QUESTION FOR CONGRESS IS VETS CUTS IN FOCUS
Washington reports the railroad reorganization bill clears the House and moves to the Senate for differences. Congress debates veterans’ compensation cuts and new taxes tied to Roosevelt’s budget balance demand. Senate finance weighs taxes as part of a $2.3 billion public works bond plan. Senator Cutting criticizes a White House aide over urging support for cuts.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Cutting
Louis M. Howe
Mattern lands in Moscow after ice choked ocean flight
United States aviator James Mattern, in a solo round-the-world attempt, reached Moscow after a treacherous crossing and ice buildup. He is tired but “feeling fine,” plans to rest briefly before continuing toward Siberia.
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Stanley P. Richardson
Associated Press
Moscow
James Mattern
United States
New York City
Gatty
Mattern
Siberia
Novosibirsk
New York
Oslo
Atlantic
Bate
Norway
Baltic Sea
Soviet
Estonia
Van Sweringen Rail Empire Built on Morgan Loans
Senate inquiry into J. P. Morgan and Co. details the Van Sweringen brothers expanding their rail holdings from a $2 million 1916 loan to a vast system. The Cleveland operators traced entrance into the Nickel Plate line and noted Morgan's advisory role and financing. The panel debated whether to probe personal tax returns of Morgan partners.
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Washington
van Sweringen
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Company
C. P. van
Morgan Bank
Morgan
O. P
John W. Davis
Thomas S. Lamont
William Ewing
Harold Stanley
Davis
J. P. Morgan
M. J. van Sweringen
Stepson Kills Mother Of Two In Ridgeland
In Ridgeland South Carolina a 28 year old mother of two, Mrs Rachael Simmons, was shot dead at her Beaufort County home. Her stepson Earl Simmons, 19, admitted the killing and was arrested in Biuf ton after driving there and confessing. He said he shot her during an argument after she found him asleep in a car. An inquest was ordered as Earl claimed the act was a family matter. Mrs Simmons was a Miss Miller from Florida. Funeral arrangements were not yet completed.
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Rachael Simmons
Earl Simmons
Beaufort County
Ridgeland
Willie Cooler
Biufton
Earl
Cooler
Simmons
Beaufort
Miller
Florida
V F W Parade Set to Start at 6 O'clock Sharp
The state encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary will stage a parade today beginning promptly at 6 o'clock. Marchers form at the First Presbyterian church at 5 45 and proceed through the business district to Green Street then Commerce and Main before disbanding at the Sheraton hotel.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
First Presbyterian Church
North Main Street
Green Street
Commerce
Main
Sheraton Hotel
D R Foster Dies After Long Illness at 51
D R Foster, 51, a retired real estate dealer and building and loan official, died at his home near Wilmington after a year long illness.
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Wilmington
D. R. Foster
Building and Loan
Here
Peaches On Sale After Early Lee County Harvest
After the first peaches from Lee county orchard reached Sanford markets farmers predicted a fine crop and satisfactory prices. Local traders report steady demand and renewed activity as the season opens with fruit ripening in the orchards.
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Sanford
Lee County
Buckeverry Crate Sales Rise in Clinton Market
About 1,000 crates of buckeverries are sold daily in Clinton with sales expected to grow this week. Prices average 84 a crate and farmers anticipate roughly 5,000 to 10 daily.
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Clinton
Roosevelt aide criticized over veterans benefits stance
Senator Cutting of New Mexico challenged Louis McHenry Howe on the Senate floor for urging public support of the Roosevelt administration as it cuts veterans benefits. The remarks came amid national political debate on veterans’ issues.
