Woodin death and air mail contracts mark Washington
The frail secretary of the treasury Woodin dies after throat infection complications. President Roosevelt recalls him as a dear friend while commerce and aviation news report air mail contracts awarded to nine commercial operators, expanding routes to 28,548 miles and an estimated $9 million cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Weedin
New York
William Hy Wegelin
the Treasury
Treasury Post
Woorlin
O Rosevelt
Washington
Post Office Department
I Miove
Riteen
Tew
Newboilers
Vuly
Kohler Aviation Corporation
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Farley
Lecaure
Richard W. Rebbing
Wppeal
Cast
Weather summary with light showers and stable temperatures
Tennessee expected fair conditions with possible showers in the far west tonight and Saturday, no significant temperature change. Virginia remains fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature variation. Readings taken at 6:00 p m daily for the preceding 24 hours. yesterday’s low and other numbers appear garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
Thiel
Sane
Bank Failure Probe Links Nutt to Union Trust Collapse
Investigators told a Senate committee that policies behind the 35 million dollar Union Trust failure in Cleveland were directed by Joseph R. Nutt with influence from the Van Sweringen brothers and Cyrus Eaton. The report cites unsound banking, heavy real estate investment, loan concentrations to these interests, officer loans, poor dividends, weak reserves, and window dressing before calls.
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Washington
Senate
Union Trust Company of
Cleveland
Joseph R. Nutt
van Sweringen
Eaton
0. P
M. J
Cyrus
Ade Vance
Union Trust Company
Airways Guarded Against Dillinger Outlaw
Chicago police tightened security at airports to prevent John Dillinger from fleeing. Investigators traced gang members from the North Side to a South Side hideout, where evidence suggested a planned escape, while the Indiana outlaw possibly remained wounded and hiding in underworld haunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Dillinger ‘Gang
North Side
South Side
Dillinger
Creator of the hot dog dies at 78 in New York
Harry Mozely Stevens, credited with creating the American hot dog and building a major concessions business for sports venues, died at 78 after a long illness. Born in London and arriving in 1882, he started with scorecard sales in Niles and expanded to ballparks, race tracks, and major venues, becoming a noted pioneer in sports food concessions.
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William H. Woodin
Serratory of
Theiressary
Berwick
New York
Harry Mozely Stevens
Niles
Stevens Lvar
Stevens
Madison Square Garden
Grand Central
Tad Derkan
Volo Grounds
Harry Payne Whitney
Virginia
London
Baby Born in Automobile as Fire Threatens Home
In MT. Airy North Carolina on May 4 AP reports Dr Paul Folger a Dal ton physician delivered a baby in his automobile after racing to assist a woman fleeing her home as forest fires closed in. The birth occurred at the edge of a roaring fire in Northwestern Surry county with flames surrounding the house. The mother’s name was not released.
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MT. Airy
N. C
Paul Folger
Hern
Death threats disclosed in Robles kidnap case
In Tucson Aziz May 4 AP reports threats of death against Fernando Robles and his wife after their six year old daughter June was kidnapped April 25. The ransom note demanded 15900 dollars to be paid by five to six pm that night on a lonely road. Banks were closed and authorities paused investigations to permit negotiations for June’s return.
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Tucson
Aziz
Robles
Fernando Robles
June
Fernando
Juse
Winchester
Shenandoah, XI
Mus
Johm Hay Whitney
Shenandoah
Mrs. Whitney
Lewis W. Douglas
Third
United States Cavalry
Youths Protest Wanton Slaying In Havana
Cuban students cry out against the slaying of one student and wounding of five others by government soldiers after they refused to disperse near a Havana high school. Eduardo Chibas denounces the massacre as worse than Machado era. Soldiers fired with rifles and submachine guns. students guard the university graves of Ludovico Moreno and a high school student. Batista, after meeting Mendieta, says the president is profoundly low in spirits.
