FHA criticizes home costs and warns against debt limits
A federal housing administration representative in Des Moines says an annual income of 950 dollars can buy homes costing twice that income, with 2400 to 3400 dollar houses selling well. The claim is ridiculed as illogical, while other passages condemn centralization, wage politics, and war profiteering, noting tax evasion convictions and labor disputes in the press.
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Federal Housing Administration
Des Moines
FHA
Leonard Wood
Wiliam J. Malone
Chicago
Malone
Jowans
Ilinois Tax Commission
Iowa
Senate probes threefold strike crisis looms
A threefold Senate inquiry into the nation’s strike wave looms as Senators Copeland Bridges and McKellar push for investigations. McKellar to chair post office committee will review Bridges demand and Murray’s appeal while Perkins seeks a peace conference between John L. Lewis and Tom Girdler.
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McKellar
Post Office Committee
Bridges
Murray
Post ‘Office Department
Niles
Mich
Howes
Perkins
John L. Lewis
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Girdler
Labor Department
Miss Perkins
Lewis
Post Office Department
Harrison To Accept House Changes In Evasion Resolution
Washington reports that Senate Finance Chairman Pat Harrison will accept House changes to a joint resolution authorizing a tax inquiry. The plan aims to spotlight schemes by wealthy individuals to dodge federal taxes, though not as broadly as President Roosevelt proposed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
House
Wallace Sees 60 Cents Corn and 90 Cents Wheat Values
Secretary Wallace said speculative grain prices imply this year's corn at 60 cents a bushel on Iowa farms and wheat at 90 cents on Kansas farms. He based these on Chicago futures quotes and warned he is not predicting, just reporting the market view. If conditions improve and prices fall, farmers may back the federal ever normal granary plan.
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Washington
Wallace
Iowa
Kansas
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
National League scores and lineups from a baseball slate
National League results feature St Louis and New York in two games with pitcher lineups including J Dean Ogrodewski Bell Coffman Danning Welland Wakil and Castleman Melton Mancuse. Cincinnati and Boston split games with Davis Brennan Lombardi Fette Lopez and Chervinke as French Bryant Hartnett Hamlin Birkofer Phelps and Pacheco on hand. Chicago Brooklyn Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Cleveland also appear with listed batters and pitchers Ostermueller Olsen McKain Denantels Berg Harder and Sullivan among others.
Glass Foils Bandits in Check Cashing Office Robbery
Two bandits entered the Manhattan Check Cashing Service office and, after telling Henry Brown to put up his hands, fled when Brown noted the bulletproof glass. No injuries reported.
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New York
Manhattan
Henry Brown
Brown
Hitler planned new coup to address East Prussia crowd
Reports say Adolf Hitler will visit Marienburg Castle in Marienwerder on June 19 to deliver a major party speech on frontier issues. The event, likely secret, could involve 600 Nazi leaders and affect the Danzig Free City and Polish Silesia amid massed forces near the Polish Corridor. Rudolf Hess and Robert Ley were to visit Danzig beforehand. Himmler inspected formations nearby.
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East Prussia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Marienburg
Teutonic Knights
der Fuehrer
Fuehrer
Free City of
Danzig
Polish Silesia
Nazi Reich
Rudolf Hess
Robert Ley
Free City
Hitler
Henrich Himmler
Schutz Staffel
Marisenwerder
Bette
Harry Palmer New Head of Iowa Masons
Harry A Palmer of Cedar Rapids elected grand master of the Iowa Masons at the ninety fourth annual grand lodge. He won on the first ballot, succeeding Dr Tom B Throckmorton of Des Moines. Also elected were H N Baker senior grand warden Glenn Radcliffe junior grand warden Eldon L Job grand treasurer and C C Hunt grand secretary.
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Iowa
C. C. Hunt
Cedar Rapids
Hunt
Graud Lodge
Masonic Grand Lodge
Washington
Massachusetts
England
C. C. Clark
Burlington
Grand Lodge Board of Custodians
Grand Lodge
Waterloo
Sioux City
George W. Walker
Cape Girardeau
Missouri Masons
William Koch
Des Moines
Supreme Council
Scottish Rite Masonry
Palmer
Wilson and Company
Mount Hermon Lodge
Mount Hermon
Roya
Missing Flyers Land Uninjured In Desert
Two Boston National Guard airmen Major Clarence Hodge and Lieutenant Joseph L. McNeil parachuted to safety in the Great Salt Desert near Elko Nevada after their single engine plane crashed in the mountains near Ely. They hiked to Ely after being missing over 28 hours on a Reno to Salt Lake City flight.
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ELKO
Nev
Boston National Guard
Here
Great
Salt Desert
Ely
Federal Department of Commerce
Boston Flyers
Clarence Hodge
Joseph L. McNeil
Reno
Salt Lake City
Galmand
Calif
Mejor Hodge
Finish What You Start A Lesson On Completing Plans
The piece argues that unfinished efforts waste time and energy. It cites figures like Montaigne Leonardo da Vinci and Robertson, noting frequent shifts of interest and the danger of perpetual drafting without execution. The author urges decisive action, concentration, and a habit of finishing to avoid lifetimes spent in unfinished enterprises.