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Washington
Louis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
Senate
Senator Cutting
Rnm
Arms Embargo Act Supported by Senate Isolationists
The Associated Press reports that the administration has assurances of strong Senate support for unrestricted authority to block munitions shipments to any warring nation. Isolationists insist the embargo apply to all countries in the conflict, tying the issue to a Roosevelt doctrine of international cooperation. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently endorsed a restricting amendment to the embargo resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Grand Jury Indicts Men in Death of Gastonia Woman
Gastonia June 5 A Whitworth P C Falls and Fort Falls son of P C Falls face indictments for murder of Mrs Maude B Whitworth 45 a Gastonia dressmaker Also charged with conspiracy to unlawfully and falsely arrest her and with unlawful assault The case stems from a car incident near Belmont and a coroner s jury finding of homicide rather than suicide Bond updates follow the grand jury findings and subsequent arrests
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Gastonia
A. ¥. Whitworth
P. C. Falls
Fort Falls
Maude B. Whitworth
Gaston County
Whitworth
Both Falls
Heitor Carpenter
Carpenter
Falls
Steve Stowe
Five Young People Killed In Wreck Near Washington
In two crashes near Columbia Maryland five youths died and twelve others were injured. The first wreck at Lexington county intersection killed Sarah Long 17 Marjorie 19 Elberta Shealy 20 and Ernest Koon 24. The second crash on Monticello highway killed Douglas Rutland 12 and left Betty Low 5 fatally injured.
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Columbia
D. C
Sarah Long
Marjorie
Elberta Shealy
Ernest Koon
Lexington County
Douglas Rutland
Betty Low
Monticello Highway
Here
Farley to Speak in Greensboro at New Federal Building
Postmaster General Farley accepted an invitation to deliver an address when the new federal building at Greensboro is completed. The date for the speech has not been set.
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Greensboro
Farley
Will Rogers on repudiation and tax exempt bonds
A June 4 letter from Santa Monica, California argues that gold payments on government bonds were promised but not kept, labeling it repudiation. The writer suggests taxing all tax exempt bonds as a remedy and compares the situation to buying a stolen car, urging decisive action to curb losses from repudiation.
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Santa Monica
Cali
House Leaders Plan Special Meeting on Veterans Budget
House leaders will convene a special session with the Democratic steering committee and veteran affairs groups to decide how to respond to President Roosevelt's demand for tax increases to cover a $170,000,000 rise in veterans benefits. The Senate cap of 25 percent on reductions and a potential tax rise dominate the talks as Speaker Rainey and others weigh options.
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Washington
House
Dent Rosevelt
House Democratic Steering Committee
Special Veterans Committee
Buchanan
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Rainey
Robinson
R-Ind
South Carolina
Byrnes
D-Nc
Hastings
Oklahoma
Patman
Texas
Lea
California
Dozier
Missouri
Browning
Tennessee
Jeffers
Alabama
Doughton
Ways and Means
W C Harris Dies at Thomasville at 74
Will C Harris 74 died at his Randolph street home in Thomasville after months of illness. A former mayor and later Davidson county Register of Deeds from 1895 to 1899, he is survived by five daughters, four grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral services Tuesday at 3 PM at the Main Street M E church with Rev W L Hutchens officiating.
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Thomasville
Will C. Harris
Randolph Street
Harris
Trinidad
N. C
Register of Deeds
Davidson County
Lessie
Belva Harris
W. L. Baker
Phillip
Horse Racing Plan Faces Local Home Front Opposition
A citizens steering committee and Pentecostal church delegates campaigned against the McDowell county horse racing ballot measure as a legalization vote approaches. Community groups pressed for public discussion and forecast potential impacts on the region.
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Marion
McDowell County
Pentecostal Church
Itm America
Manslaughter To Be Faced By Car Driver
Greensboro June 5 Following the death Saturday night of Samuel P Bowman 47 when struck by an automobile Paul Eagle 25 of Charlotte driver of the car must appear before a magistrate here June 12 to answer a charge of manslaughter Bowman was killed when he walked along the High Point road six miles from here near his home Bogie was released yesterday under bond of 5000 His two companions who were injured Miss Virginia Dean of Charlotte and G T Stevens were reported to be improving Miss Dean has been removed to Charlotte but Stevens is in a hospital here with a broken pelvic one
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Greensboro
Samuel P. Bowman
Paul Eagle
Charlotte
Bowman
High Point Road
Bogie
Virginia Dean
G. T. Stevens
Dean
Stevens
41 Salem Graduates Awarded Diplomas
Forty one Salem college seniors received diplomas during commencement day at Memorial hall. Dr. Walter Lingle president of Davidson college delivered the address urging students to think.
