Senate Debates Inflation Plan Ahead of Farm Bill Action
Congress centers on the Roosevelt inflation program with six hours of debate in the House to set up tomorrow’s conference on the farm bill. Snell objects to unanimous consent, and Pou defends the rule as a test of Republican control. Senate considers Tennessee Valley Authority amendments as leaders aim to close the session by June first.
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Washington
House
Senate
Snell
Pau
North Carolina
Pou
Longworth
Tilson
Connecticut
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Norris
Alabama
Rainey
House Appropriations Committee
Independent Offices
President Granted Broad Powers to Cut Government Costs
The House Appropriations Committee reported a half billion dollar supply bill that would nearly halve this year's veteran outlays and authorize President Roosevelt to exercise sweeping new powers to reduce government spending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations Committee
Tornado Death Toll in South and Midwest Rises
Rescue workers count 54 dead across three southern states and one midwestern state after weekend tornadoes. Minden Louisiana reports 35 dead and 200 injured. Arcadia Bienville Parish 6 dead. Magnolia Arkansas 6 dead. Salem Arkansas 2 dead. Illinois reports 5 deaths. Red Cross aids stricken regions while budgetary notes mix with agency funding debates.
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Shreveport
Mississippi Valley
Minden
Webster
Arcadia
Bienville Parish
Magnolia
Ark
Salem
Missouri State Line
Illinois
Red Cross
Shaping Likely To Get Appointment To Revenue Post
Washington May 2 authoritative sources say Shaping of Greensboro North Carolina has an excellent chance as deputy commissioner of internal revenue Oscar Chapman of Denver is reportedly decided for second assistant secretary of the treasury Shuping prominent in North Carolina Democratic circles and a victory campaign manager Ralph T ONeil of Topeka Kansas former national commander of the American Legion is under consideration for a judge of the tenth circuit court of appeals.
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Washington
Co. L. Shaping
Greensboro
N. C
Internal Revenue
Oscar Chapman
Denver
Col
Lar
Shuping Long
North Carolina
Victory
Ralph T. O'Neil
Topeka
Kans
American Legion
Tenth Circuit Court
Ap- 7
GWU girls rifle team manager dies in gas inhalation
Ruth White, manager of the George Washington University girls rifle team, died today after inhaling gas. Despite hours of rescue attempts by physicians and a fire squad, she did not survive. In Rochester, New York, three firemen were badly hurt and others overcome by smoke as fire largely destroyed the First Methodist church valued at 150000.
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Washington
Ruth White
George Washington University
Rochester
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church South Budget Hits Red Ink
Nashville May 2 The treasurer W E Hogan reports sharply reduced income and drastic cuts in appropriations for the board of Christian Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, affecting church programs and operations nationwide.
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Nashville, Tenn
Board of Christian Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. E. Hogan
Speaker Rainey Sees Emergency Program Completion by June 1
Congressman Rainey told reporters Congress could finish the President's emergency legislative program and adjourn by June 1. He indicated momentum in the chamber and stressed urgency for action.
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Washington
Rainey
Congress
Texas elects Milton West as 15th District U S Rep
Milton H. West took the oath of office as representative of the fifteenth Texas district which had been represented by Vice President Garner for thirty years.
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Washington
Milton H. West
Texas
Garner
91 In Jail For Riots In Iowa
National guardsmen maintained martial law in two western Iowa districts after farm disturbances over mortgage foreclosures. Ninety one suspects remained in custody with a wounded soldier hospitalized in Denison. In Plymouth and surrounding counties 57 were arrested, Crawford county 30, including a woman, and four more were rounded up in a Sioux City residence by a soldiers' special squad for inciting sentiment against military rule.
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LE Mars
Iowa
Denison
Plymouth
Crawford County
Sioux City
Beer Prices Fall in Charlotte Refreshment Market
Beer sales in Charlotte have dropped from twenty five cents per bottle to twenty cents with merchants noting further price reductions likely soon as demand wanes and competition increases.
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Charlotte
Senate Passes Biennial Revenue Bill in Raleigh
In Raleigh on May 2 the Senate passed the proposed biennial revenue bill with a modified three percent general sales tax and sent it back to the House for concurrence. The measure differs from the House draft, with education committee talks on a school funding plan continuing but not finished.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
N. A. Townsend
Charlotte
Rivers Johnson
Warsaw
Consolidated Department of Revenue, Highway Patrol
Gasoline Inspection Division
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Seventy Planes To Stop at Fort Bragg
Seventy planes en route from Langley field to the Pacific coast for air maneuvers are set to stop at Pope field Fort Bragg tomorrow. The eighth pursuit squadron under Major D Q Jones with 39 pursuit and eight transport planes will refuel at 8 am. At 10 am the second bombing squadron with 30 D-6 bombers and 3 observation planes will land for serving under Major H A Dargue.
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Fayetteville
Langley Field
Pacific Coast
Pope Field
Fort Bragg
D. Q. Jones
H. A. Dargue
England Hears Roosevelt Will Attend Conference
Special dispatches from the United States claim President Roosevelt may attend the world economic conference in London. The Washington government has made no announcement and British officials doubt the plan. Observers name possible delegation heads including Hull Cox Moley and Pittman with party roles and tariff policy looming in the talks.
