Wallace Defends AAA in Louisiana Speech Attacks Long
Secretary Wallace visited Alexandria Louisiana to defend the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as the farmer’s best friend. He criticized Huey Long’s anti New Deal stance and argued the New Deal helps farmers gain fair prices, keep a protected market, and share national income. He cited rising Louisianan farm marketings as proof while denying food shortages.
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Alexandria
U.P
Henry Wallace
Huey FP
Long
New Deal
Rousevelt
Louisiana
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Des Moines
Iowa
Jefferson Wallace
AAA
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
New Deal For Agriculture
Weather across Midwest and Great Lakes region forecast
Showers tonight and Sunday with warmer readings in the southeast. cooler in the west and central areas. Small craft warnings on extreme western Lake Superior. Minnesota cloudy with showers possible north and east Sunday morning. North Dakota showers and cooler Sunday. Chicago area outlook calls for fair, cool start to the week with near normal temperatures and some precipitation later.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
North Dakota
Northwestern
Chicago
Great Lakes
Judge Sets Aside $125000 Verdict in Aliena tion Suit
Judge W Harding in Charlotte vacated a $125000 verdict won by F Brandon Smith Jr in his alienation of affections case against his former wife’s father Joseph F Cannon a Concord millionaire. He ordered a new trial stating the verdict was too large and against the weight of the evidence. The case centered on the wrecked marriage of Smith Reynolds heiress Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith and her former husband.
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Charlotte
N. C
W. ¥. Harding
F. Brandon Smith Jr
Joseph F. Cannon
Concord
Cannon
Harding
Smith
Anne Cannon
Reynolds Smith
Philadelphia
Smith Reynolds
Hot Springs
Ark
Former Opponent of Cutting Named for U S Senate Seat
Santa Fe New Mexico Governor Clyde Tingley announced Dennis Chavez, ex Democratic congressman, will fill the vacancy created by Republican Bronson Cutting's death in a Missouri airplane crash. Chavez to serve until the next general election in November 1936, when a replacement for Cutting's seat will be elected. Chavez led New Mexico Democrats and narrowly lost to Cutting by about 1,000 votes last November.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Clyde Tingley
Dennis Chavez
United States Senate
Bronson Cutting
Missouri
Chavez
Cutting
Democratic
New Mexico
Elections Committee
Senate
Tingley
House of Representatives
Minnesota Families Arrive for Alaska Matanuska Colony
Seventy three colonists from Minnesota begin settling in the Matanuska valley Alaska after a 150 mile train trip from Seward. Families including Herman Schlittberger of Mora express optimism about a new farming district as Green Bay prepares onward travel for the next contingent. Ben Schultz arrives to supervise arrangements.
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Wibur Sanders
Associated Press
Palmer
Alaska
Minnesota
Sam
Mata Nuska
Herman Schlittberger
Mora
Mina
Pve
Seward
Anchorage
Here
CCC
Bay
Green Bay
Wis
Matanuska Valley
St. Paul
Northwestern
Milwaukee Road
Seattle
Matanuska
Lena
Abrams
Plymouth
Tipler
Mountain
Oconto
Sheboygan Falls
Ben Schultz
Unemployed Mutiny Rocks St Johns Newfoundland City
Police and World War veterans patrolled St Johns as thousands of unemployed men and women marched on the colonial building to press relief demands. Rioters looted shops, shattered windows, and battled police, cutting power until engineers rerouted electricity. The unrest followed harsh winter conditions and high living costs amid relief delays.
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United Press
St. Johns
N. F
England
Commission
Newfoundland
Water Street
United States
Roosevelt to decide bonus veto while fishing in Maryland
President Roosevelt with Vice President Garner and congressional leaders travels to the Blue Ridge for a weekend fishing trip as the Patman bonus bill fate remains uncertain. Supporters push for an override while veterans groups urge action and lawmakers weigh parliamentary delays.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Garner
Burns
Robinson
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Blue Ridge Mountains
Maryland
U.S
Dennis Chavez
Bronson N. Cutting
New Mexico
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Patman Group
Chavez
Veterans’ Lobey
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Capitol
Milwaukee Man Held on $75,000 Bond in 1932 Bank Messenger Robbery
Isadore Kello graph alias George Berman was held on $75,000 bond for trial on assault and robbery tied to a 1932 bank messenger robbery that netted $52,000. John Walsh testified at the hearing that he was menaced and aided by others before the crime.
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Milwaukee
Isadore Kellograph
George Berman
Milwaukee County
John Walsh
Hellograph
Hnim
R A Spink dies at home former city treasurer and Civil War veteran
R A Spink longtime Fond du Lac and Oshkosh figure passes away at 438 Jackson Drive after a year of ill health. A Civil War veteran, former Fourteenth Wisconsin infantry clerk, and 27 year city treasurer, he was born January 8 1844 in Ennis Killen Ireland and died after a long life of public service. He leaves a history as a veteran lodge member and local businessman with a long record in G A R circles.
