Italian Air Armada Reaches Amsterdam With Mishap
Amsterdam reports General Balbo and 25 seaplanes arriving from Orbetello as one ship capsized during landing. Sergeant Quintavalle died from suffocation. three others injured and one unhurt. The fleet planned to continue to London Derry en route to Chicago.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Quintavalle
Orbetello
Italy
Chicago
Italy Balbo
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
No Stabilization Agreement Made Says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt said no formal currency stabilization agreement had been reached at the London economic conference. He spoke aboard the USS Indianapolis as he prepared to depart and noted he was in touch with the American delegation in London. He warned that such stabilization is unlikely until all nations adopt a more permanent monetary base.
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Campobello Island
B. C
Roosevelt
Washington
Indianapolis
London
2 Cent Stamps For Home Use Legal
Washington July 1. The two cent local rate for first class mail is restored nationwide, except postal cards. The three cent rate remains for mail outside local districts. Roosevelt plans changed on return cruise. He will board the destroyer Nis and then the Indianapolis for a sea ride, docking Annapolis Monday and returning to Washington July 4 by motor.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Capital
Nis
Iser
Indianapolis
Washton
Annapolis
Green Sees $12 Minimum Too Low for Textile Workers
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor says the voluntary $12 a week minimum for cotton mills is pleasing but insufficient. He pushes for a $14 to $16 minimum and a 30 hour week while supporting the 40 hour baseline and noting 100,000 idle workers must be recalled. The code aims to start July 17 with 40 hours and minimums of $12 south and $13 north, awaiting Roosevelt’s approval.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Alexander Sachs
National Recovery Administration
Green
South
Roosevelt
Hugh 8
Johnson
Woman Pilot Drives In $12,500 Air Derby Charge
Roscoe Turner leads the field toward New York while Amelia Earhart and others watch as Russell Boardman lies injured after a takeoff crash in Indianapolis. Turner refuels in Albuquerque and resumes the race aiming to beat his own east–west record and last year’s times.
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Russell Boardman
Indianapolis
Thaw
Gehlbach
Amelia Earhart
Roscoe Turner
Turner
Albuquerque
New York
Boardman
Russell Thaw
Lee Gehlbach
James Wedell
Kidnappers Seize Millionaire John Factor in Chicago
In Chicago on a north side street early today John Factor aka Jake the Barber, a prominent promoter, was abducted by masked assailants who fled west with him in his car. His attorney friend Al Epstein was taken along as the group sped away while Mrs Factor and their son watched. Epstein says one man was released after a short ride and the others masked prisoners were driven toward the hotel district.
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Chicago
John
Jake
John Factor
North Side
Epstein
France sees no gain in real money limits
Beverly Hills report notes France rejects real money value citing copper buttons pins and checks as examples. The piece likens the U S dollar to a wife and argues foreign coins may be worth less abroad yet remain worth a dollar domestically.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
France
Will
Kidnap Plot Ties Factor Family to Chicago Gangs
The Factor family faced a fresh kidnapping scare as Jerome Factor, a Northwestern student, was abducted earlier from his mother’s apartment. Rumors of a reward circulated, denied by Factor. Gangs led by Murray Humphreys and Williams White, with ties to Capone, were implicated as authorities noted the timing after Humphreys’ tax-evasion indictment.
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Factor
Jerome
Northwestern University
Murray Humphreys
Public Enemy No
Williams White
Humphreys
Capone
North Carolina Enacts General Sales Tax Start Date
North Carolinians begin paying a 3 percent general sales tax at 12:01 A M marking a new biennium. The levy aims to raise at least 69 million for schools while wiping a 812 million deficit from the prior year. Food and certain items are exempt. Merchants will remit taxes on gross receipts with actual returns due in August. Henry Burke steps aside for Frank L. Dunlap as budget director amid state reforms.
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Raleigh
Carolina
North
Henry Burke
Frank L. Dunlap
Anson County
Firm stand on currency starts rise
Fresh bullish enthusiasm swept markets as the dollar weakened against foreign currencies while President Roosevelt stood against immediate currency stabilization. Wheat rose at Chicago and New York stock prices climbed, with cotton and various stocks finishing higher amid heavy turnover and profit taking. Rumors persist about a possible free gold market if authorities ease policy.
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New York
Roosevelt
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Jersey Central
Allied Chemical
Union Pacific
Erie Railroad
American Can
Cerro de Pasco
Case
New York Central
American Rolling Mill
General Electric
American Tobacco
Columbian
Santa Fe
General Motors
American Telephone
London
Hitler to join National Evangelical Church in Germany
Berlin July 1. Rev Ludwig Mueller says Chancellor Adolf Hitler will abandon Catholic faith and join the new National Evangelical church of Germany after Protestant reorganization is finished. Mueller claims Hitler will urge Catholics to join the new church amid calls from President Hindenburg for a peace between state and Evangelical churches.
