Vote on Utility Holding Ban Sparks Big Debate
Washington July 1 Powerful forces clashed over a crucial test on abolishing unnecessary utility holding companies. The House set a 2 30 p.m. vote time EST to decide Roosevelt backed measures while Senate already approved a mandatory abolition by 1942. A one vote Senate margin influenced House decisions as committees and leaders weighed changes and potential presidential veto options.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Uuility Holsing Companies
Mition
Senate
House
Charles West
White House
Andrews
Wes
Ee Aeksion
E.S.T
House Commerce Committee
Securities and Exchange Commission
Eicher
Iowa
Weather fair and unsettled across states
Generally fair tonight across Tennessee Kentucky and adjacent areas with scattered thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon. Virginia and North Carolina see fair conditions with slight cooling in eastern regions. Georgia expects mainly fair weather tonight and Tuesday with isolated afternoon storms in western and southern portions.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Keys to End Endurance Flight Sets New Record
Meridian Mississippi July 1 The Key Brothers Fred and Al Key report to ground crew they expect to land the Ole Miss by 6 30 tonight They aim to equal the unofficial 647 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds world air endurance record set in 1929 by Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine at St Louis Weather and equipment issues forced them to consider ending the flight after noon Today marks 27 days in the air since June 4 with storms tests and constant vibration affecting the craft and crew
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Key Field
Meridian
Miss
Key Brothers
Fred
Ole Miss
Key
Dale Jackson
Forest
O'Brine
St. Louis
al Key
Flying Brothers
Engineer Burns Ends 55 Years on Louisville and Nashville Rail
Tom Burns, 77, retires as one of the L N Railroad’s veteran engineers after 53 years as an engineer and two as a fireman. Beginning as a fireman at age 20, he piloted a 45 ton engine from Memphis to Mississippi and rose to piloting 300 ton locomotives. He calls retirement a return to home life and plans to work about the place.
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Nashville
Teno
Tom Burns
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Dixie
Burns
Indiana
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Wild West Shows Start Tomorrow in Cheyenne and Livingston
Yells of cowhands and hoofbeats open the rodeo season in the West. Young men in sombreros prepare to ride wild ones or rope a steer for cash prizes, with entry fees draining every nickel. A rodeo at Livingston, Montana, begins tomorrow, drawing top performers.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Rodeo Sesson
Livingston, Mont
Reece Absent As Appeals Delayed
Nashville July 1 The whereabouts of former state insurance commissioner Joseph S Reece remained a mystery as he failed to appear before the Tennessee Supreme Court to hear appeals from two criminal convictions including larceny of $90 from the insurance department bonds.
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Nashville
Tenn
Joseph S. Reece
Tennessee Supreme Court
Ace Wen
Photo trap helps identify unknown man killed by train
Washington July 1 A photo trap set to catch a refrigerator tamperer on Edward M Woods porch produced a decisive image. The camera captured Alexander Marvin Page 37 of Washington identified by police as the man who had served time in Maryland for housebreaking and had parole violations. He was not captured. a speeding train near Huntsville Maryland killed a nameless figure with no identification. Police remembered the eerie photo and linked it to the victim.
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Washington
Edward M. Woods
Glenn Date
Ind
Woods
Alexander Marvin Page
Maryland
Page
Huntsville
Amendments Opposed as Senate Fights Loom on AAA
Washington July 1 The senate moves into a major controversy over amendments to broaden and bolster the AAA s powers. Approved by the agriculture committee, floor debate to start soon. Borah plans attacks while administration allies prepare counter. Provisions aim to forestall processing tax suits and give Wallace authority to order marketing control under grower and processor agreements.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
AAA
Supreme Court
NRA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Borah
R-Tdaho
Wallace
Bankhead
Smith
D-50
Agriculture Committee
Eden Reveals Italo Ethiopian Territorial Effort
Captain Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Mussolini rejected Britain’s offer to grant Ethiopia a slice of British territory to settle the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Eden, returning from Rome and Paris, explained the proposal and future options without detailing forthcoming steps.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Mussolini
Italy
Great Britain
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Rome
Paris
George Lansbury
Labor Party
Eden
Merchants Refuse to Collect Arkansas Sales Tax
Arkansas merchants opened business without collecting the two percent sales levy as Supreme Court denied rehearing. The tax, aimed at funding common schools and the state general fund, went into effect at midnight after a prior restraining order on exempted staples was lifted. Leaders urged signers to stand firm, with enforcement threatened after July 15 under the Hall act.