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London
United States
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Washington
Washington To See Mr. Roosevelt
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Edouard Herriot
MacDonald
Downing Street
Evening News
Europe
Woodrow Wilson
James M. Cox
Hull
Raymond Moley
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cox
Moley
Harrison
Seafinance Committee
Representative McReynolds
Tennessee
House Foreign Aff Committee
Administration Bills To Precede 30 Hour Work Week Debate
Mayve Byrne of Tennessee notes Democratic concern that the 30 hour work week bill may miss House consideration until Roosevelt emergency measures are enacted. Burns warns action could come soon though passage before June is unlikely due to controversy over the 30 hour limit on foreign imports. Connery advocates moving ahead, Robinson says the measure is not in the current administration plan.
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Washington
Mayve Byrne
Tennessee
Connery
House
Roosevelt
Burns
Labor Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Bombs Shake Chicago as Teamsters War Escalates
A sixth blast in 24 hours hit near the Lake Forest home of Arthur Metzger, business agent for the Lake County Teamsters local. Police link the attacks to an outlaw Chicago Teamsters faction seeking control of the union, amid threats by figures named by Metzger. No injuries reported. authorities press grand jury on yesterday’s bombings in the labor field.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Arthur Metzger
Lake County
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Lake Forest
Hgh
Metzger
Chicago Teamsters’ Union
Murray Humphreys
Willie
Three Fingered Jack) White
William “Klondike” O'Donnell
American Federation of Labor
Reynolds will dispute moves to state supreme court
Concord. Litigation over the Smith Reynolds tobacco fortune nears a final stage as a three day hearing leads Judge Wilson Warlick to re sustain a prior agreement. The plan includes a 500000 trust for Anne Cannon Reynolds and a like fund for their daughter Anne Cannon Reynolds 2nd. Guardians would grant each infant son 2000000, with the rest of the 15 million plus estate going to a North Carolina charitable foundation. Guardians may protect Anne Cannon Reynolds 2nd in a suit by Safe Deposit and Trust Co of Baltimore seeking guidance on the will.
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Concord
Smith Reynolds
Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Wilson Warlick
Anne Cannon
Frank Brandon Smith
Charlotte
N. C
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Libby Holman Reynolds
North Carolina
Safe Deposit and Trust Company of
Baltimore
R. J. Reynolds
Lambeth Re-Elected Thomasville Mayor
J. E. Lambeth was re-elected mayor of Thomasville on May 1 as residents backed an unopposed ticket. Also chosen as councilmen were J. KR. Blair, T. B. Jennings, D. A. Long Jr., Charles F. Phillips and A. H. Ragan.
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Thomasville
J. E. Lambeth
J. KR. Blair
T. B.jennings
D. A. Long, Jr
Charles F. Phillips
A. H. Ragan
U S Open to Guarding Clause in Tariff Truce
Undersecretary William Phillips said the United States would not object to a safeguarding clause allowing tariff changes if the dollar depreciates. France may insist on such a reservation in the proposed tariff truce advanced by Norman H. Davis for the London world economic conference. Phillips noted he has not been informed of the clause’s form and said the truce urges nations at the conference to refrain from raising tariff barriers before the June 12 conclave.
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Washington
William Phillips
State Department
United States
Phillips
France
Norman H. Davis
London
Nomination Approved for California Comptroller of the Currency
The senate finance committee approved and ordered reported to the senate the nomination of J F T OConnor of California to be comptroller of the currency.
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Washington
J. F. T. O’connor
California
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Rhode Island Wet Column Sees Repeal Support
Providence May 2 Rhode Island stands against prohibition as Wisconsin and Michigan back repeal. Hopkinton is the only town voting to retain the 18th amendment with 150244 to 20874 delegates favoring repeal. Hopkinton itself votes 310 to 293 against repeal. Rhode Island never ratified the 18th amendment.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hopkinton
Danville Knitters Strike Over 10 Percent Wage Cut
About 100 workers at the Danville Knitting Mills walked out in protest against a 10 percent wage cut announced yesterday. The crowd gathered in front of the mill and said they would not work under the new scale.
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Danville
Danville Knitting Mills
Hitler Moves to Bind Unions Under Nazi Control
Berlin reports Nazi storm troops seize the national headquarters of Germanys three trade unions. Leaders including Theodor Leipart and Peter Grassman are arrested as the regime declares a new epoch in which unions bow to National Socialist authority and Marxist influence is dismantled.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Metal Workers’ Union
Theodor Leipart
Peter Grassman
Rudolph Wissell
Grassman
Labor
Dewes
Leipart
Mil
Hos
Consumers
Market Ups and Downs Spark New York Mood
New York reflects on a volatile trading day as markets rise and fall shaping public mood and speculation. The piece notes how fortunes swing with the Dow and the exchange table metaphor, hinting at broader social tensions in a playful yet wary tone.
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