Roosevelt Signals Five Billion Dollar Recovery Drive
President Roosevelt considers asking Congress for a 5.3 billion dollar recovery program financed by public works relief and loans to business. A fireside chat is planned for Thursday night to explain the broader national crisis and proposed relief. The plan also seeks 50 million for Civilian Conservation Corps 150 million for Farm Security Administration and 50 million for National Youth Administration with loans to railroads. slum clearance housing and R F C backed loans proposed.
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White House
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
Coco
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States Housing Authority
Congress
Cabinet Seeks Wide Authority in Paris Decree Move
Paris premier Eduard Daladier asked Parliament for power to rule by decree until July 31 and to approve a broad financial bill. The measure seeks an additional 10 billion francs in borrowing from the Bank of France as strikes hinder rearmament and involve about 150000 workers. A new defense loan is expected though specifics were not released.
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Paris
U.P
Eduard Daladier
Bank of France
Armed Deputies Posted In Strike Ridden City
In Crockett California armed sheriff's deputies patrolled the streets after a second violence flare in a week. The incident involved Louis Goldblatt C I O northern California director, attacked by about 100 women amid a jurisdictional dispute between the C I O and the AFL.
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Crockett
Cal
Roosevelt to visit Dover Dam for Northwest Territory event
An invitation extends to President Roosevelt to tour the Dover Dam in the Muskingum Conservancy District as part of the Northwest Territory celebration in Marietta on July 15.
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Dover
U.P
Dover Dam
Muskingum Conservancy
Roosevelt
Marietta
Northwest Territory
Five Mt Gilead men charged with slot machine display
Five business men from Mt Gilead were arraigned here tonight after being charged with exhibiting slot machines in a gambling display. The case stems from an investigation into illegal gambling activity centered on local businesses.
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MT. Gilead
Cardington
F D WINS FIGHT FOR CUT IN ROAD GRANTS
The House Appropriations Committee approved President Roosevelt's demand for a 50 percent cut in federal highway grants to states and reported a $797,222,159 Agriculture Department bill for 1939. The highway aid cut reduces 1938 funding by $74 million from $167 million, despite protests, while the AAA receives $705 million for farm programs and Sugar Act administration and Farm Tenant Act land purchases are funded.
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Washington
WUP
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Mine Hills
Eonnan
wmAnn
House Roads Committee
AAA
Auto Strikers Back at Work
Detroit reports Briggs Manufacturing Mack Avenue body plant and Chrysler Plymouth division workers resumed duties after a deal ending a dispute with the United Automobile Workers Union. The Briggs plant had closed and 8,100 employees were idled while 5,500 faced Plymouth factory shutdown due to a body shortage.
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Detroit
U.R
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Mack Avenue
Plymouth Motor
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs
United Automobile Workers Union
Briggs Company
UAW
Cushion
Plymouth
Expect Wheat Crop To Set 7-Year Mark
Washington D C U P The Agriculture Department estimates a wheat crop for 1931 900 million to 1 billion bushels the largest since 1931 Secretary Henry A Wallace warned farmers may face marketing problems as fall restrictions under the new farm program cannot be imposed Exports are disappointing and a 150 million bushel carryover from last year is likely after a 873 995 000 bushel crop
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Farm Administration
Loyalists Strike Back on Catalonian Front
Spanish Loyalists reorganize their armies and renew lines to strike the Nationalists in two front sectors in Catalonia. Air forces from both sides are active as Loyalists deploy a large new stock of airplanes reported by dispatches from battle zones.
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Hendaye
U.P
Jackie Coogan Sues Mother and Stepfather Over Fortunes
Jackie Coogan sues his mother Lillian Bernstein and her husband Arthur Bernstein for 4 million dollars claiming they withheld his earnings from childhood acting. He alleges an accounting is needed and a court-ordered receiver for his assets. The suit cites a weekly allowance until age 21 and ongoing denial of funds.
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Hollywood
U.P
Lillian C. Bernstein
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Young Coogan
Superior Court
Emmet H.wilson
Jack Coogan
Coogan
Arthur L. Bernstein
Try Grable
Bernstein
Boys Game Ends in Death for Youngster
In Fall River Massachusetts a game of Cops and Robbers ended in the death of 13 year old William Comiskey. Patrolman Frank Perry fired chasing suspects as they dropped from a store roof and fled down an alley. Comiskey ran about 100 yards before collapsing.
