Rockefeller Center murals spark clash over Lenin portrait
The article notes John D. Rockefeller Jr. funded Diego Rivera to paint eight Rockefeller Center walls. Rivera favored communism, but painting Lenin as a hero led to his removal. The piece also surveys science topics, a Mother's Day crime, a record-breaking upside-down flight, and evolving European tensions with Hitler.
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Oil Proration Rule Extended for East Texas Field
Austin May 1 The Texas gas and oil commission today issued an order extending the emergency proration rules for the East Texas oil field. Output is estimated at about 166000 barrels daily.
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Hotel owner beaten to death at Riverside hotel
William Mueller, 65, proprietor of the Riverside hotel at 114 Dwyer Avenue, was found dead in his office, beaten with a brick. Autopsy ordered. The room showed a bloodstained bed sheet around Mueller's neck and a broken brick near the chair. The locked office and chair, plus police observations, suggest foul play and possible chilling concealment. The Riverside hotel sits opposite the Bexar County courthouse and near detective headquarters.
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Weather forecast for Hen Antonig and vicinity
Partly cloudy with variable winds gradually turning south easterly. Temperatures rise Wednesday with highs around 68 and a low near 54 Tuesday night. North and central areas warm up by Wednesday, south portions cooler. Extended outlook shows partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions across most regions, with some mentions of southeast winds.
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Receipted bill leads to fine in cigar theft case
M. J. Maetz of 202 Casino club building was fined $5 and sentenced to one day in jail for theft under 50 dollars by Judge Charles J. Matthews in county court No. 2 on Tuesday. The case involved a December 1932 theft where a receipted bill for three boxes of cigars from Morris Block cigar store was used to pay the deliveryman, with Maetz delegated to collect the bill. A motion for a new trial was filed.
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Warm Weather Expected With 84 And 90 Degree Days
After several cool days the forecast calls for warm weather returning Tuesday night into Wednesday with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures are expected to reach 84 Tuesday and 90 Wednesday, versus Monday’s 79. A cooler morning is forecast Wednesday with a low near 88, about one degree above Tuesday’s 67. Winds will shift from variable to steadier during the night. no rain is forecast.
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Mitchell Charged With Tax Fraud in Federal Case
In New York on May 16, Charles B. Mitchell, former chalete man of the National City bank, was charged in federal court with defrauding the government of 850,423 in taxes on over 4,000,000 in income. Prosecutor Medalie outlined alleged sham sales to conceal profits for 1928 and 1939, including a 1930 maneuver to dodge tax on 790,000 plus by stock pretenses.
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San Francisco Bay Area Hit by twin earthquakes
Two sharp quakes at 3:45 am jolted the San Francisco Bay Area. Windows rattled, clocks stopped, and residents fled as tremors were felt across San Francisco Oakland and Stanford dormitories. Scientists noted a minor shock and pinpointed an epicenter away from the city, while towns from Bakersfield to Santa Rosa reported trembling.
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Paris mobilizes industries amid defense orders
Paris on May 16 ordered factories with more than 500 workers to report to the passive defense bureau within a month, detailing employment and capacity. The move accompanies anticipation of Chancellor Hitler's forthcoming arms policy speech and signals renewed Franco British American unity on the German rearmament issue.
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Fire and Police Civil Service Board Suspends Ten Officers
Detec tives P. C. Hardcastie, Leo Kohr, A. G. Lankford, 0. W. Lee, J. F. Leonard and Rex May plus Officers Johnny Stowe, A. Fiefferling, A. Verdee and T. Beasley were suspended from one to three days each on Tuesday. No reason given for the suspensions.
East Indies Rubber Tapping Declines Amid Idle Acres
BATAVIA Dutch East Indies July 16 Nearly a fifth of rubber acreage is out of tap with 186,000 hectares idle representing 15 percent of tappable area. Mary Americas reports the impact on production and local economy as figures show substantial underutilization of plantings.
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Roosevelt's Appeal To World Conferences
Franklin D Roosevelt appeals to leaders at the world economic and disarmament conferences urging rapid action. He emphasizes peace through orderly economic measures, currency stabilization, freer trade, and disarmament steps, calling for a total elimination of offensive weapons and a binding non aggression pact among nations. He urges all nations to join in concerted efforts at Geneva and London to avoid failure and ensure durable peace.
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Roosevelt Appeals to Congress on World Peace Pact
President Roosevelt informs Congress of reasons for his appeal to back a world nonaggression pact. He argues such a pact is needed to safeguard political and economic peace against selfish, shortsighted policies and actions. He notes broad world support and calls for elimination of weapons that enable aggression. Continued on page 8.
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Nations Told to Keep Troops Home
President Roosevelt urged nations to abandon offensive war aims and pursue peace and economic recovery. The message backed a consultative security pact and arms limits, proposing that no armed forces cross frontiers unless armament deals are violated, and calling for global disarmament and unity ahead of Hitler’s policy pronouncement.
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