Havana braces for clash with kidnapers of aged railroad magnate
Police and army rush to Santos Suarez after the abduction of 78 year old Antonio San Miguel. His lawyer Pedro Herrera Sotolongo is detained for questioning as ransom talks unfold. Authorities suspect radical groups and note the ransom note with San Miguel’s valet. Authorities also detain Arturo Mujica linked to the mango cart used in the abduction.
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Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press
Havana
Santos Suarez
Antonio San Miguel
Pedro Herrera Sotolongo
San Miguel
Autentico Society
New Fight Predicted for Bonus Payment
Bonus leaders forecast a renewed push to pay adjusted compensation certificates if Roosevelt proposes new inheritance and gift taxes. Senator Thomas shifts from deeming the issue dead to backing a rider on the tax bill. Representative Patman offers cooperation. Morgenthau favors taxes on gifts and inheritances as the feasible revenue source for immediate payment.
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W. H. Mylander
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas
D. Okla
Patman
D. Tex
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Harrison
D. Miss
Congress
Senate
Stop Gap NRA Seen Approved By Farm Aids Chief
Francis M. LeMay reports from Washington that signs favoring the cotton export program under the AAA show buyers gradually resuming purchases. Cully A. Cobb cites dwindling stocks, steady domestic prices, and expected drops in foreign production as key factors improving foreign demand, with Russia’s recent purchases noted as the strongest since 1929. He warns success depends on targeting individual markets and overcoming exchange barriers, a gradual process requiring time.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Farm Administration
Supreme Court
NRA
New Deal
Rooseveltan Fees
AAA
Cully A. Cobb
United States
New York
Russia
Cobb
America
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Germany
Weather outlook by state includes showers and clouds
The forecast covers South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama with partly cloudy skies and localized showers. Northwest Florida expects fair tonight and scattered showers Saturday with cooler conditions in the north.
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South Carolina
Northwest
Georgia
North
Florida
Alabama
Eixtreme
Thomson Leads Field in National Open at Oakmont
Jimmy Thomson of Long Beach Calif moved into the lead after two rounds at Oakmont Country Club Pittsburgh as he carded 73 73 to total 146. Gene Sarazen who started strong faltered with a 74 for 36 holes 149 three behind the pace setter. Alvin Krueger Beloit Wis is two behind after a 77 71 148 while Sam Parks Jr Pittsburgh and Al Espinosa Akron are 150 and 151 respectively.
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Oakmont Country Club
Pittsburgh
Gene Sarazen
Jimmy Thomson
Long Beach
Calif
Thomson
Sarazen
Henry Ciuci
New York
Alvin
Butch) Krueger
Beloit
Wis
Roland Mackenzie
Washington
D. C
Krueger
Sam Parks, Jr
al Espinosa
Akron
Olin Dutra
Los Angeles
Census Bureau seeks funds to index 1901 census
Washington officials announced a request for 2 million dollars from the work relief fund to create an alphabetical card index of every person on the 1901 census. The package includes 34 more applications totaling 28.28 million dollars for barberry eradication cattle fever tick projects a census annex and conservation efforts.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Kidnapped five-year-old boy missing near Sutton Place
New York on June 7 distraught parents fear their son John Kaul has been abducted from a playground near the Sutton Place residence. Police and volunteers conducted an all night search with no trace found, the boy last seen around six near a wall above the Hast river.
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New York
John Kaul
Sutton Place
Hast River
Solon Sees Crop Control Victory in Tobacco Group
Washington reports Rep. John H. Kerr predicts near unanimous support among flue cured tobacco growers for continuing the Kerr-Smith crop control program beyond 1935. He cites a prior referendum showing about 99 percent favoring enforcement and expects swift congressional extension despite constitutional questions.
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Solon
Kerr
Washington
John H. Kerr
North Carolina
Kerr-Smith
Secretary of Agriculture
Kerry
Congress
One Killed Seven Hurt in Series of Atlanta Mishaps
Atlanta, June 7. One man, Paul Hancock, 47, died from a fractured skull after his car hit a telephone pole. Seven others were injured in multiple late night accidents across the city including Artemus Suits and Julian Finch of Hapeville, Deputy Sheriff R B Deavours struck near the police barbecue at Lakewood, Frank Brooks Injured near Decatur, and Louise Asman hospitalized after a collision near Emory University.
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Atlanta
Paul Hancock
Robert P. Beard
Artemus Suits
Julian Finch
Hapeville
Jackson
R B. Deavours
Lakewood
Frank Brooks
Decatur
Louise Asman
Emory University
Florida growers oppose cross state canal plan
A Sanford group of central Florida growers shippers and railroad men endorsed a resolution denouncing the proposed cross Florida ship canal. They warned it would lower freshwater lake levels raise frost hazards ruin soil through saltwater intrusion and require many costly bridges.
