Appliance Plan of TVA Under Fire by Dealers
Ten Georgia refrigerator dealers sue to block TVA appliance sales via Electric Home and Farm Authority. A temporary injunction bars Georgia Power from participating. hearing scheduled Saturday. Dealers claim $400,000 in investments would be wrecked and warn more dealers would be harmed. Plaintiffs include Beck and Greze Hardware, Capital Electric, Hopkins Equipment, Brown Distributing, and other firms. They allege TVA directors conspired to monopolize appliance sales and that the plan exceeds TVA powers. They assert Roosevelt was misled about objects and that TVA would aid power companies in exclusive distribution. Refrigerators branded TVA would appear, with a proposed price gap undercutting existing channels. The suit covers other household appliances. continuation on page eight.
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Atlanta
Tennessee Valley Authority
Georgia Power Company
TVA
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Georgia
Beck and Greze Hardware Company
Capital Electric Company
Hopkins Equipment Company
Bunes, Inc
W Heny L. Reid Company
Carroll Furniture Company
Ed Waldrop Company
Advanced Refrigeration Inc
Brown Distributing Company
Elsetric Refrigerator Sales Company
Tennessee Valley
Roosevelt
United States
TVA Woul
Weather overview for Tennessee and Virginia
Fair tonight and Wednesday in Tennessee with cooler conditions in the far east tonight. Virginia also fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions in the southwest tonight and a gradual rise in temperature on Wednesday. Data notes include yesterday’s low around 55 and measurements for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Youths Admit Extortion Plot In Indianapolis Case
James C. McNeil aged 26 and James B. Wood aged 23 are held by federal authorities in Indianapolis after confessing to an extortion scheme. They allegedly tried to coerce a $23,000 blackmail payment from an Indianapolis businessman, with events centered near Paragon, Indiana where the victim was ordered to throw the money from a train.
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Indianapolis
James C. McNeil
Indiana University
Bloomington
J. H. McNeil
Morgan County
Indiana
James B
Wood
Paragon
Ind
Miners trapped as mine explosion kills 87 in Germany
AP report from Buggingen Baden Germany describes a fire and gas explosion at the Buggingen potash mines trapping 87 miners. Entry blocked by sealed shaft. rescue delayed two weeks until safe. Foreman died while rising to the surface. Six rescue workers hospitalized with serious injuries. Also notes Pulitzer Prize announcements in New York with controversy over drama and history awards and the advisory board’s recommendations.
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Associated Press
New York
Agewell
Columbia. School ‘of Journalism
Chile
Herbert Agar
Lanth
Caroling ‘Miller
Felally
Mrs. Miller
Helen C. White
Columbia University
History Juvejors
Shere
Mark’ Sullivan
Mary of
Scotland
Maxwell Andersoon
Columbia Etatements
Three Powers Consider Wheat Loan Pact Across Nations
The United States Canada Australia and Argentina discuss a mutual loan of 20 million bushels of wheat if Argentina overhauls its export policy. The secret talks, part of a broader world wheat conference, oppose Argentina’s demand for a large increase in supply under any conditions.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
London
United States
Canara
Australia
Argosina
Argentina
Canada
House Found In Which Kidnapped Child Was Held
Cananea Sonora May 8 The house where kidnapped June Robles, heiress to Bernabe Robles fortune, was held is found two days after her abduction. Patrolmen Geo Ash and Toti Newell report the child was last seen there, with Mexican federal troops cordoning the area. Authorities say the kidnappers cannot escape, as a large force closes in on the district.
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Cananea Sonora
Mev
June Robles
Mexico
Cananea
Geo
Ash
Toti
Newell
Arizona Highway Portal
Bernabe Robles
Tutson
Adobe Shack
Arroyo
Solidiery
Gananva
Aarizte
Baga Qshi
Baganuchi
Santa’ Crus
Army Surrenders Four Mail Routes
The Army relinquished four air mail routes to private commercial carriers today, with more routes to follow under last week’s contracts. United Air Lines flew Newark to Oakland with 1,200 pounds of mail and six passengers, marking the first air mail by a private line since contract cancellations. Pilot Robert Dawson led the flight, with RE Coulter relieving him in Cleveland. Routes moved include Seattle to San Diego, Salt Lake City to Seattle, and Salt Lake City to San Diego, as part of the transition.
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Associated Press
Ecommercia
Washington
United Air Line
Newark
Oakland
Cal
Farle
Robert Dawson
Centrals
Cleveland
RE. Coulter
Seattle S
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Com
Heflin Won't Contest DeKalb County Primary Vote
Former Senator J Thomas Heflin said he would not contest the DeKalb County primary amid alleged irregularities. He cited timing and party harmony and pledged support for the nominee after a district tally showed Miles Allgood leading, with Heflin at 464 votes in DeKalb.
