Shipping Bar Is Placed On 2 More Ports
Britain and Japan edge toward a peaceful solution to the 14 day deadlock at Tientsin as Japan expands actions against Foochow and Wenchow. Japan closes ports to foreign shipping and warns U S and others to remove vessels. Tokyo reports warplanes in outer Mongolia and raids on a Soviet base amid front line fighting.
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Associated Press
Britain
Japan
Tientsin
China
Shanghai
Foochow
Wenchow
United States
Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Mongolia
Manchouquo
Robert Leslie Craigie
London
Douwit
Masaharu Honma
Shigenori Tashiro
Amendment No 2 Pardon Parole Amendment in Alabama
The amendment would remove most pardon and parole powers from the Governor and create a non political board to handle pardons and parole. It would limit the Governor to reprieve or commute only death penalty cases and shift authority to a Legislature created board to administer clemency and probation.
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Alabama
Secretary of State
Prison Hostage Resolved After Convicts Fire Barricade
In Michigan City Indiana State Police shot three convicts who seized Ruth Joiner, a welfare worker, at Indiana State Prison. Joiner was freed after a hostage crisis that began at 10 40 am and ended around 1 pm with guards storming the doctor’s office. Two inmates Richard Sweet and Alphonse Skuszwich were seriously wounded. others were wounded lightly.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana State Prison
Alfred Dowd
Petey Weeks
Dowd
Ruth Joiner
Crawfordsville
Ed Wetzell
Parke County
Alphonse Skuszwich
St. Joseph County
Sweet
Skuszwich
Indiana
State Welfare Department
Peter
Wright New Head of Club
Leo C Wright, manager of the supplies department at Alabama Power in Decatur, elected president of the Decatur Lions Club for the coming year at the weekly meeting at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. He is a charter member with perfect attendance since 1938. Also elected were Archibald first vice president Shannon second vice president Guyton third vice president Patton secretary and treasurer Moore tail twister Howell lion tamer Gant and McMasters directors. The new officers will be installed at the July 11 meeting.
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Leo C. Wright
Alabama Power Company
Decatur
Decatur Lions Club
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Wright
Decatur Club
Lambuth Archibald
Jerry Shannon
T M. Guyton
J. W
Bill) Patton, Jr
T. L
Terry) Moore
Charles Ed Howell
Lion Tamer
Paul Gant
Knox McMasters
1& Ze
Southern governors to back 30 cent textile wage plan
Governor Dixon said he and Governor Hugh White of Mississippi would join in Atlanta to oppose raising the textile wage minimum to 32 1/2 cents under the wage hour law. They support the minority council recommendation of 30 cents for one year to gauge impact, while the majority favors 33 1/2 cents July 1. current minimum is 25 cents. Dixon plans to leave for Atlanta Thursday by train.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Hughhi White
Mississippi
Atlanta
National
Council
Andrews
Southern
Textile union leader urges 40 cent minimum wage nationally
Emil Rieve of Philadelphia, head of the textile workers union CIO, urged Elmer F. Andrews to approve a 40 cent hourly minimum without regional differences. He argued 40 cents would not curb employment and that 32.5 cents is inadequate, especially for Southern mills, given 14 percent cost of living rise since NRA rules and past Southern wage patterns.
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Atlanta
Emil Rieve
Philadelphia
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Textile Industry
Rieve
NRA
South
North
Revenue Act Challenge Heard in Morgan County Court
A chancery hearing is set for July 5 before Judge A A Griffith on Newt Edmonson’s suit to declare the Morgan county board of revenue and control act unconstitutional. The filing contests sections 68 96 and 105 of the state constitution and argues the act raises pay without duties while mandating local law limits.
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A. A. Griffith
Chancery Court
Newt Edmonson
Sim Howell
Wallace Meadows
Fred Speake
Jeff Rowe
John McCutcheon
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Morgan County
A. Lynne
T. ©. Almon
Melvin Hutson
Edmonson
Two Negro Convicts Escape Draper Prison
In Alabama on June 27 two black prisoners from the Draper Prison field gang escaped. Bloodhounds pursued them as guards searched the woods. identified fugitives were Warnett Dean, 18, life sentence for murder in Shelby county, and Henry Williams, 38, serving a year and a day for distilling in Jefferson.
