Tugmen Strike Threatens Great Lakes Area Labor Turmoil
Across the Great Lakes region labor troubles flare as tug crews and port workers strike or vote to strike. In Buffalo the Nad and Johnson Tug Line halted operations over wages. Cleveland tugs stay at work while elsewhere thousands of seamen walk out in sympathy. Additional actions touch schools, trucks, taxis, and factories, signaling broad disruption and tense negotiations.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Nad and Johnson
Cleveland
Tugmien
Pacific Coast
John F. Dore
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Ihet
Old Forge
Scranton
Joseph Connor
Ledy Company
Fluit
Mich
Galveston
Tes
Longshore New
Eleusion
Clyde-Mallory
Medina
St. Lows
Toledo
Ray FR. Stunet
Tuart
Lie Proot and Whitney
M Aircraft Company
East Haneford
Conn
Ube Industrial Aircraft’ Workers of America
Washington
William Green
Americas Federation of Labor
Caney
Trujillo Re-Elected President in Dominican Returns
Rafael Li Trujillo was re-elected as president of the Dominican Republic according to returns received today from yesterday's general election. The May 17 update confirms his continued leadership amid nationwide tallies and official counts.
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Trujillo
Santa Domingo
Rafael Li
Dominican Republic
Weather notes show fair and warmer trend
Weather summary reports fair conditions across Tennessee with warmer readings into Friday. Virginia expected mostly cloudy then partly fair and warmer with coastal rain this afternoon. Highs around the mid to upper seventies, with 78 noted yesterday and cooler readings a year ago.
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Tennessee
Virginia
June 4 Deadline for Poll Taxes
Nashville readers learn the June 4 deadline for paying poll taxes to vote in the August 2 general election. Attorney General Roy B. Besler explains that poll taxes must be paid 60 days before general elections, but this rule does not apply to primaries. Because June 3 falls on a Sunday, Besler sets the deadline to June 4.
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Nashville
Roy B. Beeler
Besler
June Robles Kidnapping Case Update From Texas Rangers
Captain D E Hamer said an arrest in the June Robles kidnapping case was expected within 12 hours after an operative from Chicago arrived in Texas. The Tucson rescue of six year old June Robles after 19 days held in a desert hole is detailed with notes on her physical and emotional condition and the challenges faced by authorities.
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D. E. Hamer
Texas Rangers
Robles
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Chicago
Hamer
Tucson
Ariz
Aziz
Dare Robles
Carlos Robles
Sin
Talla
June
Pima County
Clarence ‘Houston
Ling
Britain urges arms embargo in Chaco War
Britain called on the League of Nations to halt arms shipments to Paraguay and Bolivia in the Chaco War. Seventeen nations were urged to stop exporting weapons, with France Italy Spain Argentina Australia and Czechoslovakia backing the move. The United States sought guidance from Washington as League officials awaited U S stance coordinated with Cordell Hulls peace efforts in Montevideo.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Great Britain
Paraguay
Bolivia
South America
United States
Anthony Eden
Jord Privy Seal
Council of the
League of Nations
Chaco Boreal
France
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
Washington
League
Captain Eden
Cordell Hull
Montevideo
Lenda
Jed
Farmer Plans to Contest Divorce with Custody Stance
Paris May 17 Irishman Michael Farmer says he will contest Gloria Swanson’s divorce only if she seeks custody of their daughter. He notes in the Irish Free State divorces aren’t recognized and mentions a London attorney’s advice that without a divorce Gloria would remain his wife elsewhere. He cautions the matter may be publicity.
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Paris
Michael Farmer
Gloria Swanson
Evertheless
Fainer
Irish Free State
Hare
London
Farmer
Gloria
California
Tiny
Blacksmith Pulls Teeth and Forges Aluminum Set
Patterson, a Ga. blacksmith in the mountains near Gainesville, pulled his own teeth with pliers after failing to tolerate a dentist. He melted aluminum from kitchen items to cast a complete set of false grinders, using a brick mold and the dentist’s plates as a base. He doubts autos and planes, preferring personal power for travel.
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Gainesville
Pier Hamby
Patterson
Bine
Andlacksmith
Neve
Atlanta
Dillinger Moll Alibi Trial Opens In Minnesota
Evelyn Frechette, linked to John Dillinger, faces a federal jury in St. Paul as prosecutors recount her association with the outlaw. Ty Reinecke testifies she traveled with Dillinger in 1932, lived under the Hellman alias, and visited him in Crown Point jail. At the same time in San Francisco, police press anew to confirm Millard Hickman’s whereabouts after the slaying of Lou Jeppesen, questioning his alibi as investigators seek to close gaps in the case.
