Banks Reopen in South as Deposits Return
Banks across the South gradually resume operations after closures in 1930 and early 1931. Since January 1, deposits exceeding 39 million dollars have returned with 159 banks reopening in Arkansas Mississippi North Carolina Kentucky and Florida. In Tennessee two reopened banks hold 130 thousand dollars in deposits as 20 banks with 13.6 million were forced to suspend. Overall 408 banks closed in five states tied up 190.27 million dollars in deposits and 269 institutions remain permanently closed. Continued discussion noted.
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Atlanta
South
Arkansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
Kentucky
Florida
Tennessee
Livestock Leaders Meet in Chicago Over Low Prices
In Chicago on June 3 leaders from the livestock industry convened to seek relief from suppressed prices for food animals. Representatives from livestock exchanges railroads and meat firms heard calls to address the greatly reduced prices of livestock and products. Charles D. Carey president of the National Livestock and Meat Board warned conditions are worse than the postwar deflation and pose a broader threat to agriculture and industry.
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Chicago
Charles D. Carey
Cheyenne
Wyo
National Livestock and Meat Board
Occupants Of Bullet Riddled Cars Sought
Police hunted the occupants of two bullet spattered cars that roared through Bronx streets at night exchanging fire. Witnesses reported several injuries and detectives linked the incident to a renewed beer warfare that killed three gangsters last week. An abandoned blood smeared sedan without occupants was found this morning with blood stains gloves a hat and a handkerchief inside.
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New York
Bronx
Henchman of Beer Baron Shot Down in Bronx
Police identified Louis De Rosa, 24, a henchman of Bronx beer baron Dutch Schultz, found shot to death in a Bronx gutter. The slaying raises gang killings to five in one week, with seven bullets striking from behind and head and torso wounds indicating a surprise attack.
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New York
Louis de Rosa
King Bestows Honors on Subjects on Birthday List
King George marks the 66th anniversary of his birth with a surge of honors. Four baronetcies and 25 knighthoods are awarded along with two privy council seats. Notables include Sir Edward Elgar named baron, composer of Pomp and Circumstance, and Sir Thomas Jaffrey.
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London
George
Edward Elgar
King’s Musick
Army Planes Return To Home Air Fields
About 100 army planes left Fairfield Air Depot Dayton after joining air corps maneuvers in the east. They head to western and southern home stations with staged stops including Crissy Field units bound for Scott Field Fort Riley Colorado Springs Cheyenne Salt Lake City and Reno.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Corps
Fairfield Air Depot
Bolling Field
Crissy Field
San Francisco
Scott Field
Kansas City
Fort Riley
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Reno
Catholic Leader To Form Belgian Cabinet
Brussels on June 3 Jules Renkin Catholic party leader accepted a mandate to form a new cabinet succeeding Premier Henri Jaspar whose government resigned on May 21 in Belgium.
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Brussels
Belgium
Jules Renkin
Henri Jaspar
Car Owners' Taxes Rise Faster Than Car Growth
New York reports show the annual tax levy on car owners rose 586 percent from 1921 to 1931 while US car registrations grew 153.5 percent and highway expenditures 50.9 percent. T. M. Hentges of the New York Automobile Club urged overhauling the tax structure.
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New York
T. M. Hentges
New York Automobile Club
Hentges
Iowa State College Deans Injured In Auto Train Crash
Dean Samuel W. Beyer of industrial science was fatally hurt and Dean Anson Marston of engineering injured when their car was struck by a passenger train near Iowa Falls while en route to Elkader to attend the funeral of D. D. Murphy former member of the state board of education.
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Iowa Falls
Samuel W. Beyer
Industrial Science Division
Iowa State College
Anson Marston
Engineering
Elkader
D. D. Murphy
State Board of Education
Prescott Garageman Robbed Last Evening
An unmasked robber in Prescott Arizona last night forced garage owner Eugene Milligan to pour 26 dollars into a paper sack beside the cash register. Milligan was then forced to step behind a car and told to wait while the intruder escaped.
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Prescott
Ariz
Eugene Milligan
Milligan
Democratic Leaders Embrace Tariff Issue in 1932 Campaign
Democratic National Committee Chair Jouett Shouse frames the Smoot Hawley tariff as a campaign attack on the administration. He cites reduced US exports to Canada and Canada’s new tariff increases as intensifying harm to American industries already hurt by foreign market losses.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Shouse
Canada
United States
Death To Two At M Nary Accidental
The coroner's jury rules an unavoidable accident after a logging road locomotive boiler explosion killed Guillermo Soto and Paul Padilla who rode the front of the engine. Injured include Julian Soto Elijah Williams Guadalupe Jiminez Defina Sanchez J B Bivens and Pat Lowry with most returning to work.
