Roosevelt cites antimonopoly study aim to curb dearths
President Roosevelt told reporters that Congress should study methods to avoid depressions by reducing unabsorbed inventories and high prices in some commodities. He denied his early spending plan failed, saying only that the inventory price problem persists and NRA effects were halted by unconstitutionality. He released John D Biggers unemployment census showing 5,833,401 totally unemployed and noted only $1,986,000 of $5 million authorized funds used.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
John D. Biggers
Biggers
Census Takers Sought For City School Check
Officials announce the census of children aged 6 to 21 will occur in July under city supervision. Takers are chosen in June, with districts split into seven white and two negro divisions. The 1932 census recorded 3,232 white and 1,509 negro school children.
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W. W. Benson
King to seek probe of WPA head shortly
Senator King of Utah announced he would urge a congressional investigation into Harry Hopkins and WPA relief administration. Senator McCarran mocked the move saying funds would flow under Ickes and PWA if he controlled relief, and that the inquiry would not get far.
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Washington
King
Utah
Senate
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
McCarran
Nev
Ickes
Public Works Administration
Congress approves big relief bill in sweeping WPA expansion
Anti administration senators push for restrictions on the relief fund as the bill heads to the Senate by midweek. The House passed the measure 328 to 70, funding WPA work relief, PWA public works, farmer rehabilitation, youth administration, and rural electrification, with loans and new buildings financed.
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Douglas B. Connell
Washington
Byrd
Adams
Appropriations
Senate
House
PWA
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
Appropriations Committee
British steamer Kitte gunkie breaks down far from coast
The 5898 ton British steamer Kitte gunkie loaded with scrap iron developed boiler failures and was abandoned as beyond repair in the Gulf of Mexico about 220 miles southwest of Mobile Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Weary Possemen Set Out Again In Frosty Dawn
In Bramnf ord, Pa, May 13, weary volunteers resumed the search for Marjory West, a blue-eyed four year old girl missing since a family outing. More than 3,000 men joined yesterday as officials planned another dawn drive into northern Pennsylvania mountains. Police officials declined to call it a kidnapping.
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Bramnford
Little Marjory West
Pennsylvania
Hugh J. Ryan
Ryan
Shirley M. West
Marjory
Percy W. Foote
State Motor Police
Harrisburg
Foote
Edward Admonds
Bradford
New York Officer Kills Family Before Taking Own Life
New York patrolman Anthony Modleski aged 36 killed his wife Antoinette 27 and two sons Joseph 4 and William 1 in a morning shooting then died at Greenpoint Hospital after an apparent despondency driven act. Anthony Jr. 3 survived. Modleski had a recent appendicitis operation and a two week decline in mood while serving in the traffic squad since 1926.
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New York
Anthony Modleski
Antoinette
Joseph
Modleski
William
Greenpoint Hospital
Anthony, Jr
Michael J. McDermott
Moleski
Early crowing case stirs Reading neighbor
In Reading Pennsylvania on May 13 a landlady complained roosters crowed at 2 a.m. Officers were called when roomers threatened to leave if the disturbance continued.
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Reading
William Hain
Youth Dies After Lightning Strike At Farm County
Raym T. Lansden, 17, was struck by a bolt at 4:30 pm on his Hillsboro Route 3 farm while riding a mule and leading another. He died despite hours of artificial respiration with help from doctors and Alabama Power safety crews. Funeral held at Smyrna with Rev. Timmons Terry officiating. Survived by parents L. W. Terry and numerous step and half siblings.
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Dea
Raym T. Lansden
Bolt
Hillsboro
Young Lansden
Lansden
Court+ land
Alabbama Power Company
Decatt
Smyrna
Ready for 4 H Rally in Decatur preparations underway
Decatur readies for the 1938 4 H rally with 1600 youth expected. Forty local Boy Scouts met with their Scoutmaster police and highway patrol for final traffic instructions ahead of the parade at 11. Six highway patrolmen and five policemen will assist along with 65 Scouts. County 4 H clubs total 1761 members with 741 girls in 13 units and 1104 boys in 2 percent clubs. Citizens and the Chamber of Commerce back the event aiming for a record turnout and smooth hosting.
