Farm Bloc Fights for Crop Control and Court Clash
Leaders of the American Farm Bureau Northwest Farm Union and Farmers National Grain draft a compulsory crop control bill to curb surpluses under a new soil conservation plan. If deficits persist, penalties would prod producers to cut output, prompting fears of a Washington dictatorship over farms. The period also covers Supreme Court fight, a boy union sign-painting dispute, and a Nebraska unicameral budget clash plus a rural man’s church funeral stunt.
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American Farm Bureau Deration
Northwest Farmes’ Union
Farmers Naional Grain Corporation
House Committee In Agriculture
Washington
Uncle Sam
Griculture
House Approves 68 Million for Reclamation Drive
In Washington the House backed 68 million dollars for irrigation and soil improvement, amid GOP charges of inconsistency. Major projects include 12.5 million for the California Central Valley, 13 million for Grand Coulee dam, and 7.24 million for a national vocational education program, while production curtailment proposals gain momentum.
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Washington
House
Congress
Agriculture Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Administration
Interior Department
Department
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau”Of Reclamation
Rep. Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Central Valley
Calif
Rich
Pennsylvania
Grand Coulee Dam
Memphis Negro Confesses to Three Murders
Emanuel Anderson, a 35 year old Black man, confessed to the murders of three women in Memphis Tennessee. Police reported he signed a waiver of extradition after arrest and gave details during questioning. Detectives, led by State Parole Supervisor T P Sullivan, raided his apartment and found him in bed with no weapons present.
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Chicago
Emanuel Anderson
Memphis
Tenn
Anderson
T. P Sullivan
South Side
Roper Seeks Local Relief Burden Shift
NEW ORLEANS Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper urged communities to assume relief burdens to curb inflation and balance the budget. He said halting bureaucracy and decentralizing power is key, but warned residents must accept local responsibilities or demand federal aid.
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New Orleans
INS
Daniel C. Roper
Roper
Washington
Auto Mishap Kills Mrs. Gosch Near Tremonton Utah
Mrs. George Gosch, 58, died when the car she rode in overturned near Tremonton Utah on Monday. Her husband, who drove, escaped with bruises.
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Trementon
Utah
George Gosch
No Time for Sitdown Strikes in Democratic Industry
A 1937 editorial argues for partnership between owners and workers to prevent industrial chaos. It warns against viewing each other as enemies and recalls past strike violence. It calls for a new attitude, social responsibility, and lawful action to protect democracy and basic industries.
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Europe
Ludlow
Homestead
Pullman
McKees Rocks
Lawrence
Newton
National Labor Relations Board
Arkansas grants extradition in multi-state murder case
Albany New York Governor Herbert Lehman turned Lester Brockelhurst 23 and his 18 year old girlfriend Bernice Felton over to Arkansas officials after talks with officials from Arkansas Texas and Illinois. Arkansas has indicted both for murder in the slayings of Victor Gates Little Rock Albin Theander Stillman Valley and Jack Griffiths Fort Worth. They were held in Dutchess County jail and returned to Poughkeepsie after the decision.
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Albany
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
Lester Brockelhurst
Rockford
Arkansas
Lehman
Texas
Ilinois
Bernice Felton
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Brockelhurst
Victor A. Gates
Little Rock
Ark
J Albin Theander
Stillman Valley
Jack Griffiths
Fort Worth
Carahurst
Capitol
Mae West Wins Preliminary Point In Court Battle
Los Angeles Mae West won a preliminary point in her court fight with Frank Wallace, a New York actor who claims they married in Milwaukee on April 11 1911. Superior Judge Robert Kenny sustained her demurrer to Wallace’s complaint and gave him 20 days to amend the filing to seek a validity ruling of the marriage.