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Daily Mail
McNary
Guillermo Soto
Paul Padilla
Cady Lumber Company
Soto
Padilla
Julian Soto
Elijah William
Guadalupe Jiminez
Defina Sanchez
J. B. Bivens
Pat Lowry
Navajo Airways Hearing Postponed by Commission
The Corporation Commission postponed the Navajo Airways Inc application to operate a general air taxi service with Winslow as headquarters. Phoenix city commission granted Winslow business men permission to distribute air billboard handbills advertising a summer rodeo in the northern city.
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Phoenix
Corporation Commission
Navajo Airways, Inc
Winslow
Pope ridicules Italian church youth club dissolution
In Rome on June 3 Pope Pius assailed the Italian government for dissolving Catholic youth clubs. He said the action violated the church's right to guide youths and the natural law meant for souls. He mocked the government's claim that the clubs were not linked to the Nationalist Fascist party.
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Rome
College of Chaplains of Immigrants
Osservatore Romano
Pius
Italy
Nancy Carroll Seeks Divorce in Nogales Case
New York reports confirm Nancy Carroll, screen actress and wife of playwright Jack Kirkland, filed for divorce in Nogales Mexico on the seventh anniversary of their wedding. Kirkland says they remain on good terms and admire each other despite the break.
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New York
Jack Kirkland
Nancy Carroll
Mexico
Kirkland
Nogales
Peseta value improves in Madrid trading
The peseta continued to rise in Madrid with bank transactions at 10.20 pesetas per dollar. The London rate suggested 10.50 pesetas per dollar, reflecting common gaps between London and New York quotations and the actual rate paid locally.
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Madrid
London
New York
Former King Hussein of Hedjaz Falls Into Coma
Former King Hussein of Hedjaz lapsed into a coma today in Amman Transjordania after a period of serious illness. Hope for his recovery remained but uncertain.
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Hussein of
Hedjaz
Amman
Transjordania
Hussein
The
Bishop Cannon sues Rep Tinkham for libel
Bishop James Cannon Jr. files a $500,000 libel suit in DC Supreme Court against Massachusetts Republican Representative Tinkham. He cites statements tied to Tinkham’s 1928 anti-Smith campaigns and a June 19, 1930 article accusing him of violating the federal corrupt practices act.
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Bishop
Massachusetts
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Tinkham
Republican
Cannon
Copper hits new record low to eight cents a pound
New York June 3 Copper dropped to eight cents a pound the lowest price on record. The price came from a custom smelter sale and was half a cent below yesterday's 8 1 2 cent quoted level. Export copper parity fell, spurring foreign sales of 5 250 000 pounds.
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New York
Clark Defeated in Bid for Municipal Judgeship
In Los Angeles on June 3 1949 David H Clark the ex deputy district attorney charged with a double murder was defeated in the municipal judgeship race after polling over 67000 votes. Charles Crawford Herbert Spencer remain jailed on a 100000 bond and Jean Riley a state witness was dismissed as per Special Prosecutor Ford.
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Los Angeles
David H. Clark
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
Clark
Superior Court
Joseph Ford
Jean Riley
Miss Riley
Ford
Crawford
Editorial Association Convention Focuses on Community Building
The National Editorial Association gathering in Atlanta shifts to cooperative effort and community building. John Steven McGroarty, representing Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times and president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, delivered greetings. John Benson, AA Advertising Agencies president, spoke on working along lines of mutual interest.
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Atlanta
National
John Steven McGroarty
Harry Chandler
The
Los Angeles Times
Te American Newspaper Publishers Association
John Benson
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Former Bank President Davis Sentenced in North Carolina
Wallace B. Davis former president of the defunct Central Bank and Trust Co. in Asheville was sentenced to five to seven years in state prison for banking law violations. Counsel filed notice of appeal to the state Supreme Court. Bond was set at $10,000.
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Asheville
N. C
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank & Trust Co
Supreme Court
Tempe College Grants Hundreds Of Diplomas At Graduation
Tempe State Teachers College graduated 173 students last night. Thirty four earned bachelor of arts in education while 139 received three year diplomas. Vierling Kersey, California superintendent of public instruction, delivered the commencement address.
