Pecora Lets Senate See Billion Dollar Stock Firm Profits
Senate evidence shows New York Stock Exchange member firms earned nearly a billion dollars in net profits over six years despite the depression. Data shared by Pecora reflects average gains near $2 million per firm, with total gross income over $2 billion in six years and peak 1928 29 revenues well above $4 million per firm.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Senate
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Stock Market Committee
Stock Exchange Central
Congress
New York Exchange
Statinines
Menber
Toho
Selusg
Minival
Hai
Urant
Exchange
Weather Summary of Tennessee and Virginia Plans
Fair to partly cloudy conditions prevail with little temperature change. Tennessee forecasts fair nights and Wednesdays with minimal shifts. Virginia expects generally fair weather with coastal showers possible and small temperature variation. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. daily show trace rainfall yesterday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Vanson Changed Name Lindbergh
County records reveal Ola Manson the grandfather of Charles A Lindbergh was born in Sweden and later adopted the name Lindbergh after migrating to the United States in 1860 The early settler family included his wife and son Charles who became a Minnesota congressman and father to Charles A Lindbergh
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Little Falls
Mino
Ola Manson
New York
Paris
le Bourget
France
Charles A. Manson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
United States
Sweden
Europe
Inter
Minnesota
Charles
Congress
Italy signals dual arms plan under king and Mussolini
Rome May 1 Italian officials disclosed a twofold arms policy. Italy will push for limitation of armaments at current levels while pursuing substantial rearmament to boost military power. They say King Victor Emmanuel did not abandon Mussolini’s disarmament plan.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Germany
Sevand
Itala
Victor Emmanuel
Mussolini
Notorious jail breaker joins Macon church revival
Georgia figures a jail breaker named iLeland Harvey, recently pardoned by Governor Talmadge, attends a revival at the Baptist Tabernacle in Macon led by Rev. Wade H. House. The event marks a public return to religious life after pardon.
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Macon
iLeland Harvey
Georgia
Talmadge
Wade H. House
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Hepburn Divorce and Kidnap Case Across Americas
A mixed dispatch outlines Katharine Hepburn seeking divorce from Ludlow Smith in New York and details on June Robles kidnapping in Tucson. Hepburn arrives in Merida for private talks amid a rumored separation. Robles case frees kidnappers to negotiate a $15,000 ransom with authorities halting searches to aid talks.
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Carlos R. Menendez
Associated Press
Merida
Yuestan
Katharine Hepburn
Iis
Ludlow Ogden Smith
New York
Miss Hepburn
Laura Harding
Adeerda
Hotel Ida
Katharine Smith
Rocal
Francisco Arcovede Guillermo
Police sweep for Dillinger in Chicago rumors of hideouts
Police comb Chicago for John Dillinger amid reports he may hide in one of the gang’s known lairs. Officers claim to have identified George Nelson as another gunman and pursue a 1929 Chevrolet sedan linked to Nelson. Developments stay sparse as federal agents assist local police.
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Chicago
Paulice
John Dillinger
Desperado
Dillinger
Harry Wayland
Nelson
George
Baby Face
Melvin H. Purvis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wisconsin
Reuniting of Methodists North and South debated
Jackson Mississippi May 1 1947 The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South debated reuniting the northern and southern branches and the return of prohibition. An Episcopacy inquiry cleared Bishop Hiram Boaz of Houston of complaints. A report urged planning for reunion by Christmas 1984 and advocated memorializing Congress to national prohibition as a political issue.
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Jackson
Miss
Methodist
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Episcopacy Committee
Hiram Boax
Houston
Texas
Sao
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
Church
Board of Temperance
Congress
Lees Faces Prison and Commerce Group Decline Comment
Lees faces prison in a North Carolina extradition fight as Luke Juea and Luke Lea Jr decline comment. The Supreme Court refused to review habeas corpus rulings in Tennessee, while Albert H Roberts acts as local counsel. A second item notes the Chamber of Commerce prepares to endorse anti trust legislation at its Washington convention amid a survey of 100 cities.