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Fall River
Mass
U.P
William Comiskey
Comiskey
Frank Perry
Green Attacks Wages Bill as Dictatorial
The House Labor Committee meets to consider a new wage and hours bill amid AFL opposition. AFL President William Green labels the plan dictatorial saying it would impose dictatorial control over the employer employee relationship. Chair Mary T Norton plans to adjourn after today’s session as defeat of another bill settles.
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Washington
U.P
House Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
Federation
William Green
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Labor Committee
CIO Urges Large Federal Relief Grants For Jobs
John L. Lewis told 39 CIO union leaders in Washington that the government must launch a long term employment program. He urged immediate 3 billion dollars in works progress funds to aid the jobless and replace wishful thinking with well planned action.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Works Progress
Lewis
CIO
Watches Wife Die in Apparent Double Tragedy
John Brennan, 29, sat by his wife’s bed as she drank poison and undressed, then turned on the kitchen gas. Neighbors finding the bodies hours later noted the chair by the bed, a vial, and the gas jets open as evidence of a shared fate.
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New York
John Brennan
Man Missing Nine Years Not Dead as Jury Rules
In Cleveland a federal court jury ruled against Mrs. McConnell who sued Bankers Life Insurance to collect her husband Carter C. McConnell’s $10,000 policy. McConnell disappeared during a $95,000 bank shortage nine years earlier.
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Cleveland
U.P
Carter C. McConnell
Niles
Bankers Life Insurance Company
McConnell
Illinois Primaries Set Stage for 1940 Elections
Chicago and Illinois voters head to the polls in a pivotal primary day as Republicans aim to topple Democratic control in Congress and set the groundwork for a 1940 presidential bid.
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Chicago
Illinois
Reublicans
Congress
Navy hearings wrap up on Roosevelt expansion bill
Senate Naval Affairs Committee will conclude open hearings today on the President's $1,121,000,000 over expansion bill sale.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Colorful Two Mile Parade Opens Northwest Territory Celebration
Athens Ohio launched the day with a two mile parade under Major M. E. Olmstead. The crowd filled Court Street and campus views as floats, bands, and soldiers moved past. Franz L. Woodworth and Prof. C. W. Janssen led the line with Ohio University's 90 piece band and Headquarters Co. following.
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Athens
Athens County
Northwest Territory
M. E. Olmstead
Court St
Massachusetts
Ohio
Franz L. Woodworth
Murderer Hunt Expands Across Three States
Police widen a three state dragnet for the killer of Arthur C. Rowland 29 prominent Weir Cove West Virginia, with the investigation centering on a hitch-hiker in command of an Ohio National Guard unit and ROTC contingents at Ohio University. The piece details a Northwest Territory Celebration pageant and Ohio University exhibits alongside the ongoing murder inquiry.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Arthur C. Rowland
Weir Cove
W. Va
Paris
166Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Harold Chadwick
U.’s
Virginia Shumate
Major Hanlon
Phyllis Parkinson
Martha Stafford
Virginia Wagner
Jean Murray
Northwest Territory
Ipswich
Mass
Marietta
Jap Fleet Reported Seen Near Philippines
A sensation swept Mindanao as reports claimed a fleet of 22 vessels, about 16 miles off Davao, resembled Japanese destroyers and sparked alarm in the region. The sighting centered on Mindanao's southern towns and raised concerns over Japanese activity in the area.
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Manila
AUP
Philippine Islands
Davao
Mindanao
Man Woman Sought In Texas Murders
LAREDO Texas U P reports suspects in the murders of Mrs Frome and her daughter Nancy remained at large. A black Plymouth coach seen in front of a Laredo grocery store Monday was driven away without notice.
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Laredo
Tex
U.P
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
Preacher Conducts Funeral for Bridegroom-To-Be in Rushsylvania
Rev. Lloyd Harris led the funeral service for O. W. Snyder, 34, of Rushsylvania, who was fatally injured when his car was struck by a train. Snyder had been due to wed Miss Beatrice Chambers on Monday.
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Bellefontaine
Upi
Lloyd Harris
O. W. Snyder
Beatrice Chambers
Snyder
Rushsylvania
Secrest Proposes $15,000 Boost for 150th Anniversary
Washington lawmaker Representative Robert T. Secrest introduces a resolution to raise by $15,000 the authorization for appropriations marking the 150th anniversary of adopting the Ordinance of 1787 that created the Northwest Territory.
