Draft board head May direct industry in broad powers plan
President Roosevelt selected Hugh S. Johnson to administer the proposed industrial regulation bill granting vast powers to approve industry agreements, regulate hours and wages, and enforce a rigid licensing system. Johnson, a former brigadier general and wartime draft organizer, would lead the new administration if the bill becomes law.
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Associated Press
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Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnnson
Congress
Bernard Baruch
New York
Johnson
Old War Industries Board
First Draft Board
Kansas
Oklahoma Northwestern Normal School
Army
West Point
Moline’ Plow Company
Moline Implement Company
General Staff
Leviathan Liner Sinks Near Junk Heap at Hoboken Dock
The former Vaterland Leviathan, once flagship of the U S Shipping Board, settles into the Hoboken mud near junk at Ho boken dock after failing to attract buyers. Once a wartime troop ship, she cost 8 200 000 to recondition and faced retirement as losses mounted.
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New York
Shipping Board
Germany
United States
Washington
Atlantic
United States Line
Hudson
Hoboken
Floodwaters Sweep Over Vast Section
Floods swamp a wide Mississippi river basin area forcing residents to higher ground. St. Francis river breaks dike flooding Nimmone Arkansas and 3 000 acres, while Mt. Carmel Illinois floods strand residents in boats. Guard patrols guard levees as disaster stretches across Illinois Mississippi and Arkansas.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Illinois
Wabash
St. Francis
Black Rivers
Nimmone
Ark
Missouri National Guardsmen
Mt. Carmel
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Venice
Arms Delegates Return to Geneva during disarmament talks
Delegates from leading nations hasten back to Geneva amid Roosevelt and Hitler pronouncements as optimism grows for resuming talks to break the deadlock. German delegate Nadolny joins from Berlin with potential light on Berlin policy while Davie clarifies Washington's stance on security guarantees and anti-war measures.
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Roosevelt
Hitler
Germany
Washington
Rudolf Nadolny
Berlin
Norman H. Davie
Davie
League
America
Gary Steel Mills Roar as Jobs Return in Gary Indiana
Gary Indiana May 18 The blast furnaces at Gary steel mills resume work and 3000 plus workers return as orders for 75000 tons of steel flow to Gary plants. Officials note a first uptick since the Depression and list rising production, hiring, and related activity across Illinois Steel Inland Steel and area railroads.
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Gary Works
Gary
Ind
Steel
Midwest
Illinois Steel Company
Inland Steel Company
Elgin, Joliet and Hastern Railroad
California
San Francisco
Deal Advocates Sealed Packages Sale Of Rum In Virginia
Richmond May 18 Joseph T Deal Norfolk candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination urged selling hard liquors only in sealed packages and for consumption off premises He said this would remove two saloon evils political influence and the treating habit He added taxes should deter bootlegging while providing revenue for local government to ease real estate taxes
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Richmond
Joseph T. Deal
Norfolk
Legislator Granted Leave to Garden in West Virginia
Charleston May 18. The house granted a leave of absence to Delegate Hickel Democrat Pleasant to tend his garden. He said weeds were springing up at home and the leave was approved unanimously.
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Charleston
W. Va
Weeda
Hickel
Pleasants
Capital watches Geneva activities amid arms and economic talks
Washington reports a renewed sense of optimism at Geneva and London conferences as Germany Italy and France respond to President Roosevelt’s disarmament appeal. Hindenburg praises the path to crisis elimination while Mussolini signals Italy will cooperate with the US and others to realize the president’s plan swiftly.
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Geneva
London
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Hitler
Germany
Italy
Paul von Hindenburg
France
Hindenburg
Reich
Reichstag
Emanuel
Phillips
State Department
Augusto Rosso
Mussolini
United States
Wheat groups urge prompt farm program to ease agriculture plight
Urgent pleas to President Roosevelt and officials demanded immediate use of a domestic allotment plan for next year. Wheat producers seek July 15 stipend payments and August 1 processing tax application, with 70 percent of benefits in summer and the rest by year end.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
George N. Peek
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Peek
C. E. Huff
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Chicago
Wheat Men
Ohio Coal Miners Idle As Wage Talks Fail
Thousands of bituminous miners in Ohio were idle as daylong operations paused across the state except in the far east while wage-scale talks stalled. A temporary agreement expired with operators seeking a 38 cent and 3.28 dollar daily rate. miners argued current conditions justified extending the scale.
