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March 5, 1937

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1937Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria^[†]

Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo is a Nigerian politician, statesman, agriculturalist, and former army general who served as Nigeria's military dictator from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007. Ideologically a Nigerian nationalist, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1998 to 2015, and since 2018.

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Headlines from March 5, 1937

Germans Jail 300 Saar Miners at Border For Changing Pay in France Into Marks

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

300 Saar miners arrested for violation of decree stipulating that those paid in francs in France may change only 1/3 of pay into marks before crossing frontier back into Germany

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WAR TO STOP C. I.O. DIRECTED BY GREEN; State and City A. F. L. Bodies Are Told Not to 'Tolerate' Lewis Organizations BATTLE ON IN SHOE UNION Massachusetts Federation Is Ordered to Fight-Central Council Here Defers Action Insists on "Jurisdictional Rights" WAR TO STOP C. I. O. DIRECTED BY GREEN Green Cites Walsh-Healey Act Issue Is Clear," Unions Are Told ACTION IS DEFERRED HERE Central Council Backs Strike by Clothing Workers, C. I. O. Union

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Green warns State and city AFL organizations not to tolerate CIO bodies

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SAYS MISS PERKINS BLOCKED NAVY PLAN; Vinson Lays Building Delay to Her Failure to Order Exemptions on Steel SEES DEFENSE IMPAIRED Chairman Would Revise the Walsh-Healey Act-Fish Attacks 'Armament Race'. Exemption Clause Is Quoted SAYS MISS PERKINS BLOCKED NAVY PLAN Fish Asks Aim of Building

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Administration of Walsh-Healey Act assailed by Repr Vinson as impairing natl defense program

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GERMANY PROTESTS 'INSULT' BY MAYOR; HULL VOICES REGRET; Speech on 'Brown-Shirted Fanatic' Brings Complaint From Embassy Official NAZI PRESS DENUNCIATORY Assails La Guardia as 'Jewish Ruffian' and 'Gangster-inChief' of New York HE REPEATS HIS OPINIONS Secretary of State Tells Press Any 'Offensive Utterances' Are 'Matter of Regret' Ambassador Luther Here German Press Attacks Mayor GERMANY PROTESTS 'INSULT' BY MAYOR Called "Jewish Ruffian" Washington Seen as Afraid Ally of Moscow" Little of Story Published MAYOR WELCOMES PROTEST No Artist Could Possibly Depict Nazi Personalities, He Says Mayor's Mother Jewish Commerce Group Protests

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

German Embassy protests; Sec Hull replies; LaGuardia welcomes protest; repeats attacks; German press, commenting, assails him as Jew; United German Socs of N Y and Bd of Trade for German-Amer Commerce protest

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The President's Address; Text of Roosevelt's Address Urging Immediate Action on Courts Changes Says He Strives to Prove Democracy Can Succeed Stresses 'Veto' of AAA After Action by Congress Holds Economic Freedom Cannot Wait Four Years Cites Farm Aid Pledge Made in Last Campaign Uncertain Over the Fate of Labor Relations Act Hits Lower Court Ruling Which 'Paralyzed' the TVA He Demands Action 'Now' To Keep Faith With People Finds 'Almost Everything' Put in Doubt by the Courts

By Unknown Author

Roosevelt holds injunctions have paralyzed machinery of Natl Labor Relations Act

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REBELS TEST LINES DEFENDING MADRID; Scattered Attacks Regarded as Seeking Weakest Point for a Concerted Drive CAPITAL SHELLED AT NIGHT Government Cuts Road North of Motril on Mediterranean to Keep Foe From Almeria Rebels Reported Massing Madrid Shelled at Night REBELS TEST LINES DEFFNDING MADRID Soldiers Reported Whipped

