Roosevelt refuses to yield on veterans' payments
President Roosevelt tells Congress he will veto any increase over the House compromise on veterans payments. After White House talks with Democratic leaders, he conveys a fixed stance to Senate leaders and budget chief Lewis Douglas. The dispute centers on amendments to the independent offices appropriation bill carrying the veterans fund.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
White House
Senate
Garner
Robinson
Byrnes
D-Sc
Veterans Fund
Lewis Douglas
U S Critics On Debts Currency At London Conference
United States delegates at the London Economic Conference faced pressure over war debts and currency matters. Senator Lewis urged lawmakers to walk out rather than discuss debts, while many delegates blamed the US for blocking progress. Secretary Hull was expected to speak the next day as European nations pressed for swift resolutions.
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Washington
America
Senate
Lewis
Illinois
London
World Economic Conference Today
Hull
United States
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Washton
Roosevelt asks creditors to hold foreclosures on refinanced homes
President Roosevelt signed the home mortgage refinancing bill and urged creditors and others with claims against homeowners to abstain from foreclosure actions until the refinancing provisions take effect. The act allows homeowners with mortgages up to 20 000 dollars to swap their notes for government bonds at 5 percent interest, administered by the home loan bank board.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Princeton Negro Barney Smith Brought For Trial
Barney Smith, a Princeton Negro, escorted by two constables and militia detachment, was brought from Columbia to be tried on a charge of criminal assault. He had been held at the state penitentiary in Columbia for safekeeping.
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Laurens
Barney Smith
Columbia
Smith
Dirigible Macon Reported Disabled Over Michigan Coast
The Macon dirigible informed the Frankfort coast guard at 1 50 p m that its rudder was disabled and it was headed toward Sault Ste Marie Michigan A second wireless message at 2 30 p m ET could not be deciphered Officials said the craft passed overhead then disappeared to the north against an 85 mile headwind near the Lake Michigan shore line.
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Frankfort
Mich
Coast Guard
Macon
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Michigan
State Treasurer to Deliver $5.67 Million in Banknotes
North Carolina State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson will travel to New York tonight to deliver 5.67 million dollars in one thousand dollar notes to New York bankers. Of this sum, 1 million dollars belong to the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
New York
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Albany man elected president as Pittsburgh chosen for next meeting
Lloyd Cheney of Albany was elected president of the National Monarch club. Delegates chose Pittsburgh as the site for the next meeting as the ninth annual convention closed tonight in Durham.
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Durham
Lloyd Cheney
Albany
National Monarch Club
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt to ask Smith resignation as federal power chair
Reports say President Roosevelt will seek the resignation of George Otis Smith as chairman of the Federal Power Commission. Frank McNinch of Charlotte, North Carolina, is said to be chosen to replace him.
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Washington
Ers
Roosevelt
George Otis Smith
Federal Power Commission
Frank Mc Ninch
Charlotte
N. C
Commission
Smith
Two Die in Mobile Picnic Collision Killings
In Mobile Alabama two people died and 17 were injured when an automobile collided with a truck carrying outing participants. The deceased include Dorothy Isham 16 of Chand Way and Elmer Shirley of Bayou La Batre.
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Mobile
Ala
Dorothy Isham
Chand Way
Elmer Shirley
Bayou la Batre
Australian Davis Cup Advances to European Semis
The Australian Davis Cup team defeated South Africa three matches to two to reach the European zone semi finals. Jack Crawford defeated J. Robbins in the deciding fifth match 6-4 1 60. Australia faces Japan in the semi finals with the zone final to follow against the England Czechoslovakia winner.
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London
South Africa
Jack Crawford
Robbins
Japan
England
Czechoslovakia
Triple Slaying Deepens Murder Mob Trail in East Side Flat
Police found three men stabbed and gagged in a 16-a-week East 65th Street tenement, tying the trio to a string of recent gangland killings. The victims Charles Cabrese Salvator Tumuleio and Louis were dead since Saturday with adhesive tape over mouths and eyes, a pattern linked to prior mob violence including Decoration Day shooting and the Schultz versus Gordon gang feud.
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Dale Harrison
New York
East 65Th Stret
Charles Cabrese
Salvator Tulumelio
Louis
First Street
Schultz
Britain to make ten percent token war debt payment
London reports Great Britain will pay ten percent of the 75 950 000 dollar war debt instalment due Thursday. Prime Minister Roosevelt will accept for himself alone though Congress not pledged. Chancellor Neville Chamberlain delayed statement in the House of Commons until about 1090 o clock.
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London
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Congress
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
House
Chamberlain
War debts talks continue as British envoy visits
Washington reports no final agreement with Great Britain on war debts. Acting Secretary Phillips says informal conversations persist after a meeting with Sir Ronald Lindsay. Ambassador May of Belgium and Minister Davila of Romania sought updates as Belgium’s installment totals $6,326,000 while the country defaulted $2,125,000 last December.