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R. A. Spink
Jackson Drive
Fourteenth
Lodge of Odd Fellows
James Esom Jewel
Ireland
Ennes Killen
Richard Robert Spink
Caroline Bowyer Spink
England
Leeds
Yorkshire
Oxford University
Macclesfield Chesshire
Macclesfield
Richard
America
Virginia
Hamilton
Ont
Canada
Spink
Welland Canal
Fond du Lac
Indianapolis
Ind
Richard Angela Spink
Willoughby and Coolidge
Fond U Lac
Wisconsin Infantry
Shiloh
Tenn
Vicksburg
Miss
Clouterville
Markesville
Tupelo
Old Town Creek
Miss. Kenesaw Mountains
Esra Chapel
Jonesboro
Atlanta, Ga
Augusta
Ark
Nashville
Fenn
Fort. Blakely
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Abraham Lincoln
Margarite
Amanda Consaul
Joseph J
Lidia Worthman Consaul
Milwaukee
Mr. Spink
Oshkosh
20 Routes Cleared for Tourist Traffic in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission announced that its general order restricting heavy trucks on crowded highways during weekends and holidays will take effect Memorial Day. Twenty highways will be restricted on Saturdays 1 to 11 pm and Sundays holidays 9 am to 12 midnight, with some segments exempted. Exceptions apply to certain emergency and commodity trucks. past experience showed smoother traffic and fewer accidents.
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Madison
State I Public Service Commission
Eau Claire
Menomonie
Genoa_ City
Wisconsin Dells
Illnois
Middleton
Elkhorn
Milwaukee
West Salem
la Crosse
Watertown
Beloit
Janesville
Fort Atkinson
Oshkosh
Judigion
Wwithrick
Waukesha County
Ilinois State Line
de Pere
Illinois
Sheboygan County
Lake Genevas
Delavan
Kaukauna
Kiel
Green Bay
Walworth County
Lake Geneva
Walworth
Runaway Girls Returned to Monroe from Trinidad
Louise Johnson and Virginia Kie both 15 faced arraignment in Monroe on delinquency and truancy charges after running away May 2 from Monroe Wisconsin to seek Hollywood fame. They were halted by sheriff's officers in Trinidad Colorado.
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Monroe
Wis
Trinidad
Colo
Hollywood
Louise Johnson
Virginia Kie
New Dealers Push Tax Plan to Expand Bank Bill
Left wing backers seek to pair central bank controls with higher taxes to speed income redistribution. Federal Reserve Chief Eccles endorses the bank bill and tax plan while warning that monetary control needs timely government spending and targeted taxation. The administration debates ways to hasten recovery but major tax action isn’t expected before the 1936 elections.
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United States
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking and Currency
House
Eccles
Treasury
Roosevelt
New Deal High Command
Postmen Carry Guns As Get-Rich-Quick Chain Craze Spreads
Oklahoma City reports a growing get rich quick chain letter fever with crowds at chain stores profits touted at night clubs. Postmen and postal clerks faced threats and armed guards as promoters and promoters’ entourages spread. authorities prepared to act while gunmen roamed centers where hundreds gathered.
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Tom Yarbrough
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
H. C. Jones
Internal Revenue
Jones
Wade Loofbourrow
United States
Jromer S. Cummings
R. A. Griffith
Roosevelt signs rural electrification order and highway aid plan
President Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Rural Electrification Administration to oversee approved projects and allocate funds for highway and grade crossing elimination. About 400 million dollars will be distributed among states next week for concrete slabs feeder routes and farm-to-market roads with a 100 percent grant basis. An additional 400 million was set aside to protect reemployment gains. Morris L. Cooke will organize the new agency and manage property acquisitions and dispostions.
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Richard L. Harkness
United Press
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Rural Electrification Administration
Morris L. Cooke
Philadelphia
Advisory Committee
John Erskine Likely New Met Manager After Witherspoon
Following Herbert Witherspoon’s sudden death the Metropolitan Opera debates a successor. Paul Cravath may call a board meeting. Edward Zeigler and Edward Johnson run operations temporarily. John Erskine, Juilliard trustee and Columbia professor, seen as a potential general manager.
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R. H. Hippelheuser
Associated Press
New York
Herbert Witherspoon
Metropolitan Opera
Paul D. Cravath
Opera
Witherspoon
Giuliogatti-Casazza
Mr. Witherspoon
Europe
Edward Zeigler
Edward Johnson
Juilliard Foundation
John Erskine
Columbia
Juilliard
The
Metropolitan
Juilliard Foomballer
Erskine Feuds Wemane
Qe “Me
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Labrador Coast
Presigent
Huey P. Long
Patman
Charles £. Coughlin
Detroit
White House
Thomas
Jesse Jones
RFC
Bala
Philip H. Sheridan
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