Chilean Air Rebel Fragment Attempt to Restore Grove Power
A third Chilean revolt in two weeks erupts as air force units bombard routes and seize airfields at Iquique and Quintero to aid Colonel Marmaduke Grove. The destroyer bearing Grove is halted and Grove along with Eugenio Matte are prisoners of the Davila regime. The government denies northward flight and says Grove sails for Juan Fernandez Island.
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Air Force
Santiago
Chile
Marmaduke Grove
Grove
Carlos G. Davila
Iquique
Quintero
Valpariso
Navy
San Antonio
Colonel Grove
Eugenio Matte
Davila
Juan Fernandez Island
Hoover Holds New Meet on Economy
President Hoover conferred with house leaders on the banking committee about the relief situation but no agreement was reached. The White House session focused on the $300,000,000 Wagner bill for loans to states via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Participants included Steagall Stevenson Strong Luce and other banking committee members.
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Washington
Hoover
House
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
House Banking Committee
Steagall
Ala
Stevenson
S.C
Strong
R. Kan
Luce
Mass
McFadden
Pennsylvania
Four Men Hold Up Brooklyn Bakery Office
Four men brandishing revolvers held up Drake's Bakeries Inc. offices in Brooklyn and escaped with about $10,000, the total receipts turned in by thirty drivers for the wholesale firm.
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New York
Drake's Bakeries Inc
Brooklyn
Train kills man at grade crossing in Salisbury
Luther Rabon, 35, of Rowan county, was fatally injured when a wagon he rode was struck by Southern passenger train No. 46 at a grade crossing in Salisbury North Carolina on June 18.
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Salisbury N. C
Luther Rabon
Rowan County
Southern
IRO of Slayers Trapped in Woods Near Sanford
In Sanford North Carolina on June 13 police surrounded two of three Black men after they shot and killed Tom Beal and fatally wounded N H Perry during a late morning robbery at a Cumnock store. Charley Myers, arrested at Cumnock, admitted escaping from Rockingham county but denied involvement. Perry’s surgery left his prognosis poor as investigators pursued the suspects.
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Rockingham County
Beal
Perry
Treasure robber released on bond in North Carolina case
Andrew Alexander of Hickory was released on a reduced $100 bond after a habeas corpus hearing following his arrest for digging up and carrying away a lead box containing over $1000 from Floyd Dellinger’s farm near Linville. He faces a June 29 hearing to prove his treasure discovery claim, aided by a map allegedly given by a shellshocked veteran Ed Franlin.
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Newton
N. C
Andrew Alexander
Hickory
Floyd Delling
Linville
Alexander
Justice of the Peace
A. W. Ray
Newland
Ed Franlin
France
W. N. Hemle
Valdese
Hendrie
Cc. H. Dryden
Dellinger
Alexander Straightway
Wilmington Extortion Case Shocks City As Bonds Soar
In Wilmington North Carolina authorities tighten security amid rumors of arrests in the $25,000 blackmail plot targeting Mrs. Jessie Kenan Wise, a leading philanthropist. Prominent ex-police chief John Burrington is held on $5,000 bond for suspicion of involvement as hearing nears. two more arrests expected, townwide tension rising.
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Jesse Kenan Wise
Wilmington
N. C
Jessie Kenan Wise
Iruriong
First County
Wise
Three Dead in Mexican Quake and Pacific Cyclone
A heavy earthquake in Mexico left at least three confirmed dead with fears of more. A Pacific coast cyclone added extensive damage from Manzanillo to Guaymas. Colima reported deaths and Colima City buildings were damaged, while the governor and family escaped injury as shocks rattled Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Pacific
Manzanillo
Guaymas
Colima
Ciudad Bravos
Guerrero
Jalisco
Salvador Saucedo
House Moves to Probe Campaign Expenses
The House approved a wagon resolution to create a five member special committee to investigate expenditures in the 1932 campaign. Speaker Garner will name members to cover presidential and vice presidential candidates and House contenders. Next week the Senate plans a similar probe with Senator Howell of Nebraska as chair.
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Washington
House
Garner
Senate
Howell
Neb
Vet Wounded While On Freight Car Hovering Near Death
Marion June 18. World War veteran Louis Chiapeta shot through the abdomen last night at Marion General Hospital remains between life and death. W A Banks Asheville special detective for Southern Railway faces a $1000 bond in recorder's court Tuesday on a shooting charge. Chiapeta was asleep in a box car en route home to Houston with seven other veterans after a trip to Washington to press the bonus bill.
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Marion
Louis Chiapeta
Marion General Hospital
W. A. Banks
Asheville
Southern Railway
Recorder’s Court
Chiapeta
Houston
Texas
Washington
Senate ratifies Hague draft agreement
Washington June 18. The senate ratified a Hague agreement that a person born of alien parents in the United States who resides here cannot be pressed into the military service of the country of his parents if he returns there.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Reynolds Campaign Contact Man Shifts Support
Ralph G. Simmerson announces he has transferred his allegiance from Robert R. Reynolds to Senator Cameron Morrison in the North Carolina second primary. He cites Morrison's experience and stance on liquor as fitting for current emergencies while noting Reynolds’ prohibition platform. The letter to Reynolds is made public in Charlotte.
