Sleuth Faces Indictment in Wendel Probe
Ellis Parker Sr chief of Burlington County detectives has been indicted on charges of kidnapping and assault connected to the Lindbergh case. Governor Hoffman says he may fight extradition to New York as Parker plans to contest the charge. Parker and son are among several Brooklyn men named in the superseding indictment.
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Ride
Gov. Hoffman
Brooklyn
MT. Holly
N. J
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Paul H. Wendel
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Hoffman
Parker
New York
Wendels
Little Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hackensack
Parker Co
William F. X. Geoghan
Kings County
Harry Bleefield
Parker, Jr
Senate aims to slash large soil program payments
Momentum grew for cutting big benefits under the soil erosion and farm control program. The Senate agriculture committee approved a plan to halve all payments over 51 000 and may extend cuts to all payments over 10 000. Proposals trace to Secretary Wallace public payments to corporations after data requests by Senator Vandenberg.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Vandenberg
Mich
Congress Pursues Taxes Amid Speaker Byrns Death
Senate debates taxes amid potential recess after Speaker Byrns dies. Interstate Commerce panel weighs the Guffey coal bill. House plans funeral participation for Speaker Burns and then recess. Rules panel reviews Puerto Rican independence measure. Previous day, tax bill debated. Guffey coal bill contested. Andrew Mass. dies after flood control actions.
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Byrns
Interstate Commerce Committee
HOUSE
Burns
Andrew
Mass
Overton
Speculation Over Landon Strength As G O P Gather
In Cleveland on June 4 delegates and observers speculated on Governor Alf M Landon's strength in the Republican presidential nomination contest. The big question centered on how many votes Kansas would win on the first ballot at next week's national convention.
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Landon
Alf M. Landon
Landon Says G. O. P Backs State Rights
Governor Alf M. Landon states in Redbook magazine that the Republican party in the 1936 campaign defends the rights of the states. He credits Lincoln and Roosevelt as guides for steady policy balancing federal and state powers and deference to constitutional rights.
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Landon
New York
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Redbook
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft Expected to Get Backing at Convention
Cincinnati dispatch notes Ohio Republicans back Taft as a favorite son with elder Taft influence shaping national delegate strength. In TIFFIN, Ray Smith, 18, died after being struck by a car while running to a fire, witnesses say.
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Taft
Tiffin
Ray Smith
Souse On Jag Shuts Off Digestion Expert Says Tests Show
CHICAGO June 4 The alcoholic souse shuts down his digestive system when he goes on a spree a New England student of drunken jags reports in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr Harry Blotner of Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital states studies show liquor destroys gastric enzymes, halting digestion in artificial stomach tests and in human subjects.
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Chicago
New England
Journal of
The
American Medical Association
Harry Blotner
Boston
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Landon Nomination Forecast by Kansas Senator Capers
Senator Capers of Kansas forecast on June 4 that Governor Alf M Landon would win the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot and be elected in November. The prediction reflects expectations within Kansas political circles ahead of the national convention.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Senator Caper
Landon
Florida Delegation Seats as Contests Move to Convention
National committee rules on contests affects temporary rolls while Florida’s delegation led by John R. Harris is seated. Jacksonville’s J Leonard Lewis vows to carry fight to the convention amid ongoing speculation over the nomination timeline and the fate of the hopefuls. Former Senator Moses predicts no nominee before the sixth ballot as Knox campaigns amid steamroller fears. Herbert Hoover signals readiness to address the convention on June 10.
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John Hamilton
London
David A. Reed
United States
Pennsylvania
Landon
National Committee
Florida
John R. Harris
Palm Beach
J. Leonard Lewis
Jacksonville
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Moses
Frank Knox
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Henry P. Fletcher
Roosevelt Signs Record Navy and War Department Bills
President Roosevelt signed the navy supply bill totaling 526 million 546 thousand 532 dollars and a separate 572 million 446 thousand 844 dollar War Department measure. These record peace time appropriations raise enlisted strength from 93,500 to 100,000, nearing treaty limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Portsmouth Steel Mill Rejects Closed Shop
Union leaders met with executives from Wheeling Steel Corp as the strike idled about 5500 workers for 13 days. Company refused to operate a closed shop or sign a contract but agreed to a conference with plant department councils and the union on future talks.
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Portsmouth
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tim Workers
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Student Kills Teacher Then Kills Self After Dispute
Lehigh University senior Wesley L. Clow shot English instructor Charles Wesley Phy twice in a recitation room in Bethlehem Pennsylvania and then killed himself in the corridor after an argument over a re examination. Witness Harry T. Snavely said the dispute followed a marginally failing exam. The instructor died shortly after at a hospital.
