House Sends Silver Bill On To Senate
The House approved administration plans to use silver for a quarter of US currency backing, sending the measure to the Senate. Supporters say it complements gold policy and lifts prices and trade, while opponents call it unsound monetary policy benefiting mining interests. The final vote rejected a recommitment 268 to 70, with a separate roll call of 163 to 59.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Victim of Spider Bite Improves in Boise Hospital
In Boise Idaho May 31 AP slight improvement reported in the condition of Dr William rkenbeck unconscious from a widow spider bite May 20. He swallows small amounts of food and remains in a serious but not critical state as treatment continues to build strength and ease shock.
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Boise
Idaho
William #rkenbeck
Harold W. Stone
Dr. Stone
Prominent Montgomery Man Nabbed in Major Liquor Raid
Deputies seized 295 cases of beer and over 50 gallons of liquor from a downtown Montgomery warehouse. Jack Abraham, a well known businessman and warehouse owner, was arrested on prohibition violations after posting bond for 200 dollars. He claimed the shipment was interstate and bound for New Orleans and would seek a court order to return it. The seized goods were valued at about
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Montgomery
Ale
Jack Abraham
Alabama
Abraham
New Orlans
Cers
Florida Power and Light Cuts Electric Rates Statewide
Florida Power and Light announced rate reductions to take effect next Monday across the state. City-benefit details were withheld by a company official who cited not making public a note on the affected cities and the exact savings. The official stated the changes apply broadly, with the specific reductions kept confidential.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Power and Light
Dent Joe Gill
Weather forecast fragment describes fair, slight warming
Fragmentary forecast notes generally fair conditions with a slight warming trend on Friday. It mentions cooler, extreme south portions with possible ice and clouds increasing in the north tonight.
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Gatt Esser
Rene E
Northwest Ageant
Clyde Barrow's Mother Disrupts Newsreel Death Scene
In Dallas on May 31, Mrs. Henry Barrow, mother of Clyde Barrow, rushed a theater during a newsreel showing the death of Clyde and Bonnie Parker. She was arrested after tearing down ads and shouting for the film to stop, later apologizing and citing relatives' influence.
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Dallas
Tex
Clyde
Bonnie Parker
Henry Barrow
Arcadia
Texas
Louisiana
Parker
Barrow
Bandits Rob Bank Kidnap 5 Workers Near Kingfisher Oklahoma
Two men robbed the Peoples National Bank at Kingfisher Oklahoma May 31 taking about $1000. They abducted four workers and a girl clerk, used them as shields, and released them unharmed near a cemetery two miles west of the city. A sheriff's posse pursued the robbers in a car with a knocking motor. The five abductees were Irene Ross Virgil Francis Dale Cage and Perry Farmer.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Peoples National Bank
Blaine County
Irene Ross
Virgil Francis
Dale Cage
Perry Farmer
Funeral for E L Dowling Set for 3 30 Today
Funeral services for E L Dowling formerly of Dothan who died at his Newton home were held at 3 30 p m today at Clay Bank cemetery near Ozark. Rev W M Middlebrooks officiated assisted by Rev Moore with Fellows and Forrester in charge. Pallbearers included WN Frank Pridgen Bob Harrison Robert Holman Robert Ramsey Grady Watford Ross Maddox H H Ader Fred Barrow Honorary pallbearers were Marvin Holman J J Speight Dr E F Moody R M Dowling Dr H B Dowling Lawrence Dowling Albert Atkerson Hart Dowling Ray Dowling John T Dowling and Harvey Dowling.
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E. L. Dowling
Dothan
Newton
Clay Bank Cemetery
Ozark
W. M. Middlebrooks
Foster Street Methodist Church
Moore
Fellows
Forrester
Frank Pridgen
Bob Harrison
Robert Holman
Robert Ramsey
Grady Watford
Ross Maddox
H. H. Ader
Fred Barrow
Marvin Holman
J. J. Speight
E. F. Moody
R. M. Dowling
H. B. Dowling
Lawrence Dowling
Albert Atkerson
Hart Dowling
Ray Dowling
John T. Dowling
Harvey Dowling
Fear Station Master Is Victim Of Attack
Towson Maryland May 31 AP R A Miller station master for the Maryland Pennsylvania railroad was missing police suspect he was attacked robbed and kidnapped an office was ransacked a blood trail led from the office through the station to a loading platform the trail ended near an apparently parked automobile Maryland and Baltimore County police searched woods and roads while hospitals were checked for Miller in Towson the county seat near Baltimore.
