Special Session Urged To Provide Work
Senator LaFollette urged immediate special session of Congress to expand public works as the sole hope to avoid a third winter of unemployment for millions. He cited a preliminary Lubin subcommittee report showing distressed municipalities, falling freight car loadings, weak manufacturing, low steel output, reduced electric power, weak exports, and declining retail sales. Tax receipts fell nationwide, limiting city budgets and borrowing capacity. Continued on page five.
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Washington
Congress
LaFollette
Wisconsin Republican
Isador Lubin
Lincoln and Booth in Civil War legacy debate
Atlanta May 21. Historian George Fort Milton credits John Wilkes Booth with boosting Lincoln’s posthumous fame. He argues Lincoln’s death altered Reconstruction, while praising Johnson as the steadier statesman. Milton promotes a Douglas biography from new sources, suggesting Douglas might have prevented the war if elected.
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Atlanta
John Wilkes Booth
George Fort Milton
Chattanooga News
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Milton Milton
Booth
Milton
Andrew Johnson
White House
Johnson
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Fight Days Remain to Win Diamond and Cash Prizes
The Times subscription campaign enters a crucial final eight days as contestants race to collect subscriptions. The top contributor by May 30 wins a £150 diamond ring from Dobyns-Taylor, while the runner up earns $50 in cash. Subscriptions counted now also boost chances for the Chrysler prize on June 1.
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Times
Dobyns-Taylor
Chrysler
Pedestrians Safer in Chicago Says National Safety Council
The National Safety Council reported pedestrians are safer than before with a five percent rise in deaths since 1927, while motorists’ deaths increased by 35 percent. The study also found rural residents more careless than urban residents.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Florida on Verge Legalizing Races in 55-38 House Vote
Florida lawmakers moved toward legalizing race track gambling after the state house passed a senate bill 55 to 38. The plan creates a five member racing commission, 90 day seasons, local referendums, and taxes of 3 percent on pari mutuel receipts and 15 percent on admissions, with governor Carlton yet to indicate stance. Five amendments were attached. senate approval required before sending to the governor.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Govyernor Doyle E. Carlton
State House of Representatives
Senate
Carlton
Edna G. Fuller
Wicker
Florida
Candy Kid Bandit Strikes Chicago Candy Shop
Chicago police dubbed the suspect the Candy Kid after he robbed a candy store. He held a woman clerk at gunpoint, paused to eat most of a box of bonbons, then fled with an extra candy box and the money from the till.
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Bandit
Chicago
Baker urges road building at reasonable rate
Cedar Hill Tenn May 21 AP Robert H Baker state highway commissioner told the Austin Peay Memorial Highway Association that highway construction should continue at a reasonable rate but not beyond financing from automobile licenses gasoline tax and federal aid He outlined the most important improvements to complete the highway system noting a 1929 5-year program and a 1930 adherence to the plan He praised the association for its work as the current year’s program aims at the most needed construction.
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Cedar Hill
Tenn
Robert H. Baker
Austin Peay Memorial Highway Association
Baker
Association
Gin party death ruled an accident in Jackson trial
Edward Morgan, 27, social leader, stands trial for murder in Jackson Mississippi, after claiming the March shooting of George Rice occurred during an "innocent party" at Morgan's fashionable apartment. His wife, a society matron, testified in his defense amid fierce cross examination.
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Jackson, Miss
Edward Morgan
Jackson
George Rice
Morgan
Bank Deposits In Asheville Traced In Probe
In Asheville North Carolina on May 21 prosecutors presented records showing Buncombe county funds were deposited in Wachovia and other banks last year while Central Bank and Trust Company issued notes and took deposits. Roy Ebbs of Wachovia testified about large county deposits as the trial of seven men charged with perverting the county credit continued. The Davis brothers Wallace and Russell, and five former county officials faced proceedings with L L Jenkins former county treasurer Newton M. Anderson and James W. unnamed others among the defendants.
