Bouisson Cabinet Seeks Emergency Powers in France
Fernand Bouisson declared a “save the franc” cabinet and will ask the chamber for full emergency powers to curb a looming 10 billion franc deficit, halt gold flight, stabilize the currency, and spur prosperity. He formed a wide union cabinet including Petain and Caillaux, with Laval as foreign minister and Maurice Pal made finance minister.
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Paris
Fernand Bouisson
Albert Lebrun
Chamber
Senate
Bank of France
Bouisson
Lebrun
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
National Union
Ernest Lafont
Louis Frosshard
Air
Flandin
Marshal Philippe Petain
Joseph Caillaux
Caillaux
Pierre Laval
Maurice Palmade
Chamber of Deputies
Francs fluctuate as new French cabinet forms
Paris reports a stronger franc on the news of a new cabinet but the dollar slipped after opening. The dollar traded around 15.19 francs before easing to 15.16. The pound opened at 74.85 francs and fell to 74.60.
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Paris
Chicago Cop Slain Battling 2 Bandits
Police officer Thomas Kelma aged 38 was killed defending a saloon during a late Friday robbery. Off duty and in civilian clothes, he fired on two masked bandits who fled without loot. Kelma died en route to hospital. Police search for the gunmen.
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Chicago
INS
Thomas Kelma
Kelma
King George III Advised to Stay Indoors for Chill
London reports King George III, suffering a slight chill, was advised by doctors Saturday to remain indoors as a precaution.
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London
George
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A historical tally lists 144 accidents 168 people injured and 7 deaths in Cedar Rapids for 1935 as recorded in retained local notes.
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Cedar Rapids
Carolina Man Found Nailed To Wood
J R Riggs a middle aged filling station operator was found nailed to a rough board cross beside the highway near his station early Saturday A P Walls who discovered him said Riggs slept at the station they ordered him from bed and nailed him to the cross ten penny nails driven through each hand and each foot He was taken to a hospital where doctors described the wounds as painful but not serious police quoted the operator as saying three men came to his station and nailed him to the cross
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High’ Point
N. C
J. R. Riggs
P. A. Walls
Riggs
Hoover Warns of Public Confusion at Mines Graduation
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke at the Colorado School of Mines, saying public thought is in great confusion. He received an honorary engineering doctorate and urged faith, noting mining work carries little dishonesty as he planned to travel to Drake University with more commencement duties.
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Golden
Colo
Herbert Hoover
Colorado State School of Mines
Hoover
Denver
Des Moines
Drake University
New York
Woman Claims Houdini Code From World Beyond
In Washington AP report Mabel F Billinge of Norwood R L claimed Houdinis secret code would be sent to mediums on earth after his death The Society of American Magicians formed a convention to hear the claim Julien J Proskauer a legacy trustee said two letters appeared in Houdinis code but could not confirm legitimacy Bernard M L Ernst Houdinis lawyer who guards a $10000 legacy was astonished at the letter
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Washington
Houdini
Earth
Mabel F. Billinge
Norwood
R. L
Society of American Magicians
Julien J. Proskauer
June Comes And Still It's Cold Cedar Rapids Weather
A Cedar Rapids report notes June opened with cool cloudy skies and intermittent rain. Temperatures rose from a 58 degree 5 am low to 60, then 66 by midmorning and 75 by early afternoon, with 65 at 7 pm and 63 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Fire sweeps Quetta after massive quake roils region
Reports from Quetta say a severe storm winds fanned a city fire burning the main bazaar area on Bruce Road. The quake devastated Baluchistan, with early death estimates from 20 000 upward and widespread ruin from Mastung to Kalat across a 100 mile area.
