Paraguay Prefaces Great Chaco Offensive At Fort Ballivian
Paraguayan forces mass 40 900 men in four units across the Gran Chaco as Bolivian troops strike first with a surprise attack and are repulsed losing 200 men. Colonel Franco leads Paraguay toward a decisive assault on Fort Ballivian, facing a one mile open plain that could favor Bolivian defenses.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Fort Ballivian
Chaco
Bolivia
Andreserves
Pilcomayo
Fort Ballivies
Senate debates Norris bill as NRA critique drives policy
Washington May 21. Debates focused on Norris constitutional amendment and the Darrow board inquiry into NRA practices. Nye and Borah criticized codes as harming small business while Darrow urged government ownership. The board may be dissolved after completing its task.
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Washington
Darrow Board
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Norris
Senate
House
Norrie
R-Neb
Senate Agriculture
Wallace
Home Owners' Loan Corporation
Ickes
Roosevelt Apween
Clarence Darrow
White House
Hugh &. Johnson
Nyei
R- ND
Borah
Aida
Bornd
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Darrow
McGregor West ropes family after Greenville incident
In Greenville South Carolina in May AP reports Johnny McGregor and WRS are involved as authorities rope his family into the unfolding event. Details remain unclear. sources note the case centers on a local altercation and ensuing investigation.
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Wrs
Senate backs move to end electoral college direct vote plan
The senate today proposed submitting a constitutional amendment to the states to abolish the electoral college and provide for direct election of the President and Vice President.
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Almington
Senate
Senate approves large cotton loan program
The Senate approved authorizing up to 100 million pounds to finance a cotton program. The bill aims to support agriculture by insuring or financing cotton in the possession of producers and related entities.
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Ashington
Senate
of Agriculture
Man Held Without Bond After Shooting Three in Clover
BTONIA May 21 Hunter a Bessemer City house keeper was held without bond in Clover for shooting three people brought to a hospital for treatment Ada Eubanks North was seriously wounded Miss Blackburn Bessemer City and Lynch all suffered flesh wounds in the attack police said all victims were treated and are recovering Hunters arrest followed the incident or the investigation continues
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Btonia
Hunter
Bessemer City
Clover
Ada Eubanks
North
Miss Blackburn
Bessemer
Lynch
Bolivian Army Reports No Incidents in Key Sectors
The Bolivian army said May 21 that Pucomayo and Conchitas sectors saw no incidents. In the strongest sector the enemy mounted a strong attack but failed to achieve any result.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Pucomayo
Conchitas
Defense ministry reports heavy combat in Canada and strongest sectors
In Asuncion on May 721 the ministry of defense announced heavy fighting today in the Canada and strongest sectors with conditions favoring our army. Other areas saw frequent skirmishes between advance guards of both armies.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Ministry of Defense
Canada
Charred body not found in fire area after Chicago blaze
May 21 report details the massive Chicago meat district fire. crews excavated ruins of brick and steel at Halsted street yards while the Red Cross treated about 1,100 injured.Officials noted the charred remains of a man named Jeaac Means and listed other deaths.
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Ee Ee
Red Cross
Halsted Street
Drovers Daily Journal
Five Japanese Officials Held In Financial Scandal Probe
Tokyo officials tightened security around cabinet members as arrests climbed to sixteen led by vice minister Kideo Kuroda over corrupt financial practices. The home ministry ordered prefectural governors to take precautions amid fears of terrorism by ultra patriotic groups. The Saito cabinet eyed resignation as rival leaders prepared for possible power shifts. Gen Ugaki and Count Kiyoura named as potential premiership figures.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Ceed
Cabnet
Kideo Kuroda
Finance Ministry
Saito
Home Ministry
Kuroda
Kazunari Ugaki
Korea
Keigo Kiyoura
Murchison Considered for Commerce Bureau Chief Post
President Roosevelt discussed appointing Claudius Murchison economist at the University of North Carolina as chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The move would fill the post after Doctor William L. Thorp’s nomination was withdrawn following Senate committee rejection. The decision was not definite.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Claudius Murchison
University of North Carolina
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Commerce Department
Murchison
William L. Thorp
Senate
Picketing Begins at Laurinburg Mills Walkouts Spark Labor Action
About 300 striking workers were ordered to picket the gates of the Waverly Scotland and Dickson mills in Laurinburg on May 21. They protested the stretch-out system requiring more loom work and spinning tasks from employees after last Wednesday's walkouts.
