Congress Recess Set For G O P Convention Week
Congress votes to recess from June 8 to June 15 to honor Speaker Byrns and allow a brief post funeral session. Senate adopts the house resolution and aims for a quick finish with minor conference reports and a possible tax bill vote.
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Joseph W. Byrns
Senate
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Snell
Burns
Roosevelt
Nashville
Tenn
Alfred A. Wheat
District of Columbia Supreme Court
PWA
Chester C. Davis
Maryland
AAA
Federal Reserve Board
Robinson
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Weather Outlook East Coast States
Weather summarized for South Carolina Georgia and Florida with partly cloudy nights and Saturdays. Near coast unsettled conditions possible. Florida shows scattered showers near the east coast and far south. Temperatures remain relatively steady.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tides at St Marks Reported with High and Low Times
The report lists tidal timings for St Marks with two daily windows at 2:50 pm and 3:50 am, near low tides at 8:08 am and 9:42 pm.
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ST. Marks Tides
St. Marks Lighthouse
Tribute to Burns as Roosevelt leads national services in Washington
Washington honors Chief Burns in a nationwide tribute with President Roosevelt present. Rome reports Italy preparing for large scale army maneuvers well ahead of autumn schedules. Analysts see Mussolini signaling a push to lift League sanctions, noting 48 divisions already deployed in Africa and Europe, just shy of WWI manpower.
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Roosevelt
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Washington
Geneva
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
League of Nations
National Open Golf Scores From Springfield 36-Hole Total List
United States Open rounds listed for June in Springfield New Jersey with players and 36 hole totals led by Victor Ghezzi 150 and Gunnar Nelson 150. Notables include Walper 157 Ciapetta 154 Bulla 149 Kerrigan 145 and Shute 141. Amateurs marked with a.
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Leo J. Walper
Washington, D. C
Victor Ghezzi
Deal
Last Honors for House Speaker Burns in Washington
President Roosevelt and foreign dignitaries led national tribute as Joseph Welington Burns lay in state. New Speaker William Bankhead of Alabama praised Burns for his deeds and steadfast service before his untimely death from heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage.
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House of Representatives
Joseph Welington Burns
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United States
Byrns
Congress
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Alabama
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Bertrand Snell
New York
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Snell
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Stephen T. Early
Paul Bastedo
Edwin M. Watson
William G. Bankhead
Catheve
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Tennessee
Associated Press
Court Upholds PWA Power Program Fight
Washington June 5 Ten municipal electric companies lost a suit challenging the Public Works Administration power program as unconstitutional The DC Supreme Court ruled the PWA allocations totaling 2 444 000 to ten cities in Alabama Texas Oklahoma and Iowa were authorized under the National Industrial Recovery Act and the 1935 emergency relief act The four private utilities argued the program invades states rights duplicates investments and is not a useful project but the court held otherwise
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Alfred A. Wheat
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
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NIRA
BPWA
Supreme Court
NRA
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District of Columbia
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Buzzards Roost
South Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Bonus veterans in 1932 march face train fare cut
Washington reports 1932 bonus march veterans will have train fare home deducted from their baby bond payments this month. Congress mandated the deduction when distributing the bonus, affecting about 5100 veterans with an average loss of fifteen dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Policeman J S Melton Convicted Of Receiving Stolen Goods
Atlanta police veteran J S Melton was convicted last night of receiving stolen goods. A jury set a sentence of one to two years for possessing a stolen automobile pledged as collateral for a loan.
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J. S. Melton
Atlanta Police Department
Melton
Death of Atlanta Georgan worker found in car
The body of Henry J. Heard, 56, a stereotyper for the Atlanta Georgian, was found in his auto in a garage in Atlanta. Police said the motor was running and a vacuum cleaner tube was connected to the exhaust pipe.
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Atlanta
Henry J. Heard
Atlanta Georgian
Eaton Scores Ace In National Open Lead Push
Zell Eaton of Oklahoma City turned professional this year and sank a hole-in-one on the 158 yard tenth hole during the National Open in Springfield New Jersey. He shot 72 72 in the two opening rounds and hopes to keep pace with the leaders.
