Compromise forecast on corporation tax before Congress adjourns
Washington June 1. Supreme court decision against New York minimum wage law draws attention as Congress pushes to finish relief and tax legislation. Court split, Chief Justice Hughes dissenters. Senate debates relief and tax bills with Roosevelt driving adjournment plans. Senate, House conferees settle flood control and railroad restructuring. Public opinion tracing AT&T influence, Morgenthau loan request looms.
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Swashington
Supreme Court
New York
Hughes
Brandies
Stone
Cardozo
Butler
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator Black
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Rouse
Robinson
Congress
Ital
Zloncheck
Washington ‘State
House
Mississippi
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Washington
White House
Florida Ship Canal
Reard
Passamaquoddy
Maine
New York State
Treasury
Morgenthau
Weather notes show fair, warmer readings across states
The report summarizes Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky weather: fair and warmer in east and central Tennessee with increasing clouds Tuesday, generally fair in Virginia with warmer conditions, and generally fair and warmer in Kentucky with possible showers at night. Highs around 80 yesterday, lows near 39, readings taken at 7 am over the prior 34 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Warner
Kentucky
Eight violent deaths and traffic toll in Tennessee
Tennessee reports eight violent deaths for the weekend, with four tied to traffic incidents. Incidents include a Memphis building collapse trapping two people and a fatal car crash that killed Lawrence Webb and his 12 year old nephew in Nashville. A Cleveland man and others died in separate crashes, a six year old Chattanooga girl perished in a two car collision near Rockwood, and a Warren County youth died from accidental gun discharge.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Memphis
Lawrence Webb
Linton
Warren Webb
West Nashville
Mineral Springs Park
Truman Sloan
Cleveland
Hiliedt
Betty Jo Day
J. R. Day
Chattanooga
Rockwood
Woodrow O'Neal
Warren County
Woonda
Leaders Are Convention Bound in 6 0 P race to Cleveland
Republican leaders push toward Cleveland as backers of hopefuls intensify bids for the party’s standard bear er. A Chicago Farmer Labor conference defeated a call for a September organizing conven tion. Democratic activity remains quiet ahead of Philadelphia. Senator Vandenberg spoke on radio, saying a November win would be a joint Republican Democrat victory against a common third party foe.
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Leonard
Schubert
Associated Press
Washington
Cleveland
Chicago
Philadelphia
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
H. ¥. Kaltenhborn
Mentator
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Weepsz on Stand Late Wright Lois Morals Trial
Wright, a 21 year old niece of Robert S. James of Los Angeles, testifies in court about intimate relations with her uncle. James, 39, faces charges in a prelude to a June 22 hearing alleging he killed her by drowning her in a bathtub after torture.
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Wright Lois. Wright
Robert S. James
Los Angeles
Miss Wright
James
Veterans aid in delivering bonus bonds to recipients
Veterans leaders plan to assist postmen with bonus Bond deliveries by providing automobiles and veteran volunteers to accompany mail carriers. James E. Van Zandt, head of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced that units nationwide will help verify addressees in person for registered parcels while postoffice officials confirm special night deliveries are planned.
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James E.van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Postoffice Department
Pope XI Warns Against Communism on Birthday
Vatican City June 1 Pope XI denounces Communism during his 78th birthday address to Catholic Action delegates from 22 nations. In St Peter's Mass 40 000 pilgrims celebrated the Holy Father as the pope urged vigilance against false prophets and the dangers of an impossible union.
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Vatican City
Pope XI
Catholic Action Societies
St. Peter's
Holy Father
Nicaraguan Palace Attack Triggers Civil War Tensions
In Managua on June 4, a National Guard assault on Nicaragua’s presidential palace sparked days of fighting between revolutionary forces and President Juan B. Sacasa’s civilian government. Fights centered on Tiscapa Hill and Camp de Marte with casualties reported. International diplomats urged ceasefire as clashes continued near the palace.
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Managua
Nicaragua
WPII
Juan B. Sacasa
Tiscapa Hill
Camp de Marte
United States
Mexical
New Angle Emerges in Black Legion Probe
Detroit reports a renewed Black Legion inquiry as authorities pursue a string of deaths linked to the group. Roy Pidcock, 32, vanished and was found hanged on Fighting Island after a purported invitation to join the sect. Poole’s May 1 execution is tied to the terror network, while Bielak's 1934 shooting underlines ongoing investigations. State police seek Canadian involvement and grand jury motions, with witnesses across counties to be summoned.
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Detroit
Hes
Black Legion
Roy Pidcock
Charles A. Poole
Pidcock
John L. Bielak
United Auto Workers Union
Poole
Down-River
Wyandotte
Mich
Fighting Island
Detroit River
Ira H. Mar 1Mon
Nellie Pidcock
Tland
Marmon
Jackson
Flint
Michigan
James E. Chenat
Plane Tragedy Averted by Pilot In Flight Close Call
A Transcontinental and Western Air Lines airliner with 15 on board escaped a fatal crash in Chicago when Pilot W L Smith of Cranford New Jersey steered a forced landing into a vacant lot after a freak gust knocked the plane off course near the municipal airport. Stewardess Grace Davidson aided passengers despite injuries. six passengers remained hospitalized.
