Electrical Sun Disturbance Halts World Communications
March 25 reports say a severe sun spot caused a major electrical disturbance disabling land telegraph, telephone, undersea cables, and wireless links between New York and London. Short wave to Europe badly hampered with Easter messages delayed. officials call it the worst disruption in memory. Dr William Barton Jr Hayden Planetarium executive curator notes it as exceptionally disruptive. AT and T officials concur. Associated Press wires and photo network were affected.
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New York
Europe
America
London
William Barton, Jr
Hayden Planetarium
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Associated Press
Chinese Victors On Two Fronts Reported In War
The Chinese announce successes on two distant fronts. In the north near Wuyuan Chinese troops halted a Japanese advance and seized war materiel including field pieces and 27 trucks while bridges were destroyed hindering retreat. In the south remnants of Japanese forces are surrounded.
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Hongkong
South China
Inner Mongolia
Wuyuan
Anti lynching bill approved by Senate committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the controversial anti lynching bill by a 10 to 3 vote. Senator Tom Connally of Texas led Southern opposition and warned of a filibuster similar to the previous session, stating resistance and likening it to the Mannerheim Line.
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Senate
Judiciary Group
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Tom Connally
Texas
Alaska Fishery Bills Thoroughly Discussed At Committee Hearing
Delegates and lawmakers focus on seven Alaska fisheries bills amid debate on resident employment in the Territory. Dimond argues national defense and population growth justify prioritizing local workers in the industry, contrasting with seasonal nonresident labor.
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Alaska
Dimond Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A. J. Dimond Ty
Alaska Fishery Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Bristol Bay
Dimond
Congress
Mr. Dimond
California
Washington
Oregon
Naval Air
Sitka
Kodiak
Army Air Corps
Fairbanks
Anchorage
United States States
Easter Sunday Chilly Brings Few Egg Rollers
Wintry weather dulled Easter Sunday across the region with Washington reporting only a few score children braving 10 degrees above zero to roll eggs on the frosty White House lawn. Church services were well attended though attendance varied. mild fashion noted but not the focus. Eighteen degree below zero winds trapped three TV engineers atop a peak near Lake Placid for nine hours before rescue. Quebec and southern states faced heavy snow disrupts, with drifting roads stretching from Arkansas to the Carolinas and into Georgia and Alabama.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Dixie
Washington
White House Lawn
Lake Placid
New York
Quebec
Arkansas
Tennessee
Carolinas
North Georgia
Alabama
Mayoral and council slate files for April election
Mayor Harry I. Lucas heads a Peoples Ticket filing for the April 2 municipal election with Ralph Beistline Harry Lea and G Emil Krause. Beistline and Lea are incumbents Krause a former councilman. Filing closes Wednesday at 4 30. Other filer to date is R R Hermann for the School Board.
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Peoples
Harry I. Lucas
Ralph H. Beistline
Harry Lea
G. Emil Krause
Beistline
Lea
Krause
R R. Hermann
Sam Feldon
Grover C. Winn
Lucas
Judson Council
E. J. (Kelly) Blake
Oscar Harri
John McCormick
Ralph Beistline
Elroy Ninnis
Henry Messerschmidt
Feldon
Discoverer of Wireless Before Marconi Dies in Paris Home
Paris dispatch recalls Edouard Branly 95, a French physicist who preceded Marconi in wireless experiments. He helped spark the detector principle of the coherer and inspired early radio work, though Marconi gained the practical credit. Branly refused to own a radio set in later years.
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Marconi
Paris
Edouard Branly
Europe
Branly
Guglielmo Marconi
England
France
M. Marconi
M. Branly
English Channel
French Academy of Science
Institut Catholique
M Branly
Rumored British War Cabinet Sees Five Members
London reports a proposed War Cabinet of five for Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain including Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax Chancellor Sir John Simon Lord Hoare and Admiralty head Winston Churchill. Also named is M. D. Williams of the Public Roads Administration who returned from Cordova and Seward aboard the steamship Yukon.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
London Star Today
Lord Halifax
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Winston Churchill
Chamberlain
M. D. Williams
Public Roads Administration
Yukon
Cordova
Seward
Nazis Target Romania for Oil as Balkans Tension Rises
London dispatches report Germany seeks to seize Romania's oil by underhand pressure. The Daily Mail notes a vast German covert influence operation aimed at undermining Romania. In Rome, Hungarian Foreign Minister Teleky and Italian Count Clano discuss Balkan economic wealth amid the diplomatic tug of war.
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London
Germany
Rumania
Daily Mail
Balkans
Pal Teleky
Count Clano
Rome
Swank Club Raided Near Hollywood on Easter Morning
Deputies raid a swank club near Hollywood California Easter morning smashing doors and secret panels. A card index with thousands of names of film stars and notables was found. No arrests were made as participants fled in evening attire. Deputy police seek owners and identify participants.
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Holywood
Cal
Sheriff's Office
Here
George
Folta Leaves for Washington as Counsel at Large
George W. Folta longtime Assistant U S Attorney departs for Washington this morning to assume duties as Counsel at Large in the Solicitor's office at the Department of the Interior.
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George W. Folta
U. S
Washington
Solicitor's Office
Department of Interior
Submarines Hit Nazi Freighters Off Denmark and Jutland
British Navy reports two Nazi freighters sunk and a third chased aground while patrolling the Scandinavian lifeline. Germany calls the incidents territorial violations. Norway protests against two alleged British encroachments. The Hugo Stinnes and Edmund Stinnes, both about 2,200 tons, were sunk near Skagen. The ore carrier Ostrieussen ran aground near Jutland after a three day zigzag chase by British warships.
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Associated Press
Germany
Norway
Hugo Stinnes
Edmund Stinnes
Skagnen
Denmark
Heddernheim
Ostrieussen
Jutland
Slayer of mother confession and related cases in Seattle
In Seattle on March 25 Denzel Davis rejected insanity in the murder of his mother Mrs Harriett Arnold 45 after fleeing to a friend s closet hiding two days. Deputies say he confessed motive centered on alleged insults to his wife. Davis 21 year old wife described past car crash skull plate. Separate report notes Mrs Redding found beaten stabbed and tied in a cupboard while authorities search for her son.
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Seattle
Denzel Davis
Harriett Arnold
Davis
Bodin
Redding
Mo‘Grath
Alaska
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