Gold standard reemergence debated by economists at academy
FE A welser notes probable reestablishment of an international gold standard but cautions many difficulties remain. Yale economist James Har Rogers argues the dollar should face durable foreign trade controls as the gold balance depends on overall international equilibrium and trade positions.
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Tashington
FE. A. Welser
Federal Reserve System
James Har- Rogers
Econat Yale
New Deal
Academy of Economics
Chamber of Ferce
United States
Enweiser
Methodist Protestant Church Accepts Union Plan After Vigorous Debate
By a 142 to 39 vote the General Conference accepted the committee on church union report, paving the way for unity with the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist South churches. The plan requires two thirds of 26 annual conferences to approve at next meetings.
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J. C. Broom
D. D
Pittsburgh
G. Humphreys
Point College
Maryland
Methodist Church
Met Episcopal Church
Colu Ohio
South
North Carolina
Luciano Case Concludes Testimony In Vice Syndicate Trial
The Luciano case heads toward closure as testimony from key witnesses nears end in the second week of trial before Justice Philip and a jury. Prosecutor EB. alleged Luciano heads a vice syndicate with underlings on trial.
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Lucky” Luciano
Thomas EB
Mil Vice
Luciano
Philip d
Bond payments planned for veterans June 15 first day
Postmaster General Farley outlined final plans to deliver and cash bonus baby bonds for veterans. Bonds go to 45 000 post offices June 15 from Washington and 11 Federal Reserve centers, with delivery efforts intensified to reach veterans in person. If unreachable bonds stay at destination post offices 30 days then return to centers and treasury. Cash requires local post office certification. 241 paying centers and 69 large offices authorized to pay outside their districts.
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Washington
Farley
Fariey
Federal Reserve
Treasury Department
Petty Tyrant Sentenced to Die for Wrangel Station Atrocity
Moscow reports K. B. Semenchuk, ruler of an Arctic Wrangel island station, was sentenced to be shot for a reign of starvation terror and death. A supreme court also sentenced the co defendant 8. P. Start.
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K. B. Semenchuk
Arctic Circle
Wrangel Polar Station
Supreme Court
Semenchuk
P. Startsoft
Gubernatorial Candidates Claim Gains Ahead of Primary
North Carolina four Democratic nominees Sandy Graham John A McRae Clyde R Hoey and Dr Ralph McDonald schedule a record 49 city talks as primary nears on June 6. Managers tout gains while McRae backers claim cross support amid bitter charges with Hoey and McDonald. Registration closes as challenge day approaches.
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Raleigh
Sandy Graham
John A. McRae
Clyde R. Hoey
Ralph McDonald
Hoey
Graham
McDonald
McRae
Graham Seeks North Carolina Governor Nomination
Lexington May 23 Sandy Graham expressed confidence that Democratic voters in North Carolina will nominate him for governor He stated favorable reports about his candidacy and claimed opponents are losing ground by failing to define their stand on key campaign issues
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Lexington
Sandy Graham
North Carolina
Graham
McDonald Urges Democrats to Fight State Government Return
Monroe report recalls Dr. Ralph McDonald urging the party to defend democratic principles. He praises taxation policies once supported by Woodrow Wilson and Governor Thomas W. Bickett, as part of his gubernatorial nomination bid.
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Ralph McDonald
McDonald
Presiden
Woodrow Wilson
T. W. Bickett
Enterprise to Broadcast School Election Returns
The Enterprise will broadcast the High Point school election results Tuesday night from the English street side of The Enterprise building. Amplifying equipment will relay returns from all 10 voting precincts as they arrive, with first results expected about 8:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the ballot matinee.
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Enterprise
Mrs Anne Bickett Ash Introduces Dr McDonald
Mrs Anne Bickett Ash introduced Dr McDonald at a community gathering. The event highlighted new medical collaboration and public health priorities in the local area.
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Anne Bickett Ashcraft
Dr. McDonald
Hoey Outlines Practical Progress Plan For North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey, Democratic candidate for governor, spoke in Rockingham tonight outlining a program of astute progress under leadership that will deal in practical performance. He pledged that North Carolina will not be misled by impossible promises and vowed to provide the means to support his program.
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Rockingham
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Hoey
McRae Declares Solo Gubernatorial Run Emphasizing Economy
Concord May 23 John A McRae told an audience he is the only candidate for governor focusing on government economy and lacking a wide flung organization backing him.
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Concord
John A. McRae
One Killed One Hurt In Roanoke Plane Crash
A small monoplane piloted by Hower crashed near Montvale, killing William B. Dearing of Portsmouth and critically injuring Johnny Bower of near Roanoke. Dearing died minutes after residents reached the wreck. Bower was hospitalized with multiple fractures and serious shock.
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Roanoke
William
Dearing
Portsmouth
Johnny Bower
Hower
Montvale
Bower
Roosevelt Pledged Votes In 3 States
Utah Democrats voted unanimously to instruct delegates to renominate Roosevelt and Garner at the national convention. Utah carries eight votes. Colorado Democrats at the state convention pledged their 12 votes to Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Ogden
Utah
Utah Democrats
Pws
Garner
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Nevada picks Roosevelt delegation in Democratic convention
Love lock Nevada reports Roosevelt won a solid pledge from Nevada's Democratic convention as a national delegation was elected to support the president at the national convention.
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Lovelock
Nev
Nevada
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Renomination Seen as Mathematical Certainty
Washington reports President Roosevelt’s renomination virtually guaranteed with New Deal support already exceeding two thirds. Delegates bound and unbound shift the math at Philadelphia conventions, while Landon Borah and Knox vie for influence as the party debates strategy and alignment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Landon
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
New Jersey
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Called From Home Man Is Murdered Near Belmont
Haywood Johnson, a 58-year-old retired farmer, was murdered at his home near Belmont when an unidentified man called him outside, fired, and escaped in a car. Neighbor Rob Shanks heard a car arrive and the shot, then found Johnson dying in the doorway.
