West Virginia and California Lead Repeal for Prohibition
The Associated Press reports one third of states have voted to repeal the 18th Amendment. West Virginia and California favor repeal by wide margins as tabulations show, with West Virginia about 79,000 votes and California leading about 3 to 1. Postmaster General Farley predicts more southern states may follow in July.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
California
New York
New Hampshire
Indiana
Connecticut
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wyoming
New Jersey
Delaware
Nevada
Illinois
Massachusetts
Washington
Farley
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
West Virginia Joins Prohibition Repeal Vote
Charleston West Virginia June 28 with nearly three fourths of the vote tallied West Virginia becomes the fifteenth state to vote repeal of prohibition. Early results show 187 421 for repeal and 106 918 against with 1 755 of 2 338 precincts reported. Apathy evident in mountain counties and farm areas.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Dixie States
Californians Back Repeal and Betting on Horses
California and 15 other states vote to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by about three to one. San Francisco turnout shows 16 to 1 in favor of repeal. statewide returns from 6,321 of 9,347 precincts: 718,723 for repeal, 228,083 against. Voters also back legalized pari mutuel betting on horse racing.
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San Francisco
California
Germany Mourns in Protest of Versailles Act
Germany observes the 14 year anniversary of the Versailles Treaty amid mourning and protests under Chancellor Hitler. Flags fly at half staff and Berlin plans prayers as editorials condemn the pact and its territorial and military limits.
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Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Commissioner Woodruff accused of steering job for son
Testimony at Governor Talmadge ouster hearing alleges Georgia Public Service Commission member Albert Woodruff recommended his lawyer son William Woodruff for a motor carrier’s legal work. Witness J W Suggs recounts letters and subsequent representations, with Suggs losing a case to a line represented by Woodruff. Governor Talmadge questions Darsey while Suggs is not cross examined.
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Atlanta
Albert Woodruff
Georgia Public Service Commission
William Woodruff
Talmadge
J. W. Suggs
Athens
Greenville
S. C
Woodruff
Suggs
Warren Cox
Jack Savage
Georgia Federation of Labor
House
John Darsey
State Department of Agriculture
Darsey
France Faces Devalorization as Franc Slips on Gold Crisis
The franc came under heavy pressure as France and other gold standard countries seek to preserve the system. Speculation pushed the dollar to 19.96 francs, a new low, prompting talks of drastic action and possible U S intervention. observers note a flicker of hope for stabilizing the dollar.
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Associated Press
France
United States
Great Britain
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
London
Raymond Moley
New York Stock Exchange to Open Next Monday
New York stock market will operate as usual next Monday after governors rejected a petition for an extended July 4 holiday. The piece notes opposition to extending the holiday and frames the stance in terms of wartime diplomacy and postwar sacrifice.
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NEW York Stock Exchange
New York
Currency Stabilization Seen as Key to World Conference
London reports say the world economic conference steering committee approved a resolution linking success to currency stabilization. French sources indicate the move signals a potential British compromise with gold countries led by France, while the United States maintains its stance against stabilization.
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London
World Economic Conference
France
United States
London Keeps Dollar Stabilization Efforts in Check
June 28 dispatch reports fresh attempts by Britain and France to stabilize the dollar against the pound rejected by American officials. Envoys from gold standard nations reengaged with U S financial experts tied to the world economic conference, who reasserted Washington's stance that stabilization must wait until the price-raising experiment is tested. Britain remains cautious, wavering between alignment with the Americans or with the gold bloc.
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London
United States
France
Washington
Pittman Gold Resolution Approved by Subcommittee
London June 28 The subcommittee reporting on Senator Key Pittman’s gold resolution recommends withdrawal of gold from circulation and reducing central bank gold cover to 25 percent with caveat against expanding the monetary note or credit superstructure. Leon Fraser of the Bank for International Settlements presented the findings to the parent commission. The goal is to fix past errors and speed a return to the gold standard for countries that have departed from it.
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London
Key Pittman
Pittman
Leon Fraser
Bank For International Settlements
Electric Output Expansion Shows Continued Gains
The Edison Electric Institute reports a 10.9 percent year over year rise in electric power output for the latest week, the eighth consecutive upturn since early May. Total production reached 1,598,136,000 kilowatt hours, up from 1,578,101,000 the prior week and 1,440,541,000 in 1932.
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New York
Edison Electric Institute
Roosevelt cancels Virginia speaking engagement on July 4
President Roosevelt cancels his tentative appearance at the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs in Charlottesville on Independence Day. White House secretary Stephen T. Early says the president is enjoying a sailing cruise and will not return to Washington until July 4 or 5, delaying his July 2 ETA.
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Washington
Roosevelt
University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Charlottesville
White House
Stephen T. Early
Early
Steel production rises to 58 percent capacity
Steel output climbs to 58 percent of capacity marking a sharp uptick in industry activity. The rise follows a steady increase since March and signals a notable recovery after earlier low production levels.
