Congress Near Adjournment After Massive War Recovery Bills
The House moves to adjourn with priority on a 3.75 billion recovery bill and a 293 million deficiency bill. Congress also approved a 48 million windfall for farm debtors awaiting Senate action, while opposition blocked a Walsh Healey labor standards vote. Flood control debates centered on a 375 million Barkley amendment funding, and a separate unemployment insurance bill for railroad workers moved ahead.
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Washington
U.P
House
Congress
Sinc
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate
White House
Federal Land Banks
Federal Land Bank
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Walsh-Healey
National Labor Relations Board
Alben W. Barkey
Barkley
Conflicting Relief Bills May Bring Compromise
Columbus reports House and Senate plan votes on rival relief plans to yield a temporary deadlock and potential compromise for 1938. The House would mortgage the future to raise 21 million and extend taxes to 1944, while the Senate proposals extend through 1940 and aim roughly 4 million for rest of 1938, with counties allowed to issue notes against delinquent collections.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Employers Delinquent In Early Wage Reports
In Columbus 25 percent of 45 000 employers covered by the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Act failed to file first quarter 1938 wage reports. Commission chairman Charles Leasure announced the delinquency rate as the period closed.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles Leasure
Unemployment Compensation Commission
War Department allocates 61 million for rivers and harbors
Secretary Harry Woodring announces allocations totaling 61,708,980 for rivers and harbors for 1939. The funding includes 32,725,500 for new projects and maintenance across Ohio, Monongahela and Kanawha rivers, Tygart Dam, and Huntington district, with further line items for open channel work, examinations, surveys, and contingencies.
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Washington
Iu.p
Harry Woodring
Roosevelt
War Department
Ohio River
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tygart River
Kanawha River
West
Little Kanawha River
Big Sandy River
Kentucky
Huntington
Movie Comic to Aid Jewish Children
Eddie Cantor announced plans to sail from New York on July 6 for two weeks in London to raise funds to move 300 Jewish children from Germany and Poland to Palestine. Wally Mahan, former organizer of the Detail Clerks Union, was sentenced in Kansas City to one year in county jail after police labeled him a labor racketeering kingpin.
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Hollywood
Eddie Cantor
New York
London
Germany
Poland
Palestine
Kansas City
UPW
Wally) Mahan
Detail Clerks Union
Child Dies After Eating Mulberries In London
Gladys Moore aged three died in convulsions soon after consuming mulberries in London. Police and medics investigated potential poisoning as cause of death. The incident prompted warnings about fruit handling and child safety in homes.
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London
U.P
Gladys Moore
Alas Art Shelved for Food and Clothing in House Vote
Washington D C republican Rep Dewey Short ridiculed a bill to create a bureau of fine arts in the Interior Department. House leadership delayed voting until Rep William Sirovich concluded his speech on art and philosophy. Short rejected the measure, citing hunger and poverty as priorities over culture.
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Washington
U.P
Dewey Short
Ozark
Galena
Bureau of Fine Arts
Department of Interior
William I. Sirovich
N. Y
Disraeli
Hippocrates
Sirovich
Short
Mendelssohn
Pass Proposal For Railroads Job Insurance Awaiting Roosevelt
A bill to create a national pool for railroad unemployment insurance, separate from the Social Security Act, awaits President Roosevelt's signature. The measure faces strong opposition from the Association of American Railroads and follows congressional defeats on extending federal aid, loan expansions, and a government-run railway option.
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Roosevelt
Railroad Retirement Board
Washington
L.P
Association of American Railroads
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Social Security Board
Think Woman's Death Celebration Aftermath
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Duncan aged 34 were held at the Hogsett West Virginia home near Eureka Dam. Police investigating say she died from a skull fracture after an alleged jump from a moving truck following a dam dedication celebration.
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Gallipolis
Henry Duncan
Holzer Hospital
Hogsett
W. Va
Eureka Dam
West Virginia
Duncan
Slayers of Nine Sought in Mexico Area
Mounted federal troops searched the countryside near Los Idolos after a ranch attack left seven men and two children dead. The assailants fled the area in Mexico near Vera Cruz.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
U.P
Los Idolos
Cadets Wed in Traditional Style at West Point
At West Point 19 cadets wed in a long standing tradition. Twelve cadet ushers handled sabres as 19 couples were married in a 12 hour ceremony. Lieut Alvin L Burke Jr of Bidwell and Caribel Frederick of Gallopolis were among the couples.
