Major Bills Set to Clear by Mid July in Roosevelt Plan
Washington June 4 The Democratic big four report to President Roosevelt that most major proposals will become law by mid July excluding neutrality revision. Garne r, Bankhead Barkley and Rayburn will present survey results. Senate filibuster fears loom over neutrality changes and munitions export repeal faces opposition.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Senate
John N. Garner
William B. Bankhead
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Cordell Hull
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Hull
U. S
Senate Bank
Moderator Election Marks First Lay Leader Since 1927
Dr. Sam Higginbotham, 64, elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, the first layman in office since 1927. He has spent 36 years in missionary work in India.
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Sam Higginbotham
Presbyterian Church
India
Refugee St Louis Sails From Miami With 907 aboard
The German liner St Louis carrying 907 German Jewish refugees cruised off the Miami shore as Coast Guard patrols watched. The ship moved southeast toward Cuba after about half an hour, amid uncertainty over landing refugee passengers in the United States or Cuba.
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Miami
Fla
St. Louis
Nazi Germany
Miami Light
Coast Guard
Cuba
INS
Yankee Clipper Resumes Flight for Europe
The Pan American Airways Yankee Clipper, after minor mechanical trouble, departed Baltimore for Europe at 2 08 p m EST. Mechanics fixed the automatic pilot system overnight and an early trial run showed the ship ready for the Azores route. One more passenger joined the original 13 aboard as it left the river dock at 1 56.
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Baltimore
INS
Pan-American Airways
trans-Atlantic
Europe
Azores
Port Washington
L. I
Charles A. Lorbert
Salvage Efforts Continue Over Sunken Thetis
A fleet of salvage vessels toiled in the Irish Sea off Birkenhead with 99 dead after Thetis sank on a trial run. Divers worked about 40 minutes per tide amid swift currents as officials warned the submarine may not surface for five to 10 days. An admiralty inquiry was announced to occur at an unspecified time.
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Irish Sea
Birkenhead
England
Thetis
Donald Vivian Tyler
Vickers-Armstrongs Works
Liverpool Bay
Mersey Dock and Harbor Board
Cammell Laird, Ltd
Rulers Attend Union Service in Portage la Prairie
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended a union church service in Portage la Prairie Manitoba meeting disabled veterans at Winnipeg rail station. They then departed by royal train for western Ontario with planned stops and a four day U S visit to follow.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Plain People of
Canada
United Denominations
Portage la Prairie
Blackland
Ontario
Lake of the Woods
Lake Nipigon
Woman candidate vows removal of meters and curfew
Webster Springs hopeful Juanita Delamore, 24, pledges to abolish parking meters and the curfew if elected mayor after next Tuesday’s vote. Incumbent Kenneth White defends the curfew as a vagrancy measure, while Delamore says city rules should not bar women on the streets after 7 p.m.
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Webster Springs
Juanita Delamore
Agin ’Em
Miss Delamore
Kenneth White
White
Hoover hosts GOP Roundup at Kennebago Lake Maine
Former President Herbert Hoover and Maine Governor Lewis O Barrows gathered with others at Kennebago Lake to discuss politics while guides prepared a meal. The event occurred in Maine, one of two states not voting Democratic in 1936.
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Este Arts
G.O.P
Kennebago Lake
Maine
Herbert Hoover
Lewis O. Barrows
Roosevelt Faces 1940 Campaign Clash Over Third Term
Washington dispatch reports New Deal strategists planning a fierce stop Garner drive to keep Roosevelt on the Democratic ticket. Ickes aides say he will endorse a Roosevelt third term, branding rivals as back-stabbers while a Texas group pushes a draft Roosevelt for the convention. VP Garner offers no comment as supporters claim he would accept if drafted.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Sec. of Interior
Ickes
Texas
White House
Excursion Train Crash Hurts Sixty Near Lake Hopatcong
Eleven people were injured when a Lackawanna excursion train rammed the rear of a 96 car freight train near Lake Hopatcong New Jersey. The crash at midnight sent 400 panicked World’s Fair visitors fleeing as a stove fire sparked in the caboose and spread to three freight cars. Girl Scouts aboard the excursion to Scranton suffered multiple injuries. two freight crew members and two passengers were also hurt and hospitalized at Dover General.
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Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Scranton
Dover General Hospital
Deadly Zacatepec Theater Fire Kills 70+
A fire at the Cinema Obrero in Zacatepec Morelos Mexico killed more than 70 people including women and children. The blaze spread through the town as spectators fled through narrow exits causing deaths from burns and smoke. Scores were wounded in the disaster, the worst in recent Mexican history.
