Neutrality plan and tax bill dominate Washington briefing
A proposed neutrality agreement aims to engage all nations as debates on the tax bill proceed. Senator Batley supports budgets without new taxes, while trade and farm measures, ship subsidies, and a 337 million revenue target shape the session.
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Washington
Signa of All Nations
Ahe
Aires
Batley
D-Nc
Gesman
Manufacture Association of
Connecticut
State Department
Great Britain
Addis Kaba
Roosevelt
Trade Commission
Ray Moley
Thal
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Neutrality convention proposal sparks trade and peace ideas
The United States urges a broad Inter American peace agenda at the Buenos Aires conference. The plan includes a tariff truce among 11 American Republics and a convention open to all nations to clarify neutral rights in trade. Secretary Hull backs strengthening neutrality safeguards following World War I lessons.
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Washington
United States
Buenos Aires
State Department
Roosevelt
Hull
Hitler Persuades Schacht to Stay in Economics posts
Adolf Hitler assured Dr Hjalmar Schacht of faith in the nation's economic policy and persuaded the Reichsbank president and minister of economics to remain at his post. A conference followed by lunch marked a thaw in months of conflict between Hitler and Schacht as Goering asserted control over foreign exchange and raw materials.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Schacht
Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Emperor Selassie Quits Capital For French Territory
London reports Sir Sidney Barton says Emperor Haile Selassie left Addis Ababa for Djibouti amid widespread disorder including shooting and looting. Negus reportedly departed for the French port by train as Italy’s Mussolini calls a naval defense conference in Rome amid northern Ethiopia clashes.
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Emperor Selassie
London
Sidney Barton
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Djibouti
Gawalilanaa
Sidney
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Supreme Naval Commission For Defense
Tr Duce
Mediterranean
Adpee
Resettlement Progress Reported By Tugwell
Washington May 2 The Resettlement Administration reports it has spent or granted about 65 500 000 with 42 888 147 in grants and 11 570 319 in grants up to April 8 Tugwell estimates 10 000 000 to 12 000 000 more committed to 40 000 families since then Up to March 31 there were 523 528 rural rehabilitation cases and 11 57 100 men at work on six land acquisition projects He stresses land use planning to curb soil erosion and improve living standards for farmers in 650 unclassified farm locations and 100 000 000 added households.
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Washington
Texford G. Tugwell
Paettlement
Tugwell
Jeland
Ell
Notorious gunmen fall as end of outlaw trail proves fatal
Chicago records a tally of major gang figures killed or jailed as deaths and imprisonments thin the ranks. Alvin Karpis joins a list of public enemies claimed by time and violence, with Dillinger Floyd Nelson and others already gone. The era’s violence reshapes a crime landscape across Chicago and New York.
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Chicago
Alvin Karpis
John Dillinger
Charles
Pretty Boy” Floyd
Baby Face
Nelson
Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Charles ,Makley
Harry Pierpont
John Hamilton
Eugene Green
Tommy Carroll
Russell Clark
Harry Copeland
John Paul Chase
Clyde Barrow
Monnie Parker
Icewagon" Connors
Willie Sharkey
James Tribble
Matt Kilb
Jon
Joe
James Touhy
Touhy
Roger
Tommy Touhy
Albert Kator
Gus Schaefer
Basil Banghart
Isaac Costner
Ludwing Schmidt
Harvey Bailey
George “Machine Gun" Kelly
Fred “Killer” Burke
al Capone
Jack Kiutas
Jack” McGurn
Jack Zuta
Joe Afello
George “Red” Barker
William
Three Finger Jack"’ White
Jack
Legs
Diamond
Arthur
Dutch Schultz" Fiiegenheimer
New York
Karpis-Barker
Fred
Ma” Barker
Russell Gibson
George “Shotgun
Goodz‘Zelgier
Willie Harrison
Zioncheck Arrested on Second Speeding Charge
Rep. Marion Zioncheck was arrested in Shallotte North Carolina on a second speeding charge while honeymooning with his wife Rubye Louise Nix. Sheriff J A Russ said he was clocked at 70 mph on U S Highway 17 south of Shallotte and taken to the Brunswick County sheriff’s office. No charges filed immediately. authorities may turn him over to Virginia for prior reckless driving and disorderly conduct charges.
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J. A. Russ
Brunswick County
Washington
Here
Zioncheck
Rubye Louise Nix
Texarkama
Ark
Virginia
Alexandria
James FR. Duncan
Russ
Recorder’s Court
Sharlotte
North Carolina
Stock Market Ends Light. Dow Falls Amid Low Volume
The New York market opened weak with a 1 to 3 point drop led by American Telephone. In the final half hour losses moderated but the session remained dull with about 400 000 shares traded. Notable backward issues included U S S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors and Standard Oil of New Jersey. Bonds were irregular with government issues easier. Wheat futures were a touch heavy.
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New York
American Telephone
U. S&s. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Consolidated Edison
Westinghouse
Allied Chemical
Case
Anaconda
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Douglas Aircraft
N. Y. Central
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
U. S
Famous Detective Accused Plotting Wendel Kidnaping
Murray Bleefield 28 a liquor salesman indicted in the Wendel kidnapping confessed alleging Ellis H Parker Sr orchestrated the plan. Parker Jr remains a fugitive accused of aiding abducting Paul Wendel and torturing him for a Lindbergh confession.
