Senate Approves Muscle Shoals Power Plan to Run Tennessee Valley
Senate approves Norris backed bill granting Roosevelt authority to develop Tennessee Valley power project. TVA will oversee Muscle Shoals and related nitrate and dam projects, selling power to states, cities, and private distributors. Norris blocks Bankhead fertilizer and private-utility amendment attempts.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River Valley
House
White House
Marcus A. Coolidge
Mass
Thomas P. Gore
Okla
Millard E. Tydings
Henrik Shipstead
F.L
Minn
Norris
Tennessee Drainage
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cave Creek
Clinch River
Tennessee
George W. Norris
Rep
Shoals
John H. Bankhead
Dem
Ala
Bankhead
American Farm Bureau Federation
Broken Nose Causes Student Sneeze Spells
Hollywood reporting shows 16 year old Rhea Nathanson sustained a small nasal fracture during a basketball game. Doctors relieved pressure on the bone and reduced sneezes from one per minute to one every five minutes with partial relief and a possible operation for permanent relief.
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Hollywood
INS
Rhea Nathanson
E. B Woollan
Miss Nathanson
Roosevelt Will Submit Railroad Program Today
President Roosevelt will present his railroad rehabilitation plan to Congress on Thursday as part of the emergency public works program. The remaining unemployment measures will be finalized and ready for congressional action next week.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
White House
Self-Deceit and Moral Rot in Everyday Religion
A reflection on lying to others and to oneself, warning that self deception fuels moral rot. The speaker recalls prison experiences with inmates who deny guilt, arguing final sin lies in personal choice and the importance of facing truth within oneself. The piece urges honesty over comparing oneself to others.
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Emerson
Grey
Violence Flares in Chicago Teamsters Racketeering Conflict
Chicago reports a bomb at Galloway-West, a Borden subsidiary, as part of seven bombings in 48 hours in Teamsters warfare. Police say 1,000 sticks of dynamite were stolen from Lemont and used in the attacks. extra patrols guard key industrial plants.
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Chicago
INS
Teamsters
Galloway-West Company
Borden Farm Products Company
Teamster
Lemont
Four Cuban Rebels Claim "In Flight" Escape Attempt
In Santiago de Cuba four rebels killed during an escape attempt after revolts at San Luis. The four dead are Luis Asencio Zayas Alejandro Barban Arias Antonio Hernandez Paz and Juan Lopez Garcia alias Manteca. Lopez Garcia led a forty man assault on San Luis. two soldiers and the police chief were killed. Eleven rebels died in later clashes. The escape plan failed as soldiers opened fire.
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Santiago DE Cuba, Cuba
San Luis
Luis Asencio Zayas
Alejandro Barban Arias
Antonio Hernandez Paz
Juan Lopez Garcia
Manteca
Lopez Garcia
Gort Castaneda
Oil Exec Brands Alcohol Gas Blend Unsound
Henry M. Dawes, president of Pure Oil, called the proposed blending of alcohol with gasoline unsound as perpetual motion and economically impractical. The Chicago AP report notes Dawes criticized the plan amid ongoing industry debate.
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Chicago
Henry M. Dawes
Pure Oil Company
Harwich Abduction Case Targeted Solo Negro Suspect
Investigators say Peggy McMath was abducted by a single Black man, a Brava laborer named Frank Rodick, who claimed two white accomplices and led to detentions before being cleared. Parents fear for the missing 10-year-old as clues shift away from white confederates.
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Harwich
Mass
Peggy McMath
Neil Cook McMath
Harwich Center Grammar School
Peggy
Francis Cook McMath
William Robert Kales
Detroit
Frank Rodick
Rodick
Murray’s
Harwich‘ Center School
Kidnappers Seize Peggy McMath From Harwich School
In Harwich Mass police seek 48 hour pause for possible negotiations after 10 year old Peggy McMath was abducted from her school by a lone Negro in an automobile. Her father Neil McMath offers ransom and immunity while authorities search the Cape area and watch waters near Woods Hole and Falmouth for a vessel linked to the case.
