Pennsylvania primary shows weathered turnout and party mix
Analysis notes 2.7 million Pennsylvania Republicans registered voters. only about half voted in the Republican primary between Reed and Pinchot. Low spending by Reed contrasted with Pinchot funds. Democrats faced weak turnout. insider view cites walkouts and ex Pinchot Republicans, while Reed’s conservative stance boosts GOP unity here.
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Washington, D .C
Penn
New Deal
Square Deal Reed
New Deal Pinehot
Reed
Pinehot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Bell Is Named to Fill Burkett's Ward Four Seat
W J Bell mule dealer was unanimously elected by the city council to fill the unexpired term of Ward Four Councilman S W Burkett who died more than a week ago. Bell was sworn in this morning at city hall and will serve a little over two years of Burkett's term.
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Pulzzle
Reed
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Pinch
W. J. Bell
S. W. Burkett
Bell
Burkett
B. H. Lisenby
A. R. Gissendanner
O. S. Lewis
Lewis
Bates
W. Main Street
Park Ave
Country Club Road
FERA
I. C. Ezell
Menefee Tatum
Local thunderstorms forecast this afternoon across the region
Weather notes indicate thunder showers this afternoon or early evening with cooler conditions tonight. In western Florida expect partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder activity tonight and into Wednesday.
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Florida
Tugwell urges new deal to end need by tackling causes
Rexford Guy Tugwell assistant secretary of agriculture told 2000 welfare and social workers at the 61st national conference that the new deal must attack the causes of distress in addition to aiding the destitute. He urged delegates to subordinate direct charity to eliminating poverty and said charity remains a chief virtue but workers must reduce the need for aid.
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Kansas City
New Deal
Rexford Guy Fugwell
National Conference of Social Work
Tugwell
Brooklyn Corporal Acquitted in Espionage Case
Corporal Robert Osman of Brooklyn New York was acquitted today of charges that he sent secret military information to New York Communists. He was freed immediately and planned to return home tomorrow. this was his second trial on the charges.
Last Day for Dixie Amateur Ball Team Name Suggestions
With the deadline one day away, readers may submit names for the Dothan entry in the Dixie Amateur Baseball League. Only women aged 15 and older may submit. The winner will be announced Friday at the first home game and receives candy plus a pass to all home games in the first half.
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Dothan
Dixie Amateur Baseball League
Nat Faulk
Dynamite Hurls Strike Area Shifted Mine Threats
In Walker County Alabama dynamite was thrown at the Empire Mine washer house but fell short injuring none. About 8 000 ore miners strike across the region as talks to end the dispute begin under Governor Miller and Alabama National Guard oversight. In New Orleans longshoremen clash with brickbats missiles and a coffee truck being driven off a roadway amid a two day old strike.
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Birmingham
Ala
Empire
DeBardeleben Coal Corporation
Walker County
Creel Town
Iron Makers
International Union of Mine, Smelter
DeBardeleben
Coal Valley
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
B. M. Miller
J. C. Persons
Alabama National Guard
General Persons
Miller
Alabama
New Orleans
Celeste Street
Two Pups Die in House Fire on Rang and Adams
Firefighters report two newborn puppies perished when a bed in a corner of a Negro house at Rang and Adams streets caught fire. They arrived too late to save the animals but put out the blaze before the dwelling sustained serious damage.
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Rang
Adams
Farmer and sons jailed after farmyard assault over crops
A father Ed Jones and his two sons Elliott and Wiley Jones were jailed on assault to murder charges after a farm argument with tenant Thomas Cherry near Garrard's Crossroads. Cherry suffered a severe head blow with an ax handle and a gunshot wound to the jaw. Wiley fired twice with a shotgun but missed. A fourth man was hospitalized with a bullet wound.
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Houston
Garrard’s Crossroads
Thomas Cherry
Ed Jones
Elliott
Wiley
Jones
Cherry
Labor Invasion Warning for Southland Toughens Code Issue
John E. Edgerton warned the South that if NRA wage differentials are not recognized, industrial workers from the North and East may invade the region. He urged consideration of climate, productivity, and training in codes, criticizing haste and ignorance of Southern conditions.
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Atlanta
South
John E. Edgerton
NRA
Southern States Industrial Council
Mobile to Get New Air Service by June First
Eastern Airlines will inaugurate plane service into Mobile by June 1 with mail and passengers. The government awarded the airmail contract to Eastern on May 5. service previously ran with American Airways until contracts were canceled February 19. Headquarters will be at the Battle House building. Mobile has been without airmail since March 10 when the army suspended service.
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Mobile
Ala
Eastern Airlines
Vera Morrison
Eleven Die in Spanish Train Wreck Near Barcelona
Eleven people died and 35 were injured when two trains collided head on near the Sam Baudillo station. Several coaches telescoped and more victims were believed trapped in the wreckage.
