Senate survey shows support of bonus veto
Washington reports a near complete Senate survey indicating President Roosevelt’s inflationary 2.2 billion Palman towns bill veto would stand. With 33 votes needed to sustain the veto, several original supporters wavered, while Palman bill leaders planned to press the showdown after the president’s message.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jeaders
Roogevelt
Thouse
Clibate
Patman
Tatman
Thenas D.okla
Congress
Thomas
National Affairs and the Rise of Radio Lobbying in Congress
The piece examines how radio driven lobbying by Father Coughlin and others reshapes pressure on Congress. It contrasts past stigma with modern methods using telegrams letters and mass contact from followers. It notes the shift from traditional backroom influence to broad public persuasion and the burdens it places on lawmakers.
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Washington
Congress
Polikcan
Politcal Greound
Yo Jonger
Ger
T Ie
Tether Cougshiin
Tol
Bce
Matuf
Coughlin
Sidon
Patman
Constiti Ss
Suse
Father Coughlin
Tle
Senate
Future Of NRA Threatened By Dispute Of House
Amid a midwestern grass roots conference in Springfield Illinois Republican leaders seek to shape a constructive platform. A looming clash between House and Senate over the NRA extends terms and intra state control risking a June deadline. Doughton prepares Ways and Means hearings with Richberg as first witness as a fast passage target emerges.
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NRA
Senate
Chicago
Springfield
Prairie States
Washington
House
Clark
Clay Williams
NRAA
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Donald R. Richberg
NRA Board
Ways and Means
Richberg
Dukhobors Plan To Go To Chaco
About 15 000 Dukhobors plan to migrate from Saskatchewan to Paraguayan Chaco with a New York planning meeting on Monday. Dr Enrique Bordone from Paraguay will meet the delegation to select a new colony site amid hopes inspired by the Mennonite experiment and Paraguayan religious freedom laws. Walter Griffin, 74, noted artist, died Saturday in Portland Maine.
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Washington
Dukhobors
Saskatchewan
Paraguayan
Chaco
New York
Enrique Bordenave
Paraguay
Canada
Russia
Wisconsin Colonists Sail For Alaska On Pioneers Plan
More than 600 settlers from Michigan and Wisconsin departed Sunday aboard the Army transport St. Mihiel for Alaska. The ship is due to reach Valdez or a similar port Thursday, then rail transport will move colonists to the Matanuska valley where a prior Minnesota group is already establishing new homes on the government colonization project.
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Seattle
Matanuska Valley
Michigan
Wisconsin
Alaska
St. Mihiel
St. Mikiel
Lesward
Matanuska
Minnesota
Emergency food orders leave 540000 residents without supplies
Emergency food orders reach about 15000 Chicago families as thousands face empty cupboards in the city and state. Relief chief Bond says funding came from a rural fund and a Cook County bond sale. 540000 residents have no immediate aid while 15000 wanderers stay in transient shelters awaiting state action. Governor Horner plans to appeal to public support to reopen relief stations by raising the sales tax to three percent.
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Chicago
Charles H. Bond
Cook County
Franklin County
St. Clair County
Belleville
James Crow
East St. Louis
Ilinois
Springfield
Henry Horner
House of Representatives
Harry Hopkins
FERA
Relief Commission
Munitions Bill Drafted by Senate Committee
Washington reports the Senate munitions committee drafted a strict peace time regulation bill for munitions makers aimed at making the U.S. a model for arms control. Chairman Nye said the measure would back strong restrictions and support the American draft convention urged at Geneva. The piece notes other military measures advancing, including a $460 million naval appropriation, war profits control, and three neutrality resolutions to keep the United States out of conflict.
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Senate Munitions Committee
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Geneva
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Arrang
Munitions Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nye and
Clark
D.-Mo
United States
Talmadge Pitches Georgia Recovery Plan with Bonus Promise
Governor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia renewed his attack on the New Deal by proposing a recovery program for his town. He urged abolition of the NRA and the AAA and the immediate payment of soldiers' bonuses, signaling a broader critique of Roosevelt administration policy.
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New York
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Saturday Night
NWRA
AAA
Four new world marks set by Tomlinson plane
New York report says D. W. Tomlinson and co-pilot Joseph Bartles smashed four more world speed records for land carrying transport planes Saturday, bringing nine new international marks in three days. Their twin engine TWA monoplane averaged 190.906 mph on a 1 242 mile closed route New York Washington Norfolk with a 2000 kilogram payload.
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New York
D. W
Tommy) Tomlinson
Joseph EB. Bartles
United States
France
TWA
Washington
Norfolk
Philip La Follette Hails Progressive Party Growth
Governor Philip La Follette praised the Progressive party on its first anniversary in Fond du Lac. He credited its rise to putting welfare of the people first, noting three electoral wins and a relief law, while highlighting national interest from Roosevelt’s $100,000,000 works plan.
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Madison
Wis
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
Progressive Party
Fond du Lac
Roosevelt
la Follette
Supreme Court
Decison
14 Persons Reported Slain In Jugoslavia
Unconfirmed reports from Vienna said 14 persons were slain in street fighting in the Jugoslav provinces of Slovenia and Crete, arising from refusals by young recruits to perform military service in Macedonia.