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Ralph G. Simmerson
Reynolds
Charlotte
Young People’s Democratic Club
Spencer
Robert R. Reynolds
Cameron Morrison
Simmerson
Rowan County
Democratic Executive Committee
Morrison
Ashevil
Rowan
Stanly
Durham
Mecklenburg
Davidson
Guilford
Iredell
The Enterprise Vacation Gift Idea
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Enterprise
High Point
Woman On Trial For Slaying Lover Faints In Court
Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney a socialite in the cock tail shooting case fainted at arraignment as love letters between her and Thomas William Scott Stephen were read. The court bound her for trial on two charges murder of Stephen May 31 and an earlier shooting during a quarrel. One letter called her baby and referenced forgiveness for terrible acts.
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London
Elvira Dolores Barney
Thomas William Scott Stephen
Stephen
Barney
Guilford Farmer Sentenced 25 Years After Son's Death
Guilford County farmer James H. Gregory was sentenced by Judge Thomas J. Shaw to two to five years in state prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the death of his 16 year old son Tyro. Gregory claimed the shooting was accidental and he has given notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Greensboro
Thomas J. Shaw
James H. Gregory
Guilford County
Gregory
Tyro
Supreme Court
Indictments For Flagrant Cruelty In Florida Sweat Box Death
A New Jersey convict Arthur Maillefret died in a stockade sweat box near Jacksonville after escape attempts and work refusal. Duval County grand jury charges first degree murder against camp captain George Courson and guard Solomon Higginbotham, plus flagrant cruelty. Evidence cites hunger, lack of food, and a barrel sweat box with the victim’s head exposed.
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Jacksonville
Fla
New Jersey
Florida
George Courson
Solomon Higginbotham
Duval County
Grand Jury
Arthur Maillefret
Westsfield
N. J
Gasque
Maillefret
Shouse Leads New Attack on GOP Conclave
In Chicago Democratic leaders rally against Hoover and the Republican platform. Jouett Shouse accuses the Hoover era of hedging on issues and calls the prohibition plank a counterfeit. Farley heads Roosevelt forces to push Walsh as permanent chair, signaling a split at the convention opening next week.
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Chicago
Hoover
Republican Party
Democratic
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
New Republican
White House
America
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
New York
Farley
Senator Walsh
Montana
Alfred B. Smith
Congress Moves On Jobless Relief Amid Economic Worries
Washington reports the Senate opens debate on a $2 billion unemployment relief bill while the House receives a conference report on the national economy measure. Hoover seeks further budget cuts and adjournment plans loom as debates over public works bonds and Reconstruction Finance Corporation powers intensify.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Mills
Treasury
Representative Rainey
Ilinois
Reconstruction Corporation
Administration
la Follette
Wis
Long Rejects Run Against Roosevelt Under Any Circumstances
New Orleans June 18 Huey P. Long said he would not run against Franklin Roosevelt under any circumstances after being offered the presidential nomination by the Farmer Labor committee in Omaha. He declined to commit if Roosevelt is not the Democratic candidate and suggested uniting farmer laborites behind a Roosevelt banner in the campaign. He termed the nominating offer as approval of his stand for Roosevelt.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Roy M. Harrop
Webb
Harrop
Hoover
New Orleans
Labor Party
Omaha
Neb
United States
Huey P. Long
Associated Press
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Long
Farmer Laborites
Young Dems to Hold First Meet in Chicago June 27
Raleigh announces the first conference dinner for the national young democrats in Chicago on June 27. Speakers include Robert Hutchins and Rear Admiral Byrd, with possible Will Rogers as toastmaster. The movement, rooted in North Carolina, aims to mobilize one million young voters by November.
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Young Dems Organization
Raleigh
Chicago
Windy City
North Carolina
Democracy
Young Blood
Tyre C. Taylor
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Max Gardner
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Taylor
Will Rogers
National Organization of
Young Democrats
America
Misa Elizabeth Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Talor
Young Democratic
Heflin Says He Would Support Democratic Nominee
Former Senator Tom Heflin of Alabama indicated in Wilkes Barre that he would back the Democratic presidential candidate this year even if it is Al Smith. He cited the economy and said if Hoover is personally responsible for the low mood he would support the Democratic nominee, whoever he may be.
Veterans Begin To Thin Ranks In Capital Call For Recruits
Washington reports the veterans army plans to swell to 150 000 after the senate defeated the bonus measure. Many camps retreat toward home as 300 evacuated and organizers push recruitment in St Louis Chicago Mobile Davenport and Philadelphia. Officials worry about housing wives and families with limited quarters as they seek to remain active in politics.
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Washington
Veterans Army
Senate
Carv Hcad
Massachusetts
John H. Fahey
Watertown
W. W. Waters
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
Davenport
Iowa
Philadelphia
Capitol
Patman
Tex
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R. L. Johnson
Johnson
Guilford Farmer
Dem Committee
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