Filibuster Obstacle Clouds NRA Future Senate Action
Senate debate tightens as a filibuster may block a Norris bill on TVA powers to sell surplus electricity while NRA policy stirs lengthy speeches. Norris aims to clarify the TVA act and enable the board to market surplus power to states and non profits, with broader power goals to aid project costs.
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NRA
Senate
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Federal District Court
Tennessee Valley
Gold Fever in Salt Lake City Prospecting Lesson
A vocational education field trip aimed to pan gold near Salt Lake City sparked excitement. Engineer D. W. Buckley promptly staked a claim, but the venture failed as leaders revealed the site had been salted with gold for educational purposes.
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Salt Lake City
State Division of Vocational Education
Here
D. W. Buckley
Night Plowing With Tractor Lights Sparks Local Farmers
Farmers in the area work by night using powerful tractor lights due to frequent showers delaying daytime planting. Daytime sewing continues as usual. Nashville reports Gov. Hill McAlister received a Whitesburg Tenn. chain letter with a dime, which he returned and refused to answer.
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Nashville
Hill McAlister
Whitesburg, Tenn
Ralph Perry
Weather brief with scattered showers in the Appalachian region
Tennessee foresees fair conditions tonight and Thursday with light showers in the northwest and little temperature change. Virginia remains fair and cool with increasing cloudiness and likely showers Thursday night and in the far west by Thursday afternoon. Kentucky stays mostly cloudy with possible showers in the west and central areas tonight and Thursday, slight warming in the north.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Amelia Earhart Starts 2100 Mile Nonstop Flight From Mexico
Amelia Earhart began a 2100 mile non stop attempt to New York at 6 a m from Mexico City heading across the mountains to Tampico then over 700 miles of the Gulf of Mexico. Her MONO plane carried 472 gallons of gasoline and 20 gallons of oil. She planned to reach New York in about 14 to 16 hours and stay in radio contact. A bug in her eye forced a brief landing near 60 miles from goal.
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Clark Lee
Brean
Mexico
D. F
Amelia Earhart
New York
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Louisiana
Miss Earhart
Honolulu
California
Burbank
Calif
Tennessee CCC to Employ About 16000 Workers
Emergency conservation work director Robert Fechner announced a expanded Civilian Conservation Corps program will put about 16 000 men to work in Tennessee. Of these 10500 will be local and 5500 from other states across 77 camps with forest and soil erosion projects plus park development and TVA area work. Camps span national and state forests, TVA sites, and parks with locations listed in Tennessee towns.
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Washington, May
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee
CCC
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Roanoke Girl Killed in Bristol Automobile Wreck
Roanoke Virginia resident Lola Gibbony Kav anaugh Misa Kavanaugh aged 21 was killed when a car she rode in collided with another at an intersection in Bristol Tennessee Early reports say King College juniors Don Farthing 19 and David Mason 28 suffered cuts and bruises while Charlies Dulaney a Bristol businessman sustained a broken shoulder The deceased was daughter of W Kavanaugh a retired railroad employee visiting her aunt Mrs H H Anderson at the time of the crash.
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Bristol
Tenn
Misa
Lola Gibbony Kavanaugh
Roanoke
Ake
Oide Ming College
Don Farthing
David Mason
King College
Charlies Dulaney
Misa Kavanaugh
W. Kavanaugh
N. and W. Railway
H. H. Anderson
Push Probe Into Airplane Tragedy
A Macon coroner's jury probes the TWA crash that killed five. Witness testimony reveals radio equipment concerns aboard the Sky Chief. Jurors call for more witnesses and say the ship log should have been available for cross examination.
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Macon
TWA
Here
Iacnday
D. L. Mesker
Kansas City
Albert F. Smith
Oscar Neel
Plan for Soviet policy promises social burden relief
Joseph Stalin outlined three aims to ease harsh living conditions in the Soviet Union. He promoted recognizing the family, extending favors to loyal Bolsheviks regardless of party membership, and treating humans as individuals. The speeches were seen as defining official policy, with further details promised on page eight.
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John Lloyd
Associated Press
Moscow
May
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Communist Party
Stalin
Loveliest Belles Parade as King Cotton Reigns in Memphis
In Memphis the cotton carnival opens with a floral parade led by Miss Cornelia Henning, Miss Dixie selection events underway, and King Cotton Neely Mallory with Queen Cotton Mollie Darnell overseeing a full day of shows, races, dancing, and displays of cotton uses.
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Memphis
King Cotton
Southland
Cornelia Henning
Memphis Cotton Carnival
King Cotton Cn
Neely Mallory
Queen Cotton
Qmollie Darnell
Policy Shift Centralizes Relief Oversight To Washington
Washington officials say by July 1 the federal government will take control of state relief administrations with most directors retained but reporting to Washington rather than governors. The move aims to speed the $4 billion work relief drive amid controversies with states and to centralize accountability, with pilots planning a $70 million airport construction start as part of relief efforts.