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Bethlehem
Wesley L. Clow
Lehigh University
Pine Castle
Fla
Charles Wesley Phy
Clow
Harry T. Snavely
Lancaster
Phy
Hope Fades for Swift End to Congress After Burns Death
Washington reports congressional leaders have abandoned hopes of adjourning before the Republican national convention due to Speaker Burns death. The Senate recessed in tribute, plans to push the tax bill into conference, but expects no final action before the convention. Leaders eye a week between party conventions to finish the business.
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Washington
Congress
Burns
Senate
Support Grows for Landon Nomination in New York Delegation
Buffalo June 4 Edwin F Jaeckle Erie County Republican chairman said about half of New Yorks 90 delegates to the national convention are prepared to vote on the first ballot for Governor Alf M Landon of Kansas. Washington June 4 Secretary Hull said he has no indication that any war debtor will pay installments due June 15 Finland is the only nation that has not defaulted.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Erie County
New York
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Washington
Hull
Finland
United State
Inventor of Marcel Wave Dies in Burned Paris Chateau
Marcel Grateau, 84, inventor of the Marcel wave, was burned to death today at his chateau near Paris. The incident occurred in early June as reports indicate his death followed injuries from the blaze.
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Berney
France
Marcel Grateau
Marcel
Bankhead Elected Speaker of House
In Washington on June 4 Representative William B Bankhead of Alabama was elected speaker to succeed the late Joseph Byrns of Tennessee. The vote followed a brief session marked by sorrow as lawmakers paid tribute to Byrns. The oath was given by Sabath and the House adjourned 17 minutes after convening.
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Alabama
Byrns
House
Washington
William B. Bankhead
Joseph Byrns
Tennessee
O'Connor
N. Y
Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
Representative Bankhead
Trimble
Threats to Paris Food Supply Wane
Paris June 4. Employers at the Paris central markets yielded to workers demands today averting a threatened food shortage as Leon Blum moved to form government. Striking ice and refrigerator plant workers ended their walkout improving meat and milk supplies though strikes spread to other branches including newspapers. About 400000 workers remained in folded arms with fears of famine easing.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Inis
Associated Press
Blum Called Into Control Of France
Paris June 4 The third Republic named its first Socialist premier Leon Blum to form the 101st cabinet amid industrial strikes and political chaos. President Albert Lebrun charged the cultured leader within two hours of Premier Albert Sarraut and his coalition cabinet resignation.
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Paris
Third Republic
Leon Blum
France
Albert Lebrun
Blum
Albert Sarraut
Associated Press
Presbyterians to Meet 1937 General Assembly in Columbus
Delegates to the 148th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to hold the 1937 meeting in Columbus Ohio at their closing session in Syracuse New York.
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Columbus
Syracuse
N. Y
148Th
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Former dancer in Sally Rand troupe kills girl then self
Irving La Zarr a former dancer in Sally Rand's troupe shot and killed Donna Park, a Los Angeles born dancer in Phoenix, then killed himself. Justice of the peace Nat McKee labeled it murder-death by own action and said an inquest was unlikely.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Irving la Zarr
Sally Rand
Donna Park
Los Angeles
Nat McKee
Justice of the Peace
Miami University to holds 97th commencement
The 97th Miami University commencement will award degrees to more than 400 graduates on June 15. Alumni Day is set for June 13 and trustees meet on June 12.
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Oxford
Miami University
State Funeral Set in House Chamber for Speaker Burns
Washington June 4 A capital grief surrounds the sudden death of Joseph Wallington Burns speaker of the House He will be honored with a state funeral in the House chamber at noon with President Roosevelt and members of both parties attending The funeral party departs for Nashville by train with burial expected Saturday in Tennessee The President issued a mourning statement praising Burns as a steadfast friend and statesman aligned with Andrew Jackson’s legacy.
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Washington
Joseph Wallington Burns
House of Representatives
House
Roosevelt
Branches
Congress
Southern Railroad
Nashville
Burns
Hermitage
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Sugar legislation attacked as unconstitutional in House report
A minority report by seven Republican and Progressive members of the House agriculture committee labels the stop gap sugar legislation unconstitutional. Signers including Marshall of Ohio contend the measure forces vast market share to foreign producers, harming American producers.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Marshall
Ohio
Belpre youth drowns in Ohio River near Parkersburg
Harold Farnsworth, 14, of Belpre Ohio, drowned in the Ohio River near Parkersburg West Virginia yesterday. The accident occurred as a man and two youths were swimming at a marked area. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Harold Farnsworth
Belpre, O
Ohio River
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Joe Byrns
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