Aid Sought For Builders Modernization Program
President Roosevelt pushes a private home modernization plan with government aid to spur employment and create tangible wealth. Private agencies would fund new and repaired housing with insured private mortgage financing, limiting public cost while expanding home improvements and urban renewal. The message urges Congress to act this session to back mortgage supports and private investment, aiming to reduce unemployment and boost construction nationwide.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Provident
Lallows
Lee Levislation
Ain Bey
Rome Is Goal of Non-Stop Flight
SROOKLYN N Y May 14 Capt George R Pond and Ligut Cesare Sabelli started from Floyd Bennett Weld at 624 am Eastern standard time today with the announced aim of reaching Rome without a stop They paid their large orange and maroon monoplane could make the 4500 mile flight in about 40 hours
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Srooklyn
N.Y
George R. Pond
Ligut
Cesare Sabelli
Floyd Bennett Weld
Rome
Republican factions clash at Tennessee state convention
In Chattanooga Tennessee May the Republican state convention faces a split between the "lily white" Shelby faction led by John K. McCall and the "Black and Tans" led by Rob ert R. Church. McCall warns of floor fights if his delegates are not seated as both sides confer with state chairman Howard E. Shofner. The dispute, ongoing since prior clashes, centers on seating of delegations ahead of the convention.
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Chattanooga. Tenn
Memphis
John K. McCall
McCall
Hick
Tan” Faslion
Robert Rk
Iave
Church
State Executive Committee
Howard E. Shotner
Styte
MeuCall
Govarnoy
Shofner
Shelby County
Dohn I. NeCall
Shelby
Rey Church
Wilson County
J. Wil Taylor
Yve
Industrial Strife In Meat Industry Sparks Widespread Strikes
Industrial unrest spreads to meat packing as 2500 workers in St Louis and Des Moines walk out. Meat cutters seek 15 cents an hour and 60 cents for laborers with a 40 hour week, while Des Moines union members demand arbitration, a 10 percent wage rise, and a 12 hour week. A Miners death is reported near Taylorville Illinois as police investigate.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Des Moines
Tlinois
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Union
Augotas
United Mine
Peabody Coal Company
Taylorville, I
Gunmen End Witness In Kidnapping Case In St Louis
In St Louis on May 14 machine gunners killed John Johnson a 47 year old Negro farmer once a star witness in the 1931 kidnapping of Dr Isaac D Kelley. The slaying followed the rearrest and release on reduced bond of Mrs Nellie Tipton Muench and the departure from St Louis of Adolph Fiedler. Fiedler had hinted it might help to publish files between himself and St Louis officials before going into hiding.
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ST. Louis
John ©. Johnson
Isaac D. Kelley
Johnson
Harry Newbold
Nellie Tipton Muench
Robert F. McElhinney
St. Louis County
Judie Bernest & Gaunt
Missouri Supreme Court
Muench
Liberty
Rain Deluge Hits Midwest Drought Area Kills Two
Rain drenched drought struck Midwest with two deaths, storm totals reaching up to 4.84 inches in places. Topeka recorded 4.08 inches as heavy rains continued across Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and surrounding states. Weather remained cooler with frequent showers and scattered snow turning to rain in western regions.
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Chicago
Ealing
Midwest
Shaw
Yestern
Sioux City
Cherokee
Nebraska
Sterling
Topeka
Kas
Minos
Minnesota
South Dakota
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
Wisconsin
E. Anderson
Huey’s Foe A Louisiana lawmaker aims for speaker post
George K. Perrault of Opelousas, a leading figure in the Louisiana legislature, is being groomed to wrest control of the house from Huey P. Long’s followers at the next session. He seeks the speaker’s post as a strategic move.
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George K. Perrault
Louisiana
U. S
Huey P. Long
Perrault
Opelousas
Insull reflects on empire collapse amid hospital recovery
In a hospital interview Samuel Insull, once a powerful utilities magnate, says his judgment failed but insists he was not dishonest. He recalls his 55 years in America from $200 to a job with Edison, and speaks of facing new battles after his conflicts with federal authorities over fraud allegations and bankruptcy laws. Continued on page five.
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Insull
Thomas. A. Edison
Battle of Life
Dern plans national forest buys to curb erosion in East and South
Secretary Dern announced a forest conservation program purchasing 2,326,000 acres in headwaters of the Tennessee River and 3,000,000 acres in the Southern Appalachians. The plan consolidates fire protection, floods, hydro power, and water supply, funded from a $20 million emergency relief fund. new units totaling 658,000 acres were approved by the commission.
