Debris From Airship Akron Seen By Searchers
The Akron disaster search continues as debris and fabric drift in the sea. Coast guard boats extend their sweep toward shore while the body of Lt. Cmdr Harold B.E. Maclellan is recovered thirty miles offshore, the only confirmed recovery so far. Survivors remain hospital bound as crews monitor the seas after the catastrophe.
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New York
Akron
Coast Guard
Harold BE. Maclellan
Maclellan
Barnegat Light
New Jersey Coast Line
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tucker
Richard Deal
Theother
M. E. Erwin
Wiley
Ted
Thé
Nes
Board Split Over Plan To Issue Scrip
County commissioners debated issuing scrip instead of bank borrowing to meet expenses through June. Opposition from two members halted action as no clear verdict on borrowing was reached. Proponents say scrip backed by county credit could save interest, paying teachers and other expenses, redeemable around July 1.
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County Lanve
Board of County Commissioners
Acrp
Plane To Rush President Beer in Milwaukee Mission
In Milwaukee on April 5 a beer ship plane is prepared to fly to Washington at midnight to deliver two cases of beer to President Roosevelt. Mary Ellen Gifin, great granddaughter of the brewery founder, christened the craft with a bottle of beer.
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Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Mary Ellen Gifin
Elks Club in Frederick Robbed of Cash
Thieves broke into the Elks lodge at Frederick and stole between 75 and 100 dollars from charity boxes. No arrests reported. local police investigating the break in.
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LODGE
Elks Club
Frederick
Charity Bowes
Fire destroys large portion of Tela Honduras town
The State Department said three fourths of Tela Honduras was destroyed by a fire still burning at six this morning. The fruit company settlement remained untouched while most other business areas were ruined. Tela, population about 3500, is the north coast fruit shipping port and end of a 130 mile Tela railway. It ships over 5 million banana stems annually. The town lies 887 miles south of New Orleans.
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Washington
State Department
Tela
Honduras
Kenneth Stout
Fruit Company
New Orleans
City to Get Beer Friday If No Delay
Hagerstown and the county prepare for Friday beer licenses as Governor Ritchie may sign the state wide bill and Washington county licensing measure. Blank applications are in printers hands and ready tomorrow. The measure allows county towns to receive all license fees with limited eligibility.
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Hagerstown
Edward Oswald
Oswald
Ritchie
Washington County
Gold Embargo May Be Lifted By Executive Order
President Roosevelt plans to issue an executive order to lift the gold embargo. Secretary Woodin drafts the order to ease national restrictions on gold. The move uses an executive order rather than a proclamation, suggesting his emergency powers over banks and monetary supplies remain in effect.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Woodin
Plane lands safely after forced Mt Everest flight
In India April 5 P F M Pellowes piloting a plane forced down after a return flight from Mt Kanchanjanga to Nepal’s Himalayas returned to Purneah base of a British expedition. Fellowes uninjured. In New Jersey April 5 a Portland radio message said the cruiser’s non rigid ship J-3 sank while salvage efforts by the Hunt destroyer were underway with no position given.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Portland
Naval Air Station Today
Hunt
President Lewis tapped for coal policy talks with the President
President invites Representative David J. Lewis of Cumberland Maryland to advise on a new administration coal policy. Lewis rose from breaker boy to miner then lawyer and lawmaker, earning the title Father of the Parcel Post and serving on the tariff commission before entering Congress.
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Rep. Lewis
Washington
Pennsylvania
David J. Lewis
Cumberland
White House
Labor Department
Lewis
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Congress
Tariff Commission
Wisconsin voters back repeal of 18th Amendment
At the state constitutional convention three weeks away the repeal vote is expected to be unanimous. Early returns show a four to one edge for repeal as 1,462 of 2,899 precincts reported. Prohibitionists concede all 15 repeal advocates won seats. Antiprohibition backers say the win solidifies momentum in Wisconsin and Michigan, signaling the start of the end for Prohibition. Dr J J Seelman of Milwaukee calls the result a turning point.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
J. J. Seelman
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Michigan
Brave Custers Widow Dies at 62 Wartime Heroic Legacy Links
Mrs. George A. Custer widow of the Little Bighorn scout. The longtime figure in memory of General Custer died yesterday in her ninety second year. She will be buried at West Point beside her husband, ending 57 years of widowhood devoted to his memory.
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New York
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
West Point
Bank Announces 3 Percent Savings Interest Rate
Nicodemus National Bank announces tomorrow that all saving accounts will earn 3 percent per year beginning May 1. This rate matches the common Maryland standard and applies to all savings deposits.
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Nicodemus National Bank
Maryland
Questionable stocks issued in New York since 1928
Huston Thompson former Trade Commissioner told the House Interstate Commerce committee that between thirteen and fourteen billion dollars in questionable securities had been issued in New York state since 1928.
