Roosevelt Pushes Two Year Extension of NRA
President Roosevelt urged a two year extension of the National Industrial Recovery Act, reserving full comment until the Senate acts. He warned a shorter extension would not allow needed revisions to clarify uncertain points. House Democrats already favor two years, while Senate leaders fear delay if the plan is altered.
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House
Washington
Senate Democrats
Roosevelt
Senate
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
King
Utah
Richberg
Dr John F Sly Named Acting Dean at West Virginia U
Morgantown May 10 Dr John F Sly professor of political science and director of the bureau of government research was authorized by the university board of governors as acting dean. His duties include amending the budget reorganizing administration eliminating courses classifying staff strengthening state life and revising student conduct regulations. No president selection was discussed.
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Morgantown
W. Va
John F. Sly
Bureau of Government Research
West Virginia University
University Board of Governors
Testimony Ends in Franklin Gage Murder Trial
Cincinnati May 10 The murder trial of Marvin J. Franklin 35 ends as two state alienists join a third in saying he is sane now and was sane at the time he shot James Walker 38. Franklin pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for the March 10 killing. Judge Morrow will reconvene to hear more on sanity. if insane, the case will be void and he may be committed to an asylum.
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Cincinnati
Marvin J. Franklin
Franklin
James Walker
Walker
West Virginia
Thomas H. Morrow
Manklin
Welch
W. Va
Virginia's Page Confirmed for Tariff Commission Term
Washington May 10 reports Thomas W. Page of Virginia was confirmed by the senate for a six year term on the tariff commission ending June 16, 1941.
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Washington
Senate Today
Thomas W. Page
Virginia
Tariff Commission
Two Convicts and Guard Killed in Texas Prison Break
Huntsville Texas May 10 two convicts and a guard were slain and several wounded in a prison farm break within hours of the electrocution of Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer for killing a guard during an escape. Peddy and Welch died in the exchange while Parker and Stevens were wounded. Hamilton and Palmer had been executed earlier for killing Major Crowson during a Clyde Barrow escape.
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Huntsville
Tex
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Vergil Welch
Jack Peddy
Barber
Eastham
Peddy
Tom Stevens
Homer Parker
Turnkey
Eastham Farm
Hamilton
Palmer
Ernest Young
Retrieve Farm
Ourbureta
Osborne
Desperado
Major Crowson
Clyde Barrow
Governor Eccles and Long Clash on Banking Bill Floor
Washington May 10. Governor Eccles of the federal reserve board urges approval of the omnibus banking bill stating there is no urgent demand for new currency and it cannot be kept in circulation if issued. He argues the measure would not trigger inflation and warns of psychological effects from new money amid the Patman bill debate. Senator Long accuses Roosevelt of war record misstatements as Tydings warns Long may face more than a verbal reply. Telegraphed pressure to sign and potential veto loom as White House handles thousands of messages from veterans groups.
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Federal Reserve Board
The
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Glass
Virginia
McAdoo
California
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
House
Patman
Senator Long
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Tydings
Maryland
Long
Navy
Congress
White House
West Virginia House Urges Clean Up of State Relief
West Virginia delegates demand a complete clean up of relief administration and seek removal of state relief administrator William N Beehler. J Buhl Shahan arrives to present 423 pages of testimony to federal relief officials in the morning.
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Washington
West Virginia
House of Delegates
J. Buhl Shahan
Elkine
House
Ranso H County
FERA
William N. Beehler
Shahan
Warrant Issued for Arrest of M. J. Insull
A United States warrant is issued for Martin J. Insull former Chicago utilities magnate now in Orillia Ontario. The charge ties to the Insull utilities collapse and alleged transfer of 2.33 million dollars of Corporation Securities property to defraud creditors and dodge the bankruptcy act. Extradition decision may take about a week.
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Torono
United States
Martin J. Insull
Chicago
Insull
Insull Utilities Corporation
Illinois
Orillia
Ont
McRuer
Justice J. A. Hope
F. A. Bohne
Corporation Securities Company of Chicago
Glerk 16 Held On Poisoning Charge In New York
Frederick Gross a 49 year old bookkeeper is under arrest on homicide charges after poison traces were found in the vital organs of two of five family members who died in six weeks. His wife Katherine and two children died after cocoa appeared involved. others in hospital with similar symptoms.
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New York
Frederick Gross
Brooklyn
Katherine
Frank
Olga Bein
Frederick Jr
Leo
Barbara
Gross
Germany
William F. X. Geoghan
Geoghan
Veil of Secrecy Enshrouds Mass Navy Flight
Honolulu reports unprecedented naval maneuvers as 46 sea planes depart in a mass formation bound for Midway Island. Censorship and radio silence shield progress, with officials noting some planes may join other fleet operations. No families know the planes' whereabouts.
