Roosevelt Starts Coast to Coast Campaign Tour Tonight
President Roosevelt departs by train late tonight for a nationwide speaking tour aimed at boosting support for reelection. The trip includes a fireside radio address to explain lending programs and domestic policy while political observers note the tour may aid New Deal allies in key states.
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Televised Tragedy as Woman Leaps to Death at Rockefeller Center
New York June 23 a shock event as a Miss Marian Perloff 24 a Girl Scouts clerk plunges from an 11th floor Time and Life building window during a test street shoot fed to NBC studios at Rockefeller Plaza. The image aired only on the lab feed though. She had returned to work a week after a nervous breakdown linked to a broken romance.
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Stocks Zoom Up for Fourth Day
New York reports a fourth consecutive up day as Wall Street bulls push shares higher. The 60-stock AP average gains about 1.20 to 44, with 2.4 million shares traded and prices rising on thin availability and short covering.
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Plea Voiced for Duke and Duchess Return to Britain
London reports a Society of the Octavians dinner marking the Duke of Windsor's 44th birthday and urging his return to Britain. The group vows to defend him from slander and seek fuller recognition of his past services to the country. In Antibes the duke keeps a quiet birthday at Chateau de la Croe and receives a long distance call from Queen Mary.
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Heat Wave Sweeps Nation Prompt Readings Across States
The nationwide heat wave drives temperatures into the nineties and hundreds from Nebraska to California. Alma reports 103, Des Moines 93, Chicago 88, New York City 71 at 6 pm, Fresno 100, Sacramento 98, and Indianapolis a season high of 88.7 with no relief in sight. Kentucky peaks at 86 while Annapolis records hail and rainfall.
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Fugitives Sought After Jail Break in Pineville Wyoming
A posse of thirty officers hunted four prisoners who escaped yesterday morning from the Pineville county jail. Belcher 24 of Bud Mountain, accused of assault and murder, and three youths used keys to free the inmates. Lieut. Crawford ordered more deputies as the manhunt continued in the hills near Pineville.
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Turrou Fights Court Order Over Publishing Espionage Story
Former FBI agent Leon Turrou battles a government bid to bar publication of the “inside story” of a German espionage ring. Judge Hulbert weighs press freedom versus handling of information gained under government work as Turrou resists restraint while detailing indictments and risks of disclosure.
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Nolan Forcements for Ohio Dems Reopen Post
In Columbus on June 23 a new effort to name John Nolan as Ohio Democratic chairman was reported, contingent on governor Martin L. Davey securing renomination.
Four Spaniards jailed in McDowell County counterfeiting case
Pive Spaniards pleaded guilty to counterfeiting U S coins in district court. Judge George W McClintic sentenced them to four years in Atlanta federal prison. Charles received two years in Chillicothe. Mack Holloway got two years for automobile theft. Ralph Yates faces charges for a Studebaker theft. See Page 4.
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Biggest Show on Earth Strike Talks Continue
About 100 performers choose to accept a 25 percent wage cut to keep the show running as state and federal mediators report progress at the first conference. The meeting resumes with laborers and star performers debating further concessions.
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Federal Planning to Hit by Banker
Henry L. Greer vice president of the Third Union Trust Company of Cincinnati urged West Virginia bankers that government plans and agencies threaten supply and demand laws. He warned that federal interference through reserve rules deficit spending and regulatory actions distort markets and business confidence. He cautioned businessmen to anticipate future conditions and avoid overreliance on federal power in investments and employment.
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PWA allotments tour underway as Ickes boosts funds
Secretary Ickes directs the 1938 Public Works Administration expansion, announcing a total allotment of 139,156,974 dollars for 1,146 projects. He urges speed, a permanent public works office, and notes 3,000 projects ready to act with congressional signal. Editorial leaders and visitors tour Huntington and Charleston as state editors discuss politics and public affairs.
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Boeing Plans Aircraft Twice As Big As Clipper
Seattle June 23 The Boeing Aircraft company disclosed plans for a plane twice as big as the 42 ton clipper. Some engineers called the clipper the last of the little airplanes.
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Bab's Row With Husband Over Son's Future Shakes Marriage
London reports a dispute between Barbara Hutton and her Danish husband Count Court Haugwitz Reventlow over their two year old son Lance. The couple, long estranged, faced a court order shielding the Woolworth heiress from further strife as the Count remained in Paris.
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Hunt for aliens in federal jobs starts
Washington June 23 A government wide hunt for aliens in federal employment begins or is near start up. Legislation from last session bars pay from appropriated funds to aliens who have not taken citizenship papers. Some riders and a McKellar resolution require agencies to report lists of aliens and reasons for employment.
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Chinese Retake Cities in Flood National Mobilization Law
The Japanese government announces intensified mobilization to support the China conflict. It plans July 15 implementation of economic clauses to reserve arms materials, curb exports, and tighten price and distribution controls.
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Seven Die in Premature Blast at Hobbs Oil Site
A nitro glycerin time bomb exploded prematurely at a drilling crew site near Hobbs New Mexico, killing seven men including Albuquerque financier H A Greer and oil executive J T Broughton. Nine others were seriously injured, with victims from Hobbs and Roswell. The blast damaged the six miles from Hobbs Hospital where the injured were treated in serious condition.
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Shearer and Gable to star in Gone With the Wind
Hollywood announces Norma Shearer and Clark Gable will lead in Gone With the Wind with production slated for next year. The project, tied to Margaret Mitchell’s novel, has strong public interest and confirms Selznick’s involvement.
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