Bitter fight seen as utility bill nears passage
Washington June 12 A bitter end fight over abolishing unnecessary utility holding companies moves to the House commerce committee after a Senate 56 to 82 vote. Roosevelt intervened to block sweeping changes. Wheeler and Rayburn back the measure though the chamber remains split. The committee, divided 3–3 on abolition vs regulation, faces uncertain action with a Dieterich amendment rejected.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House Commerce Committee
House
Rayburn D-Tex
Philip H. Gadsden
Public Utility Executives
Wheeler
D.mont
Prac- Wheeler
Rayburn
Dieterich
Securities Commission
Borah
R-Ida
Death of Edward M. Salomon former department store president
Edward M. Salomon 47 former president and general manager of a large department store died at his home after years of illness. He had been in virtual retirement and previously lived in Chicago.
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Sed
Emphis
Edward M. Salomon
Ibry's
Salomon
Chi- Cbso
Kidnaping Charges Filed in Me Alester Oklahoma
Lois Eden, 18, accuses R. Dell Hudson and Dorothy Hudson of kidnapping. She says a strange woman lured her on December 19, 1924, to care for a baby, then she disappeared. Lois later found on a Fayetteville Arkansas farm. the Hudsons were arrested. She reports forced labor and threats of death.
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Lois Eden
Alester
Okla
R. Dell Hudson
Dorothy Hudson
Lois
Fayetteville
Ark
Bandits Face Trial For Lives In Kentucky Shootout
Ashland, Ky June 12. Trial for their lives and completion of penitentiary terms faced James Morris and two other gang members after a confrontation with police last night. Morris, 27, and accomplices Brown and Robinson, 28 and 34, were captured after officers subdued them before they could use four pistols. A pistol butt knocked out Brown. they were sent to stand before Warden Deathcrage and Capt. De Rosset at Frankfort for possible death penalty under Kentucky armed robbery statute.
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Ashland
James
Morris
Frankfort Reformatory
Elmer
Lealiz de Rosset
Frankfort
Joseph C. Jones
Kentucky
James Boyd Brown
el Jer Robinson
Brown
Bluegrass
Freedom From N C Prison Is Asked For Lea
Luke Lea former Tennessee publisher and senator seeks pardon or parole to free from a six to ten year term for banking law violations. Raleigh judge M Barnhill opposed, citing guilty verdicts and ex parte evidence tactics. Lea’s attorney planned a public hearing with new evidence before Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill.
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Raleigh
N. C
Luke Lea
Tennessee
J. M. Broughton
Lea
Edwin B. Gill
Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
M.barnhill
Rocky Mount
Gill
Barnhill
Secord
Normandy Home Le Hare Returns With Two Transatlantic Records
Normandy home port Le Hare returned from her maiden voyage with two new trans Atlantic speed records. The big ship arrived at 6 p.m. in Normandie France after the voyage from the maid en voyage.
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Normandie
LE Hare
France
Governors In Session Today in Biloxi Mississippi
Governors from many states gathered in Biloxi Mississippi for a two day session to discuss federal relief constitutional liberties and state rights. The Mississippi governor Sennett Senner welcomed the chiefs executives as formal meetings were planned with lengthy sessions banquets dances boat rides tours and frolicing scheduled for the end of the week.
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Biloxi
Miss
Sennett Senner
Mississippi
Graduating Vanderbilit graduates mock radio charlatans
Nashville June 12 285 seniors were awarded degrees at Vanderbilt University as Dr Raymond Walters urged graduates to meet radio hype and wealth schemes with laughter and objective study of Communism Socialism Fascism and democracy He urged open discussion and confident defense of democracy amid fear of Nazism and Fascism while praising American humor as a cure for manipulative leaders
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Nashville
Raymond Walters
Vanderbilt University
University of Cincinnati
Walters
Russia
Germany
Italy
King George III Suffering From Bronchial Catarrh at Sandringham
A Buckingham Palace medical bulletin signed by Dr Frederick Willans and Lord Dawson of Penn says King George VI, aged 70, is ill with bronchial catarrh and will rest for at least two weeks at Sandringham. Queen Mary proceeds with planned engagements including Covent Garden, and Windsor during Ascot week, signaling confidence in the king’s recovery.
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Frederick Willans
Lord Dawson
Penn
Sandringham
George
Queen Mary
London
Covent Garden
Grace Moore
Court Hall
Buckingham Palace
Eton J
Windsor
Ascot
Mary
China Rejects Jap Demands in North China Crisis
Nanking reports the Nationalist government central political council rejected Japanese military demands affecting North China. A telegram was sent to General Ho Ying-ching to prepare for possible actions around Peiping and Tientsin, as Premier Wang to Chiang Kai-shek traveled to Chengtu.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Central Political Council
China
North China
Ho Ying-Ching
Peiping
Tientsin
Wang Cheng
Pearl Buck Weds Richard J Walsh in Reno Affair
Novice author Pearl Buck wed New York publisher Richard J Walsh in Reno after quick divorce actions separating both prior mates. The ceremony followed by private hearings settled custody and property terms. Buck's two children and Walsh's three were noted as part of the marriage context.