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Karachi
India
Quetta
Bruce Road
Baluchistan
Mastung
Kalat
Roosevelt pressures labor bill amid NRA crisis
Washington, UP. President Roosevelt seeks to exhaust every option before constitutional changes to handle the NRA crisis. He pushes for Wagner labor relations bill passage and a permanent labor board to ease tensions from the court ruling that undermined NRA codes. A constitutional amendment discussion grows but no immediate plan is set.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Robert F. Wagner
N.Y
James F Byrnes
S. C
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
Supreme Court
of .A. Permanent Labor Relations
Senate
House
Congress
White House
Postpones Hearing For Thomas Conroy
Municipal Judge Ralph L Powers postponed the preliminary hearing for Des Moines beer distributor Thomas F Conroy until June 14. He is free on $3000 bond facing charges of threatened extortion and an attempt to obstruct justice over a $200 letter claimed as a loan. A grand jury inquiry was halted briefly and deputy sheriff Fred Miller tried to serve a subpoena without success. Conroy was to return today from Excelsior Springs Missouri, his wife said.
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YES Moines
Ralph L. Powers
Thomas F. Conroy
Des Moines
Conroy
Walter Maley
Maley
Fred Miller
Excelsior Springs
Governor Herring Testifies Before Grand Jury
Sioux City AP Gov Clyde Herring faced a grand jury to discuss graft allegations in Iowa saying past probes found no proof and that the jury may not uncover payoff links to state officials. Special Prosecutor Havner urged his appearance and planned questions on talks with local officials. The panel will recess two weeks after Saturday and Monday sessions.
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Sioux City
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Herring
Frank Moorehead
Moorehead
Des“ Moines
H. M
Havner
Chaloner Dies Former Mate of Princess Troubetskoy
John Armstrong Chaloner wealthy owner of Merrie Mills in Albemarle County died in University hospital Charlottesville after a long illness. He drew national notice in legal fights with his ex wife now Princess Amelie Troubetskoy and his notorious remark Who's looney now during a dispute with a kinsperson over his mental status.
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Charlottesville, Va
John Armstrong Chaloner
Merrie Mills
Albemarle County
University Hospital
Miss Talley Ready To Enter Movies
Marion Talley arrived in Hollywood to begin her film career after leaving opera. She has signed a five year contract and is accompanied by her mother Mrs. Helen H Talley and sister Florence. Her husband Adolph Eckstrom will join later in New York.
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Hollywood
Marion Talley
Kansas
Colony Saturday
Helen H Talley
Florence
Adolph Eckstrom
New York
Fifteen Injured In Bus Accident Near Sidney
Mrs. H V Drake 80 of Los Angeles and 14 other passengers on a Burlington bus bound for Omaha were injured when the bus skidded and overturned near Sidney yesterday. Mrs Drake was taken to a Hamburg hospital in Iowa for treatment.
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Sidney
H. V. Drake
Los Angeles
Omaha
Burlington
Congressional Proceedings In Recess
The Elections committee studies Rush D. Holt election case. The Senate is in recess awaiting developments. The House debated a bill to abolish holding companies. The Banking committee heard Frank A. Vanderlip argue the omnibus banking bill unconstitutional, then met and adjourned immediately.
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Elections Committee
Rush D. Holt
HOUSE
Senate
Banking Committee
Frank A. Vanderlip
Two Nebraska towns wiped out by flood
Relief workers in southwestern Nebraska estimated the death toll could reach 250 as the towns of Max and Parks were reported swept away by flood waters. In Kansas, G. J. O'Brien said he counted twenty three bodies in St Francis after a flood from the Republican river, with as many as thirty dead possible.
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Nebraska
McCook, Neb
Max
Parks
Denver
G. J. O’brien
Kansas City
St. Francis
Kan
O'Brien
O’brien
Nebraska towns flooded as Republican River swells
Western Nebraska villages Parks and Max were cut off as flood waters driven by cloudbursts inundated towns from McCook to Gothenberg. The Republican and tributaries rose, isolating about 10 000 residents and halting rail and bus service. Adjutant General ordered National Guard aid with ambulance unit headed toward Alma.
