Senate committee backs $500 million public works bond bill
Washington June 8 the senate banking committee approved the democratic unemployment relief measure providing a $500 million public works bond issue. it voted down the administration plan for reconstruction loans to private industry and kept $40 million for agricultural exports. hoover supports the rest in principle.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Corporation
Mills
Wagner
New York
Garner
House
Pou
House Rules Committee
Hoover
Senate
Senate economy bill nears passage amid budget fight
Washington June 8 The Senate pushed the national economy bill toward passage after trimming 48 million from savings and aiming for 186 million in outlay economies. A separate 300 million dollar relief loan bill was to be rushed through, with leaders planning quick action after the economy measure clears.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Hoover
House
la Follette
Wis
Highway funds authorizing $125 million yearly approved
Washington reports the Senate unanimously approved a bill authorizing $125,000,000 in federal aid highway funds for each of fiscal years 1934 and 1935. The measure now moves to the House for consideration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Indian heiress Mary Elkins found dead in Colorado Springs
Osage oil heiress Mary Elkins, famed for lavish spending and marriages, was found dead at her Ivy Wild home near Colorado Springs. Authorities had not determined cause, but suspected possible homicide while sheriff's officers pursued papers in an alienation suit involving a Black woman. Once valued over $1,000,000 as Osage wealth surged with oil.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Mary Elkins
Osage
Ivy Wild
Revolt erupts in Honduras as troops crush rebel force
In northwestern Honduras the revolution flared today with government troops dispersing a rebel group at La Barranca. Fifty one rebels were killed and many wounded in the first armed clash.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
la Barranca
Sarazen Opens British Open Lead With 70
Gene Sarazen shot 70 to lead the 109-player field after the first round at Prince's course in Sandwich England. MacDonald Smith and three Brits tied one stroke back, while Tommy Armour tied 28th at 75 amid tight scoring conditions.
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Sandwich
England
Gene Sarazen
Prince’s Course
MacDonald Smith
Charles Whitcombe
W. H. Davies
Percy Alliss
Tommy Armour
Walter Pursey
Seattle
Robert Sweeney
Douglas Grant
Grant
Sweeney
London
Georgia Society Opens Sixty Fourth Dental Convention
Dr. R F Sullivan of Savannah president delivered the principal address at the Georgia State Dental Society sixty fourth annual convention in Atlanta on June 8. He stressed the organization role and introduced Ruth F Rogers who spoke on the economic importance of trained dental assistants.
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Sullivan
Atlanta
R. F. Sullivan
Savannah
Georgia State Dental Society
Ruth F. Rogers
American Dental Assistants Association
Heatwave Grips Atlanta As Temperatures Soar
Atlanta sweltered in the year's hottest heat with temperatures near 90 degrees yesterday. Forecasters warned the pattern would continue today and tomorrow, keeping residents seeking shade and cooling.
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Atlanta
Insull abdicates vast empire founded in Chicago
Samuel Insull resigns control of the Chicago transit and rail system empire including the Chicago Rapid Transit lines and North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. A federal audit into Insull Utility Investments seeks officer liability, with potential civil actions to recover funds. Insull plans resignations, pension discussions emerge, and a Europe voyage is hinted.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Intersts
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
Walter Lindley
Lindley
Insull
Chicago Rapid Transit Lines
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago, South Shore and
South Bend
Wave of Socialist Revolts in South America Seen
An Ultima Hora editorial in La Paz predicts a regional wave of socialist revolts following Chile’s coup. It argues capitalism cannot solve present problems and urges modernization of methods, warning Peru Argentina Bolivia and others may follow Chile’s lead.
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South America
la Paz
Bolivia
Patagona
Panama Canal
Ultima Hora
Peru
Argentina
Chile
King Sentenced for Income Tax Evasion in 1928 Case
Clyde L. King president of the Atlanta Plow Company was sentenced March 30 to one year and a day in prison and a $5 000 fine after pleading guilty to one count of wilful income tax evasion for 1928. The case involves evading taxes in 1927 1928 and 1929 with the 1928 amount exceeding $20 000.
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Atlanta
Clyde L. King
Atlanta Plow Company
U. S
Louis Crawford
Sanford Bates
King
Cope Calls for Referendum on Prohibition Question
Atlanta candidate Chan ning Cope says the fifth district should vote on the eighteenth amendment. He favors a referendum on prohibition, citing John D. Rockefeller Jr. and North Carolina senatorial primary results as support.