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Honolulu
Midway Isle
Midway Island
Navy
Washington
Here
Joseph M. Reeves
Little Island
French Frigate Shoals
Pearl and
Hermes Reef
Midway
Naval Command
San Francisco
T. J. Senn
Twelfth Naval District
Police and jobless clash at St Johns in jubilee eve
In St Johns Newfoundland May 10 police and more than 900 unemployed men clashed as authorities tried to clear the Colonial building grounds. A press correspondent an unemployed spokesman and several police were injured. Guards were posted around government liquor stores and Water Street shops to prevent looting during jubilee celebrations.
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St. John's
N. F
Richard Squires
Water Street
Suspect in Skeleton Murder Is Released
Two itinerant basketweavers Boyd Thompson and his son Alex Thompson were in Greenup circuit court and had indictments charging Silas Stegall dismissed. Skeletons found by fox hunters near Greenup were identified as the Thompsons. Stegall, who traveled with them, had been charged with murder. Authorities said efforts will continue to identify the remains of a man and boy.
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Greenup
Silas Stegall
One Fork
W. Va
Murer
Boyd Thompson
Alex
Mingo County
West Virginia
Thompson
Stegall
U S Seeks Injunction in New River Dam Case
Lynchburg Virginia May 10. The government asks a temporary injunction to halt a 10 million dollar hydro electric project on the New River in Pulaski County until a hearing on Appalachian Electric Power Company license rights. District Attorney Joseph Chitwood says the action may not be heard until the next term starting June 3 due to a 20 day maturation.
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Lynchburg
New River
Pulaski County
Joseph Chitwood
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Federal Power Commission
Chitwood
Deep Sea Diver Plans Return to Recover Sunken Treasure
Norfolk diver Klass Everts will attempt within a month to recover treasure believed housed in a shipwreck off the Virginia coast from 1911. He previously descended 200 feet to the Merida wreck, suffered the bends, but recovered and now presses the endeavor despite the danger. The Merida sank after a sea collision 70 miles off Cape Henry and 46 miles from Chincoteague island.
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Norfolk
Klass Everts
Virginia
Everts
Merida
Cape Henry
Chincoteague Island
Barons Denies Clemency as Liquor Case Unfolds in Roanoke
Roanoke May 10 58-year-old John W. Rosser Lynchburg liquor baron denied expecting clemency after his five year sentence and $8000 fine. He testified about telegrams ordering loads of whiskey and sugar shipments to Franklin county while naming alleged conspirators and a Turner connection. The government’s 100th witness Leo Mays testified as the trial entered its third week.
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Roanoke
Atlanta
John W. Rosser
Lynchburg
United States Court For
Western District
Franklin County
Rosser
Ikeh Levine
T. Roosevelt Smith
Commonwealth
Roeser
John
Walter
Leo Co. Mays
Gummy” Coleman
Senator Cutting Buried in Brooklyn
The body of Senator Bronson M. Cutting of New Mexico, killed in an airplane crash last Monday, was buried at Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn. Funeral services at St James Episcopal Church on Madison Avenue were attended by Mrs James Roosevelt Mayor LaGuardia and many national figures.
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New York
Bronson M. Cutting
New Mexico
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
St. James’ Protestant Episcopal Church
Madison Avenue
71St Street
James Roosevelt
F. H. LaGuardia
Cutting
Cutting’s Colleagues In Congreee
Statesman
West
Duke of Manchester Sentenced to Nine Months in Jail
The Duke of Manchester, 59, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of obtaining 3250 dollars by false pretenses by pawning jewels of his late American-born mother. He was imprisoned and lamented his status saying he is not sure he is glad to be born a duke.
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London
Manchester
Old Bailey
Rum Commissioners Plan Inspection Tour
The West Virginia liquor control commission will begin a tour of inspection to visit selected and proposed state store sites. Chair man D Homer Stephenson A Spates Brady and John Wilson will travel to Weston Fairmont Clarksburg Glenville Morgantown to assess locations and note available sites. They expect to return to Charleston by tomorrow night.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Liquor Control Commission
D. Homer Stephenson
A. Spates Brady
John Wilson
Weston
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Glenville
Morgantown
Walworth Company Seeks Reorganization Under 77B
Walworth Company of Boston, a valve tool and fittings maker with 4200 employees and plants in Illinois and Pennsylvania, filed in federal district court to reorganize under section 77B of the bankruptcy act. Assets and liabilities state $22,080,610 on the December 31, 1934 balance sheet.