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Trenton
Benkelman
Stratton
Indianola
Oxford
Edison
Holbrook
Cambridge
Bartley
McCook
Nebraska
Republican
South Platte
Rock Island Railroad
Gothenberg
Lincoln, Neb
W. H. Jurgensen
H. J. Paul
Nebraska National Guard
Paul
Holdrege
Edward Gillette
Gillette
Alma
Woman fainting in federal court after sentence handed
Sally Webber, 23, charged with possession of counterfeit ten dollar bills, fainted in Chicago federal court as Judge John P. Barnes sentenced her to one year and a day in federal prison and admitted her to probation for that period.
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Chicago
Sally Webber
John P. Barnes
Miners Ordered To Strike June 16
Official instructions from the United Mine Workers of America command about 450000 soft coal miners to strike on June 16 if wage contracts are not signed by then. The AP reports the move was issued Saturday in Washington.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Barrymore Costello Divorce Clears For 90 Day Trial
Hollywood UP report states legal obstacles in the Barrymore Costello divorce were swept aside Saturday. Judge Edward T. Bishop signed an order allowing Miss Costello to serve notice by publication after learning John Barrymore was in Havana, paving the way for a trial in 90 days.
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Hollywood
John ‘Barrymore-Dole
Es . Costello
Edward T. Bishop
Miss Costello
Barrymore
Havana
Olson Plans NRA Law For Minnesota
Gov. Floyd B. Olson said he would call a special session of the legislature to enact a state NRA measure which he will draft. The move comes after the Supreme Court declared the national NRA unconstitutional, and Olson aims to preserve its benefits at the state level.
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Minneapolis
Llp
United Statees Supreme Court
Floyd B. Olson
Will Raft
Hitler Names Envoy To London Parley
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler named Baron Joachim von Ribbentrop as ambassador and plenipotentiary extraordinary heading a special German mission to London to discuss naval affairs.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Baron Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Bomb damages Heidelberg college president home in Tiffin
A powerful blast demolished the front porch and badly damaged the home of Charles E. Miller Heidelberg College president in Tiffin. He, his wife, and daughter Gretchen were unharmed. Windows across the campus and nearby houses were shattered by dynamite blast. A burned fuse was found under the porch. No motives or enemies were named.
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Tiffin
Charles E. Miller
Heidelberg College
Miller
Mittchler
George Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping Ends With Freedom
George Weyerhaeuser was released near Issaquah after eight days in captivity. He reportedly received a $200000 ransom from his kidnappers, believed to be the Alvin Karpis gang. A farmer found him, and he was taken to the Weyerhaeuser home in Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Alvin’ Karpis
George Boniface
Issaquah
Here
Alvin
Harry
Bill
Family statement on George Weyerhaeuser return
A Seattle insurance spokesman for the Weyerhaeuser family read a statement to reporters from their Tacoma home about the return of George Weyerhaeuser, kidnapped last Friday. George was frightened and shaken but back home. the family requests privacy to protect his future.
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George Weyerhaeuser
Philip Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
George
Weyerhaeuser
H. M
Balcom
Cyee Oy
Gafety
Issaquah
J. P. Weyerhaeuser
Congress Farm Bloc To Ask More For Farm Roads
A farm bloc committee in Congress plans to request maximum federal funding for farm to market roads. Representative Utterback of Iowa stated the aim is to fix a program showing road and employment relief benefits and improve connections to major highways.
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Congress Farm Bloc
Washington
Utterback
Iowa
Four Die in Mexican Clash As Elections Loom
Four people died in Paso de Ovejas Vera Cruz during political clashes linked to upcoming elections. Two mayors were among the dead and several others were wounded.
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Mexico City
Paso de Ovejas
Vera Cruz
Want Ads Deadline Notice in Big Sun Day Gazette
Closing 8 P.M. tonight for Want Ads in the Big Sun Day Gazette. Readers have all day Sunday to view wants and offers and may respond. Ad-taker notes good credit if listed in the telephone directory and no past due Want Ad balance. Dial 2-1121.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
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