Senate Rejects Beer Legalization Plan Amid Tax Debate
The Senate refused to legalize beer as part of a revenue bill on May 18. The key vote backed a Tydings amendment to tax 2.75 beer at 24 cents a gallon to fund a 1,500,600,000 construction program. An earlier proposal to permit four percent alcohol content was defeated 60 to 23 with mixed party support.
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Tydings
Bingham
Conn
Barbour
Balind
Davis
Glenn
Kean
LaFollette
Metcalf
Moses Oddie
Reed
Walcott
Broussard
Bhlow
Collidge
Copeland
Hawes
Lewis
Long
Wagner
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wheeler
Smith and Roosevelt widen pledged vote totals in conventions
Alfred E. Smith gains 52 pledged votes and Franklin D. Roosevelt adds 14 as delegates finalize totals. Roosevelt holds 338 votes to Smith 98 with New Jersey and Connecticut shaping allocations while New Mexico and Montana tilt toward Roosevelt and Hoover’s New Jersey surge is noted.
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United Press
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Smith
New Jersey
Connecticut
New Mexico
Montana
Hoover
Five a Pie Kills Sister in Law Then Self
Wilmington May 18 Frank Smith 18 fatally shot his sister in law Mrs James R Smith 22 bride of seven months then killed himself The victim died an hour after transfusion in hospital Mrs Smith wife of state highway patrolman Sgt James R Smith She was Miss Varina Smith of Robbinsville Coroner Asa Allen said a formal inquest probably would not be held
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Wilmington
Frank Smith
James R. Smith
Frank
Sergeant
Mrs. Smith
Varina Smith
Robbinsville
Asa Allen
Husband Slayer Goes On Trial in Asheville
In Asheville on May 18 jury selection finished quickly and evidence began in the trial of Mrs. Jessie Hough charged with murdering her husband William Hough. The estate seeks a second degree manslaughter conviction and death penalty is not sought. Liston Hayes faces separate trial as an accessory.
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Asheville
N. C
Jessie Hough
William Hough
Liston Hayes
Cochran bill seeks death or life for kidnappers
Washington May 18 The Cochran bill providing for the death penalty or life imprisonment for kidnappers was approved today by a house judiciary sub committee. The measure would forbid interstate or foreign transportation of kidnapped persons and let judges decide between death or one year to life in prison for ransom cases.
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Washington
Cochran
House Judiciary
Montague
House
Pacific Company proposed by Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a consolidation of all subsidiaries into a single company to be named the Pacific Company.
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Washington
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Company
Fierce Battle Between Japs and Chinese Rebels Rages
Harbin Manchuria May 18 Japanese and Chinese insurgents clash along Sungari river for a second day with heavy losses. Eighteen Japanese killed at Sungpu opening clash. Chinese losses about fifty. Japanese forces and air power rout rebel attack near Manuchuang pu. Chinese reportedly killed five Japanese residents at Ilan and burned the town.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Sungari
Sungpu
Manuchuangpu
Rengo Jews Agency
Rengo Agency
91 Persons Who Were On Ship Still Missing
In a Paris report Messageries Maritimes said 6505 passengers and 262 crew were aboard the Georges Philippar when she burned off Italian Somaliland. Surviving lists show 676 rescued. fears mounted the loss could reach 300. Survivors recalled gaiety turning to chaos as bells rang.
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Paris
Georges Philippar
Vatticiois
Messageries Maritimes
Andre Lebon
Jibuti
French Somaliland
Neft
Marseilles
Aden
Arabia
Two Furniture Plants In Hickory Reopened
Hickory North Carolina May 18 Two furniture plants resumed operations after months idle about 150 men returned to work at the Martin and Hickory Furniture plants both units of Hickory Chair Manufacturing company Officials said production would run on a non profit basis and the pace of orders was not yet clear but the move aimed to provide employment and restart operations
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Hickory, N. C
Martin
Hickory Furniture Companies
Hickory Chair Manufacturing Company
Governor and Kellogg gift to California ranch greeted
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Governor Ralph and Bill Murray debating state rights while accepting a large Arabian horse ranch gift from Kellogg of Battle Creek. The letter writer, a fan of ham and eggs, jokes about breakfast fare and horse feeding in a light local column.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Bill Murray
Bill
Ralph
Jury Deliberates in Hinnant Embezzlement Case
In Wilson North Carolina on May 18 the trial for T. A. Hinnant former city clerk and two ex assistants charged with about 40000 dollars in funds went to the jury. Dr John F Condon in New York returned home after reviewing 1900 Rogues Gallery photos in Westchester County. Bank of Ipswich president Phin Beebee was shot during a robbery and the cashier was kidnapped by three robbers who fled with an undetermined sum.
