Federal Plan Proposes Loans to Small Businesses
A new plan to aid small businesses with federal reserve loans was announced as part of broader push to stimulate industry. Draper said legislation would be asked to give reserves expanded credit tools, with Eccles to detail the scheme before a senate banking subcommittee. Hopkins backed government funds for industry, noting private capital cannot meet needs now.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Senate
Ernest G. Draper
Reserve System
Board of Governors
Hopkins
Draper
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sen. Mead
D-N. Y
White House
Commerce Deco Business Advisory Coun
Father and two sons drown at Mississippi picnic
In St. Cloud Minnesota Norris Moore drowned trying to save his two sons Leroy and Wayne and a third boy Ralph Wrack during a rural school picnic. The father and two youths stepped from a drop off while wading and were swept by the current as the third boy tried to help.
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ST. Cloud
Minn
Norris Moore
Mississippi River
Leroy Moore
Wayne
Ralph Wrack
Willie Willis Reflects On Sacrilege And Sacred Objects
A quoted statement by Willie Willis defines sacrilege as harming holy items such as a church pew or a parent disciplining a girl, illustrating a persona’s view on sacred acts and offense.
Navy drops huge orders for battleships and escorts
Washington reports the navy placed orders for two 45 000 ton battleships and 22 other vessels, totaling about 350 million dollars. Assistant Secretary Edison said the goal is quick restoration of a three to five ratio of U S to Japanese tonnage, with work started on 19 ships and remaining five authorized earlier. The president also signed 54 million dollars for naval shore base construction.
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Washington
Charles Edison
Japan
Edison
Great Britain
Navy
Congress
Roosevelt
Navy Yards
World Leaders Seek Peace Declared by Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII told cardinals on his Saint’s Day that European leaders are resolved to keep the peace. He voiced greater hopes for pacific solutions and a stable peace after fear of a bloody conflict. Discussions with Germany Italy France Britain and Poland were noted as part of Vatican mediation. A U S envoy to the Vatican may assist in pacification efforts.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Europe
Pius
Holy See
Germany
Italy
France
Britain
Poland
Vatican
U. S
Cupid May Separate Keys Quadruplets
Hollis Oklahoma. The Keys quadruplets Mary Mona Leota and Roberta ready to celebrate their twentyfourth birthday on Sunday. Mona is going steady with an Oklahoma City youth and Leota has a Texas boyfriend. Friends fear this may be their last birthday together. They attended Hollis High School alumni banquet.
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Hollies
Okla
Cupid
Keys
Mary
Mona
Leota
Roberta
Flake Keys
Oklahoma City
Texas
Hollis High School
Belgrade Won Over by Nazis
Berlin reports Nazis claim Yugoslavia will stay neutral and lean toward Berlin after Prince Paul’s visit. They say Britain and France cannot lure Yugoslavia into an anti Axis alliance. Hitler set a display scene with 25,000 troops, 500 tanks, artillery, and 265 planes as the prince watched.
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Berlin
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
Germany
Balkans
Britain
France
London
Paris
Paul
Peter
Belgrade
Kidnaped Baby Found After Woman Confesses
A Philadelphia woman Beatrice Wood 21 confesses stealing a baby to win marriage with her sweetheart claiming the child was theirs. The five month old Gerald McCrohan was found unharmed. Wood held on abduction, partner Frederick Bauers 23 released. Gerald’s parents Mr and Mrs John McCrohan rejoiced at his return.
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Philadelphia
Gerald McCrohan
Beatrice Wood
Frederick Bauers
Student Jokes by Jumping from Window in Psychology Class
In Greencastle Indiana June 2 a DePauw University psychology class witnessed a prank when Alex Vraciu East Chicago star athlete leapt from his seat and vanished through a second story window only to reappear uninjured on a tarpaulin held by friends. The stunt aimed to test observation in class.
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Alex Vraciu
East Chicago
Vraciu
Prac
Fay
39 Miners Escape When Roof Caves In
LINTON Ind June 2. Tragedy narrowly averted at the New Hope mine when 35 miners fled in time to escape a major cave in. Three were injured by falling coal and rocks as sections of the mine collapsed. Injured were William Cunningham general superintendent Clyde Sut hard and James Davis. Sut hard suffered several broken ribs. The warning came from the sound of the roof cracking.
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Linton
Ind
INS
New Hope
Linton-Summit Coal Company
William Cunningham
Clyde Suthard
James Davis
Suthard
Simplified Tax Plan Urged by Chamber
The U S Chamber of Commerce backs a quick nine point tax revision and a long range 10 percent plan. It calls for repeal of the undistributed profits tax and a flat 15 percent corporate rate with a $2000 credit for individuals earning under 25000 dollars.
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House
Ways and Means
the Treasury
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Alvord
State wipes out school overdraft and nears black balance
The state erased an 1.8 million dollar overdraft in the general school fund and reports a May general fund balance of 222,528. The board moved 2.725 million from general revenue to finish the 14 million school appropriation, creating a balance of 315,592 and signaling a end of year positive balance, albeit small.
