Roosevelt plans Friday address to Congress on Shoals and gold lift
President Roosevelt advances a multipart program touching farm relief unemployment and security regulation while preparing to lift the federal embargo on gold. He seeks Congressional action on Muscle Shoals nitrate plants and Tennessee River basin development, with ties to Norris and McSwain bills and a bank authority expansion.
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Joseph Ro Faetman
Interstate Commerce Confiession
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
C. S. Redmond
Rossevelt
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee
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R-Neb
McSwain
Howse Military Committee
Clinch River
Adeministration
Smoky Mountains
Woodin
Legislature Pledges Support to Roosevelt Plan in Tennessee
Tennessee’s House adopted a resolution pledging hearty support for the Roosevelt plan to develop the Tennessee river basin, after Senate approval. Representative A A Maysilles charged public utilities bought off lawmakers to keep repeal of 1919 laws, accusing utilities of exerting influence to protect high rates. He cited alleged corruption and urged public ownership, contrasting last decades profits claimed by utilities with reform calls.
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Washington
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Wisconsin repeal vote signals sweeping constitutional change
Milwaukee based dispatch reports from the Wisconsin constitutional convention showing a large repeal result. With 1,462 of 2,899 precincts counted, 325,702 support repeal while 74,851 oppose. Prohibitionists concede repealists won all 15 convention seats, boosting anti prohibition momentum.
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Trials begin in Inez Ky for nine on murder charges
Trials start Thursday for nine defendants indicted in the mountain woman slaying case Mrs Lucinda Mills found choked bound in February in a cabin Officials seek to move defense to claim insanity The defendants include John Mills Alma Mills Pred Mills Trixie Mills Blaine McGinis Mollie McGinis Ora Moore Tommy Boyd Ballard Mills
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John J. Mills
Alma Mille
Pred Mills
Trixie Mills
Blaine McGinis
Mollie McGinis
Ora Moore
Tommy Boyd
Ballard Mills
World economic conference possible at Washington in weeks
Washington reports a gathering of world leaders may convene in Washington with President Roosevelt to discuss economic matters and debt issues. Norman H. Davis, Roosevelt’s special ambassador, is said to be laying groundwork, with Ramsay MacDonald possibly leading a British debt delegation. France’s stance and Paris dispatches suggest a broader international committee could plan the London economic talks.
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Paris
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France
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Tondon
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Paul Bancour
Roosevelt aides push definite thrift program this week
Washington April 5 AP the Roosevelt administration tightens budget goals with cabinet officers to submit detailed savings plans. figures show potential cuts across departments, new reorganization and a proposed huge transportation agency centered on ICC authority. officials cite $885.9 million from ending gratuities to veterans and $400 million from general curtailment plus $50 million from new soldier bonus handling. DC budget rises 26 percent, while 15 percent salary cuts could save $120,000. combined with beer tax revenue and reorganization, balance may be approached.
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Showers and Warmer Weather Across Tennessee
Thunderstorms and showers move through Tennessee with warmer readings in the east and cooling in the west tonight and Thursday. Cloudy skies and rain in the eastern portion, cooler in western counties. Virginia also sees showers tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 80 and low 36, with no rainfall reported at the same date last year. Readings recorded daily at 6 PM.
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Virginias
Cult Deaths Spark Fear Across Cities In Caballeros Case
Califormia authorities linked a Filipino secret cult named Caballeros de Dimas Alang to a death on Jersey Island after Mrs Celine Navarro, 26, was found murdered. District Attorney Hoey cited confessions by Leon Rantinello, claimed cult branches in 16 U.S. cities and linked infidelity to the death sentence carried out by the women's auxiliary. The investigation also traced a missing Merced wife and tied the case to local affairs and past trials.
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Leon Rantinello
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Caballeros de Dimas
Jersey Island
Hen Goes Home in a Caper Near Williamsport
In Williamsport Maryland on April 5 Mrs Ross Downs identified a hen believed stolen from her. A poultry dealer claimed purchase for 35 cents and was challenged for proof. The policeman released the bird who, followed by concerned parties, returned to the Downs home and resumed setting two eggs.
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Crete
Washington Readies Brew Control in DC
Washington reports the District of Columbia prepares beer sales after midnight Friday if President Roosevelt signs the control measure. The House planned to finish action today as district commissioners draft tentative rules. Temporary licenses to be issued. beer may be sold in hotels, restaurants and clubs. Applications reach 819.
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German cabinet orders boycott of press group
Berlin April 5. A cabinet dispute with the Foreign Press Association, representing about 133 foreign correspondents, centers on editor Edgar Mowrer of the Chicago Daily News. Goebbels warned the group to shun Mowrer, while Mowrer argued that reporters must publish freely without political pressure. The issue risks dissolving the association founded in 1906 as Hitler spoke at the agricultural chamber.
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Hitler
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Association
Airship Crisis Sparks Push to End Naval Construction
Congress intensifies probe into the Akron disaster and the J-3 crash as President Roosevelt and top officers press for survivor searches. Lawmakers debate ending lighter-than-air programs and await Britain’s R101 precedent, amid mixed beliefs and ongoing investigations.
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Florida
Widow of General Custer Dies at 92 in New York
Mrs Elizabeth Bacon Custer, widow of George A. Custer, died in New York at 92 after 57 years of widowhood defending her husband's actions. Born in Monroe Michigan, she spent years writing about her life and battles, with a controversial view on the Little Big Horn fight. She was to be buried beside her husband at West Point.
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Bismarck
N. C
Compton and Gates Tie in Talihina Justice Race
In Talihina Oklahoma the race for justice of the peace between W. H. Compton and J. F. Gates ended with both candidates receiving 85 votes. Officials consider a coin flip for the job or a run-off election to resolve the tie.
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J. F. Gates
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Gates
Prison Term in Substation Holdup Ends brief marriage
Chicago man Charles Witt aged 22 wed Marie Sheehan 21 before reporting to Leavenworth Kansas for a 25 year sentence in a postal sub station holdup case. The bride hopes he may win probation after 10 years.
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Charles Witt
Marie Sheehan
Leavenworth
Kan
Akron air disaster survivors and wreck search
A New York AP report says the Akron airship disaster search continued April 5 with Coast Guard boats extending efforts near the New Jersey coast. Only Lt. Cmdr Harold E. MacLellan’s body has been recovered. three other survivors remain under treatment at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as the Navy investigates the crash near Bayonne.
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