Lea Family Appeals to U S Supreme Court in Final Hope
Luke Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr seek relief after Tennessee and North Carolina courts deny habeas corpus petitions tied to banking law convictions in Asheville. The Leas face prison unless the federal high court reviews their case, with bonds set at 20000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea
United States
Holland
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Tennessee
Lea
Leas
State Supreme Court
John T. Gaukon
Clarksville
Grafton Green
L. E. Gwinn
Federal Supreme Court
Green
Supreme Court
Mjr
Treasury Officials Probe Gold Price Leakage Suspicion
Treasury officials led by Acting Secretary Morgenthau and assistant Earle Bailie investigated possible leaks of the daily gold price, as $34.01 was held for the eighth straight day. The inquiry examined a private Morgenthau Jones call and a single switchboard link, amid broader notes on money in circulation and inflation prospects.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Earle Bailie
London
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Jesse H. Jones
Recostruction Corporation
Cesianeshenaipe
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Morgenthau-Jones
RFC
Morgenthau Or Jones
Herbert Gaston
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Reno saloons cut whiskey price to 15 cents a drink
In Reno on December 9 three saloons reduced price to 15 cents for straight whiskey, boosting business. Blended whiskey sold at 25 cents and unblended bonded at 50 cents.
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Reno
Nev
Murder in the first degree verdict in case of Bud Miller slaying
Waynesville dispatch reports Haywood county jury returned a first degree murder verdict against James Sheffield fifty for the slaying of James Bud Miller on August sixth. The verdict carries the death penalty and was delivered in superior court after a four day trial.
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Waynesville
Haywood County
James Sheffield
James
Bud) Miller
Discrimination in CWA Queried by North Carolina Officials
Raleigh reports strict scrutiny will be applied to placements of workers on reemployment rolls in federal civil works jobs. Capus Waynick and Mrs. Thomas O Berry defend against charges of improper placements and political influence raised by Captain Tom C Daniel. They note 3000 CWA slots come from reemployment lists and promise corrective oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
North Carolina
Thomas O'Berry
CWA
Tom C. Daniel
New Bern
American Legion
Gridiron club dinner lampoons Roosevelts era figures
At the Gridiron Club annual dinner in Washington, President Roosevelt is honored as guests mock current events. The satirical sketches lampoon figures such as Warren and Alfred E. Smith, and critique New Deal agencies, economics, and political dynamics amid a festive, biting tone.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gridiron Club
King Midas Warren
Emperor Jones
Republican Party
Alfred E. Smith
AWOL
BVD
Nertz
Hugh
Johnson
NIRA
Kentucky Garment Makers Fight For Inclusion In South
Kentucky garment manufacturers from Lexington Paducah Irvine Scottsburg Hopkinsville Corbin Frankfort Louisville and others protest against northern district wage rules. L H Jones of Washington Manufacturing Co and Sidney Rosenbleum will speak at Washington hearings as they seek reclassification and a $13 weekly minimum in the north versus $12 in the south.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Washiton
L. H. Jones
Nashville
Washington Manufacting Co
Sidney Rosenbly
Pear
NRA
Washington
Southern Cot Garment Manufacturers’ Assation
Lexington
Paducah
Irvine
Scottsburg
Hopkinsville
Corbin
Franklin
Henderson
Bowling Green
Ashland
Elizabethtown
Frankfort
W. Gordon McKelvey
Southern Cotton Garment Manufacturers’ Association
C. C. Craig
Chamber of Commerce
C. C. Owsley
Associated Industries of Kentucky
Accern Cotton Garment Manners’ Association
Jones
Mr. Rosenblum
Arthur D. Whiteside
Changes of government again heard in Havana
Cuba grapples with rumors of a possible government shakeup as political conciliators negotiate a formula to satisfy all parties. Colonel Batista presses to maintain order as a 50 percent native labor decree takes effect and a $20 million currency issue is prepared.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Cuban Electric Light Company
Camp Columbia
Grau
Milwaukee Girl to Undergo Jaw Operation After Court Battle
In Milwaukee a 17-year-old girl with limited jaw movement from ankylosis will be operated on after a juvenile court scene. The mother, acting on her pastor’s advice, initially opposed surgery despite the father’s consent. The father signed a waiver to protect the surgeon. the mother later apologized and returned to the court.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Edmund Gausewitz
M. N. Federspiel
Air Travel Aims Four Miles Per Minute On Continental Airways
Four miles a minute with safety is the near future goal for continental airways. By next year coast to coast running time may drop to 18 hours 30 minutes down from 20 hours today. The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce cites 250 mph as commercially feasible and notes growing passenger and cargo volume as air service expands.
