Borah Attacks Gold Snarls Plans For Vote
The Senate rejected an amendment to the inflation bill granting the president optional power to pay the soldier bonus with new money. Senator Borah attacked government efforts to compel citizens to turn in gold, arguing for more trust between government and people amid currency expansion talks.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Wasitington
Borah
Idaho
Robinsonn
Bose
Norris
R Neb
Nebraska — Independent
Bill
Rainey
Burns
Tennesage
Byens
House
Tennessean
Tobinson
Robinson
Arkstishs
Mutiny by Scottsboro inmates at Kilby Prison
Nine Scottsboro inmates at Kilby Jail mutinied demanding freedom and better treatment. They armed themselves with improvised weapons, ripped fixtures for projectiles, and shouted they would die for justice. Warden Erwin and Sheriff Hawkins ordered the mutineers restrained and placed on bread and water as others requested a death or new trial, led by Heywood Patterson.
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Birmesgham
Ala
Scottsboro
Erwin
Uveir Wells
Scottsboro Boys
J. KH. Hawkins
Uniteed States Supreme Court
J Hawking
Ewin
Heywood Patterson
Patterson
Roy
Andy Wright
Hurleene Williams
Oale Powell
Charlie Weems
Clarence Norris
Olen Meintremery
Wither Retortson
Supreme Volt
Roy Wright
Williams
Key Demands 3.2 Beer For Georgia
Augusta report: Mayor James L Key protests prohibition by urging Governor Talmadge to back 8.2 percent beer legalization. He ties legalization to state and local tax revenue and asserts Georgians favor beer, despite not endorsing liquor, while criticizing prohibition forces following a dinner after a pro-beer demonstration.
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Augusta
Evene Talmadge
James L. Key
Atlanta
Mayo
Georgia
Beer Sale Zoning Rules In Knoxville Emergency Ordinance
Beer becomes legal in Tennessee asks rules in Knoxville. The emergency ordinance restricts sale within 100 feet of churches or schools in the business district and allows sales in other commercial zones if 80 feet from a church or school. Weekday sales run 5 am to midnight. Sunday sales and serving to minors are prohibited.
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Knoxville
Tennessee
Mersay
Judge Mobbed by Farmers as Corb in Sales Sought
In Des Moines on April 28 Governor Clyde Herring mobilized the Third battalion of the 1981 infantry after a mob of more than 100 farmers attacked Judge Charles Bradley in Le Mars. The judge was dragged from his bench and subjected to beating and humiliation during foreclosure protests.
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Corbin Sales
Des Moines
Clyde L. Merring
Ardey
Plymouth Coun
Aprize
APY
Alsois Herring
Ley Mars
Scane
Hhangeme
Halph Rippey
Piytmouth
Charles H. Gradhl
Sioux City
Erring
LE Mars
Charles Or Bradley
Bradley
Illinois legislature aids teachers with Skarga bill
The Illinois Senate passed the Skarga bill aimed at forcing delinquent Chicago tax collections to fund unpaid teachers. Cook County Treasurer Joseph McDonough and Mayor Edward J. Kelly backed the measure, awaiting Governor Horner's signature as supporters cite financial relief for Chicago. Opponent State Senator Earl Searsy doubted its effectiveness.
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Springfield
Chicago
Illinois General Assembly
Senate
Henry Horner
House Si
Cook Cour
Edward J. Kelly
Cook County
Joseph McDonough
Earl Searsy
Tragic Double Suicide In Car Near St Paul
Genevieve Clark and her husband Daniel Clark and their two sons were found dead in a small sedan from carbon monoxide poisoning. Police linked the deaths to a planned appeal and delayed testimony in a related fraud case involving the Poshay enterprise. The mother had been released on recognizance after a contempt conviction tied to employment disputes with the Poshay firm.