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Washington
Dern
Appalachian
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Simon Discusses Britain's War Debt Payment
London May 14 AP Sir John Simon foreign secretary told the house of commons that Britain’s course on war debt payments to the United States would depend on current circumstances. He cited an US attorney general ruling that token payments previously made avoid default status and said further token payments would be held until the position is clarified.
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London
Great Britain
United States
John Simon
Rola the Hougg of
Simon
Cummings
Body of Woman Found in Atlanta Back Yard
The body of 38 year old Mrs Lola Barker, formerly of Montgomery Alabama, was found in a residential Atlanta yard last night. A visiting card with the name Mrs John Q Butts and a phone number tied to an officer’s residence helped identify her. Police pursue two men seen delivering a bundle to the vacant lot before departure.
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Atlanta
Yolo Barker
Montgomery
Ala
William A. Grubbs
Grubbs
Bee
W. Hi. Cartwright
Lola Barker
Grady
Mysterion
Cartwright
W. H. Cartwright
Ehail
IL Cartwright
la Grange
Jon
Mae
Gettles Release Is Failure Amid Banknote Hijack Attempt
A dramatic escape occurred as an emissary, carrying part of a $60,000 ransom for oil magnate William F Gettle, opened fire on pursuing men after learning from ransom notes. Police launched a countywide dragnet within minutes, trapping two suspects while Gettle’s release attempt failed and money remained at risk.
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Gettle
Key Witness Sought in May Dr May Case
St Paul May 14 AP An important government witness in the harboring case against three defendants vanished 24 hours before trial. Dolores Smart a 22 year old Minneapolis woman released on recognizance to testify faces a search as the government relies on her testimony against Dr Clayton May and nurse Mrs Auguste Salt in the Evelyn Frechette case.
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St. Paul
John Dillinger
Department of Justice
Dolores Smart
Minneapolis
Evelyn Frechette
Clayton May
Auguste Salt
Congress drives major measures amid rush to adjourn
In Washington on May 14 Congress moved to push through a dozen key bills as leaders sped up proceedings. The Senate aimed to clear the Glass‑Barkley capital plan with a 530 million dollar Federal Reserve RFC loan fund, while the House anticipated a 1.522 billion dollar deficiency package for public works. Tense talks continue on stock market control and elevating silver in the monetary system as administration plans seek quick conference results.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Banking
Federal Reserve
RFC
Roosevelt
Hope Still Held for Return of Jane Robles Alive
In Tucson on May 14 AP reports Fernando Robles clings to a hunch that kidnapped heiress Jane Robles will be returned alive within 24 hours. The six year old was abducted April 25 as she left school. Authorities dismiss a New Mexico convict’s claim about Isabella Greenway and budget director Lewis. Robles says he has raised $10,000 of the ransom once set at 15,000.
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Tuscon
Jane Robles
Fernando Robles
Jane
New Mexico
Isabella Greenway
Arizona
Lewis
AF Douglas
Joh Belton
Ed Swope
New Mexico Penitentiary
Robles
Kidnappers and Victim Safe After Night of Delivery Attempt
In Los Angeles on May 14 a ransom bid of 60,000 dollars failed as police chased a mobile ransom drop. The intermediary, after five hours of navigating the city, exchanged fire with armed hijackers near the old river bridge and City of Maywood. He escaped, reported safety to police, and the district was blockaded as detectives detained two suspects who were later released. The payoff deadline was postponed to noon the next day.
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Los Angeles
William F. Gettle
Dawn
Old River Bridge
Maywood
Los Angeles Business District
Gettle
Bodies found in Arkansas farm home blaze murder suspected
The charred bodies of Earl Finch and his wife Bertha 54 were found in the ashes of their Rogers area farm home 16 miles north of here. Neighbors alerted authorities who called in investigators and theorized murder and self harm as the possible causes.
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Rogers
Ark
Earl Finch
Joe
Bertha
Here
Unhappy Landings: Man Jailed for Plane Crash Plea
Pittsburgh brief reports Steve Petrovich, 33, jailed 30 days after pleading guilty to flying without a license. He faced jail or a $100 fine and lamented he has no friend who could pay the fine.
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Pittsburgh
Steve Petrovich
Petrovich
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