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Washington
Huston Thompson
House Interstate Commerce Committee Today
New York State
Women Wets Plan Rally at Prohibition Reform Meet
Washington April 5 Mrs Charles H Sabin head of organized women and prohibitionists rallied a thousand supporters to push repeal in the states The fourth annual convention of Mrs Sabins group the women s organization for national prohibition reform opened today focusing on state liquor control systems and repeal efforts.
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Washington
Charles H. Sabin
Going Ahead With Test For Macon Crew
Akron Ohio April 5. Members of the U S 5 Macon crew today prepared for the first fight early next week. Captain Al Ger H Diesel said no orders changed these plans. He called Lieutenant Commander H V Wiley description of the Akron crash perfectly logical.
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Akron
Ohio
Macon
Alger H. Diesel
H. V. Wiley
S. Akron
Diesel
Stribling Hurt Forces Cancellation of Bout
London April 5 W L Young Stribling Georgia heavyweight boxer injured both knees in training and canceled his scheduled bout against Don McCormick South Africa. Doctors say a ligament injury will keep him from the rink for at least three weeks.
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Stribling
London
W. L. (Young) Stribling
Georgia
Don McCormick
Hines Sees Big Savings On Veterans
Frank T. Hines, veterans' administrator, told President Roosevelt that the new economy program would save the government 1.203 billion dollars in expenditures for hospitals and veterans care. He noted savings beyond reductions in hospital and domiciliary facility loads due to the March 20, 1933 act and its regulations, based on estimates of 8,459 hospital beds at peak load and 16,373 beds for proper ratios in soldiers' homes.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Veterans
Roosevelt
Hines
Stove Explosion Injures Woman But She Escapes
Mrs. Charles Hadley of 427 North Mulberry street narrowly escaped injury when a gas stove exploded yesterday. The burners had been turned on without her knowledge. the outside burners were lit and a large gas buildup inside the oven caused the blast, tearing the oven doors and side. She stood before the stove and was unharmed.
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Charles Hadley
North Mulberry Street
Hadley
North Carolina legalizes beer amid strong votes
Raleigh April 3. Legalized beer with 3.02 alcohol content is now a fact after overwhelming majorities passed the measure yesterday. The move ends the long debate and sets North Carolina on a new beverage policy path.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Planes Will Stay On Hunt For Ari-rona Survivors
Seven Navy amphibian planes roared aloft from Philadelphia today to search for Ari-rona crew survivors. They will be joined by land planes and extend the hunt from Barnegat New Jersey to Cape Charles Virginia and far at sea. Pilots were ordered to press the search as intensively as yesterday. Hope remained low.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Barnegat
N. J
Cape Charles
25 000 Go To Camps For Forest Work
The first 25,000 men to join the conservation corps will be sent to military camps for conditioning starting tomorrow. Quotas for 17 cities. President Roosevelt authorized $10 million to begin work, sourced from unexpended construction funds. Camps will run five days a week, up to 40 hours, paying $30.8 monthly, twice a month. First 1,000 chosen from Baltimore. W Frank Persons to direct enrollment. only unmarried men 18 to 25 with dependents may qualify.
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Washington
The
Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Baltimore
W. Frank Persons
American Public Welfare Association
Beer's boon to business drives vast spending
A synthesis from 115 trade pubs shows beer boosts commerce with hotels and restaurants allocating 355 million dollars for modernization and new equipment. Chemical and glassware makers see rising orders, power equipment firms report beer related demand, and bakeries worry about cake and pie choices affecting meals with beer. A separate note reports the coast guard aiding the Spanish liner Marques de Carallas near Carystortreet after grounding off Fort Lauderdale with about 166 passengers.
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New York
Associated Business Papers, Inc
Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Unalga
Fort Lauderdale
Carystortreet
Here
Debtors Will Send Envoys to Country
Paris reports an initial world economic conference to be held in Washington as France and Great Britain agree to send representatives for a greeting. The aim is to prep for a general war economy conference planned for London in coming months. Davis and Premier Daladier discussed war debts, disarmament, and the Mussolini peace plan during a 35 minute talk.
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Paris
Washington
Norman H. Davis
United States
France
Great Britain
London
Davis
Britain
London Daily Mail
MacDonald
Welt
Was
Roosevelt
Mr. Davia
Edouard Dalladier
M. Dalladier
Prime Minister MacDonald Plans Easter Washington Visit
London April 5. Provisional arrangements are under way for Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald to visit Washington during the Easter recess. He may sail on the Olympic around April 12 or the Berengaria around April 16. The British Parliament recesses April 13 to 28. The trip follows his disarmament plan and Geneva conference work, with his daughter Isabel likely to accompany him.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Washington
House of Commons
Roosevelt
St ‘Geneve
MacDonald
Isabel
Jto
Michigan Wet By 99 To 1 In Referendum Returns
Michigan voters backed repeal narrowly in rural Barry county with 236 yes and 7,062 votes cast. Reports from Monday's referendum show dry counties with slim margins while urban and rural areas varied, signaling a mixed statewide result ahead of the constitutional convention.
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Detroit
Michigan
Barry
Tal
Urbem
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Thompson
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