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Towson
R. A. Miller
Maryland Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Helen Jacobs Reaches Paris Finals After Easy Win
United States titleholder Helen Jacobs advances to the Paris hard court championship final with a straightforward victory over her former rival Mme Rene Mathieu. The May 31 report notes Jacobs controls the match as she eyes the decisive stage.
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Paris
Helen Jacobs
United States
Mme
Rene Mathieu
France
Man in car threatens self detonation in Alameeda scene
In Alameeda California Frank Bennett sat in a car believed to contain 48 sticks of dynamite and a gallon of nitroglycerin as police and his 4 year old daughter Virginia tried to talk him down. Bennett, sleepless hungry and homeless, insisted the machine would trigger his suicide and refused to be talked out of it. He spoke of a prior gun arrest and a pardon in 1909 while officers vowed to find him work for his family.
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Alamaeda
Califf
Frank Bennett
Virginia
Bennett
al Sturzinger
George Risso
Kingdom Come
Florence
Ariz
Union of Presbyterian Bodies Now Rests With Northern Church Group
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A and United Presbyterian Church of North America move toward organic union. The United Presbyterian general assembly at Oxford Ohio June 20 to 26 will consider the merger proposal with two thirds approval required from both churches. The PCA assembly closes with board elections and foreign missions report.
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Cleveland
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church of North America
General Assembly
146Th General Assembly
United Presbyterian General Assembly
Oxford
Board of Foreign Missions
Roosevelt signs canning code to study quality standards
President Roosevelt signed a code for the canning industry ordering within 90 days the creation of an agency to study and propose means of establishing quality standards and proper labelling, aligning with the Tugwell pure food bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bolivia asks League to halt combat in Chaco
Bolivia appealed to the League of Nations to end the war with Paraguay in the Chaco Boreal. Bolivian delegate Costa Duri was rejected on arbitration and pressed Article 15 for a council recommendation. Paraguay denied any mediation delay and charged Paraguay with a munitions factory.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Bolivia
League of Nations
Paraguay
Chaco Boreal
South America
League Council
Costa Dureis
Caballero Bedoya
Costa Durels
League
Rio de Janeiro postal job exam flags 284 unfit
An AP report notes 585 candidates for mail carrier posts underwent medical tests in Rio de Janeiro. Results show 284 unfit, or 48 percent, including 132 with respiratory ailments.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Bandit killed in hold up try at Fairfield
In Fairfield last night a bandit trio ended in gunfire. J William Busby wounded badly. Festus Lichester killed and Floyd Redding captured with a chest wound near the heart. Chief Y L Anthony said Lichester and Redding planned a garage ambush.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. William Busby
Busby
Fairfield
Festus Lichester
Tuscaloosa
Floyd Redding
Jackson
Redding
Y. L. Anthony
Winchester
Bandit Sought in Multiple Alabama and Tennessee Robberies
Festus Winchester, killed in Fairfield during an alleged holdup, was being sought in Tuscaloosa for robbing two filling stations. He had a lengthy local record and twice escaped from jail. another inmate was jailed for burglary and escaped. In Jackson, police linked two wounded bandits in Birmingham to four West Tennessee robbery cases.
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Tuscaloosa
Als
Festus Winchester
Fairfield
Aro Wag
State Penitentiary
Jackson, Tenn
Tip Taylor
Birmingham
West Tennessee
Moslem League Sections Elect Mutual Chairman in Delhi
Two sections of the All-India Moslem League ended their dispute and chose a common chairman in Delhi. The move unites factions within the organization amid ongoing political reforms in India.
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Delhi, Indias
All-India
Handling broken glass without cuts
The article advises using absorbent cotton, wetting it, and picking up scattered glass fragments to avoid nasty cuts when most pieces have been swept up but small shards remain. This method minimizes contact with sharp edges and reduces injury risk.
