Relief program delays spark Idaho dispute over funds
Idaho Governor Ross charges delay in starting emergency relief after CWA shutdown. Perry Fellows says progress is local responsibility as Idaho relief administrator Horsfall welcomes probe into waste. About 3000 workers go to work as two week intermission clears old CWA work and sets up new relief machinery.
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Washington
C. Ben Ross
Idaho
FERA
Perry A. Fellows
Relief Organization
Fellows
Pope
Ross
CWA
Pocatello
Western States
Boise
E. P. Horsfall
Relief Administration
Wife of Actor Bennett Faces Battery Charge in Separation
Beverly Hills April 16. Mrs. Bennett has sworn to a battery warrant against actor Richard Bennett. Judge Arthur L. Erb issued the warrant with $1000 bail after witnesses said she bore a cut over her eye and a nose injury. Bennett left for New York to appear in a play amid a separation that began April 10.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Richard Bennetts
Aged Woman Belle Rhynes Dies in Savannah
Mrs. Belle Rhynes dies at 123 in Savannah Georgia claiming a pipe in youth gave long life. She lived in the United States since age 11 after being born in Ireland and witnessed four wars including the Mexican Civil Spanish-American and World conflicts.
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Savannah
Belle Rhynes
House Member Retracts Wirt Jail Charges
In a House speech Representative Bulwinkle of North Carolina retracts and apologizes for alleging that Dr. William A. Wirt was jailed during World War I for pro German activities. Bulwinkle, who chairs the investigating committee, notes the report was untrue and wrongfully harmed Wirt.
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Wirt
Washington
House
Bulwinkle
N.C
William A. Wirt
Dr. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Three boys sell stolen banknotes for three dollars
In Chicago on April 16 three youths aged 15 and 17 stole $8,000 in currency from Mrs. Florence Hentschel and sold it as stage money for $3 to a fence who warned them it could lead to prison. They admitted breaking into the home and taking jewelry worth about $250.
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Chicago
Florence Hentschél
Régmera Henteche
205 Men Are Given Employment on Local Projects Today
Emergency relief projects under the new federal setup began in Pocatello and Alameda with 205 men employed and 300 more registered. Registrations are under way at the emergency relief headquarters on North Second Avenue for men and at the former CWA women’s room on South Arthur for women. Jobs include sewer work on South First avenue, stadium construction, Alameda water extension, and Irving high school, with crews operating four hour shifts. Eric Soderblom heads project work for the engineering department, while Lou Watson oversees relief headquarters and records.
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Pocatello
Alameda
Emergency
North Second Avenue
CWA
Gem State Auto Company
South Arthur
C. A. Goransen
East Center Street
South First Avenue
Irving High School
Eric Soderblom
Lou Watson
Trotzky flees Barbizon to escape possible attack
Leon Trotzky and his wife fled their Barbizon hideout in dawn darkness fleeing by black automobile shortly after daybreak. French secret police launched a manhunt while fearing for his life as officials acknowledged his exile and secluded villa surveillance.
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Barbizon
France
Leon Trotzky
Soviet Russia
Surete Generale
Trotzky
Fontainebleau
Roosevelt lays out congress plans in weekend talks
President Roosevelt told congressional leaders in a series of weekend conferences that he will request 1.5 billion dollars for relief, seeks a strong stock market bill, and may sidetrack less vital items to adjourn by mid May. He backs key measures like reciprocal tariff and federal bank deposits insurance while opposing a 30 hour week and several reform bills.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Congressional
Fletcher- Rayburn
House
Connery
Rainey
White House
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Senate
Alfalfa Bill Murray Wins Tax Sale Slowdown in 11 Counties
Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray and the National Guard secured a halt to tax delinquent property sales in Garfield Blaine Bryan Major Washington Beaver Stephens Choctaw and McCurtain counties. Treasurers in three counties cancelled sales and two more counties were expected to have no sales. Troops had been deployed to 11 counties statewide.
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Oklahoma City
William H
Murray
National
Cotton
Craig
Garfield
Blaine
Bryan
Major
Washington
Beaver
Stephens
Choctaw
McCurtain
Robbery at Orpheum Theater Ties Up Officers and Employees
In San Francisco on April 16, two policemen G R Harringon and A G Hahn were held up with other theater staff by armed bandits who robbed the Orpheum of its daily receipts. Officers escorted the cashier to a bank when the heist occurred as crowds exited. The six workers were corralled in a rear room during the robbery.
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San Francisco
Orpheumre
R. Harringon
A. G Hahn
Doctor Killed in Train Collision in West Virginia
Dr. James E. B. Cooper age 58 was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train while speeding home from his office after learning his wife relapsed. The engineer was Henry Malone of McMechen, brother of Dr Cooper's first wife. The first Mrs Cooper had died years earlier.
