Silver prices surge upward as mint buys silver
World markets jump as the U S Treasury raises the price for domestically mined silver to 77 57 cents an ounce and pledges to continue buying until 129 cents or the gold to silver base ratio is achieved. Senators Wheeler King Adams hail the move while Mexican bankers fret over silver peso meltings.
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United States Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
London
New York
Montreal
Rocky Mountain States
Congress
Wheeler
Mexico
Messures
Far East
Shanghai Financial
Washington
Senate
D-Mont
King
Utah
Adams
D-Cole
He's Through: Husband Seeks Divorce After Years Waiting
Jerome Mottman testified in Pittsburgh that he waited two years for his wife to return and that was enough, prompting him to seek a divorce. The court proceeding focused on the dissolution of the marriage amid delayed reconciliation attempts.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Jerome Mottman
Weather Update For Tennessee Kentucky Border
Cloudy tonight and Friday with showers in extreme west portions. Slightly colder in western areas with minimal temperature changes expected Friday.
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Tintin
Popean
Propaganda Debate Across Newspapers in 1923
New York April 3 The American Newspaper Publishers Association heard speakers argue that federal propaganda threatens press independence while others defend the press as guardian of liberty John Stewart Bryan chairman Col Robert R McCormick and others weighed in on government news releases and the AAA's output during its first year of existence
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Apéaker
John Stewart Bryan
Norfolk
The
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Chicagoan
Bryan
SAA
AAA
Third Party Foretold by Senator Long in 1936 Split Threat
Washington April 25 Senator Long of Louisiana warned that a third party would emerge if major parties fail to nominate a candidate from the Borah center He said he would back Borah or other liberals but doubted either party would choose them predicting a national shakeup as lines form for the 1936 race.
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Washington
Long
D-La
Louisiana
Borah
R-Ida
Youth charged in death of parents in Texas
Howard Pierson twenty year old son of Texas supreme court associate justice William Pierson was charged with murder for killing his parents during a drive near Austin. Deputies said Pierson lured them out of the car on a supposed Indian grind and shot them for revenge, then led officers to a scene where his father’s watch and other items were found. He reportedly bought the pistol days earlier in Galveston and later showed little emotion when viewing the bodies. Continued on page ten.
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Austin
Tex
Howard Pierson
William Pierson
Texas Supreme Court
Theritt
Sean Hewers
University of Texas
Rogers
Justice Pierson
Pierson
Here
Howard
Pieraon
Lee Allen
Paul Blair
Houston
Galveston
Young Pearson
Madison Street Miser Seen by His Children After Death
Chicago, April 25. The public administrator investigator Jack Rubens says James Thomas Kelly, a top-housed penny pincher with a fortune of 143000, fathered two living children whom he reportedly saw in Jefferson Park in 1933 after a fifteen year gap. Mrs. Hazel Reise, who married, then divorced him, says he gave 50 000 in gifts including a $2000 wedding present. the daughter is married. the son is a law student. Complicating claims involve others tied to his estate and a contested will. the tale follows a mortuary scene and a courtroom stake in Kelly’s fortune.
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Chicago
Midas
Madison Street
Jack Rubens
James Thomas Kelly
Jefferson Par
Hazel Reise
Rubens
Kelly
Missouri
Liness
Bejia Butman
Reise
World traveler becomes match peddler in London tale
John Carveth Wells, 24, a member of the Royal Geographic Society, is described by the London Express as attempting to earn a livelihood by selling matches after his mother sued for alienation of affections in Connecticut. The interview notes his father’s resources are exhausted, stopping monthly support for Wells’ wife and six‑month‑old daughter.
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London
John Carveth Wells
Trockery
Connecticut
Wells
Thousands Cheer Political Padre Rally At Detroit
Detroit April 25 The National Union for Social Justice led by Father Charles E. Coughlin drew 15 382 at Olympia stadium in a rally that united middle west and east as it pledges to drive the plutocrats from office. Senators Geride Ohio Thomas O Malley Wisconsin and William Lemke North Dakota stood with him as crowds cheered attacks on bankers and profiteers.
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Detroit
National Union For Social Justice
Charles E. Coughlin
Middle West
East
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Father Coughlin
National Union
Olympia Stadium
Geride
Ohio
Thomas O'Malley
Wisconsin
William Lemke
Wise
McCarran
Washington
Wallace
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Weighing Earth: New Gravity Measures Urge Lighter Mass
Dr Paul R Heyl of the National Bureau of Standards reports in Washington that gravity measurements are now more accurate, showing Earth's total weight slightly less than the previous figure of 6.592e+18 tons. The new measurements reduce gravity by about one part in one hundred thousand, refining calculations for Earth's mass.
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F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Washington
Paul R. Heyl
Heyl
Naonal Bureau of Standards
American Geophysical Union
Earth
Fireside Chat Sunday Plans Laid Cotton Tax Object
Augusta Ga April 24 A bitter denunciation of the cotton processing tax coupled with a demand for the resignation of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace was heard at the opening of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association convention. W D Anderson president charged Wallace lacking in business judgment and common sense. Anderson said Wallace ought to resign and take Rexford Tugwell with him to start a farm paper to preach and expose Tugwell.
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Augusta
Henry A. Wallace
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
W. D. Anderson
Wallace
Rexford GQ
Tugwell
Anderson
Dedication Reunites Mother and Daughter After 15 Years
Mrs Josie May of Kansas City and her daughter Estella Christof Burns, missing since she was two, were reunited in Wichita Kansas on Easter Sunday after a long statewide search. The article notes the mother’s persistence and the emotional reunion at her Wichita residence.
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Josie May
Kansas City
Wichita
Kas
Estella Christof Burns
Ghter
Estella Burne
Tennessee voters to ballot on constitutional convention
Tennessee voters face an October 10 ballot to decide if a constitutional convention should be called. Governor Hill McAlister urged reform of the 1879 constitution, citing limits on governors and revenue, while noting earlier constitutions and past failed amendments. In Washington, charges that federal workers’ couples live immorally sparked a dispute over the marital status law and potential dismissal for spouses.
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Nashville
Hill McAlister
iMcAlister
National Guard
Tennessee
Washington
Uncle Sam
E. Claude Babcock
American Federation of Federal Employes
House Civil Service Committee
Babcock
Cochran
Senate Fates Clash Over Anti-Lynching and Bonus
Senate leaders warned of a likely clash between the anti lynching bill and the cash bonus issue as the finance committee prepares to bring the bonus measure to the floor. Southern Democrats including Chairman Harrison aim to delay lynching action, risking backlash from pro lynching opponents and bonus supporters alike. The executive session considered three large proposals related to the Patman bill to pay adjusted service certificates in new money.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Harrison
Patman
Senate Finance Committee
House
Connolly
Texas
Women in France Seek Right Hold Public Office and Vote
French suffragettes press for municipal power and voting rights in next month's elections. A Paris troupe linked to Femme Nouvelle campaigns across 80 departments, led by Mme Louise Weiss and Mme Kraemer-Bach, argues wartime contributions and tax status justify franchise.
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France
Paris
Femme Nouvelle
New Women
Mme
Louise Weiss
Republic
Mme. Weiss
Mme. Kraemer-Bach
Roosevelt outlines new works program on radio response
Washington dispatch reports the administration moving the 4 billion dollar works program forward to a radio explanation by President Roosevelt. Secretary Morgenthau continues treasury silver purchases and the planned allotment board will distribute funds. Hopkins and Walker expected to share major duties directing the relief effort.
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White House
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Harry L. Hopkins
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Walker
Hopkins
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