Rival wives fight polygamy ban across border
U S Immigration officials in Juarez refused entry to Rosita Carmona common law wife of J Herbert Foster and her son, ruling limited polygamy remains moral turpitude in the United States despite approval in Cuba and Mexico. Foster appeals to Washington to admit his extra legal family.
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United States
Cuba
Mexico
U. S
Juares
Rosita Carmona
J. Herbert Foster
New England
Foster
Jones signals possible quick bonus payout stirs White House
President Roosevelt weighs veto amid Patman cash bonus bill battle as Jesse Jones of the RFC hints immediate payment could help, drawing surprise at the White House. Jones tells bankers in Pinehurst he cannot rush the plan while Congress and leaders debate funding a $4.88 billion public works relief package and veteran certificate payments.
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Washington
Patman
Roosevelt
Congress
Apner
Burns
Robinson
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Blue Ridge Mountains
Maryland
Jesse Jones
RFC
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Jones
Bankers
Pinehurst
N. C
AIRMEN HINT AT MORE SECRET PACIFIC MANEUVERS
Reports from Honolulu indicate more amazing aerial operations as 46 seaplanes continue secret maneuvers in the Pacific west of Hawaii. Naval officials withheld details while 450 aircraft may be involved in war games in a triangle formed by the Aleutians, US west coast, and Hawaii.
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Honolulu
Navy
Pacific
Hawaii
Washington
Aleutian Islands
United States
Markets at a Glance New York May 11 Stocks steady and bonds ease
Markets at a Glance reports steady stocks with preferred issues in demand, U S government bonds easing, curbs mixed, oils improving, and uneven foreign exchange. Cotton and sugar steadiness with local and foreign selling, coffee higher on European demand. Chicago futures show wheat weak, May liquidation up, corn down, cattle and hogs steady with top hog quotes at 9.25.
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New York
U. S
Wall Street
Chicago
Three Slain as Prison Uprisings Roil State Facilities
A guard and a prisoner were killed at East Ham prison farm and a main penitentiary riot erupted within 18 hours of Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer being executed for slaying a guard. In the Eastham break lead by Jack Peddy, Peddy was killed and others escaped with two murderers and a robber fleeing toward the Trinity river bottoms as posses and bloodhounds hunted them.
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Eastham
Raymond Hamilton
Desperado
Joe Palmer
Eastham Farm
Major Crowson
Jack Peddy
Here
Virgil Welch
Homer Parker
Turnkey
Stephens
Peddy
Sam Grant
R. C. Tipton
Harry Lutlow
Trinity River
Outlaw associate T. E. Kelly arrested in Mississippi
Sheriff R F Hayes of Neshoba County said he arrested Thomas E Kelly 31 an admitted former companion of Raymond Hamilton at a roadhouse near State west of Meridian. Kelly was taken into custody last night with City Marshal B H White of Philadelphia and Deputy Elton McKay assisting.
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Philadelphia
Miss
R. F. Hayes
Neshoba County
T. E. Kelly
Raymond Hamilton
Kelly
State
Meridian
Hayes
B. H. White
Elton McKay
May Day Queen Crowned as Negro School Raises Funds
The May Day program at the Negro school proved a success with Julia Jacobs of Junior II crowned May Queen for collecting the top amount, $6.44. Other funds included $16.00 total from the queen ship contest and $8.35 from a barbecue, plus $1.15 from tag sales, $2.20 from ice cream, and $2.84 from PTA ice cream and peanuts.
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Julia Jacobs
Lanier
Home Makers
Irwin
Sherard
PTA
Mission Program Set For Sunday
The First Presbyterian church Sunday school will present a foreign mission program for its annual children's day. The event begins at 9 45 o clock Sunday morning.
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First Presbyterian Church
Postmen Carry Guns In Oklahoma City Chain Letter Craze
Oklahoma City May 11 Hundreds of Get Rich Quick Wallingfords swarm chain letter operations as postmen carry guns and police seek protection for money centers. Revenue officers threaten seizure power while officials urge restraint as a gunman roams a block where nearly a hundred people play the scheme for cash. Postal inspectors report armed clerks handling loot mail.
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Oklahoma City
H. C. Jones
Internal Revenue
Citiens
Jones
Wade Loofbourrow
United States
Homer
Cummings
R. A. Griffith
Dr. Morgan Calls High Taxes Wasteful But Endorses Some Taxes
Dr. Arthurr Morgan president of Antioch College and TVA chairman argues in Antioch Notes that wealth distribution through high taxes wastes resources. He supports inheritance and income taxes and favors moderate sales taxes while warning against misused tax revenue shifting relief costs to low earners.
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Yellow Springs
Arthurr Morgan
Antioch College
Antioch Notes
Dr. Morgan
Morgan
Defense Counsel Seeks Reversal in Hauptmann Case
Blairstown New Jersey May 11 AP report says defense counsel Egbert Rosecrans argues 42 of 193 reasons to reverse Hauptmann conviction and death sentence cite alleged errors in Justice Trenchard jury charge.