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Los Angeles
Mae West
Frank Wallace
New York
Milwaukee
Robert Kenny
Mae
Wallace
Mother Admits She Slew Her Daughter of 8
Helen Tiernan, 28, a pleating factory worker, confessed to police that she killed her 8-year-old daughter Helen and tried to kill her 5-year-old son James over lack of space in their three room flat. Officers quoted her as saying there wasn’t enough room for all of them and that her lover urged the act. The boy, recovering in Patchogue, described two men, “George” and “Chris Carman,” as his and his sister’s attackers before the attack near Brookhaven. Police know the identity of George but he is not in custody.
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Parasioais
Nebraska
Cochran
Tamar Huber
Wade Millman
Coatesville
Millman
Tamar
New York
Helen Tiernan
Helen
James
Francis J. Kear
Forty-seventh Street
Kear
George
Alfred Smith
Bergenfield
N. J
Tiernan
Jimmie
Patchogue
N. Y
New Money Urged To Meet Relief Costs
Washington reports Rep Dies proposes using new money backed by idle silver and gold to fund next year relief. He plans to offer the idea as an amendment to the 1.5 billion relief appropriation bill when it reaches the houseThursday.
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Washington
Representative Dies
Tex Dies
Baseball Scores By The United Press
American League games show New York beating Philadelphia 2 to 3 after a late rally. Washington defeats Philadelphia 4 to 2 in a tight home game. Ferrell and DeShong duel in a mixed pitching matchup. In the National League, Chicago edges Cincinnati 5 to 6 in a high scoring affair. Only game scheduled.
New Spanish Cabinet Picks by Socialist Negrin Leads
Valencia dispatch reports Dr. Juan Negrin forms a new wartime Spanish cabinet to replace Francisco Largo Caballero. The lineup excludes Caballero and major factions, featuring three socialists, two communists, a Catalan leftist, and a Basque nationalist. Negrin remains finance minister, Jose Giral Pereira becomes foreign minister, and Indalecio Prieto gains national defense roles.
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Valencia
Juan Negrin
Francisco Largo Caballero
Caballero
Workers Union
Anarchist Federation
Negrin
Largo Caballero
Jose Giral Pereira
Esquerra
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Indalecio Prieto
Air and Marine
National
Pope Pius XI Reported Weaker This Week
Pope Pius XI was reported weaker Monday night with new bouts of breathlessness and extreme fatigue. Officials stated the pope’s condition has shown intervals of deterioration since the latest bulletin.
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Pope Pius XI
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XI
Borah Resolution to Quiz FCC Passes
The Senate approved a Borah resolution demanding full explanation for the FCC denial of MacKay Radio and Telegraph Co. to operate a New York to Oslo radio circuit. The measure passed without opposition as leaders held back. George Henry Payne, a FCC member, has nearly completed an investigation of alleged docket irregularities and will report soon.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
William E. Borah
Ida
Federal Communications Commission
Borah
Commission
MacKay Radio and Telegraph Co
New York
Oslo
Norway
George Henry Payne
Congress Sets Out To Move Heaven and Earth
The Tax Research Institute says Congress wasted effort while business prospers. It notes only two notable acts, the Neutrality Act and the Guffey coal bill, with little else accomplished. The piece lampoons Congress as idle while Rome burns, quoting the institute's sensational analogy.
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Congress
Heaven
Earth
Arthur “Bugs
Baer
Nero
Rome
Tax Research Institute
Lindbergh Memorial Flight Race Banned by U.S. Dept
The U S state department informed France that the commerce department would not permit the Lindbergh memorial transatlantic air race to start from the United States Officials cited technical authorities who said the race would be hazardous pose a risk of loss of life and might undermine public confidence in air travel safety.
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Washington
State Department
Department of Commerce
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
France May Back Dash Permit If Washington Backs Down
Paris officials said France will hold its Lindbergh memorial air race to Paris from another country if Washington reverses its ban on the dash. A government member noted that France may negotiate with Canada unofficially, aiming to avoid wasteful costs of preparations.