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Harwich
Mass
Margaret
Peggy) McMath
Cape Cod
Peggy
McMath
Harwichport
Falmouth
Coast Guard
Cape
Wood's Hole
Francis C. McMath
Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Neil McMath
Whitehead and Kales Company
City employees seek bigger salary cuts in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls water department workers urge deeper pay reductions than the city council approved on Monday. They argue broader cuts will lessen the taxpayers' burden and show more sacrifice from city staff.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Farm Inflation Bill Heads To Conference For Quick Passage
The House approved the Roosevelt inflation plan by 307 to 86 and sent the farm relief bill to conference with hopes of presidential signature by Saturday. Leaders push for quick agreement to place the measure into operation to aid farmers facing loss of property. The Senate and House conference will begin Thursday to reconcile differences on farm amendments and inflation provisions.
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House
Washington
Roosevelt
Ennt
Maweeme Wy
Senate
White House
Rep. Snell
New York
Rainey
Farmer-Laborites
Black
N. Y
Claiborne
Connery
Mass
Drewery
Hoeppel
Calif
Huddleston
Alay
Richardson
Jones
Tex
Fulmer
S. C
Doxey
Miss
Clarke
Rep
Hope
Kan
Agriculture Committee
Garner
Smith
Fletcher
Fla
Agriculture and
Federal Reserve Board
De Valera Abolishes British Crown Oath
Dublin report says President Eamon de Valera’s government abolished the oath of allegiance to the British crown. The move ends a prolonged dispute as the Free State seeks to sever ties with Britain, despite earlier senate defeats and constitutional delay provisions.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Great Britain
Free State
England
Senate
Surgeons Close Knife Wound in Heart with Ten Stitches
Chicago report says Leroy Millinder received ten stitches to seal a one inch two quarter knife wound in his heart during surgery. His heart stopped twice during the operation. Dr. George Davenport noted the wound was inflicted by a robber.
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Chicago
CINS
Leroy Millnder
George Davenport
Millinder
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
The report shows 110 accidents, 50 injuries, and 7 deaths in Cedar Rapids this year.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt, Jung Begin Talks on London Economic Parley
President Roosevelt and Italian finance minister Guido Jung opened discussions on issues to be settled at the London world economic conference. Argentine representatives prepared to renew talks with Secretary Wal lace as Ambassadors Le Breton and Espil addressed exchanges of farm and finished goods with the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Guido Jung
London
Argentina
Wallace
le Breton
Espil
Paris
Hull
Rosso
Pittman
Inflation Move Triggers Market Rally Then Reversal
In New York stocks and commodities briefly rose on the inflation amendment but profit taking pushed prices down from highs. In Chicago grain, wheat and corn edged higher after new peaks, then retreated as closing prices eased back.
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New York
House
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Window washer survives six-floor fall with broken legs
Herman Mason 42 fell from the sixth floor of a downtown Milwaukee office building through a skylight to the first floor. He suffered two broken legs and internal injuries but remained conscious after hospital admission. physicians gave a fair chance of recovery.
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Milwaukee
Herman Mason
Mason
Court Holds Meyers Fate in Rock Island Case
Maurice Meyer’s fate rests with Judge Leonard Telleen of Rock Island County Circuit Court who took the case involving the death of Rose Gendler under advisement shortly before noon.
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Meyer
Rock Island
Maurice Meyer
Leonard Telleen
Rock Island County Circuit Court
Rose Gendler
MacDonald Faces Conservative Opposition Over Trade Plans
London workers warn of open revolt against tariff and monetary policy as Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald returns from Washington. Conservatives in the national government threaten to topple the cabinet before the world economic conference, while MacDonald braces for a Commons statement.
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London
Washington
J. Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Chamberlain-Hanlsham
MacDonald
Waterloo Station
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Tam
Southampton
House‘of Commons
The
Daily Herald
States Relief Bill Sent To Conference
The House sent the 500 million Wagner unemployment relief bill to conference with the Senate to reconcile differences in the two versions.
