Congress Debates Relief Bill and Pump Priming Debate
The administration's 3.4 billion relief bill faces opposition from Byrd and others who seek to remove pump priming features. Brice proposes using 750 million as a revolving fund to aid local subdivisions for taxes, while Chamber of Commerce President Davis defends adequate relief spending as necessary to support distressed areas.
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Ex Bootlegger Testifies in Langdon Murder Case
A former bootlegger testified as a surprise witness in the Langdon murder trial, saying the defendant asked him to claim they were together the morning Beulah Limeri was shot on December 31, 1930. Other testimony placed a milk truck driver near the shooting scene around 2:30 AM.
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Robert F. Langdon
Beulah Limeri
James Cavarotta
Langdon
Donald E. Boyer
Loans On Wheat Crop To Be Made By Government
The Agriculture Department plans to loan farmers on 200 million bushels of the 1938 wheat crop. President Roosevelt asked Congress for 80 million dollars to finance storage of the grain in government licensed elevators.
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Agriculture Department
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Slattery Named Interior Undersecretary After West Resigns
President Roosevelt appoints Harry Slattery as undersecretary of the interior, succeeding Charles West who resigns after disagreements with Secretary Ickes. Slattery has served as a personal assistant to Ickes for five years.
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Harold Ickes
Harry Slattery
Roosevelt
Charles West
Ickes
Japanese Offensive Presses Along Lunghai Hankow Route
War dispatches describe Japanese air bombing of Chinese concentrations before the Suchow assault and continuing strikes in the city’s southern areas. Tokyo officials credit tactics that divert Chinese forces toward Taierhchwang while Japanese units move from the south toward Lunghai Hankow, aiming to seize the lifeline and advance on Hankow. Chiang Kai-shek’s troops are said to be repositioning to block the westward push as major rail lines suffer breaches and daily bombardments target the Canton-Hankow and Canton Kowloon routes.
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Millionaire Harold F McCormick to Wed Nurse Ada Wilson
Harold F McCormick, 66, Chicago harvester magnate, to marry Ada Wilson, 40, a former confidante of Jean Harlow. Confirmation from Wilson and McCormick’s physician states the couple will wed in a few weeks in Los Angeles where McCormick is recovering from illness. This will be McCormick’s third marriage and Wilson’s first.
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Ada Wilson
Los Angeles
McCormick
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Jean Harlow
Holding Group Freed By Court From Injunction
In New York on May 19 a federal court freed Electric Bond and Share Company and 12 affiliates from an injunction under the 1935 public utility holding company act. Judge Robert E Patterson dismissed the injunction after eight companies registered with the SEC and five ceased to be holding units. Robert H Jackson assisted the government.
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Electric Bond and Short Company
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Robert E. Patterson
Electric Bond
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Morlok Quads Mark Eighth Birthday Battling Measles
In Lansing Michigan on May 19 1929 the Morlok quadruplets Edna Edna A Wilma B Sarah C and Helen D celebrate turning eight but stay home with measles. Their mother Mrs Carl Morlok had planned a candleless birthday cake to protect their eyes.
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Morlok
Edna A
Wilma B
Sarah C
Helen D
Carl Morlok
Exiled as Witch in 20th Century Roches ter Indiana
Residents accused Irene Ray a 60 year old Indian wife of a white farmer of hexing them. She was ordered out of town and arrested on vagrancy charges. Authorities sought witchcraft charges but no law allowed punishment. The episode puzzled locals and reporters alike.
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Rochester
Ind
Irene Ray
Knoxville Officials Weigh Final Offer on $7.5 Million Sale
Directors of No Power and Light Co meet in New York to decide on Knoxville Tennessee buyout of Tennessee Public Service Co assets for 7.5 million dollars. Offer expires at midnight. A last minute bid to raise price by National's P B Sawyer failed with Tennessee Valley Authority financing already arranged.
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No Power and Light Company
The
of Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Public Service Company
P. B. Sawyer
National
Knoxville
David Lilienthal
Tennessee Valey Authority
Chicago Food Tickets Aid 91000 in Relief Crisis
Food tickets issued in Chicago provide limited rations for 91000 people amid a relief crisis. May relief funds exhausted after 170000 payments, leaving 34000 families dependent on Federal Surplus Commodities. Rations include beans butter cabbage celery oranges rice with milk for children.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
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