Sub committee named to probe WPA investigations
The House appropriations committee selected a 12 man subcommittee to conduct the thorough inquiry ordered into the Work Progress Administration. Led by Taylor and Woodrum, the panel aims for a preliminary report this session. Also: Altmeyer denounces Townsend and welfare pension plans as impractical. Senate farm blocs push for over 415 million dollars for extra farm benefits and surplus removal.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Work Progress Administration
Taylor
D-Cole
Uqual
Woodrum
D-Va
Senate
Cannon
DMO
Ludlow
D-Ind
Thomas
McMillan
D-Sc
Snyder
D-Pa
O’neal
D-Ky
Johnson
D-Wva
Teber
R-Ny
Wigglesworth CR Mass
Lamberston
R-Kan
Dijter
R-Pa
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Townsend
General Welfare
South
Association of American Railroads
Weather Forecast for Southern States Includes Clouds and Cool Trends
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies across South Carolina and Georgia with a cool influence continuing tonight and Wednesday. Florida and Alabama show unsettled and variable conditions with modest winds along the coast and a slight warming in Alabama interior regions. The extreme northwest Florida area remains partly cloudy with northeast to southeast winds.
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Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
War Dept to Sign Five Types of War Planes Contracts
Washington reports the War Department says contracts for five types of war planes are ready for signature once Congress approves a 513 million dollar army supply bill. Initial orders include four engine bombers single engine fighters and attack bombers with fast speeds and a version of the P-40.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Lous Johnson
Warm Springs Ga
Senate
House
Army
Mitchell Field
Ltt
Department
Farm program compromise indicated
Washington April 4 two Senate farm blocs discuss a compromise to aid surplus removal and parity payments totaling about 415 million dollars. Proposals include 60 million for cotton and 30 million for wheat export aid and 175 million for parity payments to corn wheat cotton rice and tobacco. Details to be reviewed by Wallace at a conference with southern and midwest senators.
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Washington
Senate
Wallace
Bankhead
D-Ala
House
Britain German CHAMBERLAIN SCORED BY NAZI PRESS
Berlin reports reactions to Chamberlain speech as a dangerous peace policy. German press, led by DNB service and Lokal Anzeiger, condemns encirclement rhetoric and calls for renewed vigilance. Kesselring appeals to youth to become fliers. Neurath to take post in Prague with display.
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Britain
Chamberlain
Berlin
Reich
Deutscher Dienst
DNB
Foreign Office
Albert Kesselring
Germany
Hermann Goering Kesserling
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
State Education Board Considers Friendly Test Suit
Atlanta April 4 Members of the State Board of Education met with the governor to decide if they would consent to be sued in a friendly test case to define legal status of public school teachers contracts with county trustees and the state board. The session also reviewed a report on refusals by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Works Progress Administration to provide emergency funds to pay teachers, Georgia owing an estimated 5 200 000 at term end. Ralph Ramsey of the Georgia Education Association said the GAE A would back the friendly suit to reach the supreme court quickly. A teacher chosen from Carroll County might be the test subject.
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Atlanta
State Board of Education
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Works Progress Administration
Georgia
Ralph Ramsey
Georgia Education Association
G E. A
Supreme Court
Carroll County
Internal dissension in Georgia natural resources dept
Atlanta April 4 internal dissension in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was aired before a special house economy committee. Commissioner R F Burch said he faced non cooperation from parks and wildlife divisions and sought authority to appoint and coordinate staff. He defended Jere Moore as publicity writer and noted travel expenses while maintaining Moore also runs his own newspaper business.
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Georgia
Dept. OF Natural Resources
R. F. Burch
House
Atlanta
State Department of Natural Resources
Parks and Wildlife Divisions
Buren
Charles N. Elliot
State Division of Parks
Joe Mitchell
Cleveland Rees
Webster
Burch
James V. Carmichael
Bureh
Parks and Wildlife
Jces N. Moore
Milledgeville
Moore
Milledgevile Union Recorder
Georgia Press Association
Carmichael
Jere Moore
Eastman Ga
Guy Connell
Valdosta
Chicago Voters Choose Mayor In High Stakes Election
Chicago voters faced a mayoral contest between Dwight H. Green and incumbent Edward J. Kelly. A record turnout was expected as party leaders eyed national implications for 1940 campaigns. Kelly aimed for a 3 to 2 margin, having led the February primary with 604,190 votes.
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Chicago
Dwight H. Green
Edward J. Kelly
Election Commission
Congress
Green
Illinois
Kelley
Thomas J. Courtney
William, Hale Thompson
Reorganization Bill Signed by FDR in Warm Springs
President Roosevelt signed the reorganization act and a 358 million dollar emergency army defense authorization. He also approved a 10 million dollar Commodity Credit Corporation loan to southern naval stores producers meeting 1939 controls. Analysts await a press conference on possible White House appointments.
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D. Harold Oliver
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
White House
British Consul assassinated in Mosul during mourning
British consul at Mosul Monck Mason was killed by a mob that burned the consulate as martial law was proclaimed. The act occurred amid mourning for King Ghazi who died in an auto crash hours earlier. Four men were reportedly arrested after the slaying.
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Mosul
Iraq
G. E. A. C. Monck-Mason
Ghazi
Anglo Polish defense pact eyed as talks open in London
British and Polish foreign ministers launch conversations in London toward a wide defensive alliance against aggression led by Poland with Britain and France as partners. Italy’s stance on Albania and German warnings frame the diplomacy as Rome denies troop moves.
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Associated Press
Albania
London
Rome
Italy
Zog
Poland
Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
Beck
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Viscount Halifax
Chamberlain
Berlin
Germany
Romania
Turkey
Frortier
Tur
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Robert Montgomery
Senate Committee
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Fulmer
D-S
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Lokal Anzeiger
State Education Board
Wild Life
Fdr
Executive Branch
Panama Canal
Albert Lee Christimas
Vienna
Macon
Albert Lee, Sr
New ‘York
Francis Ian
Center
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