New Wagner relief bill drawn up for Senate consideration
The Wagner unemployment relief bill, replacing the vetoed 2.122 billion measure, moves to the Senate for quick action. The plan allows loans to individuals via federal reserve banks with board approval, preserves a 322 million public works limit, and reorganizes the reconstruction corporation increasing board size while removing certain members.
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Senate
Washington
Wagner
House
N. Y
Hoover
Reconstruction Corporation
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Sars Public Works
Eugene Meyer
Paul Bestor
Glass D
Rainey
Open probe into Smith Reynolds death continues after jury ruling
Winston-Salem dispatch says Sheriff Tran son Scott states the Reynolds shooting inquiry remains open though the coroner's jury ruled the death by gunshot was at unknown hands. Libby Holman prepares to return to Cincinnati as others are released.
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Sheriff Scott
Libby Holman Reynolds
Cincinnati
Winston-Salem
N. C
Transon Scott
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
Libby
Libby Holman
Albert Walker
Winston- Salem
K. Erle McMichael
Transom Scott
W. N. Dalton
British Chancellor says no return to gold standard
London July 12 Neville Chamberlain told Parliament the government has no intentions of returning to the gold standard in the near future. The statement outlines a cautious approach to monetary policy amid ongoing postwar financial concerns.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Parliament
MacDonald Denies Lausanne War Debt Ultimatum
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told parliament that Britain does not blame the United States for war debts and that the Lausanne treaty was not meant as an ultimatum. He spoke after returning from Lausanne and an official statement sought to correct early impressions of the negotiations.
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U. S
London
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Lausanne
America
Rebels Seize Control in Sao Paulo State Brazil
In Sao Paulo July 12 rebels overthrow the federal interventor government and take the helm as revolutionaries consolidate power. Rio de Janeiro reports Vargas forces mass to quell the uprising.
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State of Sao Paulo
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Federal Intérventor
Getulio Vargas
Rio de Janeiro
Claire Windsor Admits She Is the Goat in Love Affair
Los Angeles July 12 Claire Windsor the actress says she is the goat in her reported romance with Alfred Read Jr a Oakland broker. Read is married and his wife Marian Read has sued Windsor for 100000 alienation of affections and Read for divorce. Windsor details a doomed relationship that began on a train to New York and led to financial loss she donated about 10000. The Chronicle reports Read severed reconciliation talks with his wife after she refused to drop the suit.
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Claire Windsor
Los Angeles
Alfred C. Read, Jr
Oakland
Los Angeles Examiner
Read
Marian Y. Reed
Alfred
Windsor
Miss Windsor
Waper
Doctor Tests Serum From Sleep Disease Patient
In Oak Park Illinois a 27 year old private secretary Patricia Maguire has been in a coma for 147 days. Doctors led by Dr Eugene Traut test a serum from her blood to combat a rare form of sleeping sickness. Her condition has held a spark of life despite a prognosis of death. Nurses feed her through the nostrils and massage her limbs daily.
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Oak Park
Ill
Patricia Maguire
Eugene Traut
Sadie Miley
Gladys Hansen
Prominent Selma Brothers Held in Cigarette Theft
Robert L. Ray Jr and Thomas Ray, sons of a Lima attorney, were jailed in Selma N C after officials found 5 000 cartons of cigarettes stolen from their home. Police suspect them as part of the Stanley gang active in the area. Leader Red Stanley was recently sentenced to prison.
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Selma
N. C
Robert L. Ray, Jr
Thomas Ray
Robert L. Ray
Lima
University of North Carolina
Stanley
Red Stanley
State’s
No Legalized Beer For Nation In This Session
Washington July 12. Senate halted move to 3.45 percent beer and adjournment looms. Veterans and supporters face a December convening with hopes to overturn the 50 to 25 vote against Senator Bingham's beer bill. Many Democrats and Republicans reflect shifts and not voting while several would have backed the motion.
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Senate
Congress
Capitol Hill
Bingham
Drys
Patterson
Missouri
Ffletcher
Trammel
Florida
Robinson
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
Oddie
Nev
Thomas
Idaho
Neely
D. W. Va
Swanson
D., Va
Bankhead
D., Ala
Cotton States League to Close Season on Friday
Vicksburg Mississippi July 12 AP President Frank A Scott announced appeals to the major leagues for financial aid have failed and he sees no option but to close the season after tomorrow's games.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Frank A. Scott
Probe Postponed on Treasury and Fed Action
Washington July 12 AP The house rules committee postponed action on the proposed investigation of the treasury and federal reserve board until the December session of congress.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Treasury and Federal Reserve Board
Congress
New Spanish Vets Head Charlotte
Daniel V. Carter of Winston-Salem was elected and installed commander of the North Carolina department United Spanish War Veterans at the encampment closing session in Charlotte. Winston-Salem will host next year’s encampment. date to be set. Mrs. Marion Thurman of Wilmington elected state auxiliary president. Other officers named include W. Capers White of Raleigh senior vice commander and Hubert Lyerly of Hickory junior vice commander.
