Plan on capital march to protest veto bonus bill
Plan for a bonus march to Washington was announced by ex-soldier Royal W. Robertson, leader of Southern California’s 1932 trek, despite opposition from American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars officials. District commanders were urged to discourage any march, while national leaders weighed next steps after Roosevelt vetoed the Patman bill.
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Los Angeles
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Royal W. Robertson
Washington
Robertson
California
San Francisco
Archie Clagson
Salt Lake City
National Committee
Frank Nn. Belgrano, Jr
Legion
Roosevelt
Lengt
Belgrano
Senate
Congress
Veterans Chieftain
Weather Summary for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Fair and warmer trend with cooler east and central areas tonight. Saturday mostly fair with slowly rising temperatures. Kentucky sees fair weather and continued cool with gradual warming tonight and Saturday. Virginia cloudy with rain in the south this afternoon then cooler and possibly rain on the coast tonight with a fair Saturday and gradual warmup.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Future of quintuplets to be determined
Callander Ontario May 24 A long list of concerns grows as the Dionne quintuplets near their first birthday. Speculation ranges from home life to potential careers while education and guardianship questions loom. The king of England and his guardians will handle formalities in due course.
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Callander
United States
England
Special Board of Guardians
Papa Oliva Dionne
Mama Blzkre
Labor Leader Presses Two Year NRA Extension
William Green AFL president urged the house ways and means committee to extend the NRA recovery unit two years. He warned that ending the NRA would trigger unemployment, wage declines, sweatshops, and worker hardship, and he labeled opposition as short sighted and anti social. Hugh Johnson was invited to testify as Roosevelt forces counted on a boost for extending NRA two years.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
NRA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Johnson
Hugh S. Johnson
New York
Green
Congress
P— Roosevelt
Prison Industries Expansion Sought as NRA Requests $50 Million
Washington May 24 The NRA plans to ask the Work Relief administration to lend $50 million to states to expand prison industries beyond the few existing plants. Cotton and broom manufacturers protest, arguing prison output unfairly competes with private firms. The applications division notes a fresh wave of requests totaling about $25 million from other agencies.
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Thomas J. Hamilton
Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Work Relief Administration
Work Relief Organization
Pope Attacks Sterilization and German Pagan Program
Vatican City May 3. Pope Pius denounces sterilization and the German pagan program discussed at an international hospital congress. He cites the encyclical Casti Connubii as his stance and warns that spreading the program would cause global damage. He praises German friendship but condemns the pagan concept’s expansion.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pius
International Hospital Congress
Germany
St. Paul
Katherine Bond awarded damages in preach of promise suit
New York May 24 a supreme court jury awarded Miss Katherine Leary Bond 15000 damages in her 500000 preach of promise suit against Paul Spencer Clapp former Hoover aide now utilities executive of Columbus Ohio. Judge Aaron Steuer denied motions for setting aside verdict or new trial. Webster said an appeal will be filed. Jury deliberated one hour fifty minutes. Bond left courtroom before verdict was read. Clapp declined to comment.
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New York
Supreme Court
Katherine Leary Bond
Paul Spencer Clapp
Hoover
Utilities
Columbus
Ohio
B. Webster
Clapp
Aaron Steuer
Webster
Laurel Murder Trial Faces Mistrial Bid Over Publicity
In Laurel Mississippi Judge W Joe Pack heard a bid for a mistrial in the W M Carter murder case over newspaper publicity. Defense contends information released to papers prejudiced jurors while the state argues defense leaked data. Jury selection stalled as 200 potential jurors were questioned and letters from Ouida Keeton surfaced.
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Laurel
Miss
W. Joe Pack
W. M. Carter
Laurel Business
Daisy Keeton
Will Atkins
Jack Desvours
Pack
Quida
Ouida Keeton
Famous schooner carries medicine to Arctic Eskimos
Captain Johnnie Backland sails the 4 masted C S Holmes from Puget Sound toward Point Barrow with food medicine and clothing for a Presbyterian mission aiding 300 natives stricken with influenza. Backland, Seattle socialite and veteran of 22 voyages, plans to return in October as ships like North Star and Coast Guard cutters continue Arctic support.