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Reno
Pearl Buck
Richard J. Walsh
New York
Ruth A. Walsh
California
China
la Grangeville
Carel
Janice
Welsh
Constitution Campaign Issue Drives GOP Meet
Springfield reports the constitution became a major Grass Roots campaign issue at a ten state GOP convention. Speakers attacked President Roosevelt, pressed save the constitution, and urged no presidential boom while stressing fears of centralization. Richberg in Galesburg urged an economic constitution to sustain growth and freedoms.
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Robert M. Yoder
Associated Press
Stati
Springfield
Til
America
Roosevelt
Harrison ©. Spangter
Abraham Liscoln
Alfred E. Smith
East Side
West Side
Richberg
Galesburg
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Republican
Grass Roots
New Deal
Knox College
Supreme Court
Roosevelt speaks on peace duty at West Point graduation
President Roosevelt, addressing 276 cadets at the United States Military Academy, declares the greatest need of the world is peace based on mutual understanding. He urges friendship, opposes aggression, and backs partial restoration of army strength as he attends West Point ceremonies with top military leadership.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Dern
Douglas MacArthur
William D. Connor
United States
Lelear
Naval Academy
Battle Monument
President Roosevelt
Wilson
Hyde Park
Slayings Pair Executed in Texas Harboring Deaths
In Huntsville Texas Eli jah Stewart 28 and John B Willis 42 were executed early today for murder. Stewart drowned his 4 year old twin Dortha after confessing and choosing her for death. Willis attacked a bride after tying her husband to a tree and protested innocence as electrodes were applied. Willis denied guilt while identified by victim and husband. Stewart expressed love for his wife and kids and said no man lives who loved his family more. West Point Mississippi garment factory plans inaugural day parade in shorts.
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Tex
Elijah’ Stewart
John B. Willis
Stewart
Oklahoma
Willis
Tyler
Louisiana
Short
Red
Dortha Stewart
Houston
Dortha
Dorth
Good crops predicted across southern states in June reports
Southern farms received generally favorable crop forecasts as rains and cool weather slowed some growth. US agriculture projected wheat yields in South Carolina near 979,000 bushels, Maryland and Virginia reported better conditions, while North Carolina noted mixed tobacco prospects. Alabama optimism held for cotton and corn, Tennessee warned of a late, rain-affected crop, and Georgia began grain harvest with Oklahoma’s wheat outlook improving.
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Leiis
New York
Leins
Senate
Mitcaldis Bay
Columbia Gas & Electric
Utilities Power & Light
American Gas & Electric
North American Edison
Baltimore and Ohio
Erie
Great Northern
New York Central
Nickel Plate
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Duquesne Light
Pacific Gas
Standard Oil
U. S
Home Owners Loan Corp
Treasury
Brazil
France
Italy
Nanfinitely Orway
Atlanta
South
Dixie
South Carolina
United States Department of Agriculture
Maryland University Extension Service
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
R. J. Goode
van Cleave
Tennessee
Lespederia
Georgia
Thomas M. Linder
Wheat Belt
Oklahoma
K. D. Blood
Federal
Panhandle
Texas
Woman Is Tried On Murder Count In Kentucky
Stanford Kentucky June 12. Eva Cowyer Wilson 38 wife of a lumber dealer faces murder charges after she shot and killed her successor in a Sunday theater lobby. The case recalls a prior 1931 shooting, and the accused has two sons and a daughter by Truesdale Wilson. The victim, Marie Dutton Wilson, left a one-year-old daughter Betty Burns. The divorce had been filed and later finalized. The husband claimed the slaying stemmed from a conflict and denied intimate knowledge of the victim prior to separation. The case highlights ongoing marital strife and allegations of intent. The article also covers Vatican communion decree, tariff cut proposal, and the Mississippi plane Ole Miss remaining aloft.
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Stanford
Eva Cooyrer Wilson
Marie Dutton Wilson
Somerset
Truesdale Wilson
Eva Wilson
Marie Wilson
Somerset Street
Marion Wilson
Wilson
Betty Burns
Eva. Wilson
Duel Ends in Fatal Ensenada Police Chief Shot
In TiJuana on June 12 a duel over a woman left Raoul Portugual, 35, chief of Ensenada district federal police, dead. His opponent Col Enrique Topete, 40, noted army officer and politician, was gravely wounded and guarded at Ensenada barracks as officials opened an inquiry.
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Tiajuana
Mex
Raoul Portugal
Ensenada
Col
Enrique Topete
Popular Army
Ensanada
Portugal
Weather Showers Across Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Occasional showers tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. In Tennessee and Kentucky, meteorologists expect noticeable showers and increasing cloudiness, while Virginia sees rising clouds and spotty showers from late tonight into Thursday, especially in eastern regions.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
Virginia
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