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Washington
Anot Ini
Civil Works Administration
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Harry L. Hopkins
Releyee Talmadge Hopkins
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Illinois
Commerce Department
Comedy Team LaGuardia and Smith Debut May 26 Night
The blackface comedy team of Laguardia and Smith will stage a one night debut on May 26. The duo consists of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and former Governor Alfred E. Smith. They join a minstrel show for charity by the New York lodge of Elks with Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora appearing as end man.
Enid Herald Reports Disturbing Letters About Dr Brewer Murder Case
A Oklahoma May 8 report notes a flood of letters offering aid and money to Dr Guy E Brewer, accused of murdering three women. The latest charges name Ruby Ford of Ponca City, killed after an alleged March 20, 1934 operation, along with Hermaine Fowler and Doris Jones.
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Enid. Okla
Guy E. Brewer
Brewer
Ruby Ford
Ponca City
Pricer
Hermaine Fowler
Oklahoma
Doris. Jones
Graber
Okla
Stillwater
Oklahoma A
M. College
Talmadge Attacks Roosevelt in National Rally
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge urged opposition to the New Deal during a nationwide radio address, calling for a return to constitutional government, immediate NRA abolition, and big cuts in relief spending. He warned of “boon-dogglers” pressuring business and hinted at forming a third party, while disavowing any such affiliation. Representative Cox (D Ga) sought airtime to rebut the revolt.
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Washington
Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Talmedge
Cox
D-Ga
NRA
Augusta
Marvin McIntyre
Identification confirms youth as brother of Knoxvill e family
In Knoxville Tennessee on May 8 a crowd gathers as Mrs. Mattie Isbell identifies the deceased youth as her brother Jasper Bane of Durham. The family had hoped the body, shipped from Chattanooga after a brief illness, belonged to Elvis Wooliver. Local relatives express mixed feelings as neighbors note the emotional scene and ongoing relief assistance.
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Knoxville. Tenn
G. W. Wooliver
Mattie Isbell
Jasper’ Bane
Durham
Tula Bane
Lanie Glenn
Wooliver
Chattanooga
V Hole
Prayer for peace voiced by King at St James Palace
King George spoke at a Court levee in London expressing a prayer for peace and gratitude for the silver jubilee. He thanked empire and world representatives for congratulations and emphasized bonds of sentiment that unite nations in adversity.
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Burdette T. Johns
Associated Press
London
Queen Mary
King George
St. James
Empire
Roosevelt to Send Veto Message on Bonus Bill This Week
President Roosevelt planned to send a veto message to Congress soon regarding the Patman bonus bill. Speaker Burns predicted the House would override the veto, while the Senate would sustain the president. The Senate had just passed the payment plan issuing 2 billion dollars in new money, and the House had approved it earlier. Roosevelt avoided formal comment at his press conference since he had not yet received the measure.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Burns
House
Senate
White House
Thomas D-okiad
Thomas
Patman
Washington
Administration
Illinois relief crisis nears solution amid hunger fears
May 8 Springfield Illinois. The relief crisis pressures the Illinois House as hunger fears rise among thousands of dependents. A sales tax increase from 2 to 3 percent is pushed by Governor Horner to fund relief, amid a March on Springfield by workers demanding open relief dispensaries and state funds. The federal government has refused further relief money without a $3 million state contribution.
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Springfield
Illnois
Henry Horner
Finis
Horner
State Capitol
Ilinois Worker Alliance
Abraham Lincoln
Gerry Award
Progressive Fortaler
Authorities vow punishment for chain letter racketeers
In Washington and Colorado postal officials move to crack down on dime chain letter schemes. Three Denver businessmen pleaded not guilty to using the mails to defraud, linked to a dollar chain letter. Authorities plan a nationwide probe targeting originators while prosecuting participants remains secondary.
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Washington
May
Colorado
Post Office
Roy
Nelson
Denver
K. P. Aldrich
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press Star
Harrison
Finance Committee
Nebraska
Austin
Vermont
Cutting
New Mexico
N. Y
National Forest
Coker Creek
Greeneville
Unicoi
Turtletown
Tellico Plains
Morristown
Cleveland
Springville
Kingston
Bere Responsive
John Carveth Wells
Lolard Wells
Carveth Wells
Wells
Bridgeport
Conn
Young Wella
The
Royal Geographical Society
Talmadge Smites
NEW ‘Niraism’ Party
Knoxville
Woolivers
Jasper Bane
Prayer For Agret
King
Pat
D-Miss
Isurance Committee
R-Neb
Tennessee Valley Agency
Rvi
Crowley
Post Office Department
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