Court voids portion of relief act ruling limits on federal powers
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals voided parts of the 1935 relief act in a test case involving the Clement administration. It held the law improper and beyond Congress powers for some projects, while allowing other sections to stand and leaving room for potential amendments. Rexford Tugwell led the resettlement program’s response as officials weigh next steps amid New Deal policy debates.
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Washington
King
Clement
of Columbia Court of
Supreme Court
AAA
Roosevelt
New Deal
Harry L. Hop
Congress
Works Relief Fund
Hopkins
Works Progress Adistration
Pee Gege Administration
Franklin
Somersettomn
New Jersey
Rexford G. Tugwell
van Orst
Junoo
Obb
Juaren Groner
Stephens
Primary Previews Heat Up New Jersey Delegates Race
In Washington May 18 the New Jersey presidential primary looms as Burah of Idaho and Alf Landon of Kansas anchor the strength test. Borah campaigned in Newark while Hoffman and Fort clash for delegate-at-large pledged to London. Roosevelt leads Democrats with Breckinridge backing in the preference vote.
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Washington
Burah
Idaho
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
New Jersey
Jersey
Borah
Newark
Republican State Committee
London
Harold G. Hoffman
Frank W. Fort
Fort
Hoffman
Hauptmann
Roosevelt
Breckinrage
Weather outlook for Worth Carolina and Georgia regions
Partly cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms in north and west portions. Cooler in the northwest areas Tuesday afternoon. Tonight in Carolina is fair with some clouds and scattered showers in the northwest. Georgia shows partly cloudy conditions with local showers in the extreme northwest and cooler temperatures in the northwest afternoon.
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Worth
Carolina
Georgia
Water claims six lives in state drownings weekend
Eight persons drowned in the Carolinas during the weekend. Six deaths occurred in North Carolina and two in South Carolina. A father and three sons perished while fishing on the Toxaway river near Brevard. Rescue attempts with several others ended in more drownings.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Toxaway River
Brevard
Raymond Fisher
Ben Perry Fisher
Odell Fisher
Fisher
Ernest Fisher
Bill Fisher
Harrison Holden
Marble
Lee Sheppard
Greenville
Saluda River
Anderson
Clyde Walters
High Shoals
Pinkey Harley
Kimesville Lake
Greensboro
New Mexico Vehicle Tax Held Constitutional by Supreme Court
Washington report says the state supreme court upheld a New Mexico law taxing motor vehicles in transit for sale, ruling the levy constitutional. The decision affirms state authority over commerce in transit.
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Washington
New Mexico
Supreme Court
Papers Called Upon to Help Stop Lynching
Asheville May 18 Mrs Jessie Daniel Ames executive director of the Association of Southern Women for Prevention of Lynching told the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association that the southern press should aid in preventing lynching by truthful news reporting and not suppressing facts. The convention opened with discussions on advertising news labor and traffic problems as well as a committee report on making newsprint from southern slash pine.
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Asheville
Jessie Daniel Ames
Association of Southern Women For Prevention
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Ames
J. G. Stahlman
Nashville
U.S. Resettlement Administration
Tourists Flee Mexico Rail Strike Threat
Hundreds of American tourists rush north toward trains as 45 000 Great Mexican National Railway workers prepare to strike over wage increases. Officials expect the strike to be ruled illegal with a 24 hour window to return to work.
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Mexico City
Mexican National Railways
Court decision boosts market on Guffey ruling
NEW YORK May 18 The stock market rose sharply after the Supreme Court declared portions of the Guffey contract unconstitutional. Early declines were reversed and many shares gained from 1 to about 4 dollars.
