Cox Named Chairman of Conference Monetary Committee
The world economic conference reported U S gains with James M Cox elected chair of the monetary committee and hopes for dollar and pound stabilization. Secretary Hull voiced increased optimism as Britain’s debt silver agreement and intrinsic metal value received praise from Senator Pittman.
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Conference Monetary Committee
Associated Press
World Economic Conference
United States
James M. Cox
Important Monetary Committee
Hull
Key Pittman
Tammany Backs Roosevelt Plan in House Democrats Vote
In Washington on June 15 the Democratic conference voted 171 to 31 to sustain Roosevelt's veterans compensation compromise. The Tammany delegation supported the President, though the move was nonbinding on full party members. Republicans planned to push the Steiner amendment with 100 Democrats to influence the Senate.
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House
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Tammany
Senate
Burns
Tennessee
Cutting
Steiner
Missouri Posse Hunt for Bank Robbery Slayers
Missouri authorities mobilize air force units boats and National Guard to pursue three bank robbers who killed Boone County Sheriff Roger Wilson and State Patrolman Ben Booth near Columbia. Gov Park orders guards and 500 officers to search central Missouri counties amid doubts the robbers are the same as those who looted Farmers and Merchants Bank in Mexico.
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National Guard
Roger Wilson
Boone County
Ben Booth
State Patrol
Mexico
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Wilson
Booth
Phil Love
Charlies A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Company M
Fayette
138Th Field Artillery
Guy B. Park
Missouri
Boone
Callaway
Bealle Brands Senate Apology Disputed
Washington June 15 The assertion by Senator Reynolds that he had not read a speech he inserted in the Congressional Record attacking two colleagues was disputed today by the author Vice President Garner said the controversy would continue outside the Record Morris A Bealle said Reynolds had read the speech before acting Bealle wrote to Garner and Reynolds that Reynolds had read it and understood its contents and apologized to his colleagues
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Washington
Reynolds
North Carolina
Garner
Morris A. Bealle
Robinson
Arkansas
Bailey
Bealle
Wheat and Cotton Tax Plan Aims to Cut Surplus
The Roosevelt administration plans a 250 million dollar tax on wheat and cotton to shrink surpluses and raise farm prices. An acreage curtailment for cotton could remove up to 10 million acres while wheat production remains near harvest levels due to winterkill and weather. Secretary Wallace will reveal details under the farm act.
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Canna
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Wallace
Huge Naval Building Program Announced
Secretary Swanson formally announced a 8238,000,000 naval building program to place 32 new ships in three years funded from the public works appropriation. President Roosevelt endorsed rapid start, with work to go to navy yards first and then to private yards by August if bids permit.
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Washington
Swanson
Roosevelt
United States
England and Italy Part of War Debt Payments
A report shows American collections on the 144 million dollar war debt in installments would total under 9 percent. Definite defaults include France 40.8 million, Belgium 6.325 million, Romania 1 million, and others. With Yugoslavia and Estonia defaulting, the total may drop to about 12.187 million.
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Great Britain
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Finland
France
Belgium
Roumania
Poland
Lithuania
Jugoslavia
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Yugoslavia
France and Poland Default on War Debt Again
France and Poland again defaulted on their war debt installments to the United States. Great Britain arranged to pay 10 million dollars in silver on a 75.95 million due while Italy paid about a million of 13.545 million. Finland paid 148,592 in full. Ambassador Lindsay discussed payment methods and possible early diplomacy on debt relief, while notes from Paris and Warsaw confirmed renewed defaults on December obligations.
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Washington
France
Poland
Great Britain
Italy
Finland
Ronald Lindsay
William Phillips
Department of State
United States
Paris
Phillips
de LaBoulaye
Patek
Macon Airship OK Recommended by Special Navy Board
Secretary Swanson announced the special trial board headed by Rear Admiral George Day recommended that the Navy accept the airship Macon. The board said flights were completed and acceptance should proceed subject to routine post trial inspection.
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Washington
Swanson
Navy
Macon
George Day
Will Rogers Reflects On Congress And Debt News
Will Rogers jokes about Congress being kept away from the Potomac debt deadline. He notes fear they might act rashly on bad news. The column also mentions an American heiress marrying a Mdivani, prompted by charm and constant presence.
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Bevlas Milia
Congress
Mdivanis
Railroads plan further wage cuts for union workers
Chicago June 15. Railways notified their union employees of a new 12 1/2 percent wage cut effective November 1, making a total 22 1/2 percent reduction from the basic scale. The Railway Executives association said the 10 percent temporary deduction becomes permanent, and union leaders warned they would not accept the cut. A conference with union representatives was requested to discuss the plan.
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Chicago
America
Railway Executives Association
Nations owe war debts totalling 144 million dollars
The United States faces daily collections of a scant few millions as war debt payments amount to 144,000,000 across nations. Britain leads with 75,950,000 due, followed by France 40,738,000 and Italy 13,546,000, with smaller sums from Belgium Czecho Romania and others.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Short Talks on Advertising and Public Perception
A reflective essay argues that advertising is a low pressure, open to public inspection and essential to business. It defends its influence on consumer choice, price, and social progress while urging readers to reject dishonest ads and to respond by avoiding unsuitable products.
