Cuban Editor Kidnaped in Havana Ransom Paid, Report Says
The Associated Press column reports that Antonio San Miguel, Cuban editor and former senator, was kidnapped in Havana as ransom demands surfaced. Associates said $286,000 in American money was sent to kidnappers via the valet Arleta, while police brace for arrests and search for the culprits. Witnesses described a mango wagon ruse as three men seized San Miguel and his security team, then fled in two cars.
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Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press
Havana
Antonio San Miguel
Senor San Miguel
Arleta
Frank Steinhart, Jr
San Miguel
Cayetano Fraga
Secret Police
Cuba
Juan Padron
National Police
Simon Arleta
Pedro Herrera Sotolongo
Sotolongo
Army Secret Service
Vibora
Modesto Inglesias
Constantino Prieto
Simon Artina
Raul Garazo
Sener San Miguel
Weather outlook with showers and warmth across states
Weather brief notes showers tonight and likely Friday morning in Tennessee and Kentucky. East Tennessee expected slightly warmer, extreme south cooler. Virginia foresees fair skies tonight with local showers Friday, cooler in west and north regions.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Future ships for oceans discussed by industry leaders
A Associated Press report from New York on June 6 outlines predictions by trans Atlantic liner executives that future ships may not greatly exceed the Normandie in size or speed. Express liners around 80,000 tons could cross in about four days while fleets of 30,000 ton cabin ships would shuttle between New York and European ports as air travel rises but serves to stimulate ocean travel rather than replace it.
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Ronald Dixon
Associated Press
New York
Lin
North Atlantic
European
Henri Morin de Linelays
United States
Canada
de Lindays
Sing Sing star Pitts joins Albany Senators amid growth row
Edwin C. Alabama Pitts, released from Sing Sing after an eight to 16 year sentence cut for good behavior, arrived in Albany to join the International League club amid a dispute over his eligibility. Albany’s Johnny Evers welcomed him, pledging the team will find a place for him if Bramham blocks his play.
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Albany
Edwin C
Alabama
Pitts
Sing Sing Prisons
Rarin’ Ta
International League Baseball Club
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
W. C. Bramham
National Association of Minor Professional Baseball
Sing Sing
Thomas Dougherty
State Commission of Correction
Johnny Evers
Albany Club
State Parole Board
Evers
Second Bill Found in Tacoma Kidnap Case
Discovery of a second ransom bill used in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping surfaced in Spokane while a man was detained for questioning in Seattle. The bill was among 20 000 paid to abductors last week, with authorities noting the likely Pacific Northwest origin of the suspects and tying the Seattle Tacoma regions to the case.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Seattle
Department of Justice
Spokane
Portland
Huntington
Ore
Salt Lake City
Vernor Beavers
Pacific Northwest
Little George
Treasurer told to pay up or get out in Cook County
Chicago report says County Treasurer Robert M. Sweitzer faced a noon deadline after auditors found a $414,128 shortage in the city clerk’s accounts. Sweitzer urged time to verify figures and offered to pay about $435,000 within days with $79,000 in escrow. he has already paid $40,000.
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Chicago
Robert M. Sweitzer
Cook County
Sweltzer
Treasury
Michael J. Flynn
Peter M. Kelly
Sweitzer
IKE AND MIKE SEEK LOAN FOR SELF LIQUIDATING HOME
Washington reports Mike and Ike Rogers want a self liquidating home funded by the New Deal. The 21 year old, 32 inch twins from Richmond Virginia say a $750 to $1,000 project could travel with them and earn money by spectators. PWA routed the request to FHA as the PWA does not work with individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mike
Ike Rogers
Ike
Public Works
Richmond
PWA
Labor leaders weigh future NRA plans in Congress
The American Federation of Labor meets to map a new legislative program amid rifts over NRA codes and collective bargaining. Key measures include the Wagner bill to strengthen the labor board and curb company dominated unions, and the Guffey bill to regulate the soft coal industry with a Little NRA alongside another undrafted proposal to preserve labor features. President Green notes constitutional questions but urges caution, while House leaders预计 limited support for advancing the Wagner bill despite Roosevelt's approval.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Connery
Guffey
William Green
NRA
Dmass
House Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Toledo Strike Ends to Mediate
A crew of trouble shooters and generative operators returned to the Toledo Edison power plant today, ending a strike that threatened electric power for 800 square miles in northwestern Ohio. Union electrical workers called off the strike pending wage talks, voting 237 to 22 to end it after Secretary of Labor Perkins urged essential services. Negotiations with Henry L. Doherty Co. officials are set for New York, likely Monday, amid broad pressure from Washington, the labor department, the Toledo chamber of commerce, the AFL, newspapers, and the company.
