Roosevelt seeks 525 million for drought relief program
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 525 million dollars to fund a broad drought relief plan. The proposal includes funds for human relief, livestock purchases, cattle processing for relief, farm loans, submarginal farm acquisitions, work camps, and seed loans for 1935 plantings with flexible authorization for rapid disbursal.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Sarazen Captures Open Lead in Merion Chase
Gene Sarazen surged to the late stroke margin over Bobby Cruickshank at Merion with a 71 in round three to reach 218, while Wiffy Cox and Olin Dutra trailed at 221 and 219 respectively. The United States Open battle featured Chicago’s Sarazen in a tense open-card finish as Cox, Dutra and Cruickshank pressed the pace.
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Gene Sarazen
Bobby Cruickshank
United States
Bobby
Witty Cox
Ager
Johnny Goodhan
Omaha
Merion Cricket Club
Philadelphia
Babies Nickshank
Richmond
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Cruickshank
Wilf Cox
Breallyn
al ‘Ady
Joimay
Good An
Ogwala Aimateur
Golf and crime dominate local headlines with trials and Open update
In Quitman Georgia a jury found Chaney Travers Erwin and Westberry guilty with life sentences in the Browning station slayings. In golf news Gene Sarazen led by one stroke over Cruickshank and Cox during the United States Open at a Glendale course as Wilf Cox surged to within a stroke.
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Quitman
Chaney
Travers Erwin Ty
Brooks County
Baer
Johns
Ronnie
Ida Teadiock
Sarezen
Cruvckshank
Guldahl
Tarry
Erwin and
Allen Westt
Tin Westberry
Homer Padgett
Valdosta
Mr. Browning
Bring
Wilfr Cox
Cox
Lowndes County
Erwin Chaney
Bigg County
Heavy Rains Devastate Thomas County Crops
County Agent reports extensive crop damage in Thomas County due to daily rains for three weeks. Watermelons cantaloupes and cotton face 40 50 percent losses while tobacco and boll weevils threaten even larger declines. Corn fares best with the potential for record yields as conditions slowly improve.
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P. H. Ward
Thomas County
Ward
Congress Works On Natural And Man Made Problems
Washington reports show President Roosevelt seeking a 525 million dollar appropriation to relieve drought stricken regions and aid relief distribution while Hugh S Johnson and steel union leaders pursue a late week agreement to prevent a strike. Senate approves federal supervision bill for radio and telegraph services as House acts on miscellaneous items and a Tugwell interview is scheduled for Monday. The Cuba treaty ratifications mark a state department ceremony signaling a shift in intervention power.
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Potomac
Roosevelt
Hugh S
Senate
House
Rexford G. Tugwell
Camp Holabird
Vandenbern
R. Mrh
Federal Deposit Insurance System
Ae Bonaraitine
United States
Cuba
Ee State Department
Sucre
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Talmadge Presses Pittman Question in Savannah Interview
Governor Eugene Talmadge dismissed Judge Claude Pittman as one of two opponents in his campaign. He said he had not read Pittman’s remarks and did not address a farmer’s pledge to barn on the governor’s mansion grounds. He criticized federal judges blocking Georgia Public Service Commission rate cuts as contrary to law.
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Savannah
Pittman
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Claude Pittman
Georgia Public Service Commission
Judge Overrules New Trial Bid in Doctor Poisoning Case
Greenwood Mississippi June 9 Judge S F Davis overruled the motion for a new trial of Dr Sarah Ruth Dean convicted in the poison slaying of Dr John Preston Kennedy. Dean is admitted to bond pending appeal.
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Greenwood, Miss
S. F. Davis
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Dean
Bond
Bank Bandits Wound Two In Magnolia Bank Raid
Two bandits robbed the Bank of Magnolia at opening time in Magnolia North Carolina and fled toward Wilmington in a stolen Plymouth. J J Horne and T M Rogers were wounded during the hold up as local citizens fired on the robbers and a guard shotgun blast reportedly felled one attacker. The bank reported only cash in tills was taken.
