Spike scheme to shelve part of security plan rises in Congress
Washington March 18 A move to remove part of the Administration Social Security plan and pass it as a separate measure is reported to have been rejected by President Roosevelt. Isabella Greenway Arizona led a petition for a Democratic caucus on lifting old age pensions from the bill. Senate leaders focus on Work Relief bill changes with a proposed cut to two billion dollars. The House debates the bonus measure starting tomorrow, likely three days, with NRA and utility holding bills also in focus.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Adams
Colorado
House
NRA
Corruption in Relief in One State Charged
Gov. Martin L. Davey faces possible indictment after charging criminal libel against Harry L. Hopkins over alleged political corruption in Ohio relief funds. Roosevelt ordered Hopkins to take control of the eight million dollar monthly relief bill in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Gov. Davey
Administrator Hopkins
Flood Force Races South as St Francis Flood Expands
The St Francis River flood crested and surged over 100000 acres of farmland near Memphis with more than 8000 people displaced. Dr Cassius Carter of the U S Bureau of Indian Affairs arrived in Juneau aboard the Yukon.
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Tenn
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Carter
Cassius
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tanana
Juneau
Yukon
Dust Storm Sweeps Wide Midwest Killing Several
A massive dust storm swept across the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions, killing at least ten people and causing extensive property damage. Among the victims is seven year old White Salmon near Hays Kansas who suffocated after becoming lost. The storm disrupted several states from Oklahoma to Missouri with gale force winds and obscured sun.
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Hays
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Nebraska
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Iowa
Minois
Senate Votes to Extend Federal Relief Administration
Washington March 18 Senate acted to continue the Federal Relief Administration for another year in response to the President's request. Action on extending the Public Works Administration was deferred until later today.
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Senate
Federal Relief Administration
PWA
Representative's Son Indicted in Wear Point Appointment Case
Charles Hoeppel son of Representative John Hoeppel of California is indicted by a special land jury over alleged sale of a Wear Point appointment for 61000. The case centers on improper procurement and payment tied to a government post.
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W.P
Charles Hoeppel
John Hoeppel
California
Wear Point
Crime drive sweeps 2389 arrests nation wide
The Treasury Department reports 2389 arrests as federal agents and city police press a two day anti crime drive. Moonshiner Quisenberry captured in Leesburg after killings and wounding federal agents, with authorities citing escape from Wisconsin and three prior killings.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Leesburg
Virginia
Thomas Quisenberry
Quisenberry
Wisconsin
Clarence McClaray
George Kirkpatrick
Safety Belts Break Death on Holiday Plane Ride
Esther Goldback and Robert Heyer both residents of Medical Lake were killed when the belts failed in a holiday joyride near Spokane Washington. The plane stalled went upside down and plunged about 1500 feet 20 miles southwest of Spokane. Heyer's sister Polly and Arnold Ackerlund escaped as the cockpit belts ripped and the pilot Joseph Miller recovered from a power dive.
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Wash
Esther Goldback
Robert Heyer
Medical Lake
Here
Heyer
Polly
Arnold Ackerlund
Joseph Miller
30 Hour Week Bill Approved Senate Judiciary Panel
Washington March 18 The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Black 30-hour week bill. It would bar interstate commerce of goods manufactured with labor working more than five hours daily and six days weekly.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Seattle mortgage sale of Hero of Reindeer Drive properties
Andrew Bakr the Laplander who led a five year reindeer drive across Alaska and Canada had two Seattle apartments seized to satisfy a mortgage. Provident Mutual Life Insurance bid 962 784 to purchase the properties. Bahr faces possible court action to reverse the sale as his arrival is delayed and April 1 is proclaimed Andrew Bahr Day.