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Toledo, O
Toledo Edison Company
Ohio
New York
Henry L. Doherty Company
Toledo Edison
Oliver Myers
Electrical Workers Union
A. F of L
Myers
Washington
Department of Labor
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Toledo
Flood waters break through levee in Kansas and Missouri
Flood waters from the Kaw and Missouri rivers spill across thousands of acres of farmland after breaches north of Lawrence Kas and near Hermann to St Charlies Mo. About 80,000 acres east of Hermann are under water with about 75 percent of local cultivated land flooded. Officials report the Kaw crest five miles wide and moving toward the Missouri junction, while danger to other areas is easing as earlier breaks absorb the crest.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Here
Hermann
St. Charlies
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Kaw
Lawrence
Kas
North
B. MM. Harlee
Grand
Osage
Topeka
France on brink as cabinet crisis endangers franc
France remained without a government for a second day as talks centered on forming a cabinet strong enough to defend the franc. Francois Pietri, a Corsican financial expert, was Lebrun’s fifth choice after other leaders declined. Street clashes and attacks on Le Petit Journal and Freemason HQ heightened concern over civil unrest amid the political deadlock.
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John Evans
Associated Press
Paris
France
Francois
Pietri
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph Caillaux
Albert Lebrun
Laval
Lebrun
Raymond Fatenotte
le Petit Journal
Freemasons
King's Brenchmen
Carter Is Sentenced to Life in Legs Murder Case
LAUREL MISS June 6 The jury found W M Carter a prominent boy 58 MAIL guilty today of the Legs killing of Mrs Daisy Keeton and sentenced him to life imprisonment He will seek a new trial Saturday and may appeal to the supreme court Carter’s face flushed as the verdict was read Ouida Keeton the dead woman's daughter testified Carter killed her mother to gain more privileges Carter denied the charge and said they had a long but not intimate relationship The death of Mrs Keeton was revealed with the discovery of the lower torso and legs of a woman on a rural road near here portions of the body other parts have not been found
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Laurel
Miss
W. M. Carter
Daisy Keeton
W. Joe Pack
Carter
Supreme Court
Pack
Ouida Keeton
Ouida
Federal Control Opposed by Sibley at Women’s Clubs Meet
At a Detroit convention June 6 Harper Sibley president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged opposition to further federal control of local affairs. He said the nation should advance through self development and education rather than central planning. NRA official Blackwell Smith called the Supreme Court NRA ruling a temporary setback but promised a new approach. Grace Morrison Poole, national president, barred all electioneering for candidates from the convention building.
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W. Howe Sadler
Associated Press
Detroit
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Harper Sibley
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Blackwell Smith
National Recovery Administration
Supreme Court
NRA
Trio Must Die Tonight in Mass. Execution Likely
Irving and Morton Millen and Abraham Faber learn from Warden Lanagan that they face electrocution tonight for a bank robbery murder spree in Massachusetts. Rose Faber pleads for her son as attorney Scharton plans a U. S. Supreme Court review of the certiorari petition.
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Boston
Irving
Morton Millen
Abraham Faber
Lanagan
Massachusetts
Saturn
Rose Faber
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Needham
Mass
U. S. Supreme Court
Secret conference narrows NRA stopgap plan
Washington June 6 Senate House and administration representatives agreed on principles for a temporary NRA stopgap. The exact terms were not disclosed but the aim was a quick passage of an amended Clark resolution extending voluntary codes to April 1 1936. A study of interstate compacts to bolster labor standard safeguards was ordered by the president.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Administration
White House
Henry Parkman, Jr
Masschusetts
Roosevelt
Congress
White House weighs new inheritance tax plan amid NRA debate
Washington reports indicate the White House may consider raising taxes on inheritances and gifts to fund broader NRA goals. Lawmakers say the idea aims to boost mass purchasing power through redistribution, though no final decision has been made. Richberg nears exit as federal housing and economic policy shifts unfold.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Prows
Washington
NRA
White House
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Jeanneney
Herriot
Bouisson
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Flandin
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