House Extends NRA to April Next Year
The House quickly approved Senate amendments to extend the abbreviated NRA to April 1 next year, sending the measure to President Roosevelt for signature after 40 minutes of debate. The vote was 338 to 30, with Republicans attacking the gag rules and the measure amid broader anti trust debates.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Michener
Mich
Jenkins
Ohio
Riots injure 11 in South Omaha street car strike
Rioters injure 11 and loot a grocery in South Omaha as two months of street car strike violence flare. Police deploy tear gas and riot guns to restore order amid 2,000-strong mob. earlier disorders left four injured and four tram workers hurt.
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Omaba
Neb
South Omaha
Roy N. Towl
Omaha
Rev C L Dobbs to Fill Pulpit at Huntsville Church
Reverend C L Dobbs of Sixteenth Avenue Baptist will fill the pulpit at Mer Baptist Church in Huntsville Sunday morning.
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C. L. Dobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Hunts- Re
Injunction Filed In Birmingham Petition Seeks Halt
A petition filed in Birmingham seeks an injunction against enforcement of a certain action. Details are unclear from the fragment but indicate a legal challenge and court involvement in Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weary Troops Cease Firing in Chaco After Peace Protocol
Buenos Aires reports a ten day truce began at noon as Bolivian and Paraguayan staffs ordered cease fire. The peace protocol signed earlier this week aims to ratify by congresses and discuss demobilization and demilitarization of the disputed zone amid calm lines and halted hostilities.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Weather and errors blamed in TWA crash near Macon
A Commerce Department report cites rare weather, faulty forecasts by both government and company meteorologists, and ground crew errors as contributing factors in the May 6 TWA crash near Macon Missouri that killed Senator Bronson Cutting and four others. The inquiry found five air service regulation violations by the airline and noted pilots Bolten and Greeson did all they could as fog and darkness hindered landing.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
TWA
Macon
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Roper
Bolton
Greeson
United States Weather Bureau
Sky
Albuquerque
Kansas City
Long Is Ready to Continue Battle
Washington reports Senator Long of Louisiana, after a long anti-NRA filibuster, plans to press to strengthen President Roosevelt’s social security bill. He appeared fatigued but determined, claiming to have abstained from alcohol for 19 months and losing 230 pounds since quitting drinking.
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Washington
Senator Long
Roosevelt
NRA
Spike
Braddock’s Wife Plans Quiet Family Vacation After Title Fight
May Braddock, wife of world heavyweight champion James Braddock, recalls their cramped New York City home as her husband battles Max Baer. She hopes for a one-family house and a simple getaway "with just Jimmy," while their three children sleep through the bout and relatives react with mixed emotion.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
Associated Press
Gutten N. J
May Braddock
Jimmy
Braddock
Palisades
the Hudson
Max Baer
Braddocks
Pax
Manhattan
Governors Clash Over New Deal At Annual Conference
At the governors conference, Gov Eugene Talmadge of Georgia faulted the Roosevelt recovery as communistic. Gov Olin Johnston of South Carolina praised recovery gains and urged preserving the NRA. Gov Harry Nice of Maryland attacked curealls and quacks while Gov Nice urged economy and tax cuts to aid smaller industries.
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Jack Dale
Associated Press
Seonin Eddies
Sav Ernors
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
NRA
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Nice
Talmadge
Roosevelt
Washington
Braddock Agrees To Title Defense At Madison Square Garden
New champion Jimmy Braddock agreed to defend his heavyweight title against Max Schmeling at Madison Square Garden in summer 1936, blocking any September championship bout.
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New York
Jimmy Braddock
Madison Square Garden
Max Schmeling
Bankhead Predicts 13 Cent Cotton
Senator Bankhead of Alabama predicted in Washington that cotton would average 13 cents a pound this year in a statement dated June 14. The prediction centers on market factors and crop prospects for the growing season.
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Bankhead
Washington
Senator Bankhead
Ala
Union Leaders Recommend Plan for 70 Men Saturday
President Roosevelt asked that the threatened bituminous coal strike be called off until July 1 and John L. Lewis said union leaders would recommend to labor conferences postponement. The strike had been set for Monday as talks continue on the Guggenheim bill to regulate the industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Alabama Senate recess plans for $22 million revenue bill
The Alabama Senate approved a rules committee resolution to recess both Houses for a week while it considers the House sent $22,000,000 revenue bill. Hearings begin Tuesday at noon at a downtown Exchange Hotel with all senators invited to attend. Clerical staff will work and legislators will be paid for the week but without mileage funds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Rules Committee
House
Shelby Fletcher
Finance and Taxation Committee
Exchange
Pietcher
Fletcher
Acquittal Ordered in Insull Bankruptcy Case
Federal Judge John C. Knox directed the jury to acquit Samuel Insull Sr. Samuel Insull Jr. and Harold L. Stuart on all counts in a bankruptcy law violation case. The judge said the innocence hypothesis was as strong as the guilt one.Insull Sr. smiled and said he was happy and finished.