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Mexico City
INS
Zacatepec
Morelos
Cinema Obrero
Court Probes To Continue
NEW YORK June 4 A continuing investigation of the federal judiciary followed the conviction of former Federal Judge Martin T Manton on charging his bench as a bargain counter for justice. U S attorney John T Cahill who prosecuted Manton held authority to root out judicial corruption in any district. Manton faces a potential two year sentence and a $10000 fine with sentencing set for June 20 unless a new trial motion succeeds.
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New York
Federal
Martin T. Manton
John T. Cahill
U. S
Manton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Condition of Hughes Reported Unchanged
The condition of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, ill for several days, was reported unchanged at his home. His doctors said the condition is not serious, as the attending physician left the city for the weekend and is not expected to return until tomorrow.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Daladier Declares Prompt Front Success and No Aggression
Paris reports premier Daladier predicts a prompt and successful conclusion to extending the British French front and restates France will oppose aggression. He spoke to the Radical Socialist executive committee, urging peace and free collaboration in Europe while defending national independence.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Radical
Socialist
Lille
Albert Lebrun
Europe
Britain Sees Soviet Pact Terms As Acceptable
A London source says Soviet Russia’s terms for a mutual assistance pact with Britain and France are unlikely to cause trouble. The note replies to British-French proposals and suggests pledges of aid for direct or indirect threats to any signatory, amid study by the British foreign office.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
France
Baltic
Europe
Foreign Office
Train Apology and Wacky Tales Dominate The Week
A roundup of odd incidents from last week includes an Oklahoma man apologizing to a train for being on the tracks and a Nebraska girl who sneezes whenever anyone says sneeze. Other items mention a Pittsburgh home’s living room curtains, a Chicago tailor describing attackers, and long distance marriages touching on WPA checks and multilingual political digressions.
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New York
Oklahoma
Nebraska
California
Louisiana
Pittsburgh
Chicago
U. S
Florida
Mifflintown
Springfield
Ohio
Ill
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Noted Naval Cadet Louis Roddis Earned Nine Awards
Midshipman Louis Harry Roddis Jr from St Paul Minnesota at the Naval Academy in Annapolis received nine senior awards for excellence in mathematics engineering navigation seamanship. This highlights a distinguished career amid wartime training and honors.
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Naval Academy
Annapolis
Louis Harry Roddis, Jr
St. Paul, Minn
Jesse Jones to Head New Federal Lending Agency
President Roosevelt plans to appoint Jesse Jones, RFC chairman, as administrator of the consolidated federal lending agency to start July 1. The move is seen in Congress as a goodwill gesture to business, with Jones credited for earning business confidence through RFC leadership. The agency will unify the reconstruction finance corporation, electric home and farm authority, and related entities under one head.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
RFC
Consolidated Federal Lending Agency
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Electric Home and Farm Authority
RFC Mortgage Company
Disaster Loan Corporation
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal Sav
Anti CIO Auto Workers Rejoin AFL by Wide Margin
Homer Martin's anti CIO Auto Workers union officially re entered the American Federation of Labor after 96 percent of 70 000 voters chose AFL affiliation. Martin noted the move aims for a unified labor movement and pledged autonomous industrial union status.
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Detroit
Mich
INS
Homer Martin
Anti-Cio
Automobile Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Martin
AFL
United Automobile Workers’ Union
CIO
UAW
American Labor Movement
Organized Labor
United Labor Movement
Nine Tot Graduates In Caps And Gowns At Caldwell
CALDWELL N J June 4 INS Complete with caps and gowns nine pupils of Mount St Domenics kindergarten graduated today and received sheepskins. Four and five year olds wore white caps blue gowns. Valedictory by Phyllis Hayden salutatorian Joan Zillox. Diplomas handed by Rev Father W F Furlong. Graduates Cecelia Chambers Patricia Conroy Joan Dwyer Barbara Oberg Damon Douglas Lillian Duffy Verona William Myer Montclair.
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Phyllis
Joan
Ceclia Chambers
Patricia Conroy
Joan Dwyer
Barbara Oberg
Damon Douglas
Caldwell
Lillian Duffy
Verona
William Myer
Montclair
Hitler Warns Britain and France as Germany Readies Fight
Adolf Hitler addressed 300000 war veterans in Kassel warning that Britain and France seek to reduce Germany to a minor state. He asserted Germany will defend its power and possessions and pledged armed readiness for a new war if attacked.
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France
Britain
Germany
Kassel
INS
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Reich
White House Cop Sets 30-Target Pistol Score Record
White House policeman John J. Cash shot a perfect 30 in a pistol tournament, topping 700 officers and setting a new record in the Eastern meet. Arthur V. Sackett of New York was last year’s winner. Cash fired 10 slow, 10 timed at 25 yards and 10 rapid at 15 yards.
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Philadelphia
White House
John J. Cash
Arthur V. Sackett
New York
Cash
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