Relief plan agreed upon by conferees to pump credit
Washington July 2 A relief program designed to feed and provide work for the unemployed and to pump credit into private industry was completed by House and Senate conferees for presentation to Congress next week The compromise bill carries 2100000000 in fact of 2300000000 it formerly The measure seeks to win President Hoover approval by avoiding public works emphasis Conferees said the bill would be drafted over the weekend and a final approval sought Tuesday morning The Reconstrucion Corporation would gain broad powers to loan to private industry and governmental agencies Continued on page five
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House
Senate
Congress
Hoover
Norbeck
Reconstriction Corporation
Bil
Hutton Denies Breach Charge In Aimee McPherson Suit
David Li Hutton, singer husband of Aimee Semple McPherson, testified he did not breach a 200000 suit filed by Myrtle St Pierre nurse. He described his testimony with repeated I did not and No sir responses from the witness stand in the Los Angeles court. The nurse accuses him of breaking a promise related to marriage to Mrs McPherson after meeting Miss St Pierre at a party. The trial references a January 18 1931 meeting in Pasadena and other details as it continues.
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Los Angeles
David Li Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson
Myrtle St. Pierre
Hutton
Mark Jones
Nan Anthony Norbury
Pasadena
Sentinel Will Not Publish Monday For July 4th
The Grafton Sentinel will not issue an edition on Monday July 4 in observance of Independence Day. The next regular edition will appear on Tuesday evening July 5.
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Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel
Defense ends MS case in Curtis trial
The Curtis trial defense rested its case with John Hughes Curtis, appealing to jurors as to the alleged hoax confession. Curtis did not testify, and notable figures including Col. Lindbergh and nurse Betty Gow were not called, as two Virginia witnesses and a Norfolk doctor testified in support of the defense. The jury began deliberations about 9:33 a.m. after hours of courtroom proceedings.
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Flemington
N. J
Pytohn, Hughes
Curtis
Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Betty Gow
Curtis’ Lowers
Lloyd Fisher
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey State Police
Schwarzkopf
Virginia
Bruce Cartney
Churchill
Frank
Wilson
Four Drown in Texas Flood
Four persons were reported drowned and others feared lost in a flood that swept through the Kerrville area. The Guadalupe River rose to flood stage around 40 feet, then receded to 30 feet before rising again. A telephone operator near Harbor reported four bodies swept away.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kerville
Guadalupe
Harbor
Kerrville
Vines Defeats Austin To Win Wimbledon Title
Wimbledon title match saw H W Bunny Austin of England lose to Vines 6-4 6-2 6-0 in the final. American Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs fell in doubles to Doris Metaxa of France and Josiane Sigart of Belgium 6-4 6-3. French duo Jacques Brugnon and Gene Borotra won the doubles championship defeating Hughes and Priday 6-0 4-6 3-6 7-5 7-5.
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Vines
Austin
Wimbledon
England
Ellsworth Vnes, Jr
H. W. Bunny Austin
Elizabeth Ryan
Helen Jacobs
Doris Metaxa
France
Josane Sigart
Belgium
Jaques Brughon
Gene Boratra
George Patrick Hughes
Fred Prrey
Dry Agents Cut As Prohibition Bureau Retools
The federal prohibition bureau began enforcing dry laws with 75 fewer agents and other economy measures planned to meet over a million dollars in new year funding.
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Washington
Federal Prohibition Bureau
General Strike Call In Northern West Virginia Mines
The United Mine Workers of America District No. 31 issued a general strike call effective July 4 against all non union mines in northern West Virginia. The notice was signed by Van A. Bittner and T. G. C. Davis. Also reported are the return home of George Newell Cochran of Parkersburg and Wilkins Cochran of Elkins after visiting relatives in Pruntytown.
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Fairmont
United Mine Workers of America
I Republicans Predict Victory in November Election
Melbourne Ontario July 2 Two killed and one injured as automobile hits a railroad crossing train. Injured man named John Snider of Detroit. Dead not identified. Washington July 2 Amid Democratic claims of looming victory and Republican taunts, Roosevelt presidential chances discussed. Senator Norris and Independent Republicans show varied support. Commodity prices have fallen up to 67 percent in Greenville South Carolina over 36 months.