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Chicago
John C. Knox
Samuel Insull
Harold L. Stuart
Knox
Insull
Tennessee Valley Horse Show Shines Despite Rain
The fourth annual Tennessee Valley Horse Show at Benson Field drew over 1,000 attendees despite steady rainfall delaying the start. Nearly twice as many horses entered as in 1934, with broad local support and several awards. An Arabian horse exhibit from Travelers Rest Farm near Nashville accompanied Col. J. M. Dickinson’s talk on the breed’s origins.
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Benson Field
Deine Sietaenston
John’s Seimegel Serene
Travelers Rest Farm
Nashville
Col. J. M. Dickinson
Virginia Princevin
Cannon Ball
Schuyler
Athens
Billy Rogers
Sunday School Emphasis Highlighted by Alabama Leader
Rev. James H. Ivey of Troy, president of the Alabama Baptist Sunday School Convention, told the Alabama Baptist Training Union convention that the Sunday school is the most effective means to curb vice and crime. He urged training union members to prepare as teachers and cited Justice Lewis Fawcett’s remark that only three of 4,000 juvenile offenders had attended Sunday school.
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Marion
Ala
James H. Ivey
Troy
Alabama Baptist Sunday School Convention
Alabama Baptist Training Union Convention
Jesus Christ
Chinese Garrisons Arrive as Tientsin and Peiping Move In
A Japanese statement says Chinese troops are arriving from the border to Tientsin and Peiping. Japan demands Chahar accept three terms including stopping anti Japanese actions and punishing those detaining Japanese travelers. General Sung Cheh Yuan heads Chahar with 70 000 drill soldiers ready.
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Tienstin
Peiping
Changpei
Chahar
Sung Chen-Yuan
Chahar Province
Gennosuke Matsui
Kwantung Army
Kalgan
Matsui
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Prison Term For Aged Physician In Lancaster Case
Lancaster Pa June 14 67 year old Dr Harry Z Zimmerly of Mechanics Grove was sentenced to seven and a half to 15 years for illegal operations that led to a death in Calvert Md He pleaded guilty to another operation on Miss Elsie Miller of Rising Sun Md and to two narcotics violations Richard Parker his hired man also pleaded guilty to a narcotics charge The judge noted mercy after the sentencing and after court proceedings.
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Lancaster
Harry Z. Zimmerly
Mechanics Grove
Little Village
Gladys Lawson
Calvert
Elsie Miller
Rising Sun
Zimmerly
Richard Parker
Explosion at German munitions plant kills dozens 1
AP reports a blast at the Westfalia Anhalt munitions factory in Reinsdorf killed at least 52 people. Debris damaged many homes while police briefly eased lines before tightening access again. Residents remained hesitant and guarded about details amid secrecy surrounding munition workers.
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Reinsdorf
Germany
Westfalia-Anhalt
Special Glasses Are to Stop Soon School Funds Exhausted
Funds for paying unemployed teachers salaries are nearly exhausted except amounts for nursery school teachers and rehabilitation trainees. J. E. Hobdy notified Prof. George T. Woodruff that all special classes will discontinue at the end of class work Thursday June It. Rehabilitation and nursery schools will continue until July 1 unless further notice. Visiting teachers may be retained until close of office hours Thursday June 27.
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J. E. Hobdy
George T. Woodruff
Morgan County
Woodruff
Hobdy
Ole Miss endurance plane passes 236th hour mark
Meridian Miss June 14 The Ole Miss endurance plane flown by Fred and Al Key continued its sustained flight past the 236th hour mark at 8 30 a m without incident The pilots reported best contacts on Thursday under fine flying conditions with exceptionally smooth air and said all ok as usual in latest radio reports
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Meridian
Miss
Ole Miss
Fred
al Key
Senate votes delay bill till fortieth day in Alabama
Alabama Senate votes 16 to 11 on postponement of Stephens reapportionment bill amid clashes over delaying tactics. Russell bill to outlaw illicit suits for breach and seduction passes 16 to 11 after debate over alienation of affections.
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Senate
Russell Bill
A. F. Mahan
Associated Press
Montgomery
Wilcox
Sembaene Senate
Stephens
For Forney Stephens
Oneonta
Bonner
Alabama Senate
Russell
Walton Anders
Tired Nobles Are on Way Home
Tired nobles born today after carnival night and a three hour parade ended with fireworks over the Washington Monument. Thousands thronged the downtown area to watch the light display as the 61st annual conclave reached its climax.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Two Women Killed as Train Hits Car in Newnan
In Newnan Georgia on June 1 two farmers wives Mrs B T Redwine and Mrs Jim Wise were killed when their car stalled at a street crossing near the freight depot and a train struck it. The accident occurred as the women attempted to pass the crossing.
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Newnan
B.T. Redwine
Jim Wise
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