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Gardner L. Bridger
Associated Press
New York
Continental Airways
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Pan-American Airways
Lower liquor taxes debated on Capitol Hill amid controls
Congressmen clashed over Roosevelt’s proposed two fifty or two dollar per gallon tax while the federal alcohol control agency expands its reach. Codes for wholesalers and rectifiers are signed, giving the government power to suspend permits and regulate production. A wine producers code hearing is set for Wednesday as import permits surge.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Inter - Departmental Committee
West
Ohio
Britten
R-Ill
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
United States
Farm Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Nine Americans back 27th Christmas seal sale drive
New York December 9 nine prominent Americans who fought tuberculosis sponsor the 27th annual Christmas seal sale launched Thanksgiving Day with 2084 local associations. Dr William C White chairs the committee praising progress and stressing tuberculosis remains a threat to ages 15 to 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eugene O'Neill
Roger W. Babson
Harold Bell Wright
Irving Fisher
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Will Irwin
Hobart Bosworth
William Charles White
White
National Tuberculosis Association
Dr. White
Robert Stevenson
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Frederic Chopin
Bystander Dies as Robbery Chase Unfolds on Chicago Streets
In Chicago on December 9 a bystander was killed when four youths fled police across five miles of West Side streets. The bandits intended to fund a tuberculosis treatment for Michael Campione, 26, a former reform school inmate, after a trolley collision wounded bystanders. Campione and Frank Manna, 18, surrendered later. no other injuries were reported.
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Chicago
West Side
Michael Campione
Arizona
Sergei
Howard Harder
West Harrison
South Halstead
Blue Island Avenue
Chas, Briner
Alphonso Guiliano
Campione
Frank Manna
Woman Suffered Razor Wounds in Street Fight
Eva Mounday, a Black woman, was cut by Frances Miller in a late night brawl at 222 Beamon Street. Miller also a Black woman, and Mounday was taken to Burrus Memorial Hospital by Yow's ambulance with chest injuries.
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Eva Mounday
Beamon Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Frances Miller
Yow
Capone's Habeas Plea Denied by U S Judge Underwood
Federal Judge E Marvin Underwood denied Capone a writ of habeas corpus from the Atlanta federal penitentiary baseIng on the statute of limitations Capone intakes in 1932 for evading income tax payments in 1925 and 1926 His lawyers plan appeals to the circuit court or the Supreme Court Capone has been kept largely out of public view in prison with only rumor of a baseball team and shop work and brief court trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
E. Marvin Uderwood
Sears
Capone
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Underwood
Federal District Court
New Orleans
Chicago
Federal Department of Justice
Washington
Butler Attacks Legion Leaders and Seeks Bonus Payment
General Smedley D. Butler told a New Orleans Veterans of Foreign Wars crowd that American Legion leaders have sold out the veterans and urged immediate cash payment of adjusted service certificates. He pressed Wall Street as he urged veterans to demand their share, and was joined by Senator Huey P. Long and VFW Commander James S. Van Zandt in urging action.
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Butler
Legion
New Orleans
Smedley D. Butler
United States Marines
American Legion
Wall Street
America
France
James S. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
van Zandt
Senator Long
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U.S. Court
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Rainey
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Rankin
Dmiss
Alabama
Newton A. McCully
U. S S. Navy
Chesapeake Bay
United States District Court
Verona
CRY For Freedom
Ritchie
Bishop Jones Cannon, Jr
Floradora
Ferdinand Pecora
P. T. Barnum
Carter Glass
Louis M. Howe
Walter Somebull
North Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Minas Warren
Garment Makers
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Cuba
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