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Atlanta
Channing Cope
Ramspeck
Cope
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
North Carolina
Mrs. A. B. Small Dies in Miami Accident
Mrs. A B Small wife of a Dade county judge and sister of Stafford Caldwell Democratic governor candidate was fatally injured in Miami when she collapsed of a heart attack and fell into the path of a car her daughter was driving out of a garage.
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Miami, Fla
A. B. Small
Dade County Civil Court
Stafford Caldwell
Secret marriage announced in Marietta Athens couple wed
Dawn Hancock of Marietta and Frank Dillard of Athens disclosed their marriage a month after tying the knot. Hancock is the daughter of Ralph J. Hancock a leading ice industry figure and Dillard is the son of the Rev and Mrs W B Dillard of Athens and principal of Waterman Street School.
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Marietta
Dawn Hancock
Frank Dillard
Athens
Hancock
Ralph J. Hancock
Mr. Dillard
W. B. Dillard
Waterman Street
Bibb County May Be Minus One Representative in Legislature
Bibb county may lose a seat in the next state House as only two candidates filed for three Bibb seats by the June 3 closing date. The state Democratic committee has yet to rule on whether a legislator is a state or county official.
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Atlanta
Bibb County
House of Representatives
State Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Committee
Lawrence Camp
State Democratic Committee
New England Frosts Reported Across Cold June Day
New England shivered as unseasonably cold weather brought frosts and damaged crops. In Boston the temperature fell to 32 degrees the lowest June reading on record, with frost observed from the Connecticut valley near Springfield and at Amherst where a 36 degree frost set a new all time mark. The latest frost prior was June 3, with 40 years of records cited.
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Boston
New England
Hub
Connecticut
Springfield
Massachusetts State College At
Amherst
Evacuation Order discussed for veterans in capital
Police chief Pelham D. Glassford issued a document calling for evacuation of about 8000 veterans in Washington. The plan outlined how trucks would transport the leave-takers to Maryland and Pennsylvania lines with no force, while veterans prepared for possible emergency duty. Communistic contingents planned a petition on Capitol Hill Friday.
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Washington
Pelham D. Glassford
District of Columbia
Capitol Hill
Glassford
National Guard Armory
Frederick
Maryland
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Washington Veterans Protests Spur Police Watch on Bonus March
Police in Washington maintain close contact with federal authorities as thousands of veterans gather for the bonus payment drive. Post security and parade access were tightened after tense demonstrations led by a communist veterans group. Representative Rainey signals a Monday House vote on immediate cash bonuses for soldiers.
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Washington
Bolling Field
Army
Rainey
House
Ways and Means
Simon Wins Tennis Match in National Clay Courts
Arnold Simon of Louisville advanced to the fourth round by defeating Jernest Koslan of New York 4-6 6-4 7-5. In doubles, Georgy Lott of Chicago and Bryan Grant of Atlanta beat Paul and John Metz of Memphis 6-1 6-4.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arnold Simon
Louisville
Jernest Koslan
New York City
Georgy Lott
Chicago
Bryan
Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Paul
John Metz
Russell to Address Forestry Association in Rome
Governor Richard B. Russell Jr and Georgia writer Corra Harris will address the Georgia Forestry Association annual meeting in Rome on June 22 23. Others on the program include W T Anderson Dr Charles H Herty Capt I F Elderidge and T G Woolford with the banquet featuring the governor and Mrs Harris.
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Atlanta
State Department of Forestry and Geology
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Corra Harris
Georgia
Georgia Forestry Association
Rome
W. T. Anderson
Macon
Charles H. Herty
New York
I. F. Elderidge
New Orleans
T. G. Woolford
Association
Russell
Harris
Jury Selected to Try Means in Lindbergh Ransom Fraud Case
A jury of eleven men and one woman was chosen in Washington to try Gaston B. Means on charges of embezzlement and grand larceny totaling $104,000 from Mrs. Edward B. McLean in an alleged Lindbergh ransom plot. The prosecution alleges Means sought to contact Colonel Guggenheim and even used a diplomat’s car in negotiations.
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Washington
CPA
Gunston PB Means
Edward B. McLean
United States
Leo A Rover
Robert M. Guggenheim
Colone
Charles A. Lindbergh
District Supreme Court
Rover
Means
Guggenheim
McLean
Lindbergh
Justice Department
Prochnik
Austria
Gaston B. Means
Edward BR. McLean
District Columbia Supreme Court
Leo A. Rover
Francis Harney
T. Morris Wampler
Proctor
French War Bride Killed in Pensacola Shooting
A. H. Wyman, World War I veteran and former 4 Major, fatally shot Noelle Wyman, his French war bride, when she visited his home in Pensacola. He said she drew a gun on his current wife Marjorie Wyman. They divorced recently with alimony arranged.
