Parents Ready Kingsport Faces Loss of $30,000 Ransom Demands
In Tacoma Washington a missing 9 year old, George Weyerhaeuser, prompts a ransom demand of 200000. Parents P Weyerhaeuser Jr. announce through Seattle Post Intelligencer they are ready to negotiate. Police probe cross border leads to suspects tied to Lomber gangs while Tacoma Vancouver Port Angeles search efforts continue.
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Kingsport
Mindich Cidnat
Tacoma
Wash
May
George
P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Seattle
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Percy Min
Weyerhaeusers
Percy Minnie
Alko
Weyerhaeuser
Alvin Kurpsi
British Columbia
Port Angeles
Lake Crescent
Olympic Peninsula
Captain of Tacoma
State Patrol
Department of Justice
Weather outlook across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Weather summaries note cloudy conditions and cooler air moving in across Tennessee tonight through Wednesday with showers and thunderstorms in the west portion. Virginia expects fair tonight with cloudy skies and a front of possible showers Wednesday night. Kentucky forecasts showers and thunderstorms tonight into Wednesday with cooler conditions especially in the northwest and extreme west portions.
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Tennessee
West
Virginia
Kentucky
Northwest
Slum Clearance Heads PWA Plans Washington May 28
The Public Works Administration seeks 221.5 million dollars for 60 housing projects in 31 states to clear slums and build low rent housing. The general relief funding includes 44.7 million for 29 municipal construction projects in 12 states and 44.3 million for flood control in eight Mississippi counties. Minor groups ask 6.25 million for 30 self liquidating projects and 1.04 million for rivers and harbors work in three states. Major George Berry attends committee sessions as labor rep. Alabama and Tennessee projects listed include municipal construction in Florence and Chattanooga housing projects in Chattanooga with row houses and landscaping.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Emergency Council
Mississippi
White House
George Berry
International Pressmen’s Union
NRA
Congress Moves to Save the AAA Amid Licensing Debates
Congressional leaders signal rewrites to the AAA amendments to avoid a Supreme Court challenge. Senate Agriculture chair Smith says licensing provisions may be altered, affecting handlers and processors of major farm commodities if two thirds of growers and the president approve. Senator Robinson questions NRA impact on AAA.
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Washington
Wallace
Supreme Court
NRA
Robinson
AAA
Smith
D-Sc
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Roco
Snell
New York
Roosevelt
Senate
Agriculture
Urge Business to Uphold NRA Wage and Hour Standards
Harmer Sibley, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, urged New York business leaders to maintain NRA wage and hour codes. Speaking at a luncheon, he called on members and affiliated groups to refrain from immediate changes, asserting broad support for fair trade, abolition of child labor, and protections for workers through minimum wages and maximum hours.
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New York
NRA
Harmer Sibley
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Sibley
USC
Seecenagte Association of
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Woman Denies Aiding In Whipping Of Artists Model
Elizabeth Southworth denied aiding Robert Barbour in the alleged whipping of Rita Martini in a New York apartment. Martini sues Barbour for 100000. Barbour testified he was onboard a yacht with a girl named Dixie when the incident occurred. Southworth said she was engaged to marry Barbour but had no wedding date.
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New York
Elizabeth Southworth
Robert Barbour
The
Linen Thread Company
U. S
W. Warren Barbour
New Jersey
Rita Martini
Miss Martini
Barbour
Supreme Court
John L. Walsh
New York City
Southworth
Dixie
Laurel woman testifies in murder trial of former boss
Ouida Keeton 33 testified as state witness in the W M Carter murder case over the January slaying of her mother Mrs Daisy Keeton. She described an intimate relationship with Carter and the night of the shooting, recounting how he entered via an exterior window and shot Mrs Keeton. The severed legs were later found in a sugar sack along a country road.
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Acedale Associated Press
Laurel
Miss. Beagle
Ouida Keeton
W. M Carter
Dairy Keeton
Ouida
Carter
Daisy Keeton
Alexander Currie
Miss Keeton
French Monetary Standard Wavers Under Bank Actions
Paris reports the Bank of France raises its rediscount rate for the third time in a week as Premier Flandin seeks dictatorial powers to keep France on the gold standard. Rates climb with gold loan rates up and securities costs up, amid heavy gold outflow and cabinet unity against devaluation.
