Italian Bomb Kills English Medical Chief
London reports Britain protests to Italy over bombing of an English ambulance unit in Ethiopia. Major Burgoyne, directing medical relief, died when a high explosive shell struck near him during northern front operations. The incident prompts calls for a formal international inquiry and defense of Red Cross protections.
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London
Major Burgoyne
Red Cross
Rome
League of Nations
Addis Ababa
G. A. Burgoyne
Burgoyne
Quorum
England
Italy
Ethiopis
U S Minister Dodges Death in Yugoslavia
In Belgrade Damain Arnantovich fired at Premier Milan Stoyadinovich during a chamber session. United States Minister Charles B. Wilson narrowly escaped injury as gendarmes moved in and Arnantevich was arrested.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Damain Arnantovich
Milan Stoyadinovich
Chamber of Deputies
Charles B. Wilson
United States
Wilson
Arnantevich
Tme
Arnantovich
Roosevelt to Hold Conference on Next Year Relief Budget
Washington reports President Roosevelt said a conference on next year's relief budget would occur before deciding the exact sum. James P. Buchanan urged a one billion dollar limit, while Senator Vandenberg pushed probe into reports of politicking with relief funds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James P. Buchanan
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Democratic County Committee
WPA
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Borah Plans Nebraska Entry in Presidential Bid
U S Senator William E Borah of Idaho announced he will file in the Nebraska April 14 primaries as part of a wider push to secure the Republican nomination He already plans to enter Illinois and Ohio and aims to field delegates in Idaho Oregon Montana Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and parts of New York.
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Washington
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
Carl G. Bachman
Borah
Nebraska
Mrs. A B Phillips Dies After Childbirth In Juneau
Mrs. A B Phillips wife of the local public schools superintendent died in St. Ann's Hospital after childbirth and a fall that fractured a leg. The child Robert due this month did not survive. Survived by husband sister Mrs Sommers and Nixon relatives. funeral plans pending arrivals.
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A. B. Phillips
Juneau
Gastineau Channel
St. Ann's Hospital
Phillips
Northern Light Presbyterian Church
Wells
H. J. Nixon
Joseph A. Nixon
Heine Godge
Keister
Minn
Markle child winning her life battle in Portland
Lou Ann Markle of Anchorage continues recovery after a third blood transfusion donated by Portland Vice-Squad Detective A C Mulligan. Police officers also provided the prior two transfusions. Leta Humphrey Shrine Hospital superintendent notes unexpected improvement as the girl is treated for an infected right leg.
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Portland
Oregon
Lou Ann Markle
Anchorage
A. C. Mulligan
Leta Humphrey
Shrine Hospital For Crippled Children
Senate panel votes 14 to 2 against Hagood investigation
The Senate Military Committee votes 14 to 2 against investigating the removal of Major General Johnson Hagood from command of the Eighth Corps Area after he criticized Federal spending. Hagood is sent home to await further orders while several Senators urged a probe.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Johnson Hagood
Eighth Corps
Girls urged to register for big Old Mexico Tour
Four winners in the Better Times Drive contest have registered for the 20 day Old Mexico Tour down the Pacific Coast. Thais Bayers is the first to sign up and will voyage to Seattle. Ruth Lundell Elizabeth Kaser and Esther Davis also registered. The local party sails Juneau on the Victoria on March 18. Washington Oregon and Gastineau Channel group leaves Seattle March 23.
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Better Times
Alaska
Empire Better Times
Thais Bayers
Pacific Coast
Ruth Lundell
Elisabeth Kaser
Esther Davis
Miss Bayers
Seattle
Juenega
Liyd “Kinky” Bayers
Juneau
Victoria
Washington
Oregon
Gastineau
Channel Girls
Agriculture Chief Questioning New Bill
Memphis March 6 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace warned that production control cannot be achieved under the soil conservation program He said he did not want the new act to be imperiled by the Supreme Court and from a long range view he preferred the new act to the AAA but had doubts in the near term
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Memphis
Tenn
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Supreme Court
AAA
New Angle in Lindbergh Case Reported from Florida Interview
Gov. Hoffmans office said Dr John P Condon told Sam Garelick in a Florida prison interview a month before Hauptmann trial that he believed more than one person was involved in the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder. Miami authorities requested details of the interview as Bruno Hauptmann faces execution the week of March 30.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
John P
Jassie” Condon
Sam Garelick
Florida
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles Lindbergh
Condon
Hauptmann
Gurelick
Miami
Patco Transmitter Shipment Aids Alaska Broadcast Tests
An emergency Alaska Air Transport flight carried a 100 watt radio transmitter to Cape Fanshaw for radio broadcast tests. The gear, shipped from Seattle, arrived late but was installed at Juneau’s PAA hangar for a 3:30 pm test, with possible use in Fairbanks if delays persisted. The RCA designed unit, first used over the Grand Canyon, represents a cutting edge portable short wave transmitter.
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Alaska Air Transport
Patco
Sheldon Simmy
Cape Fanshaw
Juneau
North Sea
PAA
Seattle
North Sun
Cape Faoshaw
Jnr
Frederick Sound
Simmons
Mendenhall River
Fairbanks
Grand Canyon
River Head
Long Island
Philippine Islands
RCA
J. W. Baker
Robert Gleason
Lyman 8. Peck
Bob Fl Us
Don Thompson
NBC
W. J. Barrows
Murray Stuart
Electra
Building Code Up At Council
The regularity Council will hold the first formal reading of the new Juneau building code tonight. Earlier discussions included building trades involvement, with initial approval likely. Councilman Walls George will preside as Mayor I Goldstein is ill at home.
