Morgan Hearing Today Marked by Dispute
Washington date May 26 a tense Morgan investigation hearing produced sharp exchanges between Senator Carter Glass and counsel Ferdinand Pecora. The session revealed United Corporation stock deals with Morgan interests and options on a million United shares, prompting a recess to next Wednesday as disputes over inquiry tactics intensified.
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Nathan Robertson Washington
Senate
Morgan
United Corporation—utilities Stock Holding Organization
Carter Glass
Virginia
Ferdinand Pecora
New York
J. P. Morgan
George Whitney
George Howard
United Corporation
Pecora
Fletcher
Florida
Morgan Had Option On One Million Shares
Testimony to senate investigators showed United Corporation, linked to J. P. Morgan and Company, held a major stake in gas and electric utilities. George Howard, president of the United utilities holding firm, described its structure and the purchase of utility stock at well below market value, enabling Morgan to gain a controlling interest.
Dirigible Macon About Two Per Cent Heavy Say Officials
Washington reports before the congressional committee the Macon airship is about two per cent overweight according to Navy records. Lt Maguire testifies overweight is mainly an engineering estimate and reduces carrying load while the Goodyear Zeppelin Corp faced penalties.
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Macon
Washington
Congressional
Akron
Delaney
N. Y
Navy
C. J. Maguire
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Joint Congressional
Maguire
King
Utah
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Navy Department
Helvering Nomination Gets Favorable Report
The Senate Finance Committee favored the nomination of G. T. Helvering of Kansas as commissioner of internal revenue by a 10 to 7 vote.
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Helvering
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
G. T. Helvering
Kansas
Internal Revenue
New York Launches Broad Drive Against Gang Factions
May 26 report says Mayor O'Brien orders stronger police action as racketeers grow bolder. John Pristin, linked to the slot machine racket, is found murdered in Brooklyn, with a street strap still attached to a car. Kitty O'Brien, a showgirl, and George Kennedy were already connected to gang killings, with three women dying in three days.
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New York
Broadway
John P.o’brien
New Yorker
Brooklyn
John Pristin
George Kennedy
Kitty O’brien
Long Island
Friscia
Life Termer Shot by Prisoner at State Farm
Dewey Crowe a life term from Cobb county was seriously wounded when Trammell Wilson another long term inmate and guard B R Brookins exchanged gunfire on the Had dock road near the Milledgeville state prison farm. Wilson used a .38 caliber pistol and forced a crew member as a shield. Crowe and waterboy Lamar Thompson were injured. None escaped. Brookins praised for bravery.
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Milledgeville
Dewey Crowe
Cobb County
Trammell Wilson
Fulton County
B. R. Brookins
Haddock Road
Wilson
Brookins
Crowe
Lamar Thompson
Thompson
B. H. Dunaway
Byron Phillips
Inland customs offices to close July first
Representative Burke reports treasury department plans to close all inland customs offices on July 1 except at Chicago as part of a federal economy program. The move affects numerous offices across the nation.
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Washington
Burke
Nebr
Treasury Department
Chicago
Walker to stump city if Seabury runs for mayor
A New York city official said former Mayor James Walker would stump the city against Judge Samuel Seabury if Seabury runs as a fusion candidate. Secretary of the dock department Joel Slonin noted Walker plans to return within a month while Seabury has stated he will not run.
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New York
James J. Walker
Walker
Samuel Seabury
Joel Slonin
Dock Department
Riviera
Betty Compton
Slonin
Judge Seabury
Shoosevelt
Sino-Jap Truce to End Warfare in North China
Dispatches from Shanghai and Tokyo report a signed truce to halt hostilities in north China. Chinese forces would stay south of a boundary 15 miles from Peiping, with Japanese troops northeast of it. Cessation of provocations noted. rumors claim terms on Peiping Teintsin evacuation, Manchukuo recognition, and payment of Japanese expenses.
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Shanghai
Tokyo
China
Foreign Office
North China
Peiping
Tientsin
Japan
Teintsin
Manchukuo
Great Wall
No Compromise With Highway Board Planned Says Gov
Atlanta May 26 Governor Talmadge and P Gover Norris stated there would be no compromise with the state highway board over discharging five engineers. The governor said the only settlement is for the board to accept his recommendations and for the engineers to resign. He denied a plan to present an agreed state of facts to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Talmadge
State Highway Board
Highway Board
State Supreme Court
Georgia
Department
American veteran of Spanish American War leader Cuban revolt
Havana May 26 An American veteran who fought for Cuban independence before the Spanish American War, Col Charles Muecke aged over 60 and blind in one eye, is identified as a leader in the current rebellion against President Machado. Six rebels surrendered at Camaguey claiming joint command with Ismael Sanchez in the Cubanacan area.
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Havana
Spain
Machado
Fleis
Charles Muecke
Camaguey
Muecke
Ismael Sanchez
Cubanacan
Camayuy
Santa Clara
Radical Revolutionary Party
Juan Blas Hernandez
German Agriculture Central to Hitlers Early Regime Aims
Berlin May 26 Nazi agriculture chief Walter Darre opened this week’s Berlin agricultural fair warning farmers that their plight is dire. Hitler’s plan centers on small native farms, land policy, and equipping eastern estates for defense with a military frontier strategy.
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Hitler
Germany
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Walter Darre
Darre
Farmers Federation
Hingenberg
U. S. Moves Off Gold Standard by Statute
The Associated Press reports that government bonds may be paid in any legal money, not gold. Private debts and foreign war debts can be settled in legal tender, regardless of contracts naming gold. New contracts after now may not require gold. all legal coins will become acceptable for debts.
