New Housing Program Promises Vast Federal Spending
The administration plans a large scale housing bill authored by Senator Robert Wagner to create a new five member authority with wide power to fund and manage low rent and slum clearance projects. It contemplates up to 976 million dollars over four years and uses loans and grants to public housing agencies. The plan consolidates New Deal relief proposals after talks with President Roosevelt.
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Robert I. Wagner
New York
Congress
Wagner
Secretary of the Interior
Civil Service
Public Works Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tornado Toll Rises Across Southern States
A string of tornadoes swept Mississippi Alabama Georgia Arkansas and Tennessee causing extensive death and damage. Tupelo Miss nearly 200 killed Gainesville Ga over 150 died Columbia Tenn near coalfield area seven dead Red Bay Ala five Booneville Miss four Batesville Ark one death.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Tupelo
Miss
Gainesville
Columbia
Tenn
Red Bay
Booneville
Batesville
Ark
Carolinas
Florida
Senate Begins Impeachment Trial of Judge Ritter
The Senate opened the impeachment trial of Federal Judge Halstead J Ritter of Florida the twelfth such case in 187 years. Prosecution led by Summers Hobbs and Perkins. Ritter denies all charges including corrupt fees and tax evasion.
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Senate
Ritter
Halsted
Florida
Carl T. Hoffman
Miami
Frank R. Walsh
Washington
New York
Summers
Texas
Hobbs
Alabama
Perkins
New Jersey
A. L. Rankin
Rankin
Publicity Push on Large AAA Cotton Benefit Payments
Senator Vandenberg pushes for disclosure as Secretary Wallace begins partial reporting on AAA benefit payments. Recipients named only for three, including Oscar Johnston led Mississippi company receiving 128,747 for 14. Other large payouts include Mississippi penitentiary 48,200 for production control and Arkansas glaze prison 24,500. additional major sums include Supar-SH01.084 to Everta Klean Corporation 802.4049.
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Vandenberg
AAA
Wallace
Mississippi
Oscar Johnston
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Arkansas
Supgar
Everta Klean Corporation
Lowden May Be Keynoter for the Republicans
Republicans consider Frank Lowden of Illinois as temporary chairman and keynoter for the Cleveland convention. An Easterner, possibly Walter Edge of New Jersey, is eyed for permanent chair. Democrats may name Paul McNutt, O. Ben Ross, or Clyde Herring as possible keynoters. Senator Robinson of Arkansas expected as permanent chair in Philadelphia. Roosevelt nomination speech likely by Senator Wagner of New York. New York GOP Old Guard wins over Borah, unpledged delegation at Cleveland.
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Frank C. Lowden
Triais
Cleveland
Walter Edge
News
London Jersey
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
O. Ben Ross
Idaho
Clyde, Herring
Iowa
Philadelphia
Robinson
Arkansas
President Roosevelt
Wagner
New York
Borah
Empire State
Five Army flyers die in bomber crash in Maryland mountains
A twin motor Army bomber on course from Gleve land to Langley Meld Virginia crashed into the Blue Ridge near Fredericksburg Pennsylvania during a storm. All five crew members Lieut Stetson Brown St Johnsbury VT Staff Sergeant Ernest Eady Oley PA Private Arthur Metz Chambersburg PA Private William Yost McKees Rocks PA Cadet Paul Amspaugh Cleveland OH perished. The crash occurred 260 feet lower than required height, the plane plummeted into a steep cliff and burned.
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Gleveland
Langley Meld
Blua
Fredericksburg
Stetson Brown
St. Johnsbury
St. Sergt
Ernest Eady
Oley
Arthur Metz
Chambersburg
Hitler's Peace Proposal Formally Submitted to Eden
Hitler's peace plan for Europe and rejection of the Locarno settlement were delivered to British Foreign Minister Eden by Joachim von Ribbentrop and passed to French and Belgian ambassadors. The British cabinet found the German scheme worth considering while the French viewed it as a cunning bid to split Locarno and crown Hitler as de facto ruler. An Austrian parliamentary vote backed general military service for males 18 to 42, with Mussolini's support, signaling further strain with the Little Entente though protests are expected to be ineffective.
