Roosevelt Prepares Veto of Inflationary Patman Bonus Bill
Looming clash on Capitol Hill as President Roosevelt readies a veto of the $2 billion Patman inflationary bonus bill. Senate supporters push to override, rally telegrams to a nationwide audience, and weigh alternative tax plans while awaiting action next week.
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Patman
Capitol Hill
Senate
Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Capitol
Morgenthau
Frank T. Hines
Bell
Hines
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank N. Belgrano
American Legion
Friends of
Clark
Missouri
Gore
Oklahoma
Youth found dead near Whitesville in Artie area
A youth identified as a Farley boy was found in brush near his home in Artie West Virginia. An undertaker said a pistol lay beside the body and officers were dispatched to investigate in the isolated mountain settlement.
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Whitesville
W. Va
Farley
Artie
Alienist declares Franklin fifteen sane in trial
Cincinnati May 9 Marvin J Franklin on trial for murder was declared sane by an alienist and four law witnesses. The state close to rebuttal argues insanity defense while Dr Johnston Cruse Farragher Haas Kane testify Franklin sane at time of James Walker 37 death and remains sane now. The jury fate depends on Judge Morrow ruling on Kane.
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Cincinnati
Marvin J. Franklin
Franklin
Douglas A. Johnston
College Hill
Welch
W. Va
James Walker
Arthur Cruse
Thomas Farragher
Paul Haas
Abner Kane
Thomas H. Morrow
Kane
Chain Letter Sellers Left Holding The Bag
Springfield Missouri May 9 chain letter craze collapses as dozens rush to buy and sell letters. Early investors like Guy Harpool and John Matthews profited, while thousands are left holding the bag after the scheme waned and chains stalled.
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Springfield
Missouri City
Guy Harpool
John Matthews
Harpool
Bluefield Business Men's Association Holds Seventh Annual Meeting
The Bluefield Business Men's Association met at the West Virginian hotel with 116 attendees, electing four new directors and presenting retiring president J. Hudson Huffard a $35 suit. Directors include E. R. Davis, W. H. Harry, Huffard, and Roy D. Phillips. holdovers include A. J. Cole and G. H. Lawhead.
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Bluefield Business Men’s Association
West Virginian Hotel
J. Hudson Huffard
Huffard
E. R. Davis
A. W. Cox Department Store
W. H. Harry
W. H Harry and Company
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Roy D. Phillips
Bluefield Shoe Company
A. J. Cole
Cole’s Greenhouses, Inc
W. R. Keesee
W. R. Keesee and Company
G. H. Lawhead
Flat Top National Bank
P. T. Saunders
P. T. Saunders Grocery
T. Mac Taylor
Steckler’s Men's Shop
Moffet McCue
D. T. Lowman
Roy Browder
George Richardson, Jr
Clark V. Foland
Laurence E. Tierney Jr
Richardson
Foland
Christie
Bluefield Telephone Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Jack Starling
Eugene Jones
Men's Glee Club
Bluefield State Teachers College
Helen Huffard
Janet Bailey
Bluefield Floral Company
Fallon Florist
Gloria Vanderbilt Confirmed as Catholic at 11
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, the 11 year old heiress at the center of a custody dispute, was confirmed as a Roman Catholic. She wore a white dress and veil with a green wreath and took the name Regina after receiving first communion yesterday at a Franciscan convent on Long Island. She said her late father Reginald Vanderbilt would have approved.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Gloria
Flowerhill
Long Island
Regina
Reginald Vanderbilt
Post Office in Montgomery Va Receives Additional Funds
Public Works Administrator Ickes announced an extra allotment of 10 800 dollars for Montgomery West Virginia post office construction due to increased costs. The move expands funding for the project and reflects rising building expenses.
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P. D
Washington
May
Mediators Try 70 Break Deadlock in Auto Talks
In Detroit on May 9 federal mediators sought to end the strike at the Toledo Chevrolet Motor plant and General Motors. The AFL in Toledo demands a signed contract as 33,000 workers remain idle across plants after April 23. A referendum rejected the company plan 2 to 1.
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Detroit
Toledo
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
American Federation of Labor Union
Francis J. Dillon
A. F. of L
William §. Knudsen
General Motor
Edward P. McGrady
Assretant
Thomas S. Williams
Knudsen
McGrady
House Approves Banking Measure and Sends to Senate
The House approved a sweeping banking bill 271 to 110, expanding Federal Reserve powers and extending deposit insurance, with President Roosevelt backing. Debate over unification of the banking system and a government owned central bank was avoided in the final vote. Senate hearings are expected as Senator Glass opens review and Eccles testifies.
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Washington
House
Senate
Marriner E. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve
Glass
Virginia
Eccles
Reserve Board
Ecu Te Raulres
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance
Leo T. Crowley
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hancock
North Carolina
Balloon Man Deflates as Pneumonia Develops
In Anniston Alabama May 9 1930 doctors report slow deflation of ballooned tissues on J B Ragsdales left side due to a lung injury with air leaking from the lung Pneumonia developed last night and the physician says he should recover though the condition is serious Emphysema is not uncommon but this case is rare because the entire left side of the trunk is involved
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Anniston
Ala
J. B. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Statue Unveiling Honors John Brown Kin at Osawatomie
Descendants of abolitionist John Brown joined more than 5 000 attendees in Osawatomie Kansas for the unveiling and dedication of his statue in John Brown Memorial Park The sculpture by George Fite Waters was funded by the Kansas Women’s Relief Corps The program included remarks by Governor Alf M Landon and recalled Brown’s controversial actions and enduring legacy.
