Minnesota Gov Warns of Martial Law Over Relief Measures
State Senators reacted to Gov. Olson's threat to invoke martial law and seize wealth to fund relief for unemployed and tax burdened residents. Olson warned he would use powers to declare martial law if relief was insufficient as relief marchers call for unemployment insurance moratoriums, tax exemptions, and evictions relief. Senator Orr defended cautious approach while Hausier praised the governor's address.
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ST. Paul
F. B. Olson
Farmer-Labor Party
Statehouse
Senate
Olson
Minnesota - Bonus Expeditionary Force
State Committee of Action
Protest Price Paid For Milk In Frederick County
Frederick Maryland farmers form an eight member milk producers body to protest the current price paid for milk delivered in Frederick. About 70 farmers attended the meeting at the courthouse voicing they cannot continue operating dairy farms at the present price. They compare prices to six to eight cents paid to farmers versus 25 to 30 cents charged by dealers for pasteurized and cooled milk. County Agent Henry R Shoemaker chaired the meeting.
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Frederick, Md
Frederick County
Frederek
Court House
Maryland ‘and
Virginia Mik Producers’ Association
Maryland
Demand Ransom For Missionary
United States legation reports Chinese bandits holding Dr. Niels Nielsen American medical missionary near Mukden Manchuria for ransom of one half million Mexican dollars about 100000. Negotiations are underway with Japanese authorities and U S Consul General to secure release.
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Peiping
China
United States
Legation
Niels Nielsen
Mukden
Manchuria
Myers
Nielsen
Hen Alarm and Breakfast Hen Wake Fred Burton
Roy al Oak, Mich April 13 Fred Burton says his pet hen Aurora serves as alarm clock and breakfast provider. Each dawn Aurora peeks at the bed and, if needed, hops to a dresser to lay a breakfast egg and wake him.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Fred Burton
Aurora
Burton
Two Youths Confess to Chickens Theft Near Shomo Yards
Robert Baker and John Ambrose confessed to stealing eight chickens found in their possession near Shomo Yards after deputies surprised them in a parked car. They claimed the birds came from Franklin County and were taken on a raid that day, with police expecting the arrests to help solve other similar thefts.
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Robert Baker
John Ambrose
Edward Brandt
Emmett Daley
Franklin County
Theft charge dismissed in city court
George F. Horn of Hagerstown was discharged on theft charges due to lack of evidence. The 30 year old was arrested after a shotgun and a gold watch were reported stolen from Lloyd Stone of 44 North Locust Street last August. Stone later identified the watch in a pawn shop window leading to the investigation.
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George F. Horn
Hagerstown
Lloyd Stone
North Locust Street
Stone
Horn
New York Plans One Percent Retail Sales Tax Rollout
Albany reports New York state moves to tax a three billion dollar retail market with a one percent levy starting May 1. Between 100 000 and 125 000 retailers must collect the tax or pass it on to customers. The tax targets gross receipts of five thousand dollars yearly, covering items from gum to cars, excluding food and gasoline.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Tom, Dick
Flarry
Barber plans free 3.2 beer with haircuts in Buffalo
A Buffalo barber proposed giving a bottle of 3.2 beer with each haircut. He asked the police captain in charge of license investigations how it would be taxed or licensed. The captain advised taking questions to federal and state officials.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Louisiana Declares 3.2 Percent Beer Rise As Oasis
Louisiana becomes a beer oasis at noon as 3.2 percent beer begins sales. About 1,000 New Orleans dispensaries open to serve customers while trains and trucks move hundreds of cases to inland towns and border cities. Visitors from dry states expected. nickel for 8 ounce glass and a dime for 17 ounce stein cited in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Deep South
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Initiation Protest Racks Utah Skull and Bones Candidates
In Salt Lake City on April 13, twenty five newly elected candidates to the University of Utah honorary societies refused initiation and hazing. Society leaders warned that uncooperative students would be replaced with new members.
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Salt Lake City
Skull and Bones
Key
University of Utah
Child Found Unconscious After Mountain Road Incident
Seven year old Dorothy Rowe was found badly beaten and unconscious along a Mercersburg mountain road. Authorities questioned her aunt Lucy Rowe and handyman Charles Atherton to learn what they knew about the disappearance. The girl, from The Corner near Mercersburg, was hospitalized after partial consciousness returned.
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Dorothy Rowe
Mercersburg
Lucy Rowe
Charles Atherton
Mercereburg
Chester Bricker
Omanberstutg
Weather Delays Macon Airship Maiden Flight
The U S dirigible Macon rests in her hangar in Akron after rain soaked the field. Captain Alger H Dresel cancels the dawn debut, postponing the maiden flight.
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Akron
U. S
Ely
Two Killed in Head On Crash Near Salisbury
Salisbury Md April 1843 William H Phillips Jr son of Hebron manufacturer and Roland Rounds dairy truck driver both 22 died instantly in a head on collision on Spring Hill road as both vehicles burst into flames. Mayor Wertz called a special City Council and Board of Street Commissioners meeting for this evening.