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Condon
New York
John F. Condon
Lindbergh
Bronx
Westchester County
Ipswich
S. D
Bank of Ipswich
Phin Beebee
Hauser Granted New Trial In North Carolina Electrocution Case
John Henry Hauser of Davie county the oldest man ever sentenced to die in North Carolina was granted a new trial by the State Supreme Court on technical grounds. The decision cited errors by lay witnesses in rebuttal and did not address mental age.
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John Henry Hauser
Mocksville
Fred Styers
Supreme Court
Raleigh
N. C
State Supreme Court
Davie County
North
Carolina
W. P. Stacy
Winston-Salem
Hauser
W. M. Hendren
Hendren
Dividend Halved by American Sugar Refining Co
New York May 18. Directors of American Sugar Refining Co ordered a dividend of 50 cents on common stock payable July 2 to holders of record June 4. Three months ago the company paid 1 dollar.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Co
Pope Lashes Communism and Atheism in Encyclical
Pope Pius XI issued an encyclical urging Catholic and Protestant nations to unite against atheism and communism. He calls for a worldwide week of prayer starting June 3 to seek relief from social ills and to defend religion and social order.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Anges
Christ
God
Veterans in Truck Head to White House for Bonus
About 25 war veterans from Chattanooga Tennessee rode a truck labelled we want our bonus to meet police near the White House after a call described them as demonstrators. No demonstration materialized as they chatted with officers and reporters and planned to return later with a proper appointment.
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Washington
White House
Chattanooga
Tenn
Post 1289
Veterans of Foreign Wars
President Hoover
Agriculture panel approves bill on restricting short selling
The House Agriculture Committee approved the Jones bill to curb short selling on commodity exchanges. It would empower the Exchange Commission, led by the secretaries of agriculture and commerce and the attorney general, to set new rules for short sales in wheat, cotton, and other commodities.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Exchange Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Attorney General
Dollar Stabilization Bill Faces Senate Opposition
Eugene Meyer governor of the Federal Reserve Board told the Senate Banking Committee that the Golds borough bill to stabilize the dollar at the 1926 level by currency expansion oversteps the Fed Board’s powers. He argued restoring the 1921 1929 commodity price level is beyond its mandate.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Meyer
Fire totals ten buildings in Castleton village blaze
Ten structures including homes and businesses were destroyed when a fire swept Castleton on the east bank of the Hudson River ten miles south of Albany. Firefighters battled the flames from early today, with the cause not yet determined.
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Albany
N. Y
Castleton
Hudson River
Here
Name Of Ruth Gay Brought In Probe Questioned
Police disclosed in Hopewell New Jersey that Ruth Gay is helping investigators uncover the facts about John Hughes Curtis, a fake negotiator linked to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. The probe aims to determine Curtis's actions and shed light on related activities while Curtis faces possible self harm concerns.
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Ruth Gay
Curtis
Jassie
Hopewell
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Col
H. Norman Schwarskopf
Aws
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
Col. Lindbergh
Norfolk
Dean Dobson-Peacock
Lindbergh
Gov. Moore
Jersey
John F. Condon
Senate Probe Demanded In Pritchard Bailey Contest
Washington May 18 The Senate Elections Committee plans to press for a resolution authorizing an investigation into the Josiah W. Bailey North Carolina contest by George M. Pritchard Asheville Republican who claims wide spread fraud in the 1936 election. Impounded ballot boxes are to be used if approved.
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Washington
Shortridge
Senate Elections Committee Today
Senate
Pritchard-Bailey
North Carolina
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
George M. Pritchard
Asheville
Elections Committee
Pritchard
J. Thomas Heflin
John H. Bankhead
Ala
Bankhead
Government deficit nears 3 billion by end of May
Washington reports the national shortfall rising toward 3 billion dollars with the deficit at 2.6 billion by May 16 and expected to exceed 3 billion before the June 30 deadline.
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Washington
Wabash Loan Approved by ICC to Wabash Railway
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved an extra loan of 1,576,200 dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Wabash Railway Company. The Wabash remains under receivers.
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Wabash Loan
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wabash Railway Company
Wabash
Tot Found After Kidnaping Near Warren ton Ohio
Steubenville May 18 two year old Eugene Swearingen was found behind a fence about 500 yards from home half an hour after being taken from his crib. He had a bruise above the eye and is expected to recover. Kidnappers had demanded 500 dollars in three notes to his parents Mr and Mrs George Swearingen who had no funds.
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Steubenville
Eugene Swearingen
Warrenton
George Swearingen
Teh
Swearingen
Seath Airfield
Yorkville
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