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Speigner
Ala
Draper
Warnett Dean
Shelby County
Henry Williams
Jefferson
Opp
Andalusia
Ozark
Abbeville
Whitney
St. Clair County
Treasury Cuts Foreign Silver Price to Four Cents
The treasury slashed the price for foreign silver from 43 to 4 cents per ounce, following the Senate vote to end foreign silver purchases after July 1. The change ends a policy in place since March 1938 and after two decades at 45 cents prior to the 1938 cut, amid U S monetary policy moves and Bank of Mexico activity.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
Relief Bill Clears Senate Committee For Debate
The senate appropriations committee approved the administration's 1.735 billion relief bill and referred it to the senate floor for debate. Without funds by Friday midnight the WPA would lose fiscal year support, while house leaders discussed emergency measures to keep relief and agriculture programs funded. The Bloom neutrality bill also moved as critics warned of possible U.S. involvement, with leaders striving to push key relief, monetary, and neutrality provisions through amid Republican and anti administration Democratic opposition.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
House
White House
Appropriations Committee
Continoee
Britain Produces More Warplanes Than Germany Says Official
A confidential air ministry source says Britain leads in monthly warplane production and stores planes in cold underground warehouses. Britain spends about 10 million dollars weekly on aircraft, with Germany estimated at 8 to 12 thousand yearly. Britain had 2,750 combat ready in March, and factory output suggests rising preparedness for a potential European conflict.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
London
Britain
Germany
Air Ministry
France
House of Commons
Lodge Installs Its New Officers At Rising Sun No 29
Ris ing Sun Lodge No 29 A F and A M installed its recently elected officers at the Monday meeting. D L Allen, outgoing master, conducted the installation. New officers include E L Jones Worshipful Master E C Stockton Senior Warden C B Murphy Junior Warden W H Carter Treasurer J D Bush Secretary R T Blizzard Senior Deacon W G Roberts Junior Deacon Rev IL Knight Chaplain Butler Hine Marshal A C McKnight Tyler.
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Rising Sun
A. F
A. M
D. L. Allen
E. L. Jones
E. C. Stockton
C. B. Murphy
W. H. Carter
J. D. Bush
R. T. Blizzard
W. G. Roberts
Ll. H. Knight
Butler Hine
Marshal
A. C. McKnight
Tyler
Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Return to England Next October
London reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan to return to England for residence in October with possible U S visit next year. The Standard says they seek no royal title for the Duchess and note their independence as British citizens to travel.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
London Evening Standard
Duke Andsor
England
Standard
Edward VIII
United States
The
Daily Express
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Windsor
Uni
Ex convict Kent seeks trial in Hall murder case
Daniel M. Kent a 32 year old parolee and former convict is held in Clinton county jail after demanding an examination on charges he killed Detroit oil promoter George G. Hall in a $10 hitch hike robbery. Kent confessed to Grand Rapids police saying he shot Hall to get money and faces a life sentence. Ruby Doty identified him as the scarfaced man.
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Johns
Mich
Daniel M. Kent
Clinton County
George G. Hall
Detroit
William J. Black
Kent
Grand Rapids
Hall
Ruby Doty
Albert Scheiern
Fred N. Sears
WPA Workers Aid Farmers in Morgan County
Morgan County county agent B. G. Hall reports WPA workers with farm experience helped farmers combat weeds and grass after weeks of rain. Thirteen farmers requested 78 WPA laborers, all supplied with satisfactory results. some crop loss occurred before aid arrived. He notes other counties like Limestone and Lauderdale released hundreds of men. boll weevil report in Austinville area appears light.
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WPA
Morgan County
B. G. Hall
Limestone County
Lauderdale County
Hall
Boll Weevils
Idk Mae
Austinville
LSU names Hebert acting president as crisis unfolds
LSU in Baton Rouge announces Paul M. Hebert dean of the Law School will serve as acting president. Detectives pursue James Monroe Smith, former campus leader, amid embezzlement allegations after a Sunday sighting near St. Francisville. authorities seek recovery of funds and clarify bond signing irregularities.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Board of Supervisors
Paul M. Hebert
James Monroe Smith
State University
St. Francisville
Here
Smith
Emory Adams
Adams
Richard W. Leche
Leche
New Orleans
Long sweeps to save Huey Long era machine in Louisiana
Governor Earl Kemp Long, sworn in after Richard Leche’s resignation amid federal scrutiny, pledges a rapid cleanup of corrupt ties and to salvage the Huey Long political machine. Mayor Robert S. Maestri sits beside him as LSU President James Monroe Smith faces embezzlement charges and fugitive status. State auditors probe Smith’s accounts amid signs of personal financial distress.
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WPA
Leche
Maestri
Long
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
Earl
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Tennessee River Gauge and Weather Outlook
The Tennessee River stood at 20.2 feet today, with temperatures ranging from 76 to 94 degrees and a trace of rain. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida area forecast partly cloudy skies with scattered showers on Wednesday, light to moderate winds along the coast, and Tennessee expecting partly cloudy conditions with local thunder showers by noon in central and eastern regions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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American Cotton Manufacturers Association
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University of Oklahoma
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Southern Garment Manufacturers Association
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Acme
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State Highway Department
Mexico City
Bank of Mexico
Louisiana
James M. Smith
Wally
Igor Cassini
Washington Time-Herald
Acme Telephoto
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