France Ban Net Moves From Gold to Currency Policy
Georges Bonnet arrives in Paris to take over as Finance Minister as France shifts away from the gold standard. He halts gold dealings and closes the stock exchange to curb speculation while seeking parliamentary support for his budgetary plan amid a tense financial and political climate. The article notes broader international monetary cooperation and ongoing global economic tensions.
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Washington
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Amur River Dispute Sparks Naval Action and regional tension
International contention over the Amur islands fuels claims from Manchoukuo and Siberia. Japan asserts a peaceful settlement after announcing withdrawal of red forces, but a battle reportedly sinks a Soviet gunboat and damages ships. Poland and Romania bolster anti communism while Ireland votes a new constitution under De Valera with broad powers for the president. The measure sparks debate over press freedom and economic strain.
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Dixie storms claim four lives amid heat wave chaos
From the heat wave to disaster, Dixie storms killed four people and caused heavy property losses. The report notes flooding, 15-foot geysers, and a 2,000-acre lake as rains overwhelmed natural drainage beneath Bellevue.
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Axis ties and looming Spanish insurgent victory stir Europe
A wide analysis notes ambiguous axis ties linking the United States to the Americas and the Berlin Rome axis causing European confusion. It details non intervention patrols, fascist blocking, and Portugal Britain France maneuvering as talks of Spanish insurgent victory surface alongside wartime echoes from Versailles and Goering.
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Berlin
Rome
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Italy
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Great Britain
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Pals
London
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Britain
England
Koscianski Breaks Easter Slaying Case Scoop
In Cleveland reporter workmen miss the hotel bar boy but kitchen girl Henrietta Koscianski identifies Robert Irwin as the Easter slayer of Manhattan model Veronica Gedeon and two others. He surrenders to Chicago editors who extract a confession. Both he and Henrietta head to Gotham as lawyer Samuel Leibowitz defends him. The reward counted a thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
Henrietta Koscianski
Robert Irwin
Manhattan
Veronica Gedeon
Henrietta
Irwin
Chicago
Gotham
Samuel Leibowitz
Strike Plague Struggle Across States
Workers, governors, and police faced a broad strike wave as steel plants reopened. Early returns show few workers returning to jobs while violence and arrests rise, with Cantons water main blast and Chicago fatalities heightening tensions. Inland Steel may recognize the CIO as bargaining agent under a truce plan while NLRB hearings proceed.
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Gree
Chicago
Mills
LaFollette
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Allman
Indiana
Townsend
Inland Steel and
CIO
State Labor Department
NLRB
Inland Steel
Michigan Labor Reform Proposals Spur Legislative Action
Michigan's legislature already adopted a measure limiting court injunctions and banning picketing by nonparticipants in a strike. Senator Vandenberg proposed a second idea to amend the National Labor Relations Act allowing employers to call elections, letting the NLRB suspend unions violating contracts, and banning compulsory political assessments on members.
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Michigan
U. S
Vandenberg
NLRB
Outcry as 2000 Phillips Packing workers strike in Cambridge Md
Farmers face a $240,000 bean crop with no market after 2000 Phillips Packing Company employees at Cambridge Md strike over 5 cent pay raises and padlock plants. Federal conciliators arrive amid threats of disorder as beans are sold elsewhere. Jerome Davis, a former Y in Russia, joins Yale Divinity faculty after dismissal sparks protests. NEA meeting condemns Yale.
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National Education Association
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Ford faces NLRB charges over threats to UAW at IT United
Ford Motor Co defied the NRA three years ago and now stands accused by the NLRB of threats warnings and acts of violence against John L. Lewis's IT United Auto Workers. Ford's lawyer calls the claims absolutely untrue. A hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday.
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Ford Al manac July Quotation On Wages
Ford Motor Company quotes its almanac saying high wages keep wages up nationwide. Hendrick Willem Van Loon writes on The Arts stating that modernism is unclear and surrealism is nuts to him.
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Ford
Hendrick Willem van Loon
Far East Executions and Disclosures Roil World This Week
News of 37 more executions for Trotskyism in the Far East shocks observers. Public denouncements target the Red Cross and the Plekhanoff Institute of National Economy over misaligned priorities and leadership scandals. Missing notables include General Y I Alksnis and pilot Sigismund Levaneffsky, with speculation they trek to America via the North Pole.
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Army Air Corps
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North Pole
Washington tax hearings reveal yacht owners and elites
The joint congressional tax committee hearings exposed incorporated yachts, country estates, and racing stables linked to holding companies as methods to reduce taxes. Named figures included Alfred P. Sloan Jr Myron Taylor John Hay Whitney Henry L Doherty and socialites Mrs Wilhelmina du Pont Ross Mrs Helen S Raskob Ed Wynn and Fritz Kreisler. Sloan said eighty cents of his income last year went to government or charity.
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Myron C. Taylor
John Hay Whitney
Henry L. Doherty
Wilhemina du Pont Ross
Helen S. Raskob
Ed Wynn
Fritz Kreisler
Sloan
Coming Up Sunday Independence Day
American Osteopathic Association convenes in Chicago. International Hospitals Congress in Paris. British Open Golf in Scotland. Major League All-Star Baseball Game in Washington.
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American Osteopathic Association
Chicago
International Hospitals Congress
Paris
Scotland
Washington
Senate Court Expansion Debate Begins After July Fourth
A congressman reported Democrats and the President planned a Jefferson Island meeting. Desks were being cleared as the Senate prepared to start debate on liberalizing the Supreme Court by adding justices after July 4.
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Supreme Court
Robinson
Senate
Wives form club in Sioux Falls praising spanking
A group of wives in Sioux Falls South Dakota organize a club to advocate spanking as a means to improve home life. They claim it prevents divorces and shows husbands care, claiming it creates better understanding between spouses.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Franklin Roosevelt Jr Marries Ethel du Pont at Christiana Hundred
The wedding of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and Ethel du Pont united a son of the chief New Dealer with a Liberty Leaguer’s daughter. Guests traveled to Owls Nest for the reception after the ceremony while Meyer Davis’s orchestra played their favorite tunes.
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Alice” Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Christiana Hundred
Del
New Dealer
Liberty
Lawmakers Pass 1.5 Billion Relief Bill Before FY End
The Senate approved a 1.5 billion relief bill and the President signed it just before June 30, the fiscal year end. Treasury ledgers showed the largest tax collections in 16 years as both income and cargo revenue beat estimates.
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