Battle Looms Over Utility Bill In House Debate
Washington June 27 The fight over the public utility holding company bill intensifies as the House nears action after eight hours of debate. President Roosevelt seeks a 1942 abolition standard. supporters press for a definite roll call vote. Senate earlier passed abolition by one vote.
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Washington
Publi Utility Holding Company
Roosevelt
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Securities Commission
Secord
Rules Committee
Committee of
O'Connor
Senate
Philip H. Gadsden
Harper Sibley
Cham Lar of Commerce of
United States
Housewives urged to organize for better consumer power
ORGANIZE HOUSEWIVES LOS ANGELES June 27 A call to housewives to form consumer groups echoes at the annual convention of the American Association of University Women. Dr Kathryn McHale says women do most buying and could shape production standards and consumption, noting most groups in production are organized except the consumer.
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Los Angeles
American Association of University Women
Kathryn McHale
Association
Weather notes across states with fair and changing temps
Tennessee expect generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Virginia may see local thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight, cooler in the north portion, with Friday generally fair. North Carolina partly cloudy with possible showers tonight and Friday and little temperature change. Kentucky mostly fair tonight and Friday with possible local thundershowers and little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Virginia
North Portion
North Carolina
Endurance record flight cheered by Meridian crowds
Meridian is buzzing as Fred and Al Key push toward a new world endurance flying record. Thousands gather at the airport while army planes prepare to celebrate. The brothers aim to surpass 553 hours 41 minutes 30 seconds, with a possible descent around July 4.
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Meridian
Miss
Flying Key
Fred
Daddy
Lenny Key
James H. Skewes
Chamber of Commerce
Bakery workers strike shuts Chattanooga plant indefinitely
The American Bakeries Company Chattanooga plant, employing 70 people and costing 52,000 a week in salaries, closed today amid a labor dispute. Six workers were fired, union claims they were punished for activity. management cites radical union elements and says no general labor trouble. A public hearing by an impartial board was urged to settle the dispute. The plant has operated since 1912 with a weekly payroll around $2,000 and annual business near $800,000.
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Chattanooga
Chattanooga Y Plant
C. S Breeman
Atlanta
Compar
Jarosa
Breeman
T. R. Cuthbert
Central Trades and Labor Council
Labor
American Bakeries Company
American Bakeries
Alien Tax Proposal Aims At Registering Aliens
Chicagoan A B Hulit proposes a national tax plan taxing all aliens. He estimates about 3 500 200 non-citizens would register pay a $50 annual head tax and fees on sending money home, yielding about 400 million dollars yearly for the treasury.
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Washington
Congress
A. B. Hulit
Chicago
United States
Hulit
Treasury
Temporary delay seen for tax plan
Washington June 27 A tangled political lull pushes President Roosevelts tax plan into August or September with House votes not before late July and Senate action three to six weeks later Hearings and debate will fill the interim Democratic leaders plan to treat the taxes as a separate bill and use the regular process for passage
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
National Lottery Plan Outlined in Washington
Rep Kenney of New Jersey unveils a plan for a national lottery to divert about a billion dollars annually from racketeers. A House Ways and Means subcommittee will hold hearings Friday as hopes rise for committee approval and a floor vote. He argues funds could finance adjusted military compensation and reduce public debt within thirty years. One fourth of revenue would go to the treasury.
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Washington
Kenney
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
British opinion poll ends in mass Albert Hall demonstration
London June 27 A seven months public poll on league of nations disarmament and collective security ends with final results to be announced at a mass meeting in Albert Hall. Sponsors include the League of Nations Union and about 40 other groups. Preliminary figures show strong support for league adherence 9,711,100 to 302,550 against abolition of private armaments 9,114,708 to 676,326 against general disarmament 6,173,74 to 739,779 against military measures against an aggressor 3,920,570 to 2,053,024.
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London
League of Nations
Albert Hall
League of Nations Union
National Declaration Committee
League of Rations
Shake up seen by A D Stefferud
Berlin reports dictate decrees take effect shaping German life without public approval. Hitler's cabinet, in its final session before summer holidays and the June 30 purge anniversary, adopts seven points including compulsory labor service for 200000 young men and 190000 young women annually.
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A. D. Stefferud
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Fergus Named Project Director in Tennessee WPA
Nashville June 27 R C Fergus chief of the TERA work division was named director of the division of projects of the works progress administration in Tennessee He will assume Monday The move accompanied appointments of W M Duncan as finance director and R B Compton as auditor for the regional treasury accounts office D L York Jr to be disbursing officer in Washington and Columbus Compton ordered to Columbus Ohio for Treasury meetings York formerly disbursing officer for the Veterans Administration office here is with the Treasury in Atlanta Fergus began with the old relief division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932 and has served as principal assistant engineer for the CWA and state engineer for the TERA
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Nashville
R. C. Fergus
TERA
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee
Harry S. Berry
W. M. Duncan
R. &. Compton
Treasury
WPA
Washington
D. L. York, Jr
Columbus
Compton
Ohio
U. S. Treasury
York
Veterans’ Administration
Treasury Department
Atlanta
Fergus
Veterans of State Relief Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Met Opera to add new singers from Europe tour
Edward Johnson, Metropolitan Opera general manager, toured England, France, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Italy seeking American singers with European exposure or foreign-sounding names. He plans to present new artists in the spring season with reduced ticket prices, after consulting the Met board in August.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Venice
Metropolitan Opera
Edward Johnson
England
France
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Europe
the Metropolitan
New York
Man Confesses Slaying as Guards Move to Prevent Self Harm
Gerald Thompson, 25, held for the murder of Mildred Hallmark, 19, after authorities report he confessed in his diary to attacks on 18 other girls. Armed guards were posted at Peoriall jail to avert possible death by own action amid fears of mob violence following the confession.
