Industrial Control Bill Aims to Put People Back to Work
Washington dispatch explains the administration aims to revive buying power by an emergency industrial recovery bill. It seeks to reduce hours and raise wages without harming competition, using licensing to curb wage cutting and deter pirates in a crowded labor market.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
U.P
Senate Finance Committee
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Obstacles to four power treaty removed in Rome
Premier Mussolini opened the Senate stating negotiations on the four power pact have reached a stage likely to conclude. The German ambassador promised Berlin’s answer within 24 hours, noting Hitler and Neurath were away from Berlin. Henry De Juvenel, the French ambassador, was instructed to initial the latest pact text, clearing the main obstacle to execution.
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Rome
Mussolini
Senate
Berlin
Hitler
von Neurath
Henry de Juvenel
Paris
Cyrus H. K. Curtis Shows Slight Improvement
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, prominent Philadelphia publisher, is reported a little weaker today after a year of illness from heart ailment and age. He remains critically ill at his Wynecote home where he has been convalescing.
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Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Philadelphia
Wynecote
Curtis
Uncle Sam Learn From Ireland in Lively Pattern
An item notes a themed lesson of national attitudes with a bold title and brisk tone. It mentions political referents and a playful phrase about living dangerously, pairing a referenced international context with domestic sentiment. Copyright 1938 by King Feature Syndicate.
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Sam
Ireland
Manchukuo
The
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
De Valera and Ireland Arms Ween Us to Build Ships
Arthur Brisbane notes De Valera’s plan to end dependence on Britain and build Ireland’s own arms capacity. The Globe excerpt reflects on American versus British control, urging self-reliance in defense and industry while criticizing colonial constraints. See TODAY Page 10.
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Sam
Ireland
de Valera
England
Britain
Pope Elevates Bishop to Archbishop in New Mexico
Pope Pius names Rudolph A. Gerken bishop of Amarillo Texas to be archbishop of Santa Fe New Mexico in a Vatican announcement dated June 6 1957 at Vatican City.
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Vatican City
Rudolph A. Gerken
Amarillo
Texas
Pius
Santa Fe
N. M
Texas Highway Police Search for Madame Queen
Texas State highway police search for Madame Queen, a missing witness in the imminent Amos and Andy trial. Chief L G Phares, a radio fan, reports tracing Madame Queen to Austin and sends a facetious telegram to Amos and Andy about the search with no success.
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Austin
U.P
Madame Queen
Andy
Amos and Andy
L. G. Phares
Highway Patrol
Amos
Texas
Plane Fit But Flier Weeary He Loses Lead
James Mattern, round the world flyer, rested after a good inspection in Omsk and planned to resume toward Alaska. He logged 12 hours 21 minutes for the Moscow to Omsk hop, averaging near 120 mph, aided by favorable tailwinds after starting amid unsettled weather. He described a nap technique using rubber bands on the stick and a cross leg to balance drift for cat naps midflight. He hoped to complete two more long hops toward Khabarovsk and the Bering Sea, aiming for a globe solo record.
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Omsk
Siberia
James Mattern
Mattern
Moscow
Weather Bureau
Alaska
Yakutskhe
Jomfruland Island
Norwegian
San Angelo
Tex
Jimmy Mattern
Round World Flier
Attaboy
Jimmy
Sea of Okhotsk
Bering Sea
Khabarovsk
Globe
Connally 25 Percent Veterans Amendment Favored in House
After a Democratic Steering Committee session Speaker Rainey said the House would accept the Connally 25 percent veterans disability amendment to the Independent Offices Bill or Roosevelt’s substitute. Leadership will delay action to await Roosevelt’s proposal and new veteran regulation plans are being shaped with Budget Director Lewis Douglas and Veterans Administrator Frank Hines to ease cutbacks.
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Washington
Democratic Steering Committee
Rainey
House
Independent Offices
Roosevelt
Joelt
Lewis Douglas
Frank T. Hines
Connally
Senate
Court rules on stables in Amarillo neighborhood
A Texas case in Judge Gee's court permanently enjoins Mr and Mrs L W Timms from keeping horses or other livestock in barns and corrals on a vacant lot in Country Club Park Amarillo. The Timms filed notice of appeal and the final outcome remains in doubt. The decision addresses stable use not home stead livestock and raises concerns among local riding enthusiasts about potential moves to outlying areas. Page 2 references follow up details.
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Ama- Tillo
Rush Jitney Opera at Hippodrome Draws 6500 Crowd
New Yorks Hippodrome hosts Verdi s Aida as a double daily grand opera attracting full houses despite competition from movies and vaudeville. The Chicago Opera Company runs the production with a large cast and rotating leads as elephants and camels add Egyptian atmosphere to a bold Broadway experiment.
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MR. Verdi
Aida
Old Hippodrome
Aos
New York
Grand Opera
Hippodrome
Verdi
Broadway
Chicago Opera Company
Mitchell Relates Loss of Fortune
New York June 6 Charles E Mitchell former chairman of National City Bank testified at his income tax evasion trial that two years after his strength to borrow millions from Morgan firms his fortune fell to a few worthless odds and ends on the stand for a second day He recalled fears for his bank and the market in 1929 and described giving more of his securities to J P Morgan and Company to sustain collateral.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
Morgans
Mitchell
J. P. Morgan and Company
Morgan
Record day in registration of cars seen in Potter County
Miss Jewell Davidson, county tax collector, reported 18 new registrations on Monday breaking the daily record for the last two years in Potter County. Four were commercial vehicles, lifting the four working days this month to 45 new registrations and each month since January has shown gains.