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Washington
LLP
House
Senate
Clear And Warmer Weather Returns In May Light
Bright skies and rising temperatures promised typical May weather as Cedar Rapids saw readings from the lower forties Tuesday night to 50 by 9 am and 63 by mid afternoon. The warm spell followed a cool start with 47 at midnight and 43 at 7 am.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Edwin Carewe Declares Bankruptcy in Los Angeles
Film producer Edwin Carewe files for bankruptcy listing debts of 450000 and assets of 328580. The filing notes a 6000 judgment against him by singer Ernestine Schumann Heink.
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Los Angeles
INS
Edwin Carewe
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Farm Women Hold Harrows as Husbands in Jail
In Le Mars Plymouth county farm women take over chores as martial law grips the area. Mrs A G Lindsay plants corn and transports milk while her husband is held by military authorities. She says women milk feed cattle and learn straight corn rows with help from daughters and neighbors. She expects few men to be prosecuted and believes many will be released soon.
Boston Clubs Win In Weather-Short Major League Card
Wednesday results show Cincinnati and Boston wins in the National and American leagues. Lucas and Lombardi secured the NL victory for Cincinnati over Boston. Andrews and Shea led the Boston win as Hadley and Ferrell closed out St. Louis. Other games postponed due to bad weather.
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Boston
Cincinnati
Lucas
Lombardi
Cantwell
Betts
Hogan
St. Louis
Andrews
Shea
Hadley
Hebert
Ferrell
Holiday Assn Demands Troops Withdraw From Northwest Iowa
DES MOINES AP Farmers gathered for the National Farm Holiday association convention urged Governor Clyde Herring to restore civil government and end martial law. Resolutions accuse peace officers of beating farmers at Primghar and Denison and seek a march on the governor’s office Thursday. The meeting also discussed a possible national farm strike to support farm prices.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
National Farm Holiday Association
A. C. Townley
Minnesota
Clyde Herring
Primghar
Denison
C. C. Bradley
le Mars
Clyde L. Herring
A . A. F. Whitney
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Roosevelt
Democratic Congress
Milo Reno
Holiday Association
France Plans Surtax on American Goods
The French finance ministry prepared a 15 percent surtax on American goods and awaited signature when the dollar nears twenty francs. The move follows existing duties on British and Japanese goods and may require parliamentary approval. Reports also note French holders of American gold bonds seek Washington protest over coupon payments in gold amid a broader tax on bonds.
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Paris
Ministry of Finance
Daladier
Washington
United States
France
New York
Switzerland
Darrow to Help In Iowa Farmers Abduction Case at Trial
Chicago AP Clarence Darrow plans to aid about 100 Iowa farmers charged in the abduction of an elderly judge during a bid to halt farm mortgage foreclosures. He expects F. Faville and William Holly to assist, citing Faville’s Iowa law knowledge and Holly’s help. Darrow, aged 76, may attend sessions as the trial length is projected long.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Iowa
F. F. Faville
Supreme Court
William Holly
Darrow
Faville
Holly
Massie
Honolulu
Russell McWilliams
Rockford
Cas
Eyewitness testifies on judge abduction mob in Iowa
One of three witnesses to the abduction and threatened hanging of District Judge C C Bradley testifies before a military court. He recalls shouts of Get a rope and Let’s hang him as rope was tossed around the judge’s neck. Witnesses describe a truck scene near Le Mars and identify a suspect from Merrill. About 200 farmers remain sought as the court-martial proceeds with 100+ defendants in riot cases.
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le Mars
Merrill
Here
Sioux City
Japan Promises Open Door in Manchukuo Trade
Washington reports Japan will maintain equal trade access for all nations in Manchukuo. The pledge, viewed as a key move easing U S Japan tensions, came from Ambassador Grew in Tokyo. A Port Arthur naval base restoration effort also began with a 20 member mission led by Vice Admiral Taniguchi.
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Japan
Manchukuo
Washington
United States
Manchuria
Tokio
Suesone Joseph GC
Port Arthur
Taniguchi
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