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Chicago
Transcontinental and Western Air Lines
New York
George Houle
Columbus
Smith
China to Follow Stranger Policy
In Peiping reports the Hopeh and Chahar military council under General Sung Cheh Yuan plans a firmer stance against Japan’s North China expansion after all night talks with North China mayors. Japanese barracks near Feiping and outposts at Chunghsiatien threaten rail lines, with about 10 090 Japanese troops in North China cited.
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Morris J. Harris
Associated Press
Shanghai
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hope- Chanar Military Council
Japan
China
Peiping
North China
Sung
Council
Hopeh
Chahar
29Th Route Army
Wail
Wengtai
Feiping
Fengtai
Chungh-Sihatien
Chunghsiatien
Nation Divides Ethiopia Into Five Administrative Parts
Rome June 1 7 Italy's Mussolini creates a new Roman empire plan dividing Ethiopia into five administrative regions. Capitals named Eritrea Asmara Amhara Gondar Gallawand Sidamo Jinma Harar Mogadiscio with each division announced by the cabinet. Continued on page elsht.
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A. KH
Stuntz
Associated Press
Rome
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Roman Empire
Eritrea
Asmara
Amhara
Gondar
Gallawand Sidamo
Jinama
Harar
Somaliland
Mogadiscio
Bloody pitched battle sparks Alabama mine strike
In Alabama red ore fields gun fire shattered a momentary amulet as two pitched battles ignited a strike yesterday. Five men wounded, mine operations halted, and 2500 workers affected at Birmingham area mines. Ambulance deputies shot while escorting workers. violence prompted 200 miners to abandon the shaft. Continued on page eight.
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Birmingham
Ale
Alabama
John J. Perry
Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad Company
United States, Steel Subsidiary
Wenona
Cig
W. T. Kemp
Betsemer
International Union of Mill, Mine and Smelter Workers
Brotherhood
Peasants Demand Changes in Power in Romania
In Bucharest and across provinces on June 1, half a million peasants rallied and protested against Madame Lupescu's influence behind the throne. Ion Mihalache led calls to banish Lupescu, curb Nazi groups, and force Premier Tatarescu’s government to resign. He pledged loyalty to King Carol while demanding an end to court influence.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Mme
Magdalupescu
Carol
Ion Mibslache
Madame Lupescu
Romania
George Tattarescu
Millon
Mihalache
Elique
Madame Lopes
Bloody career ends in death by own action
Wilfred Lindsly, 23, a life term murderer and escapee from the Angola state penitentiary, was killed in a pistol encounter with posse members in a wooded ravine after a gun battle. Leader of a courthouse-shooting spree, he had earlier killed Mrs N J Himel and her husband Captain Himel in Baton Rouge following an escape. A coroner’s jury ruled death by his own action.
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Angola
Wilfred Lindsly
Stanley Couvillion
Baton Rouge
N. J. Himel
Captain Himel
Lindsly
Supreme Court strikes down New York women and children wage law
The Supreme Court ruled five to four that the New York minimum wage for women and children was unconstitutional. The majority held the law violated liberty in contracts, with Justice Butler delivering the opinion and Justices Hughes Brandeis Stone and Cardozo dissenting. The challenged measure, signed by Gov. Lehman in 1933, set a weekly wage floor of 24.4 dollars for women laundry workers. The District of Columbia law faced a similar fate.
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James W. Douthat
Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Butler x Prize
Lye Majority
Hughes
Brandies
Stane
Cardozo
Roberts
van Devanter
Sutherland
McReynolds
Butler
Joseph Tipaldo
Brooklyn
Herbert Lehman
District of Columbia
Queen Mary Fails to Break Normandie Speed Record
The Queen Mary completed her maiden transatlantic voyage into New York Harbor on June 1 but failed to surpass the Normandie’s speed record. Dense fog delayed the ship for about 10 hours and 24 minutes, prolonging passage from Cherbourg to Ambrose lightship and costing potential record time. Officials emphasized the voyage aimed at regular service rather than racing, praising the vessel’s safety, beauty, and enduring design.
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New York Harbor
Britain
Atlantic
Normandie
New York Bay
English Channel
Ambrose
Sigpence Jong Haters
Fae Eich
Ambrose Chanel
Hudson River
Coast Guard
Manhattan
Fiorello la Guardia
Nicholas Murray Butler
Samuel Seabury
Edgar T. Britten
Gerril Campbell
New York
Ambrose Eht
Howe
White Star Line
Percy Bates
Board of the Line
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Legion Probe
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Harlan ‘Crouch
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Hammond
Ind
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Federal’ Alcohol Tax Unit
Am Endianapolis
Central Press
U.S. Territory
Ala
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Topeka
Kas
Alfred M. Landon
Kanaraz
Pinchot
Landon
Central
Brosseved
James Hamilton
Hamilton
J. A. Walker
Enkie
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