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Cameron
W. Va
James EB. Cooper
Henry Malone
McMechen
Unsettled Night With Occasional Showers Forecast
Uncertain forecast for the region with occasional showers overnight. Temperatures near Chicago may fluctuate as a cold front moves through.
Sugar Control Bill Approved by Committee
The Senate Finance Committee approved the Jones Costigan Sugar control bill 11 to 6, advancing a measure that makes sugar beets and cane basic commodities under the agricultural adjustment act with set continental quotas of 1 550 000 short tons for beets and 260 000 short tons for cane. The agriculture secretary would fix Cuba Hawaii Puerto Rico the Philippines and Virgin Islands quotas and add possible refined sugar imports from Cuba up to 22 percent of its quota. If domestic consumption rises above Roosevelt's stated normal amount continental producers could receive up to 80 percent of the excess.
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Continental
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Cuba
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Virgin Islands
Roosevelt
Congress
Harrison
George
Walsh
Barkley
Connally
Costigan
Clark
Byrd
Lonergan
Couzens
LaFollette
King
Reed
Keyes
Metcalf
Hastings
Walcott
Adams
Colo
Senate
Uncle Sam Buys Legs for Nebraska Farmer
Jacob Gompert, 69, of Mitchell, Neb., secured a $1,500 loan from the Omaha federal land bank to buy farm equipment including a new pair of artificial legs. He lost his legs in 1912 when crushed under a mowing machine.
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Uncle Sam
Omaha, Neb
Jacob Gompert
Mitchell
Neb
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Gompert
Fate of Dog Hero Winds Through Trustees Dilemma
In Topeka, three trustees of Mrs. Rolla Parker’s estate delay Pat O Cragsman’s death as dog lovers plead for life. The six year old prize schnauzer saved Parker, revived her, and has supporters but no will mention. Trustees banker J E Kirk merchant Oliver Moorshead and Santa Fe executive John Purcell will seek guidance on the pet’s future.
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Topeka
Kan
Rolla J. Parker
Pat O’cragsman
Alfredale
Parker
Special Senate Group Demands Action On Silver Legislation
The Senate silver committee, led by Senator King of Utah, unanimously urged immediate passage of silver legislation to elevate silver to national money status. King planned a conference with the president to obtain executive views, citing a calendar bill and the Dies silver farm relief measure, while Rainey noted the administration’s reluctance to act now. Representative White introduced a House resolution investigating gold transactions since January 1, accusing speculators of netting over 225 million dollars since the proclamation.
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Washington
Special
Senate Silver Committee
King
Utah
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rainey
White
Idaho
House
Mob Threat as Police Guard Colorado Springs After Beating
In Colorado Springs police and fire departments stood ready as George Williams a 20 year old Black man was jailed for questioning in a beating case involving two Black suspects against Georgia Lindley 22 and James L. O'Brien 19 both Colorado College students. About 300 people gathered in a Black district, an effigy was burned but no violence reported. Miss Lindley remains hospitalized and O'Brien treated and released.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
George Williams
Georgia Lindley
Longview
Tex
James L. O'Brien
Colorado College
Bruce
C. B. Hershy
Hugh Harper
Inspector Bruce
Williams
Miss Lindley
O'Brien
Jailor risks life to save inmates during hotel lockup fire
In North Sydney on April 16 jailor George Forsay, 70, crippled, woke to smoke in the town lock-up. He hurried through the corridor unlocking cells and guiding three sleeping prisoners to safety, potentially saving them from smoke and flames.
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North Sydney
N.S
George Forsay
Will Rogers on Ireland Senate Reform in Sunday Writings
Will Rogers reflects on Ireland's potential senate abolition, urging restraint in following the example. He skewers lawmakers as lacking saints and prophets, pleads for divine guidance, and signs off with a charitable tone in a Sunday column from Santa Monica.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Republic of Ireland
Senate
Treland
Saint Peter
Moses
Ireland
Pauper Grave Possible for Silent Actor Karl Dane
Karl Dane once the star of silent films may be buried in a pauper's grave after he shot himself. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer arranged funeral plans and his body lay in the county morgue while friends decide on claim. Dane, born in Denmark, rose to fame as Slim in the Big Parade before the talkies. his Danish accent doomed him to obscurity.
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Hollywood
Karl Dane
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Los Angeles
Dane
Potter's Field
Rasmus Karl Thekelsen Gottlieb
Copeneagen
Denmark
Slim
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Richard Bennett
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Robert W. Bruere
National Industrial Relations Board
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Texas
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Southwest
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Associated Press
Senate Finance Committee
B. Bruce
Will Rogers
Tribune
Self
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