Death of Jolly Garner Found At Home In El Paso
Jolly Garner brother of Vice President John Nance Garner was found dead at his El Paso residence from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The 48 year old United States mounted customs officer was discovered clutching a 45 calibre automatic with coroner J M Goggin ruling death by own action and no motive immediately known.
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Tex
Jolly Garner
John Nance Garner
Garner
United States Mounted
J. M. Goggin
Wage differential showdown looms over NRA rules in South
Alabama coal operators push to test federal wage mandate aligning Southern scales with Northern ones. Southern manufacturers warn change could devastate industry and force a return to farming. attorneys cite frontier costs and transport, climate factors, and a push for fair competition.
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Washington
NRA
Alabama
Forney Johnston
Hugh 8S
Johnson
South
Southern Manufacturers’ Association
Johnston
New England
Donald Comer
Boston
Yan
Blue Eagle Displayers Must Pay Assessment Under NRA Order
President Roosevelt issued an order allowing Blue Eagle display only for firms contributing to code administration costs. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson must approve code authority rates and budgets before any penny is collected. Non payment risks code violation and potential withdrawal of privileges.
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Roosevelt
Code
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
M'Rae Is Named New Elections Board Head
Greensboro dispatch reports Don C. McRae elected chairman of Guilford county board of elections to succeed George C. Hampton Jr who resigns the chairmanship though remaining a member. Hampton cited private business pressure. County to appoint registrars and judges for June primary with Republicans not in the primary.
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M’rae
New Elections Board
George C. Hampton, Jr
Greensboro
Guilford
County Board of Elections
High Point
A M. Harrison
L. Thompso
Roosevelt Moves to Shorten Congress Adjournment
President Roosevelt and four Senate Democratic leaders meet at the White House to push faster adjournment and seek action on the tariff reciprocity bill communications control measure and stock market regulation. House leaders plan to confer tomorrow to chart the session’s course.
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Roosevelt
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White House
Congress
Robinson
Arkansas
Arkansas, Was Told Just What Mr. Roosevelt
House
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Republicans And Democrats Denounce Senate Tax Bill Rewrite
Leaders from both parties criticized the revenue measure after the Senate rewrote the House bill adding a ten percent income tax for one year and abolishing consolidated returns. Doughton said changes would take time to write in, while Treadway questioned the Senate’s motives and warned of a tedious conference ahead. Roosevelt's aides will study the revisions as Hill and Ratney weigh in on the bill's path.
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Senate
House
Doughton
Ware and Means Committee
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Samuel B. Hill
D-Wash
Hill
Ratney
Four Killed on Florence County Highways
A double fatal crash in Florence County left four dead and two others gravely injured. Victims include Samuel Altman 54 Joe Pace 66 William Lovell 51 and Dave Hunter a Black man. The accidents involved a car driven by H M Collins and a Massachusetts couple in a separate collision with a Britton's Neck party.
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Florence
8. C
Lake City
Samuel Altman
Joe E. Pace
William V. Lovell
Britton's Neck
Marion County
Dave Hunter
H. M. Collins
Timmonsville
Collins
Christopher Loynds
Shrewsbury
Mass
Britton
Massachusetts
Charleston
Philadelphia Mills Move To Escape Strike Loss
Philadelphia report says ten or more knitted outerwear manufacturers have moved or plan to move from Philadelphia to escape a strike now in its third week. Firms including Puritan Tarr Tee and Rothstein Mills are relocating to nearby Pennsylvania towns and New Jersey centers, with one plant already established outside the city. Some details are withheld to avoid union retaliation, but transfers are believed to prompt further labor action in other locations.
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Henry Breckinridge
New York
Black
Ristine
United States
Lind
Jonel Ristine
Austin
White
Ocean
Air Mall
Philadelphia
Puritan Tarr- Tee
Rothstein Mills
Cohen
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Weather forecast by states North Carolina and cotton areas
North Carolina fair and warmer Sunday with evening showers likely. Monday brings slightly colder air to the north and west portions. Washington reports the 24 hour temperature and rainfall records for principal cotton growing areas and other regions.
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North Carolina
Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Senate approves Bankhead cotton control plan measure
The Senate backs the conference report on the Bankhead bill establishing compulsory control of cotton and a tax on production above 190000000 bales. The proposal would impose a tax equal to half current market price or at least five cents a pound on excess cotton for the current year. State quotas would apply. the law could extend for one more year if needed.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Bailey
Train Wreckers Attack Vienna Paris Express Killing Two
Emil Fey vice chancellor of Austria was aboard the Vienna Paris London express when the locomotive mail car and baggage car derailed into a ditch between Wels and Ling. The crash killed the fireman and a postal worker and injured many train staff. Authorities suspect a left radical group behind the wrecking plot and sounded imminent arrests.
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Vienna
Emil Fey
Austria
Fey
Salzburg
Wels
Ling
Upper Austria
Left Radical
Labor Voters League Formed by North Carolina Workers
A state wide meeting in Salisbury organized the North Carolina Labor Voters League. Arthur Harrison of High Point and Spencer was named chairman for two years. Roy R. Lawrence and Mrs Mamie Lynch were named vice chairmen. EB. L. Sandeful of Winston-Salem became secretary treasurer and Miss Ada Hill of Cliffside assistant secretary. The voluntary group limits membership to labor and farm voters to pursue fair laws and public offices that support a fair profit for employers and wages for workers.
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Ada Hill
Cliffside
Johnson and Perkins preach New Deal at dinner
Washington reports the gridiron club dinner marked by satirical sketches lampooning Roosevelt era figures. Sister Perkins appears as a revivalist, with Johnson urging support for the New Deal while critiquing opponents amid stage parodies.
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Perkins
Train Wreck Probe Sees Possible Dead Engineer At Throttle
The Interstate Commerce Commission safety bureau suggests a dead or incapacitated engine man may have controlled the Pennsylvania passenger train that plunged from a Pittsburg viaduct on February 26, killing 11 and injuring 46. The run covered 24 miles in 26 minutes on a curve rated for 25 mph, with signals and crew actions analyzed.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Safety Bureau
Bureau
Shaw
Lowery
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pittsburgh
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