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Magnolia
N. C
Bank of
Wilmington
John Croom
J. J. Horne
T. M. Rogers
L. E. Pope
Millen Brothers and Faber Found Guilty of Murder
In Dedham Massachusetts the Millen brothers and Abe Faber were convicted of first degree murder for the February robbery and the patrolman slaying at the Needham Trust Company. The death penalty in the electric chair awaits the supreme court’s ruling on trial exceptions.
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Sacco
Vanzetti
Millen Brothers
Abe Faber
Forbes McLeod
Needham Trust Company
Sacco-Vanzetti
Morton Millen
Irving
Abraham Faber
Supreme Court
Norma
Morton
Communications bill goes to White House
Congressional action completed on the Rayburn Dill bill creating a new interstate communications commission. The House adopted the conference report on the administration measure as approved earlier by the Senate, and it now goes to the White House.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Bolivian Presses Embargo On U S Goods
Bolivian newspapers in La Paz call for an embargo on United States goods in retaliation for Washington's embargo on war material shipments to Bolivia and Paraguay amid the Chaco Boreal conflict.
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Bolivia
Today
United States
Paraguay
Chaco Boreal
Plan for steel labor mediation board debated by union leaders
Washington reports say insurgent steel union leaders will present their own peace plan to President Roosevelt at a June 14 Pittsburgh convention while threatening a strike set for June 16 if recognition is denied. The mediation board proposal was accepted by the American Iron and Steel Institute, but international president Michael F. Tighe said no authority exists to bind the union.
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Hugh S. Johnson
Steel Labor Mediation Board
Pittsburgh
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NRA
International
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Iron and Steel Institute
Mike F .Tighe
Johnson
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Roosevelt
Lavcor
Michael F. Tighe
Tron and Steel Institute
Teaders
Tighe
Greser Hughes
Texas
Arizona
Tron and Steel Institute Board
Weather Outlook for Southeast States
Weather forecast notes cloudy conditions in South Carolina with possible interior showers. Georgia and Florida expect partly cloudy skies with local showers Sunday, and Alabama may see thundershowers on the coast. Extreme northwest Florida shows partly cloudy with likely local showers tonight and Sunday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Great damage reported at San Salvador
Severe storm drenched six provinces in El Salvador with 25 inches of rain in 24 hours on June 7. Roads and rail lines washed out, Lake Ilopango rose 30 feet, no seaport service, and epidemics feared. Army mobilized to repair infrastructure and maintain order as tropical disturbance moves toward the coast.
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el Salvador
Pan-American Airways Wireless
International Railroad
Central America
Sitio del Mino
Acjutla
Uotario
el Salvador Automobile Club
la Libertad
Rio Senta
la Paz
Cabanas
Cusentlan
Usulatan
San Vicente
Miguel
Merida
Yucatan
Mex
Early corn shipments from Thomasville begin Monday
Thomasville will start shipping early corn Monday with two active markets. Harry W. Merrill of Fort Lauderdale will be represented by Keast to direct grading packing and buying at the Bonded Cotton Warehouse. W. A. Rice’s warehouse staff will assist. Burt Baker will serve as accountant for the market.
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Thomasville
Harry W. Merrill
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Keast
W. A. Rice
Merrill
Macon
Georgia
Gus Baker
Right of America to Intervene in Cuba Ends
Washington June 9 The right of the United States to intervene in Cuba ended today in a state department ceremony. The United States relinquished its intervention power as ratifications of the treaty were officially exchanged.
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America
Cuba
Washington
United States
State Department
Record Rainfall Floods Aiken Carolina Resort
Aiken South Carolina reports a record rainfall of 4.48 inches last night. The downpour appears to be entirely local to the resort area.
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Aiken, Carolina
Aiken
S. C
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