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Salisbury
William H. Phillips
Hebron
Roland Rounds
Spring Hill Road
Here
Phillips
Wertz
City Council
Board of Street Commissioners
Heavy Snowstorm Hits New England Killing One
Sticky snow and rain lashed New England through the night causing one death in an automobile crash. Western Massachusetts Berkshires report 10 to 12 inches of snowfall isolating hill towns and damaging scattered communities.
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Boston
New England
William Ahearn
Massachusetts
Berkshires
Four Inch Snow Falls in New York Mountains
A slushy mix of snow and rain covered eastern New York with fourteen inches in the Heidelberg Mountains and heavy slush on Adirondack highways and Albany streets. Officials forecast fair warmer weather to melt the blanket soon.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Heideberg Mountains
Adirondacks
State To Fix Price Of Milk
The New York State milk control board took over the industry and prepared to set consumer prices. A public hearing set a statewide price order with separate hearings to set New York City retail prices and local farm pricing rules.
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Albany
N. Y
State Milk Control Board
New York State
New York City
Confession Tactics Reported In Soviet Spy Trial
In Moscow on April 13 British engineers defend themselves in a espionage case. William H. MacDonald pleaded guilty after testifying he followed instructions from L. C. Thornton to gather military and economic information for transmission to England. A Russian co defendant, V A Sokoloff, was set to testify as a spy in their employ.
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Moscow
William H. MacDonald
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company
L. C. Thornton
England
Vaelesa
Thornton
Ess
MacDonald
V. A. Sokoloff
Zlatoust
Ural Mountains
Stoep
Vassili Gusev
Former City Resident Is Found Dead
D Jesse Sprecher a former resident of Hagerstown was found dead in the cellar of his York grocery store. He appeared to have shot himself in the right temple with a .2 caliber pistol. The death was ruled suicide due to ill health. Sprecher, 58, had moved from Hagerstown about two years ago with his wife Olive to York where they operated a grocery. The discovery was made by his son Daniel J. Sprecher after the bell rang for customers. The family physician and Coroner Zech confirmed the death. Sprecher had previously worked at a bank in Hagerstown and owned or managed several local businesses before moving to York. He is survived by his wife and son.
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York
D. Jesse Sprecher
Hagerstown
Daniel J. Sprecher
Olive Sprecher
L. V. Zech
Zech
Il Health
Sprecher
Clearspring
Huyett’s
Western Bank
Hagerstown Bank &Trust Company
West End
Body Of Woman Found In Trunk In New York Scene
Unidentified woman about 35 found dead in a small steamer trunk left near a Madison Avenue residence by the Harlem river. Two men reported the scene after seeing the trunk on their return from gathering wood. Detectives seized a length of new clothes line tied inside the trunk.
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New York
Madison Avenue
138Th, Street
Harlem River
Banns Removed for Walker Compton Marriage in Cannes
In Cannes on April 13 the banns for former New York Mayor James J. Walker and Miss Betty Compton were removed from the City Hall board after the legal time ran out. They may marry at once but Easter holidays push the ceremony to April 18 at the earliest as Walker objects to a Holy Week wedding.
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Cannes
France
James J. Walker
New York
Betty Compton
City Hall
Walker
Peach buds hit by heavy frost in Maryland valley
Peach growers faced a hard frost across the Cumberland area with a 28 to 30 degree low, risking significant damage to blossoms in lowland orchards while hillside groves fared better. Officials noted early fruit budding and expected a sun check to assess losses.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Cumberland
Thomas
W. Va
Altamont
Russian Embargo Measure Signed by King
London April 13 The House of Commons was notified today that the King signed the measure giving the government power to impose an embargo on all Russian goods.
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London
House of Commons
Roosevelt pushes bill for permanent federal home loan system
The proposal authorizes a permanent system of Federal associations to accept savings and fund home mortgages, with an emergency $32 billion refinancing corporation. It envisions mutual thrift institutions similar to building and loan societies, aimed at financing homes and aiding urban homeowners in debt relief. The plan assigns oversight to the Federal Home Loan Board and includes a $100 million government vetting fund.
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Washington
Savings ‘and Loan
Congress
Roosevelt
Anle
Joan Bank Board
Federal Home Loan Board
Treasury Head's Mother Dead in New York
Mrs. C R Woodin, mother of Treasury Secretary William H H Woodin, died early today at the Woodin home in New York City. She was in her 80s and had suffered a stroke the previous day. Funeral services will be for family members only Friday afternoon, with interment in the family mausoleum at Berwick.
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New York
C. R. Woodin
The
Treasury
William HH. Woodin
Woodian
East _ ie
First Lady Thrown From Horse in Potomac Park Ride
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was thrown into a mud puddle when her horse slipped in Potomac Park during a morning ride. She remounted and continued despite injuries and mud spatter, noting Det the horse was unfamiliar with the area and traffic was heavier than in Rock Creek Park.
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Washington
Potemac Park
Prison term for burglar named Floyd Rosumas in Green Bay
Floyd Rosumas was sent to the Green Bay reform school to serve an eight year term for burglary. Judge S L Croaby imposed the sentence after the suspect reportedly injured his father during the incident.
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Neillsville
Floyd Rosumas
Green Bay
Burgiarin
SL. Croaby
Boeemamy
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Ray M. Deweese
H. Noel Haller
Thurmont
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