Frazier Lemke Moratorium Held Unconstitutional by Supreme Court
Washington May 27 The Frazier Lemke act which granted a five year mortgage moratorium for farm debts affecting billions was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision read by Justice Brandeis. The case from Louisville against William W Radford Sr. drew the ruling, with the federal district court and the Sixth Circuit upholding. The act aimed to scale debts and protect farmers from foreclosure during five years while allowing title by paid value, contingent on a fair rental.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank
William W. ‘Radford
Sixth Joint Court of Appeals
Nesotar
Congress
Roosevelt
Gee Spared From Death Penalty
Governor Guy B. Park commuted Walter McGee sentence from death to life in prison after pleas from Mary McElroy. McGee, first U S Kidnaping death penalty recipient, was spared as the nation followed the George Weyerhaeuser abduction. Victim Mary McElroy expressed happiness at the ruling.
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Jefferson City
Guy B. Park
Mary McElroy
Walter McGee
McGee
United States
Missouri
George Weyerhaueser
Tacoma
Wasa
Kansas City
Governor Park
Annual baccalaureate sermon at Grafton High School
Rev. Harry W. Flanagan delivered the annual baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class and local residents in the school auditorium. He spoke on Life's Attainments from Philippians, warning graduates to avoid overconfidence and underestimating themselves, and urged daily Bible study and strong moral convictions.
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Grafton High School
Harry W. Flanagan
County Ministerial Association
Flanagan
Mr. Flanagan
Angela Morgan
Extortion plot suspect shot in police trap
Federal agents in Pasadena California opened fire on a car pursued by police as they closed in on a $72,000 extortion scheme targeting banker Herbert D Ivey. A wounded man identified as Jack Williams offered the only name to break the case while authorities hunted for the alleged ringleader and the ten others referenced in threatening notes.
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Pasadena
Calif
Herbert D. Ivey
California
Jack Williams
Ivey
Williams
San Marino
The
Roosevelt Plans Unified Federal Transport Policy Message
President Roosevelt began drafting a message to congress recommending unification of all federal agencies dealing with transport. He stayed in the White House study as arrangements were made for his Monday luncheon with Morgenthau. Treasury counsel Oliphant and other experts were invited to join later in a general financial discussion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Morgenthau
Oliphant
Treasury Counsel
Treasury
Soft Coal Operators Center on Strike Plan
Several hundred soft coal operators renewed efforts to avert a threatened June 17 strike. One group assembled proposed special legislation for coal as the answer to the crisis sparked by market collapse and industry turmoil.
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Washington
Tinplate heir missing on small launch
William B. Leeds prominent New York socialite is reported missing since yesterday afternoon in a 26 foot fishing launch en route from Miami to Bimini. A Coast Guard seaplane from Miami joined the search as President Roosevelt ordered navy and coast guard to act. The craft was to reach the Moana yacht at Bimini within four hours, with rough seas and heavy rain complicating efforts. The search extended between Miami and the British island 50 miles away.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Coast Guard
William B. Leeds
Miami
Bimini
Fox
Moana
Stephen Early
Arid
Milami
Leeds
New York
Here
British Island
Spangler to Keynote G. O. P. Midwest Parley
Chicago May 27 The keynote address at a Spring field Illinois grass roots conference of Midwest Republicans opening in two weeks will be given by Harrison E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids Iowa or Robert G. Simmons of Lincoln Nebraska. Justus L. Johnson Illinois Republican central committee chair announced a program listing additional speakers including Arthur M. Hyde former Missouri governor and former Hoover agriculture secretary and Edward A. Hayes of Decatur Illinois former national commander of the American Legion.
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Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Robert G. Simmons
Lincoln
Agrculture
Hoover
Edward A. Hayes
Decatur
The
American Legion
Kee to Speak at Alma Mater in West Virginia
Representative John Kee of West Virginia will deliver the commencement address at the State Teachers College in Glenville, marking the college's forty fifth anniversary. Kee, born in Glenville, studied law after WVU and spent his career in that field.