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Washington
Great Britain
Phillips
Ronald Lindsay
May
Belgium
Davila
Roumania
Department
Italy Reaches Secret Accord on War Debts Instalment
The Fascist grand council ended a midnight session with an agreement to be disclosed later regarding the upcoming war debt instalment due the United States. Finance Minister Guido Jung had already signaled in May that Italy could not pay. The June 15 payment amounts to $13,545,438.
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Rome
Grand Council
United States
Guido Jung
Italy
NC reports May state cash balance and fund figures
North Carolina shows a net May cash balance of 7.527 million with a general fund overdraft of 1.036 million at month start and a highway fund of 7.509 million. May receipts 948 thousand left a 12.6 thousand deficit after disbursements. fiscal year totals include 34.41 million spent and 23.88 million received.
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Ralfigh
North Carolina
SS Aeed
Sarasa
Prison escape attempt at Caledonia wounds six inmates
Six prisoners at Caledonia prison were wounded during a breakout bid. Louis Pennington, Louis Smith, and three other inmates were hit as guards fired on the attackers. Two escapees remain at large after last week’s fatal or injurious breach.
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B. Owens
Transylvania
Tate Stanley
Onslaw
Oliver Ferguson
Rockingham
Whitley
Ce Whitley
Hodges
Pennington
Caledonia
Clarence Stafford
Porsyth Negro
Reynolds apologizes for printing speech in Congressional Record
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina publicly apologized in the Senate for inserting a speech he admitted he had not read into the Congressional Record. He had the speech expunged, saying it misrepresented colleagues and reflected on Senator Robinson and Senator Bailey, and he apologized to all members.
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Washington
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Today
Robinson
Bailey
Morrie Bealle
Veterans of Foreign Ware
High Point
N. C
Bealle
Huey Long
Hamiltonian
Realle
Ratley
Boyles Trial Opens Over Kidnap Threats in Atlanta
Odell Boyles a former parachute rigger goes on trial in U S district court in Atlanta charged with sending letters to Joseph F Cannon a wealthy North Carolina textile maker threatening to kidnap his son and granddaughter unless paid 12 000 to 20 000 The indictments allege the letters threatened to kidnap Joseph F Cannon Jr and Rene Cannon Reyonide a three year old granddaughter.
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Atlanta
Odell
Boyles
United States District Court Today
Joseph F. Cannon
North Carolina
Joseph F. Cannon, Jr
Rene Cannon Reyonide
House Passes Glass-Steagall Reform Bill to Senate
Washington reports the House adopted the compromise Glass-Steagall reform and insurance deposit bill and sent it to the Senate where quick approval of the conference agreement was expected. President Roosevelt had shown interest in the compromise after weeks of deadlock, and Senate acceptance remained uncertain until midday.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Missing Asheville Girl Found At Miami Y W C A
A nine day search for 18 year old Helen Carter Talman of Asheville North Carolina ended when she was located at the Miami Y W C A where she had been lodging. She offered no reason for leaving Florida State College for Women and was to depart for Asheville soon.
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Miami
Fla
Helen Carter Talman
Asheville
N. C
Florida State College For Women
Tallahassee
J. J. Talman
Helen Sheppard
Sheppard
King calls for a universal time fix to align all clocks
Beverly Hills California radio broadcast quotes a listener urging a global standard time for all actions. The letter imagined synchronizing gun quotas, trade limits, and currency values to a single hour worldwide. The writer asks why not set 5 o'clock everywhere at once.
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Beverly Ilia
Calif
Dune
King
Italian Ships and Fliers Headed for Global Flight
Twenty four Italian planes carrying 96 men led by General Italo Balbo prepare to depart Orbetello for a mass flight to Chicago. Meanwhile aviators Jimmie Mattern and others pursue long routes from Siberia to Nome and from New York to Port au Prince, with weather and mechanical issues shaping their journeys.
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Italo Balbo
Italy
Orbetello
Chicago
Jimmie Mattern
Nome
Alaska
Khabarovak
Siberia
J. Errol Boyd
New York
Port Au Prince
St. Marc
Haiti
Man Struck by Lightning Killed in Tarboro Visit
George Hopkins 64 of Scotland Neck was visiting Tarboro when lightning struck his car and instantly killed him yesterday. Ontario authorities confirming details say he died at the scene as locals gathered.
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Tarboro
George Hopkins
Scotland Neck
Americans And French Clash Over Conference Chairmanship
In London a secret meeting of the World Economic Conference steering committee follows a day of absence by Cordell Hull. The dispute centers on which nation should hold the monetary committee chair, with France pushing for a gold standard country and Hull backing the original plan to appoint James Cox. The session adjourned without names, to resume tomorrow.
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London
Mate Cordell Hall
Parley
Georges Bonnet
Mr. Hull
James M. Cox
Tee
Hate
Mr. Canal
Eamanae Ton
Wotil T Morrow
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