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Asheville
N. C
Buncombe County
Central Bank and Trust Company
Tottering Central Bank
Roy Ebbs
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Charles A. Taylor
Wallace B. Davis
Russell Davis
Central Bank
Davis Brothers
L. L. Jenkins
Newton M. Anderson
James W
Broken Heart death by own action Cause Barton Tells World
New York AP report pieces together Ralph Barton’s suicide note detailing melancholia and manic depression. He laments lost love Carlotta Monterey, the only woman he truly admired, and jokes about cash shortages and a dentist appointment amid his turmoil. Barton references his four marriages and two daughters, with burial planned in Kansas City.
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Barton
Homer Barton
Homer
Ralph
Mrs. O'Neill
New York
Marie Jennings
Anna Binnerly
Carlotta Monterey
Germaine Maria Tailleriere
O’neill
Kansas City
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy conditions prevail with cool nights and Friday showers likely in West and South Tennessee. Virginia should stay generally fair tonight and Friday with possible coastal showers, cooler tonight, northerly winds. Data notes include high yesterday 79, low 61, rainfall 0.65 inches, readings at 6 p.m. by T C Harris U S W O.
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Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Views Diverge On Wheat Situation In London
London May 21 world grain conference committees seek to reconcile diverging views on absorbing the international wheat surplus. The American plan to restrict acreage clashes with Russian support for the Danubian quota system. Canada and Argentina hold back awaiting developments. The talks focus on quotas based on pre war averages and a mass of statistics as buyers remain scarce. The conference reconvenes tomorrow.
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London
World Grain Conference
Canada
Argentina
Australia
America
Winnipeg
League Council Meet Nears End In Geneva
The League of Nations Council in Geneva on May 21 endorsed a Pan European commission plan for an international mortgage credit company and addressed Liberia policy disputes. British foreign secretary Arthur Henderson said Britain Australia and New Zealand had ratified the general act for peaceful settlement and he was named chairman of next years disarmament conference.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Council
Pan-European Commission
League
Liberia
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Wife of Famous Radio Announcer Seeks Separation
New York May 21 AP reports separation suit filed by Mrs Josephine Garrett McNamee against Graham McNamee famed radio announcer. Charges undisclosed. McNamee says action not by mutual consent and will not be contested. Married ten years after meeting at a Bronxville church concert. he was a baritone before becoming an announcer. Friends surprised by disclosure.
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New York
Ralph Barton
Angel
Josephine Garrett McNamee
Graham McNamee
Popular Radio
Supreme Court
McNamee
Bronxville
N. Y
Congress To Get Economy Program In 53 Post Disposals
Washington May 21 Congress will be asked to approve partial or complete abandonment of 53 military posts the War Department plans to dispose of as part of a broad economy push. By December further cuts are planned for other government departments. At Rapidan Virginia Hoover will weigh the post office deficit of about 140 million dollars and discuss further cost cutting with Cabinet members.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Rapidan
Virginia
Hoover
Post Office Department
Bennett
Canada
Debutante Describes Court Presentation Emotions
An anonymous American debutante recounts being presented to King George VI and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. She details the strict ceremony, clockwork routines, lavish throne room, and the peak moment when Queen Mary bowed to the attendees. Several American debutantes and matrons are listed as having been introduced.
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Pauline Stanley
London
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Court of St. James
Audrey Barrett
Mildred Hockstader
Maureen Smith
New York
Elizabeth Howry
Washington, D. C
Katherine Hillies
Wilmington
Del
Clarence Dill
Seattle
Wash
Alfred Donovan
Rockland
Mass
Andrew Long
Hickory
N. C
Helen A. McCann
Pair Murdered by Gangsters in Fear of Exposure
Los Angeles May 21 Assassination of Herbert Spence magazine editor and anti gambling crusader and his friend Charles Crawford wealthy politician sparked one of the citys greatest manhunts. An unidentified man shot Spence in Crawfords private office and fled as Crawford later died. Police hunt a swarthy man about 35, heavy build, and seek a box of names and exposes said to be in a bank. Spencer had threatened life and recently told of underworld material for his magazine The Critic of Critics.
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Herbert Spence
Charles Crawford
Police Today
Los Angeles
Spencer's Magazine
Crawford
Spencer
Herb
Gamlets
Los Angeles Evening Express
Ray J. Radke
Radke
Guy McAfee
McAfee
Charlie Crawford
Morris Lavine
Frederick Schindler
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Tennessee
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International Mortgage Credit Company
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