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Richard G. Massoch
Associated Press
Paris
Bank of France
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
France
Flandin
Concession to TVA Opposition Planned Today
Washington May 28 Drastic concessions were held out to TVA opponents in a bid to win a House vote this session on expanding the administration power program for the Tennessee Valley The House military committee held a secret session after Chairman McSwain proposed compromises to win support The opposition insisted any bill be written as they demand and warned they would not yield without major changes before the Wheeler Norris dams project ends Continued on page eight
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Kingsport
Miller
Mr. Miller
Johnson City
Morristown
Greeneville
Abingdon
East Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
TVA
House
Administration
Tennessee Valley
McSwain
D-Sc
May Ud-Ky
Wheeler
Norris
Yaondistick
Federal Power Commission
Reno Courts Guard National Divorce Capital Privileges
Reno attorneys defend the city as the national divorce capital citing six weeks residence, private hearings, sealed testimony, and limited complaint details. They argue privacy and procedural shields keep Reno ahead as other states liberalize. The Reno city council also bans street photography without permission to protect residents seeking separation.
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Carol Cross
Associated Press
Reno
Nev
Florida
Arkansas
Nevada
Farmer Henry Leight Resettles in Western Kansas
Henry Leight of Kalvesta Kansas, driven by persistent dust storms, hauled his farming gear toward Missouri but paused after 13 miles due to storms and heavy rain. He has chosen to remain in Western Kansas, abandoning his planned move.
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Kalvesta
Henry Leiht
Missouri
Kansas
Named in Death Plot Indicted in Rockville Trial
A Rockville grand jury indicts 28 year old Anne Lyddane for conspiring with four men to murder her husband Francis Lyddane and Mrs. Arthur Beall, wife of an alleged paramour. The four men are reputed police characters and face trial in Rockville, Maryland.
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Anne Lyddane
Rockville
Francis Lyddane
Arthur Beall
Hope Dims For New Farm Mortgage Act
Senator Frazier, co author of the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium law struck down by the Supreme Court, warned little chance a new bill would pass to meet court objections. He urged debt burdened farmers to organize to save their homes and argued property rights should not eclipse home and family life. Few farmers utilized the act’s protections and court cases likely will be dismissed. farm credit officials had been arranging mortgage reductions.
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Washington
Frazier
R-Nd
Supreme Court
Farm Credit Administration
Facing the Supreme Court Loss Roosevelt Seeks New NRA Path
Washington May 28 The Supreme Court ruling on the NRA prompts Roosevelt and lawmakers to study new approaches. Officials say gains of the past two years must be preserved, with possible moves to reestablish collective bargaining, minimum wages, and maximum hours, while codes are voided. A radio address is anticipated later in the week as studies continue.
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Washington
New Deal
Supreme Court
NRA
Roosevelt
Capitol
Donald R. Richberg
National Recovery Administration
Roosevell
White House
Black
Siapima
Join Russel
Retail Food and Grocery Code Authority
Psi
Congressional Democratic
National Labor Relations Board
Friends and foes of NRA comment and reactions
A roundup of responses to the Supreme Court ruling striking down NRA codes. Figures including Richberg Johnson Glass Borah Harrison Long Darrow Green MacCauley and Governor Talmadge weigh in, noting suspensions, constitutional aims, and labor and business implications. Reynolds Tobacco says wage and hour rules under the cigarette code will be kept.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
NRA
Donald KR. Richberg
National Industrial Recovery Board
Hugh S. Johnson
Glass
D-Va
Borah
R-Ida
Congress
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Long
D-La
Senate
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Alvin MacCauley
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
John G. Edgerton
Southern States Industrial Council
Dionne quintuplete marks first birthday with mass
Callander Ontario May 28 1935 a year after Oliva Dionne asked if they were triplets five Dionne quints Yvonne Annette Cecile Emile and Marie celebrate with a high mass at Sacred Heart church in Gorbett the ceremony attended by many including D A Croll minister of public works.
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Dale Harrison
Associated Press
Callander
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Elvire
Ramishackle
Dionne
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Emile
Marie
England
His Majesty
Sacred Heart
Gorbett
Bizire Legros
Corbell
E.T. McNally
D. .A. Croll
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Minnie
E. Q. Anderson
Reginald L. Wood
Kingsport Times
J. E. Miller
PWA Plans
Allabama
PWA
Florence
Chattanooga
A.A.A
Home Henry
N.R.A
Winston-Salem, WN
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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