02 May 1935
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1935
Page
1
The Senate debates changing the Harrison bonus compromise to pay five percent on bonds instead of four percent as Patman and Vinson proposals enter the arena. The plan would affect veterans who borrowed half of a thousand-dollar certificate, altering immediate repayments.
Washington report notes Secretary Hull addressing a business convention denouncing resistance to Roosevelt tariff and trade policies. The president reportedly grows angry at convention speakers attacks and will skip the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.
Tokyo reports three men detained at Formosa on suspicion of espionage aboard the ketch Flying Dutchman. The captain, W. S. Gates of Lancaster PA, is described as a retired U S Navy lieutenant. The article contrasts Attu Island's stark isolation with its poor Aleut settlers and mentions scarce fur trade, abundant sea life, and harsh living conditions.
Reports from Kirin Manchoukuo say a group of Chinese brigands attacked a passenger train. Five guards were killed and fourteen passengers injured, with about a dozen taken hostage. Japanese troops arrived and drove off the brigands, leaving 13 attackers dead behind.
Twenty thousand automobile factory workers in Detroit and related plants face renewed idleness as strikes and shutdowns continue during peace talks between the American Federation of Labor and government mediators. The prolonged dispute threatens production and labor peace as negotiations proceed.
Rain swept the southwest and central plains last night, freshening parched dust bowls. In Springfield Illinois residents rushed outside in night clothes as the downpour lasted over two hours. Dalhart Texas tried rain explosions again at night.
Havana police linked six arrests of suspected anarchists to possible ties with disasters affecting ships sailing to and from Havana. Authorities avoided naming any vessel and said an investigation is underway.
A violent earthquake yesterday in the Kars district near Soviet Armenia left sixteen children dead, twenty people missing, and more than fifty seriously injured. Heavy damage disrupted occupied mountainous areas.
London reports the government will accept a German security accord and push a broader disarmament based system. Premier Ramsay MacDonald announced Britain will accelerate and expand its air program in a bid to elicit Reich cooperation.
Part of the U S Grand Fleet is expected to enter San Francisco Bay today as maneuvers continue in the area. The movement occurs amid ongoing naval exercises off the coast and within the bay.
May 2 The Polish liquor monopoly has cut prices of all spirits by 20 percent to boost consumption.
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