Debate Opens on Townsend Pension Bill in House
The House began debate on the Townsend old-age pension bill with a closed rule to prevent amendments. Rep. Kennedy argued that 134 members over 60 might be eligible to vote. Speaker Bankhead allowed voting on the bill as a general measure despite questions of eligibility.
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Washington
House
Townsend
Martin J. Kennedy
D-Ny
Bankhead
Kennedy
Ee Cox
D-Ga
Rep
Hendricks
Dfla
Committee On Ways and Means
Cox
Martin
Massachusetts
Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky Weather Notes
Tennessee shows showers tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Virginia expects east air and increasing clouds in the west with showers in the west Thursday afternoon. overall cooler and mostly cloudy. Kentucky reports occasional showers tonight and Thursday with slightly cooler conditions in the north.
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Tennessee
Virginia
East
West Portion
West Ru
Kentucky
North Portion
14 Men Arrested in Detroit Strike
In Detroit on May 31 police arrested 14 men amid concerns of factional violence tied to the Briggs Manufacturing Company strike. Nine were released. five detained for further questioning. Three suspects from Evansville Indiana identified as Homer Martin faction members were held.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
United Auto Workers Union
CIO
Briggs
Special Investigation Detail
George Grisham
Samuel Miller
Fred Mitchell
Evansville
Ind
Martin
Homer Martin
UAW
Jesse Taylor
Taylor
Broker Indicted by Federal Jury
New York May 31 A federal grand jury indicted Stephen Paine former partner of Paine Werber and Co one of the nation’s largest brokerages on 17 counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy Paine who ran the Boston office was suspended from the New York Stock Exchange for three years in the investment trusts probe Three Boston lawyers Thomas W Morris S Leo Solomont and Ralph H Robb stock manipulator Howard F Hanshell and the Northern Discal Corp Ltd were named in the indictment Paine alleged to have transacted for the firm loans to Boston lawyers to finance the matter.
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New York
Stephen Paine
Parner
Paine, Werber and Co
Paine
Concern
Boston
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Grand Jury
Thomas W. Morris
S. Leo Solomont
Ralph H. Robb
Howard F. Hanshell
Canada
Northern Discal Corp., Ltd
Brokerindicted
Malay Prince Weds English Girl Amid Parental Frowns
In Oxford, Malay Prince Mahmud completes a coming of age and plans a civil marriage to Joyce Blencowe, a 21 year old chiropodist, despite his Sultan brother’s opposition. They will sail to Malaya aboard the liner Corfu after a registry office ceremony in St Giles.
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Oxford
England
Nice Mahmud
Joyce Blencome
St. Giles
Corfu
Malaya
Trengganu
New Jersey
Mahmud
Marseille
Miss Blencowe
Heated fight for city posts in final phase
Kingsport aldermanic race heats up as Goerdel Stone Addington supporters plan radio broadcasts at 6 pm on WJHL to defend city manager government. Citizens ticket led by Cox Logwood Walker counters with attacks on J Fred Johnson and the current board. Campaigns vow to pull no punches with only two days left.
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Kingsport
Goerdel, Stone and Addington
J. Fred Johnson
Otis Huddle
Citizens
Paul Cox
E. R. Logwood
W. T. Walker
WJHL
Huddle
Charlie McCarthys
Addington- Goerdel-Stone
Britain Charged With Terrorism Over Berlin Claim
Berlin May 31 A German spokesman charged Britain with trying to set up a terrorist center in Germany and hinted at a protest in London The allegation followed a speech by Labour MP Philip Noel-Baker at a Labour congress in Southport England He was quoted as saying efforts were made to feed propaganda to illegal publications in Germany to enlighten the German people Foreign Office quarters called this England's illegal methods.
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Berlin
Britain
Germany
London
Southport
England
Philip Noel- Baker
Noel-Baker
Foreign Office
Memorial Day Appeals for Peace Echo Wartime Losses
Memorial Day ceremonies honor America's dead from Civil War to the sunken submarine tragedy. Speakers signal upcoming Congress fights over neutrality. Senator Taft at Arlington opposes intervention and cautions against methods short of war. Senator Radcliffe at Sharpsburg supports Roosevelt's peace efforts.
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Radcliffe
Associated Press
America
Ohio
Arlington
George
England
Roosevelt
D.-Md
Sharpsburg
Holiday Violence Claims 372 Lives During Four Day Weekend
Fatalities totaled 372 over the four day Memorial Day holiday period due to highway crashes heat crowded beaches and crowded roadways. Cars and airplanes caused most deaths with drownings and various accidents also reported. New York State led motor deaths with 17 while California and Illinois reported 16 and 14 respectively.
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Floyd Roberts
Roberts
Kentucky
Colorado
Illinois
New York
World
Woodring Turns 49 Amid Resignations Talk
Secretary of War Woodring marked his 49th birthday today while rumors swirl about his future. Close associates say he plans to stay in the cabinet and may remain until 1941 despite ongoing speculation he will resign or accept a diplomatic post.
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Woodring
Washington
Kansas
Johnston and Bohall meet in quick prison bout stoppage
In Anamosa Iowa May 31 John Johnston and Al Bohall welterweights fought at the men’s reformatory athletic field with Johnston stopping Bohall at 1 26 of the second round. Referee Alex Fidler spent five minutes reviving both men as about one thousand inmates watched.