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Boston
Walworth Company
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Federal District Court
Death of Former Governor’s Son in Dying Letter
Albert B. White Jr., 45, son of a former West Virginia governor, and a disabled US Army emergency officer, leaped from a Statler hotel window in St Louis. He had been treated for mental and nervous disorder at Deaconess hospital and left a letter accusing President Roosevelt and Baruch of persecuting veterans.
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St. Louis
Albert B. White Jr
West Virginia
White
United States Army
Roosevelt
Rard Baruch
Deaconess Hospital
Elvina
Parkersburg
W. Va
Watson
R. Watson
Columbus
Parkersburg Man Albert White Jr Dies by Suicide
Albert Blakeslee White Jr., 46, a World War II veteran and youngest son of former Governor A. B. White, leaped to his death from a St. Louis hotel room. Relatives declined to comment on his notes in which he named President Roosevelt as his murderer. White, in poor health since the war, had retired nine years earlier due to illness. He is survived by his parents, a brother Ward White of Philadelphia, sisters Grace of Parkersburg and Mrs Hiteshew, and a daughter Marianne of Oil City. His wife Judith Harvey White, divorced three years earlier, has since remarried. Funeral arrangements had not been made.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Albert Blakeslee White Jr
St. Louis
A. B. White
Roosevelt
White
H. O. Hitcshew
Ward White
Philadelphia
Grace
Hiteshew
Marianne
Oil City
Young nobleman faces balm suit in England
London May 10. Angela Joyce Miss England 1930 sues Lord Revelstoke, wealthy heir of Baring Brothers, alleging intimate letters from Cambridge era. Revelstoke now married denies promise to wed. Attorneys claim repeated marriage proposals and hotel expenses cited. no explicit sum mentioned.
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London
Angela Joyce
Lord Revelstoke
Cambridge
Revelstoke
Miss Engand
Miss Joyce
Ivy Dawkins
Hollywood
End Ee Revelstoke
Baring Brothers
Neville Laski
Admiral Byrd Leads Bold Polar Expedition Home Welcome
Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and his 100 crewmen returned to Washington amid cannon salutes and celebrations at the Navy Yard. President Roosevelt praised the expedition as a major advance for science and civilization, while Byrd credited the welcome with rewarding the team’s long journey. Governor Peery of Virginia joined in congratulating the explorers during the mirrored ceremonies and reunions with families.
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Richard BE. Byrd
Washington
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Roosevelt
Oakland
Cabinet
Senate
House
Navy Yard
Byrd
Peery
Virginia
Little America
Farmers Move On Nation's Capital To Lobby Act
A vanguard of dirt farmers from Iowa and Texas heads toward Washington to press preservation and strengthening of the agricultural adjustment act. Four northwest Iowa Corn Hog Control members lead the trek, with plans for a 250 member Texas delegation and a larger Midwest Southwest turnout. They expect 500 or more to join, with addresses by Secretary Wallace and Farm Administrator Chester C. Davis.
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Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
Corn-Hog Control Association
Texas
Control Association
C. H. Day
Planview
Tex
Texas Cotton Advisory Council
Capitol
Midwest
Southwest
Wallace
Chester C. Davis
Smith Wins Balm Suit Against Cannon in Charlotte
Brandon Smith Jr., 29, Charlotte real estate man, won $125000 in an alienation of affections suit against his former father in law Joseph F Cannon, Concord businessman. Jury split verdict assigns $75000 for loss of affection and $50000 punitive damages. defense seeks to set aside verdict as against weight of evidence. Judge Harding calls for restraint and delays ruling until Saturday morning.
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Charlotte, N
I. Brandon Smith Jr
Charlotte
Joseph F. Cannon
Concord
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Cannon
Jake N. Newell
W. F. Harding
Schools May Be Forced to Give Up Part of Fund
Richmond Va May 10 Virginia's public schools likely will lose about 328000 of their 1935 36 appropriation to limit the state deficit. Officials said the budget law requires governor certification that such expenditure does not increase the general fund deficit, and current estimates put the year end shortfall over 1 million dollars.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Roosevelt expects early road allotments from $4B works program
President Roosevelt said tentative allotments for street and highway construction and grade crossing elimination would likely be made next week. The advisory allotment board, led by Secretary Ickes, plans to earmark funds from the $400,000,000 already set aside for highways and grade crossing work as it gathers data on relief distribution.
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Roosevelt
Richard B. Byrd
Ickes
Work Relief Act
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Departments
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