Britain Offers Token Payment on War Debt to Roosevelt
London reports Britain will pay ten percent of the 75 950 000 dollar instalment due US this Thursday. Chancellor Neville Chamberlain to announce in the House of Commons that the payment is conditional on President Roosevelt acting in his own name. The move follows high authority claims of Roosevelt's acceptance without congressional pledge.
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London
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Congress
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
United States
Miss Virginia Peacock Wins Free Trip to World's Fair
Miss Virginia Peacock wins the free trip to the Chicago World's Fair plus eight store prizes in a Times Enterprise sponsored contest. Evelyn Horne, Nell Norton, Hattie Bibb and others placed. votes totaled for each contestant with Peacock receiving 2,795,300. The prize package includes travel, lodging, city tours, and exposition tickets.
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Virginia Peacock
Miss Horne
Nell Norton
Hattie Bibb
Nell Thompson
Mary Hubert
Marguerite Neel
Thomasville
J. W. Peacock
Times-Enterprise
Chicago
Fair Grounds
Miss Peacock
Munisavr
Inman Drug Co
Steyerman’s
Pike’s
Evelyn Horne
J. W. Horne
Garrison Motor Co
Nell. Norton
Thomasville Cycle Company
Warsnaw's Boot Shop
Miss Norton
F. S. Norton
W. H. Bibb
C. L. Thompson
Smith- Cochran Co
Newton's
Mary Frances Hubert
B. F. Hubert
Miss Bibb
Lee Neel
Rose Theatre
Sam- Frozen Ice Cream Company
Mary Houston
L. C. Houston
Anna Chastain
Isaacs Pastry Shop
Thomasville Ice and Manufacturing Co
Joe Morris
Rogers Store
G. S. Walker
Eleanor Philips
J. L. Philips
Beverly
Misses Peacock
Horne
Neel
Norton
Thompson
Chastain
Elizabeth Arden
Virginia Feacock
Rogers
Pike's Studio
Thomasville Laundry
San-Frozen Ice Cream CO
Warshaw’'S Boot Shop
Louis H. Jerger
Thomasville Cycle CO
Mash Drug CO
Thomasville Ice CO
Heisler
Morrell’s Pride
Steverman
CUT Rate Auto Parts CO
H. E. Davis
Roosevelt signs home mortgage refinancing bill
President Roosevelt signs a 2 trillion refinancing bill to aid small homeowners. It creates a home owners loan corporation and allows exchanges of up to eighty percent of home value for five percent bonds, with a three year moratorium and fifteen year repayment.
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
Home Loan Bank Board
Weather forecast for Southeastern states
Weather brief for South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama and extreme northwest Florida. Indicates cooler tonight and Wednesday with partly cloudy to fair skies and possible showers in southeast Florida and southeast portions. Interior regions show rising temperatures under mostly clear or partly cloudy conditions.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Threat of British default not removed
Washington June 13 Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay called on acting Secretary Phillips at the State Department to discuss Britain’s war debt installment. Phillips said the talk was informal and no formal offer was made as London hesitates between default and partial payment.
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Washington
London
Ronald Lindsay
Phillips
Statement Department
Ronald
Italian Planes To Hop Off On Chicago Flight
Twenty four Italian planes carrying 96 men led by air minister Italo Balbo will depart Orbetello for a mass flight to Chicago. Meanwhile Jimmie Mattern, the globe circler, presses toward Nome, Alaska from Khabarovsk as other pilots complete routes from New York to Port au Prince and Havana amid variable weather and engine troubles.
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Associated Press
Italo Balbo
Italy
Orbetello
Chicago
Jimmie Mattern
Nome
Alaska
Kharbarovsk
Siberia
J. Errol Boyd
New York
Port Au Prince
St. Marc
Haiti
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Havana
Camaguey
Cuba
Seville
Spain
Scott Bermuth
Ernesto Samper
Bogota
Colombia
St. Louis
Stephen Darius
Stanley Girenas
Lithuania
Triple gangland slayings shock New York area
A fresh murder spree marks a trio of gangsters found dead in an East 65th Street flat. Each man stabbed with an ice pick, gagged and tied, with fingerprints used for ID. Victims Charles Cabrese Salvator Tulamello and Louis Sally, likely slain after Friday attack on six men linked to Dutch Schultz and Waxey Gordon wars. Police note similarity to recent gang killings and a possible tie to 3.2 beer era incidents.
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Dale Harrison
New York
East 65Th Street
Charles Cabrese
Salvator Tulamello
Louis Sally
Schultz
Waxey
Gordon
Beer
Max Hasel
Max Greenberg
Gordon Men
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President Roosevelt stands firm on veterans payments
President Roosevelt refuses to yield on veterans payments and vows a veto if Congress exceeds the agreed compromise. After White House talks with Democratic leaders, the stance was relayed to the Senate as conferees report back, signaling a possible showdown over the independent offices appropriation bill carrying the veterans fund.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
White House
Senate
Garner
Robinson
Byrnes
D-S. C
Veterans Fund
Guards Guard Georgia Capitol After Threats To Governor
Atlanta reports armed guards from the National Guard guard the state capitol in shifts following threats to Governor Talmadge after Angelo Herndon s conviction for inciting insurrection. Treasurer Hamilton says guards are private security, not formal guards, placed for protection of treasury and capital.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Talmadge
Angelo Herndon
Cincinnati
National Guard
George B. Hamilton
Tom Linder
Capitol
Herndon
Fulton Superior Court
Hamilton
State Treasury
Massachusetts May Be In Repeal Column Says Report
Boston June 134y Repealists expect Massachusetts 45 delegates to back repeal of the 18th amendment at the state convention and prohibition spokesmen refrain from predicting the vote outcome.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Prohibition
World economic conference tests US on debts and money
London reports the world economic conference confronts the US on wartime debts and currency policy. Secretary Hull absent amid clashes as European blocs push for immediate settlement and a shifted American monetary stance. Hull attends a secret steering committee meeting after the session ends.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
London
World Economic Conference Today
Hull
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
America
Europe
Cordell Huth
Parley
Banking Reform Measure Nears Passage Today
Washington June 13 The Glass Steagall banking reform and deposit insurance bill moves toward enactment as the House sends it to a Senate expected to accept it. Debate continues on veterans compensation and industrial control with a $3.5 billion public works appropriation awaiting action. House recessed awaiting Senate action as Speaker Rainey calls the chamber to order.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Cutting
R-N. M
Steiner
Industrial Control Conference
Rainey
Connery
Re-enlistment Bonus Discontinued at Fort Benning
The re-enlistment bonus for regular army personnel has been discontinued. This affects soldiers considering another hitch at Fort Benning, Georgia, as of June 13.
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Fort Benning, Ga
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