Roosevelt recovery push aims to boost private industry
Washington May 15 The Roosevelt recovery drive enters a supreme effort to inject new activity into America's basic industrial life. After a brief lull to align forces the administration plans a major push, with billions in investment benefiting home owners via private loans and support for the private business construction sector.
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Robles
America
Cal
Dallas
Labhey
Wingoun
Stanley
United Press
Lightship collision sinks off New England coast
Olympic rammed the lightship Non Ludgate in dense fog off the New England coast, drowning seven crew members. Captain Bings of the Olympic confirmed the loss after radio messages. Eleven aboard the lightship, four lost at sea, seven rescued by the Olympic, with three later dying in hospital. Rescues and fatalities include Breath Wants, Mosher, Perry, and Rodrigues among others.
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United Press
New York
Olympic
Ingiana Coas
John W. Bings
Tose
Olyne Pies
Erry
Hichmond
Monthy
Pina
Cook
Rodrigues
Seaman
Porth
George
Mosher
Perry
Radio Operatir
Rubert
Lost in Ship Crash Jeopardizes Two Measures in House
Washington May 35 The House leaders stalled action on two key bills the 80 hour week and the 2.8 billion dollar farm relief measure threatening a May 28 vote. Majority Leader Burn moved to delay signing petitions, risking invalidation due to the adjournment deadline and the seven legislative day rule.
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United Press
Washington
House
Joseph W. Burn
Germans Die in Balloon Crash Near Berlin
Berlin May 10 Dr Hermann Victor Masach meteorologist was found dead in the wreckage of Germanys largest airship Walloon. The body of balloonist Franz Mastin Sehrenck was found miles from the crash site as a mission to the upper air ended in tragedy.
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Ay Umley
Widow of VicTIM Hames Three Slayers
Pittsburgh May 15 The widow of Patsy Hames accuses three New Kensington men Joseph Ross William and Albert Sam of the gangland slaying of her husband. She identified them from a police lineup saying they took Patsy for a ride.
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Pittsburgh
Paley Aruhla
New Kinpinvion
Joseph Ross
Willam
Albert Sam
New Kensington
Patsy
Roosevelt Seeks 1.322 Billion Dollar Recovery Funding
President Roosevelt asks Congress for supplementary appropriations totaling 1.322 billion to finish the national recovery program for the 1904 fiscal year. He seeks authority to draw from unspent agency balances for relief as needed and proposes allocations including 48 million for the Tennessee Valley Authority and 2100,000,100 for public highways while noting a 100 million internal revenue fund to aid anti bootlegging efforts.
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Frederick A. Storm
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
White House
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Reserve Board Head to Resign
Washington May 15 The Western Reserve Board’s Governor Eugene Black plans to submit his resignation to President Roosevelt as Congress adjourns authorities said.
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Reserve Board
Washington
Eugene Black
Vestern Reserve Board
Cloosevelt
Congress
Two Flyers Nearing France Believed In Flight With Sabelli Pond
Paris dispatch reports World War veterans Cesare Sabelli and George Pond aboard the orange aircraft Lenoarma Da Vinci on a New York to Rome light. Crews of three nations monitor the Atlandecats line as favorable winds aid the crossing from the western Atlantic toward the French coast between Brest and Bordeaux.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Lenoarna da Vinci
Atlandecats
Cesare Sabelli
New York-Rome
Tulian
Bhest
Bordeaux
Johnson utilities bill signed by F D R
Washington May 15 President Roosevelt signed the Johnson bill which prevents public utilities from appealing decisions of state commissions to federal district courts. The measure, introduced by Senator Hiram Johnson California, bars utilities from using federal courts to override state regulatory boards, ending protracted delays in heavy federal dockets.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Hiram Ohnson
Cal
Messite
Oy Etate
Nti
Glass and Wagner Threaten Resign Over Conference Omission
Washington reports Sen Carter Glass of Virginia and Sen Robert F Wagner of New York, banking committee leaders, consider resigning after being passed over for conference committee appointments on stock market control and housing bills. Democratic leaders defend choices as Barkley and Byrnes named. Glass and Wagner had urged slum clearance and market supervision.
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United Press
Washington
Carter Glass
D. Va
Wagner
Glass
Alben Barkley
James F. Byrnes
Free Clinic For Children At Municipal Building Tomorrow
All doctors and city staff cooperate in a free clinic tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 4 at the Municipal Building for examinations of children planning to enter school in the fall. Mrs Anne Bitley and two Brie nurses assist Mr Eve Kepler and to Corry physics at the clinic.
