Recovery Deficiency Bills Passed to Top Off Record Peace-Time Appropriations
The 75th Congress adjourned sine die after approving about $21.66 billion in peace-time appropriations including $3.75 billion for low mood relief and a $290 million deficiency bill. President Roosevelt praised constructive legislation while labor standards faced a defeat.
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Washington
New Deal
Democratic Party
Congress
Solons
Roosevelt
Garner
William B. Bankhead
Appropriations Committee
75Th Congress
National Defense Appropriations
Roosevelt wedding tops weekend in Nahant
The Roosevelt family gathered in Nahant Mass for John Roosevelt 22 to Anne Lindsay Clark of Boston wedding with 800 guests. The president planned a quiet cruise aboard the Potomac between events and would join the wedding party Saturday at Nahant Harbor with Mrs Roosevelt and grandchildren in attendance.
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Nahant
Mass
U.P
Roosevelt
John Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Boston
James
Franklin
Potomac
Nahant Harbor
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor and
Curtiss Dall
Salem
R Roosevelt
Bandit Slain Identified as Officer's Son in Chicago
Police say officer Ernest L. Keen 43, praised for bravery, helped trap a phantom bandit by identifying him as his son Harold Keen 23, a parolee. the bandit had looted 28 robberies in two weeks before being shot by Keen and officers. Detective McCabe fired on Harold after a porch confrontation.
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Chicago
U.P
Ernest L. Keen
Chicago Police Department
Keen
Harold
Harold Keen
Ph McCabe
McCabe
Prizes To Be Awarded In Scout Fund Drive
The Pomeroy Boy Scout fund drive aims for $500. Solicitors who raise over $50 receive an insignia plaque, while the top collector earns a bronze Scout statuette. William A. Atkins, chairman, says progress is satisfactory and expects success.
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Scout Fund
Pomeroy
William A. Atkins
Ex Convict Yearns To Play Baseball Again
A parolee named Gabriel Peterello says he wants to return to Sing Sing by playing baseball for his alma mater. He pulled a pistol on a policeman, claiming life downstate as a bum, but upstate he was on the ball team.
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New York
Gabriel Peterello
Pittsburgh dailies suspend after picket conflict
Pittsburgh's two afternoon newspapers halt publication as mechanical workers refuse to pass a picket line formed by striking business department employees.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Turtle Eggs Floor Eater of Live Frogs
J E Krebbs of Dresden was sick after four live frogs on a bet were eaten. X rays at Bethesda Hospital showed no frog traces. A surgeon said turtle eggs in the frogs caused an intestinal obstruction.
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Zanesville
U.P
J. E. Krebbs
Dresden
Krebbs
Bethesda Hospital
Relief offices face potential closure amid tension in Cleveland
In Cleveland a crowd of about 500 relief clients gathered at a relief office as city officials debated closing all relief offices Monday. Tension and attacks on relief staff prompted a review, while 18,000 in emergency funds were projected to run out by Monday. Finance Director Gesell criticized the Legislature loan bill as ineffective.
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Cleveland
U.P
G. A. Gesell
Columbus
Eccles Charges Bank Regulations Hurt Credit
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner S Eccles accused federal and state banking rules of restricting credit flow from idle bank funds. He cited a bitter dispute with other bank officials and sent a letter to Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg detailing the friction.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner S. Eccles
Arthur H. Vandenberg
RR. Mich
Eccles
Rothschild Held For Ransom by Nazis
The Daily Herald claims Baron Louis de Rothschild, head of the Austrian branch, would pay about £2,000,000 to win his freedom from an Austrian prison. No independent confirmation is cited.
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London
Daily Herald
Labor Party
Louis de Rothschild
Austria
Bankruptcy Petition Filed By Ohio Fruit Farmer
George FE Carson of Middleport Ohio filed a bankruptcy petition in the district court seeking relief for his debts. The case lists Carson as a fruit farmer residing on Route 2.
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Columbus
George FE. Carson
Middleport
Rt. 2
Fruit Farmer
Bodaa Ua Dedisial Court
New Deal Drives Four Billion Dollar Recovery Push
Congress approves a record four billion dollar relief and recovery package as part of a twelve point three billion total, with funds to be released by PWA and other agencies. War and public works plans set flood control, schools, water systems, sewers, and more across hundreds of communities.
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Washington
Congress
Harry Woodring
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
PWA
Solons Seek Compromise Relief Measure in Ohio Legislature
Conference committees named to reconcile House and Senate relief bills as lawmakers aim to approve a 1938 end-of-year relief program. The House backed a 1 percent utilities tax hike and extended taxes through 1944, with counties allowed to borrow against anticipated revenues. A relief director plan and alien eligibility rules also moved forward.
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Columbus
House
Senate
General Assembly
Officers Await Report In Cole Murder Case
Investigators in the William Cole murder case wait for a laboratory report from the Ohio State Bureau of Identification. No new developments reported. The 71 year old Chauncey man disappeared May 27 and was found May 28 with head trauma and possible strangulation.
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Pomeroy
William Cole
Ohio State Bureau of Identification
Hank Young
Chauncey Man
Death Row For Kidnapper McCall In Florida
Frank lin Pierce McCall a 21 year old minister's son was placed in death row at Raiford Florida to await execution for kidnapping Jimmy Cash at Princeton on May 28 He was moved to the prison farm from Miami by Sheriff D C Coleman and assigned to cell No 5 with 14 other men sentenced to die Superintendent L F Chapman described him as very quiet and aware of his fate It took about 15 minutes to dress him as a prison inmate.