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Winston-Salem
Salem College
Walter Lingle
Davidson College
Memorial Hall
Lingle
Attack on Ether Monopoly Raises Free Speech Fears
Indianapolis June 6. BE. H Harris chairman of the radio committee of the American Newspaper Publishers association says government has unwittingly endangered free speech by granting a radio monopoly to private interests. He notes limited frequencies and argues regional channels create natural monopolies. He cites federal radio commission as furthering the gift to private capital.
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E. H. Harris
Indianapolis
BE. H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Harris
National Editorial Association
Richmond
Ind
United States
Federal Radio Commission
Guard at hospital as Stone faces slaying charges
A guard was stationed at the door of the hospital in Spartanburg where Madison Stone lies recovering from a bullet wound. A warrant was served for investigation in the murder of Miss Thelma Martin by Sheriff Sam M. Henry under coroner’s jury orders. Stone was held for further investigation after disputing the jury’s stance on two alleged assailants.
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Apartanburg
8. C
Madison Stone
Business College
Thelma Martin
Sam M. Henry
Stone
Here
Business Picking Up In Greensboro
Greensboro reports stronger commerce with sharp gains at Carolina Steel and Iron and other firms. The Carolinas Steel and Iron Co shows 110 to 115 percent growth in the past two months, while textiles mills and Reliants note better activity over recent weeks and months.
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Greensboro
Carolina Steel and Iron Company
Textile Mills
Mattern Joins Elite Six In North Atlantic Solo Flight
New York, June 5. Jimmy Mattern completed a non stop flight from New York to Jo merland Island, Norway, joining six pilots who have crossed the Atlantic in one hop. The Texan earlier flew Harbor Grace to Berlin and ties the Lindbergh era as a leading figure in solo trans Atlantic aviation.
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New York
Jimmy Mattern
Jomeryland Island
Norway
Soth Atlantic
Mattern
North Atlantic
Texan
Harbor Grace
N. F
Berlin
Bennett Griffen
Atlantic
Charles A
Ireland
James Mollison
Pormarnock
Ire
St. John
N. B
Jomfryland Island
Bert Hinkler
South Atlantic
Hinkler
Natal
Brazil
Bathurst
West Africa
Senegal
French West Africa
Stanislaus Skarayncki
Pernambuco
Brasil
Jean Marmoz
Dalrymple Praises Beer Legalization
HARROGATE Tenn June 5 Major A V Dalrymple director of prohibition says legalization of beer has made enforcement officers job easier He cautioned he is not an advocate of repeal He estimated about ten thousand speakeasies in New York and Chicago closed or shifted to tax compliant 3 2 percent beer trades.
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Harrogate
Tenn
A. V. Dalrymple
Prohibition
New York
Chicago
Mrs Roosevelt Flight to Pacific Coast Arrives in Dallas
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt arrived at Love Field in Dallas at 8:30 a.m. aboard a charter flight en route to the Pacific coast to visit her son Elliott, continuing a planned trip during June.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Dallas
Tex
Mia
Franklin D. Rosevelt
Pacific Coast
Elliott
Lovefield
Municipal
Oklahoma Co-Ed Aids Cops In Capturing Convict
An Oklahoma A and M co-ed helped thwart the Kaneas convict Frank Sawyer during a cross state chase. Sawyer abducted Caddo County Clerk Bob Goodfellow and his sister Lois before being captured after a gun battle. Goodfellow was wounded and taken to a hospital. the sister drove Sawyer’s car into a ditch during the escape attempt.
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Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma A
Frank Sawyer
Kaneas
Binger
Caddo County
Sawyer
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Oklahoma
Lewis Bechtel
Dripping Springs
Okio
Kansas
McAlester
New
Bob Goodfellow
Lois Goodfellow
Goodfellow
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Cleveland Opera
Auteuil
France
Jack Crawford
Australia
Henri Cochet
Francis P. White
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
Richard L. Turner
Elder Falls
Mobile
Will “Rogers
Wis
W. C. Harris
Salem
Dalrymple
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