Madrid Falls to Franco as Nationalists Enter City
Madrid capitulated to Generalissimo Franco after 32 months of Civil War. Farewell to the republican defense council leaders and mass exodus followed as Nationalist troops moved in without firing a shot. Jubilant crowds celebrated Arriba Espana as 60 000 Fascists filled the streets.
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Repuilcan
Francico Franco
Hun
Europe
Franco
Jose Miaja
National Defense Council
Segismundo Casado
Julian Besteir
Spain
Franco Himes
Zeranco
Viva Franco
Arriba Espana
Toledo
Everbody
Defense Council
FDR Vacation Trips Cited As Economic Benefit
Representative Barton claims the presidency’s absences boosted the market, estimating a net gain of 11.322 billion dollars from 47 trips. He calculates gains from Florida fishing and Hyde Park excursions at 14.484 billion and losses from speaking trips at 3.162 billion, totaling 11.322 billion.
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Washington
Barton
R-Ny
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
New York Exchange
Florida
Hyde Park
Harrisburg House approves emergency tax plan for two years
The House voted to approve a $163 million emergency tax program started in 1935 and sent eight bills to the Senate for a two year period. The plan includes levies on liquor, personal property, cigarettes, bank shares, gas, corporate net income and loans. Opposition came from Hiram G. Andrews and Herbert B. Cohen with notes on past Earle administration policies. The Senate sent the measures to committee and confirmed Anna Evans as Carbon county recorder as part of a broader session ending until Wednesday.
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House
Senate
Earle
Andrews
Hiram G. Andrews
Dcambria
Herbert B. Cohen
Robert E. Woodside
Herbert G. Gates
R-Armstrong
James
Senate Democrats
Anna Evans
Carbon County
Harry Shapiro
Ceneral State Authority Board
Bureau of Aeronautics
Lawmaker proposes $82,000 roll call device
Representative Elmer J Holland of Allegheny proposed purchasing an $82 000 roll call device in Harrisburg last night claiming it would save the state money and speed up legislative proceedings. The plan aims to modernize voting in the Pennsylvania House.
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Harrisburg
Elmer J Holland
Dallegheny
PWA Officials Say Pike Job Satisfactory After Somerset Visit
Two Pennsylvania officials toured the Connell and Lauth turnpike contract in Somerset and called discussions informal and the work on schedule. A nearby farmer circulated petitions with over 2000 signatures opposing union influence on the project and landowners complained of potential union control of labor.
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Public Works Administration
Somerset
Connell and Lauth
Pennsylvania
C. Warren Stapleton
PWA
Turnpike
J. H. Muller Ofce
Staple
Connell
Laub
C. E. Walker
Stonycreek Township
Samuel W. Marshall
Harrisburg
Stapleton
Johnstown
Engel Heads Santa Fe Railroad as President in 40 Year Rise
Boward J. Engel aged 64, a longtime Santa Fe railroad stenographer and executive, was elected president to fill the vacancy left by Samuel T. Bledsoe. Engel joined the line in 1899 and rose through roles from chief clerk to vice president before becoming executive vice president in 1935 and now president.
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New York
Santa Fe
Boward J. Engel
The
Road
Samuel T. Bledsoe
Western Railroad
Engel
Edward P. Ripley
Ripley
Bledsoe
House Committee Approves State Lottery Bill
The House law and order committee approved a bill to legalize a state lottery with profits directed to general state purposes. A state lottery commission would be established to oversee operations.
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Harrisburg
House Law and Order Committee
Seven Hundred Teachers Hear Six Point Psa Program
About 700 Somerset county teachers gathered at Somerset High School to hear the six point program of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. Prof. Ben Byers outlined goals including state support, aid to distressed districts, teacher tenure protections, electing the state council on education, increased school subsidies, and tax levies to replace the chain store tax.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Somerset High School
Ben Byers
Elizabeth
Oullinea
State Council of Education
Pennsylvania
Byers
Legislative Committee
Harold J. Colton
Bridgeville
Allegheny County
Charles Saylor
Meyersdale High School
Pennslvania
UAW urged to purge radicals as CIO warns splitters
The CIO urged the United Auto Workers to purge radicals or risk disintegration amid factionalism. CIO vice presidents Philip Murray and Sidney Hillman spoke at a closed CIO UAW session in Cleveland, warning subversive groups including Homer Martin and tied to Chrysler and General Motors were trying to split the union.
