Senate Banking Committee Approves Democratic Relief Measures
The Senate Banking Committee approved a $500 million public works bond issue and expanded reconstruction corporation loans by 1.5 billion for self built construction. They also cut private industry loan provisions. A separate $300 million states relief loan bill awaits Senate action. The Wagner bill favored bond issue with $40 million for agriculture exports. Gar ner’s larger bill bypassed for now. House Rules chief Pou to bring administration home loan discount bank bill Friday.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Corporation
Hoover
Senate
Wagner
Garner
House
Pou
House Rules Committee
McLean and Hanes back Morrison in NC Senate race
Former Governor Angus McLean of Lumberton said he would actively campaign for Cameron Morrison in the North Carolina Democratic Senate primary, predicting Morrison will win. Robert M. Hanes of Winston-Salem also said he would support Morrison, speaking at a Reconstruction Finance Corp meeting. Reynolds touted his anti prohibition run and drew support from Grist and Bowie, fueling a looming runoff dispute.
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Charlotte
N. C
Angus W. McLean
Lumberton
Morrison
R. R. Reynolds
McLean
North Carolina
Robert M. Hanes
Winston- Salem
North Carolina Bankers Association
Cameron Morrison
Hanes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Judge Tame
Bowie Frank Grist
R. R
Bob) Reynolds
Reynolds
Prohibition
Morrison Long
Grist
D. M. Blankenship
Thomas ©. Bowie
Wear Jefferson
Frank D. Grist
Labor
Bowie
Asheville
Senate
Democratic Party
Rockefeller Presents Plain Truth On Prohibition
Beverly Hills dispatch notes a prominent Rockefeller figure seen as decisive and candid on prohibition. The writer humorously suggests the man could be a fit for president if persuaded to fix a struggling enterprise, praising his honesty and frankness.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Rockefeller
Brookhart Loses Out in Election in Des Moines
The Iowa Republican race for the U S Senate saw Henry Field, a seed grower and radio station owner, challenge incumbent Smith W. Brookhart. Field accused Brookhart of nepotism and excess chautauqua campaigning while Brookhart alleged Field aimed to split the vote to force a convention nomination. Field hovered around 45 percent, short of the 35 percent threshold for nomination.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Henry Field
U. S
Smith W. Brookhart
Brookhart
Field
No Dissension Is Troubling Chile Socialists, Says Head
Carlos Davila, head of Chile's socialist junta, denied internal discord and counterrevolution claims amid unrest reports. He outlined plans to hire unemployed via three state companies for agriculture industry and mining, funded by taxes on rich to end unemployment within a month. He noted no nitrate policy yet on the American controlled concession.
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Chile
Head
Santiago
Carlos Davila
Associated Press
Senor Davila
Ruth Bryan Owen Trails Opponent in Florida Race
In the Florida Democratic primary Mark Wilcox leads Ruth Bryan Owen in the fourth district as 180 of 419 precincts report. Roosevelt emerges as the likely presidential nominee with Florida and Mississippi Democrats rallying behind him toward 528 of 770 convention votes.
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Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Mark Wilcox
Wilcox
West Palm Beach
Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
L. J. Chasse
Milwaukee
Wis
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Idaho
Chicago
Hoover
Indiana
Health Officer Asked to Resign From State Post
RALEIGH June 8 Dr J M Parrott state health officer said Dr M E Coyle director of food control for the state board of health had been asked to resign effective July 1 for the good of the service The state association of food officials at its Charlotte convention urged a fair impartial investigation before relief Parrott said it was not a criticism of his professional ability and the department will hear Dr Coyle or his friends on the matter anytime
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Raleigh
J. M. Parrott
M. E. Coyle
State Board of Health
State Association of Food Officials
Charlotte
Coyle
Bacharach bill cuts veterans loan interest to four percent
The House Ways and Means Committee approved the Bacharach measure to reduce interest on loans against veterans compensation certificates to 4 percent. The panel vote was 13 to 9 and authorized Rep. Bacharach to press the bill promptly. The Veterans Administration estimates the change would cost about $140 million before 1945 maturities.
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Washington
Bacharach
House
Ways and Means Committee
Collier
Veterans Administration
Tells Harrowing Tale Of Life As Chinese Bandit Prisoner
Captain Charles Baker, an American steamboat captain released near Hankow by Chinese bandits after five months of terror, recounts his ordeal. Missionaries aided his release following failed ransom attempts by his captors.