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Associated Press
Georgia to enroll 2000 additional forestry workers next week
Atlanta reports that 2000 more forestry workers will be registered in Georgia starting next Saturday. Quotas cover counties around Augusta Savannah Waycross Tifton Macon Columbus and Atlanta with enrollments staggered across multiple cities over the next week and a final enrollment in Atlanta on June 3.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Herman Dee la Piere
Georgia Relief Administration
Augusta
Savannah
Waycross
Tifton
Macon
Columbus
Richmond
Columbia
Lincoln
Wilkes
Warren
MeboDuffie
Glascock
Jefferson
Burke
Emanuel
Toomis
Montsumery
Ghatham
Liffingham
Screven
Jenkins
Bulloch
Candler
Tattnall
Long Liberty
Bryan
Evans
Ware
Charlton
Cromden
Glynn
Wayne
Appling
Toombs
Wheeler
Telfair
Coffee
Atkkinson
Clinch
Lanier
Lowndes
Mchals
Brantley
Pierce
Jett Davis
Buncon
Titton
Berrien
Brooks
Thorits
Wotquitt
Worth
Yarner
Ben Hill
Irwin
Wilcox
Crisp
Albany
AL Macon
City Auditorium
Vom Bibb
Crawford
Houston
Dooly
Pulaski
Dodge
Laurens
Treutlen
Emmanuel
Johnson
Washington
Haancock
Putnam
Jasper
Jones
Monroe
Baldwin
Wilkinson
Twiggs
Lamar
Hleckley
Collusbus
Musecogee
Chattahoochee
Stewart
Webster
Sumter
Taylor
Upson
Meriwether
Troup
Harris
Talbot
Marion
Sedley
North Georgia
Philadelphia Judge Returns Negro to Georgia Officials
Philadelphia May 26 A Philadelphia judge remanded Edward Alonzo Roberson to Georgia authorities after dismissing habeas corpus brought by the International Labor Defense. The court ruled the issue of negroes serving on juries could not be raised now since Roberson had two trial opportunities, and it was too late to challenge the conviction. Governor Pinchot signed extradition papers for Roberson’s return.
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Philadelphia
Georgia
Quarter Sessions Court
Thomas D. Finletter
International Labor Defense
Edward Alonzo Robers
Cherokee County
Pinchot
Roberson
Ate Tormneys
Massachusetts
Winletter
Atlanta Solicitor to Push Cases Against Beer Sellers
Atlanta solicitor John S. McClelland of the Criminal Court said he would push action in all cases before him including those involving selling beer under the city ordinance legalizing 3.2 brew. He cited Georgia law stating over half of one percent is illegal and vowed to prosecute impartially.
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Atlanta
John S. McClelland
Criminal Court
McClelland
Georgia
New Banking Bill Emerges for Congressional Consideration
Washington May 26 Democratic congressional readers said a major administration banking bill would be introduced this session. Chairman Steagall of the House Banking Committee hinted at an important announcement. The legislation is linked to disclosures from the state banking committee on J P Morgan and Company. The Senate has approved the Glass reform bill and the House already endorsed a Steagall measure. A conference committee will reconcile differences among five branches.
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Washington
Congress
Steavall
House Banking Committee
State Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan and Company
Senate
House
Steagall
Fivo
Changes in income tax laws now forthcoming
Washington May 26 The house ways and means committee approved an amendment to the administration public works industrial control measure. It limits deductions from capital losses to one year on income tax returns. The proposal grows from testimony on JP Morgan paying no income tax in two years and moves toward a final roll call before adjournment as Bacharach announces his motion.
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Washington
Public Works Industrial Control
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan
Bacharach
N. J
Temporary Milk Administrator Named For Atlanta Sector
A temporary milk administrator will be named for the Atlanta area to stabilize prices and distribution. Charles J. Brand says the appointee will centralize administration under the farm adjustment act with power to revoke licenses from noncompliant distributors. Georgia producers, in conference, seek higher incomes and steadier prices. tentative schedules set class payments with consumer price about ten cents per quart.
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Washington
Atlanta
Charles J. Brand
Georgia
Chicago
Fred T. Bridges
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
B. B. George
R. L. Turner
Ray F. Olds
J. C. Peek
Columbus Roberts
Columbus
H. H. Hardin
Forsyth
Georgia Milk Producers Confederation
C. A. Stickwell
Covington
Roosevelt Proposes End to Gold Standard by Law
President Roosevelt initiates legislation to place the United States off the gold standard by statute. The measure, introduced by House and Senate banking committees, would make all debts payable in legal tender and preserve gold content while allowing payments in any lawful money.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
House
Senate
Chatman Stegall
Joy
Stegall
House Banking Committee
White House
Sterall
Woods
Bletcher
Laukeag Committee
Clexal
Congress
Weather forecast for Southeast states
Weasaer forecast shows generally fair conditions across South Carolina and Florida with locally isolated thundershowers. Georgia and Alabama expect increasing cloudiness with local thundershowers tonight and Saturday, mainly in the northwest portions.
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Weasaer
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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Congressional Committee
U. S
Francesco de Pinedo
Floyd Bennett Field
Santa Lucia
Beshire
Persia
State Farm
City
Seabury
North
With Highway Board
Gov. Talmadge
State Highway Department
Treasury
ABC
OCRR
Mary Martin
Thomasvile and Vicinity
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