Plan Aims Billions in Credit to Reach Rural Borrowers
A coalition led by Owen D Young plans to deploy millions in cash or nearly three billion dollars in credit to areas outside New Yorks credit programs. The effort targets small borrowers and would back loans to building and loan societies and farm loan banks advancing funds not reached by large metropolitan banks.
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New York
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Credit
New York City
Owen D. Young
Little Fellows
Federal Reserve
Chicago
Coalition
Tests Bank Laws Suit Seeks To Determine Priority In Liquidation
The Ohio Supreme Court granted review in a case brought by Robert E. McDonald as administrator against State Banking Superintendent Ira J. Fulton to decide if trust department accounts in bank commercial and savings ledgers hold priority over other depositors during liquidation. The dispute, arising from the Cummings Trust Co. failure in Carrollton, affects all Ohio liquidations and involves 5 to 10 million dollars in uninvested trust funds awaiting investment or distribution.
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Columbus
U.R
Supreme Court
Robert E. McDonald
Ira J. Fulton
Commercial and Savings Department
Carroll County
Cummings Trust Company
Carrollton
Ohio
Flood forces closure on Hoover Dam trestle work
A spring flood roared down the Colorado River flushing away a trestle used in Hoover Dam construction and damaging protection dams. About 182 workers remained in the diversion tunnel No 1 which lies 26 feet below water level while flooding abated.
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Las Vegas
Colorado River
Hoover Dam
Newspaper Ad Praise From De Soto Chief
Byron C. Foy president of De Soto Motor Corps tells advertising agencies that newspaper ads are the quickest surest way to reach the public. He notes nearly a million dollars spent in the last fiscal year with most going to newspapers and predicts economic recovery within a year.
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Cleveland
U.P
Byron C. Foy
de Soto Motor Corporation
Foy
Teacher disappears after mysterious threats in Akron
Akron police investigate the disappearance of Lawson Miller a 24 year old school teacher. Miller's wife Mrs Miller says he received two threats to leave town or face consequences and failed to return home last night as a search began.
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Akron
Lawson Miller
Miller
Railroad To Get Loan For Electrification
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation with ICC approval will loan the Pennsylvania Railroad 27.5 million dollars for electrification of its New York Washington lines and terminal improvements at Newark Philadelphia and Baltimore. The ICC has approved 160 million dollars in loans to 18 rail roads to date.
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U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York-Washington
Newark
Philadelphia
Baltimore
The
Unemployment relief plans gain bipartisan support in Congress
President Hoover and House and Senate leaders back broad relief ideas. Garner proposes a 1 billion increase for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a bond issue of 1 billion for public works, and 100 million for immediate aid. Hoover opposes the bond issue. Senator Robinson to present his plan to Senate Democrats Saturday.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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U.P
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Senate
Congress
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Wagner
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Gilgamesh Epic Tablet Found by Field Museum Oxford
A Field Museum and Oxford University expedition in Mesopotamia uncovers a four thousand year old tablet adding fifty missing lines to the epic of Gilgamesh. The find links Gilgamesh to ancient Babylonian literature and echoes flood narratives similar to Noah in the Old Testament.
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Oxford University
Mesopotamia
Gilgamesh
Babylon
Ulysses
Greece
Noah
Beowulf and Gilgamesh Compared in Ancient Tales
Among northern peoples Beowulf's adventures echo Gilgamesh with feats like a six day ocean swim in armor and battles with sea creatures. The passage argues primitive men savored fairy stories even as they wrote history.
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Beowulf
Gilgamesh
Tokio plans cabinet to suit army after prime minister murder
Tokио reports a new cabinet in preparation to fit military interests after the 77 year old Japanese prime minister was killed by young army officers. Continuation noted on Page 4.
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Tokio
House Retains Army Officer Retirement Cut in Bill
The House, by 201 to 182, passes the annual army appropriation bill with a 2,000 regular officers retirement provision. The bill totals 393 million, down 52.8 million from last year and 19 million below Hoover’s 1933 request, despite Republican opposition to Hurley. It also approves 5.79 million for training programs for organized reserves ROTC and citizen military training camps.
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U.R
House
Hurley
Hoover
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Organized Reserves
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Citizens Military Training Camps
Poised for Solo Flight to Europe by Amelia Earhart Putman
Amelia Earhart Putman plans a solo flight to Europe aiming to be the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo. Her plane has a 3200 mile cruising radius and she previously became the first trans Atlantic woman passenger.
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Amelia Earhart Putman
Woman Flier Earhart Begins Solo Hop Toward Europe
Amelia Earhart Putnam sails from St John New Brunswick toward Harbor Grace starting her planned solo Atlantic flight on the 20th anniversary of Lindbergh. She aims to be the first woman to solo across the ocean, promising a destination reveal before departure.
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U.R
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Europe
Harbor Grace
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Miss Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
New York
Do-X Flying Boat Reaches Trinity Bay En Route to Europe
The Dornier Do-X rested on calm waters of Dildo inlet after slicing through Newfoundland fog and landing in Trinity Bay 30 miles from Holyrood. The giant flying boat continues its voyage to Europe.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
U.P
Dildo Inlet
Trinity Bay
Holyrood
Europe
Smith resigns as chief counsel of Veterans' Bureau
William W. Smith, who has drawn $187.00 monthly disability pay alongside a $9,000 salary as chief counsel for the Veterans' Bureau, has submitted his resignation amid frequent criticism in Congress.