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Blairstown
N. J
Egbert Rosecrans
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hoodlum riot leaves Newfoundland city in blackout
Rioting crowds of over 900 unemployed clashed with police in St. John's driven back by baton use. Two dozen or more stores were looted or damaged and the city’s power system was crippled until late at night when the plant lines were restored. The disturbance began near the Colonial Buildings where Premier Sir Richard Squires was once manhandled.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
United Towns
Sir Richard Squires
Surplus Cabbage to Be Purchased
Thad Holt Alabama relief director says Washington supervisors authorized purchase of over 4000 tons of surplus cabbage and an unspecified bean amount from Mobile area truck farmers to be canned by relief workers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thad Holt
Alabama
Washington
Mobile
Graves Goes on State Tour From Montgomery to Auburn
Als Mey Je nston of Bibb Grives Montgomery on a busy round of activities today that will keep him out of the executive offices until Wednesday. The chief executive left for Tuscaloosa to review the Alabama R O T C era in their final dress parade. Over the weekend he will be the guest of Senator Harry Riddle of Talladega going to Alexander City to deliver a Mothers Day address. Monday he will attend a trustees meeting for the Alabama school for deaf and blind at Talladega. In the afternoon he will confer with the Alabama Federation of Labor in Gadsden. Tuesday the governor and staff will visit Auburn to review the final dress parade of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute ROTC. This is the first time the staff has attended since inauguration. Wednesday he will return to the capitol.
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Martgomery
Als
Mey Jenston
Bibb Grives
First Methodist Church
Alabama School For Deaf and Blind
Talladega
Riddle
Gadsden
Alabama Federation of Labor
Auburn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute R. O. T. C
TVA Worker Dies in Elk River Rescue Attempt
Dewey Shipp a 30 year old TVA worker was swept to death Friday by the Elk river current while crews attempted to tie a rope to a tree being removed from the channel. Searchers failed to find him overnight and today near Buck Island road bridge. Shipp left a wife and four children and had farmed in Limestone County before joining TVA.
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Dewey Shipp
TVA
Elk River
Shipp
Buck Island Road
Limestone County
Strike Parley Opens in Toledo as Mediation Begins
Federal mediators meet with labor leaders and General officials in Toledo to seek restoration of about 30,000 idle workers amid the strike. Negotiators shift from a no-talk stance to open discussions with estranged workers and company reps.
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Toledo
General
Tning
Four minutes after payroll robbery bandits flee in armored car
Memphis police halted a payroll robbery at the Anderson Tully company by firing on the getaway car. One bandit was shot, another arrested, and the stolen $3,945 recovered. A third man, formerly employed by the firm, was detained for questioning while a companion fled.
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Memphis
Tenn
Anderson-Tully Company
F. C. Cutcher
Barnes
Will T. Griffin
Cutcher
Arkansas
Rural Electrification Administration Established by EO
President Roosevelt created the Rural Electrification Administration under the Works Progress Administration with an initial $75,000 for organization. Morris L. Cooke is named as authority on power and the administrator position to be announced. The order outlines duties to develop and supervise rural electric generation transmission and distribution projects and authorize related expenses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rural Electrification Administration
Works Relief Program
Morris L. Cooke
Philadelphia
Mae West court case claims secret 1911 marriage
Supreme Court Justice Hammer signed notice to Mae West that Frank Wallace seeks a declaratory judgment declaring him her husband from a 1911 Milwaukee license. Wallace says they married in 1911 and lived apart after 1915. West denies the marriage, citing records and prior denials.
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New York
Supreme Court
Ernest E. L. Hammer
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Milwaukee
Miss West
Justice Hammer
New York Law Journal
Wallace
Mae Wallace
Jacob
German
Brooklyn
Maspeth
Queens
James Timoney
Wallace Urges Farmers to Back Agricultural Adjustment Act
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace addressed a statewide rally in Alexandria urging farmers to unite for the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He warned that unity is crucial this spring to improve the act and secure a fair share of national income, while division could cost 16 years of farming gains.
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Alexandria
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Roosevelt
Decatur city approves amendment to loan application for power plant
Decatur officials vote to drop a clause requiring use of authority power in a loan application to the Public Works Administration. The change, aimed at speeding funds for an electric light and power distribution system, follows a federal restraining order and potential litigation over the project. City officials say the amendment could allow about 370000 dollars to be used to erect the plant and begin construction promptly.
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Decatur Oi
W. I. Grubb
PWA
Decatur
Wheeld
Electric Light
Powet
Ingham
Washington
James A. Nelson
Mineral Deposits to Be Discussed in Morgan County
An expert on minerals will deliver an address at Austinville school auditorium at 7 o clock tonight on mineral deposits in Morgan county and the possibility for their development. The public was invited to attend.
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Austiniville School
Morgan County
Bids Received on Valley Highway Projects
Alabama state highway department submitted low bids for five projects to the U S Bureau of Roads. Opelika Lee County paving 0.554 miles by Crouch Coast Dothan for 38338.05. Heflin Cleburne County paving 0.228 miles by Vandigriff Montgomery 20300.94. Limestone Athens Lexington road grading 3.364 miles by Beckham Lawler W C Shepherd Atlanta 28819.94. Calhoun Dekalb Kealville Fort Payne grading 12.342 miles by Beckham Lawler Atlanta 161106.41. Town Creek Wheeler Dam area grading 2.317 miles by Mitchell Brothers Construction Birmingham 22035.98.
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Montgomery
Ala
U. Bureau of Roads
Lee County
Opelika
Crouch Coast Company
Dothan
Cleburne County
Heflin
Vandigriff Construction Company
Limestone County
Athens Lexington
Beckham-Lawler Contracting Company
Town Creek
Wheeler Dam
Mitchell Brothers Construction Company
Birmingham
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