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Columbus
Ohio
White
Beer Boosts Federal Revenue in April
Washington reports that legal beer added 9.14 million dollars to federal revenue in April as most other taxes fell. Beer tax brought 8.27 million, plus 0.87 million from license fees and 0.82 million from 3.2 wine tax.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Dwyer Near Death From Self Inflicted Wound
Pittsburgh report says State Representative Charles T. Dwyer aged 62 is gravely ill in a hospital after a head wound described by his son as self inflicted. The son cites ongoing grief over the February death of a daughter Catherine as a factor in the crisis.
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Pittsburgh
Charles T. Dwyer
Charles T. Dwyer, Jr
Catherine
Roosevelt Signs Tennessee Valley Development Bill In.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Tennessee Valley development measure as Muscle Shoals linked bill. Budget Director Douglas presents four revenue plans for a public works program while House committees discuss Wheat and Cotton Farm relief provisions. Impeachment trial in California federal judge Harold Louderback moves toward exoneration. Senator Vandenberg offers amendment to Glass Bank reform to insure deposits up to 2500 for one year backed by treasury funds.
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House
Harold Louderback
California
Vendenberg
Michigan
Treasury
House Approves Plan to Obtain Delinquent Land
Conferees from West Virginia’s senate and house work past midnight over a contentious county school unit bill. They agree to retract contract rules and limit board seats from magisterial districts, with changes aimed at substituting county boards for existing district boards and setting an effective July 1 date. Senator Hodges resigns from committee.
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Hodges
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Milk strike turmoil as guards quell Wisconsin centers
Mil waukee and Appleton saw clashes between 1000 milk strikers and national guards men with tear gas and clubs. A 53 year old farmer William Dickmann died after being run over by a milk truck near Port Washington as strikers attempt to halt deliveries across a 200 mile front along Lake Michigan. Guardsmen held over 50 farmers prisoner while Shawano hosts a prison shop and 300 strike sympathizers are fed bread and milk. Authorities, led by Adjutant General Immell, warned of wholesale prosecutions as federal probes into threats against Beloit Daily News continue.
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William Dickmann
Milwaukee
Albert Bradley
Dickmann
Lake Michigan
Appleton
Shawano
County Highway Department
Wisconsin
Ralph M. Immell
A. G. Schmedeman
Beloit Daily News
Bill Allows City to Tax Utilities in West Virginia
Charleston reports a bill to let municipalities tax utility companies, authorizing a levy up to 12.5 percent of gross income within a city. The measure, sponsored by Delegate Harper, moves to the state senate with expectations a five percent rate may be sought in that chamber.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Harper
Randolph
Vauclain Observes 77th Birthday With Optimistic Declaration
Philadelphia Samuel M. Vauclain of the Baldwin Locomotive Works marked his 77th birthday today and declared that the swing upward has begun, signaling positive outlook for the industry.
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Philadelphia
Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
West Virginia plan to expand reforestation program approved
The West Virginia House unanimously approved Governor Kump’s bill to create a conservation department and a five member commission to borrow funds and acquire land for more Civilian Conservation Corps units. The measure would absorb the game fish and forest duties, boost federal forestry funds, and employ about 8,000 men. it now moves to the Senate for early approval.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
House
Kump
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Game, Fish and Forest Commission
Senate
Former Senator McCumber Dies at 75 in Washington
Former North Dakota Senator Porter J. McCumber died after a stroke at his desk. A 1899 to 1928 senator, he coauthored the Fordney McCumber tariff law and the Pure Food Act. He served in law practice in Washington and was an international boundary waters commissioner. Survived by widow Jennie, daughter Mrs Harrison Brand Jr, son Donald McCumber, and sister Mrs Sabina Salley. Funeral Saturday with burial in Washington.
