Mills Opposes Ten Percent Cut in Treasury Funds
Washington April twenty one secretary Mills rejects a ten percent appropriations cut as unbusinesslike and proposes Hoover plan for a five day workweek and a one month furlough with pay to cut federal costs without harming efficiency. He warns the alternative would force mass layoffs and disrupt services while suggesting suspending new post offices contracts. Portmouth train wreck leaves two dead after switch switch bolts removed. three injured as Norfolk and Western train derailed near Portsmouth. Investigators say a 15 year old suspect was questioned, two express cars and engine derailed, passengers shaken but uninjured seriously.
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Treasury Department
Presii Hoover
Mills
Alr
Washington
United States
Treasury
Hoover
Thies
Cincinnati
Norfolk
J. H. Myers
J. J. Kemp
Portsmouth
James Leland
Chillicothe
Ohio
Trenton
Carl Wright
Columbus
J. H. van Hemmert
Sardinia
D. A. Cole
Hinton
Wright
A. E. Rutherford
Welch
W. Va
R. L. Ramey
An Established Lawyer Joins Ehringhaus Campaign
Charles McAnally renounces a bid for solicitor to manage J C B Ehringhaus in the governor race. The High Point native is a Greensboro district candidate backed by Ehringhaus state headquarters and local supporters. Mooney case notes and political moves frame a turbulent early 1930s scene in California and North Carolina.
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Ehringhaus
Charles McAnally
Twelfth Judicial District
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Mr. McAnally
H. L. Koontz
Greensboro
L. P. McLendon
Major McLendon
McAnally
of Gold, McAnally and and Gold
High Point
W. J. McAnally
University of North Carolina
Tulane
Hoover campaign plan and Chicago convention teased
From Bev rly Hills California on April 20 a reader criticizes the forthcoming Chicago Republican convention. The note claims Hoover's campaign route and schedule are announced and mocks the long standing platform and speeches.
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Bev
Rly Hills
Cal
Chicago
Short Sellers Revealed In Senate Bear Raids Probe
A Senate Banking Committee disclosure lists about 350 short selling accounts as of April 8 with notable totals including 39 200 in General Motors by T M Howell and 46 400 by American Brush Company across 25 stocks. Also noted are large positions by Stuyvesant Fish and others as witnesses prepare further testimony.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Stock Exchange
Senate
Richard Whitney
The
Harry Content
Wall Street
General Motors
Content
M. C. Brush
Matthew Brush
T. M. Howell
American Brush Company
Broseco Corporation
Crescent
Stuyvesant Fish
U. S. Steel
American Telephone and Telegraph
H. L. Dillon
Hope Dillon
International Telephone and Telegraph
Marquis de San Miguel
I Love You Ring Pioneer in Long Island Mystery Killing
A gold I love you ring torn from Edward B. Brinker's finger surfaces as police probe a cable killing on Long Island. Brinker and Rose Welk, 30, a private secretary, were found gagged with brutal head injuries and throat slashes on a Wilton Park farm. Authorities pursue motives and partners amid a string of similar cases.
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Mineola
N. Y
Isnd
Edward B. Brinker
Wilton Park
Brinker
Bulie
L. Y
Sven
Josephina Tillson
Tilliteon
Attorn
Fii
Edwards
Starr Faithful
Benjamin Collings
Long Island
Rose Welk
Brooklyn
Mother Drowns Three Of Her Children In Well
Grand Rapids police report Mrs. Etta Butts aged 39 killed her three children Max 9 Ralph 7 and Etta Jane 4 by drowning them in a cistern then leaped into the water. Carl Butts and 19 year old Jacky rescued her but the children died. Physicians at St Marys Hospital deem her insane.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Etta Butts
Carl Butts
Jacky
Max
Ralph
Etta Jane
St. Mary's Hospital
Massie Case Delays Trial as Defense Closes
In Honolulu on April 21, Judge Davis delayed the lynching trial of four defendants to allow an alienist to examine Lt. Thomas H. Massie. Mrs. Massie testified with emotion under Clarence Darrow, recounting the assault and her husband’s alleged insanity, before tearing up a confidential paper during cross examination.
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Sacramento
Calif
James Rolph, Jr
San Quentin
Mooney
San Francisco
Richmond
Chareles King
Point San Pablo
Money
Maus
Warren K. Elings
Billings
Folsom
Asheville
Margaret Brooks
Willie Mae Mashburn
Honolulu
Joe Kahahawai
Charles 3. Davis
Thomas H. Massie
Kelley
Massie
Kahahawai
Chang
Food Prices Down 17 Percent From Year Ago
A labor department survey across 51 cities shows retail food prices 17 percent lower than a year ago. Month-to-month changes were slight, with cabbage up 30 percent and onions 21 percent while eggs and several staples fell about 3 percent. Buffalo saw a 4 percent rise. Chicago Columbus New York Milwaukee and Atlanta saw increases.
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Washington
Labor Department
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Columbus
New York
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Gambler Shot Down In Capital In Typical Gangland Killing
Milton W. Henry a former gambling resort employee was shot to death in Washington as he drove on Sixteenth Street. Five shots from a sawed off shotgun ended his life with two shots to the face and one to the shoulder. The killer fled in a car with New Jersey plates, while another man drove away in a second vehicle.
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Washington
Milton W
Milsie) Henry
Sixteenth Street
New Jersey
Man Kills Son Then Tries Suicide in Fit of Rage
Durham report says W. T. Neal aged 48 killed his five year old son with an axe in a garden quarrel and then wounded himself with the weapon. He had been adjudged in need of treatment at the state asylum. He lies in a hospital near death with a fractured skull.
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Durham
W. T. Neal
Neal
Double Love Tragedy Near Troy Ends in Murder Suicide
In Troy near WN April a youth Lee Freeman 24 shot Dora Jane Russell 26 as she walked to work after a quarrel over another fiancé. He then shot himself. Freeman died later while Dora Jane’s sister Mrs Beaman alerted authorities and found both bodies.
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Troy
WN. C
Dora Jane Russell
Frank Russell
Lee Freeman
Freeman
Herman Beaman
Australian Aviatrix and Associate Held After Fatal Shooting
In Miami Florida Haden Clarke a 1 aviation pilot and writer died from a self inflicted wound at the home of Captain W N Lancaster and Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller. Clarke left notes blaming economic pressure. Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller were detained for investigation.
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Miami
Fla
Haden Clarke
W. N. Lancaster
Jessie M. Keith- Miller
Keith--Miller
Lancaster
Clarke
Ida Clyde Clarke
University of Miami
Keith-Miller
State Attorney's Office
Keith Miller
St. Louis
Rowland
Aviatrix
St. Louia
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