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Wendel
Murray Bleefield
Ellis H. Parker
Hauptmann
Brooklyn
N. Y
Francis A. Madden
Ellis H. Parker, Sr
Piceries
Manonimw Cousway
Savannah
Ellis H. Parker, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Madden
Bleefeld
Parker
Jeff
Mt. Holly
Mr. Parker
Young Democrats Set Tonight Meeting In Raleigh
North Carolina Young Democrats executive committee meets in Raleigh to decide the 1936 convention location and dates. gubernatorial and senatorial candidates plan a busy week of speaking engagements as ballots for the June 6 primary are mailed from New Bern.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Young Democrats
Greensboro
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Sanford
Bessie Phonmeix
New Bern
Sandy Graham
John A. McRae
Clyje RR
Hoey
Waynesville
Ralph McDonald
Clinton
Hamlet
David L. Strain
Washington
William H. Griffin
Chapel Hill
Vandenberg Name To Be Presented At Republican Parley
Michigan Governor Frank D Fitzgerald will present Senator Arthur H Vandenberg as a presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention with authorization from Senator Lawrence and a letter Vandenberg wrote confirming he would make the nominating speech.
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Vandenberg
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Howard C. Lawrence
Republican State Central Committee
Stonecutters Strike On WPA Mount Airy Project
Winston Salem May 2 WPA officials disclosed a strike by 35 stonecutters on a Mount Airy project No 69 the Soldiers Memorial at State College clock tower funded by alum ni and under construction since 1922 Workers quit Thursday seeking higher pay and the project has closed An investigation found demands allegedly exceed private sector wages in Mt Airy
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Winston-Salem
WPA
Mount Airy
State College
Wheeler Praises Electrification of Rural Cooperatives
Senator Wheeler of Montana commended rural electrification cooperatives at a People's Lobby luncheon in Washington on May 2. He noted rapid cooperative formation nationwide and reported nearly 4.5 million dollars allocated for cooperative projects by April 1, part of over 8.25 million dollars set aside by the Rural Electrification Administration. A Amherst College professor spoke on cooperative groups and consumer buying power rising with organized efforts.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.mont
People’s Lobby
Rural Electrification Administration
RBA
Colston EB
Warne
Amherst College
Ethiopian delegate hints Haile Selassie exile residence in France
Wolde Mariam, Ethiopian delegate to the League of Nations and minister to France, said on May 2 that Emperor Haile Selassie might establish his exile residence in the French Riviera. He added he hopes for France but does not know plans.
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Paris
Wolde Mariam
League of Nations
Haile Selassie
French Riviera
France
Mariam
Industrial Activity Reaches New Year High in Week
Industrial production rose to 87.2 on the Associated Press index, the highest since June 1930, up from 85.8 last week and 72.9 a year ago. Cotton mills lagged, but steel, coal shipments, electric power, and residential construction all advanced.
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New York
Associated Press
Seer Madman In Death Of Woman
In Chattanooga Tennessee a 23 year old theater manager’s wife Mrs Ella Mae McConnell was found beaten and slashed in her apartment. Police hunt a “nice looking” young man described by the dying woman who said he wore a brown suit and a cap. Detectives work varying death bed statements while fingerprints are sent to Washington for checks.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Wfpe
Ella Mae McConnell
McConnell
Homer Edmondson
MacCon
E Eugene Bryan
Bryan
Widow and Son Held In Husband's Death
In Philadelphia Mississippi on May 2 officers detained Maggie Church widow aged government and her 15 year old son William after George Church 60 was found dead with throat slashed in his home. No charges were filed yet as the investigation continues.
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Philadelphia
Miss
George Church
Church
Maggie Church
William Church
Cotton Manufacturers Oppose Textile Bill at Pinehurst Meet
The American Cotton Manufacturers association opposed the Ellenbogen bill to regulate the textile industry and backed voluntary continuation of NRA code hours and wages. They adopted resolutions opposing parts of the revenue bill and proposed cotton contract changes. John H. Cheatham was nominated for second vice president, Donald Comer advanced to the presidency, and R. H. Henry named first vice president. A report by Stuart W. Cramer warned that reducing work hours would cut weekly earnings and curb private employment, with mills likely to cut production up to 25 percent in six months.
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NRA
Congress
John H. Cheatham
Griffin
Donald Comer
Birmingham
R. BH. Henry
Greenville
National Industrial Conference Board
Association
Stuart W. Cramer
Charlotte
Desperados Guarded On Air Jaunt To St Paul
Alvin Karpis Public Enemy No 1 arrived at St Paul airport from New Orleans escorted by federal agents to the justice department HQ. He was chained to his seat on a long stop filled flight en route to the highly guarded transfer as authorities move to the Hamm and Bremer kidnappings.
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ST. Paul
Alvin Karpis
New Orleans
Munici
Department of Justice
Federal
Karpis
Louisiana City
William A. Hamm, Jr
Kansas City
5St. Paul
Karpie
J. Edgar Hoover
109Th Aero Squadron
National Guard
Edward G. Bremer
William
Weather Summary North and South Carolina Forecast
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in north and west North Carolina Sunday and very late tonight in extreme southwest portion. cooler in west Sunday afternoon. South Carolina generally fair tonight with Sunday partly cloudy and scattered showers in northwest and extreme north portions. cooler in extreme north Sunday afternoon. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville northeast to east with overcast skies and light showers tonight and Sunday.
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