Cavalcade Wins Sixtieth Kentucky Derby in Thrilling Stretch
Cavalcade, the British bred yet American foaled colt, stunned 65,000 at Churchill Downs to win the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Mack Garner, he kept off Gallant Eastern rival Discovery and two fillies Mata Hari and Bazaar. Prize money totaled 28,175 dollars for owner Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Cavalcade
Old England
America
Discovery
Mata Hari
Bazaar
Isabel Dodge Sloane
New York
Florida
Mack Garner
Lancegayle
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Covery
Agrarian
F. J. Heller
Five new air routes bid in transcontinental mail plan
Post office bids opened May for six new air routes extending from Weston South Carolina to the west with stops at Augusta Atlanta Meridian Jackson Monroe Port Dallas and Fort Worth. A Fort Worth Los Angeles contract was awarded for a daily eastern and western trip with passenger service.
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Washington
Southern Transcontin
Weston
S. C
Post Office
New York
Virginia
Tennessee
Sas
Fort Worth
Texas
Farley
Safety Week Observance Highlighted for City
May 7 to May 13 declared Safety Week by Mayor C. 8 mn with city administration and Carolina Motor Club sponsorship. A safety parade closes the week at 7 30 p m with a focus on traffic safety, and drivers of commercial and passenger cars are urged to join talks and pledge support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. 8
Carout
Carolina Motor Club
Ger
Set fee of twenty five thousand for public enemies approves
The House approved ten anti crime bills including a Patman reward measure setting a 25 000 bounty on designated public enemies dead or alive and extra funds for information leading to arrest. The bill requires prior felony convictions for designation and faces Senate passage.
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Washington
John Dillinger
Legislative Chamber
Cummings
House
Tts
Senate
Patman
Cochran
D-Mo
Sumners
D-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Dillinger
Representative Young
Ohio
United States May Sacrifice Wheat Quotas Rumored
The report says the United States may give up part of its wheat export quota to Argentina to support a world price stability pact. Delegates at a Rome led conference consider revisions to the big four quotas with Canada, Argentina, Australia and the U S named. Argentina seeks a larger allotment citing a big crop, while U S experts call for Argentina to submit an acreage reduction plan.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
INDON
Indica
United States
Argen
Austia
Rome
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Mart Measure Being Rushed To Enactment
Senator administration leaders pressed to pass this year's stock exchange control bill after big business criticized last year’s truth in securities act. Amendments in the Senate aim to ease the act’s penalties to attract conservative votes and move the issue toward enactment while preserving key rights for investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Search For Dillinger Still Holds Spotlight
The nation’s most wanted criminals eluded capture as Congress moved to tighten federal crime fighting powers. Dillinger was searched for in Wisconsin and rumored aboard the Duchess of York. the gang linked to a Ohio bank robbery. a kidnapping case in Tucson unsettles authorities. Norvell and O’Connell escape linked pursuits continue in Illinois and California.
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Congress
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Fostoria
First National Bank
Homer van Meter
Ohio
Farmers Bank of
June Robles
Tucson
Ariz
Riverside
Cal
Hickory Ridge
Chester
Randol Eugene Norvell
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
James O'Connell
Methodist bishop assigned to fifth Episcopal district in church conference
Jackson Miss May 5 Bishop James Cannon Jr of Richmond was assigned at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South to the fifth Episcopal district covering Arizona Pacific California Oriental Mission Northwest and Western Mexican conferences Continued on page three
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
James Cannon, Jr
Richmond
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Fifth Episcopal District
Arizona, Pacific
California
Oriental Mission
Northwest
Bish
England Refuses to Enter New Arms Race Plans
A Foreign Office spokesman said shortages of cash and memories of WWI will prevent a fresh arms race. British leaders will study the arms problem over the weekend, with Captain Anthony Eden to attend League of Nations council sessions. Officials expect only a barely adequate defense due to money limits and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Anthony Eden
Masonic Leader To Appear Here
C. A. Snodgrass of Chattanooga Tennessee, noted Mason and author, will speak Monday night at 7 30 before Numa F Reid Lodge 344. FB T Howard master announces all Master Masons invited to attend.