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Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court
Taxpayers
Chancery Court
Arkansas
Revenue
Earl Wiseman
Harley Stump
Stuttgart
Ieader
West Memphis
Mrs Edith Stroud and alleged highway robberies
Mrs Edith Stroud laughed with Kansas City police as she learned her husband H Paul Stroud planned to plead guilty and end the matter. Police said the couple staged two robberies in Omaha and Lincoln before moving to Kansas City for four more, while Stroud, a Texas minister's son, had served 18 months for motor theft.
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H. Paul Stroud
Edith “Stroud
Kansie City
Stroud
Texas
Omaha
Lincoln
Kansas City
Japan May Annex Shantung Province
In Shantung Province China, uneasiness grew over possible Japanese control as officials unfriendly to Japan faced pressure. A reported resignation attempt by Shan tung governor Han Fu Chu aimed to clarify nationalist stance, amid a broader Japanese drive against obstacles to trade and investment.
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Tsinan
Shantung Province
China
Shantung
North China
Japan
Hopei
Han Fu-Chu
Nanking
Provincal
Hte
Einer Han
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Chahar
Hopet
Han
Jkalgan
Lyon seeks to slash attorney fee in murder probe
Detroit July 1 A New York attorney Howard Carter Dickinson was killed by William Lee Ferris. Prosecutor Duncan C McCrea said no charges will be filed against three Ferris companions Jean Miller Loretta Jackson Florence Jackson who are held as material witnesses after 24 hours of questioning by police and prosecutors. Detectives pursue motives from Ferris stories amid conflicting accounts of a dice game gunfire on a lonely park road.
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Detroit
Duncan C. McCrea
William Lee Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Ferris
Florence Jackson
Fort Wayne
Indiana
McCrea
Dickingon
i¢Ferrite
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New Order Would Let Exile Return
Mexico City July 1 A presidential order may allow political exiles to return after today s first meeting between President Lazaro Cardenas and his new cabinet. The move could affect exiles in the United States and abroad including Monsignor Leopoldo Ruiz Flores and several bishops. Former President Adolfo De La Huerta and two ex-presidential candidates Vasconcelos and Valenzuela would also be permitted to return, though Vasconcelos reportedly would decline.
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Clark Lee
Associated Press
Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Department of Military Justice
United States
Leopoldo Ruiz ¥ Flores
San Antonio
Texas
Adolfo de la Huerta
Los Angeles
Jose Vasconcelos
Gilberto Valenzuela
Vasconcelos
Federal spending to set record in coming year
July 1 report shows the federal government began a new fiscal year with projected outlays of 8.52 billion dollars, including 4.582 billion for recovery and relief, and a deficit around 4.5 billion. Roosevelt estimated debt at over 28.66 billion, with plans pending new wealth taxes to raise about 346 million annually.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Iit
Ailing Indians Start Dancing to Seek Sun God Favor
Fort Hall Idaho July 4 Associated Press staff writer John L Wheeler reports that Bravely ill Shoshone and Bannock dancers on the Fort Hall reservation begin a multi day Sun Dance to seek health and prosperity from the Great Spirit and Sun God. The ritual, held in a willow shelter, features days without food or drink as the dancers appeal for relief from sickness and disability.
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John L. Wheeler
Associated
Fort Hall
Idaho
Suly
Great
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Bannock
Law Firm Sues County Fees Spark Political Clash
In Blountville Tennessee Sullivan County court contemplates $250 attorney fees from Haynes and Curtin for county litigation over salary cuts. Senator Todd and Rep Sams oppose payment arguing economy and desire for budget restraint while Magistrates debate whether to approve the fee. The court narrowly backs paying the $250 fee amid broader factional tension.
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John R. Todd
Brack R. Sams
Haynes and Curtin
Bristol Secket
Pearl Cross
County Register
Hugh Copenhaver
J. D. Newland
H. P. Richards
Lyons
A. B. Betron
Finance Committee
Betron
John Fain
Bristol
Todd
Joe A. Caldwell
Sen
Judge Lyon
Lyon
Sams
Sullivan County
Haynes- Curtain
Fain
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W. D. Lyon
Sullivan County Court
Reguar Quate Terry
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