Roosevelt aides push settlements in widespread labor disputes
President Roosevelt's mediation board seeks quick endings to major conflicts. Ickes endorses a fair method to end the Cleveland gasoline station operators strike, while Swanson pressures the Camden shipyard strike with a looming naval ultimatum. Pacific coast longshoremen talks begin as Remington Rand workers walk out. Textile union threats loom in the south. Guards patrol Alabama coal fields after deadly strike violence.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Ickes
Cleveland
Navy
Swanson
Camden, N. J
New York Ship Building Company
U. S. S. Tuscaloosa
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Remington Rand Typewriter Company
Syracuse
Ilion
N. Y
Middletown
South
Code Administration
National
Alabama Coal and Iron Fields
Thomas
Republic Steel Corporation
Additional Troops Reach Strike Area
Reinforcements with two more Alabama National Guard companies dig in in Jefferson county iron fields to end a deadlocked strike by about 8 000 miners. Civil officers are withdrawn as the four iron makers resist wage demands of 1 to 2 84 a day and a seven hour day. Governor Miller seeks a federal code from Roosevelt and Hugh Johnson to resolve the walkout and resulting disorders. Two black miners have died and at least 15 others wounded in attacks. numerous beatings and six assault charges are reported.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama National
Jefferson County
B. M. Miller
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery Administrator
Miller
Webb City Bank Robbery Strikes Early Morning Heist
A gang of six to nine men bound and gagged seven bank staff and two beauty shop workers in Webb City Missouri, after entering through a beauty shop ceiling. They escaped in two cars with about 14 000 to 16 000 dollars, heading southwest toward Oklahoma after forcing cashier Lee Daugherty to open the vault.
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Webb City
Louis Kempf
Lee A. Daugherty
Oklahoma
Water meter work leaves dirt piles at homes
A reader asks for better aftercare when water meter digs leave piled earth in yards. In West Monroe the night siren, mill whistle, and church bell celebrated Mayor Cc Bell's reelection, as townsfolk discuss his victory while barber friends arrive daily at their shop.
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Jes
West Monroe
Cc. C. Bell
Sarah Patton
Appointees May Hold Their Jobs
Anti-Long leaders in New Orleans suggested Louisiana Collector of Internal Revenue D. D. Moore and U S District Attorney Rene A. Viasca may keep their posts through continued recess appointments without Senate confirmation. Roosevelt withdrew Viasca’s nomination after an unfavorable committee report led by Senator Huey P. Long. Edward Righter said further events would unfold.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Internal Revenue
D. D. Moore
U. S
Rene A. Viosea
Huey P. Long
Senate
Long
Roosevelt
Edward Righter
Covington Man Beaten Over Two Cent Bet
El lis McClain 30 of Covington La is in critical condition after a beating with a billiard cue police said. McClain told officers he was struck by Andrew Irving 25 during an argument over a two cent bet in Covington last night.
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New Orleans
Ellis McClain
Covington
McLain
Andrew Irving
Drought Strains Midwest Crops With Record Heat
The drought worsens Midwest farming as wells run dry and grain yields near famine years. Officials warn may yield drop below 1894 and 1930 levels while new insect pests bite fields and planting stalls amid uncertain crop bulletin forecasts.
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Midwest
Washington
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Bond for Insull Not Lowered by Judge Sparks
Samuel Insull's bid for a bond reduction failed as Judge Will M. Sparks refused to lower the $200000 bond. The 74 year old ex utility czar remains in Cook county jail hospital awaiting a habeas corpus ruling and possible collateral backing from supporters.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Cook County
Will M. Sparks
U. S Circuit Court of Appeals
Insull
Floyd F. Thompson
United States
Thompson
Sparks
John P. Barnes
Ezar
Ellender Seeks Fifth Straight Potato King Title
Houma Louisiana May 10 Allan J Ellender of Terrebonne area known as Good Earth plans to retain his title as Louisiana potato king. He has led the state in potato production for four years and aims for a fifth with yields up to 367 bushels per acre. He attributes success to proper cultural methods and fertilizer use.
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Houma
Allan J. Ellender
Terrebonne
Louisiana
Eflender
U. S
Elender
A New Deal for Louisiana Legislature Meets for Final Biennial Session
A Louisiana legislative call for drastic change outlines a new deal to curb an administration blamed for debt, nepotism, waste, and misused funds. The piece urges lawmakers to withhold further taxing and spending powers and to safeguard public institutions while restoring popular government.
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Louisiana
Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Lions of State End Successful Convention in Louisiana
The eleventh annual district conference closed at Cherokee terrace Hotel Frances with a governor's dinner honoring Ed Everett Jr. of Farmerville. R. H. Curry of Haynesville Lions club was elected governor for 1934 35 and will take office June 20. Baton Rouge won next year’s convention location with top attendance.
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Louisiana
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Ed Everett, Jr
Farmerville
R. H. Curry
Haynesville Lions Club
Baton Rouge
NRA seeks retreat from supervising many small businesses
Washington May 10. NRA officials consider withdrawing from broad supervision of small shops. Hugh S. Johnson aides study the ground for retreat amid code differences. They expect difficulty extricating themselves while some push to quit strict local service trade oversight.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Doctors Hope To Save Crossing Crash Victim
MARSHALL Texas May 10 Physicians hold hopes for the recovery of Mrs Robert H Sandlin of Kilgore critically hurt in an auto train collision near Jefferson yesterday in which her husband was fatally injured. Sandlin s automobile was demolished and burst into flames after it collided with a Texas and Pacific passenger train at a crossing. Cremation of the couple was averted when Pen Baldwin who lived near the scene extricated them from the blazing wreckage of their car. Baldwin was slightly burned.