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API
Temple of Federal
Genevieve A. Clay
Neapolis
Poshay’ Hyatt Fivadd
Clark
Northwest States
Canada
Rowland
Dean
Daniel
Christ Laursen
Laursen
St. Paul
Foshay
W. By Foshay
Fh, Jr
Henley
Poshay
Turner Aims West to East Air Record Flight
Col Roscoe Turner launched from Burbank at 5 20 p m PST toward New York to set a west to east record aiming for 270 mph average and about nine hours. He plans stops at Albuquerque Wichita East Indianapolis, seeking to surpass James Haizlis 10 19 for the current mark. Turner already holds the east to west record and the Harmon trophy for 1982.
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Burbank
Calif
Roscoe Gy
New York
Turner
James Haizlis
St. Louis
Albuquerque
N. M
Wichita
Indianapolis
Ind
America
Kingsport Plan Cited as Model in Valley Work
In Knoxville on April 28, discussions note the Tennessee Valley fusion of decentralised industry and agriculture as a potential approach to economic revival. University figures show 25 to 70 percent of workers in several East Tennessee towns live on farms, with Kingsport and Elizabethton highlighted as typical examples. The study supports Roosevelt’s decentralization ideas and the collaboration of farm and factory labor for stability and efficiency.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley
Enumists
Tennessee
Chattenvoye
Beistel
United States Department of Agviculture
Roosevelt
University of Tennessee
Kingsport
W. R. Woolvich
College of Engineering
University
Agriculture and Industry
Elizabethton
Roosevelt Herriot Say Accord Reached on World Recovery
Washington officials confirmed a joint statement by President Roosevelt and French envoy M. Herriot announcing progress toward a world economic conference. They spoke of debt talks, economic disarmament, stable monetary conditions, and measures to revive global activity and prices through freer trade and removal of impediments. Herriot headed to New York en route to France after the briefing.
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Washington
GFI
United Star
Roosevelt
M. Herriut
Prench
M. Herriot
Paria
M. Herriet
New York
France
Industrialist J Emile Jarreau Found Dead
In New Orleans on April 28 AP reports prominent industrialist and financier J Emile Jarreau was found dead from a bullet wound in his home. Police said a coroner's inquest would conduct a full investigation.
Federal Rail Coordinator Would Have Great Powers
A Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt may send a bill creating a federal coordinator of transportation with power to suspend antitrust and other laws for one year. The plan divides railroads into three regional committees and preserves collective bargaining rights. Eastman or Mashaffie of the Interstate Commerce Commission are named as likely coordinators.
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New York
Washington
Piates
Roosevelt
Congress
Association of
Railway Labor Executives
the Times
Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Herald-Tribune
Washington Dispatch
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Charles D. Mashaffie
Harding Denies Wedding Plans
Los Angeles April 28 AP Ann Harding and actor Alexander Kirkland denied plans for marriage while leaving for a Miami vacation en route to Havana Cuba. Reporters asked about elopement as Harding urged not to print such rumors. Harding traveled with her secretary Maria Lombard.
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Los Angeles
Miami
Mia
Havana
Cuba
Ann Harding
Alexander Kirkland
Bankers Weigh Equalization Fund to Stabilize Dollar
International bankers discuss creating an equalization fund to protect the dollar from wild exchange gyrations. Britain already uses a fund to support the pound, buying or selling currencies to maintain stability, while the United States could pursue currency adjustment given its more self contained economy.
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Associated Press
New York
APS
Great Britain
England
Britain
United States
Economic Briefs Across Nations and Washington
Roosevelt and French envoy Herriot near a tentative tariff trace between the United States and France. Senate to vote on Robinson's inflation linked soldiers bonus plan. Geneva hosts disarmament talks on force limits. Roosevelt meets Canada’s Bennett with hints of reciprocal tariff talks. U.S. and French officials signal disarmament understanding and a consultative stance. London sources preview a possible international tariff truce at the world economic conference.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Edouard Herriol
France
Senate
Robinson
Geneva
Bennett
Canada
U. S
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Virginia
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