Arms Denied To Paraguay
Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for an arms embargo on belligerents in the Chaco conflict with Bolivia and Paraguay. Meanwhile US envoys seek joint action with Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru to halt the bloodshed, and jurists in Geneva review the embargo proposal amid Paraguay and Bolivia objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco
Potomac
United States
State Department
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Sumner Welles
President Roosevelts Utopian Plan For America
President Roosevelt, grappling with postdepression effects, plans a dove tailed social legislation program aimed at unemployment insurance old age pensions and a permanent relief system. He will send a broad plan to Congress for study this summer and fall with a joint committee to study social legislation. The message seeks study rather than immediate legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Robertson
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Weather Summary Tennessee and Virginia Fair and Warmer
Weather notes show fair conditions across Tennessee and Virginia. In the northeast Tennessee area tonight and Saturday slightly warmer. Virginia fair tonight and Saturday with light warming expected. Highs yesterday reached 77 degrees, lows 49, with no rain in Virginia yesterday. Readings recorded daily at 6:00 p.m. for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
pSame
Dale
British plans hit by Sir John Simon on China policy
Sir John Simon says Britain is not pledged to preserve China's integrity or take direct sanctions against Japan unless the United States fully cooperates. He notes Britain has never signed any treaty to safeguard China's territorial integrity and warns economic sanctions could risk war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Braham
Associated Press
Lonton
Sir John Simon
Great Britain
China
Japan
United States
John
Uni
Whoopee Trip of Factor Probed in Chicago May
Reports from Chicago state that John Factor the international spectator is alleged to have left the De Kalb county jail at Sycamore Illinois. Franklin R Overmyer counsel crown says he will discuss the matter with Sir Ronald Lindsay British ambassador in Washington. Sheriff Isaac George denies Factor left the jail and Factor himself calls reports a figment of a dream. Continued on page six
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Chicago
John Factor
DeKalb County
Sycamore
Franklin
R. Overmyer
Crown
Ronald, Lindsay
Washington
England
Aurora
Ill
Isaac George
Factor
Honest Uncle Subjak Paid Extra 40 Cents by Error
Milwaukee reports Joseph Subjak of CWA received a $46.70 payroll instead of $46.30. Payroll demanded 40 cents back, ordering a ten payroll sheet to recover the overpayment. Postage costs exceed ten cents in the process.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Uncle Sam
Joseph Subjak
CWA
Subjak
Touni
Jewish Boycott of German Goods Attacked in Meeting
In New York a rally of 20 000 Nazi sympathizers at Madison Square Garden urged President Roosevelt to have the boycott of German goods investigated by the Department of Justice. Police barred anti Nazi demonstrators as six were later arrested in Times Square. Speakers booed Samuel Untermyer while praising Hitler and condemning the boycott as economic insanity. Delegations from Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago Washington Minneapolis Boston Cincinnati Milwaukee Detroit Rochester and Buffalo attended.
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New York
Friends of the New Germany
United States
Madison Square Garden
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Ordnungs 'Dienst
Hitler
Times Square
Samuel
Untermyer
Sivastika
Louis Zahne
George Sylvester Viereck
Philadelph
Baltimore
Washington
Minneapolis
Boston
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Detroit
Roochester
Buffalo
Noy
Fecond Guilty in Rural Retreat Slaying Case
Bernace Bausell, 28, found guilty of first degree murder in the January slaying of T Eugene Cornett of Rural Retreat. Jury recommends 32 years in prison. Court paused sentencing pending defense motions and appeal steps, with suspension possible to allow time for appeal.
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Wytheville
Pernace Bausell
T. Eugene Cornett
Rural
Retreat
Mayor's Wife to Get Hearing Next Tuesday
In Miami on May 18, Mrs. Mabel K. Miller wife of former St Louis Mayor Victor J. Milles and Leonard C. Schofield formerly of Chicago were freed on bonds pending trial on charges of adultery lewd and lascivious behavior. Schofield faces an enticement charge with a separate federal Mann Act case. Miller seeks injunctions to block Schofield from disposing of property and using funds.
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Miami
Fla
Mabel K. Miller
Victor J. Milles
St Louis
Leonard C.behofield
Chicago
County
Julius Miller
St. Louis
Owensboro
Schofield
Missouri City Bend
Liberty
J Schofield
Miller
Oregon Voters Go To Primary Polls
Portland, Ore May 18 Voters in Oregon cast ballots in a wide primary selecting 383 candidates for 116 offices including governor and three congressional seats. The Democratic field features Charles H Martin and Willis E Mahoney while Governor Juling L Meier does not seek reelection. The Republican race includes Joe Dunne and Frank J Lonergan, with a large nonpartisan judges ballot and a five item sales tax referendum for funding distressed schools.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Martin
Charles H. Martin
Congress
Willis E. Mahoney
Klamath Falls
Anti-Power Trust
Juling L. Meier
West
Joe 5. Dunne
Frank J. Lonergan
Jury Deadlock Ends Sankey Trial in Federal Hearing
In Pierre on May 18 the jury deadlocked in the federal court trial of Mrs. Fern Sankey and Mina Kohler over a conspired $60,000 kidnapping tied to Verne Sankey. After nearly two hours the jurors cited a hung verdict and were dismissed by Judge Lee Wyman. District Attorney Olaf Bidem vowed a retrial, while defense attorney Ben Laska called the result a near victory. Sankey plans to return to a Buffalo County ranch after release on $10,000 bond. Kohler will be sent to a Sioux Falls jail, with bond discussions to reduce to $1,000.