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Belmont
Haywood Johnson
Rob Shanks
Johnson
Shanka
Boy Pleads Guilty To Killing Brother
Pi Rodney Pace 17 pleaded guilty in district court to killing his 18 year old brother Ogden Pace on March 10 after the elder brother intervened in an attack on their 13 year old sister Thyrza. University of Iowa psychiatrists had earlier found him sane. Judge Ralph W Hasner scheduled later evidence to guide sentencing.
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Independence
Iowa
Pi—Rodney Pace
Ogden Pace
Thyrza
University of Iowa
Ralph W. Hasner
Senate panel OKs framework for drastic tax bill revision
The senate finance committee agreed on the fundamental framework of a drastic revision of the house tax bill and moved to fill in structural details quickly to win congressional adjournment in a fortnight. A new treasury estimate put the measure at 560 million in permanent revenue with a sugar tax eyed for 66 million. The committee studied the sugar levy but Chairman Harrison signaled speed. report could occur without the levy if accepted, aiming for floor action soon with final committee action hoped for Monday. Senate leaders planned to push the deficiency relief appropriation ahead of taxes and expected passage by Thursday or Friday to finish legislation by June 6.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Harrison
D.miss
Senate
Two Killed In Plane Crash At Mon tou rsv ille Pa
A private plane crashed into a tree on Mon tou rsville main street killing Harold P Fulweiler of Dunmore and Harold Garrett of Scranton. Passenger Michael Kovack of Scranton escaped but was badly burned and unable to help. Hundreds watched the fiery wreckage.
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Montoursville
Michael Kovack
Scranton
Kovack
Harold P. Fulweiler
Dunmore
Harold Garrett
Durham Woman Guilty of Theft and Conspiracy
Mrs. R. D. Herndon of Chapel Hill was convicted of conspiracy and robbery in the theft of 10 625 from her bank messenger husband on August 16. She was sentenced to six to eight years in the North Carolina state penitentiary in Durham Superior Court with bond set at 5 000 and an appeal planned.
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Durham
R. D. Herndon
Here
North Carolina State Penitentiary
Durham Superior Court
Paul Frizzelle
Chapel Hill
Durham-Chapel Hill
Sentences Handed Down in Franklin County Liquor Conspiracy Case
Roanoke Virginia May 23 sentences were imposed in federal court on 22 persons who pleaded guilty or were convicted this morning of conspiring to influence the jury in the celebrated Franklin County liquor conspiracy trial last summer.
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Roanoke
United States District Court
Franklin County
Methodist Protestant Church Considers Merger with Primitive Methodist
The M P Church faces a Monday morning proposal to unite with the Primitive Methodists after the latter approved a union plan in principle last autumn. If approved locally the plan returns for final backing next spring. The Primitive denomination has 22 000 members mainly in New England and Pennsylvania and operates missions in Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and in South America. Dr Boyd delivered the fraternal Primitive Message to the conference and his talk was well received.
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Methodist Episcopal
General Conference
Methodist Protestant Church
Primitive Methodist Church
Wesley Boyd
D. D
Shenandoah
Primitive Methodist Conference
New England
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Illinoia
Wisconsin
South America
Boyd
Presbyterians Condemn Vice and Aggressive War
The Presbyterian church in the United States condemned vice and aggressive warfare and endorsed social reform. The southern churchmen accepted the morals and social welfare report with a note that church and state are separate and should not usurp each other. Dr. Stuart R. Oglesby said the recommendations are for church instruction only.
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Augusta
Presbyterian Church
United States
Committee On
Stuart R. Oglesby
Play Hitler Banned in Paris Over Suppressed German Chancellors Life
Paris authorities banned the play Hitler tonight after the interior minister acted with the ministry of education. The work dramatizes a suppressed newspaper account of Adolf Hitler’s love life and seeks to provoke public controversy.
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Paris
Hitler
Interior
Leaders Watch For Action By F D R On Lehman Case
In Hyde Park on May 23, Democratic leaders awaited potential pressure from President Roosevelt on Governor Herbert Lehman to reconsider retirement. Roosevelt and James A Farley could meet Lehman in New York amid talk of a conference. Roosevelt had urged Lehman to seek a third term while Lehman stood by his initial announcement.
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Lehman
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
James A. Farley
New York City
Ington
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Socialist Party Opens Convention in Cleveland May 23
The Socialist Party opened its national nominating convention in Cleveland on May 23 with demands for a workers and farmers rights amendment and a pledge to labor leaders to reject Rooseveltism. Norman Thomas, seen as the likely Socialist presidential candidate, denounced supporting war and criticized past loyalties, citing 1916 when voting for a candidate who kept the nation out of war.
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Cleveland
Socialist Party
CIA
Workers Farmers
Roosevelt
Son
Norman Tho
Townsend Causes House Deadlock
The House pension investigation committee deadlocked over whether Dr. F. E. B. Townsend should be tried in federal court. House leaders planned citing him for contempt for walking out, but opposed a House trial to avoid delaying adjournment.
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Washington
House
F. EB. Tsend
Cal Nia
Britain Accused of Violating Truce in Ethiopian Conflict
Rome reports Italy accuses Britain of supplying outlawed ammunition in breach of a truce amid bitter controversy. Stefani agency says Italy pursued charges at Geneva with the British foreign office. In Winston-Salem a local candidate fights a court entry to the state senate race in the Sourd district.
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Italy
Great Britain
Stefani
Winston-Salem
Fred A. Kirkman
M Alry
Sérd
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