Mother Gives Baby in Truck After Ride
In Winston-Salem the baby girl found in a truck was reportedly given by the mother Rita Lennie of New York. Driver Watson Tuttle said he picked them up near Norfolk Virginia and drove to Greensboro before taking the child to welfare authorities. He claimed the mother hitchhiked and intended to go to Washington.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
INS
Watson Tuttle
Rita Lennie
New York
Tuttle
Norfolk
Greensboro
A. W. Cline
Winston-Salem
Washington
Former Editor Named To Direct Emergency Group
Washington Roosevelt nominates Lowell Mellett former newspaper editor as executive director of the national emergency council. Eugene S. Leggett has been acting director since Frank C Walker quit. Leggett may return to executive assistant to the director. Mellett was editor of a Washington paper for several years.
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Washington
INS
Lowell Mellett
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
Frank C Walker
Eugene S. Leggett
Walker
Mellett
Senate
Leggett
GM Earnings Fall Sharply in First Quarter of 1938
General Motors reports net earnings of 8,234,017 for the first quarter, down from 44,814,166 a year earlier. Seasonal sales fell further from the low level seen in late 1937, with the 1937 total at 250,512,587, a 256 percent decline noted in the release.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
1938 Sales Rise After 1937 Strike Cut
The report notes a drop from the previous year but says 1937 sales were curtailed by a strike. Foreign sales improved, and overall volume rose in late 1937 and reached new record levels in the first quarter of 1938.
Harrington Seeks Quick House Action On Alcohol Fuel Bill
Representative Harrington of Tawa began circulating a petition among House members to bring his farm alcohol fuel bill to the floor. The measure would exempt gasoline containing ten percent or more alcohol made from farm products from the one cent federal gas tax. Harrington said he has promises of support from prairie-state colleagues to move the bill out of the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Harrington
Tawa
House
Prairie States
Ways and Means Committee
Royal relatives wed at St Margarets in London
Miss Anne Bowes-Lyon niece of Queen Elizabeth and Viscount Anson aged 24 married Thursday at St Margarets Westminster in the royal family’s presence.
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London
Anne Bowes-Lyon
Queen Elizabeth
Viscount Anson
St. Margarets
Westminster
Jacoby Quarter Wins Bridge Cup in Vanderbilt Victory
In New York the foursome Oswald Jacoby David Burnstine Howard Schenken and M D Maier captured the Vanderbilt cup by 230 points over the second place team Waldemar K von Zedtwitz Edward Hymes Jr Theodore A Lightner Charles Lochridge and Bray Becker.
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New York
Ins
Oswald Jacoby
David Burnstine
Howard Schenken
M. D Maier
Waldemar K
von Zedtwitz
Edward Hymes, Jr
Theodore A. Lightner
Charles Lochridge
Bray Becker
Two Proposals To Cut Curbs On First Ave East
City council received two requests to remove curb on First avenue E between Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth streets. Loomis brothers were allowed to cut 74 feet at Krebs Dairy Food Products, 2901 First avenue E, to install a concrete parking area. Rossey sought curb removal at 2829 First avenue E to place gasoline pumps, but no drawing was submitted and the case was sent to the building department for review.
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First Avenue E
Twenty-eighth
Loomis Brothers
Krebs Dairy Food Products
Ossey
Curb
Building Department
Rossey
500,000 Join Trek Invasion Of Holy City On The Ganges
More than 500,000 invaded Hardwar to attend a major trek event along the Ghanges river banks. Pilgrims gathered in the holy city drawing participants from across regions for a mass religious gathering.
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Hardwar
Ganges
Kumgh Mela Draws Vast Pilgrim Influx In India
India's Kumgh Mela, held once every 12 years, ran for a week and drew a massive pilgrim flow. Roads filled with pedestrians as crowds overwhelmed highways.
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India
Alimony Fight Details From $400 Monthly Budget
Mrs Beryl Morse Lacava, ex wife of film director Gregory Lacava, says she and their two sons cannot live on $400 a month. In superior court she seeks $850 monthly alimony, citing they must subsist on hamburger, onions, and ham burger with steak unaffordable more than once monthly.
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Hollywood
INS
Beryl Morse Lacava
Gregory Lacava
Superior Court
William
Gilbert
Iowa Near Top In Per Capita In U S Recovery Spending
Washington report notes Rep. John Taber defends Roosevelt recovery program while criticizing disparities in per capita federal spending. Taber, ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Deficiency Subcommittee, cites a compilation showing wide gaps among states in public works funds under the $4.512 billion program.
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Washington
John Taber
N. Y
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations
Taber
Public Works Prices Vary By State In Government Study
The ranges span from five cents per person in Arkansas to 32 dollars in Louisiana. Iowa is listed at 31 dollars. He says the compilation is his own but relies on official Public Works Administration releases and the 1930 census.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Iowa
Public Works Administration
Monkey Rebellious 500th Monkey Evades Capture in San Francisco
Chauncey a Rhesus monkey from Calcutta on the Silver Maple bound for a Hollywood film remains at large at Pier 23. Despite efforts by Lloyds agent city health officials and longshoremen Chauncey eludes capture and defies being used as a film celebrity.
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Chauncey
Pier 23
Lloyds of London
Lloyds
City Health Department
Calcutta
Hollywood
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