Roosevelt Denies Class Against Class Charge in Minnesota
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York rejected Alfred E. Smith’s charge of a class against class agenda. Speaking in St. Paul he defended a national concert of interests and urged national control of water power, tariff reform, and downward Hawley Smoot revisions.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Alfred 3. Smith
Smith
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Tennessee Receivers Appoint Ancillary for Life Insurance Firm
Nashville April 19 Chancellor R B C Howell named Joseph S Reece state commissioner of insurance and banking as ancillary receiver for the Inter Southern Life Insurance Company of Louisville Ky Fidelity and Columbia Trust Company of Louisville and Lieut Gov A B Chandler of Kentucky are primary receivers for the concern They were appointed recently in Kentucky The companys last report showed policies totaling about 10800000 in force in Tennessee.
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Nashville
R. B. C. Howell
Joseph S. Reece
Insurance
Tennessee
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Fidelity and Columbia Trust Company
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Felons Plot to Kidnap Officers in Los Angeles
Three convicted felons Ralph Sheldon Louis Frank and Nick Radevich were held in the county jail amid a plot to kidnap Los Angeles county officers Sheriff William Traeger Under Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Jailer Clem Peoples to force their release A Chicago gang was blamed for orchestrating the plan Fitts sought transfer of Sheldon and Frank to San Quentin and Radevich to Folsom.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Sheldon
al Capone
Louis Frank
Sheldon
Nick Radevich
William S. Traeger
Eugene Biscailuz
Clem Peoples
Chicago
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Frank
FE. L
Zeke” Caress
Agua Caliente
Caress
San Quentin
Radovich
Folsom
Bishop Cannon Opposes Re submission of Prohibition
Washington April 19 Bishop James Cannon Jr. clarified before the Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement that he remains opposed to re submission of the prohibition amendment. He rejected earlier remarks in Richmond suggesting support for a direct popular vote on repeal or modification, stressing that the people must clearly indicate preference through elections before any re submission. The group held a Valley Forge Breakfast honoring George Washington.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Women’s National Committee For Law Enforcement
Richmond
Cannon
Byrd
Valley Forge
George Washington
Senator William J Harris of Georgia Dies at 64
Washington April 19 Senator William J Harris of Georgia died after a protracted illness at age 64. He served as secretary to A S Clay a Georgia state senator and held roles in the Democratic state committee. Harris entered the Senate in 1919 and was serving a third term. Governor Russell will appoint a successor until November elections. He is survived by his widow Julia Knox Hull Wheeler and daughter Julia Wheeler Harris.
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Washington
William J. Harris
Georgia
Harris
A. S. Clay
Democratic State Committee
Census Bureau
Commerce
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Russell
Julia Knox Hull Wheeler
Julia Wheeler Harris
Darrow Pursues Insanity Defense for Massie Case
Clarence Darrow presented four witnesses to support a defense claim that Lieut. Thomas H. Massie was insane when he allegedly fired the pistol that killed Joseph Kahahawai. Los Angeles alienists Sherman Miles and Beatrice Nakamura testified alongside Massie’s maid, amid a tense cross examination and continuing trial proceedings in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Clarence Darrow
Los Angeles
Sherman Miles
Massie
Beatrice Nakamura
Lower electric rates asked by Middle West Tenn towns
A Tennessee hearing before the railroad and public utilities commission gathered 29 communities served by Kentucky Tennessee Light and Power to press for lower residential and business electric rates. Officials noted current charges vary from three to 15 cents per kilowatt hour, with the three-cent option for large buyers. The commission ordered the company to show cause why rate reductions should not be issued, with hearings set for April 26 and May 3. Local leaders from Huntingdon Greenfield Dresden Paris and Newbern chaired by J Sam Johnson led the effort, alongside state Senator J S Riley and other officials.
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Nashville
Middle
West Tennessee
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co
Adams
Atwood
Bradford
Clarksville
Dresden
Dyer
Gallatin
Gleason
Greenfield
Henry
Huntingdon
Kenton
Martin
Mason Hall
McKenzie
McLemoresville
Newbern
New Providence
Obion
Paris
Puryear
Ringgold
Rutherford Rives
Sharon
Trezevant
Trimble
Troy
Whitlock
Commission
Tennessee
Tennessee Public Service Co
Knoxville
Memphis Power & Light Co
Memphis
Kentucky-Tennessee Company
J. Sam Johnson
P. D. Harris
T. A. Lewis
J. S. Riley
Ridgely
I. N. Williams
Claude Toler
Herbert Naylor
Union City
Japan aimed to control Manchuria for years says marshal
Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang told James P. Howe that Japan sought to place Manchuria under a system like his federated government in Harbin and Mukden. He traced plans to Kang Tso Lin era and noted hostile moves began over three years ago after he raised the nationalist flag at Mukden. He spoke amid League of Nations inquiry in Peiping, marking his first interview since the mission arrived.
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James P. Howe
Peiping
Japan
Manchuria
Hery Pu-Yi
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Kang Tso-Lin
Kuomintang
Mukden
Nanking
League of Nation Inquiry Commission
China
Senate defeats Bingham beer legalization bill
Washington April 19. The Bingham bill to legalize 4 percent beer was adversely reported today by the senate manufactures committee. It was beaten 7 to 4 with two members not voting. Voting for the bill were Metcalf Barbour Bulkley La Follette. Opposed were McNary Goldsborough Hatfield Cutting Costigan Smith Sheppard. Wheeler and Long did not vote.