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West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Alvin L. Burke
Bidwell
Caribel Frederick
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Florida man to die by electric chair for kidnaping 5 year old
Miami reports that Franklin Pierce McCall was sentenced to death by electric chair for kidnaping five year old Jimmy Cash. Judge H F Atkinson imposed the sentence 19 days after the abduction, with no jury trial due to a guilty plea. McCall, 21, showed no emotion as the verdict was pronounced. the governor must set the execution date.
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Miami
Fla
H. F. Atkinson
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
Florida
Giuseppe Zangara
Anton Cermak
Chicago
McCall
Atkinson
G. A. Worley
Little Jimmy Cash
Florida Electric Chair
Pension Chief Raps Ferguson in Columbus
State official Henry J. Berrodin, head of the Aid for Aged division, denounces deputy auditors allied with State Auditor Ferguson for threatening to halt direct relief to families where an old age pension recipient lives. He says pension checks are individual aid and cannot be used for others under the social security law.
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Columbus
U.P
Henry J. Berrodin
Aid For
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Berrodin
Referendum on $25,000 WPA school bonds set for July 12
The state tax commission approved Ward Rural School District board of education Hocking County to submit a referendum on issuing $25 000 in bonds for a WPA school building project. The issue will be decided by voters on July 12.
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Columbus
U.P
State Tax Commission
Ward Rural School District Board of Education
Hocking County
Treasury Chief Defends Spending Lending Program
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. defended the government's spending lending program as essential to economic security and political stability, stating its necessity in defending national interests.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Gallia Bandits Targeted by Planes in County Search
Gallia County officers and Gallipolis Flying Club members Claude Miller and Milton Tipton flew over Addison and Springfield Townships seeking armed robbers Alva Sewards and Millard Davis. The duo, linked to a prior hold up of G. W. Cooper, Thurman, fled the area likely with two women and a child as witnesses. They stole about $300 and food, wearing no masks during Keller’s nighttime ambush.
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Gallipolis
Claude Miller
Milton Tipton
Gallipolis Flying Club
Addison
Springfield
Alva Sewards
Millard Davis
W. A. Keller
Gallia County
G. W. Cooper
Thurman
Sowards
Davis
Planes Supply Food to Japanese Troops
News report describes warfare, floods, and famine in China as Japanese planes airlift food to troops amid Yellow River floods. Simultaneously Loyalist forces defend Valencia, Jost division escapes into France, and ships sunk by rebel bombers. Funk rejects Austria debt liability. Sudeten Germans demand mobilization for Czech minority settlement.
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China
Yellow River
Yangtze
Canton
Kwangsi
Spain
Jose Miaja
Valencia
Madrid
Pyrennes
France
Bremen
Walther Funk
Germany
Austria
Prague
Three Drown as Train Plunges Into Red River
A Denver and Rio Grande freight train with three crew members reportedly derailed and plunged into the Salt Fork of the Red River near Childress Texas. Fire department and authorities searched for the missing crew as the locomotive and cars sank from the tracks.
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Childress
Texas
U.P
Denver- Northern
Salt Fork
Red River
Here
Hit Run Driver Injures 63-Year-Old Mowing Lawn
Cleveland AP reports 63 year old Andrew Heuer was seriously injured when a car mounted the curb and struck him as he mowed his lawn. The driver fled the scene.
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Cleveland
A.P
Andrew Heuer
Youth in jail sees city sights during Durango visit
In Durango Colorado Leslie Hanna 16 is jailed for shooting 15 year old Myles Jones causing critical injuries. He toured a jail cell and viewed sights with guardians while his parents shopped 50 miles away. The incident followed a boundary dispute over sheep belonging to the Hanna ranch.
