Senator Glass Receives Anti Morgan Inquiry Threats
Senator Glass of Virginia disclosed an anonymous letter threatening assassination amid his challenge of the Senate inquiry into J. P. Morgan and Company. He noted many non anonymous insults, saying mob psychology from the investigation spurred the letters. Glass defended his right to seek news on the holdings in United Corporation and interrupted a Pecora session over questions.
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Washington
Glass
Virginia
J. P. Morgan and Company
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Morgan
United Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Davis Defended On Floor Of Houses
Washington May 29 AP Representative Treadway of Massachusetts challenged Representative Tinkham s push for a congressional probe of Norman H Davis ambassador at large in Europe. Treadway dismissed Davis as an open book and a highly regarded citizen saying his loans and Morgan securities at bargain prices are of no consequence. Tinkham was not on the floor at the moment.
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Washington
Treadway
R. Mass
House Today
Tinkham
Mass
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Congress
Davis
Morgan
tUme
New Nevada Loan Statement Prepared
George W. Wagner, president of the Farm and Home Savings & Loan Association, announces a court approved plan for reorganization. The association will issue two new certificates per old share next week: one for $22,000,000 in assets to continue operations and another for $10,000,000 in real estate and holdings slated for liquidation as market conditions justify.
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Nevada
George W. Wagner
Farm and Home Savings & Loans Association
Seek bankruptcy for Zion Colony in Chicago
Petitions to place Wilbur Glenn Voliva and Zion Industries in bankruptcy were filed in federal court after receivers were appointed for Zion institutions. One bill charges Voliva with debts exceeding $506,000. The industries showed a book value of $2,000,000 with liabilities listed at $800,000.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion Industries
James H. Wilkerson
Zion
Voliva
North Shore
Veteran U S diplomat eyed as next ambassador to Germany
Robert P. Skinner, veteran U S diplomat and minister to Latvia Lithuania and Estonia, now in Washington, is mentioned as the potential U S ambassador to Germany. He has served over 80 years in the diplomatic corps.
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Robert P. Skinner
United States
Latvia
Lithuania
Esthenia
Washington
U. S
Germany
Gandhi Breaks O Weeks Fast With Ceremony
Poona dispatch reports Mahatma Gandhi ends a three week fast undertaken for the untouchables. He drank orange juice at 12 40 p m after noon May 8 start. He thanked doctors and friends for care and said he trusts God to guide his future work.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Brother to slain farmer located near Brookfield
Eldon Missouri May 29 Authorities said George Babcoke, missing two years, found working on W A Amos farm near Brookfield He is half brother of Charles Babcoke slain on that farm four miles south Authorities also recovered Babcoke’s body in a shallow grave near the farmhouse Shotgun wound to the back of the neck killed him Thompson an elderly neighbor was charged with the slaying and jailed at Tuscumbia
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George Babcoke
W. A. Amos
Brookfield
Babcoke
Charles Babcoke
Here
George C. Thompson
Tuscumbia
Drovers and Merchants Bank to lift withdrawals
State Finance Commissioner O H Moberly announced that restrictions on withdrawals from the Drovers and Merchants Bank of St Joseph will be lifted on Wednesday. The bank has operated on a restricted withdrawal basis since the March banking holiday.
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Merchants Bank of
Congressmen Proclaim Vets Protest Over Allowances
Six Republican lawmakers who served in World War I sign a Round Robin urging Congress not to adjourn until the President reverses his position on deductions in service connected allowances under the National Economy Act. Senators Reed and Steiner join Representatives Fish Swick Bolton and McGugin in the protest.
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Congress
Reed
Pennsylvania
Steiner
Ore
Fon
Fish
New York
Swick
Bolton
Ohio
McGugin
Kansas
Kidnapping Band In Kansas City Is Recalled
Miss McElroy recounts her captivity and quick release after kidnappers kept a tight schedule and offered a dinner. City officials vow relentless pursuit while praising the alleged professionals for nonviolent treatment and suggesting a possible future training scheme for kidnappers. Brother H F McElroy Jr. shares gratitude and forgiveness.