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Raiford
Fla
U.P
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
Princeton
McCall
Miami
D. C. Coleman
L. F. Chapman
Chapman
Congress Will Probe Trusts
A 12 member bi‑partisan committee with a $500000 fund will study monopolies and the enforcement of the Sherman and Clayton Acts. The panel, backed by President Roosevelt, will draft a legislative program to be presented when the 76th Congress convenes next January.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Roosevelt
Kidnaper Gets Five Years in State Prison
Mrs. Anna Legare, 41, pleaded guilty to second degree assault and received a sentence of two to five years. She had been indicted for kidnaping 4 year old Betty Jane Hobbs from North Towanda, New York, on May 20. The child was later found safe with relatives in Coolville, Ohio.
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Lockport
N. Y
Anna Legare
Betty Jane Hobbs
Raymond A. Knowles
Officers Believe Pair Have Skipped County
Gallia County officers think Alva Sewards and Millard Davis who robbed two merchants in the last month have fled. Relatives deny knowledge of their whereabouts and a $200 reward for information may not be collected due to police records and neighbor fear of retaliation. Sewards once served on a Georgia chain gang.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Alva Sewards
Millard Davis
Sewards
War Threats Fade and Nazi Assault on Jews Intensifies
United Press reports renewed Nazi push against German Jews despite fading war threats. Widespread arrests and violent acts mark a major campaign against Jews while European tensions persist and the Spanish Civil War looms. Flooding along the North China front threatens the Yellow River, and U.S. Senate condemns civilian bombings. Reserve troops called up during the crisis are set for demobilization this weekend.
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United Press
Valencia
China
North China Battle Front
United States
Senate
Cordell Hull
Czechoslovakia
TVA Cost Is Cut in Three
TVA recommends allocating more than half of its $94 million investment in Wheeler Norris and Wilson dams to power. The cost report, submitted by President Roosevelt to Congress, sets $49.36 million (52%) to power, $26.29 million (28%) to navigation, and $18.47 million (20%) to flood control.
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Washington
WUP
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler
Norris
Wilson
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Roosevelt
Congress
Viscose Mill Resumes After Negotiations Begin
Parkerburg West Virginia reports that the Viscose mill will reopen immediately after a June 6 strike. About 3,500 workers are to be recalled as needed while negotiations for a new contract proceed, with the union agreeing to curb further work stoppages.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Athens Newspaper History Traced in Early Publications Exhibit
An display in The Messenger Building lobby shows seven Athens newspapers dating from 1825 to 1853, tracing local journalism from the Athens Mirror to the Athens Messenger lineage. The exhibition includes rare copies, with key editors and the evolution of the Messenger flag in Old English type.
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Athens
Messenger
Athens Mirror and Literary Register
Mirror
A. G. Brown
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Hocking Valley
N. H
A. J. van Vorhes
H. P. Dutton
Dayton
E. A. Dutton
Hockingport
Mr. Dutton
B. M. Covert
Ohio to Get Million for Electrification
The Rural Electrification Administration planned final approval of an extra $233,000 for new power lines in Fairfield Perry and Pickaway counties Ohio with six more loans in prospect for farmers cooperatives.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Farmers’ Cooperative
Ohio
REA
Fairfield
Perry
Pickaway
Farmers to rally over federal control plan at Montgomery Fairgrounds
A mass meeting of farmers from 20 Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky counties will be held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on June 25 to protest the federal farm control plan. Webb Clark of Dayton is chairman of the protesting group and former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri will be principal speaker.
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Dayton
U.P
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Montgomery County
Webb Clark
James A. Reed
Missouri
Clark
Congress Adopts Funeral Tone as 75th Session Closes
Washington dispatch says the 75th Congress ended in somber mood with leaders praising each other amid politicking for elections. Roosevelt offered thanks while lawmakers folded up proceedings and exited, leaving a pall of anticipation over coming campaigns.
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Congress
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
House
Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
Missing Hotel Guest Sought For Espionage
Police linked a missing Detroit resident Douglas Johnson to a hotel room in Wheeling West Virginia where rifled bags tied to an alleged German industrialist contained a $200000 letter of credit and German coded diary. The material was forwarded to U.S. Attorney Lester Dunnigan in New York as part of a spy inquiry.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
United States
Lester C. Dunnigan
New York
Douglas Johnson
Western Ave
Detroit
Newspaper Probe May Start Without Funds
Senate lobby panel chair Sherman Minton said the committee may study newspaper objectivity despite the Senate failing to provide 12500 needed for the investigation. The request died with adjournment in a filibuster led by Senator Burke amid reports Minton would probe possible anti New Deal bias in major newspapers.
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Washington
Sherman Minton
D., Inc
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Minton
McCurdy Unopposed For Appeals Court Reappointment
Judge Russell K. McCurdy is unopposed for re election to the Court of Appeals in Ohio fourth district. The Republican serves an unexpired term and filed his re election petition in Scioto County.
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Russell K. McCurdy
Court of Appeals
Fourth District
Ohio
Athens County
Lloyds Bill Seeks 1.25 Million From Franco
Lloyds underwriters plan to present a bill of 1,250,000 dollars to Francisco Franco for damage to British ships bombed sunk or damaged in Loyalist ports during the conflict.
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Lloyds
London
Francisco Franco
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