Kidnapped Editor Outwits Captors in Valdosta Escape
Royal Daniel editor of the Quitman Free Press was kidnapped near Quitman and driven toward Valdosta before slipping away by turning in a fire alarm. He says the motive was not ransom but to remove him from an activity in which he played a vital role, and he escaped with minor injuries after a tense 19 mile ride.
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Valdosta
Royal Daniel
Quitman Free Press
Daniel
Georgia
Ud Bas Aniels
Ransom
Cin
Pat
Times
Congress Faces Sixth Month With Fights Ahead
Washington June 3 Congress enters its sixth month as fights loom over NRA actions and possible constitutional amendments. Senate debates include utility holding company regulation, Supreme Court NRA ruling impacts, and calls by AFL leaders. House to tackle navy bill and liquor-code replacement while the AAA powers expansion awaits Senate action. The Supreme Court ends its year with a last session before moving to a new building.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Norris
American Federation of Labor
William Green
NRA
Hastings
R .del
House
House Ways and Means
Senate Agricultural Committee
AAA
Commerce Department
Quake Stricken City in India May Be Dynamited
Quetta India June 3 authorities consider dynamiting debris to curb disease after a devastating quake. Death toll about 40000 with 20000 bodies believed buried. Survivors evacuated as trains run full. relief work hampered by another landslide and loss of telegraph lines. Martial law declared as relief teams struggle.
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Quetta
India
Federal relief rolls cut. work relief expands in Georgia
Georgia’s federal relief rolls were cut by about 27,000 as direct aid ended and 70,000 heads of families gained work relief, affecting over 300,000 people. Fulton county and Atlanta welfare boards face funding gaps while surplus commodities and paid rural school teacher projects are proposed under ongoing federal aid in June and July.
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Federal Relief Administration
Georgia
Fulton County Welfare Board
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Miss
Gay B. Sneptiegn
FERA
Washington
Orden
Fulon County
Harry L. Hopkins
National Relief Administration
Miss Shepper
Daughter of Asheville Mayor Arrested in New York
Mrs. Evelyn Welles Caldwell, 30, who said she is the mayor of Asheville North Carolina's daughter, was released on her own recognizance on a public drunkenness charge in New York. She became abusive with police after her husband Donald was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Magistrate Anthony F. Burke will rule Thursday.
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New York
Evelyn Welles Caldwell
Morris M. Welles
Asheville
N. C
Donald
Anthony F. Burke
Roosevelt reserves policy declaration to meet NRA setback
President Roosevelt prepared further steps to align government action with the Supreme Court ruling ending NRA. He issued a general policy declaration and, after conferring with Speaker Burns, expected a White House statement on secondary details within 24 hours. No message to Congress was planned.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
Burns
Congress
Suspect Volney Davis Pleads Guilty in Bremer Kidnapping Case
Volney Davis, long linked with the Barker-Karpis gang, pleaded guilty in St Paul to a role in the $200000 Bremer kidnapping of Edward G. Bremer the St Paul banker. He was brought to Minnesota by air under guard as federal agents pursued possible ties to other gang crimes.
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Volney Davis
Barker-Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Davis
Twin Cities
U.S. Department of Justice
Little George Weychaeuser
Tacoma
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Hoover
Minnesota
Justice Department
Kansas City
Ilinois
Yorkville
Illinois
Wisconsin
le Tacoma
Weyerhaeuser
Ransom notes described in Weyerhauser case and arrest of Davis
Circulars were issued detailing 20000 bank notes used to ransom 9 year old George Weyerhauser. Volney Davis was arrested in Chicago for related abduction links to the Bremer case. Hoover cited Davis as key associate of Alvin Karpis.
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Tacomia
Wash
Department of Justice
George Weyerhauser
Department
Washington
Chicago
Volney Davis
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Alvin Karpis
Bremer
George
Seattle
F. Rodman Titcomb
Titcomb
Elme
Here
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Charles Ingram
Timber Company
Ingram
French Liner Normandie Sets Transatlantic Speed Records
The Normandie completed the fastest trans Atlantic voyage on its maiden trip from Europe to New York. It averaged 29.68 knots from Southampton to Ambrose Lightship, surpassing Rex’s 28.92 knot record. The ship also set the fastest northern crossing and fastest single day, with 748 miles covered in 20 hours.
