Roosevelt may seek written reply to peace appeal from Hitler
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt may press for a formal written response if Hitler leaves room for peace talks in his Reichstag address. Officials say tomorrow’s speech will not count as an official reply and anticipate a written answer to Roosevelt’s April 15 appeal.
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Mussolini
Munich
Ethiopia
Czecho- Slovakia
Albania
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
Morgenthau Warns Against U S Secret Police Merger
Washington reports Morgenthau opposes merging treasury enforcement agencies into a single unit fearing a drift toward a U S secret police model. The Treasury has coordinated services under Elmer L Ivey, while Roosevelt prepares two reorganization orders.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
White House
Congress
Secret Service
Customs Patrol
Elmer L. Ivey
Justice Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Nominates Marshall for Army Chief of Staff
President Roosevelt named Brigadier General George Catlett Marshall to succeed General Malin Craig as chief of staff. Craig plans retirement August 31. He also nominated Colonel James Carré-Magee to be surgeon general with major general rank to replace Reynolds whose term ends May 31.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George Catlett Marshall
Malin Craig
Craig
James Carré - Magee
Reynolds
Roosevelt asks Congress to extend WPA relief with 1.75 billion
President Roosevelt sent a special message urging continuation of the Works Progress Administration and related programs for another year. He proposed 1.477 billion for WPA and 123 million each for the Farm Security Administration and National Youth Administration, aiming to aid about 2 million unemployed next year. The plan would cost roughly 1.75 billion, with most funds covering administrative costs.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Farm’ Security Administration
National Youth Administration
WPA
Georgia Baptist Sunday School Convention Names Officers
In Savannah on April 27 the Georgia Baptist Sunday School convention elected Dr. R. C. Gresham as president succeeding Dr. Arthur Jackson. Vice presidents chosen include TI. J. Edwards Abit Nix BE Barron and W. M. Marshall. Dr. A. T. Cline was named secretary treasurer. The three day meeting ends tonight with Dr Daniel A Poling to speak on youth marches.
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Georgia Baptist Sunday School Convention
R. C. Gresham
Moultrie
Arthur Jackson
TI. J. Edwards
Cairo
Abit Nix
Athens
Barron
Hopeville
W. M. Marshall
Tennille
A. T. Cline
Toccoa
Daniel A.poling
Philadelphia
W. H. Faust
Georgia
Philadelphia Murder Ring Evidence Surfaces In Poison Plot
Philadelphia investigators uncover ties between a widespread insurance murder ring and a widow charged in a January 1936 death. The case links poison with violent methods including a hit and run and sandbagging as ringleaders discussed killing schemes across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Delaware.
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Philadelphia
Marie Wolosyn
William Connelley
Philadelphia County
Wolosyn
George Neumeyer
Secret Service
Herman Petrillo
Neumeyer
Petrillo
Ferdinand Aldonsi
WPA
Fonsi
Alfonsi
Charina Favato
James A. Kelly
Insurance-Murder “Corporation
New York
Kelly
Caesar Valenti
Riker's Island Penitentary
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Josephine Romaldo
Agnes Mantiuk
Robaldo
Mantiuck
Weather forecast for the Southeast US and Gulf states
The forecast covers South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama with clouds and scattered thundershowers this afternoon into tonight. Cooldowns are expected tonight and Friday withFriday in the east central and extreme south portions cooler. Northwest Florida faces cloudy conditions with showers tonight or Friday and cooler western portions. Coastal winds shift from gentle southwesterly to moderate northerly.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Factories Begin Work on New Warplanes
Washington reports fifteen weeks after Roosevelt asked Congress to triple the air forces, five factories opened on the first batch of more than 3,000 new warplanes. A $50 million in contracts followed as funding was approved, with most orders to be placed after July 1, as materials and plans moved ahead. The air corps expansion aligns with retirements of unfit officers from the 12,500 strong officer corps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army Air Forces
War Department
Louis Johnson
Army
Air Corps
Woodring
Henry Ford begins work on new type of farm tractor
Detroit April 27 Henry Ford in a large plant once building submarine chasers has begun production of a new farm tractor. He cites power farming as the answer to whetting interest in farming, reducing costs, and boosting profits. Ford notes he has built 900000 tractors but now claims a breakthrough in making farming easier and more profitable.
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Henry Ford
David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Ford
Harry Fergson
Ireland
FDR Proposes Inter Regional Highways Plan
President Roosevelt urged Congress to back a national highway system focused on defense and peacetime traffic growth. The plan, with Wallace and Woodring backing, cites a Bureau of Public Roads report advocating inter regional toll roads is impractical and favors direct inter regional routes with city connections.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wallace
Woodring
Bureau of Pub Hc Roads
Bureau
Mr. Roosevelt
Incomplete Schedule Fragment Noted
Fragmentary OCR shows a time entry with 10 50 a m and 4 15 p m and a rate of 258 p m. No clear event or entities identified.
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Amign
Thomasville Rose Show Opens With Record Crowds Expected
The Thomasville Rose Show opens tomorrow at eleven in the municipal airport with a judging hour from ten to eleven before a two to eleven crowd. A fifty cent preview fee from eleven to two will ease congestion, then free admission resumes. Police, State Patrol and Boy Scouts manage traffic and free parking is provided. Twenty Grand in roses from Greenwood Plantation, a life-size replica of the derby winner, draws interest alongside exhibits from schools Girl Scouts Legion and local nurseries. Judges announced include Donald Hastings David Reed Harold Hume Wymberly de Renne Beth Williams Powers and others.
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Payne Whitney
Legion
Girl Scout
Thomasville
Girl Scouts, Legion
Valdosta
Greenwood Plantation
Greenwood
Whitney
Thomasville Garden Club
R. C. Balfour
Garden Club
Donald Hasting
Atlanta
Hastings. Nurgery
David Reed
Monroe Landscaping Co
Harold Hume
Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
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Quitman
Quitman Free Press
Nat Williams
T. L. Clark, Jr
Monticello
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Tifton
Sam J. Evans
John Pasco
Raleigh
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