Marriage of Edward VIII and Mrs Warfield Planned
Announcement from London states that Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield will wed on June 3 at Chateau de Cande. The ceremony aims to be extremely private with few guests, and Buckingham Palace informed reporters from friendly papers.
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Dward
Duke of Windsor
Great Britain
Wallis Warfield
Chateau de Cande
London
King George
Forwood
Buckingham Palace
London Daily Mail
London Daily Express
Edward
Warfield
Justice Van Devanter to Quit the Supreme Bench
Justice Van Devanter announced to President Roosevelt his retirement from active service on June 2. The seventy eight year old conservative associate justice informed the White House before the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the court enlargement bill.
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Justice van Devanter
Illis van Devanter
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
White House
Senate Judiciary Committee
President Roosevelts Pressing for Full Program in Conference
President Roosevelt held talks with Democratic congressional leaders and department heads insisting on enacting his complete program. He demanded passage of the Supreme Court enlargement bill, a substitute for the NRA, $1.5 billion for 1938 work relief, farm tenancy loans, a national power and flood control policy, and 15 percent discretionary cuts to appropriations defended as House plan. A 50 woman Workers' Alliance of America group rallied in Washington urging $3 billion for 1938 relief and planned to occupy the House gallery during the debate.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
House
House Appropriations Committee
Workers’ Alliance of America
Washington
Pine House
Supreme Court Backs Social Security Act Tax Rulings
The Supreme Court handed down decisions upholding the Social Security Act constitutionality while sustaining the 1936 revenue law that limits refunds of processing and floor stock taxes imposed by the agricultural adjustment act. The treasury avoided nearly a billion dollars. the opinion says relief via burden shifting negates a claim of constitutional injury. A second decision affirmed Louisiana's chain store tax, allowing taxation on chain unit counts both inside and outside the state.
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Supreme Court
Treasury
Louisiana
Huey Long
Snowdens Death A Polarizing British Leader Dies
Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw dies at 72 from heart disease after a life as a pacifist atheist Marxist and former chancellor of the exchequer. His sharp tongue and clashes with Ramsay MacDonald marked a turbulent Labor era. Also noted is American poltics figure Percy L. Gassoway and Alfred E. Smith’s Ireland voyage with humorous remarks about seasickness.
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Viscount Snowden
Pohilip Snowden
Labor Party of
Great Britain
Ickornshaw
Lord Snowden
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Snowden
Percy L. Gassoway
Oklahoma
Washington
Steel Industry Strike Hits Pittsburgh and Aliquippa
C I O official PoHULIP MURRAY led a walkout at Jones & Laughlin Steel plants in Pittsburgh and Aliquippa, affecting 27,000 workers after demands for a signed contract were unmet. The strike spread to Pittsburgh Steel in Monessen and Allenport, pa where 5,900 joined. Murray warned other major mills would soon be drawn in. The Jones & Laughlin company agreed to a contract if a government supervised majority vote endorsed union representation.
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Pohulip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Murray
Jones & Laughlin
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Monessen
Allenport
Republic
Youngstown
Bethlehem
Crucible
Jones & Laughlin Corporation
Treasury plans silver depository near West Point
The Treasury Department announced approval from the secretary of war to use a four acre tract near West Point New York for a silver depository. The 1936 building plan called for about $600 000 in construction. Unlike Fort Knox gold vaults, the silver storage will not use vaults.
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Treasury
West Point
Treasury Department
Secretary of War
N. Y
Fort Knox
Ambassador Dodd Warns Of American Fascist Plot
Ambassador Dodd urges Democrats to unite behind the President to avert a dictatorship in the United States. He claims a wealthy American, not named, with nearly a billion dollars, aims to install a fascist regime. Senators Borah Nye and Rep Fish condemn him as scandalous and demand accountability.
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Dodd
Illiam
Huey Long
Senate
Moscow
Berlin
Rome
Borah
Idaho
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
State Department
House
Fish
New York
Representative from Tex proposes US call for world monetary conference
A Texan representative urged Congress to ask President Roosevelt to convene an international monetary conference. The aim is to stabilize currencies on a permanent basis, establish a bimetallic gold and silver standard, distribute global gold and silver equitably to support national currencies and international exchange, and provide needed raw materials to participating nations.
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Monetary Conference
Dies of
Texas
Congress
Roosevelt
Labor conflict risks and Browning prospects in Congress
The piece warns labor disputes remain dangerous despite steel settlement. It cites Edward McGrady urging dialogue, notes Baldwin’s warning of industrial warfare, and critiques Congress for inaction. It argues leadership gaps, presidential influence, and court-packing as factors behind stalemate, urging sober, honest tackling of labor and constitutional issues.
Storks Nests Cover Polish Dwellings Across The Land
A Boston Globe writer notes in Poland the arrival of great white stork nests on huts farms and hotels signaling luck and prosperity. For centuries the birds have symbolized spring and peace and locals coax them to nests on roofs with platforms as talismans for homes.
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Poland
Cottade Palace
Boston Globe
Eutol
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Sweden
CCC
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Massachusetts
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Ray Ployee
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Stanley Baldwin
England
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