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Oswatomie
Kas
John Brown
Kansas
Osawatomie
Women’s Relief
Lake Placid
N. Y
Charles Town
Harper's Ferry
Hopkins appeals for aid program support and delays
Washington May 9 Hopkins urged united action to tackle the work relief and social security program describing it as civilization’s direct problem. He cited delays in listing relief-eligible populations and pay rates for 320 project areas while Ickes and Walker reported incomplete figures and missing application forms.
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Washington
United
Harry L. Hokins
United States Chamber of Commerce
Hopkins
Work Relief “Progress Division
Washington Evening Star Radio Forum
Hopkins’ Department
Ickes
White House
PWA
Frank C. Walker
Mass 46-plane Navy flight roars toward Midway island
Honolulu reports the 46 aircraft mass flight from Pearl Harbor to Midway Island, sighting heavy rain and 24 mile per hour winds at Midway. Navy Meteoro logist J F Voorhees notes possible storminess en route and possible stops at French Frigate Shoals or Pearl and Hermes Reef. The operation aims to set a way station for transpacific air service.
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Honolulu
mid-Pacific
Midway Island
J. F. Voorhees
Voorhees
French Frigate Shoals
Here
Pearl and Hermes Reef
Midway
Alaska
Hawaii
United States
Navy
Coral
Little Island
Pearl Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Five Men Will Die In Electric Chair Ere Break Of Day
Washington reports drastic NRA revisions to conform with anticipated limits on the blue eagle program. Richberg outlined which industries would be coded and how fair trade practices might be referred to authorities, with debate over the extension length of NRA and possible delays.
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Federal Trade Commission
Washington
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
Richberg
Robinson
Senate Democrats
The
Trade Commission
Coal output in Pocahontas district continues decline
Pocahontas district coal production dipped again last week to 327 875 tons, down 2 781 from the prior week. Year to date output reached 7 252 278 tons, about 500 000 tons short of the previous year while the weekly figure lags the 1934 level by roughly 136 000 tons.
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Pocahontas
Hunger marchers march on Springfield demand relief
About 500 hunger marchers entered Springfield to demand relief for 1.2 million jobless. Police forced evacuation from a Capitol area camp, then the crowd set up at Reservoir Park and pledged to continue protests against relief station closures as leaders ordered a counter march home. Edward Morgan of Staunton featured in coverage.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Springfield Park
State House
Reservoir Park
Edward Morgan
Staunton
West Virginia opens first state liquor stores in Charleston
Charleston marked the end of Prohibition in the state as the first two liquor stores opened at 10 a.m. Crowds queued for hours and sales totaled 1 760 dollars by lunchtime with estimates rising as night hours continued. First buyers included Eleanor Simpson and Wade Smith as 300 brands were offered from 60 cents a pint to 5 90 a quart.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
William Hughes
Liquor Control Commission
Eleanor Simpson
Glendale
House of Delegates
Wade Smith
D. Homer Stephenson
Skeleton murder remains mystery in Kentucky woods
Ashland, May 9. Boyd Thomson 45 and son Alex 16 denied their deaths after skeletons found in Greenup county were not theirs. Silas Stegall was indicted for the killings, but the Thompsons appeared alive and the case neared closure with probable absolution for Stegall.
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Ashland
Boyd Thomson
Alex
Greenup and
Boyd Counties
Greenup County
Big Woods
Thompsons
Mingo County
West Virginia
Corps Delicti
Greenup
Silas Stegall
Commonwealth
Lovel H. Lilies
Stegall
Roanoke Mistrial Motions Denied in Rum-Runner Case
In Roanoke Virginia Judge John Paul denied motions for mistrial for T Roosevelt Smith and another defendant in a Franklin county liquor conspiracy case. The court deemed a defense cited remark prejudicial. The indictment notes nearly half a million gallons of whiskey transported since September 1928.
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Roanoke
T. Roosevelt Smith
Franklin County
John Paul
United States Court For
Western District
Jack Bess
Illinois Prepares For First Triple Execution In History
Huntsville, Texas May 9 Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer faced the electric chair after a sequence of crimes from petty larceny to murder. Hamilton, a former Barrow gang member, is joined by Palmer in awaiting execution following appeals denial. The two, defiant until the end, sought faith as they faced death, ordering a last supper of fried fish and other items before the outcome.
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Huntsville
Tex
Raymond Hamilton
Leutenat
Clyde Barrow
Moll
Bonnie Parker
Major Crowson
Barrow
Young Hamilton
Eastham
Palmer
Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Crowson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
James V. Allred
Allred
Lee Simmons
Joliet to Put Three Men to Death in Chair
Joliet Illinois May 9 three inmates John Hauff Fred Gerner and Arthur Theilen prepared for execution in the prison electric chair in a triple case tied to a January bank robbery in Leonore Ill. The men facing death at 1 a m emphasized they felt no fear while awaiting the sentence as officials set the order Theilen Hauff Gerner with Hauff later baptized in his cell as his wife and infant son watched
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Joliet
Til
John Hauff
Chicago
Fred Gerner
Arthur Thielen
Rockford
Lil
Thielen
Hauff
Gerner
Leonore, Ill
Byrd Polar Ships Dock at Quantico
At Quantico Virginia on May 9 Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd and his Antarctic expedition crew arrived aboard the Jacob Ruppert. The Bear of Oakland docked alongside as Byrd prepared a speech for welcomes from President Roosevelt and others in Washington tomorrow.
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Jacob Ruppert
Dick Byrd
Bear of
Oakland
Quantico
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Antarcetic Adventurers
United States Marine Base
Ruppert
Byrd
Roosevelt
Washington
Potomac
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