Howe Denies Influencing Toilet Kit Purchase
Louis McHenry Howe, President Roosevelt's secretary, testified before the Senate military committee that he did not directly or indirectly influence the purchase of 200,000 toilet kits from BeVier and Co. for reforestation camp workers. The hearing, crowded with spectators, also touched on cost questions and related testimony regarding the purchase and officials involved.
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Washington
Louis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
BeVier and Co., Inc
New York
Carey
R.wyo
Howe
Robert Fechner
Army
Duffy
D.-Wis
John L. Dewitt
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan and Company
Louis M. Howe
van Sweringen
J. P. Morgan
Congress Likely to Stay in Session Until July First
Washington June 6 Congress faces a lengthy session as House and Senate work on minor bills and war veterans appropriations. Speaker Rainey, after a steering committee meeting, signaled continued session to July 1 unless Roosevelt proposes new cut plans. The day featured a conferees push on a mortgage relief bill and Morgan bank investigations with O. P. Van Sweringen questioned.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Company
Morgan
van Sweringen
Thomas
Lamont
William Ewing
Harold Stanley
O. P. van Sweringen
M. J
Morgan Bank
Band Attempts Loot Town in Arkansas Kidnapping
A group of five to seven armed men tried to loot Bison Arkansas after abducting Deputy Sheriff W A Fore and two men, J R Perkins and Sam Rogers, from a store. The kidnapers fled in a car with an Oklahoma plate but were thwarted when lights were turned on and a citizen patrol formed.
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Bison
Ark
Roy Morrison
Kansas
W. A. Fore
J. R. Perkins
Sam Rogers
Harry Thomasson
Thomasson
Perkins
Rogers
Stuttgart
Oklahoma
Morrison
Power proviso restored in industrial control bill
The finance committee restored the President's licensing power to regulate recalcitrant manufacturers in the administration's industrial control public works measure. The action, reported by Chairman Harrison, clarifies that the provision takes effect only when the President finds need to push industry conformity.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Harrison
D-Miss
Trio Indicted in Woman's Death in Gastonia
A Gaston County grand jury returned true bills charging A. F. Whitworth P. C. Falls and Falls son Fort with murdering Mrs Maude Whitworth 45 a Gastonia dressmaker in late May The indictment also accuses Whitworth and Falls of unlawfully arresting and assaulting her Fort Falls drove the car from which Whitworth and the officer said the woman jumped in an apparent suicide attempt Testimony said no one fell from the car Though the degree of murder will be fixed later one witness described a plan to lure the woman for a divorce case outcome pending
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Gastonia
A. F. Whitworth
P. C. Falls
Falls
Fort
Gaston County
Maude B. Whitworth
Here
Whitworth
Fort Falls
Onla
Steven Stone
WILL ERS Says Roosevelt Recovery and Congress
Beverly Hills dispatch notes optimism about a Roosevelt led recovery fading as Congress regroups. The speaker predicts radio address to persuade Congress and mentions government rules barring beer sales on Indian reservations and plans to curb whiskey sales.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Germany Aims to Restore Jewish Rights in Upper Silesia
A German representative pledged before a League of Nations council meeting that Germany will restore to Jews the positions they recently lost in Germany and Upper Silesia. The dispute tied to a May 20 petition by Frank Bernheim about ban on Jewish professionals, with heated exchanges among representatives from Germany Czechoslovakia Norway and the league.
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Germany
Upper Silesia
Geneva
Hitler
League, of Nations Council
League Council
Frank Bernheim
Friedrich von Keller
Stephan Osusky
Czechoslovakia
Christian
Lange
Herr von Keller
Osuski
League Assembly
Morgan Says Gun Is No Protection From Senators
In a playful moment at the Senate entrance J P Morgan eyed Capitol policeman F F Verkine’s revolver. Morgan asked why the gun was carried and Verkine replied that it would not protect him from the senators, a remark agreed by Morgan.
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Morgan
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Senate Room
F. F. Verkins
Capitol
Verkine
Mattern Lands In Omsk And Spends Night There
Mattern lands in Omsk at 11:35 p m Moscow time after a 12 hour 21 minute flight from Moscow covering about 1400 miles at nearly 120 mph. He rests overnight then resumes the around the world trip in the Century of Progress.
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Jimmy Mattern
San Angelo
Texas
Mattern
Omsk
Siberia
Jimmie
Moscow
Omek
Weather Bureau
Fiier
Century of Progress
New York
Mattern Log Special to The Enterprise
Entry notes a stop in Moscow and a later departure with times 7:57 A M arrival and 5:14 P M departure from Moscow during June 6 in Siberia.
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Enterprise
Moscow
Siberia
Short Talks on Advertising and Economic Confidence
A Bureau of Research and Education article argues advertising boosts public confidence during reconstruction. It asserts fear harms recovery and government leadership plus neighbor conduct matter, while advertising signals future investment and consumer buying power, helping restore trade and economic strength.
Illinois Joins Repeal Drive In Prohibition Vote
Illinois joined a growing repeal movement as Indiana voted to repeal the eighteenth amendment. The tally in Illinois was about four to one in favor of repeal, part of a midwestern trend with Michigan and Wisconsin already moving toward repeal. By June finishes, six more states will vote on prohibition repeal in the nationwide effort.
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Illinois
Indiana
James Cannon
Anti- Saloon League
Prohibition
Middle West
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Rhode Island
Wyoming
Nevada
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Iowa
Guilfornia
West Virginia
Bloodstained clothes found in murder case
Blood stained garments were found on a highway as investigators search for clues in the slaying of Miss Lillian Howard and Mrs. Meyer Shapiro. The clothing, two shirts and two trousers, were seen to fall from an automobile and are being tested for blood. Police consider tracing laundry marks to identify the killer who allegedly clubbed the sisters and cast their bodies into Dumfounding bay near Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Pia
Lillian Howard
Meyer Shapiro
Woodstock
Dumfounding Bay
D. M. McPherson
Fulford
Miss Howard
Congress weighs Connally 25 percent veterans amendment
After a Democratic steering committee meeting Speaker Rainey said the House would accept the Connally 25 percent veterans amendment to the independent offices bill or a Roosevelt substitute. The House would delay action to allow President Roosevelt time to propose an alternative. Roosevelt sped up veteran benefits talks with Budget Director Lewis Douglas and V A head Frank Hines to soften cuts.
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Washington
Democratic Steering Committee
Rainey
House
Connally
Independent Offices
Roosevelt
Lewis Douglas
Frank T. Hines
Senate
Even Store's Dummy Proves Advertising Value
Helena Ark local merchant Morti mer Isaacs discovers advertising benefits after a dummy named Safety Sam stands outside. Post office staff deliver a postal card to the correct address, prompting Isaacs to consider larger scale ads.
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Helena
Ark
Mortimer Isaacs
Isaacs
Ehringhaus Attends Commencements Amid Appointment Rumors
Raleigh June 6 Gov J C Ehringhaus, still ailing from neuralgia, departs for Eton College commencement then UNC graduation and tomorrow Duke University. Capitol Hill awaits major appointments this week with Jeffress and Pou linked to the highway prison board posts. Metts likely to be reappointed. Harrelson and Wilson also favored for key posts.
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Raleigh
J. C
Ehringhaus
Eton College
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Capitol Hill
Ebringhaus
Jeffress
Pou
Highway-Prison Board
Adj
J. van B. Metts
Col. J. W. Harrelson
T. A. Wilson
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