Hoover Relief Bill Gains House Momentum on Loan Banks
Washington reports Democrats move to give Hoover relief proposal a swift House vote. The $2 billion Gar ner measure faces rules committee approval for a three hour debate and party support, while Republicans plan closed conferences to oppose it and push a Hoover alternative with a $50 million public works bond.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Garner
Rules
Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Snell
Hooves
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
Garner bill approved after second committee vote
The House Ways and Means Committee backed the Garner relief bill again but cut 39 million from public buildings funding. Veterans’ protests and visits to Congress drew police attention as mass numbers arrived from Atlantic City Berks County and Baltimore. A White House to Capitol parade was planned by the bonus marchers for tomorrow night despite dwindling rations.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Atlantic City
Berks County
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
P. D. Glassford
George Alman
Portland
Oregon
Patman
D. Tex
White House
Capitol
Cooper and Aylesworth Receive Honorary Degrees
Des Moines, Iowa June 6 AP figures Kent Cooper general manager and Merlin H. Aylesworth president of NBC received honorary doctor of laws degrees from Drake University. Aylesworth delivered the commencement address to 225 graduates and Cooper defended local reporting against a future of syndicated content.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Merlin H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
Drake University
Aylesworth
Barton QC
Cooper
Mrs Fitzhugh Wins Southern Women's Golf Title
In Hot Springs Arkansas on June 6 Mrs Ben Fitzhugh of Vicksburg defeated Mrs Walter Beyer of Tulsa to win the southern women's golf championship after 36 holes of competition in the state finals.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Ben Fitzhugh
Vicksburg
Walter Beyer
Tulsa
Roosevelt's Forces Plan to Seize Command at Convention
Roosevelt aides in New York map strategy for the 1932 Democratic convention. They back substituting Senator Walsh for Jouett Shouse as permanent chairman and aim to head the resolutions committee with Senator Hull. A showdown with Alfred E. Smith supporters is anticipated over control and the two thirds rule. Senators Dill Hull Cohen and Wheeler join the talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Senator Walsh
Montana
Jouett Shouse
Hull
Tennessee
Resolutions Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Shouse
National Committee
Raskob
Smith-Raskob
Dill
Cohen
Georgia
Wheeler
Salary cuts urged for Georgia officers and officials
Judge John B Hutcheson told the De Kalb county grand jury that reducing salaries of state, county and municipal officers is a grave need. He urged drastic cuts at the legislature, flexible salaries to ease red tape, and speeding trials to trim court costs while noting some constitutional salaries cannot be cut until 1934. He attributed high taxes to the general economic strain.
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Atlanta
Georgia
de Kalb County Grand Jury
John B.hutcheson
Stone Mountain Circuit
of Georgia
Hutcheson
Bar
Goss shoots 35 to lead qualifiers in Atlanta
Dan Goss of Birmingham shot 35, even par, on the first nine holes to lead qualifying for the two Atlanta district entries in the national open. Seventeen played. Tonyenna, Fairley Clark, Hall, and McCarthy trailed by 36 at the turn.
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Dan Goss
Birmingham
Ytonyenna
Pensacola
Fairley Clark
Savannah
Charles Hall
Eugene McCarthy
Columbia
Guss
Doyle Smith
Dan Sage, Jr
Ernie Ball
Bob Spence
Howard Duckett
Henry Pickard
Charleston
Charles Yates
Footsore Army Marches to Washington in Bonus Protest
Thousands of veterans and supporters move toward Washington from across the nation to press Congress for bonus payments. Railroads and police hinder or manage rides as marchers endure hunger and fatigue. several contingents converge from New Jersey, Cleveland, Dallas, Indiana, and more with a tally near six thousand.
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Associated Press
Washington
CONUS
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Leo West
Wilkinsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Old Robey
Ind
Wichita
Kansas City
Ol. Louis
Dallas
New York
Greensboro
N. C
Cleveland
Michigan
Illinois
Middle Western
Lancaster
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Kansas
GSU
Brawley
Cal
Charleston
W. Va
Richmond
Spencer
Danville
Spartanburg
S. C
Boston
Marchers Reach Charlotte After 16 Mile Walk
Bonus marchers from Augusta Georgia and Aiken North Carolina arrived in Charlotte on foot following a 16 mile trek from Pineville. They traveled in orderly fashion and sought rides to continue toward Washington. The group had been moved from Columbia South Carolina to the North Carolina border in trucks.
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Charlotte
N. C
Augusta
Aiken
Pineville
Washington
Columbia
S. C
North Carolina Line
Darrow to Visit Atlanta for Mass Prohibition Reform Meeting
Clarence Darrow and Matthew Woll are slated to address a mass meeting in Atlanta next Friday night sponsored by a women's group seeking national prohibition reform. William T. Healy of Atlanta is the state chairman coordinating the event.