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Peoriall
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Thompson
Miss Hallmark
Eva Coo Faces Death Tonight At Sing Sing
Eva Coo clung to last hope for clemency as Governor Lehman weighed new evidence in her bid to avert the electric chair at Sing Sing tonight. Her counsel David Slade said she provided vital information in a final interview. Also under sentence to die tonight is Leonard Scarnici for a separate crime. Across the border at St Thomas Ontario a father and son were executed by hanging for murder, ending their appeal after a 1934 police killing.
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Ossining
Eva Coo
Herbert M. Lehman
Sing Sing
David Slade
Harry Wright
Lehman
Mva
Nlc
Herbert Lehman
Leonard Scarnici
Coe
Cooperstown
Scarnici
Rensselaer
Four Verdicts Studied By Jury In Lily Mae McBride Case
In Fort Smith Arkansas jurors deliberated on four possible verdicts in the Lily Mae McBride murder trial. Judge J Sam Wood instructed whether to find first degree murder with life or death, second degree murder with five to 21 years, manslaughter with two to seven years, or acquittal. McBride testified of a long quarrel over their mother estate and fear of her brother who allegedly threatened with two guns. The day of the slaying she said she fired after his approach.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Lily Mae McBride
Edgar McBride
J. Sam Wood
Mamma
Tran
Dorothy Ann
Five Are Sought as River Surges in Arkansas Floods
Five missing as Arkansas flood waters surge across Morristown Batesville and Fayetteville areas. Relief efforts continue with fishermen and farmers reported missing, while St Francis River falls slightly near Paragould and officials plan permanent flood control. The disaster has killed five, flooded 92,250 acres of crops, destroyed 221,950 acres of cotton, and 2,313 head of livestock perished.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Morriston
White River
Batesville
Fayetteville
St. Francis
Paragould
Weather Bureau
Arkansas River Valley
Mooney Case Delayed in California Supreme Court
The habeas corpus case of Thomas J. Mooney, linked to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, faces a postponement to July 3 as chief Justice William H. Waste hears that Mooney’s attorney George T. Davis requested time for eastern lawyers Frank Walsh and John Flinnerty to attend. The writ argues Mooney was convicted on perjured testimony.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
California Supreme Court
William H. Waste
George T. Davis
Mooney
Frank Walsh
New York
John Flinnerty
Washington
Recess Called in Coach Hearing in Nashville
Three days of testimony closed as the Tennessee Public Service Commission recessed hearings on Knoxville Motor Coach Company's bid to operate buses in Knoxville. A reconvening date of July 45 was tentatively set. Key witnesses include Major George L. Berry and J. D. Maguire for the coach firm, plus TPS objections that a new company would harm both firms financially. The company plans 35 buses on 12 routes at about 8000 dollars each, arguing current service is inadequate while TPS reports no public complaints.
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Nashville
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Knoxville Motor Coach Company
Knoxville
Charles M. Seymour
Tennessee Public Service Company
TPS
James B. Wright
George L. Berry
J. D. Maguire
Maguire
Knoxville City Council
Motor Coach Company
E. L. Miller
Holston Drive
M. McCart
J. E. Willard
City Planning Commission
Willard
Jcoach Company
Wilard
Bus Company
Seymour
Planning Commission
Jones Defies Securities Commission Hearing Subpoena
Washington June 27 J Edward Jones New York oil securities promoter refused to appear at a Securities Commission hearing citing a subpoena. He also served notice to challenge the constitutionality of the Securities Act of 1933. His counsel sought to quash the subpoena and dismiss the case, actions overruled by Judge Green.
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Washington
J. Edward Jones
New York
Securities Commission
Commission
H. L Fischbach
Jones
William Green
Cahn
Fischbach
New York Circuit Court of Appeals
Roosevelt Seeks Law On Gold Clause Monetary Policy
President Roosevelt asked Congress to bar payments in gold or devalued currency to protect federal monetary policy after the Supreme Court gold clause cases. He urged swift action to clarify that the United States will not allow court actions to disrupt government finances, proposing specific measures to pay or exchange gold clause securities and terminate consent to sue.
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Washington
API
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Connally 4D-Tex
United States
Lie Treasury
United States of America
Trible clash in Peshawar leaves up to 30 dead
Reports from Bajaur indicate fierce fighting between Khar and Nawagai tribes near Peshawar on June 27 caused 15 to 30 fatalities amid rising tensions in the northwest frontier region.
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Peshawar
India
Bajaur
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