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Anne Bitley
Brie
Eve Kepler
Corry
P. T. A. Council
One Killed and Four Injured in Coast Strike
San Pedro Cal May 1 Nine firing into the ranks of 500 striking Longshoremen killed one and injured some today in the first major violence of the Had Hie Count strike. Officers opened fire as the strikers charged tearing tear gas and attempted to set fire to an old windjammer used as hotel headquarters for strike cretchers. The dead Dick Parker 20 San Pedro. Four more reported in serious condition. A force of 800 policemen dispersed the disturbance after 800 local Longshoremen left posts to join the International Longshoremen Association. The strike threatened shipping from San Diego to Seattle.
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United Press
San Pedro
Cal
Oltbrenis
Dick Parker
Aigated
Hearst
International Longshoremen Association
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Seattle
Heavy vote expected in Spring primaries across city
Voters turnout high as early returns loom from precincts with many workers at the polls. City results and state contests will be published by the Journal and the United Press printer telegraph. Residents may visit the office for full returns.
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Journal
Hic Corey
Oithe Ukisevewine
United Press Printer-Telegraph
Rotary speaker details Army camps construction
Harold Gilbert former Quartermasters officer addressed the Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon. He spoke on Camp Dix Camp Taylor and other wartime camps where thousands trained for service. He highlighted camp construction speeds grit and related data, noting details were restricted by the service club.
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Harold Gilbert
Quartermasters Corps
Addres
Rotary Club
Gilbert
Camp Dix
Camp Taylor
Ole
Pine Grove Cemetery Association names two new board members
At the Pine Grove Cemetery Association meeting held at Alexander and Company offices, Otis W. Bracken and Sidney B. Elston were named to the board to fill vacancies. D. Warren DeRosay presided, with President Marsh absent. Endowment fund exceeds $25,000. life honorary member David Rowe elected. By L bylaws revision tentatively approved for final June owner meeting.
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Anginal Ber
Pine Grove Cemetery Association
Alexander and Company
D. Warren DeRosay
Marsh
David
Rowe
Life
O. B. Doane
Otis W. Bracken
Sidney B. Elston
DW DeRozay
J. B. Burlin
Game
Tredeurer
D. B. Leach
Sexton
Charles Pattergon
Two Kidnap Victims Return Home From Desert Hold
June Robles, after nineteen days chained in a desert hole, rests at home as Tucson officers pursue the alleged kidnappers. An anonymous Chicago letter aided authorities, raising fears of mob violence. In California, three confessed kidnappers captured in a raid and linked to a Beverly Hills abduction case are fingerprinted as Chicago authorities seek connections to an organized ring.
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Julian A. Beaman
United Press
Tucson
Ariz
Little June Robles
Chicago
Witten
OS Angeles
Cal
William F. Gettle
Beverly Hills
Rescue of June Ends Desert Captivity Amid Alarming Crime Links
Authorities rescued June after a lengthy desert hideout sequence with a crude iron state cabin trap door and chained ankles. County Attorney Clarence Houston led the operation, while Governor Moeur approved the recovery. Several suspects, including James Kirk and Kerrigan, face kidnapping and robbery charges. no ransom was paid. The report notes multiple related kidnap cases across the middlewest and ties to an Arcadia country estate and alleged gang links.
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Clarence Houston
Tufson
Jyine
B. J. Moeur
Phoenix
Etter
Houston
June
Iron State
Desert
Middlewest
Gethle
James Kirk
Bralis
Hirk
Gette
Em Gettie
Ife
Roy Wil‘lems
Larry Kerrigan
Joan Burke
Loretta
Woody
Loretta Kerrigan
Chntessen, Kerrigan
Williams
Patite
Gettle
THREE OFFICERS KILLED IN PLANES
In Shreveport Louisiana Lieut William H Doolittle 32 and Second Lieut Norman W Speaker 2h Air Corps reserves were killed when their plane struck a wire and plunged into a river Cadet Preston Kennedy of Stroudsburg New York was killed in Texas when his pursuit plane collided with another Cadet J S Holtoner New York City parachuted to safety The Vinson bill to provide young officers for naval vessels passed in Washington on May 15
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Sheveport
Figat
William H. Doolittle
Norman W. Speaker
Air Corps
San Antonio
Tex
Preston
Kennedy
Strnt Dleburg
N.Y
Gastorville
Texas
J. S. Holtoner
New York
Vinson
Washington
Howse
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