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Iowa
John Johnston
al Bohall
Reformatory
Alex Fidler
Moseley Demands Army War on Communism at Dies Group
Retired Maj. Gen. George Moseley told a congressional committee that President Roosevelt should empower the army to investigate subversive activity and fight Communism in the United States. He warned of a nationwide plot to overthrow the government and urged bold action from the White House.
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Washington
George van Horn Moseley
Congressional
Roosevelt
United States
Fourth Corps
House
Germany
Craig
Malin Craig
Army
James E. Campbell
Owensboro
Army Intelligence Service
Moseley
White House
FDR
Nazi troops receive rousing welcome in Hamburg homecoming
In Hamburg on May 31 thousands of Condor Legion veterans returning from Franco’s Spain were greeted by a Nazi welcome as five torpedo boats led a sea parade into port. Hermann Goering saluted from the Hamburg on behalf of Hitler while crowds cheered the air force veterans hailed as Europe’s defense against Bolshevism.
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Franco
Spain
Elbe
Condor Legion
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Europe
Africa
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
AFL represented at Geneva parley in labor conference
President Roosevelt appointed an American delegation to the Geneva international labor conference including three AFL representatives and no CIO presence. Washington reads that 10 major cotton exporters were invited to a September 5 Washington conference on a potential world cotton marketing agreement. Southern railroads seek a 10 percent cut in round trip coach fares, and the House affirmed the Townsend old age pension bill's voting rights for elderly members.
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AFL
Geneva
Washington
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
CIO
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroads
Explosive Blast Injures Dozens At Barberton School
In Akron area a two story temporary Barberton schoolhouse blows apart injuring 30 to 40 pupils. Teachers and a janitor are hurt as debris traps children. gas ignition suspected as cause with rescue teams responding.
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Akron
Ohio
Barberton
Hopocan
Central
A. L. Light
C. E. Warner
East Ohio Gas Co
Squalus Divers' Final Downward Dash Revealed
Portsmouth dispatch details the seven word navy log opened to seal the fate of 26 men aboard the Squalus. Divers John Mihalowski and William Badders made a perilous ninth hour descent in the rescue bell to determine if any life remained aboard the sunken submarine off the Isles of Shoals.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Squalus
Isles of Shoals
Falcon
John Mihalowski
Worcester
William Badders
Annapolis
Naval
Federal government budget to rise nearly one billion dollars
REG INGRAHAM reports that even with an economy drive the next fiscal year starting July 1 will cost the federal government about 1 billion dollars more than the current year. The 11 regular appropriations bills total 694.4 million dollars more, with pending supplemental estimates including 239 million for the army. Roosevelt requests 1.762 billion for relief, compared with 2.25 billion this year, while census and defense costs, farmer parity payments, and flood control contribute to the rise.
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Reg Ingraham Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Parishioners seek June 11 service with King George and Queen Elizabeth
In Hyde Park on May 31, many parishioners and relatives request to attend a service with King George and Queen Elizabeth at St James Episcopal Church on June 11. The Rev. Frank R. Wilson had his telephone cut during meals to allow him time to eat.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
King George
Queen Elizabeth
St. James Episcopal Church
Frank R. Wilson
Mrs Roosevelt pleads for aid to youth at Memorial Day
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt urged aid for American youth at a Memorial Day observance in Johnson City Tennessee. She warned youths feel unprepared by education to obtain jobs and said even high school and college graduates lack usable skills. Vocational guidance is needed.
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Johnson City
Tenn
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First
Roosevelt
Residential contracts lead April business in sixth Federal Reserve district
Atlanta May 31 Residential building stood out as the brightest spot in April for the sixth Federal Reserve district. Residential contracts rose 14 percent from March to the largest monthly total in 11 years, contrasting with an 8.6 percent drop in the 37 eastern states. The report covers Alabama Georgia Florida Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee noting a small overall April decline yet higher year over year. Department store sales remained the month’s top performance among consumer activity with the daily sales index again high for recent years.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve District
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Alabama
Georgia
Flor 3A
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Doubt Cast on Real Desire for End to War
Molotov rejected the latest British French mutual aid proposal as inadequate and kept a door open for possible negotiation with London and Paris. He warned against trusting Britain and France and indicated Berlin could still move toward normal Soviet German relations while Moscow defends Outer Mongolia. Germany and Italy boasted of roles in aiding Franco, as Condor Legion veterans returned to Hamburg and the air force aided Moor transport to Spain.
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Molotoff
London
Paris
Russia
Berlin
Supreme Soviet
Joseph Stalin
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Mongolia
Maxim Litvinoff
Associated Press
Germany
Italy
Franco
Spain
Hamburg
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Condor Legion
Africa
Air Ministry
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Cadiz
French Socialist Party
Heroic Girl 16 Rescues Five From Poison Death
Marie Watson, 16, sensed danger from quinine capsules given by her destitute mother Ida Watson, saving four other children. She rushed seven blocks to a hospital with her 6-year-old brother Jerry. he died. Siblings 14 and 12, plus 4, collapsed but were revived. mother found with a six inch throat wound. Sheriff Stambaugh to refer case to county attorney. Hospital staff expect mother to recover.
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Clinton
Okla
Marie Watson
Jerry
Bie
David
Joe
Marie
Everett Stambaugh
Ida Watson
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