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Washington
Bingham
Senate Manufactures Committee
Conn
Metcalf
R. J
Barbour
N. J
Bulkley
Ohio
la Follette
Wis
McNary
Ore
Goldsborough
Hatfield
W. Va
Cutting
N. M
Costigan
Colo
Smith
S. C
Sheppard
Texas
Wheeler
Mont
Lonk
North Carolina Legion Opposes Stevens on Bonus Payment
In Raleigh and across the state, American Legion posts voted to support immediate cash payment of the adjusted compensation bonus, opposing national commander Henry L. Stevens who favors delaying payment.
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Raleigh
N. C
American Legion
North Carolina
Henry L. Stevens
Pressnell Returns to Wife He Left in West
George Presnell acquitted of a 29 year murder charge for the slaying of Lewis Buchanan seeks to return to his first wife, who cannot bridge the long gap, and to Clairet King Presnell in Iowa. He is in Erwin, Tennessee visiting relatives after years living as George Miller in Iowa and Missouri following a knife wound incident.
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Bakersville
N. C
George Presnell
Lewis Buchanan
Presnell
Clairet King Presnell
Iowa
Erwin
Tenn
Missouri
George Miller
Here
Buchanan
Mills Proposes New Tax Plans to Meet Deficit
Secretary Mills presents a revised administration program to the Senate Finance Committee to raise 1 023 billion dollars in additional taxes and save 208 million by reduced spending. The plan, sent in a letter to Chairman Smoot, follows treasury recommendations with changes including a 42 percent top rate on individual income taxes and an 18 cent corporate tax.
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Senate Finance Committee
Mills
Smoot
Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
Changes Mills
LaGuardia
Mapes
Mich
Dummies listed as short sellers spur push for probes
Washington April 19 AP senators on the banking committee question if many names on the 24 000 short sale list are dummies for large operators and consider sending investigators to brokerage offices to identify real traders. LaGuardia proposes unemployment insurance as a counter to the 2 billion dollar veterans bonus plan.
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Laguardia
Washington
Senate
Banking Committee
William A. Gray
Philadelphia
Watson
Indiana
N. Y
House
Ways and Means Committee
Seven condemned Negroes gain stay of execution
Alabama Supreme Court suspends the May 13 execution date for seven young Black men convicted of attacking two white girls near Paint Rock on March 25, 1931. The stay allows lawyers to prepare a U S Supreme Court appeal challenging trial fairness and jury composition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Paint Rock
United States Supreme Court
Geo. W. Chamlee
Chattanooga
Tenn
Irving Schwab
New York
John C. Anderson
Jackson County
Schwab
Scottsboro
Ruby Bates
Victoria Price
Huntsville
Stevenson
Actress Helen Twelvetrees Announces October Birth
Hollywood April 19 Helen Twelvetrees wife of real estate man Frank Woody expects a baby in October. The motion picture actress made a public announcement about the forthcoming birth.
Mount Beemarang Crowned Blue Mountains Highest Peak
Mount Beemarang rises to 4100 feet, the tallest point in the Blue Mountains of Australia, surpassing neighboring summits with its commanding height.
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Beemarang
Blue Mountains
Australia
Weather update for Tennessee and Virginia reports
Cloudy conditions with showers in Tennessee on Wednesday and tonight in western areas. central and western portions warmer tonight. Virginia sees fair skies tonight with increasing clouds Wednesday and little temperature change. Yesterday’s high 70, low 43. figures from same date last year were 75 and 55. No rainfall yesterday. rain last year 0.14 inches. Readings recorded at 6:00 p m daily for past 24 hours.
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Tennessee
West
Central
Virginia
Lindbergh says no new contact with kidnapers
Hopewell New Jersey April 19 Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh states he cannot reestablish definite contact with the kidnapers of his 21 month old son. He thanks press groups for cooperation but says press activity hampers attempts and no contact has been reestablished at this time.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kidnarers
Associates of Curtis Guard Attempts to Retrieve Lindbergh Jr
Norfolk report notes John Hughes Curtis discussed the Lindbergh kidnapping with Rear Admiral Burrage and Reverend Dobson Peacock while Curtis travels to seek go-betweens. Curtis is believed to be contacting contacts connected to the kidnapers and conferred with Colonel Lindbergh at Sourland Mountain home.
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Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Curtis
Guy H. Burrage
H. Dobson-Peacock
Colonel Lindbergh
Sourland Mountain
Chile Drops Gold Standard After Nine Months
Chile officially leaves the gold standard after nine months of exchange controls aiming to defend the peso. The peso’s official rate collapses from about 12 cents to a dollar to a much weaker value in a virtually open market. Finance Minister Luis Izuriedo warned that devalorization is needed to avoid social or political upheaval.
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Santiago
Chile
Congress
Carlos Ibanez
Finance
Luis Izuierdo
Budget slashing spree reshapes federal spending
Washington April 19 Congress moves toward drastic spending cuts far beyond expectations. The House accepts Senate ten percent cuts in Interior, directs cuts to Treasury Postal Service, and approves a one million dollar reduction in prohibition enforcement. Senate action on navy and other measures follows as economy committee works out a unified retrenchment plan amid administration dis disagreements.
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Washington
Congress
House of Accepting
Senate
Interior Department
Appropriations
Treasury-Post Office
Prohibition Enforcement Fund
House
Garner
Hoover Dam
Treasury Post Office
Navy
Special Economy Committee
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Darrow
Lieut. Massie
Middle, West Tenn
Ely Culbertson
Hoover
White House
Marshal Chang
Associated Press
Far East
N. Carolina Post
Stevens
Pressnell
Washinton
Senate Banking Committee
Lindbergh
Bencom
Nevail Bill
Naval
Appropriations Committee
Byrns
Marine Corps
Naval Academy
William V. Pratt
Naval Operations
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