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Associated Press
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Southampton
Ambrose
Rex
Gibraltar
Ambrose Light
Outer Harbor
Gotham
Hudson Dock
E.S. T
Bremen
Commerce Dept Proposes Business Census for Relief Program
The Commerce Department proposed a business census using 9.37 million dollars of work relief funds. It would survey 5.9 million business sites focusing on distributive trade while touching banks, real estate, utilities, professionals, and transport. The effort aims to inform public policy on relief and recovery and prefigure a broader airport program.
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Washington
Jime
Commerce Department
Woman Killed By Train In Dalton Georgia
A woman identified as Mrs. J Steed Pope 26 stepping onto a southbound Southern Railway train in Dalton Georgia was killed. Coroner Sandy Armstrong waived an inquest after an eye witness account. Survived by husband and a daughter from a prior marriage funeral services set for Tuesday morning.
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Southern Railway
Sandy Armstrong
J. Steed Pope
Georgia mill reopens under guard as strike continues
Walton Tex tile Mills in Monroe reopened with 112 guardsmen from the 122nd infantry patrolling the district after a night of fights and threats. About 70 percent of workers wanted to return, but intimidation hindered operations as the strike over the discharge of several alleged agitators persisted.
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Walton
Lindley W. Camp
BE. S. Tichenor
BE. S. Gordon
G. P. Hammond
Blanton Forston
122Nd Infantry
Atlanta
Thomas Alexander
N D. F. Stevenson
National Elard
House Passes Florida Land Exchange Bill
Washington June 3 The House passed and sent to the White House the Senate bill directing the Interior Secretary to exchange lands set aside in Florida for the Seminole Indians for state owned lands.
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Florida
Washington
White House
Senate
Secretary of Interior
Supreme Court to rule on Home Owners Loan Act next fall
Washington reports the Supreme Court agreed to decide next fall on the constitutionality of part of the Home Owners Loan Act of 1933.
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Supreme Court
Home Owners Loan Act
Washington
Cardoza Denies Illness Despite Published Reports
Supreme Court Justice Cardozo denied reports that he was seriously ill. The denial came on June 3 in Washington, with no AP coverage of the illness.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cardozo
Associated Press
Supreme Court Bids Farewell to Historic Court Room
The Supreme Court met in its time worn chamber for the last time before summer, issuing five modest decisions. The justices will reconvene October 7 in a new $10 million building facing the Capitol, marking a shift from the 1859 room that witnessed landmark rulings.
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Supreme Court
Washington
NRA
Capitol
Flood Devastation Bites Great Plains. 128 Dead 12 Million Damaged
Western plains reels under twin disasters as floods sweep six states including Nebraska Kansas and Colorado with 128 lives lost and over 12 million dollars in property damage. The Republican River and Platte systems fuel fears of further flooding while relief workers race to tally casualties.
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Oxford
Neb
Great Plains
Nebraska
South Platte
Colorado
Wyoming
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Republican
New Flood Worries Assail Nebraska as Rivers Surge
Western Nebraska faces new flood fears as the North and South Platte rivers converge near the Kansas line. The surge threatens a 200 mile area with property losses estimated over 12 million dollars while Red Cross reports show at least 1,000 homeless families and heavy livestock casualties.
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Wansay
Oklahoma Panhandle
Ralph Williams
Springfield
Guymon
Okla
St. Louis
Red Cross
R. R. Hartford
Nebraska
Kansas
Charles R. Herrick
Curtis
Frontier County
Weather outlook for Southeast states shows scattered showers
The forecast covers South Carolina and Georgia with likely showers tonight and Tuesday and minimal temperature change. Florida is partly cloudy with showers in the north tonight and Tuesday. Alabama and the far northwest Florida region expect cloudy skies and thunder showers through the period.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Baltimore Telephone Rates Case Tangles With Authorities
The report outlines cases on Baltimore telephone rates and the secretary of the interior’s authority over mining claims, alongside three personal injury claims. The details highlight regulatory action, disputed claims, and potential impacts on affected parties.
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Baltimore
Secretary of the Interior
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