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Reinecke
St. Paul
Mrs. Hellman
San Francisco
Lou Jeppesen
Ogden
Utah
Millard Wickman
Charles Dullea
Hickman
Miss Juppesen
Miss Teppasen
Golden Gate Park
Harry Meihengie
Adultery charge hangs over former St Louis mayor’s wife
In Miami a former St Louis mayor’s wife, Mrs Mabel K Miller, is charged with adultery and guardianship issues loom as state attorney Hawthorne cites her connection to Victor J Miller. Schofield faces similar charges in Owensboro linked to a white slave statute case.
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Miami
Fla
St. Louis
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Mabel K. Miller
Hawthorme
Victor J. Miller
Missouri City
Leonard ©. Schofield
Chicago
Miller
Schofield
Jules Miller
Owensboro
Victor Miller
White Plains
Supreme Court
William F. Bleakley
Armstrong Must Return With Son in Fugitive Warrant
Denver police arrested Percy Lamar Armstrong Sr and Robert McPhail on a Tennessee fugitive warrant after they were found in a Denver apartment with Armstrong’s 10 year old son. The boy had been taken from Clarksville school grounds last Friday amid a lengthy cross state pursuit. The child’s custody had been awarded to his mother after a 4 year divorce. The men waived extradition and were to be held for Clarksville authorities.
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Denver
Percy Lemar Armstrong, Sr
Robert McPhail
Tennessee
Lamar Armstrong
Department of Justice
Sid
Clarksville
Armstrong
McPhail
Tenn
Armstrongs
TVA chief says no new competing facilities yet
David E. Lilienthal, TVA director, told the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks that the authority will not build duplicate facilities while avoiding duplication and territorial competition. He stated TVA is empowered to compete but will exhaust reasonable alternatives before erecting any new structures.
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New York
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilienthal
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
Lilienthel
Tariff Urged and Mine Disaster Reported in Europe
A second mine blast in Paturagesan Fief kills fourteen rescuers and unsettles the region after an earlier deadly explosion. In Washington, Senator Harrison pushes rapid Senate action on a reciprocal tariff bill to recapture foreign trade losses, citing a drop from 9.64 billion to 3.12 billion dollars. Henry L. Stimson and Secretary of Agriculture discuss economic policy and crop reduction impacts while Treasury shows May receipts of 6.49 million and total year expenditures of 6.14 billion with gold assets at 7.75 billion.
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Brussels
Paturagesan Fief
Washington
Harrison
Miss
Senate
Finance Committee
House
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Bachman enters Senate race against Browning in Tennessee
May 17 report from Washington notes Senator Nathan L. Bachman of Tennessee, appointed last year to fill Hull’s unexpired term, announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination. He faces Representative Gordon Browning, with Browning’s Western Tennessee base and McKellar connections shaping the contest. Bachman cites Roosevelt policies and his tenure advising Hull, aiming to represent the entire state rather than just the western division.
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Cordell Hull
Washington
Nathan L. Bachman
Tennessee
Hill McAlister
Bachman
Gordon Browning
Tennnessee
Maree
Browning
K. D. McKellar
McKeller
Senate
Trio Begin Life Terms In San Quentin Jail
A bootlegger a farm hand and a day laborer who plotted a 60 000 ransom by kidnapping a Beverly Hills oil man began life terms today in San Quentin. James F Kirk Roy A Williams and Larry Kerrigan pleaded guilty to kidnapping William F Gettle. Police said Clyde Stoddard implicated Kerrigan and was held on suspicion of kidnapping. The trio faced parole ineligibility due to other indictments and convictions. Arraignments and bail were set for May 29 with two women also pleading not guilty and returned to county jail.
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Los Angeles
San Quentin Prison
James F. Kirk
Roy A. Williams
Larry Kerrigan
William F. Gettle
Beverly Hills
Clyde Stoddard
Kirk
Stoddard
San Quentin
Williams
Kerrigan
Asvetta Williams
Woody
Mona Gallighen
Joan Burke
Morgan to Speak at Tennessee Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dr Arthur E Morgan chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority will address the Tennessee Federation of Women’s Clubs in Jackson on “An Adventure in Citizenship” during the 88th annual convention. Gov McAlister is expected to attend the night session with Dr Eugene L Bishop and Dr Walter D Cocking also on the program.
First Strawberry Festival in Humboldt Tennessee Opens
West Tennessee's first strawberry festival starts here today and runs through tomorrow. A queen of the strawberry festival will be chosen from 20 contestants, with coronation ceremonies tomorrow night. Governor McAlister and O B E Van Cleave the agriculture commissioner will speak tomorrow afternoon.
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Tenz
West Tennessee
McAlister
O.be
van Cleave
Anticulture
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Evelyn Frechette
John Dillinger
Flight
Millard Hickman
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