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Decatur
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Parade Postponed By Rain In Memphis
Heavy rain forces cotton carnival officials to postpone the annual parade of costumed school children until tomorrow in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
China Wins Credit and Aid Pledges for War Arm Supplies
Chinese reports say Britain and France agreed to provide credits for arms and pledged aid to deliver munitions to China for the war with Japan. Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo secured the behind the scenes deals while the League considers a new anti gas resolution and reaffirmations on China’s war.
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Geneva
China
League
Britain
France
Credita
V. K. Wellington Koo
Chi- Ina
League Nations Council
Japan
Koo
Hongkong
Indo-China
Soviet
Russia
Romania
Wellington Koosch
Permanent “Bureau Forternational
An Oforganiies P
Henan
Anhwei
Orient
Diplomatic Strains Test Geneva Style Reaches London
Chinese representative Dr V K Wellington Koo warned that China may seek sanctions against Japan and push League of Nations actions if war material pledges are not delivered. He threatened to mobilize other dissatisfied members to press recognition of Italy's Ethiopia conquest, complicating British French appeasement efforts. The British French position won a league consent allowing recognition of the Italian conquest.
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Associated Press
Geneva
London
Konrad Henlein
Fuehrer
Czechoslovakia
V. K. Wellington Koo
League of Nations Council
Japan
China
Britain
France
League
League Assembly
Ethiopia
War Games Leave This Reporter Wondering What It's All About
New York reporter Devon Francis describes a mock wartime setup at the generals headquarters as air force and army units simulate a second phase of maneuvers. He notes confusing reports of enemy raids followed by claimed gains on Plum Tree and Mulberry Islands and questions the discrepancy in official communiques.
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Devon Francis
New York
General Headquarters Air Force
G. H. Q. Press Department
Maine
North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
Girl In Grey Identified By Sister In New York
The girl known as the Girl In Grey was identified in the morgue as Pear Louise Braden of Carapolis Pennsylvania by her sister Mrs Evelyn Cape. The 16 year old died last Friday after drinking poison in a midtown bus terminal restroom. Her sister said she had disappeared last November and had not spoken to family since then.
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New York
Pear Louise Braden
Carapolis
Evelyn Cape
Girl
Grey
Pittsburgh
Pearl Braden
Funeral Held for Rosa Cartwright at Line Street Home
Miss Rosa Hilla Cartwright aged 60 died Wednesday night at Baughs Infirmary. Final rites were conducted at 3 p.m. at 619 Line Street by Rev. John Cowell Jr. with burial at City Cemetery. Surviving: sister Mrs Brown Mahon of Greenville South Carolina. brother Kyle Cartwright of Decatur. niece Carolyn Cartwright Mahon and nephew Brown Mahon Jr., both of Greenville. She was a Ward Belmont College graduate and longtime First Baptist Church member renowned for her Kindlergarten work on Line Street.
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Rosa Hilla Cartwright
B. F. Martin
Line Street
John ©. Cowell, Jr
Central Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Miss Cartwright
Baugh’s Infirmary
F. R. Benson
Malley Fe Polbiil
A. F
Paul Dix
C. Johnson
Preutt Cartwright
Brown Mahon
Greenville
8. C
Kyle Cartwright
Decatur
Carolyn Cartwright Mahon
Matthew Thomas
Ella Thomison Cartwright
Ward-Belmont College
Nashville
Cartwright
First Baptist Church
Woman's Missionary Union
Joe Wheeler
United Daughters of the Confederacy
United Daughters of Confederacy
Miss Rosa
Morgan County reports first malaria death of 1938
The county health officer Dr. L R Murphree reported Morgan county's first malaria death for 1938, a Somerville resident. He noted malaria concentrates northeast of Somerville and near Winton, with nineteen people ill this season and 101 cases in 1937 across 31 families.
