Tax Bureau Checks Morgan Records In Senate Inquiry
The Internal Revenue Service is examining Morgan and company testimony and the firm’s income tax returns, focusing on the Morgan partnership agreement. Pecora plans to resume the inquiry Wednesday with Roosevelt’s White House backing Pecora and the committee’s methods.
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Associated Press
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Company
Ferdinand Pecora
New York
Pecora
White House
Roosevelt
Morgan
Fletcher
Thugs Stage Series Of Bank Robberies
A theft spree across Rensselaer Paris and Culver nets about $20000, with $16000 recovered. The Rensselaer bank robbery leaves Detective Stevens dead and Detective Rabe wounded as gunfire erupts. In Paris two robbers take cash with a city marshal wounded, while Culver bandits escape with most of the loot after a gun battle. five suspects captured.
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Associated Press
Rensselaer
N. Y
Paris
Ark
Culver
Ind
Rensselaer County
Charles A. Stevens
Frederick Rabe
Rabe
Charles
Pretty Boy" Floyd
Oklahoma
First National Bank
Dolph Guthrie
Andy Connaughton
Mer
State Exchange Bank
Maelstrom of Kidnapping Sparks Kansas City Search
Miss Mary McElroy expressed no malice toward her abductors who demanded 30 000 dollars for her release. Kansas City and surrounding counties launch a coordinated manhunt with federal state and city authorities. Prosecutor T A J Mastin vows to seek the death penalty if the kidnappers are captured and tried. Her father H F McElroy the city manager, says the money was paid but justice remains. Police intensify search of a house in Wyandotte and Johnson counties where the victim was kept chained for a day awaiting ransom talks.
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Kansas City
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
T. A. J. Mastin
Mastin
Kansas Road
Kaw River Bluffs
Wyandotte
Johnson
Kansas
McElroy
Couzens Asked to Join Roosevelt London Delegation
Washington May 29 President Roosevelt reportedly asked James Couzens Michigan to be ready to sail within 48 hours for the London economic conference. Senators Johnson California and Lafollette Wisconsin were invited but declined and Couzens would not discuss his decision. Officials frowned at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee action on the arms embargo resolution altering the war materials hold.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Couzens
Michigan
America
London
Johnson
California
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Couzens
White House
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Youngstown District Hails Half Capacity Steel Output
Steel production in the Youngstown district is set to reach 50 percent capacity by mid week as plants plan to resume more furnaces. Youngstown Sheet and Tube repairs two open hearths, Carnegie Steel prepares 12 of 20 tin plate mills, New Castle works to restart 12 mills, Republic Steel runs 19 mills, boosting total tin plate capacity well above three year levels. A blast furnace at Campbell plant awaits relighting.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Farre
New Castle
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren
Gandhi Ends Hunger Strike After 21 Days In Poona
Mahatma Gandhi concludes his three week fast in protest against untouchability in Poona India. He receives oranges and thanks doctors and friends for care. He expresses renewed faith, noting untouchables were present and asking for strength for future duties.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Mam
Gandhi
Long term funding eyed to cover WV deficit
Charleston officials announce plan to fund an estimated eight million dollar deficit over several years instead of four, with about two million annually from the indirect revenue bill. The largest item is expected to be aid for schools as state colleges and West Virginia University face reductions. Governor Kump forecasts cuts across departments and possible tuition changes, while elementary schools are prioritized.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Budget Commission
Board of Public Works
West Virginia University
State Board of Education
House of Delegates
Board of Education
House
James Martin
W. W. Martin
Smith
Wirt
Hiner
Senate
Mathews
White
Mingo
War time aviator and student pilot die in crash
White Plains N Y May 29 Capt Frank Lonnie Hay 30 a transport pilot war time aviator and movie stunt man and John Smiley 21 a student pilot were killed today when their plane crashed in a wooded section of Westchester county Smiley had only recently bought the ship and he and Hay were returning to Floyd Bennett field New York from Elmira N Y The cause of the crash was not immediately determined
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White Plains
N. Y
Frank “Lonnie” Hay
John Smiley
Westchester County
Smiley
Hay
Floyd Bennet Field
New York
Elmira
High Salaries Paid Officers Challenged
Washington reports growing push to limit executive pay in corporations receiving federal aid. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation orders reductions for big borrowers, while the Senate adopts a Costigan resolution to audit salaries of officers and directors of large interstate companies. The Supreme Court upholds a 1912 surplus payment to tobacco executives but calls for review.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
Costigan
Colorado
Supreme Court
American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court faults Massachusetts judge in narcotics case
The Supreme Court in a May decision criticizes Federal Judge James A. Lowell of Massachusetts for comments during Angelo Quercia’s Harrison Narcotics Act trial. Chief Justice Hughes warns judges must avoid acting as witnesses and uphold fair jury consideration. The ruling reverses a lower court and the Judiciary Committee now probes Lowell’s release of George Crawford, a Virginia murder suspect, citing jury bias concerns.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hughes
James A. Lowell
Massachusetts
Angelo Quercia
Somerville
Mass
Lowell
Foreman
Judicial Office
First Circuit Court of Appeals
High Court
House Judiciary Committee
George Crawford
Virginia
Crawford
Labor Trouble Closes Three Textile Mills in South
Three South Carolina textile mills shut down due to labor unrest. Columbia mills, part of Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Mills of Baltimore, settled with a ten percent wage hike. Lonsdale mill in Seneca and Belton mill saw strikes. Belton workers walked out 500 strong seeking 15 percent raise and end of the stretchout system.
