Air mail suits labeled weak efforts by official
In Washington, Karl Crowley, solicitor for the post office, called air mail lawsuits against Postmaster General Farley a weak attempt to evade the law that bars suits against the United States without consent. Four air mail contract firms seek injunctions and damages after cancellations, with Farley ordered to show cause within 20 days.
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Washington
Karl A. Crowley
Post Office Department
Farley
United States
District of Columbia Supreme Court
James A. Farley
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
National Air Transport, Inc
Pacific Air Transport
Varney Airlines
Crowley
Transcontinental
Western Air
New York
Cummins
Senate Air Mail
Merk L. Requa
Lane
Republican National Pe Aneet
Ter
Walter F. Brown
Century Air Lines
Hoover
France threatens to scrap arms talks with Britain
Paris reports a Doumergne Barthou memorandum demanding a security pact or equivalent to the old entente before continuing disarmament talks with Britain. France cites Hitler rearmament and new German budget figures as proof Germany surpasses expected moderation. The cabinet debate was heated and the note's full implications were not immediately released.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Associated Press
Paris
France
Great Britain
Gaston Doumergne
Louis Barthou
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Monkey Business At Lincoln Park Zoo Requires Visitors
In Chicago on April 18, visitors to the Lincoln Park Zoo must stop imitating monkeys. Reports say a man removed his toupee triggering a monkey to pull hair, and another visitor pretended uppercuts, nearly causing a monkey to injure itself while copying the act.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Government Will Provide Millions For Public Works
President Roosevelt and aides approve a 500 million dollar public works appropriation for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Ickes says 200 million will continue existing projects under the 3.3 billion program, and 300 million funds new projects. The lump sum will be asked from Congress. Treasury deficit for nine months and 16 days reaches about 3.073 billion, driven by April financing and new bonds. Receipts and expenditures shown, with gold assets near 7.742 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
White House
Congress
Treasury
Four Die in Cabin Plane Crash Near Lewisville
A cabin plane carrying four people crashed nine miles northwest of Lewisville late last night. Pilot Harry Fowler 36 and passenger Jack Poole 40 both of Dallas were killed along with Lillian Rose 18 and an unidentified woman. Mrs Jewell Morgan was named as a possible fourth victim. The bodies were recovered from the wreckage and awaited transport.
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Lewisville
Tex
Here
Harry Fowler
Dallas
Jack Poole
Lillian Rose
Jewell Morgan
Lovefield
Fowler
Today's Scores in the American League Baseball Games
Scores from games across the league with results in Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Boston Brooklyn Cincinnati St Louis and New York. Notable tallies include New York 2 4 0 in Philadelphia and Chicago 8 runs while Cincinnati 8 Boston 6 marked a high scoring day.
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Philadelphia
New York
Philadelia
Ruffing
Dickey
Marcum
Benton
Hayes
Chicago
R. H. E. Detroit
Sorrell
Cochrane
Wyatt
Ruel
Cleveland
R. H. E. St. Louis
Hadley
Hemsley
Pearson
Pytlak
Boston
R. H. E. Washing
Weaver
Thomas
Russell
Berg
Weiland
Pennock and Ferrell
Brooklyn
Frankhouse
Hogan
Carroll and Lopez
Cincinnati
R. H. E. Chicago
Bush and Hartnett
Vance, Stout and
Lombardi
St. Louis
R. H. E. Pittsburgh
French and
Grace
P. Dean
Walker and
Davis
R. H. E. Philadella
Moore
Wilson
Fitzsimmons and Richards
Poisoner Sought After Gas Killing of 52 Dogs in Denver
Police hunt a dog poisoner after Tot Gas killed 52 canines in Denver. Albert T. Clark offers a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer and those responsible.
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Denver
Albert T. Clark
Clark
Fort Hall Centennial Committee Approves Replica Fort Land
At Fort Hall a committee and the tribal council agreed to donate 8 acres on Yellowstone highway for a replica of Old Fort Hall. The replica would be under National Park Service control as a permanent historical museum with Indian handicraft sales and no commercial concessions without council consent.
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Fort Hall
Old Fort Hall
National Parks Administration
W. F. Howard
H. H. Whittlesey
Frank de Kay
Tom Cosgrove
Clark B. Moon
H. D. MacCosham
Paul Nash
Mr. Clark
Dr. Howard
W. B. Harris
Moon
Rae P. Stratford
de Kay
Nash
Stratford
Harris
Neighbors Clash With Police in East Pittsburgh Riot
About 400 neighbors confronted police during an eviction attempt in Pittsburgh's north side. A man was shot and a plain clothes patrolman was badly beaten as nearly 100 officers secured the scene. John Scanlon fired at the crowd's feet and seven people were arrested, including sisters Katherine Kushik, 17, and Marj Kushik, 12.
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Pittsburgh
John Scanlon
Katherine Kushik
Marj Kushik
Col Theodore Roosevelt Attacks New Deal Policies
Col Theodore Roosevelt denounces the New Deal as not liberal and not new in a speech at his installation as president of the National Republican Club. He says the plan would reduce Americans to a regimented, autocratic future and pledges a renewal campaign with Davison and other leaders. Support comes from senators, a governor, and party figures.
