Congress Sets Peak Figures in Peace Time Appropriation
Washington dispatch reports that the current session will reach a historic peace time appropriation peak between 11.84 and 12.28 billion dollars. The peak stems from recession relief needs and a billion-dollar boost from the social security program, with an extra 250 million dollars already allocated for relief to be spent by July 1.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Bombardments Hit Canton Killings Rise in China War
Two new bombings in Canton, China, raise civilian deaths and injuries to thousands. American assets including Lingnam University and Standard Oil tanks are struck, with fires, rail terminal damage, and a large number of residents fleeing. Power and communications collapse hinder relief as hospitals lack essential services.
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Canton
China
Lingnam University
Standard Oil Company
Canton-Hankow
Hankow
Honam Island
Pear River
Honam
Sun Yat- Sen
China's Republic
United States
Pearl River
Mayon Volcano eruption spooks villagers. one dies of fright
Smoke and flames from Mayon volcano intensified six days into its eruption near Albay province driving 16,000 villagers from their homes. One man died of fright and another reportedly went insane as authorities fear the crater activity may worsen. Gov seeks funds for rice and shelter. relief officer ordered to Legaspi.
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Manila
Mayon
Albay
Pawa
Miguel Selga
Manila Weather Bureau
Legaspi
Philippine Army
Carol celebrates eighth anniversary of Romanian throne
In Bucharest on June 8, 1930, King Carol and Crown Prince Mihai addressed about 10,000 youths and 4,000 youth leaders as rain ended the gathering. Runners delivered wheat, flowers, and soil from across the kingdom along with water from Vadul, recalling Carol’s 1930 forced landing.
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Bucharest
Carol
Mihai
Vadul
Rumania
King Ferdinand
Magda Lupescu
Prince Mihai
Ferdinand
Bornman Named Farm Agent in Ouachita Parish
D L Bornman Jr is named Ouachita Parish agricultural agent by the police jury after executive session at the courthouse. J W Bateman of Baton Rouge approves, replacing E R Strahan who will be transferred. Salary set at 125 dollars monthly from police jury funds. Bornman, LSU 1925 graduate, previously taught vocational agriculture and served as agent in Washington Parish. The same meeting includes a 300 dollar appropriation to entertain Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment and a 42 dollar monthly clinic increase to 250 dollars.
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D. L. Bornman, Jr
Quachita Parish
J. W. Bateman
Baton Rouge
Mr. Bornman
E. R. Strahan
W. A. Mills
Sander Berry
Strahan
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Louisiana
Czech Minorities Statute Drawn Up in Prague
In Czechoslovakia the government nears completion of a long awaited minorities statute aimed at pacifying minorities including 3.5 million Sudeten Germans. The draft is to be shared with minority representatives soon with two constitutional law experts to review the final text. Tensions persist as minor affrays between soldiers and Germanic minority members continue amid the tense situation.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Plan to issue bonds for farmers' roads rejected
In Baton Rouge on June 8 Governor Richard Leche and most of the Louisiana House caucus rejected a plan to add a one cent sales tax. They backed a temporary $2.5 million bond issue to fund farmers' roads using half of proceeds from a $5 million bond referendum already before the Legislature. The original idea aimed to dedicate the full $5.9 million to statewide road upkeep while Peters proposed the farmer focused bond approach. A constitutional amendment to issue $35 million bonds passed the House and awaits Senate action.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Richard Leche
John J. Peters
Winn Parish
Leche
Peters
House
Senate
Party Looks to Gillette for Harmony in Iowa Race
Des Moines reports state Democratic leaders seek Senator Guy M. Gillette to unify the party after a hard senatorial primary won by Gillette against Otha D. Wearin. Wearin conceded. telegrams of congratulations came from Wearin and James Roosevelt.