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Hitler
Dolf Hitler
Europe
Rhineland
Eden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Sarraut
Flandin
Germany
St. Germain
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Mussolini
Italy
Hauptmann Body Cremated in New York
Funeral services were held in New York with utmost privacy for Bruno Hauptmann who was executed in Trenton for kidnapping and murdering Charles A Lindbergh Jr. The body was cremated and the ashes were to be sent to Germany. Hauptmann maintained his innocence up to the chair.
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New York
Bruno Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Germany
Hauptmann
Ten Weeks Embargo on Scrap Tin Exports
Secretary of State Hull imposes a ten weeks embargo on all shipments of scrap tin to foreign countries starting April 16 under a new law to preserve America's tin resources. Aimed at Japan, a major scrap tin buyer, the move reflects reliance on imports and the rising importance of de tinning in the economy.
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HULL
America
Japan
United States
Italy Claims Big Victory Over Ethiopians
Italy and Ethiopia near negotiations outside the League of Nations as Marshal Badoglio’s troops report a major victory at Mal Ceu over 20 000 Ethiopian forces led by Emperor Haile Selassie The Ethiopians suffer about 7 000 dead and 60 000 more troops are massed south of Lake Ashangi Italian losses include 16 officers and around 1 000 Eritrean Askaris Warar, Dessye and Harar become focal points with air raids and incendiary bombs striking an Ethiopian Red Cross hospital.
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Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Haile Selassie
Pietro Badoglio
East Africa
Badogilo
Mal Ceu
Lake Ashangi
Askaris
Dessye
Warar
Harar
Addis Ababa
Red Cross
Lloyd George warns Britain against new war and urges restraint
The column surveys Lloyd George condemning any push to drag England into another conflict. It notes his pledge to defend Britain while opposing entanglements, contrasts England with France on fortifications, and cites U.S. and GM data. It also covers scientific notes on binary stars, cosmic scales, and naval arms limits.
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Lloyd George
Cosmos
Sloan
England
Clemenceau
France
Onerman
Teutons
Britain
Hollywood chatter and radio trends invade Europe trip eye
Iriam Hopkins sails to Europe and Russia for six weeks while her son Michael stays in New York. The piece notes her film These Three with Merle Oberon and Joel McCrae, plus interview snubs. It covers Rosa and Carmela Ponselle family feud, the rise of John Charles Thomas, and a funny flood reel tale. It also touches on The Country Doctor and I Loved a Soldier, Dietrich, Sullavan, and growing amateur radio hours on WMOUA.
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Iriam Hopkins
Europe
Russia
Michael
New York
Merle Oberon
Joel McCrae
Katherine Hepburn
Rosa Ponselle
Carmela
Ponselle
Rosa
Pennsylvania
WMOUA
Inter-city
Wallace Beery Faces Daughter Tonsil Operation
Wallace Beery fears for his daughter Carol Dan as doctors urge tonsil surgery. Mrs Beery just returned from London widening talks with British producers on Wally making a film there. Paul Whiteman loses five pounds per broadcast only to regain them. Charles Winninger, famed for Show Boat, signed to Fox with White Fang as his first film.
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Wallace Beery
Carol Dan
King Edward Thrashed by Brakeman and School Boy
S A Cooper, ticket collector at Torquay, discloses that years ago on a Dartmouth naval ender train at Torquay a brakeman beat a passenger in a corridor after inviting confession. The assailant and method are described with the future king among the victims, though details remain fragmentary.
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King Edward
Edward VIII
Iorquay
England
S. A. Cooper
Torquay
Dartmouth Naval
Thsnog
Attek
Bach Ind
Brateman
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