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Keds
Shanghai
Charles Baker
Hankow
Baker
Jury Selected to Try Gaston Means in Lindbergh Case
A jury of eleven men and one woman was chosen to try Gaston B. Means on charges of embezzlement and grand larceny of 104000 from Mrs Edward B. McLean in a Lindbergh baby ransom fraud. U S Attorney Leo A. Rover named Col Robert M. Guggenheim as prosecution witness. The trial is in the district supreme court.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Edward B. McLean
United States
Leo A. Rover
Robert M. Guggenheim
Charles A. Lindbergh
District Supreme Court
Rover
Means
Colonel Guggenheim
McLean
Lindbergh
Cans
Guggenheim
Justice Department
Prochni
Austria
Bodies Recovered After Ellington Wreck Fire
Three more bodies were recovered from the Ellington apartments blaze bringing the death toll to eight with five missing. In Florida, Rep Tom Yon led challengers in the third district Democratic primary as returns from 134 of 283 precincts counted.
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Cleveland, CO
Ellington Apartments
Jacksonville
Pla
Tom Yon
Florida
Yon
Millard Caldwell
R. G. Patterson
Patterson bill makes interstate kidnapping a federal offense
The U S Senate passed Senator Patterson's bill making crossing state lines with a kidnapped person a federal felony. The measure, prompted by the Lindbergh baby case, now goes to the House for action.
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Washington
Patterson
Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Chief Justice Hughes Arrives in Asheville for Dinner
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes of the United States Supreme Court will deliver an informal address at a dinner in his honor in Asheville. He is in the city for a conference of federal judges from North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Maryland and West Virginia.
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Asheville
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Author Marie Oemler Dies in Charleston at 68
Mrs. Marie Conway Oemler, author of Johnny Reb Slip by McGee A Woman Named Smith and other books, died of heart trouble at a Charleston sanatorium. She arrived to visit relatives recover health and gather material for a new work.
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Charleston
Marie Conway Qoemler
Johnny Reb
Slippy McGee
Smith
Duke Grants Honorary Degrees At Largest Commencement
Duke University conferred three doctor of laws honorary degrees on Frank Graham Thurman Kitchin and Walter Lingle during its 80th commencement, as 408 degrees marked the largest graduating class. James C. Rogers delivered the address on The First Query and urged cooperation and restraint in world affairs. A parents' reception followed.
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James
Durham
Duke University
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Thurman D. Kitchin
Wake Forest College
Walter L. Lingle
Davidson College
Rogers
James C. Rogers
State Department
Washington
Surgeon Who Removed Cleveland's Jaw Dies At 95
Dr. William Williams Keen, a Philadelphia surgeon who served in three wars and had a 50 year medical career, died at his home at 95. In 1917 he revealed an operation on President Cleveland performed aboard the yacht Commodore E C Benedict that removed the left jaw and replaced it with a rubber jaw.
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Philadelphia
William Williams Keen
Grover Cleveland
Keen
E. C. Benedict
East River
New York
Memphis Hosts Second Texas Bonus Army Flight Arrival
Memphis officials gave a chilly reception to 450 Texas veterans arrival by freight train. The group, sent from Little Rock, was isolated at the fair grounds after breakfast and told to move on as soon as possible amid lingering tensions from a prior stranded delegation.
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Memphis
American Legion
Texas
Pacific
Little Rock
Fair Grounds
Lewis Tells Bonus Group To Go To Hell In Senate Corridor
Senator J Hamilton Lewis faced veterans in the senate corridors and exclaimed I am going to the senate you can go to hell. He said he regretted losing his temper and believed the group were interlopers not genuinely credited to the bonus cause.
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Washington
J. Hamilton Lewis
Dem. IL
Senate
Lewis
Fast Express Ploughs Into Freight Near Deans
A fast express derailed after plowing into a freight near Deans New Jersey injuring 28 passengers who were taken to hospitals. Two serious cases remained critical including engineer Frank Schock and fireman Harry McCulley both from Atlantic City as the locomotive and three cars plunged over an embankment. Schock was nearly drowned in a brook before rescue and suffered fractured ribs.
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Deans
N. J
Here
Frank Schock
Harry McCulley
Atlantic City
Schock
Fight Negro Communism Drives Black Civic Opposition
The American Negro Freedom Society held its first general convention in Birmingham, announcing a nationwide push to oppose communist influence within the race. The group, formed to counter communism among African Americans, reported rapid growth across the United States.
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Birmingham
Ala
American Negro Unlift Society
United States
Bonus Army Parade Gathers 6000 In Capitol Grim Silence
The 6000 strong bonus army paraded through Washington DC in a somber display to press Congress for the 2 billion dollar World War I bonus. Leaders plan to organize into regiments and elect an executive committee as the siege potential looms. Police reported orderly reception with 100000 spectators across the route.
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BONUS
Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Bonus Expeditionary Forces
Walter W. Waters
Portland
Ore
Oregon
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Anking Committee
Lean
Cosach Combine
New Yorker
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Gene Tunney
Vincent Carter
Wyoming
Thomas McMillan
Edgar Howard
Nebraska
John Clark
Curtis
Gaston
Concord
Department of Justice
Hughes
DUKE
Graham, Kitchin
Single
Cleveland
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