Sweeping inquiry into relief funds handling underway
A Senate probe opened into federal relief spending led by Hopkins, with states like Illinois and Pennsylvania resisting demanded contributions. Hopkins positioned to assume relief control in Missouri and Georgia, while Ohio and Louisiana face tensions over funds and administration.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
FERA
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Couzens
R-Mieh
Louisiana
Georgia
Ohio
Huey P. Long
Hopkins
Talmadge
Roosevelt
Ohio Relief Administration
Weather rain and colder across Tennessee and Virginia
Weather forecast notes showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with a likely end Friday morning in Tennessee and western parts. Virginia expected showers tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the far northwest. Kentucky reports showers and local thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions Friday, especially in western and central regions.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Germany Can Win in Air Says Goering
May 2 Hermann Goering minister of aviation told foreign correspondents that the German air force with superior manpower and material would outmatch any assailant even if numerically stronger. He claimed Germany's aviation strength equals Britain per Reich's aims and urged disarmament by others to ensure strict equality.
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Berlin
Hermson Wilhelm Goering
Goering
John Simon
House of Commons
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
Foreign Press Association
Reich
Hile
Seck 'Ti
England
Statewide audit to reorganize Tennessee offices
The Tennessee Taxpayers Association announced a major audit of state fiscal affairs with four Nashville accountants and Griffenhagen and associates. Supervisors include L. Childress and George G. Scott & Company staff. additional auditors from the association named W. P. Brooks J. Draper and Pouder. The probe will cover comptroller and treasurer offices next week with start of survey Monday.
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Nashville
Tennessee Taxpayers’ Association
Comptroller and Treasurer
James W. Allen
Fred G. Page
C. P. Harris
Joseph E. Wilson
Charlotte
N. C
L. Childress
George G. Scott & Company
Childress
Griffenhagen and Associates
Scott Company
Nashville Accountants
The
Taxpayers’ Association
William R. Pouder
Association
W. P. Brooks
J. +. Draper
Pouder
Tennessee
Tennessee Taxpayers Association
Griffenhagen And‘az
Rain Brings Farmers Hope Across States
Rain spread across three states bringing relief to farmers in Colorado Kansas and nearby areas. Residents hailed the late day moisture as a welcome sign after months of dust storms, noting it may be the heaviest rain since 1932 in parts of Baca County.
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Springfield
Colo
Baca County
Syracuse
Kas
Lamar
la Junta
Capulin Mountain
New Mexico
Boise City
Okls
Havana Harbor Ship Ban Tightens During Sabotage Probe
May 2 Fort Po lies barred all aboard except stevedores and officials as investigators probe possible anarchist sabotage connected to a Barcelona based maritime group. Morro Castle fire memory lingers while eight suspected saboteurs are under arrest.
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Havana
Fort Polies
Morro Castle
New Jersey
Plane drops pilot killed in Colorado crash
In Wallenburg Colorado on May 2 a transport pilot James G Montijo who flew the Pueblo Cole and El Paso route was killed when his plane crashed above the North Butte school. Pupils who admired him from above had written to him and he sent Easter eggs. A magazine found at the wreckage carried a letter to the school children hoping their Easter eyes had not been broken.
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Wallenburg
Colo
North Butte
James G. Montijo
Transort
Montijo
Pueblo
Cole
el Paso
Desperadoes Kill Two After Dance in Arkansas
Sheriff says two escapees Sam Day and Rube McKean killed Alva Appling and Newt Pierce at Sikestown dance near Sheridan. W E Hudson wounded. gunmen fled toward Pine Bluff after a car chase with six others in the vehicle. Local posse pressed the search as authorities described the duo as cold blooded.
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Sheridan, Ark
Paul Clark
Sam Day
Rube McKean
Sikestown
Here
Clark
Alsso
Alva Appling
Newt Pierce
W. E. Hudson
Pine Bluff
Day
McKean
Tucker
Hudson
Appling
Sheridan
Murder Trial Opens Here For Tolliver Killing
Denver Tolliver 25 stands trial in Pikeville on a murder charge for the March 16 shooting near Neon that killed Clyde Quillen 18 and blinded Scoutmaster Cassie Quillen 21. Tolliver, moved from Harlan for safety, denies firing the fatal shot as attorney W A Daugherty takes the case.
