Relief Budget Approved For Smallest WPA Enrollment In History
The House appropriations committee approved relief expenditures of 885.9 million dollars for the year starting July 1 with an average monthly WPA employment of 941,315, the smallest in WPA history. They based this on an estimated 5.5 million unemployed and cut 58,685 from WPA requests by reserving 50 million for surplus commodity distribution.
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House Appropriations Committee
Work Projects Administration
Roosevelt
WPA
Howard O. Hunter
Hunter
Elected Officers Named In Shriners Meetings
In Indianapolis AP notes the Royal Order of Jesters chose Dr. Fred F. Whitcomb of Omaha as royal stage manager and the Shrine Recorders elected A. D. Art Peirce of Davenport Iowa to first vice-president ahead of the 67th Imperial Council session of the Mystic Shrine North America.
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Omaha
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Art” Peirce
Davenport
Roosevelt plans two month summer vacation months
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt told Capitol Hill lieutenants he has no major legislation to submit for the time being. Leaders are considering a two month July and August break from new measures.
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Roosevelt
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Blame Army Action At Plane Plant For Cleveland Strike
The CIO steering committee says the North American Aviation plant takeover by U S troops in Inglewood California spurred a strike against five Cleveland divisions of Aluminum Company of America halting defense orders. The claim ties plant seizure to rising tensions at the Newburgh Heights plant area.
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Aluminum Company of America
North American Aviation
Inglewood
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U. S
CIO
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Lindbergh Denies Targeting F D R In Philadelphia Speech
Charles A. Lindbergh, spokesman for the America First committee, said his Philadelphia address was not aimed at President Roosevelt. He asserted the call for a change in leadership targeted interventionists and the opposition leadership, not constitutional methods.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
America First Committee
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Lindbergh
Wickards Settle Suit for 11250 in Out-of-Court Deal
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard and his wife received 11250 in an out-of-court settlement of their 50000 personal injuries suit filed in superior court. The action named Leigh P. Jerrard Winnetka Illinois Chicago and North Western railroad official over a July 20 1939 collision in Jackson County Minnesota injuring the Wickards.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Wickard
Leigh P. Jerrard
Winnetka, Ill
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Wickards
Jerrard
Jackson County
Minnesota
Iowa Professor Named Dean at Kansas University
Prof. George B. Smith of the University of Iowa has been named dean of the college of education at the University of Kansas. He has served as associate professor there for the last two years and will assume his duties in September.
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Iowa City
George B. Smith
University of Iowa
College of Education
University of Kansas
Smith
Former Kaiser Is Buried At Doorn
Wilhelm II former kaiser of Germany was buried at Doorn in Netherlands at noon Monday in rites arranged by himself forty years earlier. Rev Bruno Dohring officiated and spread earth from Sans Souci Potsdam on the coffin where his first wife Auguste Viktoria is buried.
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Auguste Viktoria
Germany backs France in Syria as war marks one year
Berlin broadcasts confirm Germany is completely on France's side in the Syrian conflict while newspapers focus on Italy's first war year, Kaiser Wilhelm's burial at Doorn, and bombing on Alexandria. Lokalanzeiger notes Italy endures sacrifices and presses toward its objective of freedom.
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France
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Lokalanzeiger
General Motors May Sales Break Record
General Motors reported record May sales with 235,679 units sold in the United States and Canada including exports. The five month total reached 1,201,280, surpassing previous records. May US dealer sales were 217,120 and the year-to-date total 1,014,239.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
United States
Canada
French Ambassador Rebuffed By Hull
Washington reports Secretary of State Cordell Hull sharply rebuffed French Ambassador Gaston Henry Haye on Monday asking for clarification of Hulls warning that Franco German collaboration would jeopardize U S cooperation with the Vichy government Hull said France failed to halt German infiltration into Syria while taking up arms against British and Free French forces He added the United States is studying all aspects of Franco German collaboration especially with respect to Syria.
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Cordell Hull
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U.S
France
Syria
Japanese Press Demands End to Batavia Talks
Tokyo papers condemn Batavia rejection of Japanese trade proposals and urge a strong decisive policy. Kokumin blames United States and Britain for obstacles to a East Asia prosperity program and calls for a second step to secure resources. Government delays final stance while officials confer.
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Letter recalls fascism challenge tied to Matteotti case
A Corriere d Italia report marks the 17th anniversary of Matteotti's disappearance with a letter from Amerigo Dumini claiming copies of his will and Matteotti case files exist with lawyers Martin Arnold and Hugh Robertson. The note references Dumini's house in Derna Libya, his possible death, and British capture of Derna.
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Hugh Robertson
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Oxford Jet Man's Body Recovered From River
ANAMOSA The body of Ne ville M. Waite of Oxford Junction, drowned in the Wapsi piicon river Sunday evening, was recovered Monday at 4 p.m. Capt. Melvin Thompson of the Cedar Rapids fire department brought the body ashore. It was found about a mile downstream from where Mrs Waite last saw him alive. An autopsy was held Monday evening and a coroner's inquest was called for Tuesday.
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Neville M. Waite
Oxford Junction
Wapsipinicon
Melvin “Bud” Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Candy Treat Divinity Recipe From The Gazette
A divinity candy variant by Mrs. Cecil St. Germain from 854 Daniels Street NE is detailed with sugar corn syrup water egg whites vanilla and optional add ins. The method covers dissolving ingredients cooking to firm ball stage cooling and beating plus tips to adjust texture and add nuts coconut or candied fruit.
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Daniels Street
Gazette
Social whirl and gossip wrap New York elite in rumors
Walter Winchell reports on trial separations and romances among high society. Hazel Forbes splits with Harry Richman while courting Renotary Sulka. Bob Aldrich and Harriett Foster elope. other feuds marriages and scandals involve Wall Street figures, Broadway stars, and prominent New Yorkers amid club chatter and media buzz.
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Forbes
Sulka
Cravat
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Chase Bank Clan
Harriett Foster
Rhode Island
North Carolina
Guv. Lehman
N. Y
Les
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Iowa
The undersigned Ruth M. Rude is appointed and qualified on June 9 1941 as Executrix of Perry C. Rude deceased of Linn County Iowa. All debts to the estate should be paid promptly and all claims must be filed with the Linn County District Court Clerk for authentication through attorney Grimm Elliott Shuttleworth and Iversoll.
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Iowa
Linn County
Perry C Rude
Thore
Iowna
RUTH_M RUDE
Grimm, Elliott
Shuttleworth and Inversoll
Father and son rescued after five days pinned under wrecked car
Joaquin Miranda a Mexican customs official and his 10 year old son Manuel were trapped five days after their car plunged from a cliff near Camp Lockett California. Miranda said he planned to use his last two bullets to end their agony if rescue did not come. Both survived severe injuries and hunger with medical staff predicting recovery.
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San Diego
Calif
Joaquin Miranda
Robert E. Maxwell
Howard D. Wetherell
Miranda
Manuel
Camp Lockett Army Hospital
New Super Microscope Described By Dr Zworykin
Chicago report states Dr V K Zworykin described a super microscope with magnification capable of making a human hair appear as large as a giant redwood tree.
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Chicago
K. Zworykin
Commissar of Armaments Yannikov Fired in Moscow
In Moscow B L Yanni kov, commissar for armaments, was relieved of duties for failure to cope. Dmitri Ustinov was appointed to replace him, a Tuesday announcement said.
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B. L. Yannikov
Dmitri Ustinov
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