Kidnapping Wave Measured By Philadelphia Shootout
Abductors fail in Philadelphia attempt as Frank A McClatchy fights back and is wounded. Police link attack to ransom plot targeting his wealthy brother John H McClatchy. Simultaneously authorities in St Louis and Madison County pursue suspects in related cases as kidnapper nets tighten. Continued on fifth page.
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Philadelphia
McClatchy
John H. McClatchy
St. Louis
August Luer
Alton
Madison County
William
Barrows Escape After Gunfight at Platte City Cabin
Two men identified as Clyde and Buck Barrow and a woman burst from a tourist camp cabin after a heavy firefight with a 13 man raiding party near Platte City Missouri. Sheriff Coffey and deputy Highfill were wounded as the trio fled in a car along Highway 71.
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Holt Coffey
Platte County
Clarence
George Highfill
Jackson County
Kansas City
Missouri
Coffey
Beer legalization drives surge in Arkansas and Alabama
In Arkansas and Alabama movements push to legalize 3.2 percent beer after repeal of national prohibition. Arkansas Governor Futrell endorses action while legislators seek terms for a bill. Alabama figures push for a payless special session. Mobile officials and Jefferson county sheriffs back the push despite Mtgomery Governor Miller’s cautious stance.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Alabama
I. Fnor
J. M. Futrell
George A. Sossman
W. C. Taylor
Turner Granade
Mobile County
J. F. Hawkins
Jefferson County
Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Futrell
Texas Senator’s Daughter Seeks Annulling of Marriage
In Hollywood Janet Sheppard Graves daughter of Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas had her marriage to Wilbur A Graves annulled. She testified before Superior Judge Minor Moore that Graves repudiated a prenuptial agreement by denying her chance to become a mother. The couple wed in New York last November 25 after meeting at a dramatic art academy.
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Hollywood
U.P
Janet Sheppard Graves
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Wilbur A. Graves
New York
Dramatic Art Academy
Sketches by a Wisner druggist charm visitors at fair
The Wisner druggist Mecum is an artist in portraiture and caricature. He sends chalk sketches from Chicago Fair to Louisiana friends. A Wisner man receives a sketch of his own features addressed to Wisner LA. The item notes practical jokes and local anecdotes about ushers and engagements.
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Mr. Foster
Wisner
Franklin Parish
Louisiana
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Americans Fight to Preserve Tariff Truce at London Meet
Secretary of State Cordell Hull leads a strong behind the scenes push in London to keep Roosevelt era tariff truce principles intact at the world economic conference. European and British critics challenge the accord while U S aims for guarded concessions under recovery and farm acts. A permanent body to sustain the conference during the July 27 recess is planned by leaders.
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London
Cordell Hull
Trio steals Ouachita Candy beer truck near Choudrant
A bold robbery and kidnapping occurred near Choudrant just before 1 am when Bill Ford, driver of a truck loaded with 100 cases of beer, was forced at gunpoint to abandon the vehicle and held captive in a nearby wood. Two other men fled with the truck toward Junction City as Sheriff Coverdale investigated the first hijacking since legal beer returned.
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Choudrant
Ouachita Candy Company
Bill Ford
Ford
Junction City
Milton Coverdale
Sheriff's Department
Removal of Standard Oil Head Sought by Texas Group
The Independent Petroleum Association of Texas asked President Roosevelt to remove Walter C. Teagle, head of Standard Oil, from the national industrial recovery board. Bailey W. Hardy, vice president, telegraphed the request on Thursday from Austin Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Independent Petroleum Association of Texas
Bailey W. Hardy
Roosevelt
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company
National Industrial Recovery Board
Oregon and Nation Eye Wet Victory in Dry Repeal Drive
A United Press recap notes 18 wins for repealists with Oregon and Tennessee closing in on ratification. Utah considers November 7 elections, Virginia meets August, and other states may join to reach the 36 needed to end national prohibition.
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United Press
Tennessee
Utah
Blood
Virginia
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Montana
Arizona
Federal to pursue kidnappers nationwide
Washington reports the federal government will pursue kidnappers first and seek jurisdiction after locating suspects. Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan said federal action begins with finding the men and then determining whether the case is federal or state with state help.