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Des Moines
Guy M. Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Gillette
Wearin
James Roosevelt
Pittsburgh graduate writes beyond his handicap at Pitt
Joseph Pirukowsky, armless Johnstown youth, earned a bachelor of science at the University of Pittsburgh. Instructors say his handwriting, done with a pencil between his teeth, exceeds the average. In another item, St. Joseph County and Marshall County disagree over who should pave halves of a bowlder line road after a misapplied agreement.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Pirukowsky
Johnstown
University of Pittsburgh
Pirukowsky
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph
Marshall County
St. Joseph County
Marshall Commissioners
Building Inspectors Spotlight Idaho Falls Decline
Businessmen in Idaho Falls survey their low one story structures as Building Inspector L. E. Stalker assesses safety and compliance conditions for local commerce.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
L. E. Stalker
Wage Hour Bill Compromise Sets 40 Cents in Seven Years
A joint congressional committee agreed to a universal 40 cent an hour wage in interstate industries after seven years, with a 25 cent minimum for year one and 30 cents for year two. boards from employers workers and public would set industry minimums and seek 40 cents ASAP, except where unemployment would rise. Conferees fear constitutional issues and potential filibusters as they await a final bill.
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Washington
Congressional
Vanderbilt heir weds Manuela Hudson at Long Island estate
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt heir to a $20 million fortune marries Miss Manuela Hudson, Auburn haired daughter of a San Francisco attorney, in a ceremony at Sands Point Long Island. The union follows a romance beginning at Santa Anita and continuing through Pimlico and Belmont meets. Reverend Vincent A. McCarthy officiates at St Marys Manhasset.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
America
Manuela Hudson
San Francisco
Santa Anita Park
Pimlico
Belmont Tracks
Sands Point
Long Island
Margaret Emerson
Vanderbilt
Vincent A. McCarthy
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Manhasset
Charles S$. Howard
Howard
Santa Anita
Miss Hudson
George Hudson
Discovery
Emerson
Young Vanderbilt
Masked robbers seize $25,000 in Minden bank heist
Federal and state officers scoured northwest Louisiana for four masked gunmen who robbed the Minden Bank and Trust Company, binding five employees including President J. E. Harper. The heist followed a Bradley Arkansas robbery, with loot about $25,000 insured. Investigators tracked possible escape routes toward Shreveport and nearby towns.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Minden Bank and Trust Company
J. E. Harper
Bank of
First Bank
Weyman West
Cotton Valley
Spring Hill
Dixie Inn
Minden
Curtis
Bossier Parish
Coushatta
Harper
Fright Claimed by Contempt Witness
In Baton Rouge on June 8 George Boiteaux a 30 year old Hammond resident testified as the first defense witness in the contempt hearings for 34 defendants before Judge Wayne Borah He said he ran into Consolidated Chemicals grounds at night May 28 as Sheriff deBretton and deputies arrived and he had no knowledge of a federal injunction J W Reid a prosecution witness named three defendants present on May 27 on the railroad track and said the injunction covered railroad property while the men allegedly cursed him the railroad and the federal judge and threatened no switching at the plant
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Baton Rouge
George Boiteaux
Hammond
Wayne G. Borah
Consolidated Chemical Industries
Newman H. deBretton
J. W. Reid
Ilinois Central Railroad
J. A. Cannon
F. J. Couvillion
John Buford
Navy to Build World's Largest Military Plane
The Navy plans a huge airframe expected to cost up to 3 million dollars, weight around 50 tons, and surpass the Army’s 32‑ton “super flying fortress.” It aims to compete with the 41,000‑ton Atlantic clipper in ocean air transport while seeking congressional funding.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Seattle
Congress
Fuse blows at power plant stops city services briefly
A fuse blew in a transformer at the municipal light and power plant during a electric storm, causing a 20 minute shutdown of lights elevators air conditioning and linotype machines. The News-Star plant stalled from 1 10 p m to 1 30 p m before power resumed normal operation.
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Municipal Light and Power Plant
News-Star
Kidnap ransom bill recovered in Florida case
The Miami Daily News reported federal agents recovered a $5 bill from a $10,000 ransom paid for five-year-old James Cash Jr. The bill, found by a Jacksonville filling station attendant, led to two Tennessee police officers who were passing through Florida. They were questioned and released. source did not reveal how the bill was obtained.
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Princeton, Fla
Miami Daily News
James Bailey Cash, Sr
James, Jr
Jacksonville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
There
Tallahassee
Miami
Japan Becomes U S War Material Customer
Washington reports Japan has surpassed China as the United States' top buyer of war supplies for the six months ending June, with Brazil leading May purchases. Japan spent 6,091,090 on arms since December 1, while China bought 5,819,799, as exports total over 31 million for the period.
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Washington
Japan
United States
State Department
China
Brazil
National Munitions Control Board
Chins
Pees
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Margaret Rose
Princess Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
A. Vanderbilt
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Joe Rushing
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Rushing
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