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Pensacola
Fla
A. H. Wyman
Noelle Wyman
Wyman
Hns
Marjorie Wyman
France
A. I
Bacharach bill to cut veteran compensation interest approved
Washington June 8 the Bacharach bill to reduce interest on veterans compensation certificates to four percent was approved today by the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
House
Ways and Miccans
Clemency Hearing Planned for Willie Rounds Friday
Governor Russell to hold Thursday clemency hearing for Willie Rounds alias Yank Rounds, Negro, sentenced to death for the murder of W. W. Gunter, a Houston county white man. The Prison Commission had declined clemency after the Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence at the January 1931 term.
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Atlanta
Russel
Willie
Yank) Rounds
W. W. Gunter
Houston County
Supreme Court
Houston
Kidnap Bill Passes in Senate
Washington June 8 The Patterson bill making interstate kidnapping a federal offense was passed today by the Senate.
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Washington
Patterson
Senate
Chicago braces for Republican convention in 1932
The Chicago set up for the Republican National Convention with decorators at the Congress Hotel and stadium, as national committee members arrived to resolve six state delegations. Officials anticipated Hoover and Curtis renomination while preparing tickets contracts and staff, amid a busy hotel lobby and convention bustle.
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Congress Hotel
Congress
Republican National Committee
Fational Committee
Chicago
Georgia
Louisiaana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Hoover
Curtis
Guy
Committee On Arangements
Ralpu Williams
Republican National Comme
Lake Michigan
Didepates
Becaus May
Tisai
Counties May Set Own Time Limit On Qualifying Dates
County committees may name the closing date for entries in county races including legislators. Bibb county lists August 15 for legislative entries while the state committee fixed June 3 for state races. Lawrence Camp said county panels have full authority to set closing dates and entry fees for all county offices.
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Atlanta
Lawrence Camp
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Bibb County
Florida Primary Returns Show Wet Platform Leading in Various Races
Jacksonville June 8 With 586 of 1 283 precincts counted Martin led Hardee by 5 278 votes 23 069 to 16 04d for Sholtz and others close behind In the fourth district Ruth Bryan Owen trailed Mark Wilcox by about 3 000 votes while Franklin D Roosevelt led the presidential preference with 316 precincts reporting Over 370 precincts counted Sears Alsop and Bell led the at large race as prohibition repeal split the field
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Jacksonville
Fla
Stafford Caldwell
Charles M. Durrance
Tom S. Hart
Arthur Gomez
J. Tom Watson
Mark Wilcox
Ruth Bryan Owen
Owen
Wilcox
Dade
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
L. J. Chassee
Milwaukee
Wis
Nathan Mayo
Franklin D. King
Orlando
King
Ernest Amos
J. M. Lee
van C. Swearingen
Herbert J. Crane
Tom Yon
W. J. Sears
Florida
John T. Alsop
Congress
Sears
Alsop
W. J. Bell
Arcadia
Lester W. Jennings
Asher Rank
Tampa
Jennings
Frank
Bell
Wilcox Gains Lead In Florida Fourth District Contest
In Jacksonville with 239 precincts still missing including a city block, Mark Wilcox leading Ruth Bryan Owen by 2,870 votes for the Democratic nomination in Florida's fourth district. In 180 counted precincts Owen 14,122 Wilcox 17,292. Wilcox carried 50 of 73 Dade county precincts by 1,072 and 16 of 54 Duval precincts by nearly two to one. Governor John W Martin leads in statewide show of strength as results trickle in.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mark Wilcox
Ruth Bryan Owen
Democratic Congressions
Owen
Wilcox
Dade County
Duval
West Pid Beach
Weather Forecast For Georgia Florida and Surrounding States
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday for Georgia Florida and South Carolina with cooler east portions for SC. Alabama areas expect scattered thundershowers in north tonight or Thursday and in south Thursday. Northwest Florida shows scattered showers Thursday.
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Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
North
South
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St. Charles
Sarazen
McDonald Smith
Capital
U. S. Army
Simon
Forestry Association
Martin
Associated Tons
Roosevelt
Thomas Walsh
Montana
dJouett Shouse
Convention Hall
W. BR. Ragsdale
Hardee
Jackeonville
Bortner
John Wo Martin
Thomasville and Vicinity
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