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Browning
Montaigne
Leonardo da Vinci
Heawas
Daca
Jesus
Robertson
Slashed Tenancy Measure Approved By Subcommittee
Washington AP says a farm tenant loan bill trimmed to Roosevelt’s preference won subcommittee approval. The plan would authorize 10 million dollars in loans the first year for tenant home purchases, 25 million in the second, and 50 million in the third, after a White House visit with Senator Bankhead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Agricultural Subcommittee
Bankhead
Ala
White House
Morgan Declares He Opposes Tax Dodging
J P Morgan said he does not sympathize with tax dodging or evasion and that his on shipboard remarks were misinterpreted. He asserted taxpayers who meet legal terms should not be vilified for underpaying beyond what they owe and defended legal tax avoidance methods.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Morgan
Long Island
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Jean Harlow Funeral Draws Hollywood Celebrities
Funeral services for Jean Harlow were held at Forest Lawn's Wee Kirk O the Heather chapel with about two hundred stars inside and over a thousand fans outside. Her coffin bore gardenias as celebrities and studios sent floral tributes including Mayer, Loy, Lloyd, Schenck, Wanger, Kay Francis, and others. the service was opened by Jeanette MacDonald and reporters noted possible cremation later decided by her mother and Marino Bello.
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Hollywood
Jean Harlow
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Jean Bello
William Powell
Mise
Harlow
Emia
Marino
Bello
Louis B. Mayer
Miss Harlow
Myrna Loy
Harold Lloyd
Robert Montgomerys
Joseph Schenck
Walter Wanger
Duke Offers Empire His Services After Honeymoon
The Duke of Windsor telegraphed King George VI offering his services to the British empire after his honeymoon in Austria. He stated that England may always depend on his good services when needed, while hoping to remain a private citizen for the rest of his life.
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Noetsch
Austria
Duke of Windsor
George VI
British Empire
England
Europe’s Debt Joke Outsmarts War Cost Logic
A satirical column mocks Europe’s claim to offset armament costs against war debts. The writer jokes about fragile prep cases and grandpa’s zipper mishap, comparing the explanation to a dentist visit and a hysterical old tale.
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Europe
Grandpop
Iowa Labor Delegates Seat CIO Foes Amid Unity Vote
At the Iowa Federation of Labor convention delegates voted 333 to 3 to seat 85 CIO miners as the largest bloc, avoiding a split in Iowa labor. President J C Lewis blasted William F Green as factions clashed over representation while nominations named officers and four executive board members from Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Mason City and Bronx City.
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Iowa
CIO
William F. Green
American Federation of Labor
J. C
Shady) Lewis
Des Moines
Judas
Christ
Benedict Arnold
Bill Green
Green
F. A. Canfield
Cedar Rapids
Canfield
Ed Charles Savae
Bronx
J. Brows
Dubuques
Ray E. Hughes
William Hottel
L.e.garnett
Sioux City
George Peterson
Davenport
Gordon Keck
Council Eee
S. P. McKenzie
Mason City
Standard Oil Cuts Gas Price Across Eight States
Standard Oil of Indiana announced a reduction of one-half cent a gallon in gasoline to dealers effective Wednesday in Illinois Indiana Wisconsin upper Michigan Iowa Minnesota Missouri Kansas and North and South Dakota A further half cent cut applies only in lower Michigan and covers the companys third grade gasoline
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Inllinois
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Michigan
Local Youth Nabbed After Attempted Robbery Escape
In Kankakee Illinois Chester J Slisz aged 16 dropped his spectacle case while fleeing the Herman Haake residence. Police recovered his social security card and captured him for attempted robbery prompting charges pending.
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Kankakee
Ill
Chester J. Slisz
Herman Haake
Ohio Governor urges steel bosses to meet for peace talks
Governor Martin L. Davey invited Tom Girdler of Republic Steel and Philip Murray of SWOC to a Friday joint conference to avert bloodshed in Ohio amid the Great Lakes steel strike. Monroe Michigan officials mobilized 100 civilians to reopen the Newton Steel mill as pickets remain active.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Great Lake
Monroe
Mich
Davey
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Daniel A. Knaggs
Newton Steel Company
Republic
CIO
Outlaw Tieup Ends as Flint Michigan Area Restores Power
Consumers Power workers in Flint vote 88 to 27 to accept a settlement ending a day long strike that halted light and power in the Saginaw valley. About 1 400 workers are affected and power resumes in stages as ratification seeks final approval in Saginaw Bay City and Milwaukee.
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Flint, Mich
Saginaw
Bay City
Milwaukee
Wyndham Mortimer
United Automobile Workers
Flint
Frank Murphy
Bay, City
Midland
Amelia Earhart Plans Quick Takeoff For Next Flight Portion
Amelia Earhart announced plans to depart soon after midnight CST for the next leg of her around the world flight. Weather delays blocked the takeoff while she supervised maintenance at Ouakam airport in Dakar with navigator Captain Fred Noonan. She traveled from Miami June 1 and hopes to fly to Niamey then Aden India Australia and the Pan-American route.
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Dakar
Senegal
Amelia Earhart
Ouakam
Fred Noonan
Aero Club
Earhart
Miss Earhart
Miamis
Fla
Niamey
Aden
Persian Gulf
India
Australia
Pan-American Airways
Missing Socialite Found On Doorstep
Diana Battye a 21 year old society girl disappeared eight days earlier and was found on a London doorstep near her Oxford fiance Michael Asquith in a sobbing amnesia state. Scotland Yard seeks her account of the events leading to the strange disappearance and collapse.
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London
Scotland’ Yard
Diana Battye
Michael Asquith
Miniature wipers dazzle shoppers in vanity case
A department store in New York sells a vanity case containing a windshield wiper. Each time the case is opened the wiper rubs loose powder from the mirror, a quirky gag item reflecting novelty retail.
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New York
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