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Potter County
Jewell
Davidson County
Roosevelt peace appeal draws strong Japanese response
June 6 dispatch says President Roosevelt's appeal for world wide peace receives two hearty responses from the Japanese government as the cabinet informed Washington tonight.
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Rio
U.P
Roosevelt
Washington
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Tonight Through Wednesday
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures. West Texas outlook remains generally fair and cooler, Panhandle areas especially chilly Wednesday. New Mexico regions expect fair skies with unsettled gaps north-central and extreme east tonight, cooler tonight east and central portions. Temperatures range from 65 to 88 today.
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Missouri
Iowa
Robert Conklin
Wichita
Kam
Robert Schinker
Omaha
Neb
Tom Reed
Kansas
Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Ip. M
Drop Income Tax Angle of J. P. Morgan Inquiry
Washington June 6 The Senate committee voted not to pursue income tax details of Morgan partners for now, resuming testimony on Morgan activities. The panel will broaden powers to examine securities trading practices and their effect on government taxation, with Van Sweringen testimony also examined.
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J. P. Morgan Inquiry
Washington
Senate
Co. P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
van Sweringen
John W. Davis
Morgan
Morgan Partners
Perdinand Pecora
Thomas 8. Lamont
Virginia
Pecora
Lumber dealer tied to McElroy kidnapping recovers ransom sum
Kansas City June 6 police announce the arrest of Bernard Ellsworth a 43 year old lumber dealer for questioning in the Miss Mary McElroy kidnapping and the recovery of 1795 part of the $30000 ransom money from his lumber yard Ellsworth led detectives to jars buried in a pile of cinders claiming the money was for a younger brother in the Argentine district of Kansas City Kansas Police say about 16000 of the ransom has already been recovered from the total.
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Kansas City
Bernard Ellsworth
Mary McElroy
T. J. Higgins
Ellsworth
Higgins
Kan
Miss McElroy
AT&SF Declares $1.50 Dividend on Preferred Stock
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway announced a dividend of 1.50 dollars per share on its preferred stock. The payout comes from undivided net profits for the year ending June 30, with the shares having paid 2.50 semi annually since 1901.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Kidnaped trio finally freed near Ribon Arkansas
A band of five to seven armed men abducted Deputy Sheriff W A Fore night watchman J R Perkins and Bam Rogers in Ribón Arkansas early today. Residents turned on lights and formed a citizen patrol after the alarm. The trio were released two hours later on the Bison Pine Bluff highway as Pine Bluff officers pursued from two cars. One car bore an Oklahoma license. Captors refused to surrender and a gunmen encounter was reported on page 2.
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Ribon
Ark
Roy Morerison
Kansas
W. A. Fore
Bam Rogers
Harry Thomasson
Thomasson
Perkins
Rodgers
Stuttgart
Fore
Morrison
Negro
Bison-Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff
Wood
Mayor To Run City From Behind Bars
GRAND HAVEN Mich June 6 Mayor Lionel Heap who took office May 1 was jailed today under a writ of body execution for failing to pay a judgment of nearly 8 000 dollars awarded to his sister in law Edna M Heap. He says he will run city affairs from jail and may ask council to meet there.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Lionel Heap
Ottawa County
Heap
Edna M. Heap
First Lady Mrs Roosevelt Visits Chum in Tucson
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, on a tour to the Pacific Coast, rests at friend Isabella Greenway’s home in Tucson after a brief airport appearance. She speaks of administration work in Washington, noting the public’s hopeful determination amid hardship. Elliott Roosevelt meets her in Douglas near the Mexican border.
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Tucson
Ariz
Ain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Isabella Greenway
Pacific Coast
Elliott
Arizona
Douglas
Roosevelt
SiHe
Washington
Germany pledges to restore Silesian Jews' rights
In Geneva on June 6 a German representative told a League of Nations council that Germany will restore Jews to positions they recently lost in Upper Silesia. The issue arose after Franz Bernheim, a German Jew, filed a petition May 20 alleging that barring Jews from professions violates a Polish German convention guaranteeing rights regardless of race or religion.
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Geneva
Hitler
League of Nations Council
Germany
Upper Silesia
League Council
Franz Bernheim
Love Defeats Throne in Royal Matchups Across Europe
New York reports sudden royal marriages as princes renounce claims for commoner brides. Spain’s 25 year old heir to the throne plans to wed a Cuban girl, continuing a trend of unequal matches. Sweden’s former prince Lennart now Mr Bernardotte lives with his wife Karin Nissvand and a month-old daughter. Wilhelm of Prussia married a woman of Italian descent, defying centuries of royal expectation.
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Prince OF Asturias
New York
Lennart of
Sweden
Mr. Bernadotte
Karin Nissvandt
Charming
Prince Wilhelm
Prussia
Germany
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