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Kansas City
Nell Donnelly
Mike Katz
Miss McEloy
Milburn Country Club
Miss McElroy
Wyandotte
Johnson County
Kansas
H. F. Mc&lroy, Jr
Divorce Denial in Arkansas 901 Day Law Case
Chancellor G C M Wolford denied John Thomas Baschert of Mayview Missouri a divorce from Viola M Baschert. The judge ruled corroborative depositions on cruel treatment insufficient. Baschert came to Fort Smith to use Arkansas 901 day divorce law three months ago.
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Fort Smith, Ark
GC. M. Wolford
John Thomas Baschert
Mayview
Viola M. Baschert
Boschert
Monett Merchant Recovers Memory After Disappearance
J. Moore, Monett merchant, reappears at Lebanon hotel slowly regaining memory after vanishing several days. He recalls reaching Callan's Woods near Monett en route to Springfield a week earlier. He was drugged, spoke incoherently, and lay in bed with swollen feet and dilated eyes while police suspect a prior illness or possible hoboe involvement. His car was abandoned in St. Louis before his Lebanon visit.
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J. Moore
Lebanonn
Callan's Woods
Springfield
Moore
Lebanon
St. Louis
Four Men Shot in Bank Robbery In Knox County
The bank robbery left four men shot with three jailed in Starke county and one wounded man treated in Plymouth hospital. Suspect identities include Jack Gray 23 New York Eddie Murphy 33 New York and Joe Cohen 20 Chicago. Cohen says he was coerced into riding with them. Meanwhile in St Paul Minnesota two customers looted Edward Dackman Jewelry Co taking diamonds and gems from Phillip Burton.
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Starke County
Plymouth
T. CG
Feske
Chicago
Knox
Jack Gray
New York
Eddie Murphy
Joe Cohen
Cohen
ST. Paul, Minn
Edward Dackman
Wallace outlines plan to hire cotton price support program
Secretary Wallace disclosed consideration of leasing cotton land to sustain prices at 10 to 12 cents a pound with about 150 million dollars in grower payments. A cotton program under the new farm law will follow a survey by C. A. Cobb. A public hearing on the farm law trade pact for the Chicago fluid milk market is tentatively set for next Monday. Brookhart was named trade advisor for Russia talks and may pursue barter options. Wallace mused on possible amendments to a 3.3 billion public works bill to fund acreage reductions, stressing that bonus payments should be tied to reduced cotton and other basic crops acreage.
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Washington
Wallace
C. A. Cobb
Atlanta
South
Chicago
Brookhart
Satur
Russia
Treasury
May the Next U.S. Envoy to Reich
Robert P. Skinner, dean of the U.S. foreign service and envoy to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, is pressed for appointment as ambassador to Germany. Skinner, currently on leave in Washington, is a frequent White House visitor as Roosevelt weighs diplomatic choices.
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Robert P. Skinner
United States Foreign Service
Latvia
Lithuania
Esthenia
Roosevelt
Germany
Skinner
Washington
Whits House
Louisiana Glove Openedon expands factory force to 225
STEP UP PRODUCTION Louisiana Missouri May 28 AP The Louisiana Glove Openedon manufacturers of cotton gloves has increased its force to 225 the largest since the factory opened three years ago The superintendent says the outlook is for capacity operation through the year.
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Louisiana, MO
Louisiana Glove Opendeston
Taxpayers Strike Plagues French Cabinet
Paris on May 29 reports 3000 business houses closed as taxpayers join nationwide protests against steep taxes. Thousands gather at Sports Palace, police guard as placards from the national committee for economic reform urge stores factories and farms to shut down and join the action. Senate panel approves William Thomas Collins of Missouri for clerk of the United States Court for China.
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Sports
National Committee For Economic Reform
Collins
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
William Thomas Collins
Missouri
United States Court For
China
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