Davis outlines new US disarmament policy at Geneva
Norman H. Davis declares a shift from isolation to international cooperation, pledging automatic supervision of armaments and US consultation in peace enforcement. France seeks mutual aid and stronger supervision, while Morgan banking case and looming recovery measures draw Senate attention.
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United States
Norman H. Davis
Geneva
Davis
Roosevelt
Mr. Davis
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Paul Boncour
Roosevelt seeks tariff truce while farm act remains unsettled
The Roosevelt administration plans a tariff truce pending the London conference. Secretary Wallace, after a Hull meeting, authorizes proceeding with farm act processing taxes on wheat cotton and possibly corn and hogs. Guy Shepard heads packing house products trade duties. C A Cobb handles cotton work. both join M L Wilson as wheat administrator. New York backs prohibition repeal with wide margins. 150 delegates pledge repeal and meet June 27 in Albany. New York aims to ratify the repeal amendment as the sixth state.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Hull
Europe
Canada
George . N. Peek
Guy
Shepard
Evanston
Cudahy Packing Company
C. A. Cobb
Atlanta
York State
New York City
Albany
Empire State
Roosevelt Asks Congress to Ease Hawaii Governor Residency Rule
President Roosevelt urged Congress to suspend the law requiring Hawaii’s governor to be a resident. He favored selecting the best candidate from Hawaii or the mainland, stressing experience and impartiality for the post. A Chinese Japanese truce in north China was reported as fighting continued near Peiping.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Hawaii
United States
Rea Oete
China
Foreign Office
Tokyo
North China Zone
Peiping
Great Wall
Lutal
Tientsin
Manchukuo
Han Fu-chu
Shantung Province
Hwang-fu
Tungchow
Cuba
Machadora
Arsenio Ortiz
Machado
Oriente
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Carlos Leyva
Taguasco
Leyva
Ortiz
Sancti Spiritus
Roosevelt seeks broad powers to speed national recovery
The piece argues President Roosevelt should wield extensive authority to shape industry codes and public works, arguing Congress cedes to his leadership in a time of crisis. It outlines two restrictions on code powers, the licensing system, and the potential for reports, while noting public works funding of 3.3 billion dollars over two years. It also recalls the Senate impeachment trial procedures for Harold Louderback.
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Morgan & Co
Alleghany Corporation
William H. Woodin
the Treasury
Charles Francis Adams
the Navy
McAdoo
Newton D. Baker
John W. Davis
John J. Pershing
John J. Raskob
Silas H. Strawn
Harold Lodderback
California
Senate
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
Moline
Til
Bernard Baruch
New York
Johnson
Old War Industries Board
First Draft Board
Kansas
West Point
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Commerce and Industry
Senate of the
United States
House of Representatives
Harold Louderback
Curtis
Sumners
Texas
Western Newspaper Union
Married pastor loses girl too in Ozarks triangle
Randolph Iowa report tells of Rev Sharon C Inman who left his Missouri wife and two children for Ezra Patsy Holdridge a twenty year old Oklahoma minister's daughter. The trio lived under one roof with the minister leaving his pulpit and wife. Patsy later gave up the affair and Inman eloped to Texas. The wife has a teaching job and the minister's status is gone.
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Randolph
Iowa
Sharon C. Inman
Missouri
Ezra
Patsy”) Holdridge
Oklahoma
Texas
Inman
Ozarks
Italian Corsican Vendetta Escalates at Corsican Coasts
Tensions flare as Corsican fishermen clash with Italian trawlers from Leghorn and Sardinia. A night incident off Bastia saw an Italian trawler attempt to sink two Corsican boats, firing upon them with lights out, prompting armed crews to defend themselves with rifles.
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Bastia
Corsica
Leghorn
Sardinia
Pietra Carbara
Cape Corse
Husband accused in $100,000 sale scheme
Milwaukee. Frank Pesetz tried to sell his wife to a man of sixty for $100,000, she charged, suing him for divorce. The deal failed when the suitor valued her at only $7,000. She also alleged he forced her to tickle customers in his soft drink business to boost drink sales.
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Milwaukee
Frank Pesetz
Man Without Stomach Dies at 72 in Lebanon
Lebanon Indiana farmer Jesse M. Coombs dies at seventy two. He had his stomach removed eighteen years ago and returned to farming after the operation. Medical science rearranged some organs so he did not require a stomach.
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Lebanon
Ind
Jesse M. Coombs
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Pecora
Glass
Leonard Keyes
Keyes
Parker Gilbert
Hugh
Michigan Avenue
Farley
Chicago
Exposition Area
Arcturus
Unien
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Major Oritz
Federal Trade Commission
Inmans
Holdridge
Patsy
Marshall
Teachers’ College
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