Weather forecast for the South region and Florida thundershowers
South Carolina and Georgia: Partly cloudy with local thundershowers Thursday and on the coast tonight. Florida: Partly cloudy with local thundershowers Thursday and in west portion tonight. Alabama and Extreme Northwest Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers possible.
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Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Act of God touches Canada Premier on wheat price rise
Canada Premier Bennett at the world economic conference cited an act of God in explaining rising wheat prices. He noted drought and heat in American grain fields, the impact on farmers, millers, traders, and consumers, and discussed the artificial factor of a processing tax aimed at supporting farmers.
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Canada
Associated Press
Bennett
America
Providence
Roosevelt
United States
Kansas
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Board
Roosevelt Brain Trust gains international flavor at London conference
Albany dispatch details Raymond Moley joining the London World Economic Conference as part of Roosevelt's brain trust. It notes how James M. Kieran coined the term brain trust and traces the group's origins among advisers including Berle Tugwell Howe Taussig Johnson and others. Continued on page two.
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Raymond Moley
Albany, N
Roosevelt “Brain Trust
Europe
Brain Trust
James M. Kieran
New York Times
Moley
A. A. Berle
Rex G. Tugwell
Louis McHenry Howe
Hugh Johnson
Charles W. Taussig
Kieran
Montgomery Couple Are World Bridge Olympic Champions
New York report says Mrs. J. H. Slager and Fred Levy of Montgomery Alabama topped the world bridge olympic field with the best north-south score from a May 1 contest in which over 100000 players competed. The pair's near flawless bidding and play across 16 hands gave them a clear lead in the north-south flight.
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New York
J. H. Slager
Fred Levy
Montgomery
Ala
National Bridge Association
Leo D. Craine
J. Frederic Benedict
Sherburne
N. Y
Otto Krefting
Isak Neilsen
Olso
Norway
J. Wait Johnson
Cottonwood
Idaho
United States
William Savery, Jr
Stanley Jaloff
Seattle
Slager
Atlanta Intervenes in Court Over Ousted Highway Officials
Atlanta, June 28. The city filed in federal court to enjoin ousted commissioners Barnett Vereen and Parmentt from control over the highway department. Federal funds, held up pending the dispute, may be released after settlement. Wilhoit returns to duty, says funds will not flow until the federal review concludes.
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Atlanta
Gin
United States District Court
Laieh Way
Gayonor Talmadge
Highway Department
Lk. Marvin Underwood
Thas City
James L. Miyseon
Jud P Wilhoit
Georgia
Washington
United States Department of Agriulture
J. W. Barnett
Vereen
Wilhoit
Adjutant General Camp
Otto Kahn Paid No Income Tax For Three Years
Senate investigators heard Ferdinand Pecora state Otto H. Kahn of Kuhn Loeb & Co paid no income tax in 1930 1931 or 1932. He claimed partners at JPMorgan also paid little tax in similar years. The testimony covered profits from bond sales and risk shifting among firms.
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Otto Kahn
Washington
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Pecora
J.P. Morgan & (c
Gpa
Senate
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Earler
BenuJamin
J. Buttenwieser
Chile
Guaranty Company
Legman Brothers
Local election slate announced for district races
Mrs. Ashby Taylor of Atlanta and W. D. Melton Jr. of Columbia join South Carolina North South slate with Talley Elliott. East West pairing lists Mrs. L. B. Creech and H. L. Buist of Blackville for the ballot.
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Frederick Gillmore, Sr
Carl Taylor
Pensacola
Georgia
Ralph Smith
Nash Broyles
Atlanta
Fleming Law
Labor demand 14 dollar minimum proposed for textile workers
Washington June 28 The United Textile Workers of America urged a $14 weekly minimum wage for the textile industry at hearings under the industrial control act before Commerce Department administrator Hugh S Johnson. George Watson of Johnson and Johnson argued for $15 in the north and $14 in the south, opposing machine-shift limits and end to child labor.
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Washinton
Egton
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of Amert
Commerce Department
Hugh S. Johnson
Lawor
Textile Industry Bans Child Labor in New Code
Washington June 28 cotton textile industry agrees to strengthen its minimum wage and maximum work week code under the industrial recovery act by banning child labor. T M Marchant president of the Cotton Manufacturers Association announced the decision amid applause at the department of commerce hearings as labor groups push for higher wages.
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Northern Mills
Southern Mills
Rusell KB. Watson
Johnson and Johnson
New Brunswick
N. J
Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation
Gainesville
Chicopee Manufacturing Company
Chicopee Falls
Massachusetts
Watson
Georgia
Washington
Department of Commerce
T. M. Marchant
Cotton Manufacturers Association
Fog surrounds Roosevelt on third day at Campobello
President Roosevelt remains blocked by heavy fog at Lakemans Bay Maine for a third day. Norman H. Davis is landed from a destroyer by cutter and reaches Roosevelt aboard Amberjack to brief on the Geneva conference and European affairs.
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Maine
President Roosevelt
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Bernadou
Norman H. Davis
Europe
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Roosevelt
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Campobello
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