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Paris
INS
France
Washington
Canada
Ban on New York to Paris air race announced
Canadian air ministry signaled a ban on any proposed transatlantic race to Paris and the United States halted the event citing safety and policy. Officials say no permits will be issued for such flights and no future stunt attempts will be allowed, jeopardizing the August race with a $50,000 prize and entries from nine Italian, four French, three American, three British, one Romanian, and one Swedish government planes. This decision follows a recent London to New York flight by Merrill and Lambie, deemed a stunt by authorities.
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Ottawa
Ont
INS
Canadian Air Ministry
Canada
Paris
Washington
United States
Col
J. M. Johnson
Commerce
Johnson
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Roumania
Sweden
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
London
Department of Commerce
Merrill
Lambie
Mattern Divorced and Plans Another Marriage
Pimmy Mattern, famed around the world flyer, was granted an uncontested Chicago divorce from Della Mattern after she deserted him in 1932. He announced plans to marry Mary Dorothy Harvey, a showgirl and model met in a Chicago show.
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Chicago
Pimmy Mattern
Mattern
Della
Mary Dorothy Harvey
Supreme Court upholds Louisiana chain store tax
The U S Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that Louisiana's 1934 graduated license tax on chain stores is constitutional. The tax, based on total stores nationwide, affected firms like A and P with 15 084 outlets and 106 in Louisiana, and rival H G Hill with 87 New Orleans shops. Justice Roberts delivered the decision. Justices Sutherland McReynolds and Butler dissented.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Louisiana
Federal District Court
New Orleans
Roberts
Sutherland, McReynolds
Butler
van Devanter
Stone
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Canada
A. and P. Company
H. G. Hill Stores, Inc
A. and P
West Branch Leader Named Johnson County Schools Head
IOWA CITY AP F. J. Snider who has led West Branch schools for fourteen years was chosen Monday as Johnson County schools superintendent. He will fill the unexpired term of the late W. N. Leeper after a meeting of twenty nine district representatives.
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Iowa City
F. J. Snider
West Branch
Johnson County
Snider
W. N. Leeper
Believer Lovers Plan Blame Shifting in Kitchen Hatchet Murder
Gladys MacKnight, 17, and Donald Wightman, 19, are on trial in Jersey City for the July 31 murder of Mrs. Gladys MacKnight. Elizabeth Feury testified she heard disturbing sounds after Gladys entered the kitchen with Wightman nearby. The couple allegedly seek to shift responsibility to the other to avoid the electric chair.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
MacKnight
Gladys
Wightman
Former Spanish King To Break With Covadonga
Rome United Press reports exiled King Alfonso XIII of Spain has decided to sever all relations with his eldest son the Count of Covadonga on his fifty first birthday. The decision follows the count’s divorce from a Cuban woman and plans to wed another Cuban, as well as ambitions for a throne that no longer exists.
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Rome
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Count
Covadonga
United Press
Alfonso
Major ruling saves billions for treasury in tax refund case
The Supreme Court upheld the tax refund provisions of processing taxes, ruling the method for taxpayers to prove refunds before the internal revenue commissioner is fair. Treasury officials warned refunds could total over 1 billion dollars if the ruling were against the government. The decision preserves the government’s obligation to refund amounts found recoverable.
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Washington
S&s
Supreme Court
High Court
AAA
Congress
Internal Revenue
Anniston Mfg. Co
Alabama
Treasury
McReynolds
Hughes
Stone
Cardozo
House Appropriations Committee
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Windsor To Clear Up Uncertainties Of Wedding Day
The Duke of Windsor will address the press Tuesday to resolve the date and circumstances of his marriage to Mrs. Wallis Warfield. A spokesman will release a statement detailing plans for the wedding, with June as the expected date but other arrangements still kept secret.
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Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Herman H. Rogers
Hopkins Injures Hand Inspecting Airport Project
Scranton, Pa. Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administration head, fell Monday while inspecting an airport project and injured his right hand. He was treated by the project first aid man during a visit to address a Chamber of Commerce meeting.
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Scranton, Pa
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Chamber of Commerce
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