Carter 10 Take Charge Of City Fire Unit Today
City directors name R O Carter acting chief of the fire department after executive session on petitions favoring E L McClure. Abe Williams warned petitions lack informed support while Floyd defended McClure’s twelve years of service. Page six.
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Carter
William G. Harris
R. O. Carter
E. L. McClure
William B. Floyd
Meure
BE Lilley
Abe Williams
Williams
Sanasaeteek
Memard
Floyd
McClure
Bluefield
Von Papen to Form German Cabinet in Crisis
Berlin May 31 President Hindenburg named Franz Von Papen to form a temporary government. The plan, a naval concentration cabinet, would last until fall while Hitler’s fascists seek influence in the Reichstag. Papen, a wartime associate and anti socialist ally, is to replace Bruening after elections possibly called early.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
United States
Germany
Franz von Pen
Washington
Nera
von Papen
Adolf Hitler
Herr von Pape
Hitlerites
Reichstag
Reicstag
Faists
Brussia
Henrich Bruening
Feagan Children Visit President as Father Held on Auto Theft Charge
In Washington a Detroit family drew attention when Irene 11 Bernice 14 and Clifford 16 traveled by bus to see President Hoover though their father R Feagan was jailed in Detroit on charges of transporting a stolen car from Missouri. The District Attorney released Feagan on personal bond pending investigation after the White House visit.
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Ue Fragan
Irene
Bernice
Clifford
Hoover
R .Feagan
Detroit
Missouri
Washington
Feagan
Frederick
White House
Richmond unit reviews business in fifth district
The Richmond Federal Reserve notes a general business lull in April and early May across the fifth district with lower activity in all lines. Bankruptcies rose sharply though April failures were fewer than March or April 1931, and employment barely improved despite some seasonal gains. Coal output slipped as agriculture faced weather and price pressures, while building permits issued in West Virginia cities totaled modestly in Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg and Huntington.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve
Federal Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Mayfair Society Stirred by Fatal Shooting
London reports a Mayfair tragedy as Michael Scott Stephen son of a London banker is shot dead at a cocktail party in the flat of Mrs Elvira Delays Barney, an American singer and divorcee. Investigators expect an inquest next Friday to determine if the revolver discharge was accidental amid late night discussions. The shooter and Mrs Barney’s location are unknown.
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London
Michael Scott Stephen
Elvira
Barney
Knight
John Sterling
Williams Mews
Abont
Scotland Yard
Stephen
Thena
Barkley to hold place as keynoter
Washington reports say Roosevelt advisers deny any plan to remove Senator Barkley of Kentucky as keynoter at the Democratic convention over his coal tariff vote. Farley and Howe did not meet Barkley, instead conferring with Hull Dill Washington and Georgia lawmakers on convention details.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Louis Howe
New York
Farley
Seisute
Kley
Chicago
Howe
Hull
Tennessee
Dill
Georgia
Ro Howe
Newark
Sen
Balloons in national race fall and land in North Dakota and Saskatchewan
In the national race two balloons remained aloft from Omaha as of May 30. One landed near Sherwood North Carolina after a 600 mile storm drenched flight. The City of Omaha landed near Sterling North Dakota, pilot Eddie Hill suffering a head wound and assistant Roscoe Conklin sprained ankle.
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Regina, Sask
Omaha
Neb
Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Wilfred J. Paul
Roland Blair
Sterling
N. D
Eddie Hill
Detroit
Roscoe Conklin
Seabury Traces Bank Moves Linking Mayor to Funds
In New York on May 31, Samuel Seabury urged ties between Mayor Walker and vast sums drawn from Russell T. Sherwood accounts for an unnamed friend. Testimony showed Walker authorized a $7,500 payment to that person and disclosed Sherwood’s deposits totaling about $961,225 from 1926 to 1931.