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New York
Supreme Court
Gubernatorial Candidates Rally for Votes in North Carolina
In Raleigh and western North Carolina campaigns heat up as four Democrats for governor schedule seven speeches today and tonight. Dr Ralph W McDonald appears in Sylva Franklin and Murphy. Sandy Graham in Mocksville Salisbury. Clyde Hoey in Concord. John A McRae in Rutherfordton. Graham backers announce radio address by James Y Joyner. Veterans speakers bureau adds members from Henderson Smithfield Elizabeth City Reidsville Durham Raleigh. U S Senate hopeful William H Griffin speaks Raleigh tonight and R T Fountain to appear in Raleigh tomorrow night. David L Strain travels western NC while J W Bailey stays in Washington.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ralph W. McDonald
Sylva
Franklin
Murphy
Sandy Graham
Mocksville
Salisbury
Clyde R. Hoey
Concord
John A. McRae
Rutherfordton
James Y. Joyner
la Grange
Graham
Lon Folger
Veterans
D. P. McDuffie
Henderson
Clarence Ross
Adam Whitley
Sam T. Honeycutt
Smithfield
J. Kenyon Wilson
Elizabeth City
Fred Arrowood
Reidsville
C. Chambers
B. J. Satterfield
Durham
Ralph Steele
Brassfield
James H. Poll
Educational Leaders Of Church Meet Here
Educations leaders of the Methodist Protestant denomination gather at the First Methodist Protestant church for their annual educational conference. They hear educators discuss problems in church regulated colleges as preparation for the quadrennial general conference opening Wednesday morning.
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First Methodist Protestant Church
Asheboro Pastor Tillman Dies After Short Illness
Rev. John Shaw Tillman 61, pastor of the Asheboro Friends' church, died at home after a brief illness. He served Asheboro for 34 years and is survived by his widow, five daughters, two sons, a brother, and a sister. Funeral at 4:30 pm tomorrow at the Friends' church with Rev. H. A. Parker officiating. Burial in the church cemetery.
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Asheboro
John Shaw Tillman
Asheboro Friends
Tillman
W. B. Tillman
Spray
Jane Kelly
Chancey
Walter Tillman
Canton
Fila
Horace Tillman
Annie Tillman
Winston-Salem
Stacey Rush
W. J. Griffin
High Point
Mildred
Margaret Tillman
Friends’ Church
H. A. Parker
Salisbury Sportsmen Fight Mooresville Franchise Move
A Salisbury group told reporters that Carolina baseball league directors could not transfer Salisbury to Mooresville. They said the Salisbury franchise had not been turned over and would not surrender it, despite negotiations with Conover to transfer the franchise and a league order to move it to Mooresville.
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Salisbury
Carolina Baseball League
Mooresville
Valdese
Conover
Negro Held In Chicago Murder Case
Myles Anderson, 29, a Negro rag picker, was seized for questioning in the slaying of Mrs. Lillian Guild, 59, at a YWCA hotel room on May 9 and an attempted attack on a student nurse at a nearby hospital days later. Police report a witness described a man seen at St Luke's Hospital and Detroit nurse Lois Ricketts, with pursuit leads from Charles Dudley.
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Chicago
Myles Anderson
Lillian Guild
Jack Hanrahan
Anderson
Charles Dudley
St. Luke's Hospital
Lois Rickert
Detroit
Educational Trends and Church Related Colleges Talk
Clarence A. Sutton of Westminster College Texas urged strategic placement of church related junior colleges relying on nearby resident students. Dr. P E B Lindley of High Point College traced the religious education department’s origin, purposes, and future in church related colleges. Dr. C B Forlines of Westminster Theological Seminary spoke on the seminary’s role in today’s life. Dr. F W Stephenson chaired the session and led discussions.
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Clarence A. Sutton
Westminster College
Texas
P. EB. Lindley
High Point College
Theological Seminary
C. BE. Forlines
Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminister
Forlines
F. W. Stephenson
Pittsburgh
Board of Christian Education
Methodist Protestant General Conference
Estimate on New Tax Measure Narrowly Targets Revenue
The treasury estimated the latest Senate finance committee compromise would raise 642 million dollars with 173 million from individual income tax payers. Officials noted the committee is still seeking agreement on how to rewrite the bill as it passed the House while requests for additional estimates flow in for other revenue options.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
June Brides Take Notice: Justice Hall Offers Free Weddings
Magistrate J. C. Hall of Faucette township acts as a friend to grooms by officiating weddings without charge. He notes couples already face many expenses and marks marriage licenses paid in full as the final vow.
