Germany Tries to Blame U S for War Flood Danger
In California a new flood threat looms as water rises across wide areas. Thousands labor on levees damaged by February floods to avert renewed danger. The Sacramento River at Napa flooded three spots by 10 AM isolating homes and forcing evacuations. J M Rich of the U S Army Engineers directs the response.
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Sacramento
Napa
J. M. Rich
United States Army Engineers
Explosion of Big Gun Kills Many in Bucharest
March 30. Explosion of one of Romania s largest size guns during war maneuvers causes heavy loss of life. Authorities suppress reports but Romanian papers claim a train loaded with wounded soldiers is rushing to Bucharest from Dadilov where the explosion occurred.
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Bucharest
Romania
Dadilov
New Regime Proclaimed For Chinese In Nanking
All-China-Japanese backed regime led by ex Premier Wang Chang Wei proclaimed in Nanking with Japanese Army support. Ceremony focused on ending Japan’s 33 month war in China and shaping a new economic link dominated by Japan in China’s industry. A parade train wreck occurred with no casualties. no foreign diplomats attended aside from Japan. Chinese government denounced Wang as treasonous. Also notes a Pioneers Sea Foods official traveling to Cordova to run a cannery.
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Nanking
Wang Chang Wei
Japan
China
Mrs Lomen Divorces Francis Lomen in Seattle Court
In Seattle on March 30 Mrs Eilee Lomen 23 wins a divorce from Francis Lomen of Nome Alaska son of Ralph Lomen a vice president tied to Alaska reindeer ventures. She claims he earned 500 dollars monthly but sent nothing for 18 months though he promised support. Court approves property settlement with her relinquishing Alaska reindeer lighterage and merchandise interests for 200 dollars. The couple wed three years ago.
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Seattle
Eilee Lomen
Francis Lomen
Nome
Alaska
Ralph Lomen
Sir John Gilmore Dies at 63 in London
Sir John Gilmore, 63, British Shipping Minister and longtime Conservative figure, died suddenly in London from a heart attack. A prominent cabinet member since 1926, he was the first member of the current War Cabinet to die.
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London
John Gilmore
John
Ketchikan Hosts Alaska’s First Citywide Blackout
Ketchikan Alaska staged a 15 minute blackout the first in the state as firemen used star shells to advertise the annual Firemen's Ball. Businesses closed signs and homes dimmed lights while the northern lights lit the scene and a flare lit fireboat parade advertised the dance tonight.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Slum clearance plan proposed for Alaska legislature
Washington March 30 Senator Homer T Bone of Washington has introduced a bill authorizing the Alaska Legislature to create a Housing Authority to conduct slum clearance work in the Territory. There are 29,500,000 motor vehicles in the United States.
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Washington
Homer T. Bone
Alaska
United States
Battle Over Western Front Claims Two German Planes Shot Down
March 30. British warplanes reported two German Messerschmitt fighters shot down in flames and a Neontar bomber disabled over the western front near Venus. The Air Ministry issued the official announcement detailing the actions.
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London
Messerschmidt
Vennan
British
Air Ministry
Dardanelles Quiet for Allies Page Teletype
Turkish accord allows Franco British fleets through the Dardanelles to blockade the Black Sea amid a Aleppo conference outcome. The move defies the 1936 Montreux Convention restricting warship passage. Also notes F A Gepner of Cordova aboard the Baranof preparing to open a cannery for the season.
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F. A. Gepner
New England
Cordova
If You Thought Congress Passes Laws for Fun
Washington march 30 it s easier to get by with murder than it is to get a bill through Congress according to the international association of police chiefs if you commit a murder and the murder is discovered you have from one chance in ten to one in four depending on city you re in of getting away with it if you are in Washington and in Congress you have about one chance in 25 of getting a bill written into the statute books as an honest to gospel law at a recent session there were nearly 18000 bills introduced of these a few more than 700 got the president j o n hancock and went into the sine tutes to help or hinder you and me and joe doaks the objectors considering that there have been 76 congresses each sitting for a couple of years that may seem like an infernal number of laws it is but consider that a vast number of these were private bills measures which gave some worthy widow a lifetime pension or provided federal aid to district s river system or did this and that for some individual or little group these bills are numberless and to cope with them the house has an objectors committee composed of three democrats and three republicans one objection from the objectors generally is enough to make a measure worth less than the paper it was written on in the senate bills can be introduced only in the nat two hours of any legislative day the catch is that if business is rushing a legislative day may last for months of calendar days bills introduced in the senate are referred to one of the 37 standing committees by the vice president the committee may refer it to a sub committee there are hearings redrafts recommendations majority and minority reports the committee of the whole and the interminable wait for it to show up off the calendar unless the steering committee prescribes continued on page seven
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Congress
International Association of Police Chiefs
Jon Hancock
Sinetutes
You
Joe Doaks
House
Senate
Author's Sex View In Court Advances City College Row
New York March 30 a court ordered the revocation of Bertrand Russell's appointment to the City College of New York faculty after judge John B McGechan found his published views on sex and morality insulting to New York City. The ruling followed a taxpayers suit led by a Brooklyn mother amid Bishop Manning's campaign denouncing Russell as an instigator of irreligion and immorality. The Board had reaffirmed the appointment 11 to 7 and likely will appeal.
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Bertrand Russell
City College of New York
Supreme Court
John B. McGechan
City of
Brooklyn
Episcopal
Manning
Russell
Board of Higher Education of
City of New York
High Wind Strikes Seattle Damaging Power and Waterfront
A sudden 62 mph wind in Seattle toppled trees and damaged homes, knocked out power lines, and left at least one boat adrift. Lake Washington bridge-tunnel work halted by the outage, while the pontoon bridge endured strong gusts with no major damage reported.
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Seattle
Lake Washington
President's Wife Starts Lecture Tour From Seattle
SEATTLE March 30 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt leaves at 4 PM for Los Angeles to begin a lecture tour after visiting her family since Thursday night The silk industry in China has flourished for 4000 years.
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Seattle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Los Angeles
China
Washington denies Nazi Polish documents claim
The German press touted alleged Polish documents claiming U S diplomats aided the September outbreak of hostilities in Europe. Washington rejected the papers as untrustworthy adduced from confidential reports. Secretary Hull and the State Department dismissed the claims as lacking credence. Bullitt and Kennedy declined to comment on the purported documents.
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Cordell Hull
William Bullitt
United States
France
Gers
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Poland
Germany hints at more Nazi finds to come
Berlin reports sixteen documents published by the German Foreign Office as finds in the Polish archives are described as cheap wine next to pricier vintages to come. A German official cites a Bible tale to warn American statesmen not to dismiss future disclosures. He asserts Germany holds direct communications from U.S. Ambassador William Bullitt.
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Warsaw
Canaan
U. S
Paris
Wiliam Bullitt
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