Roosevelt Plan to Conserve and Develop Resources
President Roosevelt forwards seven federal authorities to conserve and develop river basin resources modeled after the Tennessee Valley Authority. The agencies would plan initially, then potentially operate flood control, hydro power, and other projects, linking to national planning legislation as dust storms and droughts threaten the nation. Senator Norris urges passage of the plan through a bill to implement the President’s program.
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Washington
Congress
Fident Roosevelt
Fed
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tually
Ator Norris
Pitol
Roosevelt
Garand Speaker Bankhead
Johnson
EbEl Leader Dies in Crash at Bilbao Front
In Bilbao on June 3 a rebel radio reported Generalissimo Francisco Franco aide and Bilbao front commander General Francisco Mola died in an airplane crash. The aircraft reportedly went down over the Bay of Biscay region during reconnaissance. Two pilots and two staff officers were killed.
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Bilbao
Spain
Radio
Salamanca
Frilico Mola
Femander
Mola
Confederate Dead Honored on Davis Birthday Observance
In Hmond Virginia on June 3 memorial events honored Confederate fallen as the South marked Jefferson Davis birth anniversary. Georgia and reinia observed holidays while Tennessee workers were ordered to work at their desks by Governor Browning despite Confederate Day being a legal holiday in the state.
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Hmond
Jefferson Davis
Reinia
Georgia
Tennessee
Gover Browning
Whitty, Poe Collector, Dies After Pneumonia Attack
SHMOND Va June 3 AP Howard Whitty 78 renowned as the world’s largest Poe writings collector and leading Poe authority died late last night after a pneumonia attack. He had built a famed library and wrote extensively on Poe’s life and works.
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Shmond
Howard Whitty
Allan Poe
North Carolina post ters league meeting in Winston-Salem
The North Carolina post ters league will meet in Winston Salem on June 3 to discuss league affairs and schedule forthcoming events for clubs across the state.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Postters League
Byrnes Proposes Cutting Relief Fund to One Billion
Senator Byrnes and nine subcommittee members urged reducing next year’s relief fund to 1 billion dollars and called WPA head Harry Hopkins to support a 1.5 billion request. The House approved the larger sum despite economy pressure. Byrnes urged local 40 percent cost sharing and proof of need for federal aid. Steiner proposed an amendment defining destitution. McCarran pressed for earmarks despite House rejection.
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Washington
Byrnes
Harry L. Hopkins
House
Treasury
Steiner
R.-Ore
McCarran
D.-Nev
Miss Hemphill Wins In Match At Sedgefield
Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia defeated Jane Cothran of Greenville one up in the quarterfinals of the Women s Carolinas golf tournament at Sedgefield. Hemphill shot 71 seven under par while Cothran posted 72. Estelle Lawson Page defeated Deane Van Landingham 6 and 4 Alliene Hover beat Mrs. Shelley Caveness 4 and 8 Mrs. John Degner beat Helen Waring 4 and 2.
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Sedgefield
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
Jane Cothran
Greenville
S. C
Carolinas
Miss Hemphill
Miss Cathran
Moe
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
Deane van Landingham
Charlotte
Alliene Hover
Thomasville
Shelley Caveness
Greensboro
John Degner
Helen Waring
Pinehurst
Field Officer Appointed at Rocky Mount Office
Washington reports G N Adama of North Carolina named field representative in charge of the new Rocky Mount office opened today. The seventh SSA field office in the state will operate temporarily from the Planters National Bank and Trust building.
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Washington
G. R. Parker
Social Security Board
George N. Adama
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
N. C
Planters National Bank and Trust Company
Parker
Duce Displays Planes in Mock Naval Attack
Premier Mussolini staged a mock naval attack to impress Field Marshal Von Blomberg and Hitler’s envoy. Large bombers roared over red flagged buoys marking the enemy fleet while white clad targets showed Italian airmen striking forts and harbor facilities.
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Lomb
Io Mussolini
Werner von Blomberg
Germany rushes Uboat flotilla to Spanish waters
AP reports Germany moved parts of the third torpedo boat flotilla toward Spain as a preparedness measure. Hitler aims to protect Reich warships regardless of the non intervention committee action. British officials seek a resolution amid the Almeria shelling crisis and Italian German positions on the non intervention body.