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Pikeville
Denver Tolliver
Tolliver
Clyde Quillen
Litcher County
Neon
Letcher County
Quillen
Cassie Quillen
Clyde
Cuoasse
Harlan
W. A. Daugherty
Mountain
Resistance to FDR program hits hull at convention
At Waberington and Washington May 2 1930s era report notes the Chamber of Commerce of the United States adopting resolutions opposing major New Deal measures including holding company control over state commissions federal reserve reform NRA voluntarism Wagner labor changes and criticising tariff and trade policies. Secretary Hull confronted business leaders accusing them of scrupleless resistance to Roosevelt program and warned against fear driven pressure.
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Waberington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Federal Reserve
NRA
Harper Sibley
Rochester
Washington
Roosevelt
Chamber’ of Commerce of the
Hull
Business Men's Convention
Auto workers idle as peace talks loom with GM
About twenty thousand auto workers in General Motors subsidiaries remain idle as strikes and shutdowns spread across Chevrolet and Fisher plants. Government and AFL officials planned to meet to obtain peace proposals, while other plants including Murray Ohid and Bender Body faced closures.
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Detroit
General Motors
American Federation of Labor
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Chevrolet and
Fisher
Cincinnati
Toledo
Atlanta
Fort Smith, Arkvedy Company
Murray Ohid Company
Cleveland
Bender Body Com Ipany
Bonus Issue Sparks Senate Debate On Veterans Pay
May 24 Washington highlights a heated Senate discussion over immediate cash payment for veterans. Harrison compromise and Vinson full payment measures are debated, with Patman and Vinson bills also in play. NRA fate linked to Supreme Court ruling as Congress weighs extending the act and governing banking and labor measures. Public officials, business leaders, and lawmakers converge in Washington amid budget and policy clashes surrounding the new deal.
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Senate
Harrison
Clark
Vinson
Roosevelt
NRA
Supreme Court
Senate Finance Committee
House
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Federal Reserve System
D-Miss
Patman
Aosaila
Borsh
Idaho
Costigan
D-Cole
NBA
Senate Greece Committee
Blue Eagle
Quest For Adventure Ends In Jail For Three Explorers
A 1935 AP report from Taihora Formosa recounts U S Navy Lt. Gates and two companions, H G Wrede and Gene Roubin, jailed on espionage suspicions after voyage from Shanghai aboard the Flying Dutchman. Authorities say they surveyed coastlines and photographed coastal areas, with films seized as evidence.
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Associated Press
Formosa
South Seas
United States Naval
Formosan
Taito
William Shinn Gates
Lancester
H. G. Wrede
Gene Roubin
Gates
United States
United States Noval Academy
Annapolis
Shanghai
Babuyan Islands
Luzon
Philippines
New Guinea
Ameda
Australia
Africa
Tokyo
Mab
Lawyer Bogart Held in Tax Evasion Case in Tennessee
Nashville May 2 Indicted on federal fraud conspiracy and evasion charges over his 1931 income tax return Sevierville lawyer David Clyde Bogart faced bonds totaling 3000 with four other Sevierville men named in the indictment including Turner McMahan Glen Stinnett D M Webb and William H Pitner Bogart a former state representative and member of the Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission allegedly filed a 1931 return showing 1019 24 taxable income while the government claims 30073 55 actual income His gross for 1931 was listed as 33683 55 with 15000 from Champion Fibre and 1604 80 from Sevier Oil plus 17078 75 in deposits The government contends exemptions totaling 2710 were allowable One count alleges he did not file by March 15 1931 deadline until November.
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Nashville
David Clyde Bogart
Sevierville
United States
Julian Campbell
Turner C. McMahan
Glen Stinnett
D. M
Champion Fibre Company
Sevier Oil Company
Bogart
Whaling Fleet Sails North Amid High Oil Prices
The Pacific fleet heads toward the Bering Sea for the annual hunt as whale oil prices soar. Harpooners face real danger on fast steamboats with 150 pound harpoons. Captain Oness notes ongoing peril and strong demand, with last year yielding 36,000 barrels and prices nearly doubling.
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Pacific
Bering Sea
William Schupp
Oness
Aleutian Islands
Pacific Coast
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