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Heflin
Dekalb County
Lafayette
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Fort Fayne
Hellin
Mer
Associated Press
Cones Man Miles
Aligood
Joe Starnes
Democratic Executive Committee
Allgood
Starnes
Government to Catch Dillinger
Chicago report says the government will pursue John Dillinger with systematic persistent effort until the 1 210th clue is found. Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan pledged the undertaking while noting Dillinger’s ability to vanish. Lew Baker, Crown Point jail warden, said Dillinger’s escape with a wooden gun did not lock three attendants and eight trystics in a cell.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Lew Baker
Crown Point
Ind
Dillinger
Flight
Finland debt accord may cut interest rate
Finnish debt agreement seeks to lower Finland’s interest from 5 percent to near zero, potentially easing a debt load totaling over twelve billion. President Roosevelt expected to consider the proposal. the plan could influence war debt policy and prompt token payments stance from Senator Johnson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Finland
Congress
Tivand
Great Baheain
France
Thaly
Johnson
R-Cal
Britain
Cummings
Sinclair Opposes Board of Review Fight Over NRA Oversight
John F. Sinclair of Minneapolis, former vice chairman of the National Recovery Review Board, accuses the board of sloppy, one sided information and disregard for fair play in monopolistic practices under the NRA. He submitted a minority report and resignation April 28, criticizing Clarence Darrow and the board’s hearings.
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Minneapolis
John F. Sinclair
National Recovery Review Board
Uitrate
Roosevelt
NRA
Sinclair
Provident
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
NRA Powers Under Fire in Washington Showdown
Washington May 3 Interstate Commerce Commission advocated a federal communications commission to regulate telephone telegraph radio wireless and cable systems. NRA administrator Hugh Johnson said he might impose a code on the industry but prefers negotiated agreements. ICC testimony supported consolidating regulation under a single commission.
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James Copf
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Hugh §&. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank McManamy
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn
Johnston Against Code For Building
Oscar Johnston challenged a NRA construction code provision claiming it would compel farmers to pay code wages for any farm repair work. He cited NRA compliance chief W. J. Hoff and warned that enforcing such rules would cause confusion and injustice. Johnston spoke as a farmer, not an official, noting a farmer’s routine repairs should not make him a code worker.
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Washington
Oscar Johnston
NRA
W. J. Hoff
Johnston
Farm’ Administration Cotton Pool
Aussey
Insull News Rails at Steel Code Extension
Washington May 8 AP extension of the steel code beyond May 31 was forecast by Hugh Johnson. He said the code would be slightly amended and extended, and that amendments would follow federal trade commission recommendations or their own ideas, with Johnson noting they have been involved in the code discussions.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Federal Trade ‘Commission
Grain Elevator Blast Kills and Burns Workers at Missouri Elevator
A grain dust explosion at the Missouri Pacific Elevator on Prim street injures ten workers, with six severely burned. The 1,600,000 bushels stored caught fire, flames racing through the structure while workers carried to safety and hospital treatment began. The blast originated near the top head room of the conveyor system, with several men exposed to sulfur gas and a loud roar drawing crowds to the riverfront scene.
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Touis
Missouri Pacific
Primim Street
Talius Meyer
Continental Export Co
Planes Land Santo Domingo Reported By AP
A fleet of 22 United States military aircraft landed at Lindberg airfield after flying from Port-au-Prince Haiti. Commanded by Lieut. Col. Ross B. Rowell of the United States Marine Corps, the group arrived amid celebratory notes and a springlike scene described with dandelions and flower pots in the background.
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Santo Domingo
May
United States
port-Au-Prince
Baiti
Lindberg Airfield
Ross B. Rowell
United States Marine Corps
Park Litterers Warned to Clean Up or Face Jail
Park officials move to curb littering in Central Park amid heat wave and roaming peanuts and papers. Police arrest a mother and child for littering as city urges strict enforcement to reclaim park cleanliness.
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Keime
Army
By Lloyd A. Lehrbas
America
Board OF Review
Sucd
U.S
Samuel Inguil
Jershal
A. Whcart
Astien Gray
Samuel, Jr
Union Station
Samuel
Ensull
George B. Gorey
Insull
Peatey
Marshal Laubenheimer
Arthur R. Elliott
Ingall
Pat Collins
Samuel Insull
Central
West
Dale Harrison
Park Department
Central Park
W. Earle Andrews
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