Britain plans air patrol to halt rebel bombings
Britain weighing an international air patrol to protect ships after fresh bombings in Spanish waters. The Brisbane freighter was hit at Denia with two of five dead believed British, and the Isadora disabled at Castellon de la Plana. London eyes action with allies and pressures Franco, while Mussolini and Italy may face the issue. The plan mirrors the Nyon naval patrol rules and would aim to shoot down attacking air raiders.
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Britain
London
Brisbane
Denia
Castellon de la Plana
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Burgos
Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Vatican
Franco
Mediterranean
Spain
Roosevelt signs $357.4 million highway aid bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill approving a federal aid highway program worth 357,400,000 dollars for the next two years. The action was announced from Washington on June 9.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate approves monopoly investigation committee
The senate passed a resolution to create a committee to investigate monopoly and sent it to the house. President Roosevelt had recently recommended a monopoly study.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Damaged Sykes Suit Against Bank President Dismissed
Burlington June 9 The 875 000 damaged suit filed by Miss Kay Sykes of Mebane against L J Walkey president of the National Bank here alleging attempted assault was non suited in Alamance county superior court today by order of Judge C E Thomas of Elizabeth City.
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Burlington
Kay Sykes
Mebane
L. J. Wlakey
The
National Bank
Alwmance County
C. E. Thomas
Elizabeth City
Protest to Japs Stemming Chinese Civilian Bombing
Ambassador Joseph Grew, in Tokyo, urged the Japanese government to halt bombing of non combatant property in China. The State Department said Grew was instructed to notify Japan’s foreign office of a Japanese air attack on the Lingan University campus.
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Washington
Joseph Grew
Tokyo
China
State Department
Grew
Lingan University
Rivers and Harbors Bill Clears House Action
The House completed action on a bill authorizing 37 million dollars for rivers and harbors projects. The measure was sent to the White House for the President's signature.
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Washington
House
White House
FDR Plans Western Trip With Covington Stop
The White House said President Roosevelt would leave on July 7 for a western trip, with a stop in Covington Kentucky on July 8 where he is expected to speak from the main. Plans include a Marietta anniversary appearance and possible visits to Tennessee Oklahoma Texas and California en route aboard a naval vessel near the coast.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Covington
Kentucky
Senate
Barkley
Ting
A. B. Chandler
Ono
Marietta
Northwest Territory
J. Roosevelt
Kenedy
Tennessee
Oklaina
Texas
California
Panama Canal
South Aerica
Senator Barkley
Yapecia
Lindberghs Move to English Home in Kent Coast
London reports Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh left Long Barn in Kent for an English home taking two and a half years to settle. They may have gone to Silice Island off the French coast, with sources noting continued ties to St Gildas Island and visits to Dr Alexis.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Long Barn
Kent
Lonely Silice Island
France
Silice Island
Mra
Bergh
Britain
Lady Jr
England
Owever
United
St. Gildas Island
Silice
Alexis el
Col. Lind
Bomb raids around Canton continue with limited damage
In Canton and Lenoir County, primary results leave candidates Phillips Cameron and Reynolds Allen in limbo with a runoff or coin flip. Japanese bombers struck nearby railway stations Yingtak Sheklung and Shutkwan while no hits hit the city itself, as anti aircraft fire rang out over Shameen and the International Settlement. Reports note mass executions of alleged traitors and seizures of grenades amid tension.
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Kinston
N. C
Lenoir County
Reynold Allen
County Election Board
H. C. Phillips
Louis Cameron
Contentnea Neck
Phillips
Cameron
Allen
Canton
South China
Yingtak
Canton-Hankow
Sheklung
Canton-Kowloon
Hongkong
Shutkwan
Shekiung
Shameen
England traps kidnapper in modern plot gone awry
Oxford england June 1930 The prosecution outlined the failure of a first modernkidnap plot involving John Bruce Thornton who disguised as a corset wearer and sought to abduct Viscount Nuffield millionaire automobile maker The case heard Thornton 50 was charged with inciting Ramsden to assist the attempt after Thornton was arrested May 24 at Lord Nuffield's Cowley plant The prosecutor said Ramsden alerted police and Thornton planned to hold the lord aboard a yacht then force letters of credit and release him in a field with taped eyes.
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Oxford
England
John Bruce Thornton
Britain
Henry Ford
Thornton
Arthur G. F. Ramaden
Viscount Nuffield
Ramsden
Lord Nuffield
Cowley
Australia
Parham
Weaving Company Ordered to Reinstate Worker with Back Pay
The labor relations board ordered National Weaving Co. in Lowell North Carolina to reinstate B T Lazenby with back pay for his discharge last July over activities for the textile workers organizing committee C10.