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C. A. Snodgrass
Chattanooga
Tenn
Numa F. Reid Lodge
Masons
FB. T. Howard
Silver Bloc Expects Act To Back 30 Percent Silver Money
Senate silver bloc leaders return from a Baltimore conference with Roosevelt optimistic about early legislation to back 30 percent of the nation’s money with silver. They seek a 30 70 backing ratio with gold, nationalization of silver for industrial stock, a permissive purchase program, and possible support for the Dies plan on a bonus price for silver.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Silver Bloc
Roosevelt
Baltimore
New York
Euene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Bishop Cannon's Temperance Board Abolished by Conference Vote
The Methodist Episcopal Church South General Board of Temperance and Social Welfare led by Bishop James Cannon Jr. was abolished by the quadrennial conference as part of a church economy program. Proposals require future church social statements to come from the college of bishops, not individual boards. The reform shifts functions to three existing bodies and the college of bishops, with Cannon to remain as a senior bishop as other boards transfer duties. Sine die adjournment was set for next Wednesday.
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Jackson, Miss
Methodists Episcopal Church
South
General Board of Temperance and Social Welfare
James Cannon
General Conference of the Church
Cannon
College of Bishops
Bishop Cannon
Mississippi
General Hospital Board
Warren A. Candler
Atlanta
Hospital Board
Board of Missions At
Nashville
W. G. Cram
Board of Temperance and Social Service
W. P. Few
Duke University
Board of Christian Education
E. D. Mouston
Charlotte
N. C
Bishop Mouzon
Bishop Candler
Temperance Board
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Russians Not Entitled To U S Money, Says AG
Attorney General Cummings ruled Russia defaulted on obligations to the United States and was not entitled to American financial aid. The decision intended to determine which nations would be barred by the Johnson act from marketing securities or receiving assistance, listing Britain Italy Czechoslovakia Latvia and Lithuania among others.
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Washington
Cummings
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Latvia
Lithuania
Van Sweringens Plan To Recoup Finances
Cleveland May 5. Financial circles buzz over a rumored plan by the Van Sweringen brothers to improve their Alleghany and Chesapeake holdings. Potential steps include Chesapeake clearing debts and aiding Alleghany with loans or asset sales. Chesapeake owns large stock in several rail interests and has reduced bank loans by about 13 million in 15 months.
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Cleveland
van Swearingen Railroad
Alleghany
Chesapeake
van Sweringens
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Alleghany Security
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake Corp
Pere Marquette
Erie
Virginia Transportation Corp
Chicago & Eastern
Ilineis
Pittstone Company
Wilmer Alison Sprains Ankle In Tennis Match
Wilmer Alison, Davis Cup star, sprained his ankle during a match at the Chevy Chase club in Washington. Doctors at the emergency hospital ruled out fracture and expect a return to play within two weeks.
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Alison
Washington
Wilmer Alison
Chevy Chase Club
Gill Weighs Clemency for Six Death Row Inmates
In Raleigh on May 6, Parole Commissioner Edwin M Gill opened an inquiry into executive clemency for six death row prisoners awaiting electrocution May 18. He plans firm recommendations to the governor for each case. The inmates include Mike Stefanoff, R E Black, Joe Dalton, Jne Lewis Edwards, Clyde Ferrell, and James Sheffield. Edwards and Dalton likely face May 18 execution.
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Raleigh
State
Edwin M. Gill
Gill
Mike Stefanoff
R. E. Black
Taylorsville
Joe Dalton
Hendersonville
Jne
Lewis Edwards
Charlotte
Clyde Ferrell
Durham
James Sheffield
Haywood County
James Miller
Edwards
Dalton
Reuben K Kramer Wins Prix de Rome Award in Sculpture
Mrs N H Silver of Baltimore announces her cousin Reuben K Kramer of Timore Md has won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with The Dying Centaur earning 8000 dollars and three years Rome study. Earlier Kramer earned Reinhart Euro and other honors, boosting his standing in Maryland art circles.
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N. H. Silver
Reuben K. Kramer
Timore
Kramer
Milton
Phillip Robert Silver
Eb.r
al Swartz
City
Dents
Rome
Maryland Ae
President Roosevelt Attends Woodin Funeral in New York
President Roosevelt sits in quiet reverence at the Presbyterian church on Fifth Avenue as the funeral of William H. Woodin unfolds. The service follows a traditional ritual with prayers and scripture, a brief eulogy by Dr. Robert W. Anthony, and hymns chosen by Mrs. Woodin.
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Ben Robertson
New York
Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-Sixth Street
William H. Woodin
Dr. Anthony
Rinet
Garner
Rainey
Mia. Woodin
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Pacific
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Grayson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ashington
the Bureau
Feas
Angeles
York
Frank B. Harper
Richard L. Turner
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Paul B. Kern
England
Act
Bishop’s Temperance Board
U. S
Lloyd A. Lehreas
Chesapeake and Alleghany Roads
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