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Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
McCumber
Senate
North
International Joint Commission
United States
Canada
Jennie M. McCumber
Harrison Brand Jr
Donald McCumber
Sabina Salley
Arlington
South Dakota
Coal Production Rises in Pocahontas District
The Pocahontas-Tug River district reports higher weekly coal output for the week ending May 14, totaling 309,570 net tons. The gain is 75,693 tons from May 6 and about 100,000 tons above the same week in 1932, with year to date production at 5,665,201 tons, roughly 32,000 tons below last year’s pace.
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Pocahontas-Tug River
Legislature Passes Rump Bill Creating Conservation Department
The House approved a measure establishing a state conservation department and another allowing cities to levy excise taxes on utilities within their borders. It passed a resolution for potential redistricting if an extra session is called by the governor and gave final approval to a borrowing measure for counties from a Reconstruction era corporation to liquidate indebtedness. The body billed an administration proposal to charge uniform tuition of 100 dollars annually at state colleges, rejected a bid for honorary degrees for three West Virginia heads of national organizations, accepted the resignation of Senator Hodges, a Democrat from Monongalia, and finalized a measure requiring drug stores to obtain licenses from the board of pharmacy and pay five dollars per year.
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Conservation Department
Reconstruction Corporation
West Virginia
Senator Hodges
Monongalia
Coe
Board of Pharmacy
Muscle Shoals Bill 15 Signed
President Roosevelt signed the Muscle Shoals bill into law amid praise from Congress but warnings against land speculators. An active Justice Department inquiry into alleged misuse of the plant by utilities accompanies the announcement as plans for regional development move forward.
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Roosevelt
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River Valley
Department of Justice
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Shoals
Justice Department
Ickes
Interior
the Shoals
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Tennessee Electric Power Company
Birmingham
Thomas W. Maron
Alabama Company
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Huston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Cove Creek
Clinch River
Tennessee
Budget Director Reveals Revenue Plans for Public Works Bill
Washington May 18 The budget director Douglas testifies to the House Ways and Means Committee on funding a 3.3 billion bond program for a vast public works plan. He proposes four tax schedules and warns repeal of prohibition would end the need for new taxes, citing 220 million dollars annual revenue unless repeal occurs. He notes liquor taxes could raise 250 million after repeal.
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Washington
Congress
Lewis W. Douglas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Douglas
Woodin
Treasury
Donald R. Richberg
Wagner Democrat
New York
Doughton
North Carolina
Crude bomb found near Pittsburgh political leader's home
A crude bomb made of five sticks of dynamite was found beside the home of William Bishop a district political leader in the eleventh ward. Police investigate whether this incident follows last week's bombing of Charles Martin Republican chairman tenth ward. Bishop’s son William Jr discovered the device near the home as he approached.
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Pittsburgh
William Bishop
Eleventh Ward
Charles Martin
Tenth Ward
Bishop
William Jr
Tax Delinquency In Virginia Increases
Richmond Va May 18 A Governor Pollard inquiry prompted State Tax Commissioner C H Morrissett to report rising delinquency in county real estate and tangible personal property taxes since 1924 The rate grew from 4 65 percent in 1924 to 17 64 percent in 1932 in counties City records show delinquency rising from 10 69 percent in 1931 to 11 70 percent in 1932 The figures cover treasurers records with prior estimates including intangible property before 1926
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Richmond
Pollard
C. H. Morrissett
German French Chiefs May Meet to Seek Disarmament Settlement
Paris reports show friends of Premier Edouard Daladier urging direct talks with Chancellor Adolf Hitler as a path to resolving disarmament disputes. Officials note such a face to face could clarify mutual views and ease tensions between Paris and Berlin amid European peace concerns.
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Edouard Daladier
France
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
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Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
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