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Morgan County
L. RR. Murphree
Somerville
Murphree
Winton
Rites Held for Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Woodall
Final rites for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs Grady Woodall were conducted Thursday at Rock Creek with Reverend Dewey Crow officiating. Burial was directed by Drinkard Howell. The child died Wednesday night at the Eva Route 1 home. The parents survive.
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Grady Woodall
Rock Creek
Dewey Crow
Drinkard Howell
Eva
Route 1
Democrats certify nominations for governor and lawmakers in Alabama
Alabama democrats certify the governor and 95 legislators after May primaries and plan a June 14 run off for key races. Governor Bibb Graves pledges support to Frank M. Dixon as he rests on the gulf coast. J Thomas Heflin and others campaign on reform as run offs determine secretary of state land public service positions and a new agriculture commissioner.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Frank M. Dixon
Birmingham
J. Thomas Hefline
Joe Starnes
Dixon
Gulf Coast
Lister Hill
Washington
John Brandon
Dave Birmingham
Haygood Paterson
J. T. High
Extension Service
W. Clint Harrison
Marengo
Arthur Heustess
State Board of Administration
Public Service Commis- Post No. 2
Henry B. Steagall
Ozark
J. Hubert Farmer
Dothan
House
Democratic Executive Committee
Winston
Winston County
W. B. Bankhead
John A. Posey
Haleyville
Pennsylvania primary tests CIO and AFL split in race
In Harrisburg Governor Earle urges Democrats to back the state committee ticket led by Earle for U S Senator and Jones for governor, while Lewis backed Kennedy and the CIO seeks influence. The State Federation of Labor opposes CIO nominees as party divisions deepen ahead of the Tuesday vote.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
John. L. Lewis
CIO
Earle
Illinois
Lewis
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Thomas Kennedy
Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
U.S
Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Charles Jones
Charles J. Margiotti
Ped
New Naval Expansion Bill Authorized for 46 Ships
The Senate sent to the White House a $1 billion naval expansion measure authorizing 46 new fighting ships 26 auxiliaries and 950 aircraft. It allows battleships up to 36 000 tons with presidential overridess for larger vessels and provides for a $3 million dirigible. Funds to implement the program to be requested later.
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Washington
Senate P
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Embargo Bill Shelved by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17 to 1 to shelve the Nye resolution to lift the embargo on army shipments to Spain. Secretary Hull opposed reversal of non-interference policy. Chairman Pittman said action was postponed indefinitely and Nye may appear next week, though reconsideration seems unlikely.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
Nye
Spain
Pittman
D.-Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
Nevada
MISS MILEY AND MRS PAGE ADVANCE IN SOUTHERN GOLF
Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill and Marion Miley of Lexington reached the finals of the 27th annual women's southern golf tournament in Birmingham. Page beat Dorothy Kirby 1 up after a tight finish, while Miley outlasted Dan Chandler 1 up after 19 holes. Both, named yesterday to the United States Curtis Cup team, will duel for the title in a 36 hole championship tomorrow.
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Birmingham
Ala
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
N. C
Marion Miley
Lexington
Page
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Miley
Dan Chandler
Dallas
Tex
Graves says Roper approves July 4 for free trade zone opening
Governor Bibb Graves announced that Secretary of Commerce Roper approved July 4 as the opening and dedication date for Mobile California free foreign trade zone.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Roper
Mobile
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 21.8 feet with a 24 hour rainfall of .05 inches. High reached 76 and low 59 with the day largely mild and humid. Alabama saw mostly cloudy skies with chances of showers in the west and southeast portions tonight and Saturday. Saturday expected somewhat warmer with light southerly winds.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Nepal
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WPA
Hopkins
Restriction
Marjory West
N. Y
R. T. Lansden
Bolt ON Farm
Woodall
Graves
Major Dixon
Pennsy
Fdr
Miss Miley
Mrs. Page
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