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Washington
John Kee
w.Va
State ‘Teachers’ College
Glennville
W. Va
Kee
Glenville
West Virginia University
Wheat farmers back continued grain price controls plan
Washington May 27 Farmers vote in favor of ongoing AAA control efforts for the next four years. Final shape of the plan was being prepared as the referendum results showed broad support for continued wheat price stabilization and related programs.
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Washington
AAA
Klal
Auto Crash Hurts Five Boys Including Fractured Skull
Two cars collided on Riverside Drive near Crematory Road just after midnight. Frank Watkins, 19, of Blueville, with a fractured skull and pelvis, is gravely ill at City hospital. Carl Held, 32, of 112 West Wilford Street, has pelvis fractures and bruises but is not deemed critical. Robert Duffy, East Wilford Street, suffered a wrenched shoulder and facial bruises. Four others, including Paulnes West Boyd Street, Charles Ridenour, and Frances Duffy, sustained minor cuts and bruises. The page four continuation note references further details.
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Riverside Drive
Crematory Road
Frank Watkins
Blueville
John B. Watkins
City Hospital
Gari Held
West
Wilford Street
Fred Held
Robert Duffy
East Wilford Street
Paulnes
West Boyd Street
Charles Ridenour
Frances Duffy
East Wilford
Robert
Ralph
First Lady Mrs Roosevelt to Inspect Flood Control Dam
The nation's First Lady Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will visit Grafton next Wednesday to inspect the progress of the federal flood control dam project valued at $15,000,000. Congressman Randolph said she will visit Arthurdale first and Elkins afterward, with a lunch stop in Grafton and plans to view the construction work up close.
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Grafton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Randolph
Jennings Randolph
Roosevelt
Washington
Alleged Forger Sought By Cabell Authorities
Charleston May 27 The United States marshal was asked by Cabell county authorities to hold for them Harry Brauneck who was arrested last week on charges of forging relief checks. Brauneck reportedly has a two year Cabell county felony sentence and was released on bond pending an appeal. He is in Kanawha county jail unable to post 5000 dollars bond in the check forging case.
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Charleston
United States
Cabell County
Harry J. Brauneck
George P. Alderson
Huntington
Brauneck
Kanawha
Barbour Countian Appeals to Higher Court Over Squirrel Fine
Gilbert Jordan of Barbour County sought Supreme Court review of a $200 fine for killing ten squirrels. He argues one warrant was improper and claims the squirrels were red not grey, attempting to challenge protections. The lower court upheld the fine and action by the barbour peace court.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Gilbert Jordan
Barbour County
Jordan
Man Charged With Two Slayings Held in Jail
Fayetteville May 27 John Harvey Maness 29 in jail awaiting hearing on charges of stabbing to death a man in Sun and causing the death of a young woman in an automobile accident. Maness identified by state police as sought for the slaying of Emmett Turner 45 of Calloway stabbed to death at Sun in Fayette County.
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Fayetteville
John Harvey Maness
Sun
Terry
Maness
Beckley
Emmett Turner
Calloway
Fayette County
France Battles to Keep Nation on Gold Standard
Paris reports France faces a gold standard crisis as Premier Flandin seeks full powers. The cabinet, led by President Lebrun, warns that treasury borrowing limits threaten the franc with a projected drain of about one billion francs ($65.8 million) by week’s end.
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France
Paris
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Council of Ministers
Lebrun
Louis Germaine Martin
Relief Cash Called Roosevelt Campaign Fund By Sen Long
New Orleans May 27 A charge that the Roosevelt administration planned to use the 4 880000000 relief fund to reelect Roosevelt and fight Huey Long was made by the Louisiana senator in a radio speech. Long urged followers to tell Huey Long backers to get out and hang him and said he had not touched liquor in 19 months.
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Roosevelt
Sen. Long
New Orleans
Huey Long
Louisiana
Ator
Long
Supreme Court strikes down NRA code making powers
The Supreme Court invalidated the NRA authority to regulate wages and hours under the National Industrial Recovery Act. In Schechter Poultry, the court held Congress overstepped by not keeping codes sufficiently limited or defined. The ruling, delivered by Chief Justice Hughes, found interstate commerce control insufficiently tied to the codes and favored states where transactions have only indirect effects.