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Vienna
Jugoslav
Slovenia
Creta
Macedonia
Tornadoes and Floods Leave Texas Oklahoma in Million Dollar Damage
A powerful storm system sweeping north Texas and Oklahoma caused at least five deaths and seven missing while inflicting about one million dollars in damage. Tornadoes struck near Timpson and Crockett, destroying homes and injuring residents as floods swelled rivers and washed out highways.
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Texas
Altus
Okla
Claude Gowens
J. P. Phillips
Phillips
Timpson
George Crenshaw
Weches
Houston County
Tex
Weldon
Werhes
Crockett
Crenshaw
Bellet
Cadmar
Crock
President Studies Pay Under PWA
President Roosevelt faced a stalemate over labor wages as more than a billion dollars in PWA projects sit ready. Officials said wage levels must be set before any jobless can receive wages, even as Roosevelt approves 1.0918 billion in projects. Organized labor warned of direct action if pay falls below prevailing rates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
White House
Mae West Says She Is A Pretty Busy Gal
Hollywood actress Mae West declares the ideal man is not yet born and jokes about her busy social life while responding to questions from motion picture editors on a coast to coast telephone interview. She later quips about being interviewed by many men at short distance.
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Mae West
Hollywood
Calif
Miss West
Pittsburgh
Mae
Detroit
Young America
New Orleans
Plane Crash In Michigan Fatal Top Plane Crash In Michigan Fatal
Flint Michigan Saturday plane crash during airport dedication killed pilot Theodore Knowles of Detroit and passenger Mrs. Harry Rushlow 34 along with her son Conrad 7. Husband Clement and daughter 3 were seriously injured while ten others aboard were hurt. The craft struck near tents housing Selfridge Field personnel as it tried to land and nosed over. Earlier Detroit crash killed Stanley Hausner a Polish American trans Atlantic flyer.
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Flint
Mich
Theodore Knowles
Detroit
Harry Rushlow
Conrad Rushlow
Clement D. Rushlow
Knowles
Selfridge Field
Army
Stanley Hausner
State Restaurant Convention Opens Here On Tuesday
The third annual Wisconsin Restaurant association convention and exposition opens Tuesday at the Avalon ballroom for three days. Delegations across the state attend with an equipment exhibit and miscellaneous merchandise displays plus a popular waitress contest. Ella Trane leads in votes with over 20,000. voting continues at downtown restaurants.
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Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Avalon Ballroom
Ella Trane
Trane’s Tea Room
Miss Trane
Wisconsin
Stoddard
Stoddard Hotel
la Crosse
Sida Basel
Kansas City To Gulf Barge Service Opens
New Orleans inaugurates the first all water barge link to Kansas City by Inland Waterways Corp operating federal barge lines. The initial cargo includes burlap, canned goods, coffee, sugar and more. First barge heads to St Louis to join Chicago and Minneapolis units, with fleet bound for Kansas City on June 7 after the St Louis channel completion.
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New Orleans
Kansas City
Inland Waterways Corporation
Federal Barge Lines
St. Louis
Chicago
Minneapolis
Pennsylvanian Found Guilty Of Slaying Three
Joseph J. Brung former Schuylkill county detective was found guilty of second degree murder in the mass slayings of three election day victims in Pottsville Pennsylvania. Each conviction carries a ten to twenty year term with sentences deferred pending a possible new trial appeal.
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Pottsville
Joseph J. Brung
Schuylkill County
Kelaytes
Largest Land Airship Struck By Stunt Craft
Moscow reports a collision between the Maxim Gorky, the world’s largest land airship, and a small escort plane during a film stunt. Forty nine people died including eight women and six children. 48 passengers and 11 crew perished. Officials deny an explosion. wreckage scattered near the village of Secol three miles from Moscow. The smaller plane’s pilot also died. The disaster, attributed to the escort plane, occurred at 12 45 pm as a contrast shot for a motion picture. A state funeral and special pensions were announced for victims and families.
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Moscow
Maxim Gorky
Socol
Central Afrodynamic Institute
Giuroff
Mikhaeff
Matrosoff
Afrodynamic Institute
Vazarnovich
Gorky
Seco
Moscow Central Airdrome
Russia
Blagin
Col
Geve
1800 Men Lose Jobs In Portland Furniture Factories
In Portland Oregon eighteen hundred workers joined the idle rolls as two major furniture factories the Doermbecher Manufacturing Company and the B P John Furniture Corporation closed due to lumber shortages and a prolonged regional strike. Earlier 2200 mill and woodworking plant employees were idle from the same dispute, with officials warning of continuing lockouts and reduced demand.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Doermbecher Manufacturing Company
B. P. John Furniture Corporation
German Girk sprares' French Beauty Contest
A jury chose German girl Elizabeth Pitz as Miss France causing near riot in Paris. Audience chaos required police intervention. Pitz declined the title. crown then went to 15 year old Parisian Gisele Preville. In Joplin, Missouri, a $2,552 robbery at a local plant was reported as suspects fled by motorcycle carrier.
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Aeie Inter Alias
Ober Morn
Elizabeth Pitz
Searlander
Tateaus
Gisele -Preville
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