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Berlin
Ludwig Mueller
Adolf Hitler
National Evangelical Church of
Germany
Burlington Mills to Adopt 40 Hour Week
Burlington mills will switch to a 40 hour week starting July 10 and raise wages by 15 percent to maintain current pay under the 48 hour schedule. About 2,006 workers in Burlington and branches at Ossipee Statesville Reidsville Hemp and other towns are affected.
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Burlington
Burlington Mills
Ossipee
Statesville
Reidsville
Hemp
North Carolina Revenue Shortfall Versus Last Year
Raleigh July 1 North Carolina reports 1932 33 revenue totals show 14 503 400 19 240 699 into general and highway funds with a shortfall of about 3 500 000 from 1931 32 levels. Decreases in income and license taxes plus gasoline and licenses drive the decline. Highway receipts and June collections show variations amid ongoing tax trends.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
General Fund
Maxwell
Widow of Jack Diamond Slain for Talking Too Much
New York detectives probe the murder of 35 year old Mrs. Jack Diamond in Brooklyn. Authorities note she moved in penury despite large weekly sums sent to her, and she practiced marksmanship days before her death. Police seek two upstate friends and examine memoranda showing hundreds of dollars arriving weekly.
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Raymond Crowley
New York
Jack Diamond
Brooklyn
Coney Island
George Bishop
Greenville County Payroll Expected to Rise by 65 000
Greenville County textile mills will raise payroll about 65 000 when the minimum wage schedule takes effect. The Greenville Piedmont reports the new schedule should start July 17, boosting the weekly average pay from 12 to about 16 dollars for each employee. About 153 000 textile workers are in the county.
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Greenville
8. C
Reenville County
Greenville Piedmont
Lindbergh Tests Plane For Greenland Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh flew the Lockheed Sirius monoplane from Curtiss-Wright airfield in Caldwell New Jersey to test the craft for a planned summer flight to Greenland Iceland and Denmark.
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Caldwell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Curtise-Wright
Demand outstrips cloth output in New York trade
Cotton goods in the gray sold in excess of production during the week at higher prices. Finished wash fabrics remain active for summer cutting while sheet goods sell more often than usual at better mid year prices. Towels move freely and there is steady demand for colored goods for cutting trades if prompt deliveries at current prices are possible. Finishing prices advance with active orders into July amid conference uncertainties on the national recovery act and a proposed processor tax.
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New York
Washington
Charlotte seeks injunction to halt bank merger plan
An injunction to prevent completion of the merger of several institutions to form a statewide bank is being sought by Carrie McLean as administratrix and guardian, with other stockholders and depositors, in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Carrie McLean
Guardian
North Carolina Receives Emergency Relief Grant
North Carolina was allotted 412076 dollars from federal emergency relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins. The grant completes the state's first quarter quota, based on one dollar grant for every three dollars spent by the state, totaling 1073377 dollars in the period.
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Washington
North Carolina
Harry L. Hopkins
Dr BO Found Dead at Sanitarium in Denver
Dr BO, former president of Colorado Agricultural College at Fort Collins and Drake University at Des Moines, Ia, was found dead in bed at a sanitarium in Denver this morning. Aylesworth, 73, Denver, Colo, July 1.
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Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Drake University
Des Moines
Denver
Colo
Aylesworth
Virginia General Assembly Considers Extraordinary Session
Applications for an extraordinary session by two thirds of both chambers were presented to the governor, formalizing plans for a special beer session in the Virginia General Assembly.
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Richmond
Daly Tee
Virginia General Assembly
Trinidad hurricane leaves heavy damage and possible deaths
Port of Spain reports a hurricane striking South Trinidad on Tuesday leaving a possible death toll of 12 and widespread destruction of houses and property. The AP account notes ongoing assessments and mounting damage across affected areas.
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Port OF Spain
Trinipad
Trinidad
Negro Confesses Slaying And Many Other Crimes
In Dallas a 25 year old black man confessed to the strangling death of Mrs H K Buchanan 28 year old film executive and to shooting Geo A Coffey. He said he robbed the apartment finding two diamond rings and used a silk stock to strangle the victim after entering to steal. The body was found ten hours after she left a party.
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Kiki Roberts
Tiamond
Dallas
Tex
T. A
H. K. Buchanan
Sam Lanford
Geo. A. Coffey
Buchanan
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