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Durango
Colo
Leslie Hanna
Hanna
John Hannas
Kline
Colorado
D. D. Jones
Myles Jones
Myles
Confessed Murderer Blames Victim's Wife
In Bartlesville Oklahoma Mrs Essie Matthews 37 stood on the bank and urged Leonard Overcast as her husband Ben Matthews 52 a tenant farmer was drowned Overcast also confessed County Attorney R K Harris said the woman nagged him to kill her husband and that she had fallen in love with Overcast The drowning occurred Sunday
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Bartlesville
Okla
Essie Matthews
Leonard
Ben Matthews
R. K. Harris
Harris
Scottsboro Case Negro Must Pay Death Penalty
Alabama Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Clarence Norris in Scottsboro attack cases and orders execution by electric chair on August 19.
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Scottsboro
Montgomery
Ala
U.P
Alabama Supreme Court Today
Clarence Norris
Hague Would Refuse Lewis Speech Permit
Newark New Jersey Mayor Frank Hague testified in federal court he would deny John L Lewis a permit to speak in Jersey City because it would endanger his life.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Hague
John L. Lewis
D.so
Jersey City
Bill Opens Wire Tapping to Federal Agents
The U S House approved a bill allowing federal law enforcement to tap wires for evidence in crime cases and sent it to the Senate for concurrence in minor amendments after unanimous passage.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
House
Ickes Sails for Home With Bride from Milwaukee
Harold L. Ickes United States Secretary of Interior left Le Havre France aboard a ship bound for the United States accompanied by his bride the former J Dahlman of Milwaukee.
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LE Havre
France
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
United States
J Dahlman
Milwaukee
Disease Prevention Study Proposed by House Committee
Columbus report states the health committee studied a proposal to appoint a commission to investigate preventing venereal disease spread through marriage. The commission would include three House members, the state health director, and six representatives from statewide organizations.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
House
New Coal Mine Opens Near Morgantown West Virginia
The Christopher Mining Co. of Morgantown and the Pittsburgh and Fairmont Coal Co. of Pittsburgh opened a new mine near Morgantown. When operating at full capacity it will employ 500 workers and produce 8 200 tons daily.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Christopher Mining Co
Pittsburgh and Fairmont Coal Co
Women Voters Plan Civil Service Meeting in Ohio
Mrs. C. M. Bookman of Cincinnati, president of the Ohio League of Women Voters, announced a Friday conference on civil service. The meeting, open to all interested groups, aims to formulate an immediate integrated program to defend Ohio civil service with a united front of state organizations.
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Columbus
WU P
Ohio
Ohio League of Women Voters
C. M. Bookman
Cincinnati
League
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Conference On Civil Service
Boy 14 Hangs Self in Tree on Farm
The body of Sherman Hampshire, 14, Knox County farm boy, was found hanging from a tree on his father's farm in Mt. Vernon. Coroner C. L. Harmer deemed the death accidental. Sherman's sister found him after he had previously pretended to hang himself with a hitching strap. coroner believes he lost his footing while playing with the strap. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hampshire.
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MT. Vernon
U.P
Sherman Hampshire
Knox County
C. L. Harmer
Sherman
Wesley Hampshire
Four Suspects in Cow Death To Identify Fifth
Harrisburg report states four indicted in the killing of Ohio patrolman George Conn will be brought to Pittsburgh to implicate Peter Sereno in the murder. Extradition hearing arranged for next Monday at the Allegheny County district attorney’s office.
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Harrisburg
Iu.p
Peter Sereno
Allegheny County
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Sereno
Pittsburgh
Frederick L. Crum
Harrison County
George Conn
Reno
Allegheny County District Attorney's
Statewide May beer taxes $135,339 distributed by auditor
Columbus reports State Auditor Joseph Ferguson distributed 135,339 in May beer malt and admission taxes to all 88 counties across the state.
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Columbus
U.P
Joseph Ferguson
Mystery Bullet Kills Child Shooter Sought
Eight year old Mary Elizabeth Sanders died after a .38 caliber bullet struck her as she gathered lightning bugs on a neighbor’s lawn in Springfield. Police searched the north side for the shooter while four neighbor boys with .22 rifles were detained and later released.
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Springfield
Mary Elizabeth Sanders
Mary Elizabeth
Austin Richards
Shirley Summers
James F. Summers
Shirley
Harvard Sanders
R. G. Boehme
Proba
She
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Federal
Think Woman
Raps Ferguson
U. K
Gallia
United Press
Hague
Lewis
Ickes
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