New Jersey and Roosevelt Clash Shape Preconvention Week
A busy pre-convention week centers on a strength test between Borah and Landon supporters in New Jersey as delegates are chosen in 14 districts. Fordham Hoffman battles for a delegate-at-large slot while Roosevelt enjoys assured New Jersey votes and Democratic momentum in a tense national scene.
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Leonard B. Shubert
Associated Press
Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Alf. M. Landon
Kansas
New Jersey
Jersey
Borah
Newark
Republican State Committee
London
Harold G. Hoffman
Franklin W. Fort
Fort
Hoffman
Hauptmann
Landon
Roosevelt
Henry Breckinridge
New York
Hastings
R-Del
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
New Mexico
Montana
Rhode Island
Carl G. Bachmann
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Walter S. Hallahan
Bachmann
Oregon
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Alf M. Landon
William &. Barak
Franklin W. Fart
O. D. Keep
Port
Dte
Pace
Weather outlook with showers across counties and periods of humidity
Forecaster notes showers and possible thunder tonight across northern and western portions with colder, windy turns. Northwest areas may see continued showers into Tuesday morning with lingering wet conditions in the extreme north. Kentucky reports showers after dark tonight with possible thunderstorms in the north and west regions. Tuesday brings scattered showers from the west to central areas.
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Renstucky
Heonain
CAROE
North and
Wesk
Cagter
West End North Central
McFadden Killing Probed By Police
Copper Hill Tenn May 38 conflicting reports on the weapon that killed D W McFadden. McFadden found dead in his car after a highway labor pick up. Deputy Sheriff Emmett Gael wounded in leg and foot. Sheriff Biggs linked the two shootings but denied machine gun use. Authorities pursue connection as inquest continues.
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Copper Hill
Tenn
D. W. McFadden
North Carolina
Sherif Bert Biggs
Pierce Sauce
Sherif Biggs
McFadden
Emmett G. Gaeldis
Biggs
Gaddia
Avorerer
Publishers Meet Discuss Reports At Southern Newspaper Convention
Asheville May 18 A three day program at the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association convention opens with reports on newsprint from Southern pine and plans for a SNPA Dallas office under Pioneer Emanuel Levi. J G Stahlman chairs committee on industry interest in newsprint. Levi resigns to finish term as Gowisville editor. Jessi Daniel Ames to address policy harmony against lynching. Mark Ethridge to speak on The Changing Newspaper. farm tenancy talk by W W Alexander. KOM tournament planned for members and guests.
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Asheville
N.C
esSortation Corvention
J. G Stahlman
Nashville
SNPA
Dallas
Tex
Texas Newspaper Publishers Association
J. G. Camp
Tesigns Post
Levi
Gowisville
Courier Journal
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Jessi Daniel Ames
Association of Southern Women For Prevention
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
Courier-Journal and Times
W. W. Alexander
U. S. Settlement Administration
Christianity for China Is Studied at Southern Convention
Dr Charles F. Maddry of Richmond told the Southern Baptist and Northern Baptist joint sessions that one third of the earth’s population resides in the Orient and only about a million Christians know salvation. He cited deep roots of Christianity in the East and warned that withdrawal would not erase the gospel. The report notes Home Missions and foreign missions boards and ongoing organizational remarks.
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ST. Louis
Orient
Charlies FE. Maddry
Richmond
Southern Empir Convention
Northern Baptists
Chine
Maddry
Convention
Foreign Missions Board
Ainspel
Caie
Christ
Bo Lawrence
Atlanta
Fin
Conevention
Christ-lilse
T. L. Holcomb
Wile
Nashville
Tenn
Int Hitsi
Lepers attack ends in seven killed on distant island
Lepers fled after a bloody clash that left seven dead on Cichon Island and spread terror across Breedy, Pahuvan, and surrounding islands. They seized a boat, killed three more, robbed Chinese slaves, and were pursued by constabulary forces who feared infection and faced staff shortages on isolated shores.
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Reanuia
JI Bax
Cichon Island
Anidallal
Pahuvan
Jilampang
Abarbo Island
Bononario
Lo Seu
Anen
Bannhang
Teyahk
Borneo
Palaweay
Bolivian military coup ushers socialist rule in La Paz
A provisional junta of soldiers and Socialists toppled President Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano in a peaceful coup. Col. David Tere, recalled from Gran Chaco service, named president and pledged a gradual path to a socialist state. Interior reports say calm prevailed across Bolivia as the Chaco War aftermath continues.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano
Col
David Tere
Gran Chaco
Committee Still Undecided On Tax Plan
Washington May 18 The New Deal tax bill faces a split Senate Finance Committee as members debate a flat tax proposal and adjustments to corporate income, undistributed profits, and dividends. Strong opposition challenges raising the normal individual income tax rate from current levels.