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Associated Press
Germany
Spain
Hitler
International Non-Intervention Committee
Almeria
London
Berlin
Rome
Italy
Non-Intervention Committee
Earhart Reaches Paramaribo Third Leg of World Flight
Amelia Earhart lands in Paramaribo at 12:50 a m after a six hour flight from Caripito Venezuela completing the third leg of her around the world journey. She will rest there overnight before continuing to next destination. Her route has covered 1750 miles so far of the 28000 mile expedition with legs from Miami to San Juan and San Juan to Caripito flown at about 150 to 190 mph.
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Amelia Earhart
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Caripito
Venezuela
Eb.s.t
San Juan
Britain proposes three point plan to restore naval ring around Spain
London proposes safety zones for neutral ships in Spanish waters and asks the Spanish government and the insurgent administration to guarantee protection of warships. Britain, France, Italy and Germany would consult immediately if any of their warships are attacked.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Spain
Britain
Former Dean Held After Assault Case Hearing
In Greenfield on June 3 Judge Phillip B. Ball found Thomas K. Elder former dean of Mount Hermon School probably guilty of assault with intent to kill a former associate Allen Norton after a hearing over two hours. Ball ordered Elder held in $10,000 bail for the grand jury, with the court limited to holding for the grand jury or declaring him innocent.
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Greenfield
Masc
Phillip B. Ball
Thomas KE
Elder
Mount Hermon
Allen Norton
Ball
Amelia Earhart Takes Off From Miami On Flight
Amelia Earhart departed Miami on a new flight leg as reports from Fila indicate the pioneering aviator embarked on an aviation mission headed toward an undisclosed destination.
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Miami
Fila
Amelia Earhart
Buzzard Roost Hydroelectric Project Upheld by Judge
Charlotte June 3. Federal Judge J Lyles Glenn upholds Greenwood county South Carolina right to build a 2 862 000 hydro electric project. Duke Power counsel waits to study ruling before deciding on appeal. W B Robinson of the firm surveyed document.
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Charlotte
Duke Power Company
J. Lyles Glenn
Greenwood County
South Carolina
O' Robinson
Boy Sets Cap For Young Princess
Warfield Ridley of Baltimore, cousin of Mrs Wallie Warfield who married the Duke of Windsor in France, visited Goldsboro over the weekend and joked that after the wedding he may pay a visit and set his cap for Princess Elizabeth.
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Goldsboro
Warfield Ridley
Baltimore
Wallie Warfield
Duke of Windsor
France
Elizabeth
Guilty pleas by Burke and Fischer in OConnell kidnapping case
Thomas Burke and Frank Fischer pleaded guilty in federal court to kidnapping and extortion in the 1938 abduction of John J. OConnell Jr. The men, ages 29 and 53, allegedly served as guards at a Hoboken hideout where OConnell was held 23 days for a $40,000 ransom. Judge Bryant postponed sentence for the remaining eight defendants and remanded them to marshal custody.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Thomas Burke
Frank Fischer
John J. O'Connell
Fischer
Burke
Hoboken
N. J
Young O’connell
F. M. Bryant
Youthful Killers Sentenced In Jersey City Murder Case
Gladys MacKnight aged 17 and Donald Wightman aged 19 were each sentenced to 29 to 30 years hard labor in state prison for the second degree murder of Mrs Helen MacKnight. Judge Thomas F Meaney presided over a ten day trial that ended with the conviction. The state had sought the death penalty.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Helen MacKnight
Thomas F. Meaney
Mra. MacKnight
Girls Charged Being Probed for Studio Party Assault
Los Angeles June 3 The district attorney says an investigation is opened into a film extra girl’s complaint that she and about 125 other extras were sent to a studio party for visiting sales executives where she alleges a criminal assault occurred. Deputy D A Eugene Williams said he would request the studio to surrender the suspected salesman. The complainant says the group received a routine call and dressed in cowgirl outfits were taken to a ranch where alcohol was present.
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Los Angeles
Extra
Eugene Williams
Williams
Church not to punish vicar over Windsor ceremony
London reports the Church of England will take no ecclesiastical action against Rev. R. Anderson Jardine after he officiated a religious marriage blessing for Edward of Windsor and Wallis Warfield. Bishop of Fulham said action was not forthcoming. Jardine’s parishioners in Darlington note his aging, and some speculate about a future appointment as the Duke of Windsor’s chaplain.