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Laurinburg
Waverly
Scotland
Dickson Mills
Randolph County Man Captured After Tennessee Gang Raid
Hickory May 21 A 27 year old escapee from North Carolina state prison identified by three victims as one of the gunmen in a bank robbery and shootout was captured in a raid on a mountain camp hideout five miles from Erwin Tennessee. Sheriff O D Barre said he would be held in Newton for a preliminary hearing. The raid included North Carolina and Tennessee officers and came after two Newton officers were wounded in a car search.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Treasury
State Department
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Pittman
Geneva
Hickory
Newton
North Carolina
Catawba One
King
Broad Shoals Lumber Company
Erwin
Tenn
Washington County
O. D
M. F. Parsley
Unico County
Jenkins
Joe Thomas
J. L. Murphy
Hickory Recorder’s Court
Ray Pitts
Arthur Hoffman
Pitts
Hoffman
Biscoe
N. C
Judge Murphy
T. B. Finley
Superior Court
Randolph County
Tennessee
Johnson City
Will Rogers on Sunday worship and rain day sermons
Salinas Calif May letter quotes Will Rogers about church attendance waning on Sundays not from lack of faith but readers avoiding sermons. He jokes ministers struggle to draw crowds, predicting services may shift to rainy days or during roadwork to pack in worshippers.
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Salinas
Calif
Bomb explodes in U S Dead Letter Office
A bomb hidden in a package exploded in the U S Dead Letter Office in Washington injuring clerk Myrton L. Genung and slightly injuring messenger William L. Jackson. Genung was hospitalized with serious injuries. Investigators pursued details of origin and destination with no names released.
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U. S
Washington
Post Office Department
Myrton L. Genung
Washington City
Union Station
Genung
William L. Jackson
Post Office
Thirteen Die In Air Crashes Across Regions
AP reports 13 people died in aviation crashes over a weekend. deaths occurred at Tulsa airport amid a field dedication crowd. other victims include men from Wink Texas Detroit Michigan Muscatine Iowa Lincoln Nebraska Washington DC Chesapeake Bay and Oakridge New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Tex
Harry Lynch
Wink
Lynch
Bruce Anderson
Robbie Lesler
Willie Ravel
el Paso
Frank J. Findlay
Detroit
George J. Scott
Port Huron
Mich
Selfridge
Findlay
Muscatine
Maynard Lukaviseky
James Henick
Fort Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Orrin O. Jones
Litchfield
James V. Meade
Oakridge
N. J
Five Die as Truck Hits Cars Near Tyler
Five persons were killed and a sixth was seriously injured when a truck struck a group of people in Tyler Texas, according to police reports.
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Tyler
Tex
Brain Trust Rules In Bulgaria Today
Sofia reports a coup by Kimon Gueorguieff and the Zveno group promising budget balance and credit access for farmers while Macedonia suppression signals tension. Parliament will be expanded to 1006 seats with 75 appointed, giving the new regime control. Censorship remains, but outside Line communication has been restored after the army seized Sofia.
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Wade Veraner
Associated Press
Sofia
Pyr
Bulgaria
Kimon Gueorguieff
Zveno
Macedonia
Greece
Yugoslavia
Ivan
Miranoff
Boris
Gueorguiet
Ivan Vol
Maly
Beigetas
Folkof
Zvene
Gueorguleff
Ite
Borie
Bulgarian Macedonian clashes report unconfirmed
A Belgrade report via Vreme said fighting broke out between Bulgarian army forces and Macedonians in Petrichki and Chustendii districts. The paper admitted it had no independent confirmation of the claim.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vreme Today
Petrichki and
Chustendii
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