New Coal Bill Outlined to Press Passage
Washington May 20 A substitute for the outlawed Guffey coal control was prepared for introduction. It would allow price fixing and keep the New Deal price and labor objectives in the bituminous coal industry. Senator Guffey discussed the substitute with the President yesterday.
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Weather Summary for Regions Tennessee Virginia Kentucky and Carolinas
Fair tonight and Thursday with slight cooler trends in central and southeast Tennessee. Virginia fair but cooler with light frost possible in extreme northwest areas. Kentucky fair and slightly warmer by Thursday. North Carolina mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with isolated showers in the south. Readings show yesterday's high and last night’s low near 48 in parts, with 7 am observations recording precipitation totals for the prior day.
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Virginea
Kentucky
Arth Carolina
South
Tax leakage denial at inquiry over cabinet budget claims
London May 20 Colonial Secretary J H Thomas testified for a second time denying in two minutes that he knew any of three men who named him in connection with alleged budget leakage. He said he never heard of a financier who claimed to learn cabinet budget provisions. The inquiry heard that financier Vergettis called the claim fabricated and claimed he could obtain information from the cabinet. Dr. Reginald J Hearn testified yesterday as Vergettis asserted he could access cabinet details.
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J. H. Thomas
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P. Vergettis
Reginald J. Hearn
Vergettis
Million paid into Townsend pension fund grower claim
Dr F E Townsend told a House investigating committee that about a million dollars has been collected by the Townsend Old Age Pension organization since its inception. He said contributors received the organization itself in return and noted 8 000 clubs nationwide with a live working setup. The group was incorporated in 1934 as Old Age Revolving Pensions Inc.
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Associated Press
Washington
F. E. Townsend
House Investigating Committee Today
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Old Ape Revolving Pensions, Inc
Banks urged to report adverse federal rules in Tennessee Mississippi
May 29 Memphis. Tom KB. Smith, first vice president of the American Bankers Association and president of Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, urged Tennessee and Mississippi bankers to report to the ABA if federal agency rules affect their business. He noted agencies like RC, FDIC, FHA, HOPE, and Farm Credit now shape bank management across charters.
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Tom KB. Smith
American Bankers Association
Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis
Tennessee Issippi
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Home Owners’ Lawn Corporsation
Farm Credit Administration
Cotton Strike Unrest Spreads In Arkansas Fields
Unrest grows after the Southern Tenant Farmers Union calls for higher wages in three East Arkansas counties. In Earle, Crittenden County, 33 negro farm hands were jailed for vagrancy after leaving work as planters claim no labor shortage. Union secretary H L Mitchell awaits reports as workers seek $1.50 for a 10 hour day.
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Southern ‘Tenant Farmers
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Ark
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Detectives Hear Evidence In Suit Over Taylor Case
Los Angeles May 24 Two detectives who helped probe the William Desmond Taylor murder watched a trial tied to actress Mary Mills Minter and her mother Charlotte Shelby seeking 200000 from a brokerage firm. The case has repeatedly referenced the 1922 Taylor killing as jurors heard opening statements.
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Wiliam Desmond Taylor
Mary Mills Minter
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Lloyd Yarrow
Jesse Winn
Yarrow
Winn
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Airs
Shelby
Joseph Lewinson
Leslie B. Henry
Blyth and Company
Mrs. Shelby
Henry
Second Housecleaning Task Hits Midwest Residents
May 20 Salt Lake City. A second dust storm affects Western and Midwestern states from Utah to Colorado. Strong winds wrecked the Furley Idaho circus tent causing $9,000 damage. a worker injured and an assistant knocked unconscious. Power outages and dust storms reduce visibility from Oklahoma City to Springfield Colorado. Dust spreads east to Con City Kansas and south to Spanish Warks. In Oberlin Kansas workers fled a highway job to resume work elsewhere.
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Kas
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Colo
Oberlin
Kansas
Clus
Romance Rumors Swirl Over Anna Kresge Los Angeles Arrival
Anna Kresge and Walter McFarland sparked romance rumors in Los Angeles after her Pacific trip arrival, but both deny the relationship, saying they are only friends. The dime store heiress and Honolulu advertising man were photographed together, fueling speculation.