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Lees
Commerce Group
Nashville
Tenn
Haying
North Carolina
Luke Juea
Luke Léa, Jr
Supreme Court
Tennessee
High Court
Albert H., Roberts
J. R. Brackett
Washington
Alabama Democrats face pivotal primary with 3000 candidates
Birmingham May 1 Alabama voters cast ballots in a crucial election seen as the most important since reconstruction. The race centers on a state budget crisis, government reorganization, prohibition, and reapportionment with 3000 offices up for grabs. Major Frank Dixon, Col Bibb Graves, and Leon McGord lead a crowded gubernatorial field as runoff plans loom.
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Siwux Falls
South Dounta
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Goverbor
Major
Frank M. Dixon
J Birminghan
Col. Bibb Graves
Leon McGord
Montgomery
J. Thomas Heflin
Miles F. Algood
Joe Starnes Jae
Democrats Solid for Tariff Bill in Senate Front
Senate Democrats showed a nearly united front for Roosevelt's tariff bill with a key concession allowing executive hearings before tariff protections. Senator Robinson announced Roosevelt would accept the amendment if hearings remained private. Republican opposition centered on President negotiating a tariff reduction without Senate ratification and without full industry input.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
House
Fac
Op 3
Tobacco fortune tangled in Reynolds case at Charlotte
A pivotal legal move races to straighten the Reynolds tobacco fortune entangled by a 25 million stake. Cabarrus Bank and Trust, co-guardian of Anna Cannon Reynolds, seeks to invalidate an agreement that settled 500000 to Anne Gannon and their daughter in exchange for relinquishing further claims. Continued on page three.
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Charlotte
N.C
Smith Reynolds
Cabarrus Bank ‘and Trust Company
Reynolds
Anna Cannon Reynolds
Anne Gannon
May Day Worldwide Demonstrations Across Cities
May Day celebrations and police precautions marked rallies in Havana Tokyo Moscow Paris New York and Berlin. Authorities feared clashes between Communists and Socialists with guards mobilized, while riots and fatalities were reported in Anger and Santiago as protests continued.
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Associated Press
Havana
Tokyo
Moscow
Red Army
Austria
Ernst von Starhemberg
Paris
New York Reds
New York
Chicago
Spain
Ravana
United States
Gerresa
Argentina
Panama
Santiago
Chile
Mexico
Voroshiloff
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Harriman Mill Report On Blue Eagle Controversy
William E. Sweet of the NRA described ongoing talks after a strike at Harriman Hosiery Mills. He and NRA officials met with mill representatives and striking workers as merchants and professionals who removed the Blue Eagle protest. The dispute centers on signing an NRA labor agreement and whether the emblem will stay away from the mill.
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Knoxville
William E. Sweet
NRA
Ad- Hugh
Johnson
Blue Eagle
Strike- At-Dlarkman
Jonnsori
Gai
George L. Berry
Harriman
Mil
Sweet
Colorado
Gen. Johnson
Harriwan
Japanese Ignore Hulls Note On Nipponeses Far East Plan
Tokyo May 1 The U S secretary of state Wordell Hall statement on Japan policy in the Far East was largely ignored in a written communique by Japan's foreign office. The note reiterates Japan’s stance that the United States must not dictate Asia and frames Hirota's April note as central, stressing Japan’s unique position in East Asia and opposition to third party actions.
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Charles P. Nutter
Washington
Uncle Sam
Latin America
Department of Commerce
Ask
Rio Grande
America
Tokyo
Wordell Hall
United States
Shale
Far East
Foreign Office
State Department
Asia
Koki Hirota
Joseph C. Grew
Wie United Str
Francis Lindley
Great Huitain
Shina
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Pecora
By Nathon Robertson
Vanson
Japan
Hepburn
U.S
Screen and Stage Files
L. O. Smith
Harding
Depas
Cuba
Thonths
Inquirers
Thomas
N. Hepburn
Hartford
Conn
Yucatan
Lewis
Lawrence Smith
Philadelphia
Katharine
Fernando Robles
Tuscon
Ariz
Mag
June Robles
Bernabe Robles
Santa Ana
Sonora
Manuel Gamboa
Nogales
Alphonso Aguirre
Henry Dalton
Tucson
Robles
Aguirre
Dalton
Glendale
Calif
John H. Mauier
June
F.D.R. Agreeable
Indus Iss
Niche
Indiana
Ralph Alsman
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Alsman
Ohio
Michigan
Ralph Altman
Harriman Mill
Trio
Hull
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