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Burlington
J. C. Hall
Faucette Township
Eden Declares Evidence False In Parliament
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons forged and fabricated evidence existed regarding Ethiopian dum-dum bullets allegedly made in England. He named Col. Pedro Lopes as the source and described him as a known purveyor of false information amid Italian accusations from Geneva.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
England
Pedro Lopes
Geneva
Eden
Commons
Lopes
Guards Plan To Shoot It Out With Prison Fugitives
McAlester Oklahoma May 18 Guards closing in on Claude Beavers mountain hideout after a fresh tip. Four carloads of guards and bloodhounds pursue the ringleader and two others from a group of 24 fugitives. Julius Bohannon suspected in a prior double officer killing and A C McArthur still at large.
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Mcalester
Okla
State Penitentiary
Claude Beavers
Clayton
Julius Bohannon
McCurtain County
A. C. McArthur
Strike arrests mount near Spartanburg mills in second week
In Spartanburg South Carolina on May 18 a large number of protesters were arrested on highways while en route to Spartan mills. Police held dozens in the county jail as the strike expanded. A truck with 36 occupants was stopped near Cowpens, another with 21 was halted, and a third load was reportedly seized. Six arrests occurred near the mill area as authorities extended the blocked zone and used cables instead of ropes to control streets. Plant workers began as scheduled but entry figures were not available.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Spartan Mills
Cowpens
Gaffney - Spartanburg
Hosiery Mills Expand in North Carolina
Charlotte May 18. Taylor R. Durham secretary of the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers association reports expansion of the hosiery industry in North Carolina. Two new full fashioned mills are being built in Burlington and another in Asheville doubling its capacity.
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Charlotte
Taylor R. Durham
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association
North Carolina
Durham
Burlington
Asheville
Orient Offers Challenge To Churches Says Speaker
In St Louis on May 18 Dr Charles E B Maddry urged tackling the mission task of reaching one third of mankind in the Orient. He cited China where about 480 million people live and fewer than a million know Christ. The meeting also covered mission board finances with 1935 receipts of 1 728 931 48 and denominational contributions 429 671 04. The Southern Baptist Convention reports 26 000 churches with 15 000 one quarter time and 6 000 half time churches.
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ST. Louis
Orient
Charles EB. Maddry
Baptist Convention
Northern Baptists
China
Maddry
Convention
Foreign Missions Board
J. B. Lawrence
Atlanta, Ga
Home Missions Board
America
T. L. Holcomb
J. C. Williams
Nashville
Tenn
Baptist Sunday School Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Supreme Court Bans Guffey Soft Coal Act Price Provisions
Washington May 18 The New Deal lost in the Supreme Court as the court ruled the Guffey soft coal act unconstitutional finding the price fixing provisions tied to labor provisions render them invalid. The decision, six to three, was delivered by Justice Sutherland with noted dissents and a separate opinion by Chief Justice Hughes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sutherland
Guffey
D-Pa
Sayer
Cardozo
Brandeis
Stone
Hughes
Congress
Thieves Return Goods and Pay For Window Pane
Thieves broke into Charles Trado's filling station and stole goods. Sheriff J. E. Hamlett tracked them. Two mornings later Trado reopened and found the stolen items returned along with 26 cents to cover a broken window pane.
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Henderson
Charles Trado
J. E. Hamlett
Zeppelin Hindenburg Reports Position Far East of New York
The Hindenburg departed from Frankfurt after a delay due to winds and reported at 7 am EST its position about 43 8 minutes north latitude and 43 minutes west longitude, roughly 1,500 miles east of New York, while weathering heavy rain over the North Atlantic.
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New York
Hindenburg
North Atlantic
Germany
Frankfort
Radio Marine Corporation
Senator Reynolds Becomes Sioux Chief In Capital Ceremony
On May 18 in Washington Senator Reynolds of North Carolina was installed as a Sioux chief on the Capitol steps. He wore a war bonnet and exchanged greetings with Pine Ridge and Rosebud visitors, receiving the name Oyate-Nawecakicy meaning Chief Stands For His People.
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Washington
Reynolds
D-Nc
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
South Dakota
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