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R. E. Talbott
Board of Public Works
General Revenue Fund
Talbott
West Virginia
Mrs Roosevelt's Baby Is Stillborn in Boston
Mrs John Roosevelt daughter in law of the president delivered a stillborn three pound boy at Richardson House Lying In Hospital Boston Dr Charles G Shedd Back Bay specialist announced Mrs Roosevelt formerly Anne Lindsay Clark Nahant was reported doing well under the circumstances by Eleanor Roosevelt after visiting the hospital The baby was stillborn at birth during late today status described as cheerful given the loss.
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Boston
INS
John Roosevelt
Richardson House
Charles G. Shedd
Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Nahant
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
John
Six Arabs Die as Bomb Triggers Jerusalem Bloodshed
In Jerusalem, June 2, British troops clash with an Arab band in Kalkaliya hills after a day of attacks. Four Britons and three Jewish policemen die on patrol. a time bomb in a market near Jaffa Gate kills six Arabs and wounds many. Authorities suspend Arab bus lines and tighten security as Jewish-Arab tensions rise.
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Jerusalem
Kalkaliya
Holy Land
Jaffa
Jerusalem Community Council
Palestine
WVU to Honor Noted Novelist and Publisher
Pearl S. Buck and H. C. Ogden will receive honorary degrees at West Virginia University commencement. Buck will be awarded a doctor of letters and Ogden a doctor of laws. Buck will attend in regalia, Ogden will not. More than 500 candidates will receive degrees with Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra as speaker. Margaret Buchanan Cole becomes the first woman alumni president, succeeding Charles E. Hodges. new officers include Raymond Salvati and Robert G. Kelly.
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Morgantown
Pearl S. Buck
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
West Virginia University
Ogden
Pearl Sydenstricker
Hillsboro
Pocahontas County
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Old Grads
Margaret Buchanan Cole
Holden
Robert G. Kelly
Charleston
Hodges
Brooks Fleming, Jr
Fairmont
J. French Robinson
UMW Seeks Federal Hearing on Union Shop Injunction
Circuit Judge James M. Gilbert weighed a petition to move a temporary injunction case against Harlan county coal firms from state to federal court. The hearing, brought by Cleon Calvert for four miners, is set for next Wednesday in Pineville, while U S conciliator John L. Conner pursues a settlement in the long dispute between operators and the United Mine Workers.
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Harlan
James M. Gilbert
Harlan County
United Mine Workers of America
Pineville
Gilbert
Cleon Calvert
Washington
John L. Conner
U. S
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
The
Mine Union
Refugee Liner Leaves Cuba Amid Uncertain Welcome
Havana June 2 A boatload of 907 German Jewish refugees sailed from Havana aboard the German liner St Louis after Cuba denied entry. Rumors of U S landing sparked hopeful smiles though Washington officials later said no arrangements exist. Fear and relief alternated as relatives awaited the true destination and fate of the passengers.
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Havana
Cuba
Hamburg
Germany
St. Louis
U. S
New York
Washington
Gustav Schroeder
WPA Builds 42000 Steeplechase Course Near Nashville
Washington reports the WPA is funding a 42000 steeplechase course near Nashville Tennessee. The design and approval came from the du Pont family of Delaware with William I du Pont Jr aiding in design and promising to enter horses at dedication next year. Representative Louis Ludlow criticized the project deeming it an improper public venture.
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Washington
WPA
Nashville
Tenn
duPonts
Delaware
House
William I. duPont, Jr
Louis Ludlow
Indiana
Heroic and Horror Mark Thetis Submarine Tragedy
Frank F. Shaw survivor recounts the Thetis sinking near Liverpool. He describes carbon gas and lack of panic in the doomed submarine while witnessing three men die and one go mad. Shaw, suffering neur asphyxiation, was rescued by a Davis lung apparatus and treated in hospital.
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Liverpool
England
INS
Frank F. Shaw
Shaw
Nine Year Fishing Trip Wins Divorce
Chicago June 2. Frank Siller went on a fishing trip in 1930 and hasn’t returned. His wife Attie sought a divorce and Judge Rudolph Desart granted it, citing the prolonged absence.
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Chicago
INS
Frank Siller
Attie
Rudolph Desart
Four saved in Davis lung device from Thetis disaster
In the Thetis submarine catastrophe off Liverpool Bay 90 men were trapped. Four survived using the Davis lung apparatus while three perished attempting to follow them to the surface. Rescue ships pressed operations through Friday night as hope persisted briefly for a surface break.
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Birkenhead
England
Thetis
Admiralty
Irish Sea
Liverpool Bay
Sydney Woodward
Cammell Laird Shipyard
Cammell Laird
North Wales
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Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
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Holy Father
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Greencastle
Paul J. Fay
Depauw University
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Merryle Stanley Rukeyser
International News Service
Pearl Buck
UMW
Bulletin
Hope
Robin Williams
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