Senate Talkathon Signals Supreme Court Battle Escalation
The piece covers a heated Senate debate over Roosevelt's court packing plan with foes urging rejection as unconstitutional. It notes a potential filibuster, mentions past record filibusters, and cites quotes from Robinson Wheeler Burke and Guffey. It also previews fiscal aims and farm policy debates amid pressure to balance the budget.
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Hus
Robinson
Senate
Supreme Court
High Court
Warhorse Robinson
Julius Caesar
Cato
Edmund Burke
Charles S. Parnell
House of Commons
Nebraska
Senator Allen
Wisconsin
Bob” LaFollette
Utah
Reed Smoot
Louisiana
Huey Long
Joe Robinson
Edward Burke
Slim
Burton Wheeler
Stocky
Logan
Kentucky
Wheeler
Pennsylvania
Joe Guffey
Pendergast Era Boss in Kansas City and Maritime Trial Landmark
The text recalls Tom Pendergast succeeding his brother as Kansas City political boss in 1911, with nephews running the machine amid indictments and funds from the family for defense. It also mentions 1869 murder trials at sea, Boston naval cases, and President Roosevelt praising the nation’s Fourth of July poise at Mount Marion New York.
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Tom Pendergast
James
Kansas City
Pendergasts
Pendergast
Roosevelt
Mount Marion
N. Y
United States
Dangerous Day Fourth of July Weekend Fatalities Hit Record
The holiday period saw 563 deaths with fireworks causing four fatalities as drownings led all incidents. Governor Harold Hoffman and his family were rescued from a burning yacht at sea during the crisis.
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New Jersey
Lucky Harold”) Hoffman
Apostolic Defiance and Global Political Tides In 1939
The article chronicles church resistance to Nazi policies led by Rev. Martin Niemoeller in Berlin with lay petitions and arrests. It notes priests, monks, and bishops facing trials as regimes clash with faith, while Dimitroff features in a Soviet plot twist and U S diplomats comment on rearmament and politics.
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Martin Niemoeller
Berlin
Hitler
Labor NLRB reports 103 strikes ended in May as CIO wage war
The National Labor Relations Board said 103 strikes ended in May while CIO led seven state walkouts over steel. Violence flared at several plants with National Guard in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Akron and Youngstown saw troops ready. Factory reopenings followed amid injuries and arrests as AFL expanded organizing drives.
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National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Chicago
Inland Steel
Republic Steel
Cleveland Mills
Akron
Ohio
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel
Phillip Murray
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
NLRB
Youngstown
Detroit
Ford
Mystery of ten lake corpses puzzles Cleveland
A decapitated body was found on Lake Erie and ten bodies have appeared since. The latest was a 190-pound man pulled from the Cuyahoga river by striking guardsmen. Only two identities were established and clues remain scarce amid a broad Cleveland mystery.
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Lake Erie
Cuyahoga River
Cleveland
Amur Frontier Tensions Escalate Between Japan and Russia
Contending powers clash over Amur river islands as protests fail to halt hostilities. Japanese report a major victory near Chien shan amid ongoing fighting west of Peiping while tensions grow over Manchukuo and Siberian development.
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Japan
Russia
Chienshan
Shilka
Argun
Manchoukuo
Asia
Peiping
Arabs, Zionists, and global politics mix in new Palestine debate
Moe Schultz quit his Tel-Aviv Haifa truck job to return to Brooklyn after Arab fire. A British Royal Commission proposes dividing Palestine into Jew, Arab, and mandate zones. US Zionists urge blocking partition. Allied and Spanish civil war notes mix with India independence moves and Buddhist rites for toads.
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Moe Schultz
Tel-Aviv
Haifa
Palestine
Brooklyn
Moe
Holy Land
Britain
League of Nations’ Authority
United States
Uncle Sam
Pro-Palestine Federation of America
Roosevelt
Mexico Election Defeat for Independent Coalition Declared Fraud
Mexico held a congressional election on Monday. An independent coalition campaigned to defeat President Lazaro Cardenas's national revolutionary party but won only a handful of seats, sparking claims of fraud. Cardenas retained strong support for another three years.
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Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
National Revolutionary Party
Cardenas
All Stars Triumph in the American League Showdown
The American League won the all star game 8 to 3. Mae West revealed a past marriage. A WPA worker was indicted in Los Angeles for slaying three girls in a California ravine. Stalin's committee moved to ratify universal suffrage in Russia. TVA awarded a 1.5 million dollar annual power contract to Aluminum Company of America. Flood damages hit Boiseas North Delaware. The Irish Free State voted on De Valera’s constitution but lacked a parliamentary majority. France began financial reforms and hotelkeepers and workers clashed over a 40 hour week.
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WPA
Los Angeles
California
Stalin
Russia
TVA
Aluminum Company of America
Irish Free State
de Valera
France
Amelia Earhart and Putnam Capture Headlines in The Better Ole Visit
The article portrays Amelia Earhart and George Putnam dining at a New York basement restaurant while headlines recount Earhart’s equatorial flight and disappearance with Navigator Noonan. It traces the global search by ships and aircraft from the Itasca to Colorado and Lexington, plus probes by Kamoie and Koo shuu, amid cross Atlantic flight tests and plans for future services by Pan American and others.
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New York
Busiess
Amelia Earhart
George P. Putnam
Miss Earhart
Equator
Fred Noonan
Pacific
Howland Island
Husband Putnam
Celebrities Born and Died in Brief Aggregation
A daughter is born to actress Margaret Sullivan and Leland Hayward. Marta Rocafort, Havana dentist's daughter, marries. Charles of Britain and Countess Elsa Von Rosen wed a commoner. Col. Jacob Schick inventor of the electric razor dies amid tax hearings. Mrs. Frank O. Lowden is noted.
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Margaret Sullavan
Leland Hayward
E Coun’ Covanong
Sam’s ‘Ie
Marta Rocafort
Havana
Prince Charles of
Elsa von Rosen
Jacob Schick
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Elks Convention Opens in Denver with Sunday Start
A Sunday opening marks the Elks annual convention in Denver followed by a Monday start of the Pan Pacific Women's Association conference in Vancouver. The Scottsboro case trial is scheduled to open in Decatur Alabama and Saturday marks the first anniversary of the Spanish war.
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Pan-Pacific Women’s Association
Vancouver
Decatur
Ala
Governor Earle and Perkins Comment on Steel Strikes
Governor Earles of Pennsylvania says violence unnecessary with Roosevelt, a liberal Congress, and his leadership while Frances Perkins denies official sanction for sit-down strikes. An anonymous New York policeman laments long strike duty and counts pickets to sleep.
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Pennsylvania
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Frances Perkins
Secretary of
Labor
New York
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