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Anna Kresge
Walter McFarland
Honolulu
Miss Kresge
McFarland
Pacific
Central Press
Conspiracy Trial in Nashville Moves to Third Day
Five men including Ticky Taylor Clarence Barry Charles Smith WL Schleicher and Eli Hodges faced a conspiracy case in Nashville as defense attorney Jack Norman prepared to call 80 witnesses. The state rested after witnesses testified to registering outside districts with whisky and Hodges allegedly providing liquor to registrants in August.
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Ticky Taylor
Clarence Barry
Charles Smith
Schleicher
Eli Hodges
Gro
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Hodges
Lavely
Thomas
Warren
Harvey Freeland
Smith
Taylor
Young Democrats Praise Growth of Tennessee Clubs
Nashville May 29 140 The source material describes the Tennessee Young Democrats convention with AlN. Michisean praising youth political engagement. John son cites expansion from a handful of recruits to an army of nearly 4 010 000 militants and supporters across counties. Johnson lauds the future of America in youth hands and Roosevelt majority among the youth vote. Attorney General Dassid Murray et Jackson named president. McAlister and Carr noted in opening session remarks. continued discussion noted.
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Cheerios
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America
Roosevelt
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Dassid Murrayet Jackson
Joe J. Carr
Craver Nor McAlister
Sharp words mark pre convention campaign pace lands Landon leads Borah
Washington dispatch reports a heated pre convention exchange among Democratic and Republican leaders over New Deal policy. Alf Landon leads Borah in New Jersey primary returns with a four to one margin in preferential votes as delegates pledge to Landon and Hoffman battles to keep party chair.
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Leonard B. Shubert
Associated Press
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James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
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Farley
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Samuel G. Blackman
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N. J
William E. Borah
London
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Wynning
Harald G Hoffman
Republican Party
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Grounded Zeppelin completes North Atlantic crossing
The German airship Hindenburg safely landed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station at 6:03 am after its second westward Atlantic crossing in 78 hours 27 minutes. Ground crew secured the airship while a few hundred spectators watched.
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Associated Press
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North Atlantic
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Drought Hits Tobacco In South Georgia and Nearby South
Drought damages tobacco and cotton across the Southeast including Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama and eastern Tennessee. Officials hesitate on exact losses while rains in the coming days could avert disaster, with farmers hopeful for further showers after a dry spell.
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Dixie
Harry Brown
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Baptists report uplift in missionary giving across convention
St Louis May 20 AP North ern Baptists say church funding rose to more than 2.3 million dollars in the just closed fiscal year, about 100 thousand above the prior period. Executive secretary AW Bowler noted the increase while outlining plans for a nationwide financial program begun a year ago at the Denver convention.
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Northern Baptists
HL Bowler
The
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Pioneer aviation promoter killed in crash near Baton Rouge
Harry P. Williams, noted aviation promoter and husband of actress Marguerite Clark, died when his plane crashed near Baton Rouge aftertakeoff from the East Baton Rouge airport. Johnnie Red Worthen, veteran pilot, also perished. Williams and Worthen were associated with the Wedell Williams Air Service that helped set speed records. The crash occurred in a swamp near Harelson, and Williams had recently visited the statehouse before traveling to Patterson, Louisiana.
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Harry P. Williams
Milionaire
Marguerite Clark
Here
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Wedell Brothers
James R
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Walter Wedel
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Williams
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Wedell Wiliams Air Service
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State asks first degree conviction in Titterton murder
New York May 20 John Piorenza 24 year old upholsterer s helper faced opening statements in the Beekman Place slaying of fiction writer Mrs Nancy Evans Titterton The state urged a first degree murder verdict while the defense signaled an insanity plea The defendant admitted the murder but claimed brain deterioration and pleaded innocent Judge and jury were seated for the trial and the DA asked for the death penalty
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Pat M'Grady
Associated Press
New York
John Piorenza
Nancy Evans Titterton
Titterton
Willian C. Dodge
General Sessions Court
Klauber
Tiorenza
Defense seeks directed acquittal in Florida flogging case
In Bartow Florida May 20 defense for five former Tampa police officers asks for a directed verdict of acquittal amid grounds tied to jury tour of abduction and beating scenes. They argue prior rulings freed two others and protest jury tour conduct and media presence during the trip outside the Tampa police station after questioning suspects tied to alleged Communist activity.
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