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Tempe
Tempe _ State Teachers College
Vierling Kersey
Superintendent of Public Instruction of
California
Wheat Prices Slump After Farm Board Withdrawal
Wheat prices in Chicago and other markets fell to seasonary lows after the federal farm board reportedly withdrew support from the old crop. June futures led the decline with drops of 10 to 12 1/2 cents, while July wheat in Chicago traded around 57 1/2 cents.
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Chicago
Federal Farm Board
Duluth
Minneapolis
Senator Pittman Conferring With Chinese Leaders
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada arrived in Nanking and spent the day in courtesy talks with Chinese government leaders. He said he will return for serious financial discussions on the silver problem and plans to inaugurate talks in Shanghai with Chinese and foreign financiers.
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Nanking
China
Key Pittman
Nevada
Pittman
Shanghai
Pioneer School Teacher Ida Wood Dies in Phoenix
Ida M. Wood, long time Cochise County teacher, died at age 87 in Phoenix at her daughter Mrs Frank Burleson home after a long Arizona life. A Terre Haute Ind native, she moved to Dos Cabezos near Bowie in 1856. Her husband died in 1897.
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Phoenix
Ida M. Wood
Cochise County
Frank Burleson
Wood
Arizona
Terre Haute
Ind
Dos Cabezos
Bowie
Albuquerque Vets Hospital Low Bid At $660000
The base bid for the Veterans hospital construction in Albuquerque New Mexico was 660000 and came from Murch Brothers Construction of St Louis. Other low base bids included 666500 from Robert E McKee El Paso Texas 674868 from Christy Dolph Dallas Texas and 680000 from C S Lambie Amarillo.
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Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
Murch Brothers Construction Company
St. Louis
Robert E. McKee
el Paso
Tex
Christy Dolph Construction Company
Dallas
C. S. Lambie Company
Amarillo
Kirkland Re Sentencing Hearing Set For Monday
Judge Grant Crumpacker planned to hear Monday arguments in Indiana's bid to resent Virgil Kirkland to a longer term after his second assault conviction for attacking Arlene Draves at a Gary drinking party last November.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Grant Crumpacker
Virgil Kirkland
Arlene Draves
Gary
Not Guilty Plea Entered by J F Roberts in Navajo Case
J F Roberts former Henderson Ky resident charged with criminal assault in Navajo county is held in Coconino jail to prevent threats of violence from Holbrook residents. Sheriff’s deputy Diverbess home intrusion linked by fingerprint match. intruder masked, threatened to shoot the child. Roberts arrested Monday and arraignment postponed to maintain quiet.
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Flagstaff
J. F. Roberts
Henderson
Navajo County
Coconino County
Holbrook
H. L. Russell
Roberts
Louis
Divelbess
Diverbess
Navajo County Superior Court Appoints Attorney
June 3 report notes Ferguson named by the Navajo county Superior court as attorney for ongoing proceedings. Details continued on later pages.
Ten Die As French Bridge Collapses
A new suspension bridge near Libourne in Bordeaux collapses during an official test. Ten killed and about a dozen injured as motor trucks loaded with sand cross the span. The chief engineers of the Gironde department are among the dead.
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Bordeaux
France
Libourne
Department of
Gironde
Three Children Die In Barn Fire Near New Alexandria
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on June 3 three children, Clay Rubble age 5 Eve Rubble age 2 and George Rubble age 4, sons and daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Rubble, were playing in a haymow with matches when a barn caught fire and burned them to death.
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Greensburg
New Alexandria
Ae Eve. Rubble
George Rubble
Harry Rubble
Railway Dividends Declared by Chicago Rock Island Line
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway declares a dividend of 1 dollar per share on common stock previously on a five dollar annual basis. Regular semiannual dividends of 3.50 and 3 dollars were voted on the 7 percent and 6 percent preferred issues.
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New York
Chicago, Rock Island ‘& Pacific Railway Today
Romania Declares June 8 as National Holiday
In Bucharest on June 3 to June 8 Romania marks the anniversary of King Carol’s return from exile, declared a national holiday by the government.
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Rumania
Bucharest
Carol
Weather outlook for Arizona and New Mexico
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change across the two states. No significant precipitation or storm activity expected, and overnight lows remain mild for the region.
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Arizona
New Mexico
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