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George Bernard Shaw
Death of Forsyth County physician Flynt reported
Dr Solomon Spainhour Flynt veteran Forsyth county physician died at his Rural Hall home after two years of declining health. He is survived by his widow and eleven children. In other items, the Senate backed a 3.6 billion emergency appropriation and Cordell Hull spoke of hopeful progress at the economic conference. Odell Boyles was found guilty of attempting to extort money from Joseph Cannon and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
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Winston-Salem
Solomon Spainhour Flynt
Forsyth County
Rural Hall
London
Cordell Hull
All Nations Tonight
Atlanta
United States District Court Today
Odell ( Boyles
Joseph Cannon
North Carolina
Cannon
Boyles Claims He Was Framed in Letter Scheme
Odell C. Boyles told a U.S. district court jury he was framed in a case accusing him of sending letters to Joseph Cannon demanding 29 000 for his son and granddaughter. He asserted a money motive and said Cannon’s nonappearance hurt the case while insisting he only confessed to protect his wife who is free on bond.
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Atlanta
Odell C. Boyles
United States District Court
Joseph Cannon
North Carolina
Cannon
Boyles
Managers Selected By Home Loan Body
W P Goodman Rock Hill city manager and James A Hoyt of Columbia have been named managers of the new Home Owners Corporation. A E Hutchinson of the Federal Home Loan bank board advised the Rock Hill Herald by telegram. Goodman traveled to Washington last night. Hoyt and Goodman will work under the Federal board.
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8. C
W. P. Goodman
James A. Hoyt
Columbia
Home Owners Corporation
A. E. Hutchinson
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Rock Hill Herald
Goodman
Washington
Hoyt
Emma Bell
College Graduates Turn Prospectors
Three Johns Hopkins alumni faced with scarce jobs headed to Alaska to seek gold. Henry R. Joesting, Robert D. Ohrenschall, and Ashton FPF Richardson, all geology graduates, left Baltimore in search of prospecting ventures.
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Johns Hopkins University
Alaska
Henry R. Joesting
Robert D. Ohrenschall
Timore
Ashton Fpf, Richardson
Weeks Mills
Hopkina
Diffendal Reaches Carolinas Junior Finals In Close Win
High Point golfer Charles Diffendal defeated Henry Pos Jr of Durham four and eight to reach the first flight finals at Sedgefield Country Club. Winston Salem’s Joe Brownlow edged Charles Ross one up to earn a match with Diffendal. In the second flight Charlotte’s James Seals beat Fred Umstead one up and Alfred Smith of Winston Salem defeated Bill Cooksley one up.
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Charles Diffendal
High Point
Henry Pos, Jr
Durham
Sedgefield Country Club
Joe Brownlow
Winston- Salem
Charles Ross
Charlotte
Diffendal
James Seals
Fred Umstead
Alfred Smith
Bill Cooksley
Newspaperman Hugh Dixon Dies at Winston Home
Hugh W. Dixon, 36, state news editor of the Winston-Salem Morning Journal, died at his Winston-Salem home after a heart attack shortly after finishing a night shift. He is survived by his widow and children. his father, Rev Zeno Dixon of Bikin, a Quaker minister and educator, is noted.
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Winston-Salem
Hugh W. Dixon
Winston-Salem Morning Journal
Zeno Dixon of
Bikin
Arms Smuggling to Cuba Exposed by Secret Service
Secret Service reports arrest of Angel Roderiguez and wife Sadie in Augusta Georgia on counterfeiting charges. Evidence seized indicates they engaged in arms and ammunition smuggling from Miami to Cuba by airplane. The couple, known in New York as Ralph and Sadie Rena, were arrested after allegedly passing counterfeit money in Aiken South Carolina.
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Cuba
Miami
Florida
Secret Service
Angel Roderiguez
Sadie
Augusta
W. H. Moran
Roderiquezs
New York
Ralph Rena
Sadie Rena
Sadie Waxman
Aiken
C. Moran
Federal Reserve
Nome Anxious Over Jimmie Mattern Flight
Nome residents await news as airman Jimmie Mattern travels from Khabarovsk to Nome on a 2500 mile leg toward Siberia. He departs at 2:30 p m EST with no wireless and is reported 19 hours into the leg. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty had completed the same route in a 164 hour round the world flight.
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Noms
Alaska
Jimmie Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Siberian
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Many Protest Plans For Processing Taxes
Secretary Wallace monitors reactions of wheat and cotton markets to a farm act taxes program to finance acreage reductions. Protest messages flood his office while an administration board including George N. Peek Charles J. Brand and Chester Davis prepares an afternoon briefing on the plan's details.
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Wallace
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Act
George N. Peek
Charles J. Brand
Chester Davis
Adjustment Administration
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