Gloried Railroad Aid Amid Inquiries Into Morgan
Washington reports reveal J P Morgan and Company aided Van Sweringen railroad ambitions with Morgan partners earning 100000 annually, while a Senate committee struggles to decide on investigating personal income tax returns for Thomas Lamont William Ewing and Harold Stanley. The hearing grows tense as Morgan counsel John W Davis opposes the tax angle and O P Van Sweringen testifies about Morgan ties. Continued on page four.
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Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Company
Thomas
Lamont
William Ewing
Harold Stanley
Fletcher
John W. Davis
Morgan
Four Major Posts Filled by Governor
Governor Kump named four to the public service commission and the board of control, plus two to the state board of education and four advisory road-commission members. The road commissioner post, central to the new road plan, was deferred. Preston and Chauncey were confirmed. terms run until 1939 and 1935 respectively.
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Charleston
Kump
Public Service Commission
Board of ‘Control
Health Department
Itwo
State Board of Education
Road Commission
Senate
Preston
Joan J. D. Preston
I. Wade
Coffman
Clarksburg
James A. Cha
Ington
Board of Control
H. N
Charles King
Accuses Estranged Husband Of Kidnapping In California
A San Jose report states a woman alleges her estranged husband abducted her and their son, claimed to have escaped, with the son still held. The case follows a separate incident where a mother and her 5-year-old were reportedly kidnapped in Maryland as details emerge about the suspects across locations and time.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
Allene Thorpham
Stanford
First Lady Fe Roosevelt Heads Toward West Coast Visit
Dilas Texas June 5 Af ter a breakfast stop welcomed by Governor Miriam A Ferguson Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt continues by air to Los Angeles to visit her son Elliott at 942 am CET Kansas City June 4 after a headwind flight from St Louis the plane landed at 931 pm CST last night En route she will fly to Dallas Texas in a dark blue silk traveling suit with blue blouse hat and shoes Continued on page five
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Dilas
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Elliott
Kansas City
St. Louis
Prank D. Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Eliott
Roosevelt presses for tax hikes to fund veterans bill
President Roosevelt urged the Senate to back new taxes to cover the 107 million cost of veterans expenditures and warned House leaders to accept tax increases. The push aims to finance the public works program while senators consider limits on veterans cuts and a broader economic program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Finance Committee
House
Congress
Democratic
Locomotive Used To Make Steam For Beer Trade
A giant railroad locomotive operates 24 hours a day to supply steam for Hazlewood Beverage Company. General manager Sailor W. Brant cites high public demand and steam shortages that hinder sufficient brewing.
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Pittsburgh
Hazlewood Beverage Company
Sailor W. Brant
Lava creeps toward rim as Vesuvius eruption intensifies
Naples Italy June 5 an ominous lava wall pushes toward the crater rim threatening Terzigno population 2000. Vesuvius observers note the lava could overflow the valley wall though Prof Maladra of the observatory cautions against certainty. Spectators monitor the fiery display from the northern slopes.
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Naples
Italy
Terzigno
Rue Terzigno
Maladra
Vesuvius Observatory
Mount’ Vesuvius
Indict Eight For Kidnapping Mary Melroy
Kansas City June 5. Federal grand jury indicts eight for the kidnapping of Miss Mary McElroy. Two principals confessed and $30 000 paid for release. $13 000 recovered. Six in custody, two sought. Walter H. McGee named leader. City Manager’s daughter voices resolve that such crimes must never recur.
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Kansas City
Grand Jury
Mary McElroy
Walter H. McGee
Oregon
H. F.mcelroy
Shawnee
Kas
Chance to Cut Deadwood From Tariff Hedging Seen
London dispatch reports Economic Inferences presenting a chance to trim tariff hedges by encircling many countries. The U.S. legation led by Cordell Hull pushed for tariff readjustments based on mutual benefits with minimal concessions. Authorities claim tariff bargaining overstates sacrifices, urging a give and take approach. At sea, June 5, 22.
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London
United States
Legation
Secretaary
Cordell Hull
Os, S
Fin At Sea
Solons Approve Budget Measure Then Adjourn
The special session adjourned sine die after midnight as the legislature passed a $24 million two year budget and kept tight on investigations. Major items included state aid to schools, highway funding, and changes to auto license year timing.
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Solons
Charleston
Senate
House Utilities Investigating
House
Agriculture Department
Conservation Commission
Wets and Drys race to spur voters in Indiana election
In Indianapolis on June 5 wets and drys urged turnout for a Tuesday special election to elect 320 delegates who will meet June 26 to formally register Indiana's position on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Pulpits urged ballots as the drys staged a major demonstration with a parade and mass meeting led by Dr J Raymond Schutz of Manchester College. Marchers carried banners reading We Want Jobs Not Jags.
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Indianapolis
J. Raymond Schutz
Social Sciences
Manchester College
North
Manchester
Ind
Motor road planned to Mt Kenya snow line
Nairobi dispatch reports a motor road planned to run up Mt Kenya to the snow line at 15 500 feet above sea level. The route would allow an easy climb for glaciers from the road’s end.
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Nairobi
East Africa
Mt. Kenya
Convicts on Run Kidnap Bank Robber Terrorize Region
Marauding fugitives from a Kansas prison terrorized motorists in Oklahoma and Arkansas after escaping on Memorial Day. One kidnap victim wounded, another shot in a confrontation near Binger. Sheriff Horace Crisp identified the captor as Frank Sawyer, a 33 year old bank robber and killer who led the breakout with ten others.
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Chicakasha
Okla
Liberty
Kansas
Lansing
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Horace Crisp
Frank Sawyer
Kansas Penitentiary
Bob Goodfellow
Sawyer
Crisp
Seriff al Marlow
Binger
Chickasha
Johnson outlines wages rise and public works plan
Washington reports Hugh S. Johnson will oversee new industrial recovery act measures. He envisions higher wages for millions as the act also funds massive public works projects to rapidly put idle workers back to work, with administration aiming for quick action and possible debate on licensing provisions to stabilize production and prices.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Harrison
Dolly Sisters dancer Jenny Dolly seriously injured in car wreck
Paris reports Jenny Dolly of the Dolly sisters dancing team is in serious condition after a motor vehicle crash near Bordeaux. Roszika Dolly confirms her sister was badly disfigured in the accident.
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Jenny Dolly
Dancing Team
Paris
Roszika Dolly
Dolly Sisters
Jenny
Gasoline Cost Up Two Cents
Pittsburgh notice states the motoring cost rose two cents per gallon as the cash discount on gasoline ends. New price is 14 12 cents, with four cents added in taxes.
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Pittsburgh
New hybrid cattle shown in Johannesburg for disease immunity
In Johannesburg on June 5 two animals of a new hybrid type called Cattlelands were exhibited. These hybrids are crosses between an El and a bull and a Friesland cow. The aim is to inherit immunity traits akin to those of the land antelope to resist certain cattle diseases.
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Charleston
Astir
Johannesburg
South Africa
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Moscow
Norway
J. P. Morgan
van Sweringen
Morgan Partners
Jimmy Mattern
Oslo
Russia
Jomfruland Island
New York
James J. Matters
Atlantic
British Isles
Europe
Ireland
Mattern
Jack Clark
France
Clark
Century of Progress
Sallie Ann Williams
Barbour County
Williams
Blueville
Fred Boylen
Elmer Ray Williams
Front Street
South Side
Baltimore and Ohio
Retaurant
Allene
Associated Press
Ferndale Pavilion
Continental Air Journey
Vesuvius
Mary Melroy
Senate Room
F. E. Perkins
Capitol
Perkins
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