Southern China forms anti-Japanese Salvation Army in Canton
Canton’s southwestern government mobilizes an anti-Japanese expedition under the label People’s Revolutionary National Salvation forces. Nanking officials deny authority to declare war and appeal to the United States Britain and other powers to refrain from interference. Police tighten controls in Canton as food prices surge and rice stores fill.
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Honkong
Salvation Army
Canton
Japan
Nanking
Hsu Mo
United States
Great Britain
China
Southwestern
People’s Revolutionary Anti
Domei
Cops Rescue Two Boys From Hanging Plot in Detroit
In Detroit a barn break in saved three boys from a lynch attempt by peers. Police said Raymond Buccellati 9 Armando Serali 14 and Joseph Angelo 10 tied a rope to Albert Valenti 11 and planned to push him from a second story window while Joseph Ignogni 9 lay bound. all had strong school records and were to be questioned with parents tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michael Larco
Raymond Buccellati
Black Legionces
Raymond
Armando Serali
Joseph Angelo
Albert Valenti
Joseph Ignogni
Larco
Damron Convicted Involuntary Manslaughter Case In Logan
Ulysses Damron former state trooper was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Logan West Virginia for the death of miner Alfred Gibson during a gun disarmament attempt. The jury reached verdict after 55 minutes of deliberation in a night session with sentencing deferred.
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Damron
Alfred Gibson
Gibson
J. T. Farley
Sta
Prohibition
Nation Honors Burns In Capital Funeral
Washington observes the funeral of Speaker Joseph W. Burns with President Roosevelt and national leaders attending. A 60 member House committee led by Speaker William Bankhead travels to Nashville for final rites. Rev. James Montgomery presides as the capitol mourns a statesman and friend.
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House
Bankhead
Nashville
Washington
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Byrns
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
McReynolds
James Shera Montgomery
Burns
Montgomery
Navy Band
Capitol
Senate
Diplomatic Corps
Admiral Standley
General Craig
Navy
War
Joseph W. Byrns, Jr
Dr. Montgomery
Representative Rabaut
Michigan
Robbers Take Cigarettes From Safe in Logan Store
In Logan West Virginia on June 5 robbers sawed hinges off a safe taking $200 worth of cigarettes and leaving about $3,000 in the vault. A second floor window bar was sawed to gain entry while owner Wayne Mathis reported the safe door fell off when he touched the dials.
Italy May Quit League of Nations and Form New European Front
Venice June 5 state leaders Mussolini and Schuschnigg conferred two hours on Italy possibly leaving the League of Nations over sanctions. Mussolini, back in Rome, planned a large military parade and discussed with Austria a potential Italo German alignment to strengthen Europe, while Austria sought assurances of its status in any new bloc.
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Venice
Italy
Austria
League of Nations
Kurt Schuschnigg
Mussolini
Rome
In Duce
Germany
Schusehnigg
Il Duce
Europe
Hoare Returns as First Lord of the Admiralty
London reports Sir Samuel Hoare is named first lord of the admiralty, succeeding Viscount Mansell. The appointment follows his defense of the Anglo French peace plan amid Ethiopian war tensions, with Eden meeting Haile Selassie concurrent to the cabinet change.
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London
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Duce
Stanley Baldwin
Samuel
Viscount Mansell
House of Commons
Mediterranean
Sir Samuel
Haile Selassie
Anthony Eden
Veterans to repay travel costs on 1932 bonus bonds
Washington reports that over 5,000 veterans will see return trip costs deducted from their 1932 bonus bonds in the envelopes this month. Congress ordered repayment for train fares, averaging about 15 dollars per veteran, with charges based on individual travel.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Capital
West Coast
Congress
Post Office
Secret Service
Tazewell Demos Name Delegates
Twenty seven delegates and an equal number of alternates were chosen at a mass meeting of Tazewell county Democrats to represent the county at the Norfolk convention on June 16. The gathering in Bluefield Virginia endorsed Roosevelt and the state and national administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
Norfolk
Graham High School
Bluefield
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Albert Peery
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Glass and
Byrd
John W. Flannagan
George C. Peery
Peery
T. McCall Frazier
ABC Board
J. H. Barnett
J. H. Huffard
C. Bane
Frank T. St. Clair
M. J. Alexander
C. T. Rees
A. Dennon
Joe Moss
J. M. Hale
John W. Buchanan
W. R. Williams
J. Thompson
Boyd Boggess
R. W. Johnson
M. Hunter
T. J. Murphy
Leo C. Burke
George (. Peery
M. H. Kiser
Charles M. Gillespie
L. A. Tynes
H. T. Haley
London boom hints at first ballot GOP nomination
The Republican convention sees London backed by Kansas supporters amid talk of a first ballot nomination. Controversy swirls over currency planks and a constitutional amendment to permit state minimum wage laws. Knox and Borah factions push confident positions as roll call nears.