By Herbert L. Matthewswireless To the New York Times

Insurgents attack along Escorial rd from El Pardo to El Plantio; Rebels believed testing Loyalist positions, govt denies reptd entrance into Toledo; Insurgents shell Madrid residential dists; govt troops said to have cut rd north of Motril to keep Rebels from Almeria; Calahonda, coastal town, occupied; Insurgent defenders of Oviedo rept futile govt attack and capture of prisoners who rept being whipped

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LABOR AGAIN WINS LONDON ELECTIONS; ALL FASCISTS LOSE; Party Keeps Control of County Council When Voters Rally to Give It Chance to Finish Job SOCIAL PROGRAM UPHELD Higher Taxation for Clearing Slums and Creating Parks Was One of Chief Issues Among Labor's Winners LABOR AGAIN WINS LONDON ELECTIONS

By W. F. Leysmithspecial Cable To the New York Times

wins election; comment on previous term

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STEEL PRICES PUT UP TO OFFSET OUTLAY FOR HIGHER AGES; United States Corporation Announces Increase of $3 to $8 a Ton Effective on April 1 OTHER COSTS UP SHARPLY New Levels Are Up to Those of 1926, but Basic Labor Rate Will Be 42% Greater Whole Industry Expected to Act RAISE STEEL PRICES TO OFFSET WAGES Sharp Rise in Employment Likely Wakes New Prices Effective Now

By Unknown Author

Announces U S Steel Corp price increase

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COUNTY BAR FIGHTS COURT REFORM PLAN; Votes Down the President's Proposal, 358 to 265, in a Stormy Session WARNS OF THE PRECEDENT State Commerce Chamber Also Opposes Idea, Calling It 'Worst Demagogy' Entire Plan Condemned COUNTY BAR FIGHTS CHANGES IN COURT Says Independence Is Vital PLAN IS CALLED 'DEMAGOGY' State Commerce Chamber Scores Roosevelt's 'Intolerance'

By Unknown Author

Opposes Roosevelt's ct proposal, at N Y County Lawyers Assn meeting

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VETO' OF LAWS HIT; Threat of Invalidations Ties Up Congress, President Asserts AAA, NRA RULINGS CITED Almost Every Pledge of the Democrats Is Menaced, He Tells Victory Dinner HE DEMANDS ACTION 'NOW' ' Some One Else' Will Bring Reforms if His Party Fails, He Says, Promising Fight He Cites Strikes and Floods Makes Appeal to His Party PRESIDENT ASKS LOYALTY OF PARTY Tells of His 1941 'Ambitions' Identity of "John" Is in Doubt STATE LINE-UP ON COURT Legislative Bodies in Several States Divide on Roosevelt Aim SAYS UTILITIES FIGHT PLAN Logan Reads Charge in Senate That They Pay for Telegrams

By Turner Catledgespecial To the New York Times

Sen Logan advises Sen utilities are paying for telegrams to Cong members opposing Roosevelt's Sup Ct reorganization proposal

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German Secret Debt Is Estimated At From 20 to 25 Billion Marks; SEC's Figures of June 30, 1935, Held Extremely Conservative Obligations Increase Through So Many Channels That Reich Government Is Losing Track of Them REICH SECRET DEBT PUT AT A HUGE SUM

By Otto D. Tolischuswireless To the New York Times

In approving the flotation of the German funding bonds issued in payment of interest due American creditors on older German bonds that are subject to the German transfer moratorium, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced, "for the protection of the investing public," that Germany had "unrecorded" obligations amounting to 5,000,000,000 reichsmarks as of June 30, 1935.

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ATLANTIC AIR RACE STIRS OPPOSITION; Lindbergh Himself Opposes French New York-Paris Contest in His Honor RISK OF LIFE IS STRESSED N. A. A. Considers Informing Sponsors of Attitude Here if Criticism Continues' Risk of Life Emphasized Weather Experts Called Dr. Kimball in Conference

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Repts growing opposition to proposed transatlantic air derby in connection with 10th anniversary of Lindbergh flight

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