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Andrew Bakr
Laplander
Alaska
Canada
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Superior Court
Roscoe R.smith
Bahr
Edward D. Phelan
Phelan
Charles I Smith
Andrew Bahr
MacKenzie River
Yukon Territory
U. S. Heiress Barbara Hutton Seeks Divorce from Prince
London reports Barbara Hutton Madivani, famed American heiress with fortune near 42 million, plans divorce from Prince Alexis Madivani whom she wed in Paris on June 20 1938. Lawyers to file proceedings. she remains secluded in a hotel while the prince is said to be in Barcelona or en route there with his sister.
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London
Barbara Hutton Madivani
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Woolworth
Paris
Barcelona
Mme. Sert
Barbara Hutton Mdivani heads to New York for divorce
Barbara Hutton Mdivani said on Sunday she would go straight to Reno after reaching New York to pursue divorce. She stated the arrangement with the Prince was amicable and denied plans for a cash settlement, noting he has ample means. She plans to leave London for New York on March 23.
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London
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Reno
New York
Prohibition Back Soon Says Georgia Crusader
William Upshaw, anti liquor crusader, touring Washington state for the Anti-Baloon League, asserts prohibition will return as repeal harmed many women who were forced into serving as barmaids or faced other losses, in Seattle.
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William Upshaw
Georgia
Prohibiton
Austrian Nazis in German camps fear future action
About 8,000 Austrian Nazis remain in German camps awaiting a possible return home. They are the last uniformed remnant of the Austrian legion that backed Dollfuss’s failed 1934 coup and could form a Nazi stronghold if Austria changes policy or events shift.
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M. K. Whiteleather
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Germany
Austria
Hitler
Vienna
Englebert Dollfuss
Stocks Endure Narrow Range as Overall Slump Persists
New York trading sees shares fluctuate with small losses across many issues, some recouping losses by close. Alaska Juneau mine up 16 percent while Bethlehem Steel climbs 22 percent and Armour N gains 4 percent, other names show mixed moves.
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Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconia
Armour N
Bethlehem
Germany declares compulsory training as rearmament surges
Berlin reports a cabinet and Adolf Hitler decree compulsory military training and new armament steps. The move breaks from Versailles constraints, signals a future peace army of about 12 corps, four divisions each, totaling roughly half a million men under arms, amid tensions with Moscow Paris and London.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
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Moscow
Paris
London
British Cabinet Meets After Planned Protest Against Conscription
Britain protests Germany's move to form a conscript army calling it a serious disruption to European stability. The note expresses regrets and seeks clarification of Germany's policy toward a European security system as London follows Hitler's compulsory training announcement.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Hier
Seattle reports larger salmon loads in 1935
Seattle reports waterborn shipments from Washington ports rose in February compared with 1934. The Exchange notes 363,383 cases of banned salmon moved in February 1935 versus 267,198 in February 1934.
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Seattle
Exchange Here
Washington
Coast Strike Eases as Sailing Ships Depart
Seattle march 18 the long shore and seamen strike eased with the president Jefferson sailing for the Orient and the Wind rush signing a union crew and leaving for loading three oil tankers remain tied up supplies of gasoline and fuel oil are dwindling
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Jefferson
Orient
Windrush
France seeks war dike for peace in Europe Paris
Paris reports France and Britain move toward a defensive working alliance with Italy to block Hitler’s peace treaty scrap. France eyes Russian support as Moscow warns Red Army to stay prepared for possible European war, with Kalinin urging readiness.
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Europe
Paris
Germany
Great Britain
Hula
Italy
Russia
Moscow
Michael Kalinin
All-Russia Central Executive Committee
Red Army
Hitler vows to seize own military fate in arms plan
Berlin reports indicate Adolf Hitler intends to revive Germanys old war machine under a new conscription scheme. The move follows French approval of extending military service and marks a dramatic shift in Germanys armament policy amid treaty obligations reassessed by a changed European landscape.
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Reich
Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Capitals of Europe are wrought up over German rearmament
Gen way Geneva March 11 Germany moves to rearm as Versailles limits expire. The Reichswehr rushes to coordinate units recruit officers and plan supplies while France says it may seek defensive alliances to counter Germany. The public mood grows tense as European capitals watch the act unfold.
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Europe
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