Uncle Sam Debt Debates Europe Debt Defaulters Act Probe
Washington May 29 The Johnson Act enforcement and a Soviet bond offer prompt U S action on war debt defaults. The State Department urges debtors to pay current and arrears, total near 500 million dollars. Attorney General study of Soviet bonds could affect future policy while Britain weighs a June 25 token payment if the U S participates in talks.
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Waskington
Uncle Sam
Cummings
Soviet Union
RB. Sa
State Department
Roosevelt
Caprctel Hill
New York
Johson
United States
Moscow
Sovie
Kerensky
Ils
Britain
London
Great Britain
Sir Donald Lindsay
Washington
Weather forecast for Tennessee and Virginia showers
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with occasional rain in northwest Tennessee and warmer in the northeast. In Virginia expect rain tonight and Wednesday with showers and warmer conditions in the southwest. High yesterday 79. Low 46 yesterday. No rain yesterday. Rain last year on this date was .06 inches. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. daily for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Southwest
GOP Leadership Still Uncertain In 1936 Showdown
Washington May 29 The contest for leadership of the Republican party remains unsettled amid private conferences and letters after Everett Sanders called a Chicago meeting. A new chairman is anticipated but no clear favorite has emerged as factions weigh party sentiment and the future presidential plan for 1936.
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Washington
Republican Party
Chicago
Sanders
Republican
Everett Sanders
Chicago Sweeting
Acluel
G.O.P. Saders
David A. Reed
Pennsylvana
Roosevelt
Ogden L.J. Mills
Dilter
2 Group
Burned body of Miss Virginia Johnson found in garage
The partly burned body of 22 year old Miss Virginia Johnson, daughter of state treasurer Charles G. Johnson, was found in a rear garage near her home in Sacramento, California. Investigators say she appeared dead before being burned. no clear murder evidence yet, and officials questioned friends while doubts about suicide remain. The garage held kerosene soaked clothing and matches. discovery followed by authorities in a case with no concrete violence established.
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Sacramento
Galif
Virginia Johnson
Charles G. Johnson
Miss Johnson
G. E. Mahoney
iThe
Textile strikes threaten across cotton industry in 800,000 workers
Washington May 2 A threatened general strike looms in the cotton textile industry involving about 800,000 workers in the north and south. Officials of the United Textile Workers plan to tell NRA administrator Hugh Johnson they will strike rather than accept the June 4 production cut of 25 percent, intensifying labor troubles for the administration.
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Washington
NRA
Thomas ¥. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Hugh Johnson
Birief
Johnson
Cotton Textile Code Authority
NRA Moves to Simplify Jobs for Small Codes
Washington May 2 NRA plans further steps to lighten regulation by reducing 500 to 800 small codes. Recovery officials defend move against claims of instability, while Johnson advocates local fair practices without federal price fixing. Local codes could bind 85 percent of establishments, pressuring dissenters to align with blue eagle rules.
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Washington
NRA
Schall
R-Minn
Britten
R-T
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA Co
Ehislers
Johnson
Dres
Provident Eppraves
French Flyers Downgraded Flight to New York Stop
Two French air officers Maurice Rozzi and Paul Codes landed at Floyd Bennett Field near New York after their attempt at a nonstop cross Atlantic flight faltered. Mechanical vibration halted their plan to reach San Diego. They were greeted in New York and taken to a Park Avenue hotel for rest and champagne before resuming official duties.
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New York
Paris
America
San Diego
Calif
France
Floyd Bennett
Maurice Rozzi
Paul Codes
Sherr
Park Avenue
Joseph Lebrix
Merchant Taken For Ride And Robbed In Tennessee
May 29 AP four victims of ride and rob highwaymen strike again in West Tennessee. Joe H Wilkins a Humboldt merchant was kidnapped robbed and bound after two men walked in pointed pistols and forced him to open his safe taking 50 dollars and keys to six cardbe s tied and left gagged. Police fear the same gang is behind three Humboldt and Merphis incidents in three weeks as officers continue investigation and follow up leads.
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Mempius
Joe H. Wilkins
Humboldt, Tenn
Horn Lake
South
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Humboldt
Menpbis
Earl Gregear
Penn
Bristol Highway
Sullivan Street
Virginia
Gate City
Tennessee
Cregesr
Cregaar
Kingsport Curb Market To Open In June
Kingsport curb market committee approves rules for a proposed market in Cherokee street area between Market and Center. Opening date set for Wednesday June 13 after weeks of meetings and dissent. Market will operate six days a week from 6 30 p m to 6 p m with permits required and peddlers barred except in the designated area.
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Kingsport
Presb y terians Keep Aloof as Meeting Concludes
At Montreat North Carolina the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States voted 170 to 79 to reject re entry into the Federal Council of Churches. It created committees on social and moral welfare and heard rival arguments on the council with Dr William Crowe opposing re affiliation and Dr H V Carson supporting it.
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H. V. Carson
Montgomery
Ala
Jr. Crowe
Stuart Oglesby
Atlanta
Presbytery
U.S. Willing to Join in Naval Reductions
Administration sources state Hugh S Johnson will remain at the helm of the NRA. He has not yet joined recent strike discussions and plans to stay for an extended period. Johnson notes ongoing turnover among NRA staff to prevent bureaucratic growth.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Associated Press
White House
Shep
Johnson
National’ Labor Board
Hammer Killer Held After Brutal Family Slayings
New York May 29 A father hunted since St Patrick Day for hammering his four small daughters to death is held as a filicide John McHale a CWA worker described by his wife as drinking and devout was arrested upon returning to the Bronx after fleeing to Newark Cleveland and other cities Police say he sought his wife and the children died after a quarrel in which the mother was beaten The case continues as authorities pursue further details and possible links to the other violent incidents reported today in the region
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New York
St. Patrick
John McHale
Bronx
McHale
McHales
Mussolini to finance war by seizing economy
In Rome heightened speculation claims Mussolini plans to finance future war by taking state control of Italy’s economy. Reports say the government would own and operate industry, transport and agriculture, paying nominal wages while profits go to the state, with income potentially exceeding 100 billion dollars in wartime.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Duce
Tiganee Ft
Supreme Council of Defense
United States opens disarmament talks with pledge
Norman Davis American ambassador at large declares U S readiness to join naval reductions and an international arms sale treaty at the opening of the international disarmament congress in Geneva He urges reviving the British draft convention and hopes Germany will resume negotiations The speech outlines two security paths and emphasizes European responsibility for European problems with overall aim of a practical, universal disarmament framework.
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Associated Press
Starr
Geneva
Norman H. Davis
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Davis
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
Amatican
Amariesn Povernimnent
Europe
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