Dillinger Alleged In Flint Bank Robbery Loot Report
Flint Michigan May 18 bandits believed led by John Dillinger robbed the Glenwood avenue Citizens' Bank and Savings with a machine gun gang. They escaped in two cars toward Grand Rapids after a $25,000 to $30,000 currency consignment delivered earlier was moved to the vault.
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Flint, Mich
John Dillinger
Glenwood Avenue
Citizens Commercelal and Savings Bank
Dillinger
Jerry Stamman
Grand Rapids
Kirk Roland
Roland
R. L. Kinney
Reform bills threaten textile recovery in Georgia
L. R. L. Jones, president of the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, told the state's textile operators that pending Congress bills and new securities acts threaten recovery. He urged a breathing spell and called for fair taxes, improved wage differentials, and fair freight rates to aid southern mills facing export, import, and fiber competition pressures.
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Bea Island Beach
Bille
Congress
L.r L. Jones
Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia
Canton
Jones
The
Association
Two Newton Cops Wounded by Machine Gun Fire
Two Newton officers were seriously wounded when a car with Tennessee plates fired on them as they tried to halt the sedan in the early hours. Patrolman Huffman and Deputy Sheriff Ray Pitts were struck by gunfire and taken to a Hickory hospital in critical condition.
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Newton
Arthur Huffsman
Ray Pitts
Tennesree
Hickory Hospital
Economic Nationalism and Fatal Shootout Near Downtown
The report describes a deadly confrontation as a Tennessee car stop led to gunfire. Huffman was wounded after reaching for liquor, while Pitts was hit as the assailants fled. Officers returned fire, aiming at the fleeing vehicle near West C street, three blocks from the business district.
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Pitts
Tennessee
Huffman
Penge
Pitt
West C Street
Brain trust blamed for stalling 1933 recovery
Gary educator Dr. William Wirt charged that “brain trusters” seized on the 1933 recovery to push reforms. He told Gary townsmen that early 1938 business activity rose to 63 percent of normal, but reform efforts impeded recovery as emerg ency acts pushed through to sell evolutions and revolutions.
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Gary
Ind
America
William Wirt
Five Bank Robberies Mentioned In Confession
Mile Stefanoff in a short posthumous confession before execution implicated himself and others in four North Carolina bank robberies and named the Durham Gibsonville Denton and Randleman jobs. The Greens and Black were connected, with details sparse and money gains described.
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Gibsonville
Durham
Denton
Randleman
Kerr tobacco control bill reintroduced by House committee
The House agriculture committee reported the Kerr tobacco protection bill and urged its reintroduction. Kerr (DNC), the bill's author, was noted by the committee.
Dirigible Arrives Home During Caribbean Maneuvers
The naval airship arrived at its Macon home base at 5 45 a m today. It had been sent to participate in the Caribbean maneuvers with Miami Florida as a staging point and hub for operations.
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Macon
Sunnnyvale
Call
Naval Dirigible
Miami
Fla
Proposed 40 Hour Week Standard for Editorial Staff
A public proposal outlines a 40 hour work week for newspaper editors and reporters in cities over 50 000, with 48 hours in smaller communities and wages from 25 to 12 weekly, subject to public hearings and Roosevelt approval. The plan, tied to the national newspaper code, cites testimony from April 30 and includes NRA input.
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Wwashington
Daily
Roosevelt
Cmses
F. Wil
Aud
NRA
Iblic
York
American Newspa Guild
Advocates Gasoline Tax For Nationwide Safety
D Newton of Trav Insurance Co proposes that one percent of all motor vehicle taxes be allocated to a nationwide safety campaign funded by gasoline taxes. He addressed motor vehicle administrators in Connecticut and cited a 60 percent drop in deaths from a previous campaign as supporting evidence.
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York
D. Newton
The
Trav Insurance Co
King
Connecticut
Weather update for states and cotton regions
Official weather records report temperatures and winds across the south and north portions. Moderate winds coast to Hatteras shift to northeast by tonight and Saturday.
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Hook
Hatteras
Alotte
Britain Holds Back on China Sanctions Without U S Aid
London, May 18. Sir John Simon said Britain will not join direct sanctions against Japan or other powers without full U S cooperation. He noted Britain never pledged to preserve China’s territorial integrity and warned economic sanctions risk war. Simon praised U S help to the League of Nations and indicated Britain’s readiness to act with Washington.