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Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Chateau de Cande
Monts
France
Windsor
Edward of
England
London
Darlington
Mr. Jardine
Washington Man Killed In Crash
Washington man William Deaver English of Washington D C died when his car struck a highway bridge abutment near Henderson close to the Virginia line. His father Henry J. English of Washington is listed as his parent. brother Donald English was hospitalized with lacerations and bruises.
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Henderson
William Deaver English
Washington, D. C
Here
Virginia State Line
Henry J. English
Washington
Donald
Duke of Windsor Weds Wallis Warfield in Two Ceremonies
In Chateaude Candé France on June 3 the Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield in two quiet rites. He had abdicated the throne 25 weeks earlier, declaring he could not have her as queen, and the ceremony was blessed by an Anglican clergyman. The couple appeared serene and confident throughout the day.
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Chateau DE Cande
Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
England
Empire
Goodyear plant idle as sit-down strike halts work
Akron Ohio June 3 Five thousand Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co plant 1 employees idle due to sitdowns in four departments. A few workers remain to carry the action from shift to shift. Local United Rubber Workers officials to meet with company executives as union president John House declines to comment on causes or solutions.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
United Rubber Workers of America
John House
Other News on Labor Fronts Subdues Violence Spikes
Sporadic outbreaks of violence in New Jersey and Ohio subsided quickly today as leaders on both sides urged restraint and called for calm amid rising tensions. Local officials collaborated with union representatives to restore order and ensure safety in affected areas.
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Goodyear
Ohio
New Jersey
Associated Press
Beard to Face Chair Tonight in Huntsville
Dwight Beard, 27, a former football player convicted of killing a Dallas policeman, will die tonight in the Texas death chair at Huntsville. He attempted to escape Tuesday with a soap pistol but a guard hid the block key. He refused chaplains, saying he had missed the chair before and would miss this one as well.
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Huntsville
Tex
Dwight Beard
North Carolina
Beard
Dallas
Braddock suspended after no show for title bout
New York State Athletic Commission imposes indefinite suspension on heavyweight champion James J Braddock for failing to appear for a fifteen round title bout with Max Schmeling of Germany The commission also fines Braddock and his manager Joe Gould $1000 each Gould receives a suspension as well
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission Today
James J. Braddock
Max Schmeling
Germany
Braddock
Joe Gould
Gould
Cumberland Liquor Referendum Set for July 20
Fayetteville June 3. C C McAlister announces Cumberland county board of elections has called a referendum on liquor control for July 20. The move follows a petition signed by more than the required 15 percent of voters who participated in the last governor election.
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Fayetteville
C. C. McAlister
Cumberland County Board of Elections
Duke and Wallis Look Forward to Private Life
In Monts France on June 8 the Duke and Duchess of Windsor express gratitude for public support after Edward's abdication and their marriage. They hope for a happy and useful private life and peace following the difficult period.
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Monts
France
Windsor
Edward
Wallis
Fragmentary dispute over consent at royal wedding
A passage records a tense moment as a duke restrains himself from kissing the bride and raises his voice, expressing intense eagerness regarding the marriage to the man she loves.
Stock Market Slows in Tepid New York Session
The New York stock market opened with a slow pace as traders sought direction. Steels rails and iron shares fell early but later pared losses, with a few issues posting gains while overall activity remained muted.
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New York
Landis Renamed SEC Chairman by President
Washington June 3 James M Landis of Massachusetts was named chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission by the President Landis term expires June 6 and he will serve until he returns to Harvard as dean of the law school
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Washington
James M. Landis
Msetts
Securities and Exchange Commission
Landis
Harvard
Law School
Advertising contract awarded to Atlanta firm in Raleigh
The department of construction and development announced Fastman company of Atlanta has been awarded the $250000 advertising contract. The agency will run the campaign as the first step in organizing the effort, with the budget not yet finalized.
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Raleigh
Department of Construct and Development
Fastman Company of
Atlanta, Ga
Adve
Paul Kelly
Roper Warns of Abrupt Letdown After Armament Surplus
Secretary Roper warned against the risk of an abrupt letdown after excess buying for armament purposes. It was the first official expression of concern over possible effects of foreign rearmament on American business.
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Washington
Roper
Rain Halts Rescue Attempt Off German Ship Oliva
Fire forced a crew of 52 from the German motorship Oliva near Manila as rain interrupted rescue planes and forced men to abandon lifeboats. The Hamburg American Line reported the crew were later taken off by the steamer Friderun, while rain kept army amphibious planes circling 120 miles southwest of Manila until fuel ran low.
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Manila
Cifies
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