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Juneau
Walls George
I. Goldstein
Ile
Roosevelt Takes First Steps for renomination in primaries
President Roosevelt signs petitions to enter his name in Maryland Massachusetts and Ohio primaries and will speak in Baltimore on April 13 before the Young Democrats. Officials say his name will be filed in other states as needed for preferential primaries held in April and May.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Maryland
Massachusetts
Ohio
White House
Baltimore
Palmer girl chosen Miss Alaska at Ice Carnival
Virginia Berg, 18, of Palmer, was selected Miss Alaska at the annual Ice Carnival in Palmer. Sigrid Eppala, Miss Fairbanks, was runner up. Berg works in the Government Architect's office, was born in Curry and is a Anchorage High School graduate. She is five feet seven, brown hair, blue eyes, 135 pounds, to reign as Queen.
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Pairbanks
Alaska
Virginia Berg
Palmer
Sigrideppala
Alaska Berg
Curry
Anchorage
Dog Derby Field Cuts to Fourteen Entrants at Fairbanks
Fairbanks Alaska March 6 The dog derby field was cut to fourteen entrants after withdrawals. Silas Gundrum from Circle City traveled 100 miles to enter. The race runs today along a 15 mile course down the Chena River and back.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Silas Gundrum
Circle City
Chena
Doherty Accused of Stock Manipulation in 1929
Senate lobby panel heard testimony that Henry L. Doherty pro rated about eighteen million dollars by selling 200000 utility shares in 1929 as employees were invited to buy stock. Sources say Alfred E. Smith John Raskob and Jouett Shouse may be called to discuss efforts to influence legislation.
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Washington
Senate Lobby
Henry L. Doherty
Alfred Eb, Smith
John Raskob
Jouett Shouse
Mistaken for Moose Shooting Kills Man in Storm
Anchorage report says Ernest Linderman was shot and killed near Seldovia during a heavy snowstorm while hunting across the Kenai River. Surgay Peteroff, a Kenai native, said he mistook Linderman for a moose and fired. The incident occurred Wednesday amid the storm.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Seldovia
Ernest Linderman
Kenai River
Surgay Peteroff
Kenai
Peteroff
Linderman
Mary Joyce Declines Carnival Queen Contest
The Taku lodge owner Mary Joyce announces she will not enter the Tee Carnival as Miss Duncan for Miss Alaska. She plans to join the Queen's attendants at the coronation, then return to Tanana Crossing to continue dog team work. Reported wildlife sightings include a buffalo herd near Big Delta and four moose near Richard Aon.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Mary Joyce
Taku Hunting Lodge
Taku
Tanana Crossing
Herman Ber~dahl
Miss Duncan
Mundreds
Big Delta
Richard- Aon
Japan's Army Halts Cabinet Bid Amid Turmoil
Tokyo reports Hirota failed to form a new national cabinet as the army insists its terms be met. Police guard foreign minister residences rise while Tokyo Stock Exchange delay sparks political tension. Soviet Foreign Commissar Litvinov urges immediate talks with Japan to ease Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia disputes. Stalin warns of possible conflict if occupation proceeds.
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Tokyo
Kok! Hirota
Julien Terauchi
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Moscow
Maxim Lit- Ivinoff
Japan
Soviet Union
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
Litvinoff
Tamekichi Ota
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Mongolia
Ola
Foreign Office
Stalin
Oto
Browder radio speech spurs protests and market news
Earl Browder calls for a new third party urging unity among farmers laborers and the middle class prompting protests including 25 members of the National Americanization League at CBS Columbia offices The Yankee Network says it will not relay the address Protests also reach the House of Representatives The American Commonwealth Federation criticizes Browders push Stock market closes mixed with notable quotes on major firms and the Dow Jones averages
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party of America
Natonal Americanization League
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Yankee Network
CBS
New England
Huris
House of Representatives
American Commonwealth Federation
Browder
Trac
Hotel workers join in strike of operatives
New York reports hotel workers called from jobs to support the building trades strike. Leaders plan to widen the tie up to the Grand Central Zone, Brooklyn and Queens before nightfall as 5,000 workers from 100 hotels join the picket lines.
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New York
Grand Central Zone
Brooklyn
Queens
Paul N. Coulther
Hotel Workers ‘Union
Nes
CBS Policy Bans Browder From Advocating Violence
Columbia Broadcasting officials stated Browder was forbidden to advocate overthrow of the government by force or violence. Representative Hamilton Fish Jr. of New York has been allotted time to respond to Browder this evening on CBS.
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CBS
Columbia Broadcasting
Browder
Hamilton Fish
New York
Order Restored in Puerto Rico Arrest Plotters
National Guard demobilized as disorder subsides in Puerto Rico. Bombs and documents seized. seven arrested for insurrection, including Pedro Albizu Campos. U S Interior Secretary Ickes ordered prosecution. Campos accused of treason. Mt McKinley noted as highest North American peak.
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Puerto Rico
National Guard
San Juan
Pedro Albizu Campos
United States
Islands
Washington
Interior Ickes
Campos
Mt McKinley
Locarno Pact Imperiled by Berlin Defy
March 6 dispatch reports Germany may reject the Locarno Pact and reassess Rhineland demilitarization or former colonies. Rumors say Berlin could denounce the Versailles treaty, while Britain’s Baldwin cabinet weighs assurances to France in case of a pact collapse.
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Locarno
Berlin
Werener von Bombers
Germany
Rhineland
Italy
France
London
Baldwin
Lovarno
Pacific Coast Defense Extended Into Pacific Ocean
Brigadier General Henry B. Cleeett announced that new Army Air Corps fighting planes will extend coastal aerial fortifications about one thousand miles into the Pacific Ocean. The remark was made in Riverside California on March 6.
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Riverside
Cal
Henry B. Cleeett
Army Air Corps
Pacific Coast
Pacific Ocean
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