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Sanford
Fla
Central Florida
Florida Ship Canal
Florida
Kidnap Probe Shifts to Frisco and Montana
The search for George Weyerhaeuser’s kidnappers widened to San Francisco and Montana as Harold J. Nathan of the FBI arrived to lead the hunt for the abductors and the $200,000 ransom. Police reported sightings of suspects Jack Bailey and Herbert Lester Johnstone in Montana and San Francisco, with connections to earlier Weyerhaeuser neighborhood residents still under scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
San Francisco
Montana
Department of Justice
Hunt
Harold J. Nathan
John Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
John J. Geegan
Portland
Jack Bailey
Pacific Northwest
Herbert Lester Johnstone
Perma
Mont
Fred Butz
J. R. Mckee
Harold McAtee
St. Louis
McAtee
Bay City
Weyerhaeuser
Respite Halts Georgia Execution At Last Moment
In Milledgeville the condemned man Bud Jones was granted a 20 day respite at the zero hour by Governor Talmadge after a call from the warden. The delay follows new evidence in the murder case of Ed Morris of Pelham.
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Atlanta, Co
Bud Jones
Milledgeville
Talmadge
R. A. Lawrence
Carlton Mobley
Jones
Ed Morris
Pelham
Mobley
Explosion injures 65 at celluloid plant in Milan
An explosion and subsequent fire at a Milan celluloid factory injures 65 workers including 650 women and damages the plant and nearby buildings.
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Milan
Fire truck serves as funeral car for New York firefighter
Salamanca New York June 7 a bright red fire truck led the funeral of Addison J Crockett instead of a hearse. The procession followed the standard rites as Crockett was borne to his grave on one of the city’s fire department trucks.
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Salamanca
N. Y
Addison J. Crockett
Crockett
Fist Fight Halts Senate Probe Of Red Activities
A fist fight in the audience halted a state senate investigation into alleged radical teachings at the University of Chicago. Mrs. Albert W. Dilling accused many figures including Justice Louis Brandeis and John Dewey of radical activity. Her husband, Albert W. Dilling, fought back after the accusation.
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State Senate
Chicago
University of Chicago
Albert W. Dilling
Louis Brandeis
Supreme Court
Newton J. Baker
John Dewey
Columbia
Ramsay MacDonald Resigns as British Prime Minister
London reports Ramsay MacDonald resigns after six years as head of government due to ill health. Stanley Baldwin is chosen to succeed, with royal approval granted after a brief interlude that left the country without a prime minister for about four minutes as the transition quickens.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
King George
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
Downing Street
Paldwin
Palace
Chinese Army Leaves Tientsin and Peiping New Province Capital
Chinese officials announce that Jen Yue Hsueh-Chung's last army evacuated Tientsin and Peiping becomes the Hopeh Province capital. The army heads to Paolingfu 90 miles south as Japanese forces continue patrols in the streets of Tientsin with detachments marching through crowded areas.
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Tientsin
China
Jen Yue Hsueh-Chung
Peiping
Hopeh
Paolingfu
Bodies of mother and baby found in lake in Leesburg
In Leesburg Florida a mother and her year old son were recovered from a lake behind the family home by an older son. Coroner A L Smith said he believes the mother jumped in with the infant. The husband is hospitalized in Georgia.
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Leesburg
Fla
A. L. Smith
Georgia
Georgia Power Commercial Rates Cut By Public Service Board
The Georgia Public Service Commission ordered a reduction in commercial rates for Georgia Power Company. The change, affecting businesses offices and small factories, saves about 390000 annually and lowers bills by 5 to 30 percent, effective June 15 for the first bill issued after meter readings between June 15 and July 15.
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Atlanta
The
Public Service Commission
Georgia Power Company
Jud P. Wilhoit
Commission
Wilhoit
Georgia
Rocky Mountains
Fire Department Veteran Remembered After Fifty-One Years
A city firefighter who served fifty-one years is remembered for lifelong dedication to the department. The tribute highlights his long career and steady service to the community.
Athens man and grandson die in highway crash
James M. McKinney age 59 of Madison county and his five year old grandson Hubert McKinney Jr of Athens were killed when their car overturned on the Athens Danielsville highway ten miles from Athens. Buck Thomas the driver had a broken finger but survived.
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Athens
James M. McKinney
Madison County
Hubert McKinney
Athens-Danielsville
Mre McKkinney
Buck Thomas
House votes to study plan and limit debates
The House approved 280 to 100 to take up and limit debate on an NRA extension resolution, with Republicans mostly voting no. President Roosevelt stressed codes must conform to anti trust laws. Representative Heller proposed a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to make laws for general welfare.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
NRA
House
Roosevelt
Representative O'Connor
New York
Congress
Representative Heller
D.ill
Roosevelt endorses voluntary codes conforming to anti trust laws
Washington June 7 President Roosevelt told reporters voluntary codes in the new NRA must conform to anti trust laws as the House considered a bill to extend a skeleton recovery organization to April 1, 1936. The president spoke at a press conference and then planned to Hyde Park for graduation week-end duties at West Point.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Military Academy
West Posse
Tax Revision Council
Morgenthau
Roosevelt Outlines Social Objective To Increase Security And Happiness
President Roosevelt states the social objective is to increase the security and happiness of a larger number of people across occupations and regions. He says the aim includes broader wealth distribution, summer recreation, old age security, and honest business opportunity in a regular press conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Cromie
The
Vancouver Sun
Canada
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