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Washington
Robert T. Secrest
Northwest Territory
Four Hurt in Greenwich Village Cabaret Gun Battle
A policeman and three bandits were wounded in a pistol battle that erupted early today at a Greenwich Village cabaret. The clash involved a police chase and led to injuries among all four assailants and law enforcement.
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New York
Greenwich Village
New Yorker Becomes Grandmother at 35
Delmar New York reports Mrs. John A. Hotaling Sr. is a grandmother at 35 after her son and daughter-in-law welcomed a girl. Her son and daughter-in-law are both 18. She married at 16 and her mother also married at 16.
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Delmar
WN. Y
John A. Hotaling
No Favors Whitney Begins Sing Sing Prison Term
Richard Whitney once able to borrow vast sums from Wall Street bankers starts a five to 10 year grand larceny sentence at Sing Sing. He will work for five cents daily and seeks the minimum possible reduction. Whitney insists on going to prison handcuffed with another inmate, rejecting special treatment.
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New York
Richard Whitney
Wall Street
Sing Sing Prison
New York Stock Exchange
Sing Sing
Whitney
Groton School
Harvard
Women's Clubs Open Session At Columbus
The Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs opens its 42nd annual convention in Columbus with twelve resolutions for state and national action. Dr Josephine Pierce proposes a compulsory accident reporting law and firecracker sale restrictions. Mrs W R Davis seeks kindergarten extension. State officer nominations are due Wednesday.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Josephine Pierce
Lima
Committee On Public Safety
Ohio
W. R. Davis
Federation
Department of Education
Chinese Forces Mass For Drive On Tsinan
Chinese troops massed for a major assault on Tsinan the silk and glassware center of Shantung. In southern Shantung survivors of Gaierchwang barricated in Yihsien as bombardment intensified and local leaders predicted the Japanese would be annihilated soon.
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Shanghai
Tisinan
Shantung
Gaierchwang
Yihsien
Watershed Control Study Underway in Central Ohio
Twenty government engineers survey feasible dam and reservoir sites for the Scioto Sandusky watershed. Project covers 17 Central Ohio counties, with Murray Blanchard as district engineer. The effort aims to plan centralized watershed control for the region.
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Columbus
U.P
Scioto-Sandusky
Murray Blanchard
Ohio Counes
Wallace Would Restore Farm Processing Taxes
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace proposes re imposing processing taxes on agricultural commodities to finance future farm programs. He tells a House sub committee that processing taxes are the ideal funding method and notes limited chances to revive them via tax revision. Administrator Tolley urges full $500 million soil conservation funds to activate the new farm bill.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
House Appropriations
Agriculture Department
Little
United States
H. R. Tolley
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Grand Northwest Territory celebration dazzles Athens County
An estimated 20 000 to 40 000 people filled streets in Athens County for the Northwest Territory celebration. Parade started at 2 40 with crowds packed around the Courthouse and City Hall. The day featured 1938 frontiermen, a 300 person dinner at Hotel Berry, and relic displays that drew steady crowds. Officials including Prof. T N Hoover and Ohio University President Herman G James praised weeks of planning and costly decorations as the event proved well worth the effort.
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Everysbody
Athyens County
Court
Hotel Berry
T. N. Hoover
Athens County
State Commission
E. J. Mildren
C. E. Holzer
Gallipolis
O. K. Reames
Reames
Herman G. James
Ohio University
George White
Ohio
Thomas Ewing, III
New York
Pareade
Northwest Territory
100 Homeless In Union War
More than 100 men women and children displaced from Trass Valley and Nevada City camped in Sacramento under the State Relief Administration. The refugees await Gov. Merriam action amid jurisdictional disputes fueling violence between CIO workers and independent miners union members.
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Sacramento
Calif
Trass Valley
Nevada City
Committee For Industrial Organization
State Relief Administration
Frank F. Merriam
CIO
Sierra
New York Ambulance Drivers Plan Strike
Ambulance drivers announced a strike set to begin Friday at midnight despite a city hospital department order prohibiting interference with ambulance service. The drivers demand a 48 hour week and a wage scale of 1800 dollars per year, down from their current 84 hour week.
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NEW York
A.P
Cohan
Union Building Bombed in Kansas City
A dynamite bomb destroyed the front end of a building housing a United Automobile Workers unit in Kansas City Missouri. An outbreak of bubonic plague was reported in Port Elizabeth, South Africa with eight of eleven cases fatal.
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UNION
Kansas City
United Automobile Workers of America
Capetown
South Africa
U.P
Port Elizabeth
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