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Washington
Labor Relation Board
National Weaving Co
Lowell
N. C
B. T. Lazenby
Textile Workers Organising Committee
Girl Killed When Shotgun Explodes in Roanoke Rap ids
Roanoke Rapids North Carolina June 9 coroner T M Cooper opened an inquest into the death of Marie Cox ten daughter of Mr and Mrs G W Cox of Roanoke Rapids The child was killed Tuesday when playmates said a shotgun she was playing with exploded accidentally
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
T. M. Cooper
Marie Cox
Ae G. W. Cox
Roanoke Rap
Marie
Ransom Recovered as Hoover Announces Kidnapping Arrest
The body of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. was found. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said the ransom of 10000 has been recovered and Franklin Pierce McCall 21 confessed writing the ransom notes and collecting the money. The case remains under active investigation. Dr Thomas Otto aided agents at the scene near the victim's home. A coroner's jury viewed the remains and adjourned without a verdict.
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Miami
Fla
James Bailey Cash, Jr
G-men
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Franklin Pierce McCall
Hoover
FBI
Princeton
Thomas Otto
Justice of the Peace
L. Kendrick
Homestead
Cash
Spending Bill Gap Deepens as Agencies Face Funding
Washington hearings unveil dispute over relief and public works totals 3.723 billion in the Senate plan and 3.154 billion in the House. Roosevelt asks for an additional 175 million for WPA while conference leaders anticipate several days of talks before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Townsend
Del
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
Senate-House Conference Committee
Woodrum
Two Britain French crew killed in Mediterranean raids
British freighter Isadora and French freighter Brisbane were bombed in insurgent air raids on government ports in the western Mediterranean. Five killed including an observer for the European nonintervention committee and a ship owner’s agent. Three French sailors among the dead. two British missing. Attack near Castellon de la Plana follows raid near Gandia.
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Demia
Spain
Isadora
Brisbane
Mediterranean
European Nonintervention Committee
Jones
Bullock
Election Board Completes Ballot Box Check in Primary Probe
Guilford county elections board finished counting ballots from 12 High Point precincts in a Democratic primary irregularities probe. They found 125 erasures mainly in precincts 5 and 7 with Teague erased 120 times and Barker Watkins Ridge Carraway Penny erased once each. The board will compare poll records to registrations while protestant J Oscar Atkinson Jr had raised objections about dead voters.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Guilford
Edwin W. Pearce
Pearce
J. Oscar Atkinson, Jr
Atkinson
Hopkins Defends WPA Against Five Critics
WPA administrator Harry L Hopkins argues in Survey Midmonthly that the works program is integral to long term economic security and a major federal achievement since 1932. He concedes weaknesses but cites planned improvements and urges considering five key criticisms about cost private employment boondoggling project value politics and bureaucracy.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Current
Congress
Hopkins
Washington
Bread Supply In Seattle Halted
Seattle bakeries representing about 95 percent of the city's bread production were shut down by a strike. The duration was unclear, but managers said enough bread remained to cover normal demand for several days as Seattle averages 200 000 loaves daily.
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Seattle
J. B. Fowler
Bakers of Washington
Discrepancies Found in Local Precinct Balloting Audit
A board audit of 12 precincts revealed miscounts in High Point precincts 5 and 12. Irregular ballots included erased votes for Teague and Barker, missing absentee ballot applications in precinct 4, and 60 unused ballots in precinct 7.
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Lewis E. Teague
High Point
O. K'S
Oscar G. Barker
Barker
Teague
Wat
Southern senators threaten floor fight on wage bill
A coalition of 18 Southern Senators pressured conferees to adopt wage differentials in the pay provisions of the wage hour bill. They proposed a seven year path to a 40 cent minimum with sectional exemptions and urged board empowered regional adjustments. The dispute centers on living costs freight rates and constitutional concerns about minimums above 25 cents.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Ellender
D-La
Pepper
D-Fla
Conference
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Randolph
D-Wva
Caraway
Miller
Arkansas
Harrison
Bilbo
Mississippi
Bankhead
Hill
Alabama
Andrews
Florida
Overton
Louisiana
George and Russell
Georgia
Smith and Byrnes
South Carolina
Berry
Tennessee
Lee
Oklahoma
Connally
Texas
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