Neutrality Bill Approved by House Group
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a new administration neutrality bill by party lines. It would permit the sale of American goods to nations at war and extend credit, while aiming to keep the United States out of any European conflict. The bill faces a tougher battle in the Senate amid isolationist resistance.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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America
Great Britain
France
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Keey
United States
House
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Park and Recreation Commission
Luther G. Scott
Greater
Bluefield
Five Die Hard Times Riots at Allis-Chalmers Plant
Thirteen people were injured in a strike riot at the Allis-Chalmers plant in West Allis near Milwaukee. Pickets attacked streetcars and workers, deputy sheriffs were jostled, and tear gas was used until an agreement halted stone throwing and tear gas. The firm had refused a closed shop and joint contract, with about 6,000 workers affected as the CIO NLRU strike continued.
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Allis- Chalmers Mite Co
Julius P. Heil
West Allis
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Geneil
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Cckoff
Allis-Chalmers
Boston
Pittsburgh
Britain Warns APOTIENTOIN Clash Possible In Tientsin
London warns of possible British Japanese clash at Tientsin over blockade threats. Dispatches from Shanghai and Tokyo report an economic blockade of British and French concessions and debates on food supply amid tensions involving British, Japanese, and neutral agents.
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Tokyo
Tientsin
United States
Eeeee
London
Britain
Japan
Miuion
West Virginia housing act upheld by Supreme Court
The West Virginia housing act was ruled valid by the state supreme court in a 3 to 2 decision. Justice Haymond Maxwell and John H. formed part of the majority. The case, brought by J. Paul Chapman of Huntington, challenged slum clearance plans for 500 unit housing projects. The court upheld tax exemptions for authority property and found no deprivation of property rights or due process issues.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Haymond Maxwell
John H. A
J. Paul Chapman
Cabell
Supreme Court
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U. S. House Authority
Wpa.t
Bill to Alter WPA 15 Shaped
Washington June 13 A House subcommittee shaped a bill to alter the Works Progress Administration calling it a notable success while planning relief cuts and roll reductions For the fiscal year the panel proposed about 50 million dollars less than requested and tighter limits on who may qualify as relief recipients Harrington WPA head defended the agency while the committee prepared a final report and anticipated further action See Page Two.
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Washington
House
WPA
Coil
F. C. Harrington
Fington
Dent Sane
Federal Theater and Writers Project
City Board to Call Park Levy Election
The article notes a city board planning a park levy election amid political maneuvering. It mentions the TVA funding battle and a House vote on drastic limits affecting bonds and TEPCO, with implications for public power distribution and potential shifts in regional utilities.
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House
Senate
Sparkman
D. Ala
Rankin
Miss
Chandler
Tenn
TVA
TEPCO
Britain to establish propaganda ministry in peacetime
London reports claim the British government is quietly forming a propaganda ministry to promote the British viewpoint abroad and coordinate news transmissions. No official announcement has been made though insiders say work has progressed and the agency could open soon, differing from wartime censorship duties.
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London
Britain
Convicts Revolt Over Silk Underwear and Snacks
In a Kansas state penitentiary a 229-prisoner strike ended after Warden Milton F. Amrine used machine guns and tear gas. Convicts demanded silk underwear, in cell snacks, and food trading. they surrendered after four hours. The warden denied all demands and halted silks sales.
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Kansas State
Milton F. Amline
Amrine
New Orleans
Blican
Wal
Murray
Blind Woman Regains Sight After 15 Years of Blindness
In Hemphill Texas Mrs Mattie Boyett 69 after 15 years of blindness due to an eye injury reports waking from two days of prayer to see her fingers and a chair near the bed She then saw relatives and her sight grew stronger A physician said the case is unprecedented and asked to withhold his name noting the film over her eye vanished
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Hemphill
Tex
Mattie Boyett
Branding Charges Spark Grand Jury Probe In Baltimore
In Baltimore on June 13 charges and counter charges at a magistrate hearing set the stage for a grand jury inquiry into the branding of a Jewish junior high student and 18 peers. Morton Rosen a 19 year old seaman was held for the grand jury under $100 bond after his attorney demanded a jury trial. No testimony was taken at the hearing before Magistrate George P Welzant. Nearly a score of students were summoned as witnesses but were withheld by authorities.
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Baltimore
Morton Rosen
Seaman
Gwynn’s Falls
Ellis Vin
George P. Welzant
CIO Chief John L. Lewis Lambasts Congress and Industry
In Washington on June 13 John L. Lewis rallied CIO forces for a new organizing push. He condemned industry and Congress for failing to solve unemployment, claiming 11,000,000 able bodied workers remain jobless. He accused Congress of tearing apart unemployment measures.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Congress
Con
Four Western Nations Agree to Take St Louis Refugees
Paris June 13 four western European countries France England Belgium and the Netherlands agreed to take about one quarter of the 907 Jewish refugees aboard the liner St Louis after the American Joint Distribution committee pledged 500 dollars per passenger. The ship had sailed from Hamburg and faced delays as governments prepared for distribution of the refugees, with preliminary plans to land at Southampton before onward allocation.
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Paris
Germany
St. Louis
France
England
Belgium
Netherlands
American Joint Distribution Committee
Ham
Southampton
Yugoslav Architect Faces Death Over Franco Torture Cells
In Barcelona, Alfonso Laur ent Cik, a 38 year old Yugoslav architect, was tried for directing the construction and design of torture cells used by Franco loyalists. Prosecutors say the cells caused blindness and insanity among prisoners while nationalist officials claim at least 2,000 were held and mistreated. Cik pleaded innocence and denied involvement.
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Alfonso Laurent Cik
Palace of Justice
Burgos
Franco
Cik
Spain
Col
Jose Angria
Secret Service
Thoreare
Soverear
Neelys Mining Bill 16 Opposed Before Senate Subcommittee
A Western Virginia senator introduces a coal mine option bill opposed by the United Mine Workers and challenged as duplicative by A W Dickinson of the coal industry congress. Critics cite higher fatalities and call for existing Guffey Act authority. hearings delay as operators protest further study.
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A. W. Dickinson
Pi Mining Congress
Senate
Neely
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
Dickinson
Logan D
Herbert
Salmon of
Rigam
Ala
Coal Commission
Commission Recce
West Afrncan
Department of Safety
Peresaceae
Legislandon
Chicago Man Shot Wounded by Cigarette Incident
Chicago July 13 Ave Castle is shot and wounded when a lighted cigarette and a .22 caliber bullet misfire. Physicians removed the bullet from Castle’s chest after the incident at the window ledge.
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Castle
Castle Aslle
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