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Melbourne
Ont
Michigan Central
John Snider
Detroit
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Watson
Senate
Hoover
Imain
Norris
Nebraska
Roose
Smith Silent On Roosevelt Nomination
Alfred E. Smith sat in his Chicago hotel headquarters facing a radio and a poster reading Smith for President when Franklin D. Roosevelt secured the nomination. Asked if he would support the nominee, Smith offered no comment, focusing on the broadcast and resuming his grim silence.
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Chicago
Alfred B. Smith
Smith
Franlin D. Roosevelt
Result of ballotings in Chicago on four ballots
Chicago on July 2 reports the standings on four ballots with a snapshot of how voters lined up. The brief item lists who led each ballot and notable shifts, reflecting early returns from citywide tallies.
West Virginia Stood Pat for Roosevelt at DNC Ballots
Chicago July 2 West Virginia's delegation backed Roosevelt throughout the Democratic National Convention four ballots, casting 16 votes on the final roll call. Delegates anticipated no wavering, with leaders predicting Roosevelt would reach 770 votes to secure the nomination, while others debated among themselves. Thomas H. S. Curd of Welch even dozed between ballots as the floor remained crowded and intense.
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Chicago
West Virginia
Roosevelt
New York
West
Former Grafton Man Dead In New Jersey
Mr and Mrs Clarence Leith depart on Iran No 12 this afternoon for Oakridge New Jersey to attend funeral services Sunday for J A Campbell formerly of Grafton and the Holt apartments on Walnut St Campbell was an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad here for years remembered by many locals Campbell died in New Jersey after an operation business urges practitioners to face realities
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Clarence Leith
Iran No. 12
Oakridge
N. J
J. A. Campbell
Grafton
Fair Weather Forecast For Fourth Of July Across Atlantic States
The Weather Bureau forecasts fair conditions for the Fourth of July across the Atlantic states with slowly rising temperatures in Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Mostly fair conditions are expected in the north and middle Atlantic states Monday, with some showers possible in the Ohio Valley Monday afternoon or night.
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Washington
Atlantic States
United States Weather Bureau
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
McAdoo Seeks Roosevelt Backing as California Stands for Harmony
At Chicago Stadium on July 2 William G. McAdoo, leading the California delegation, urged support for Roosevelt to avoid a protracted convention fight. He cited California's 143 percent rise in Democratic registration and warned that a prolonged contest would cause schisms. The hall rallied as Texas and Illinois signals shifted toward Roosevelt, transforming the floor into a stampede of delegates.
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Chicago
William G. McAdoo
California
Roosevelt
Sen
Texas
Garner
McAdd
Ilinois
Political Riots Claim 3 Lives in Germany
Berlin reports four dead and more than forty injured after political rioting in the last 24 hours. A police firing killed one NS group member in Berlin. Two deaths occurred in a clash between Communists and Hitlerites at Hattingen while a Cologne Nazi shot three men, killing one.
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Berlin
Germany
Hattingen
Cologne
Roosevelt Nominates Garner as Vice President Choice
Chicago July 2 Roosevelt wins renomination for president on a landslide in a fourth ballot. John Nance Garner is chosen by acclamation as his running mate after the Democratic convention. Roosevelt arrives by air to receive his commission from delegates amid stadium cheers. Delays due to headwinds push arrival to 3 30 p m CDT.
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Chicago
Representative McDuffie
Alabama
House
Bruce Campbell
Illinois
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
Supreme Generalship of the Democracy
Garner
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Legislation to Legalize Beer Before Senate
Washington July 2 Legislation to legalize beer was presented to the Senate by Senator Bingham Conn with conferees on the unemployment relief bill. Supporters claim enough votes to pass amid calls for immediate modification of the Volstead Act. The measure carries 2.1 billion dollars and aims for adjournment next week. Other items like currency expansion and a new farm relief bill were under debate.
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Washington
Senate
Bingham
House
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