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Washington
New Deal
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Disxon
Five Men on Trial for Conspiracy in Tennessee Registration
Five men including five farmer deputies faced trial in criminal court on charges of conspiring to violate the registration law during the biennial registration last August. Earlier trials saw eight of nine defendants convicted, with appeals to the Supreme Court pending. The dossier includes former deputies Dick Taylor and Clarence Bacry, and ex-councilman Harry Cohen who resigned and entered the workhouse after a related Supreme Court decision.
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Wastmille. Tenn
Supreme Court
Dick Taylor Wack
Clarence Bacry
Charles Smith
Ated
John Omoahundeo
Supreme Court rules Guffey Bill Invalid in NRA Challenge
The Supreme Court declares the Guffey bill invalid, striking down price fixing in the bituminous code. Justice Sutherland leads a six to three decision with Justices Cardozo Brandeis and Stone in dissent. Chief Justice Hughes offers a separate opinion on marketing provisions in interstate commerce. The ruling questions federal price and wage controls as unconstitutional overreach while citing past NRA precedent.
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Ames W. Contiat
Washington
Supreme Court
Guffey
Justice Sutherland
D-Pa
Representative Snyder
Cardozo
Brandeis
Stone
Hughes
Congress
NRA
Challengers
Teayotipg
Eas
Vanety
Tennessee Young Democrats set state convention in Nashville
May 18 Nashville reports Young Democrats prepare for the state convention opening a busy political week. Officers to be chosen, endorsements named, Roosevelt not attending, about 2000 expected. Delegates to National Convention in Philadelphia in June and state supreme court nomination tied to the event.
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Nashville
House of Representatives
David Murray
Jackson
Doc C. Carr
State Club
Taylor Deare
West Tennessee
R. B C. Howell, Jr
Dick Luansden
Davidson County Club
James Roosevelt
Carr
National
Tennessee Democracy
Mack Kelnr
Kenneth D. McWellar
Ryman Widitorwim
Canneck Cochein Secretarie
State Exeuuisity Committee
Sony Pony World Rationa
Witl
D. W. de Haven
Supreme Court Boarrd
Delayen
W. H. Swiggart
March Shivers and Spring Hopes Rise in Kingsport
Weather readers recall a heavy snow two months earlier that paralyzed Kingsport and its environs. Now near zero winds persist with little rain, threatening crops while forecasters expect a change as moisture from Pluvius may reach the area tonight or tomorrow, signaling hotter weather ahead.
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Kingsport
Pluvius
Len Small, longtime governor, dies at 75 in Illinois
IKANAK EE U May 18 Leaders of both parties mourn former Governor Len Small a power in Republican ranks since 1900. The hard pressed governor earned the sobriquet the hard hands governor for networked highway construction during his two terms. He apparently suffered a fatal embolism at St Marys Hospital.
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Ikanakee
Sieiften
Len Small
Mannix Republicat
Small
St. Mary's
Strike Threatens Mexican Railway
Rumors of a looming wage strike by 48 000 Mexican National Railway workers spread as northbound travel surged and extra cars were added. Government officials questioned legality while business and tourism worried about nationwide disruption on 9 300 miles of rails. authorities prepared to order workers back within four hours if the strike proceeded.
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Joman P. McKnight
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexican National Railways
National Revolutionary Government
EL Nacional
Civicial
Unik
Ceielonial
Ure Caro
Heestrike
Sone Lyaets Ainss
Notorious Prison Breaker At Large From Georgia Prisons
Notorious escapee Leland Harvey, linked to six major prison breaks, fled from a chain gang in Trnup County with another inmate Robert Williams. Guards were overpowered as prisoners freed, stripped, and fled in a truck. Harvey and accomplice Aubrey Smith faced long-ago sentences pardoned by Governor Talmi dge.
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Giang
Leland Harvey
Georgia
Trnup
Ging
Harvey
Aanother
Robert Williamis
Meriwether
Genese Ty
Hirvey
Aubrey Smith
Ton
Gaba
Rabery
Eld
Smith
Burve
Minerais Ergaes
Worida
Talmidge
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Ethiopia
NFW
Borah Speaks
Pietro Badoglio
Edward J. Neil
Addis Ababa
Asmara
Eritrea
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Carabinieri
Menelek Monument
Here
Berision II
Commis
M’fadden
China
Toro
Sorzano
Socialists’ National Convention
Dman
Daniel Hoan
Leo Kraychi
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Cleveland
Thomas
Laidler
Milwaukee
Harry W. Laidler
League For Industrial Democracy
New York State
Daniel W. Hoan
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