G Men Seize Spectator Near Kidnapped Boy Home
Federal agents seized a spectator in Princeton Florida near the home of James Batley Cash Jr. and sped him to Miami amid the search for the kidnapped boy. Sheriff’s deputies and volunteers prepared to scour citrus groves and vegetable fields for the boy, who was seized for a $10,000 ransom last Saturday night.
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James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
Fla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Bailey Cash
Miami
D. C. Coleman
Homestead
Coleman
Hope
James Batley Cash, Jr
W. P. Cash
Cash
James Cash
Ever- Blades
Key West
Biscayne Bay
Weather forecast for Southeastern states
Weather outlook covers South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama. Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with chances of showers in extreme northwest and extreme north portions. Slightly warmer interior and west central regions. Coastal winds expected light to moderate.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Hoover reports arrest in Cash kidnaping case
Washington June 1 P J Ed gar Hoover director of the FBI said he had been advised of the arrest of M F Braxton at Princeton Fla in connection with the kidnaping of Jimmy Cash Jr Hoover said he knew only that Braxton had been taken into custody
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Washington
P.J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
M. F. Braxton
Princeton
Fla
Jimmy Cash, Jr
Hoover
New York
Braxton
Primary Lists Close With Four Candidates In Senate Race
United States demands Japan restore American properties in China. Ambassador Grew presented a note to Foreign Minister Ugaki urging return of properties, including the Unity of Shanghai, and access for Americans to reenter areas such as Nanking and the Yangtze Valley.
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Senate
U.S
Joseph Grew
China
Washington
United States
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Ugaki
State Department
Shanghai
Yangtze
Valley
Nanking
Oi Southern Baptist Missionary Societies
Rebels Scale High Mountains on the Teruel Frontier
Rebels pressed a major offensive east of Teruel as Franco forces fought government militiamen for Valencia. In land and air battles, insurgents pounded eastern coastal targets while advancing north of the Teruel Sagunto Valencia highway. Granollers near Barcelona was hit with an expected death toll over 500 and multiple injuries. The British ship Penthames was sunk and Valencia harbor saw bombs. Government aviation retaliated against the insurgent base on Mallorca.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Sagunto
Granollers
Barcelona
Spain
Penthames
Mallorca
Griffin Political Rally Dates Set For June 21 22 23
Griffin Georgia schedules a nonpartisan three day political rally June 21 22 and 23. U S Senator Walter F George and former Governor Eugene Talmadge speak June 21. Governor Rivers and candidates for governor speak June 22. Fourth Congressional District candidates speak June 23 led by Phillip Moore Sidney Camp and Emmett Mershall Owen with Quimby Melton presiding.
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Griffin
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Walter F. George
Eugene Talmadge
Majo Quimby Melton
The
Griffin News
J. J. Maugham
Hugh Howell
D. Rivers
Congressional Distr
Phillipa Moore
Franklin
Sidney Camp
U. S
Emmett Mershall Owen
Japanese claim defense surrendering on China front
Shanghai reports Japanese forces say General Chiang Kai-Shek's lines along the Lunghai route are yielding to air power. Nippon planes bomb Lan feng area and press toward Kaifeng and Cheng chou while claiming Ning ling captured. Doihara division's fate uncertain as Chinese report encirclement possibilities. Canton bombed as raids jet to Hankow.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Lunghai
Lanfeng
Army of
Nippon
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Ningling
Kweiteh
Kenji Doihara
Pohsien
Chines
Sunghai
Suchon
Fred B Snite Jr to Leave Miami in Iron Lung Tonight
Miami, June 1. Fred B Snite Jr a 27 year old Notre Dame graduate will depart for Chicago tonight encased in the iron lung that has kept him alive since infantile paralysis in China 26 months ago. He can now breathe for 23 minutes without the device. When he arrived in Miami Beach seven months ago he could remain unassisted for only four minutes.
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Fred M Snite, JR
Miami
Fla
Fred B. Snite, Jr
Chicago
China
Notre Dame
Miami Beach
FDR Signs Amendments Raising Crop Quotas
President Roosevelt signed amendments to the crop control law, raising 1939 marketing quotas for flue cured tobacco to 743 million pounds and dark tobacco to 147.9 million pounds while barley drops to 347 million. Cotton quotas allow unused allotments to be redistributed to farmers with lower original 1938 allocations or smaller past production, aiding over planted Oklahoma and Texas growers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Reorganization Issue Debated For Next Congress
Washington reports that Congress and President Roosevelt now face a reorganization bill for the 1939 session. Senators Byrnes and Warren say some form will be placed before the new Congress as public pressure and letters favored efficiency and economy. The fight centered on curbing presidential authority to revise and consolidate federal agencies.
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Roosevelt
Byrnes
Dsc
Warren Dnc
Senate
House
Congress
Brynes
Warren
Johnson
Calif
Farm price level shows decrease in May
Washington June 1 The level of farm prices declined in May to the lowest point in four years. Surpluses and lower consumer demand from the business recession sent the price level down 30 percent since a year ago. All major farm commodities participated in the decline.
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Washington
Jjune
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
FDR Intervenes in Fight Over Works Funds
Washington June 1 President Roosevelt personally intervened in the battle over earmarking proposed federal public works funds warning that unemployment has grown acute and a flexible relief program is essential. He urged Senator Adams that emergency employment should start now and requested no restrictions on immediate works projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adams
D-Colo
Congress
Senate
Camp Joins George Talmadge And McRae In U S Senate Race
Georgia primary field grows as Lawrence Camp Eugene Talmadge and W G McRae enter the race for Walter F George's senate seat. Rivals include Governor Rivers Hugh Howell John Mangham Robert Wood and several Brunswick district candidates. Campaigns push roosevelt alignment with local radio plans and policy pledges.
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Atlanta
Gat
Newdeab
Georgia
Senate
Walter F. George
Lawrence S. Camp
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmadge
W. G. McRae
McRae
Townsend
Wey
Talmade
George
E. J Rivers
Hugh Howell
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
John J. Mangham
Bremen
Robert F. Wood
Athens
Wood
Tivers
Braswell Deen
Eighth
Brunswick
Deen
Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to Test Auto Drivers for License
Augusta Ga June 1 state commissioner of safety Phil Brewster has given county sheriffs and municipal police chiefs authority to hold examinations for drivers licenses He wrote motor club official William F Shipman that blanks for examinations had been mailed to county and city officials Previously state troopers administered the tests
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Augusta
Phil Brewster
State Commissioner of Safety
William F. Shipman
Motor Club
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