Man injured as flames trap couple in ruined home
E C Whiddon and his wife escaped through a kitchen window as fire swept their home Tuesday night. Whiddon suffered cuts to legs and feet while escaping. Firefighters battled flames that originated in a garage, destroying the garage and a $500 car and forcing evacuation at Gerald Avenue. Four people aided by fire crews were unharmed in the other residence nearby.
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E. C. Whiddon
Micah
Bacaia
Bob
Fried
C.J. Ridgeway
Gerald Avenue
Hearsay Evidence Admitted in Federal Trial
Federal Judge R J McMillan ruled hearsay evidence admissible in a case by George E Desna World War veteran suing for a 10000 insurance policy. The objection overruled because only the sick person knows his symptoms and others learn of them by what they hear. Desna testifies on his own behalf. trial slated to last through Tuesday.
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R. J. McMillan
George E Desna
Desha
India
Amendment Bill Se Adoption Urged By Williams In Senate Hearing
George H. Williams former Missouri Republican senator urged adoption of the Bingham resolution in a Senate judiciary sub committee. The proposal would require constitutional amendments to be ratified only by state conventions and would apply to the prohibition amendment. Williams argued for state convention approval rather than legislature under the plan.
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Washington,d.c
Senate Judiciary
George H. Williams
Missouri
Williams
Banker Attacks Glass Finance Bill
Auburn New York banker A M Payne testified before a senate committee that passage of the Glass banking revision bill would wreck many small country banks. He warned the reform attempt would be so severe it could cause widespread bank failures in rural areas.
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Washington, D. C
A. M. Payne
Auburn
N.Y
Senate
Pennies Pay Fine in Corporation Court Case
J S Ramsey of 629 Live Oak street faced a $5 fine in corporation court for a spending charge but paid only $3 with $2 more offered by a friend. He then discovered $1 in pennies, accepted by acting clerk George Molteni, while a separate note reports the House Judiciary Committee rejected the Horr bill to repeal the Jones five and ten prohibition law by viva voce vote in Washington.
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J. S. Ramsey
Live
Oak Street
Corporation Court
A. L. Matlock
Ramsey
George Molteni
Washington, D. C
House Judiciary Committee
Horr
ZEMO Promises Clear Skin With Invisible Zed Claims
Ad for ZEMO antiseptic cream touts fast clearing of pimples rashes and blemishes using invisible ZHD. Claims twenty years of soothing relief and rare irritation clearance, urging use for clear smooth skin with prices 85c 60c and $1.00.
Call to Arms at W C T U Confab
At a National Women’s Christian Temperance Union conference in Chicago on March 23 Mrs. Ann Marden Dee urged members to pressure Congress on resubmission and repeal. She warned that some lawmakers hear only from wet constituents and urged action to hold the line.
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W.C.T.U
Chicago
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ann Marden Dee
Reds Clash With Civil Guards In Spain Killing One
In Antequera Spain on March 29 1937 clashes erupted between civil guards and communists as a general revolutionary strike was declared. Reds pillaged farms and were fired upon leaving one dead and several wounded plus more than thirty arrested.
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Antequeria
Spain
al (Us
Free Wheat Requests Approved By Red Cross
Washington March 29 The Red Cross approved 7 applications for free government wheat providing flour for 3,696,000 people via 907 local chapters for 90 days. Requisitions cover 681,670 barrels of flour, 49,324 tons of wheat for 169 communities and 36,136 livestock owners.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Congress
Chinese Troops Revolt Loot in Hangchow Chapoo Riots
Chinese Nationalist shore garrison troops at Hangchow revolted today and looted the town of Chapoo including the Roman Catholic mission there. The incident shocks Shanghai and underscores instability in the region.
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Shanghai
Hangchow
Bay
Chapoo
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