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Ben Laska
Denver
Democrats Oppose Power Bill Amid Senate Debate
Senate Democrats predicted the reciprocal tariff bargaining bill would pass next week as is despite Republican amendments. Majority Leader Robinson and Senator Harrison opposed amendments they called destructive, while Republicans prepared two measures including Senate ratification and NRA-code product exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ol've
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Borah
Thano
Long
McNaty
Harrison
Miss
Finance Committee
Robinson
Johnson
Cal
Vandenberg
Mich
Dillinger Hideout Found as Hunt Continues
Chicago dispatch reports federal agents discovered at an abandoned zinc mill hideout used by John Dillinger after the Little Bohemia escape. The site lies ten miles southeast of Platteville Wisconsin as agents comb the area since April. A related report notes a farmhouse tied to the Edward Bremer kidnapping inquiry.
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Chicago
John Peel
Army of Man
Dillinger
Little Bohemia
Wis
Milwaukee Sentinel
Biele Dick Mince
Platteville
Wisconsin
Dibuque
Towa
Sullivan Tags on Car Traced
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Sullivan tags on a car and a crowd of about five thousand gathered on a wheeled venue to greet a person named Gerard Machado. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or dates.
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Sullivan
Gerard
Machado
Police trace car tied to Newton officers shooting
Police seek a black or deep maroon 1934 Chevrolet sedan with unknown Tennessee plates involved in an early morning shooting that wounded two Newton, North Carolina police. The car matches a vehicle seen at the Basil Banghart and Ludwig Schmidt trial in Asheville, where a Tennessee plate 148 429 was linked to a similar vehicle. Investigators found the Tennessee plates were registered in Blountville for a Chevrolet sedan, route 4, number 649063, purchased by a man named Bs Rey Jenkins of Johnson City, a name not corroborated locally. No Johnson City resident matches the seller or owner.
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Sullivan County
Newton
N. C
Fforts
Hovdy
Asheville
Basil Banghart
Ludwig Schmidt
Chicara
Charlotte
Tennessee
Kingsport Times
Blountville
Bs. Rey Jenkins
Johnson City
Johnson ‘City
General Strike Expands Across the Pacific Coast
Reports say the strike of longshoremen and tugboat workers widens from Buffalo to Pacific ports. The mediation board gains Edward F. McGrady's presence as labor officials push to end the 33 day action. Violence is reported in several ports while shippers seek a peaceful settlement.
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Rs Company
Vote Union
Buffalo
Carry On in Tennessee Veterans Plan to Endure
In Chattanooga May 18, about a dozen members remain in Tennessee's Grand Army of the Republic. They vow to carry on the organization until the last member passes. Zel F. M. Underwood was elected Commander at yesterday's reunion with Knoxville chosen as next year's convention city. Other officers named include J. M. Childress senior commander, J. B. Meadows junior vice commander, and S. M. Billingsley chaplain. Only four veterans attended and they said they were not yet ready for taps.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Grand Army of the Republic
Zie F. M. Underwood
Knoxville
Ias
J. M. ‘Childress
Chaplin
Mill that Inspired Johnson Poem May Sell to Ford
May 18 in Dufftown Tennessee reports the old Spring Creek mill linked to George Washington Johnson and his poem When You and I Were Young Maggie may be sold to Henry Ford. Etowah broker Tom Taylor negotiates with the present owner to permit sale only if the mill stays put. Historians note Johnson sought gold in East Tennessee during his romance with Maggie Harris at the mill by the river.
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Ducktown
Tenn
Spring Creek
George Washington
Johnson
Maggie
Henry Ford
Wood
Maggie Harris
Ford
Tom’ Taylor
Etowah
Daughters of the
Tennessee
Miusidian
Three Suspects Sought After Newton Police Shootout
Newton North Carolina May 18 Two officers were seriously wounded when a small sedan with Tennessee plates fired on Patrolman Arthur Hoffmann and Deputy Sheriff Ray Pitts who tried to stop the car. Hoffmann was hit in the abdomen and arm while Pitts sustained a hip wound. The trio fled the scene in a Chevrolet after firing a machine gun through a window, with bullets striking Pitts’ car. Charlotte police pursued the mud spattered Chevrolet, unsure of exact identities, as the car headed toward Wilkinson Boulevard and possible routes to Asheville or Spartanburg.
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Newton
N. G
Arthur Hoffman
Ray Pitts
Chevrolet
Tennessee
Hickory Hospital
Pitts
Muffman
Huffman
Charlotte
P—Gcharlotte
Wilkinson Boulevard
Askejville
Spartanburg
D. C
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Sim
Briz
Fernando Robles
Silve
Central Press
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Deny
Bernace Bausell
End Sankey
Sankey
Mark
John Dillinger
Dillin_er
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