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New York
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Colnel Roosevelt
F. Trubee Davison
United States
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
F. C. Walcott
Connecticut
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
James W. Wadsworth
James Rolph
California
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
William Allen White
Emporia
Kaw
Posse Search Continues For Colorado Escapee Claud Reeves
A Canon City dispatch reports Warden Roy Best leading a posse in a manhunt for Claud Reeves and four other convicts who escaped the Colorado penitentiary Monday. Reeves is believed hiding in the bad lands south of Canon City as bloodhounds track near Wetmore and San Isabel forest. Other escapees Marvin Green Roy McVey and William Crosby were captured soon after the breakout, while Raymond Perry was arrested east of Canon City.
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Canon City
Colo
Roy Best
Claud Reeves
Colorado Penitentiary
Reeves
Best
Glennon seeks second Idaho congress seat
L. E. Glennon an Idaho attorney and longtime Republican leader announces his candidacy for the GOP nomination for congress in the second district. Former Salmon mayor and former Idaho legislator outlines views on government philosophy and cautions about new experiments in governance.
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L. E. Glennon
Pocatello
Idaho
Glennon
Salmon
House of Representatives
Senate
Boy Escapes From Drain After Crawlspace Plight
In Waukegan Illinois on April 18 a five year old named George Clark crawled into a drain pipe five feet underground. He became stuck and could not move forward or back. Neighbors and police dug him out after about an hour. he emerged uninjured.
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Waukegan
George Clark
George
Message to the People of Pocatello by E. Brady
E. Brady urges support for the Community Chest campaign in Pocatello. He highlights unity across sectors, saves costs by consolidating fund drives from about 25 percent to 5 percent, and stresses the time economy of a single campaign. He appeals to businessmen to back the initiative for collective community benefit.
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E. Brady
Pocatello
Mob siege guard saves confessed slayer inside parish court house
In Shreveport Louisiana a mob of as many as eight thousand gathered around the Caddo parish courthouse to seize Fred Lockhart the confessed killer of Mae Giffin. National guard troops quelled the riot with tear gas and riot control while Lockhart remained under guard on the seventh floor.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
Fred Lockhart
T. R. Hughes
Mae Giffin
National
O. K. Allen
Hughes
Lockhart
National Guard
Allen
Hollingsworth Barrett
156Th Infantry
Roosevelt Drops McLeod Plan for Bank Depositors
President Roosevelt rejects the McLeod bill to repay depositors in closed banks and pushes for a broader program. He seeks a labor mediation measure, favors tax revision compromise, and directs RFC and Treasury to pursue more liberal loans on assets in closed banks as the ethical course.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McLeod
Congress
Senate
Wagner Labor Board
Wagner
N.Y
White House
National Labor Board
Reconstruction Corporation
The
Treasury
Parts of Lost Plane Found in Hangchow Bay
Chinese fishermen pulled up hull and part of a pilot seat from a missing plane near Hangchow Bay. Robert Gast of Louisville Ky was listed as seated in the cockpit. The search for bodies continues after a high speed crash in fog. a 500 Shanghai dollar reward was offered. Other identified Americans include Carlson of Donna Texas and James Frink of Miami. A Japanese businessman was also aboard.
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Shanghai
Hangchow Bay
Robert Gast
Louisville
Carlson
Donna
James Frink
Mia
Utah Weather: Pair Tonight and Thursday Warmed
A brief Utah forecast notes a pair of warmer days tonight and Thursday with a lighter, milder air mass moving in. Temperatures rise modestly across the state, with light winds and no significant precipitation expected.
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Utah
McGuire Named for Senate Postmaster Post
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Ambrose H. McGuire for postmaster at Pocatello Idaho among more than 500 such nominations. In Philadelphia John Crawford was sentenced to one year in jail for beating his wife and, after court, he asked her to visit him, prompting the judge to question her about the remark.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Idaho Pocatello
Ambrose H. McGuire
Philadelphia
John Crawford
Edwin O. Lewis
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune On Baseball Faith
Will Rogers writes from Santa Monica praising baseball as the national game and urging Congress to support the sport as Washington heads for another pennant. He mocks other games like golf polo and stresses baseball’s unique value to the nation.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Washington
Congress
Okia
Giants
Senate Debates Sugar Bill Amid Delay and Criticism
The Senate opened the Jones Costigan sugar control bill amid a delay over unanimous consent. The plan targets stabilizing sugar prices for about 80,000 U S farmers, establishing quotas for beet and cane sugar, and setting import limits for Cuba and possessions. Costigan urged urgent action as western planting season and grower-processor contracts await congressional action.
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Washington
Senate Today
Jones-Costigan
House
Finance Committee
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Cuba
Harrison
Costigan
Colo
Yiuelly Harrison
Senate
Congress
Public Liquor Meeting Held in Ada County
Members of the Idaho Liquor Problem advisory commission met with the Allied Civic Forces of Idaho at the First Congregational church and heard speakers from both groups. Chairman William S. Cady presided as discussions on education, regulation, and statewide meetings continued with calls for public cooperation.
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Idaho Liquor Problem Advisory Commission
Allied Civic Forces of Idaho
First Congregational Church
Willliams. Cady
Pocatello
C. E. Burgess
Boise
Hugh B. Fouke, Jr
First Methodist Church
Liquor Investigating Board
Come Mission
John R. Nichols
University of Idaho
Fouke
Commission
Dean Nichols
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Col. Roosevelt
New Deal
Desperado
Colorado
Mr. Glennon
Clark County
Missouri
Valparaiso University
Republican Party
McGuire
Will Rogers
Tribune
Copeland
Nichols
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