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Marshall
Texas
Robert H. Sandlin
Kilgore
Jefferson
Sandlin
Texas and Pacific
Pen Baldwin
Baldwin
Colonel Lea and Son Leave Asheville for Prison
In Asheville North Carolina on May 10 Colonel Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr. were taken by two deputy sheriffs to Raleigh to begin state prison terms for banks law violations. They had been held in Buncombe county jail after extradition proceedings.
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Lea
Asheville
N. C
Col
Luke Lea
Raleid
Nashville, Tenn
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Colonel Lee
Tom K. Brown
Frank Lakey
Raleigh
Lees
Lea’s Escape From Prison Implied By Narrated Road Trip
In Asheville on May 10 a terse dispatch hints that Luke Lea, former Tennessee financial and political czar, escaped from custody and is traveling in an open car with guns, aiming for a distant destination within hours or a half day’s ride.
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Asheville
N. C
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Bomb Planted To Kill Chancellor In Salzburg
In Salzburg on May 10 a high explosive bomb was found at the airport station before Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss arrived from Vienna for a patriotic front meeting. The device contained eleven pounds of ekrasite with clockwork. Dollfuss appeared unfazed as he was greeted by Prince Ernst Von Starhemberg and crowds of peasant girls.
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Salzburg
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Vienna
Patriotic Front
Ernst von Starhemberg
Heimwehr
Death Penalty Sought in Texas Slaying Trial
In Lufkin Texas on May 10 the state sought the death penalty as arguments opened in the trial of Roy Cusack for the murder of C E Cansler Sr a Zavalla resident. The defense moved for acquittal claiming no proof connected Cusack to the crime.
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Lufkin
Texas
Roy Cusack
C. E Cansler
Zavalla
Kidnaping Of Rich Oil Operator At Arcadia Party
Two masked gunmen snatched 47 year old William F Gettle from a party at his Arcadia country estate near the Sierra Madre foothills. James Wolfe was bound and gagged and strapped to a tree while Gettle was taken after guests were entertained by Mr and Mrs Gettle. Continued on second page.
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Los Angeles
William F. Gettle
Arcadia
Sierra Madre Mountains
Gettle
Foothills
James Wolfe
Westwood
Cettle
Heywood accuses Old Regulars of blocking tax relief
Senator W Scott Heywood of Jennings accuses New Orleans Mayor T Simmes Walmsley and the Old Regulars of moving to oust Speaker Allen J Ellender to thwart the Louisiana tax reform commission. He says the plan aims to gain control of committees and provoke a political fight during the upcoming session.
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Baton Rouge
W. Scott Heywood
Jennings
Louisiana
Tax Reform Commission
T. Simmes ‘Walmsley
New Orleans
Allen J. Ellender
Commission
Heywood
Walmsley
House of Representatives
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Army Sergeant Is Held For Criminal Assault
Staff Sergeant Gaylord Cross, 32, of the United States Army, is detained by Rapides Parish Sheriff A. T. Downs in an unannounced jail on a charge of criminally attacking a 12-year-old Alexandria girl. He was arrested Tuesday night as District Attorney Al Hyndley orders a special grand jury session Saturday to consider the case. Cross was on detached service with the civilian conservation corps from his base at Barkdale field.
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Alexandria
A. T. Downs
Rapides Parish
Gaylord Cross
United States Army
al Hyndley
Grand
Sergeant Cross
Civilian Conservation Corps
Barksdale Field
Reed Gunning for Old Place in Upper House
Jim Reed aims for his old Senate seat amid Missouri party power struggles. The battle involves Bennett Champ Clark and boss Tom Pendergast, with Reed signaling a plan to run and name a Democratic challenger in November.
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Reed
OLD Place
Kansas City
Missouri
Jim Reed
Senate
Bennett Champ Clark
Thomas J. Pendergast
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Pendergast
Big Tom
Harry S. Truman
Jackson County
Joseph Shannon
Clark
J. L
Tuck) Milligan
Richmond
Two Young Couples Held In New Orleans Case
Two young couples, Harry Hogan 25 and Jack Burnet 20 of San Antonio Texas, and Catherine Williams 20 with Pearl Audler 24 of New Orleans, were detained by federal authorities as investigators probe ownership of a car they rode in. The detention followed suspicion raised by Mrs Edmond Gibson wife of a New Orleans police official returning from Lake Charles where she attended a peace officers convention.
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New Orleans
Harry Hogan
Jack Burnet
San Antonio
Texas
Catherine Williams
Pearl Audler
Edmond Gibson
Lake Charles
Gibson
All Night Rain Delays Orleans Golf Tourney
All night rain postpones second round match play in the 1934 Southern women's golf championship at New Orleans Country Club. Flooding forced the delay as officials moved play to the afternoon.
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Orleans
New Orleans
New Orleans Country Club
Roosevelt Signs Revenue Bill to Close Loopholes
President Roosevelt signed a $417 million revenue raising bill to close holes in existing law and add new taxes. He plans to ask Congress to reconsider a coconut oil tax deemed unjust to the Philippine islands. Senator Harrison and Representative Doughton led the legislation, with Morgenthau and other officials present.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Congress
Philippine Islands
Harrison
Mississippi
Doughton
North Carolina
Senate Finance and
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Tax Bill Is Law and Other Acts Debated
The $417 000 point-9 tax bill became law after President Roosevelt signed it. Congress discussed commissions on commodity exchanges and stock market regulation while probing mandatory versus permissive controls on metals. Morgen thau announced a 3 300 strong alcohol tax unit, and debate continued on aviation policy and army plane purchases. The Senate passed Steiner's bill barring federal office holders from national conventions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Committee For
Senate
Morgenthau
Treasury
House Agriculture Committee
Sheppard
Democrat
Texas
House
Benjamin D. Foulois
Air Corps
Army
Walter S. Gifford
The
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