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Washington
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Roosevelt Keeps Watch on U S Exchanges
President Roosevelt monitors the volatile security and commodity markets from Washington. Supporters say he will act if recovery plans are endangered. no public stance given on whether prices are high or low. A telegram to exchange leaders urged rules to curb daily losses and possible government supervision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas
Oklahoma
New York Stock and
Chicago
The
Oklahoman
Rogers Has His Say Whimsical Clip From Beverly Hills
A humorous Beverly Hills letter notes Dempsey, Balbo, and a London photographers’ conference, while claiming Alabama and Arkansas voted to show whiskey is not white and Oklahoma’s flier leads. It mocks press coverage during Sister Aimee disclosures, leaving readers isolated from news.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Dempsey
Balbo
London
Alabama
Arkansas
Oklahoma
California
Aimee
Germany Vatican Accord Signed Endorses Catholic Rights
Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen and Cardinal Pacelli signed a treaty in Vatican City granting the Roman Catholic Church equal rights in Germany. The ceremony followed von Papen's flight from Berlin and occurred for the record at 1 a.m., outlining the church’s status among German religions.
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Vatican City
U.R
Franz von Papen
Germany
Cardinal Pacelli
Vatican
von Papen
Berlin
Plan for 35 hour work week with $15 minimum wage
Federal plan aimed at lifting purchasing power through voluntary industry wide agreement. Johnson announced a nearly final draft pending presidential approval. The plan calls for a 35 hour maximum work week with exemptions for justified cases and a $15 minimum wage in certain sectors.
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United Press
Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Machine Politics Victimize Shreveport Charity Hospital
In Louisiana long and costly political handling of funds hits the Shreveport charity hospital. Despite high service levels with about 550 patients daily, its maintenance was underfunded while state officials received full pay. The piece accuses machine politics of undermining hospital operations and payrolls during the Long-Allen regime.
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Shreveport Charity Hospital
Shreveport
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
New Orleans
State Department
Capitol
Baton Rouge
Ort Charity Hospital
Supervisor of Public Accounts
Louisiana Tax Commission
Shreveport Hospital
E. L. Sanderson
Long-Allen
Boeuf Basin Lands Declared Safer by Army Engineer
Washington dispatch reports Major General Lytle Brown your chief of engineers declares Boeuf basin farm lands safer from floods than ever before. The statement supported Congressman Riley J Wilson in opposition to the New Orleans Federal Land Bank decision denying loans on floodway lands across Catahoula Franklin Richland Morehouse and other northeastern Louisiana parishes.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau
Farm Credit
Lytle Brown
Boeuf Basin
Brown
Riley J. Wilson
Ruston
Federal Land Bank
New Orleans
Catahoula
Franklin
Richland
Morehouse
Louisiana
Wilson
Spaniards Grant Americans Bail in Mallorca Prison
Five American prisoners held for six weeks without bond after alleged attack on a civil guard were granted bail in Palma Mallorca. Premier Manuel Azana ordered their immediate release after talks with U S Ambassador Claude G Bowers in Madrid. A crowd gathered as the men left the former Capuchin monastery prison.
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Madrid
Globe circling flier leads time over old record
Wiley Post, the Oklahoma aviator, pressed toward a new speed record by circling the globe. He passed Nome Alaska at 7 30 a m Nome time and logged a lead of over 30 hours on the 1931 Gatty route, refueling swiftly in Siberia and pushing toward North America amid storm warnings.
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Wiley Post
New York
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Alaska
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Moscow
Khabarovsk
Siberia
North American
Harold Gatty
Khra
Siberian
Bukhlovo
Winnie Mae
Rukhlovo
Gatty
Post
Special Session Soon Sought for Tax Relief and Prohibition
Louisiana tax reform chairman J Porter Burgess said an early report will urge a special legislative session by January to enact tax relief proposals and to set up a state referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment. He noted the report is preliminary and timing remains unofficial as Governor Oscar K Allen’s administration moves ahead.
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Baton Rouge
J. Porter Burgess
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Tax Reform Commission
Burgess
Commission
Louisiana
Oscar K. Allen
Judge Foster Named Re-Employment Director
Judge Rufus E. Foster a veteran jurist of the United States circuit court of appeals in New Orleans has been named re employment director for Louisiana. He will attend a regional conference in Kansas City before formulating plans. The re employment directors operate under the national recovery act.
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New Orleans
Rufus E. Foster
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana
Kansas City
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