320 dollars under the espionage law. An American lawyer tried to attend but was barred. Swiss defendants are to be represented by French attorney Henry Katz. The trial is set for three weeks with limited sessions each week.
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Paris
INS
France
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
Robert Gordon
Litz
Orange
N. J
International
Richard Ammerman
Robert D. Murphy
Switzes
Henry Katz
House Silver Bloc Seeks Immediate Concurrence on Public Works Bill
More than 30 members of the silver bloc move to force immediate House approval of all Senate amendments to the 4.68 billion dollar public works bill, naming Rep Dies to move a floor concurrence and forming a conference with Speaker Burns to protect parliamentary rights. A party meeting led by Rep Martin stresses this may be last chance this session. President Roosevelt and Hopkins discuss swift action and funding details in White House talks.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Group of Representatives
Thomas
Oklahoma
Dies
Texago
Burns
Murdock
Utah
Rankin
Mississippi
Pierce
Oregon
Taylor
Colorado
Moritz
Pennyvala
Belter
New York
Cansion
Missouri
Capron
Wat
Roosevelt
Bucnhanan
Appropriations Committee
White House
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Upside-down Girl Suffering Relapse in Mass Hospital
In Fall River Massachusetts on March 23 Alyce Jane McHenry, known for an upside-down stomach operation, suffered a definite setback at Truesdale Hospital. Her temperature rose slightly and appetite waned, preventing outdoor sunbathing. Doctors ordered complete rest, quiet, and barred visitors to safeguard her from excitement while monitoring her condition closely.
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Fall River
Mass
Tittle Alyce Jane McHenry
Truesdale ‘Hospital
Alyce Weld
Carkilly
Two Army Fliers Injured in Crash at Bolling Field
Two Army Air Corps fliers were seriously injured when their landing plane struck a high tension wire at Bolling Field yesterday. Capt. William S. Kenyon and Corp. Richard Malvin, stationed at Bolling Field, were taken to Walter Reed Army Hospital for treatment.
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Washington, D. C
Bolling Field
Ters
William S. Kenyon
Army Air Corps Reserve
Corp
Richard
Sharecropper Suit Barred by Court
In a March 25 ruling the Arkansas Supreme Court barred a tenant from suing to force a landlord to enforce the 1934 35 cotton crop and acreage reduction contract with the U S Department of Agriculture. The decision ends the attempt to obtain an injunction to prevent eviction in the Eastern Arkansas dispute.
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Little Rock
Arx
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
U. S. Department of Agriculture
High Court
Four More Planes Join Search For Lost Canadian Pair
Four additional planes departed from St Hubert airport toward northern Quebec to aid the hunt for Stanley E. Sistoe a noted Canadian mining man and his pilot Captain Thomas Wrat hall missing since last Tuesday in the Gatineau district. A dozen planes are combing the area for any clue as to the missing aircraft.
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Montreal
St. Hubert
Here
Quebec
Stanley E. Sistoe
Thomas Wrathall
Gatineau
Romance of Young Couple Nipped in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on March 25 a romance arc ends as two teenagers elope but are stopped by officers while seeking fuel and cash to run away. A 14 year old boy and a 15 year old girl were halted near a pawnshop. The couple await parental arrival from Tyler and remain detained.
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Fort Worth
Bud
Tyler
Thieves Crack Church Safe but Take Nothing
A San Antonio church safe was broken into on Sunday night but only records were taken as thieves knocked off the combination. Rev A L Wolff announced an inscription from scripture to deter future burglaries at St John’s Lutheran, 302 East Nueva Street. The incident follows two recent church break-ins, Purst Baptist and Woodlawn Methodist, and a separate report of clerical clothing stolen from a parked car.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
East Nueva Street
A. L. Wolff
San Antonio
Purst Baptist
Woodlawn
Woltz
Cleris
Quits to Protest Teachers Smoking at Linden Church
Malden Massachusetts report shows Stephen S. Zagorsky resigning as school superintendent after women teachers at Linden Methodist Church smoked on a Sunday. The protest stems from concern over teacher conduct and public image.
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Malden
Mass
Linden Methodist Church
Stéphen S. Zagorsk
Schol
Harvard Grants Ten Year Degree To Student Recipient
Cambridge Massachusetts March 72 One Harvard student earned a degree after ten years of study receiving a mid year diploma as the university presented 170 mid year degrees amid ceremonial proceedings at Harvard.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Wages Confidence in NRA Code Testimony Heard
Washington March 25 A clothing manufacturer Franciis M Curlee of St Louis testified before the senate finance committee that wages production and profits rose in the men s clothing industry under the code He could not say if purchasing power rose Curlee turned over recent correspondence after a subpoena issued Friday following Senator Barkley s charge that an effort had been made to intimidate him through his constituents
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Washington, D. C
NRA
Senate Finance’ Committee
Franciis M. Curlee
St. Louis
Curlee
Barkley
Kentucky
Regimen in Aquigenar completes long crossstate test
The Fifteenth Field Artillery Regiment motorized unit, with 146 trucks, returned to San Antonio Monday after a weeklong march from San Antonio through Laredo, Brownsville, and Houston led by Col. Ralph McT. Pennell. The test, far shorter than past maneuvers, aimed to prove speed and logistics in motion.
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Fifteenth Field Artillery Regiment
San Antonio
Houston
Cotuana
Ralph McT. Pennell
Laredo
Brownsville
Wit
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