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Barcelona
Spain
Sam Baudillo
Farmers Notified on Acceptance List for Contracts
Official notices of acceptance for most cotton acreage reduction contracts in Houston county were mailed today to farmers issued contracts. Farmers not yet notified are expected to receive official approval later. First rental payment checks for 1934 will be mailed soon to producers with accepted attestations.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
Ling
A. Cobb
Ccattan
Limestone proposed as fertilizer filler to curb soil acidity
J W Tidmore Auburn agronomist advised Alabama state board of agriculture to use limestone instead of sand as a fertilizer filler. He cited extensive Auburn tests showing most mixed fertilizers acidify soil over years, reducing productivity. limestone would raise cost slightly but help neutralize acidity.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Board of Agriculture
J. W. Tidmore
Agricultural Agronomist
Auburn
Tidmore
Seth P. Storrs
Commissioner of Agriculture
United States
Roosevelt Memorial Highway route favored through Alabama towns
Northwest Florida citizens plan a 75 car motorcade to press for routing the Roosevelt Memorial Highway from Warm Springs Georgia to Panama City Florida via Seale Eufaula Abbeville Headland and Dothan. Locally Dothan and Southeast Alabama officials urged support and expect riders from Chipley Graceville Lynn Haven and Graceville. Senator Olin G Shivers pledged sizable local participation in the effort.
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Warm Springs
Panama City
Chattahoochee River
Columbus
Phoenix City
Graceville
Chipley
Yausau
Southport
Lynn Haven
Mr. Rish
Garrarda Cross Roads
Houston County
Alabama
Rish
Dothan
Olin G. Shivers
Northwest
Florida
Roosevelt Memorial Highway Association
Wanasau
Byrd Sees Record Cold In Little America Antarctica
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd faces living in the coldest spot yet as Little America records 72 degrees below zero. A holiday marked a near victory in a tough winter for the expedition, with tractors entering a dugout garage after one machine burst into flames and was saved by Bernard Skinner who freed the line to stop the blaze.
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Little America
Antarctica
Machay Rasdjo
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Bernard Skinner
Four Centuries of Chaco War Between Paraguay and Bolivia
A 1934 Associated Press summary notes the ongoing Fort Ballivian battle as part of a four hundred year Chaco conflict. It recalls Jesuit missions, territorial shifts between Spain and Portugal, and past U.S. naval ties to the region amidst embargo pressures and calls to end the war.
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Charles E. Harner
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Associated Press
Paraguay
Bolivia
Fort Ballivian
Asuncion
la Paz
Geneva
Washington
London
Chaco
Sebastian Cabot
Parana River
Bermejo
Spain
United States
United States Navy
Death from harmless snake bites seven year old girl
In Columbia, May 22, seven-year-old Annie Kyzer died after handling a claimed harmless 14 inch snake found by friends of her parents while ploughing. Doctors attributed the death to a snake bite, with experts later suggesting it may have been a deadly coral snake.
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Columbia
8. C
Annie Kyzer
Annie
NRA Review Board Prepares Critical Report on NRA
James Cope reports from Washington that the Darrow review board, facing possible extinction, drafts another NRA codes report. President Roosevelt’s response remains undecided as Johnson accuses the board of misrepresenting facts while Darrow defends findings of monopoly harming small operators in coal, lumber, retail, and rubber tire codes.
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Washington
Darrow
NRA
Roosevelt
Johnson
Hittin
Chainel
Two Men Battle Sixty Chicago Officers in Shotgun Siege
In Chicago on May 22, two men barricaded in a West Side flat held sixty officers at bay with shotguns and shouting. Harry Stroan was hospitalized after injury during arrest, Anthony Mrozek and nurse Rose Szcecpanik were taken to the station with Stroan’s young daughter Caroline. a standoff ended when police stormed the flat.
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Chicago
West Side
Harry Stroan
Anthony Mrozek
Rose Szcecpanik
Strnan
Caroline
Stroan
Roosevelt seeks mandatory silver share in U S money reserves
President Roosevelt urged Congress to declare a policy increasing silver in monetary stocks to one fourth of value, with three fourths in gold. He asked authority to buy silver as needed, tax profits, regulate silver trade, and pursue a bi-metallic world agreement with international partners.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Congressional
Congress of the
United States
Ans
Congrena
Bevelry Hills debate over Durrow and Gen. Hugh Johnson
In Beverly Hills on May 2, yWILe ROGERS weighs in on the Durrow vs Gen Hugh Johnson argument. He notes a 322 page Johnson report, questions its flaws, and argues for broad-minded viewing of the NRA controversy with calls to admit fault if needed.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Mr. Durrow
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Dillinger
NRA
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North Americaan Newspaper Alliance
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Wit
Ansylvania
Tangle
Rob Aenen
Barkley
Burketts
Mark
Farmer
Southland
Industrial Council
Steve Verbes
Beaver
Lawrence Verbes
la Fer
Road Association
The
Jesuita
Portugal
NRA Review Board
Clarence Darrow
By James Cope
Clarenne Darrow
Charle
Edward Russell
Lowell Maxon
Tilinnia
William ©. Thompson
Ywile Rogers
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