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Cleveland
Kansas
London
Arthur Vanderberg
Michigan
Kaneas
New York
Pennsylvania
Frank Knox
Chicago
William E. Borah
Idaho
Knox
Police hunt slayer who laughed as he walked away
Dayton Ohio June 5 police intensified search for a man who shot and killed Lew Bodine thirty radio singer. Eye witness Mrs Elizabeth Putcheket said the killer smiled after Bodine fell from three bullets. Bodine and Howard Reese from Bristol Virginia had formed the Nip and Tuck radio act and recently worked over WWVA Wheeling West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Lew Bodine
S. E. Yendes
Elizabeth Putcheket
Putcheket
Bodine
Yendes
Howard Reese
Bristol
WWVA
Wheeling
W. Va
Smith Named As Demo Leader In West Virginia Meeting
Parkersburg June 5 The WV Democratic executive committee discussed nominations for officers with Representative Joe L. Smith proposed as national committeeman by the West Virginia delegation. Attorney General Homer Holt favored Sheriff R Carl Andrews for chair, with two candidates for associate chairwoman Mrs Olita Hooker and Mrs Allie Jackson. Governor Kump and other leaders attended as 59 of 60 committee members were present.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Joe L. Smith
New State
Democratic Executive Committee
Smith
West Virginia
Washington
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Huntington
Robert G. Kelly
Homer A. Holt
R. Carl Andrews
Kanawha County
Kelly
Olita Hooker
Buckhannon
Allie Jackson
Jane Lew
Charles Lively
Texas Birthday Party Exposition Opens in Dallas
Dallas opens a 25 million centennial exposition celebrating Texas 100 years of independence. 15,000 workers painted and assembled 200 acres of midway exhibits for a hoped opening day crowd of 300,000. The ceremony features a 50,000 dollar jeweled key and a globe spanning dedicatory broadcast as Governor Allred and Secretary Roper attend the ribbon-cutting.
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Texas
Dallas
Six Flags
Morrow
Hoge
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel ©. Roper
James V. Allred
Allred
Ropert
CBS
Roosevelt
Houston
San Antonio
Elliott
Fort Worth
Blum Strives to End Industrial Strife in France
France under new leftist premier Leon Blum seeks to end widespread strikes affecting about 600000 workers. An agreement with unions is expected as Blum calls for a 40 hour week, paid vacations, and collective contracts while police target profiteers. He appeals on radio for unity and passage of labor bills.
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Leon Blum
France
Chamber of Deputies
Blum
Paris
Roger Salengro
Interior
General Confederation of Labor
Lille
Valencennes
Zabeld Soteetty
Peoples Front
Mexican school teacher repels bandit raid in Puebla
In Puebla state Senorita Maria Hernandez at Tepeixco defended her school from ten rebels firing from atop her home. She killed two bandits and wounded four before troops and locals pursued the attackers, capturing Hernindo Hernandez. Other teachers fled and urged President Cardenas to guarantee safety.
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Mexico City
Puebla
Hernindo Hernandez
Givingfu Etroin
Cardenas
Manhunt Backs Bergen Bandits After Jersey Bank Hold Up
Police hunted the Little Ferry National Bank robbers through Bergen county as a five to six man gang used hand grenades and a sub machine gun in the June heist. Loot totaled between 10000 and 20000 dollars. Bank staff were threatened and the cashier Peter Wise man was coerced to open the vault while four participants fled in a waiting car. The search centered on Moonachie Wood Ridge area with over 90 heavily armed officers on alert.
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Little Ferry
N. J
Bergen County
Little Ferry National Bank
Moonachie-Wood Ridge
Peter A. Wiseman
Wiseman
Senate Approves Revenue Measure Amid WPA Discrimination Complaint
Senator Holt of West Virginia presented to the senate a resolution from Ohio County officials alleging discrimination in Works Progress Administration activities. The resolution notes reductions in WPA workers in Ohio County versus nearby counties and urges officials to readjust disparities to prevent hardship for unemployed residents.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Ohio County
West Virginia
Board of Commissioners
Senate
Holt
WPA
Marion
Harrison
Taylor
Preston
Barbour
Legion Charged With Bomb Plot in Black Legion Case
Detroit reports the Black Legion faces charges over a bomb plot aimed at suburban village president William Voisine of Ecorse. The case ties to kidnappings and floggings amid grand jury inquiries into multiple deaths and arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Black Legion
Frederick A. Gulley
Robert Penlan
Blackie
William Voisine
Ecorse
Voisine
Charles BE. Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
PWA Power Program Upheld by DC Court
Washington reports Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District of Columbia supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the Public Works Administration power program valued at 200 million dollars. He dismissed an injunction suit attacking ten municipal electric projects in four states. Dean Acheson said he would appeal to the DC Court of Appeals.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Alfred A. Wheat
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Dean Acheson
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Wheat
PWA
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Buzzard
Rouse
South Carolina
Puke Power Company
Supreme Court
Jerome Frank
High Tribunal
Duke Powers Company
Suit
High Court Upholds Scott Verdict In Railway Injury Case
The United States Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari, affirming the West Virginia Supreme Court and Judge Howell M. Tanner's $7,500 award to C. M. Scott, a Virginian Railway section laborer injured while unloading a railroad tie on the Winding Gulf section. The action was brought under the Federal Employees Liability Act in Wyoming County Circuit Court.
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West Virginia
United States Supreme Court
C. M. Scott
Virginian Railway Company
Howell M. Tanner
Circuit Court
Wyoming County
Gulf
Tanner
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Vestige of Roosevelt Tax Plan Survives Senate Vote
The Senate approved a pared tax bill 37 to 24, sending it to conference with the House. The measure, described as a vestige of Roosevelt recommendations, would raise $529 million and impose higher rates on individuals earning over $50,000 and on corporations and their shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Lewis
Illinois
Finance Committee
Burns
Congress
Princeton Must Hold Rum Vote On Local Option Election
Judge Howell M. Tanner ordered a peremptory writ directing Princeton to call a local option election within 60 to 90 days after May 4 petition. If voters oppose the liquor store, the liquor control commission has 30 days to close it. Additional jurors were drawn as the case proceeds, with trial set for Monday morning.
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Princeton
J. H. Gadd
Howell M. Tanner
Liquor Control Commission
W. H. Malcolm
Tanner
Malcolm
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