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Capt
Backland
Far North
Seattle
Johnnie Backland
Point Barrow
Arctic Ocean
C. S. Holmes
Puget Sound
Presbyterian Mission
Barrow
North Einmont Post
American Ag
Captain Backland
North
Oxford
Holmes
Federal
North Star of
McCarl Questions TVA Spending In House Hearing
Comptroller General McCarl testified before the House Military Committee in Washington on May 24 to explain his criticism of TVA expenditures. He cited purchases lacking explicit authorization and instances without competitive bidding. The hearing aimed to conclude debate on legislation to clarify TVA authority amid clashes between supporters and opponents.
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Washington
McCarl
House Military Committee
Tennessee Valley Power Development
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
McSwain
DSC
Senate
McLean
Tennessee Valley
Ruth
Princess Ingrid Weds Crown Prince Frederik in Stockholm
In Storkyrkan Stockholm a royal wedding united Princess Ingrid and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Iceland. Nobility and visiting royalty attended as archbishop Eidem solemnized vows, with guards, princes and flower girls present, signaling Ingrid as future queen.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ingrid
Frederik
Denmark
Iceland
Storkyrkan
Leopold
Astrid
Belgium
Christian
Gustaf Adalf
Regnhild
Norway
Eidem
Crown Prince
Princess Ingrid
Pere
Dody ns Bennet athlete freed of murder charge
Sullivan circuit court freed Kingsport athlete William Sanders of murder charges in a case linked to DeWitt Morrison’s July death. Hersell Russell was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a two hour deliberation, with defense citing self defense.
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Sullivan Circuit Court
Shelburne Ferguson
Kenneth J. Stone
Kingsport
Rufus Hammonds
State Reformatory
Russell
William Sanders
Ben H. Kinkead
Hershell Russel
DeWitt Morrison
Suilivan Street
Morrison
Mussolini Pledges Italy Readiness for Any Trial
Rome May 2 Premier Benito Mussolini addressed massed soldiers and civilians in Venezia Square to declare Italy ready for any trial as it marks twenty years since entering World War I. He urged unity and vowed the nation would move forward with a firm hand once a decision is made.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Venezia Square
Former Sullivan man heads church in United States
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Anderson Vance, 71, pastor of Detroit’s First Presbyterian, was elected moderator by the church assembly in Cincinnati. A constitutional presbyter, he favors lawful methods over attacks to address doctrinal disturbances. Born in Sullivan County, Tenn., in 1864, he supports old age pensions and unemployment insurance and recalls a 25 year fight to clean up Detroit politics. He studied at King College and Union Theological Seminary of Virginia.
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Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Joseph Anderson Vance
First Presbyterian Church of
Detroit
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Tenn
Vance
Underworld
Dr. Vance
King College
Tennessee
Union Theological Seminary of
Virginia
Adjoned Court Until Monday in Priest Murder Trial
In New York on May 24, the trial of Joseph L. Steinmetz a 22 year old Brooklyn divinity student for the murder of his 17 year old bride Ruth adjourned until Monday after the state failed to prove the defendant was forced to marry. Judge Charles C. Nott limited testimony from Ruths father Samuel Armstrong about alleged consents and prior relations. Defense sought to show the father’s testimony would clear Steinmetz of responsibility due to alcohol for the killings at the Knights of Columbus Hotel last November 26.
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New York
Joseph L. Steinmetz
Brooklyn
Ruth
Charles C. Nott
Samuel Armstrong
Steinmetz
Alexander H. Kaminsky
B Ruth
Los Angeles
Samuel 5. Leibowitz
Kaminsky
Joseph J. Leonard
Knights of Columbus
Jury acquittal ends long murder trial at Kingsport
A 19-year-old Dobyns-Bennett student, Bill Sanders, was found not guilty of murder in the death of Kingsport resident Ben H. Kinkead after a 14 hour jury deliberation. The trial covered altercation at Holliston Mills on April 27 where Sanders admitted striking the blow. Sanders testified that Kinkead cursed him and pulled from his pocket, prompting the fatal clash. Witnesses Quarry and Harkleroad described Kinkead's unconscious body at the foot of the stairs as Sanders appeared distressed.
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Bill Sanders
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Torday
Ben H. Kinkead
Kingsport
Sanders
Kinkead
Holliston Mills
Tennessee, Inc
King Lead
Bristol
Rascal
Attoreney John Blevins
P. A
Quarry
Elmer Harkleroad
Jing Kinkead
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McArl
Dobyns-Bennett
Mussolini
Il Duce
Col
Alexander E. Williams
War Department
Department of Justice
Frank E. Speicher
Williams
Sullivan, Man Head Church
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