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New York
Russell T. Sherwood
Walker
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Inquiry Board
Sherwood
Paul Block
Seabury
B. M. T.subway
Subway
Equitable Coach Company
J. Allan Smith
Smith
Senate Passes Billion Dollar Revenue Bill In Late Session
The Senate Finance Committee favors a national economy bill saving about 228 million dollars to balance the budget. It proposes a 10 percent pay cut for government workers excluding enlisted service members with 121 million in spending cuts for defense and veterans examined by a bipartisan panel. The bill advances to the appropriations committee for action after lengthy consideration.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Appropriations Committee
House
Jones
Connecticut
Dickinson
Iowa
Wheeling Plans Municipal Retrenchment to Cut Costs
Wheeling West Virginia May 31 A municipal retrenchment plan to trim 40000 annually from the city's payroll was proposed by Manager Mayor Thomas Y Beckett. The plan calls for ten percent salary cuts for most city workers except police and fire, plus consolidation of several departments and dismissal of many staff. Council will review and refer to the budget committee. department heads already took ten percent reductions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Thomas Y. Beckett
Beckett
Council
Lie detector used in wedding ceremony at Northwestern
Chicago May 31 former Miss Harriet Berger 21 and Vaclav Hand 24 were married by Judge Charles B Adams while strapped to Northwestern University's lie detector The machine showed the bridegrooms blood pressure falling and the brides rising during vows The operator Charles M Wilson said the couple really love each other and the chart was given with the marriage certificate
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Chicago
Harriet Berger
Vaclav Hand
Charles B. Adams
Northwestern University
Charles M. Wilson
Mrs. Hand
Premier designate outlines program for France
Paris May 31 Edourd Herriot the probable premier designate told the Radical Socialist executive committee that his dominant program is political relaxation and economic understanding abroad. He urged a balanced budget at home and said he would work with the Socialists in a government, while rejecting Blum’s terms for a Herriot cabinet. He spoke at a luncheon after election victory.
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Paris
Edourd Herriot
France
Leon Blum
Herriot
M. Herriot
Socialista
Germany
Mrs Cyrus H K Curtis Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs Kate Stanwood Cutter Pillsbury Curtis wife of Cyrus H K Curtis Philadelphia publisher died in her sleep at Jefferson hospital after heart trouble she had been near him in recovery He and Mrs Curtis married in August 1910 He was 82 June 18 and improving Surviving include two daughters a sister a brother and nine grandchildren
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Philadelphia
Kate Stanwood Cutter Pillsbury Curtis
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Jefferson Hospital
Curtis
New York
Hoover to address Senate in urgent plea for legislation
President Hoover decided at dawn to personally appeal to the Senate for vital legislation. He worked late, drafted the message in the White House study, then left in top hat to deliver the speech, the first such presidential appeal in a decade.
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Mills
Senate
Hoover
Medicine Ball Cabinet
Lincoln
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Todeyr
Bonus Advocates Begin Lobby In Congress For Bonus Army
Washington May 31 leaders of the bonus expeditionary force began a lobbying drive in congress as 600 or more veterans, in rough attire, waited to back demands for immediate cash payments. Police estimate 1,500 in Washington with 2,422 recruits expected. Chicago hosts 1,600 planning arrival. Civil authorities warn against further influx and offer daily ten cent rations amid threat of evacuation within 48 hours if needs are unmet.
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Washington
Congress
Glassford
Arthur Taylor
Oregon
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Senate Rejects Three Percent Tax On Electric Power
Washington's Senate defeated a three percent levy on the gross receipts of electric power companies as part of a broad revenue bill. The measure, aimed at balancing the budget urged by President Hoover, sought to raise funds with new taxes including income rate increases and a one cent per gallon gasoline tax. The bill still faces conference with the House, though officials expected final enactment within a week.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
White House
Congress
Chamber
Capitol Hill
Walsh
Massachusetts
Mille
House
Views on relief problem given by Hoover Garner views on relief problem
Two leaders present sharply conflicting yet partly agreeing ideas on human relief. Hoover opposes Garner's public works plan and direct federal relief but backs expanding the Reconstruction Finance Corp to 3 billion dollars. Garner seeks 2.309 billion for public works, federal mercy funds, and removal of RFC restrictions to spur private loans. Hoover warns of tax rises and budget balance.
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Hoover
Garner
Dawes’ Group
Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The
Finance Corporation
House
Ways and Means
Reconstruction Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Massie Citizenship Rights Restored by Kentucky Governor
Frankfort Ky May 31 Governor Ruby Laffoon restored the citizenship rights of Lt Thomas H Massie in an executive order, saying he did not believe Massie had forfeited his rights. Massie and his wife Thalia left Winchester for Charleston then Washington to resume duty.
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Frankfort
Thomas H. Massie
Kentucky
Honolulu
Ruby Laffoon
Massie
Laffon
Thalia Massie
Winchester
Charleston
W. Va
Washington, D. C
New York
Granville Fortescué
York
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Tty
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Tydings
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Glass
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Reed
Edith Mourse Rogers
Florence P. Kahn
California
Efflegene Wingo
Arkansas
Smoot
Finance Committee
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