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Washington
William W. Smith
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
Fatal Shooting of Fred Tabler by Uncle in Athens County
Fred Tabler a 19 year old Negro of Tablertown was shot by his uncle George Dalton 30 near Cruler Washington County at about 2 pm. Tabler is hospitalized in Parkersburg with a 32 caliber bullet lodged in his right hip. Dalton is at large after the incident as deputies search area between Tablertown and Cutler. Witness Dan Halbert 19 repeated the same account that Tabler asked for a cigarette and was shot. The weapon was an old pistol Dalton had repaired and tested prior to the shooting.
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Fred Tabler
Tablertown
George Dalton
Near Cruler
Washington County
Tabler
Parkersburg City
Dalton
Wayne Wingett
Charles Bayles
Cutler
Carl F. Love
Guyaville
Wingett
Dan Halbert
Datton
Halbert
Federal Creek
Isaac Tabler
Cave-In Halts Chile Rescue Effort At Las Raices Tunnel
A new cave-in at Las Raices Tunnel halted rescuers seeking to free 42 workers entombed since Wednesday after a shaft reached near the men. Rescue teams started another shaft while air taps suggest some workers may be alive. officials fear completion before nightfall.
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Las Raices
Chile
U.P
Las Raices Tunnel
Rogers Ardent Drys Skepticism On Prohibition Publicity
Beverly Hills notes a chorus of anti and pro prohibition views. The writer dismisses celebrity fundraising stunts as publicity, argues repeal hinges on who supports it, and criticizes sensational acts by Mrs. Vincent Astor and New York society women.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Ohio Operators Reject Proposal In Eastern Ohio Coal Strike
The Eastern Ohio Coal Operator's Association rejects Governor White's ten point plan, says wage scale would raise costs and hurt Ohio coal's market position. R. Ireland Jr. cites Jacksonville Scale as a mistake that nearly destroyed Ohio coal. workers at Elk Mine Roseville have returned to work after a month on strike with no wage change.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Jacksonville
Guard Reduction in Ohio Mining District
In Columbus on May 20 the National Guard in eastern Ohio mining country was ordered reduced to 25 men by Governor White after a survey with Adjutant General Henderson and Harrison County officials. He said disorder has stopped and only local authorities can handle any emergencies, though the strike remains unresolved. 75 guards are withdrawn, leaving a small patrol and armored car for short-term emergencies. Troops had been deployed since April 14, at times as many as 700.
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Columbus
U.P
Haatern
Ohio
White
Henderson
Harrison County
Caldwell Cashier Fails to ID Bank Robbery Suspects
A. P. Okey, cashier of Noble County National Bank in Caldwell, could not identify three Bridgeport suspects arrested for the $11,000 robbery of the bank last Wednesday.
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U.P
A. P. Okey
Caldwell
Noble County National Bank
Bridgeport
Mail Pilot Lindbergh Paris Flight Five Years On
Five years ago in 1927 Charles Lindbergh embarked from Roosevelt Field at 7 51 a m in the Spirit of St Louis to Paris completing aviation history. The nation cheered as he landed in Paris after a 33 hour flight and became a national idol.
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New World History
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U.P
Atlantic
Byrd
Floyd Bennett
Fonck
C. A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
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St. Louis
United States
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South America
Athens Police Nab Five Wife Marriage Suspect
Athens police arrested George N. Stevens 53 after Michigan authorities said he has at least five wives. Stevens, who wed Blanche Burch of Athens in Kentucky last Saturday, faced embezzlement and desertion charges and was found with an Oldsmobile coupe belonging to someone else. Police expected Michigan authorities to arrive for transfer.
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Michigan
George N. Stevens
Blanche Burch
Catlettsburg
Mill Street
Lieut. L. P. Hutton
Stevens
Kentucky
Auto Detective Agency
South Bend
Ind
Finsterwald
W. C. Ator
Survivors recount fatal fire on liner Georges Phillipar
European Indian Filipino Arab and Chinese survivors tell how flames trapped people in cabins and forced jumps into the sea. About 100 killed as the Georges Phillipar burned on its maiden voyage to Indo China. Rescue ships Mahsud and Contractor saved 263 aboard with 420 more known to be rescued en route to Djibouti. Survivors wore night clothing and some borrowed men’s coats.
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A. E. Adams
United Press
Aden
Arabia
U.P
Georges Phillipar
Gulf of Aden
Mahsud
Djibouti
Africa
Georges Phillipat
Indo-China
Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Moves Through Testimony
Dr John Condon testified before the Bronx Grand Jury detailing the Lindbergh kidnapping sequence and death. Hopewell police spar with Rev Dobson Peacock over Curtis involvement while Curtis is fingerprinted but not charged. A Detroit gangster suspect Fisher is linked via Englewood hotel guest memory as the case continues with reenactment efforts.
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Norfolk
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Rew Colder
Curtis
Schwarzkonor
John Condon
Jafeie
Curtis theory on Lindbergh case divides Norfolk readers
In Norfolk, reactions split over a theory that John Hughes Curtis encountered Lindbergh kidnapers in early negotiations. A controversial confession prompted supporters and critics to dispute the statements, while three men Curtis named are now shown to be real liquor runners under indictment. Federal agents review 1931–present activities for possible links to Cuatie the speed boat builder, as local leaders defend Dobson-Peacock associates and Admiral Guy H.. community figures express mixed confidence.
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Norfolk
U.R
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
Curtis
Cuatie
Dean Dobson-Peacock
Guy H
Devotion Begins Sunday at St Pauls Parish
The 40 Hours of Devotion starts on Trinity Sunday May 22 with high Mass at a.m. and benediction after low Mass at 8 a.m. Rev Father William G Dowd announces a musical program featuring Gregorian chant and the Ave Maria sung by Miss Kathry Kircher.
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William G. Dowd
Widiam
Benedictus
Peters
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