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Springfield
N. J
Ay Zell Eaton
Oklahoma City
Eaton
Plan to relieve drought stricken farmers studied in Washington
Secretary Wallace asked Agriculture Department experts to craft relief for drought hit southeastern states after a Virginia Georgia and South Carolina congressional delegation visit They urged faster relief and possible soil conservation policy expansions including higher acreage under conservation and aid from the settlement administration.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
North Carolina
Hampton BP. Puler
Orangeburg
S. C
Allard H. Gasque
Florence
James P. Richards
Lancaster
Thomas G. Burch
Martinsville
John R. Hutcheson
Gasque
Wvernor
E. M. Owens
Griffin
M. GC. Tarver
Dalton
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Governor Talmadge again calls for prayer for Georgia drought
Atlanta June 5 Governor Eugene Talmadge repeats his plea for rain to ease Georgia drought areas He urges all to join Sunday services at 3 pm He says crop damage grows daily and faith could bring necessary rainfall The governor plans to attend services at his Telfair county home and is a member of the Baptist church at McRae
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Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Telfair
Baptist Church
McRae
Dry Southeast Faces Mounting Crop Losses Across States
Skies stayed clear and drought lingered as southeast crop damage neared 150 million. North Carolina bore the heaviest toll with 50 million in losses while Georgia and Tennessee each counted 30 million. Governors urged prayer for rain as Clemson extension hurried a statewide survey.
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Talmadge
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State Extension Service
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Maryland
Extension Service
Tennessee
Clemson College Extension Service
Petteway Leads Hodges Gains On Cone In Florida
In Florida runoff race coverage, Bay county results narrow Cone lead over Hodges for second place as Petteway leads statewide. Unofficial tallies from about 1,200 precincts show Petteway 46 754 Cone 43 506 Hodges 41 271 with runoffs looming and congressional races unfolding.
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Tampa
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United States Congress
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Starke
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J. Hardin Peterson
Lakeland
Millard Caldwell
Milton
J. Mark Wilcox
West Palm Beach
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Deland
W. J. Steed
Kissimmee
Green
Sears
W. S. Cawthon
Colin English
Ocala
Vivian Collins
John O. McNamara
St. Augustine
Magistrate chides poker playing women in court
In Philadelphia on June 5 Magistrate Ferdinand Zweig rebuked a group of about six poker players calling them ashamed and sent them home. Four men received reprimands and Mrs. Bessie Loeb 46 was fined $10 for operating the game. A police captain testified complaints from husbands spurred the raid.
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Ferdinand Zweig
Bessie Loeb
Zweig
Rare Operation Aims to Ease Facial Paralysis
Pi Sara Ann Davis nine year old from Johnstown Pa improved today at the Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital after a leg nerve transfer to her face. Doctors called the operation rare and intended to restore movement in her paralyzed features.
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New York
Sara Ann Davis
Johnstown
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat
Cantonese Leaders Talk War Against Japan
Reports from Canton say the Canton government and southwestern political council plan an armed expedition against Japan. Chinese authorities deny war, while Kai-Shek pursues military buildup with air bases, trenches, and defenses as tensions rise across Hunan and Kwantung provinces.
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War Declarations and Chinese Internal Strife Reported
Hongkong reports a June 5 declaration of war against Japan by Chinese authorities amid internal power struggles. Kuomintang factions clash over coalition design while Canton and Nanking scenes unfold with claims of Japanese influence and civil war pressures.
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Kuomintang
Japan
Coalif
Nanking
Ments
Salvation Army
Fukien
Canton
Ageress
Betief
South China
Cellor Chow Lu
Cant University
Pei Chung-si
Chow Lu
Seven Japanese SPI Executed in Shanghai Report
Re ports from Hsinhsiang Welg gi Pro vince claim seven Japanese SPI were tight and summarily executed in Shanghai today. The action is described as part of a national effort to resist Japanese encroachment, the first such move since China’s leaders were mobilized and civilians pressed into service.
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