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ELF B. Canfl
Associated Press
Havana
Pj-Cubian
Machado
Eduardo Chibas
Gerardo Machado
Chibas
Mendieta
Fulgencio Batista
NRA Administrator urged to send two observers to Harlan
Knoxville May 4 AP NRA Administrator Hugh Johnson was asked in a telegram to send two representatives to investigate conditions in Harlan county Kentucky coal areas. William Turnblazer of United Mine Workers urged Berry and Sweet to assess intimidation guards evictions and other alleged abuses. The miners cited wage agreements but said contractors were hindered by company actions and moblike activity. They claimed provocation and illegal discharge of workers amid attempts to organize.
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Knoxville
NRA
Hugh
Johnson
Harlan County
William Turnblazer
United Mine Workers of America
Tennessee
Kentucky
Turnblazer
Berry
George L. Berry
NRA Sion
William E. Sweet
Colorado
Blue Eagle
Harriman
Tenn
Forest Fire Rages Threatening North Carolina Towns
Drought fueled wildfires swept through about 200000 acres of mountain forests in Northwestern North Carolina. Two people feared dead including a mother of three and an unidentified firefighter as homes were destroyed and communities evacuated around Mitchell River Roaring Gap and Stone Mountain area. Fires burned wide, ash filled skies, refugees arrived seeking shelter, with rains as the only hoped relief.
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Doughton
N. C
No Carolina
Alice Calloway
Mitchell River
Roaring Gap
Wilkes
Alleghany
Stone Mountain
Stone
Saddleback Mountains
New Blood Split Over Republican Party Leadership
Washington May 4 AP A three way fight for control of the Republican Party emerged after Everett Sanders resigned as Republican National Committee chairman. Old Guard forces, Hoover loyalists, and congressional leaders seeking new blood collide over 1936 leadership. Names floated include James B. Watson Frank O Lowden Silas Straw Theodore Roosevelt Jr Charles Hilles and others. Sanders cited rules and called a Chicago meeting for June 5 to choose his successor.
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Washington
Republican Party
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
G. O. P. Old Guard
Herbert Hoover
James B. Watson
Indiana
Senate
Jeadar
Frank O’lowden
Illinois
Capitol Hill
Sanders
Chicago
Lowden
Hoover
Frank Knox
Watson
Silas Straw
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Dickinson
Iowa
George Moses
British push for limited disarmament at Geneva talks
London reports indicate Britain seeks parity of air forces and limited disarmament in heavy arms as Geneva conference nears. British cabinet disarmament committee meets for the third time in five days amid French accusations of German Versailles violations and hopes to curb German military strength.
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Piges
London
France
Great Britain
Geneva
Germany
Orange
Regara
New Deal and Old Order to Clash in Primary Elections
In Pennsylvania, the May 15 primary pits Governor Pinchot and the New Deal liberalism against Senator Reed and old-line Republican doctrines. The fight, marked by factional bitterness, features labor endorsements for Pinchot and a sharp clash over Roosevelt era policies and the fate of veterans Reed and Pinchot.
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Harrisburg
Reed
Pinchot
Washington
Pinchoe
Roosevelt
White House
White House.His Fight He Brands As the Fight’ For “the Plain People.” Labor
Tour
big transportation _ brotherhoods
Rough-Riding Pittsburgh Mayor Hitches Ride After Court
Pittsburgh mayor William N. MacNair visited Central police court and, finding no transportation, hailed Lieut Edward I. Kirby riding along on a motorcycle. The mayor hopped into the sidecar and asked humorously if the city could ‘hull’ the lieutenant.
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Pittsburgh
William N. MacNair
Central Police Court
Edward I. Kirby
Hull
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My. Wondin
Lis Hospital
Weedin
Aftics
Geanie of Woods
J.B. Morsgan and Company
Denand
Dre
Toovevelt
Syhom
Govenor
Robert Guckley
Woodin
Kay “Dager
Goyette
Guyver
Ahonorrhage
Aly
Manhattan Eye and Bar Hospital
Ferday
van Sweringens
By Nathan Robertson
Kile
Harlan
Sweet
Forest of
North Carolina
New Blood
Lillian Lauricella
Lawrence, L. L
Victoria
Marilyn Lauricella
Frames Seymour
Lauricella
Francis M. Stephenson
Inland Power and Light Corporation and Subsidiaries
Kansas Power Co
Michigan Public Service Co
Missouri Public Service Co
Arkansas- Missouri Power Co
John Hay Whitney
Britain
Albert W. Wilson
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