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Charlotte
Daniel V. Carter
Winston- Salem
North Carolina Department
United Spanish War Veterans
Winston-Salem
Marion Thurman
Wilmington
Veterans’ Body
W. Capers White
Raleigh
Hubert Lyerly
Hickory
State Officials Weigh Drastic Expenditure Cuts
North Carolina officials met in Raleigh to consider drastic cuts in state government spending. Two proposals target seven million dollars in current year reductions and include 25 percent highway fund, 20 percent public school funds, and 10 percent general fund cuts alongside prior salary reductions.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
Advisory Budget Commission
Council of State
Gardner
John P. Stedman
Stedman
Henry Burke
Strike Battle Rages in Ohio Coal Strike Chaos
guns fire and a bridge dynamited mark five month old Ohio coal strike. One man was killed in a Chauncey gun battle. A New York Central bridge near Chauncey was dynamited and a Kanawha and Michigan railroad bridge at Albany was set afire in an apparent attempt to intimidate workers. Guardsmen returned fire at the encampment but fatalities beyond Freeman could not be confirmed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chauncey
New York Central
Albany
National Guard
Freeman
Hague Launches New Jersey Drive for Roosevelt
In Jersey City 3000 Hudson county Democrats cheered as Mayor Frank Hague, head of the Smith forces in New Jersey, opened the campaign for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hague said he worked hard for Al Smith and would work equally hard for Roosevelt and Garner, despite opposing Roosevelt earlier in the convention.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hudson County
Frank Hague
Alfred E. Smith
New Jersey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hague
Roosevelt
al Smith
Tobacco fortunes rise from Reynolds case
Tobacco, a king crop of North Carolina, grows into a $60 million fortune as headlines recount Reynolds case highlights the industry.
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North Carolina
Reynolds Trust Leaves $15 Million for Smith Reynolds
The late R. J. Reynolds left a $15 million trust for his son Smith Reynolds. His widow called it a curse yesterday.
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R. J. Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Smith Reynolds A Millionaire Aviator Youth
Smith Reynolds, a millionaire from boyhood who died at age 20, was a self described strange youth who scorned formal education and loved aviation. He frequently threatened to kill himself.
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Smith Reynolds
Elizabeth Holman Broadway Sensation Emerges
Dark haired blues singer Libby Holman trained in law and literature and after an operation her voice became a deep contralto. She sang Moanin Low and became a Broadway sensation.
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Elizabeth
Libby) Holman
Child may change status of estate
In Winston-Salem Libby Holman Reynolds claims to be an expectant mother, prompting questions about the distribution of Smith Reynolds' vast $60 million estate. Trustees say Libby would gain only a dower, while Anne Cannon Reynolds stands to inherit despite a rigid divorce pact.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Smith
Libby Holman
Reynolds
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Anne Cannon
Final Inquest Reveals Turbulent Reynolds Death Drama
Dramatic final inquest sessions probe possible love triangle involving Walker and Reynolds wife. Coroner declines verdict, citing death at hands of unknown party. Reynolds widow, a Broadway revue star, testifies amid sensational disclosures of heavy drinking before the 20 year old Reynolds shot. Walker, a friend, freed from jail as a material witness.
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Walker
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
Lionaire
Cincinnati
Broadway
Reynolda
Young Reynolds
Boy Flood Refugee Tells Harrowing Storm Experience
Charleston July 12 Bobby Kincaid age 14 and his sister Rubena 15 recounted their escape from the Black Valley flood riding 10 miles on debris as their home was swept away. Rescued and propped in a bed, Bobby said they and others on timbers rode Pain Creek to Kahawha river with death close behind. Both children were not seriously hurt and Bobby called their escape lucky.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bobby Kincaid
Rubena
Black Valley
Pain Creek
Kahawha River
Bobby
Tragedy May Send Libby Holman Back To Broadway Stage
Broadway contemplates Libby Holman’s grief and possible return to the torch songs she once sang amid fame. A fatal accident surrounds her late husband, while she discussed with her stage manager in Winston-Salem, leaving Broadway to ponder if she will resume singing and return to the spotlight.
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Libby
Dale Harrison
YQGRK
Libby Holman
Broadway
Libby Helman
Winston-Salem
Manhattan
Miss Helman
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