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Harold P. Braman
Associated Press
London
Sir John Simon
Great Britain
China
Japan
United States
John
Simon
League of Nations
House of Commons
Clean Picture Cycle Fast Returning Say Ben Lyon And Wife
Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels say the trend toward clean pictures is returning after a period of low moral films. They note musical pictures will stay and improve screen music. The couple recall an awkward mumps incident in New York that caused a theater appearance to be canceled.
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Ben Lyon
Bebe Daniels
New York
Lyon
Bebe Daniele
Ben
Bebe
Buddy Rogers
Fien Lyon
Ben Lyon, Sr
Republicans Fail 10 Gain Over Tariffs
In Washington May 18 Republicans attacked the reciprocal tariff bill in the Senate, not denting Democratic hopes. News also came from committees as adjournment nears, with reports favoring tobacco production control and a national board to arbitrate railway labor disputes. The House banking panel postponed deposit insurance talks pending new legislation. Senators Davis and Vandenberg led the GOP against presidential tariff bargaining, labeled reckless by Democrats, amid NRA and steel industry discussions on code revision.
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Washington
Senate
House
National Board
House Banking Committee
Davis
Vandenberg
NRA
Five Stefanoff accomplices linked to police work
Four of the five men named by Stefanoff in Raleigh before his execution for the Taylorsville bank robbery killing are now or have been connected to police work. The fifth remains sought. Chief Priddie says a re check will occur but no arrests are planned. Four men convicted for the Denton robbery are already in state prison.
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Stefanoff
Buian
N Wilkesboro
Cr. Barnes
Taylorsville
Attem
B. G. Green
Lester Green
R. E B. Black
Tayloreville
J. Winder Bryan
Durham
Gibsonville
Denton
Randleman
Greens
Black
Jobe
Dureham
Mike Stefanoff
Raleigh
T. ©. Barnes
Saa
W. G. Priddie
Ing
Friddie
U S Moves To Write Finis To War In Jungle
Washington reports aim to end jungle conflict on two fronts with Bolivia and Paraguay, seeking support from Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru for joint action. Roosevelt to push Congress for quick arms embargo to halt all war supplies to belligerents. plan tied to neighboring states preventing cross border munitions and smuggling.
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Lloyd A. Lehreas
Washington
Bolivia
State Department
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Paraguay
Embargo Proposal Referred to Jurists
Geneva May 18 The plan to clamp an embargo on arms shipments to Paraguay and Bolivia was referred to jurists by (Continued on Page Eleven).
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Joseph PB. Sharkey
Geneva
Paraguay
Bolivia
Bank Robbery Ends With Interior Gunmen In Column
In a bank heist, three robbers entered while a fourth waited at the car wheel. A second car outside housed a man with a sawed-off shotgun and a woman. No shots were fired as ten people were forced to lie down and money was taken from teller cages.
Strife Ends in Slaying. Brother Jailed in Bond
OUI Strickland, 34, held on a $10,000 bond for the murder of his brother Mack Strickland, 36, in Lumberton just after a family dispute escalated last night. Police report no further details yet.
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Lumberton
Oui Strickland
Mack
New Social Order Seen In Legislation Roosevelt Plans
President Roosevelt aims to propose a broad social program including unemployment insurance old age pensions and permanent relief to stabilize purchasing power. Pledges study rather than immediate action with a joint congressional committee to review during summer and fall before Congress reconvenes in January.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Tee
White House
Police chase mud-splashed sedan after Newton shooting
Charlotte police pursued a mud-splattered Chevrolet sedan with three men suspected in the machine gun attack on a Newton policeman and deputy sheriff. The car eluded officers after leaving Charlotte on Wilkinson Boulevard and may have headed toward Asheville, Spartanburg, or Tennessee.
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Charlotte
Newton
Asheville
Spartanburg
8. C
Tennessee
Roosevelt Urges Senate Ratify Geneva Arms Convention
President Roosevelt asked the Senate to ratify the Geneva arms and ammunition convention to gain control of traffic in munitions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Calf branding day at Quien Sabe ranch in Hollister
A visitor recalls a sunny Hollister day at the Quien Sabe ranch spanning forty thousand acres. He notes cow towns, prunes, and east erners shaping the scene, while cowmen lament losses and reflect on U S fortunes. He finds reassurance in talking with cattle men about possible futures.
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Hollister
Calif
California
U. S
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Brain Trust
Wirt
Francie B. Sayre
Sayre
World Federation of Education Associations
State
Mile Stefanoff
Self
North Carolina
Lester
Garah
House Agriculture Mittee Today
Kerr
DNC
Cripps
Ritisher
U. K
Steel Chiefs
U.S
Finis
Jungle
Nathan Robertson Washington
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