U S Auto Magnate Flees Country On Kidnap Threat
American auto magnate E L Cord fled to England amid sensational California kidnap plots. He has stayed in Surrey for the summer, avoiding return to the United States as threats and attempts continue. Cord and his family tour London by car while guards remain vigilant against possible further abductions.
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U. S
Burdette T. Johns
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Associated Press
London
Beverly Hills
Cal
E. L. Cord
California
United States
Cord
England
William F. Gettle
June Robles
Arizona
Surrey
Cord Estate
Mexico
Cord Home
William
Heston
Mother Tries To Make Tot Smile Falls To Death
Mrs. Emory Flinn, heir to the Cannon fortune, leaned from a penthouse balcony in New York to entertain her infant son during a photo. The 18 story fall killed her. a nurse held the child as a tile broker husband photographed. She died in hospital beside her husband.
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New York
Emory Flinn
Cannon
North Carolina
Flinn
C. G. Hill
Winston-Salem
N.C
J. W. Cannon
Concord
N. C
Cannon Mills
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
U S Tax Unit to Have Office Here
The alcohol tax division of the United States Treasury will establish an office here tomorrow. Two investigators will staff the branch, including J. L. White of the city with years of service in the division. A Mobile colleague will join later. no other name known yet. The move is not tied to the Alabama dry regime or any “barricade” against bootleg liquor, with Birmingham issuing opening orders over two months ago.
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Alcohol Excise Division of
U. S. Treasury
Alcohol Tax Division
The
United States Treasury
J. L. White
White
Mobile
Alabama
Birmingham
Dog Stellino Awarded Silver Medal For Vigil
Florence Italy May 31 AP a fascist animal protection society honors Stellino a dog found guarding the body of a worker who died in a cave. The dog nearly starved before rescue a special silver medal is struck for his collar with the fascist emblem and the inscription He could not have given more.
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Florence
Italy
Stellino
Animal Protective Society
Stelling
Johnson Moves To Halt United States Steel Textile Strikes
Hugh S. Johnson meets leaders of steel and textile unions as he seeks to avert walkouts. In Alabama, about 18,000 textile workers may join a 17-town strike, reducing state production by 75 percent, with Huntsville Jacksonvill e Anniston and Attalla named among affected communities.
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Washington
Hugh &. Johnson
Johnson
Michael F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Thomas F. McMahon
United States Textile Workers of America
Alabam
Birmingham
Alabama
W. ©. Hare
State Federation
United Textile Workers of America
Huntsville
Jacksonville
Anniaton
Attalla
Gadsden
Decatur
Prattville
Siluria
Florence
Clanton Cordova
Jasper
Winfield
Mobile
Gunteraville
Albertville
Piedmont
Bombing charge filed in Alabama strike area
Two striking Negro miners Eugene Calhoun and James Thomas, aged 31 and 27, were arrested on a bombing charge tied to damage at a home. The case notes Alabama death penalty provisions and a wave of bomb incidents amid an eight thousand strong ore miners strike with over 490 National Guardsmen patrolling the six mile rail line to Fairfield works. In Texas, Laredo district shipped over half of 1934 Bermuda onion output with about 1,100 carloads in four months.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Eugene Calhoun
James Thomas
Will Osborn
National Guardsmen
Six Mile
Fairfield Works
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Laredo
Tex
Texas
Fairbanks Linked to Valdez by 360 Mile Highway Run
Fairbanks Alaska is connected to Valdez on the coast via the Richardson highway. The route has no intersections for 360 miles making the journey a long uninterrupted drive.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Valdez
Newville High to Stage Windy Willows Play
The senior class of Newville High presents Windy Willows by Virginia and Ted Maywill Friday at 8 in the high school auditorium.
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Newville High
Newville High School
Windy Willows
Virginia
Ted Maywill
Unprecedented Drought Reigns in Middle West
The weather bureau termed drought conditions unprecedented across the West with spreading damage to the Pacific Northwest. Winter grains in Nebraska to Montana deteriorate with some beyond recovery and fields abandoned without rains. drought also affects western dry lands though southern and Middle Atlantic regions largely fare better.
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Washington
West
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Nebraska
Northwestern
Montana
Bureau
South
Worth Atlantic
New York
New England
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