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Charlotte
N. C
South Carolina
Columbia Mills
Columbia
Lonsdale
Seneca
Belton
Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Mille, Incorporated
Baltimore
Wage Increase Authorized by Appalachian Coals Group
Harlan Kentucky May 29 workers in 42 mines will receive a 10 to 15 percent wage raise after a vote by the Harlan County Coal Operators association following a recommendation from Appalachian Coals Inc. Present daily wages range from 2.10 to 3.80 dollars depending on job type.
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Harlan, Ky
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
House approves gold bill sending to Senate in speedy vote
The House voted 283 to 57 to require payment of government and private debts in legal tender, aiming to end gold payments for contracts. The measure, opposed as repudiation by Republicans, heads to the Senate with expectations of swift action amid diverse amendments and party lines.
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HOUSE
Senate
Washington
Treasury
United States
Banking Committee
Luce
Massachusetts
MacFayden
Pennsylvania
Hoeppel
California
Federal relief funds grant to West Virginia total 949 529
Washington May 29 Harry S Hopkins federal emergency relief administrator announced grants of 21 659 282 to 31 states and Hawaii for immediate relief. West Virginia receives 949 839 for welfare needs across 53 counties with two counties not participating.
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Washington
Harry S. Hopkins
Hawaii
Kentucky
Maryland
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Hopkins
Charleston
W. Va
Francis W. Turner
Wood and
Jefferson
Memorial Service for Nation's War Dead Held
A memorial service is scheduled to honor the nation's war dead. The Senate approved the Wagner bill creating a federal state employment system while the house passed an administration measure granting legal tender money same status as gold. Agricultural officials report farm prices up 17 percent from April 15 to May 15 the sharpest rise since 1919. Senator Lafollette declined to join the London conference delegation and Senator Couzens was asked to go. The Supreme Court censured Judge A Lowell for overstepping jury instruction limits in the Quercia case.
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House
Agricultural Department
Robert Lafollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Couzens
Supreme Court
A. Lowell
Angelo Quercia
Somerville
Mass
Wagner
Connally Proposes Flat Ten Percent Income Tax Rise
Senator Connally of Texas presented to the senate finance committee a plan adding ten percent to current income taxes to fund the industry public works portion. The proposal would keep existing rates, aiming to favor higher earners with more tax, while the House plan increases small incomes by fifty percent. The plan competes with a two percent House boost and a suggested sales tax from the National Manufacturers Association.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Connally
Texas
Connally
House
James A. Emery
National Manufacturers Association
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Ickes
Interior Department
Harrison
Mississippi
Ex convict shot to death by four in crowded New York street
Joe Tropp an ex convict and jewel thief receiver for the Whittemore gang was killed by four men on the lower East Side. The assailants fired into his head and chest then fled in a green sedan as bystanders and police crowded the scene. Tropp had been beaten and robbed with no money found on him.
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Treadway
Davis
Couzens
Michigan
J. C. Hackett
New York
Pecora
Hackett
Enright
Hacket
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Great Banking House
Morgen Partners
Joe Tropp
Whittemore
Lower East Side
Allen Street
Tropp
River Seam Coal Announces 10 Percent Miner Raise
River Seam Coal company announced a ten percent wage increase for 300 miners effective June 1. The mine had been paying union scale of 22% cents per ton.
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The
River Seam Coal Company
Memorial Day Service Honors Akron Sea Crash Victims
Bluefield holds Memorial Day ceremonies with a 9:15 a m parade forming on Rogers Duhling and South Mercer streets. Congressman John Kee will deliver the principal address at Ramsey auditorium after the flag raising and grave decorations. Roy Scott Post American Legion and a N W shop colored band join the events as Bluefield stores close for the observance.
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Bluefield
Ramsey School
Ramsey Auditorium
Patriotic Societies
Civic Organizations of
John Kee
Rogers, Duhling
South Mercer
Roy Scott Post
American Legion
Memorial Day rites honor Akron sea crash victims
Washington observers mark Memorial Day with Arlington services led by President Roosevelt and top officials honoring Akron plane crash victims. Secretaries Swanson and Dern speak as a silent sentinel bears Peace. New York parades follow with veterans review. showers threaten holiday outings.
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Washington
Akron
Arlington Cemetery
Roosevelt
Swanson
Dern
Washington Youth Peace Council
Grand Army of the Republic Association
Arlington
New York
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Riverside Drive
William N. Haskell
New York National Guard
Weather Bureau
Receivers Appointed For Zion Religious Colony Enterprises
Chicago May 29 Receiver designated for the Zion religious colony business and Werner Voliva. Petitions seek bankruptcy for Wilbur Glenn Voliva and the Zion organization. Judge James H Wilkerson names receivers in equity for the enterprises while suits allege more than 500000 owed and two acts of bankruptcy.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Zion
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
House Members to Get Memorial Day Recess
Washington May 29 The house will take a Memorial day recess while the senate remains at work The administration bill voiding the gold clause cleared the way for a break Senators did not finish the deficiency appropriation bill and will continue on the holiday
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Washington
House
Senate
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