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Washington
Supreme Court
A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corporation
Schechter Live: Poultry Market, Inc
Brooklyn
Federal District Court
New York
Thels i
Woman Saves Boy From Impending Train Tragedy
Mrs. Alonzo Glover risked her life to rescue George Shahan Jr. on a trestle beside Laura Lee. As a speeding train approached, she pulled the boy to safety on the cinders and leaped clear moments before the locomotive passed. The incident occurred in Lumberport on May 27.
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Lumberport
Alonzo Glover
George Shahan, Jr
Laura Lee
Writ Closes Barnes Cafe in Latrobe Street Raid
A temporary injunction by Prosecuting Attorney James C. Holt blocks W J Barnes Clint Dalton and Freda Dalton and the New York Life Insurance Company from operating the Latrobe Street cafe and lodging house. Circuit Judge Herbert W. Dent granted the order. Sheriff Lee Bennett padlocked the premises after a sweeping Friday raid with a July hearing likely. Bond stands at $1,000.
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James C. Holt
West Virginia
W. J. Barnes
Clint Dalton
Freda Dalton
New York Life Insurance Company
Barnes Cafe
Latrobe Street
Herbert W. Dent
Lee Bennett
Barnes
Park lease approved for Sloan and Knotts in Grafton
Grafton city commissioners concluded a leasing agreement with R C Sloan and E C Knotts for municipal park. The park will open to the public officially on May 30 for Memorial Day crowds, with operation through October 1. Parking arrangements above the railroad tracks were not discussed. Mayor E Otto Waugh commented on park usage.
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Grafton City Park
R.C. Sloan
E. C. Knotts
Grafton
City Hall
E. Otto Waugh
Patkiba
Lighting for Farms Aims of New Program
Rural Electrification administration heads a rural power push highlighting speed and broad program goals. Cooperation from potential users and farmers is viewed as essential to rapid project development and effective implementation. The note signals continued coverage on page six.
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Morris L. Caake
Associatated
Washington
Home Search for Liquor Tested in Police Court
Wheeling May 27 A city police prepare a case to decide if they may enter a home without a warrant to arrest for unpaid liquor taxes. Defendant Amos Green 36 is described as boasting that the law cannot reach him. Patrolman Albert Sailer testified he took the man into custody and the issue will be settled in United States court.
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Wheeling
Amos Green
Albert Sailer
Jail Breaker Recaptured After Jail Escape
Charleston officials report Joseph Shannon, jailed on eight charges of forging money orders, was recaptured after slugging a jail cook with a shovel and escaping. This marks his second breakout for freedom. Federal agents reportedly took him back into custody soon after.
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Charleston
W. Va
Joseph Shannon
Shannon
Kidnap Threat Deepens Aims For Safe Return Of George
Tacoma May 27 Fear grips family fearing for nine year old George Wey erhaueser as kidnappers threaten in a ransom note. Authorities found a handkerchief bearing Gy near Annie Wright Seminary aiding clues to the abduction. Parents offer 200000 dollars and seek a discreet contact method to reach the kidnapers without inviting publicity.
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Tacoma
Wash
Annie’ ‘Wright
George Weyerhaueser
Ransom Note Made Public
Seattle May 27 The Seattle Post Intelligencer published what it said was the Tacoma kidnapping note to the Weyerhaeuser family for their missing 9 year old George. The note demands ransom of 200000 dollars in cash 100000 dollars in twenty dollar bills 80000 dollars in ten dollar bills and other denominations. It warns against marking the bills and threatens not to release the child if not met within five days. The note instructs using the Seattle P I personal column and signs Percy Minnie.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Wey
Seattle
Seattle Post~ Intelligencer Today
Weyerhaeuser
George
Federal Reserve
Seattle P-1
Percy Minnie
Wille
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Gee
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Alma Mater
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Cong. Randolph
Cabell
Barbour Countian
NRA
Joseph Schechter
Alex Schechter
Aaron Schechter
Martin Schechter
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Messrs. Sloan, Knotts
the Sentinel
Weyerhaeuser ‘Family
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