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Cleveland
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Automobile Workers Union
Cio-Uaw
Cio
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Auto Union
Murray
Homer Martin
Chrysler
General Motors
U S Builds Two Mightiest Battleships
President Roosevelt approved plans for 45 000 ton battleships to reinforce U S naval supremacy over Japan. Navy authorization includes two ships to start this year under a 758 million dollar budget, with more 45 000 ton vessels expected. Replacements may follow as the 35 000 ton London treaty limit shifts and concerns over Japan persist. Navy and Senate weigh neutrality act amendments as naval arms race intensifies.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Waite House
Uniel
Navy
House
Appropriations
Congress
United States
Great Britain
France
Nippon
Tokyo
Britain
Senate
Nye
Bone
Clark
Bombs Blast Ham mersmith Bridge Blaming Irish Rebels
Two explosions shattered the Ham mersmith bridge in London early today after a court sentenced extremists of the Irish Republican Army. No casualties were reported as police closed the bridge and pedestrians were ferried across the Thames by rowboats.
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London
Hammersmith Bridge
Thames
Henry Posts 500 Bond After Alleged Assault and Theft
A Jefferson township resident claimed German citizenship and posted 500 bond before Justice J. Harrison on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill and larceny. The hearing paused to allow Mrs. Jones family to address the tangled case. two neighbors testified for the defense and posted bonds for Henry’s future appearance.
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Jefferson Township
Justice of the Peace Co
J. Harrison
Harrison
Herman Henry
Henry
Addie Jones
Somerset
R. D
Governor James complains of inflation of access in milk price talk row
Governor James says a misunderstanding led Democratic senators to skip a luncheon with him after Senator Hale Sipe of Armstrong objected to being denied an audience. He asserts his office is open to all senators by appointment and will not change access policy despite the dispute.
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Harrisburkw
James
Hale Sipe
D-Armstrong
Sipe
Harry Shapiro
Democratic Foor
Legislature to probe whole problem of milk control
Harrisburg March 28 The legislature approved a Senate resolution to set up an inquiry by seven legislators to investigate the whole problem of milk control.
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Harrisburg
Todev
Senate
Howse
Senate hearing on Wagner act amendments heats up
Senate labor committee votes to open public hearings on amending the Wagner act with dates set for April. A Circuit Court of Appeals ruling says employers lack a legal remedy under the act, reinforcing calls for revisions. Senators Burke and Ellender push for congressional action while Roosevelt urges unity in labor talks.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
United States Circus Court of Appeals
Senate
Marenio
Roosevelt
CLO
AFL
Thomas
Ellender
D-La
National Lator Relations Board
CIO
Burke
D-Neb
Court of Appeals
Congress
Labor Board
Bund Threats Target Publisher Over Hitler Book
George Palmer Putnam, publisher and husband of Amelia Earhart, told a Civic Club audience he received an anonymous phone warning not to publish the fiction title The Man Who Killed Hitler. He said the voice claimed The Iman Bund forbids publication, but he announced the book would be issued.
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Los Angeles
George Palmer Putnam
Amelyia Earhart
Civic Club
Hitler
Iman Bund
Putnam
Voice
Parity payments defeated as House backs farm relief plans
In Washington on March 28 the House blocked a parity payment fund of 250 million dollars aimed at lifting farm buying power to 1909–14 levels by a 204 to 19 vote. Members also rejected a 60 million dollar plan to subsidize cotton exports while approving a 150 million dollar work relief request and advancing a 500 million dollar soil conservation agenda.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
House
Jones
Texas
Senate
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia
Western Pennsylvania sees rain in the south and rain or snow in the north with rain midweek and little temperature change. West Virginia remains cloudy with rain midweek and warmer conditions in the east. Eastern Pennsylvania stays generally fair with southeast rain Wednesday and colder bands, then rain and warmth Thursday. Maryland shows cloudy with light rain in the west Wednesday and more rain plus warmer Thursday.
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West Virginia
Maryland
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