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Atlanta
Clarence Darrow
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
William T. Healy
Aiiu Buelh Darrow
Wid Woil
Governor Commutes Sentence of Laura Inman to Life Prison
Governor Russell commutes Laura Inman of Lowndes County to life imprisonment for a fatal incident at a fish fry. Inman’s appeal failed and she will be moved from Valdosta jail to the Middlegeville prison farm.
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Atlanta
Russell
Laura Inman
Lowndes County
Valdosta
Middlegeville
Neal Appointed Judge in Macon County Court
Governor Russell announced Benjamin F. Neal as judge of the city court of Oglethorpe in Macon county. Neal, a former state senator, succeeds R L Geer who replaced the late Zera Littlejohn of the circuit’s superior court bench.
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Atlanta
Russell
Benjamin F. Neal
Oglethorpe
Macon County
R. L. Geer
Zera Littlejohn
Neal
Summary Of New Revenue Bill And Amount It Will Bring
Washington June 6. A conference summary lists the bill’s revenue by source. Income tax 4 percent on 4000, 8 percent above. exemptions 2500 married, 400 per child, 1000 single. surtax up to 55 percent. total revenue about 178 million. Corporate taxes rise to 133 4 percent. other changes yield 41 million. Various excises, tariffs, and stamps push total to 1 1185 million. No revenue estimate yet for doubled estate taxes. gift taxes total 5 million. Postal rates lift first class to 3 cents. grand total 1 1185 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Postal
Washingon
Senate
Hoover
House of Representatives
Roosevelt Plan for Unemployment Relief In New York
Governor Roosevelt formally inaugurated a plan to move unemployed from cities to farms. He urged those without work to notify the state emergency relief administration if they wished to participate, aiming to use abandoned farms to employ the jobless and reduce reliance on city relief.
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Roosevelt
New York
Albany
N. J
State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration
Georgia
Weather forecast for South Carolina Georgia and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy with local showers expected in South Carolina and Georgia Tuesday. Florida to have showers tonight and Tuesday with possible local showers in the extreme southwest. Alabama partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with unsettled conditions in the interior. Northwest Florida generally fair tonight withTuesday partly cloudy.
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Wehrather
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Simewhat
Weather Update for Thomasville and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with local showers tonight and Tuesday. Temperature outlook not provided. radar shows scattered rain chances across Thomasville area.
Hoover Outlines Progressive Federal Relief Program
President Hoover presented a complete federal relief plan focusing on employment, agriculture, and business. He proposed expanding the Reconstruction Finance Corporation capital to 3 billion dollars while opposing immediate home loan bank legislation and broad government spending without pay as you go.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Home Loan Bank
Federal Reserve
White House
Rapidan Camp
Reconstruction Unit
House
Garner
Rules Committee
Counter revolt in Chile starts in the south
Santiago Chile June 6 a counter revolution in southern Chile against the socialist regime grew with army and navy support reports say garrisons at Concepcion and Talcahuano joined the movement. Chilean authorities indicate no immediate danger to American investments despite nationalization of the Cosack Nitrate Combine.
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Santiago
Chile
Concepcion
Talcahunao
Senate cannot finish work in time for convention
Washington June 6 AP Senator Watson Indiana Republican leader said with a week left before the Republican national convention the senate cannot finish its legislative duties in time for members to attend He added there is no plan to recess for the conventions and that legislative work will keep the senate busy until July 1
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Watosa
Senate
Washington
Watson
Indiana
Vets Plan Big Parade Tuesday in the Capital
Washington reports ex service men in large numbers marching on the capital to press for the bonus payment. Officials estimate over 2 000 in city with more en route. Food supplies run low as rain drenches camps and authorities brace for possible rationing before Thursday departure.
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Capital
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Government Wins Postwar Lumber Suit Netting Over 1.5 Million
Washington reports the District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling granting the government a judgment exceeding 1.5 million dollars including interest in a case arising from the sale of excess lumber at army camps after World War I. The ruling holds John L. Phillips and heirs of George M. Chambers along with Fidelity and Deposit Company and agents Philips and John Stephens liable for alleged fraudulent conduct in the contract.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
John L. Phillips
Thomasville, Ga
George M. Chambers
Maplewood, N. J
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Maryland
Philips
John Stephens
Jacksonville
Fla
Stephens
Poisoned by Food in Cleveland Strawberry Pie Blamed
Seventy cases of food poisoning were reported today to the city health commissioner in Cleveland as investigators traced the source of strawberry pies blamed for the epidemic.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Greater
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