Green Insists On Basic Rate In Wage Bill
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor demands a universal minimum wage and maximum hours in any wage bill and opposes compromise on three essentials. Southerners push for lower wage standards due to cheaper living costs and freight rates. House and Senate conferees failed again to bridge differences on the measures.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
House
Senate
A. F. of L
Man dies as shell explodes in Oakland yard
In Oakland California a three inch shell exploded in a yard injuring Noel L Webb 28. Webb lost his left leg and sustained severe injuries to his right leg and arms while others including two brothers in law fled. The blast also damaged two sheds and endangered nearby children Patsy Duffield 4 Eugene Duffield 9 and Lee Walker 8. The shell was found by the men and thrown into a bonfire prior to detonation.
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Oakland
Cal
Noel L. Webb
Robert Duffield
Glenn Walker
Webb
Darling
Walker
Lee Walker
Eugene
Patsy Duffield
LT Relates To New Neighbor And Her Curls
Willie Willis notes his math struggles and admits a new neighbor with striking curls distracts him. He reflects on how appearance affects focus and arithmetic in a light, humorous aside.
Conferees Predict Swift Compromise On Spend-Lend Bill
Washington June 5 Conferees from the house and senate expect to settle differences in the administration 3700 million relief recovery bill in one day after coordinated talks. Senate and house members named include Adams McKellar Tenmessee Hayden Burns Hale Townsend Woodrum Cannon McMillan Boylan Ludlow Snyder and Tarver with focus on farm relief funds slum clearance and Byrnes emergency spending authority in dispute over WPA funds to be prompted for quick enactment.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
Confcrence Committee
Adams
Colorado
McKellar
Tenmessee
Hayden
Arizona
Burns
South Carolina
Hale
Maine
Townsend
Delaware
Taylor
House Appropriations Committee
Reps
Woodrum
Virginia
Cannon
Missouri
McMillan
Boylan
New York
Ludlow
Indiana
Snyder
Pennsylvania
Hhim
Rep
Tarver
Georgia
Byrnes
WPA
Nazi Parade Is Broken Up in Maxdorf Demonstration
Prague June 5 A Sudeten German was injured as police dispersed a group of 301 Nazis attempting a prohibited street parade in Maxdorf. Eleven Sudetens were hurt in the clashes amid rising Germany Czechoslovakia tensions. A Bratislava crowd of 100000 demanded autonomy for Slovakia led by Father Andrej Hlinka of the Slovak Catholic People's party.
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Prague
Maxdorf
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
Slovakia
Andrej Hlinka
Slovak Catholic People’s Party
Knudsen Sees Early Uprising in U S Business
Chicago June 5 William Knudsen president of General Motors foresees an early upswing in business nationwide saying no low mood or recession can keep the nation down for long He spoke while en route to Detroit after attending friends wedding at Valley Nebraska
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Chicago
William Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Knudsen
Detroit
Valley
Neb
Truckin Woman Detained For Stealing Idle Truck
CHICAGO June 5 INS Mrs Frances Weinert from La Porte Indiana hopped into a stationary truck on Michigan avenue and drove off causing a traffic jam. Police explained that driving off with another person’s vehicle is not acceptable in Chicago. She was taken to a police station for handling.
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Chicago
Frances Weinelt
Weinelt
la Porte
Ind
Michigan Avenue
Weinert
Relief Politics Will Be Issue in Election Campaigns
Senator McNary of Oregon said Republicans will press for restricting political activity by relief programs as a key election issue. He criticized the Democratic majority for voting against adding such restrictions to the 3.723 billion lending and spending bill, warning that relief funds could be used for political purposes and curtail free expression. He noted Republicans supported work relief but opposed provisions creating heavy government debt.
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Washington
Sen
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Newark to Ban Norman Thomas speech in city park
City Commissioner Joseph Byrne declared Norman Thomas would not be granted a permit for outdoor speech in Newark after he was bombarded with eggs and missiles and driven from Military Park by about 100 men and a brass band last night. Thomas demanded government protection for another meeting, but the director said he still attempted his speech despite the clash.
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Newark
WN. J
Joseph Byrne
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Military Park
Meyer C. Ellenstein
Chain of Small Events Leads to Attempted Crime
Chicago story details how a sequence of minor actions from washing curtains to losing pay and gambling led Harry Myers to attempt a hold up at a drug store. He explains the lapse as a first-time mistake and ends in police custody.
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Harry
Canton Target Of New Aerial Raids by Japs
Japanese warplanes attacked Canton in relays killing about 200 people and damaging government buildings rail stations and railway lines. The raids followed heavy tolls with earlier reports of 600 dead and 1 000 injured as air attacks intensified in the heart of South China’s gateway city.
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Canton
Hongkong
API
South China
Atuidhs
Wongsha
Taishatou
Wongsha Station
Gantoh-Kowloon
Canton-Hankow
Winghang Road
AFL Chief Backs Gillette in Iowa Primary
DES MOINES IOWA June 5 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor endorsed Sen Guy Gillette in the tight Iowa primary race against Rep Otha D Wearin. Green cited Gillette s 80 percent labor voting record and urged labor to back him in a telegram to labor leader A A Crouch.
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Des Moines
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Iowa
Guy Gillette
Green
Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Sen
U. S. Senate
Congress
A. A. Crouch
Homer Marlin
C. S O
United Automobile Workers
Wearin
U.S
Reynolds Wins North Carolina Senate Primary
Reynolds leads Hancock in partial returns for the Democratic nomination as 1493 of 1862 precincts report. Reynolds has 239,526 votes to Hancock's 162,402, with both citing Roosevelt ties. Republican Charles A. Jones of Lincolnton named as nominee. Incomplete returns show incumbents renominated in the House.
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Haleigh
Robert R. Reynolds
Frank W. Hancock
Reynolds
Hancock
Roosevelt
House
North Carolina
Ancock
Senate
Charles A. Jones
Lincolnton
Republicar
Strategy Prevents Possible Murder
In Waukegan on June 5 a farmer John Zupanic barricaded his farm home and threatened to kill his wife with a sheigah. A neighbor offered to help defend him, fired two shots into the air gun, emptied, and police then charged in to arrest Zupanic for assault.
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Waukegan
John Zupanic
Frre
Zupanic
Kidnappers Named In Cash Jr Case
Princeton Florida June 5 A kidnaping case involving five and a half year old James Jailey Cash Jr. drew new attention as authorities reportedly know the identity of one of the three men who received the ransom. The father paid ten thousand dollars and says he will eventually recover his son. FBI in Miami declined to comment on a possible confession while noting mob violence risks if details were public before the child is found.
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Princeton
Fla
INS
James Jailey Cash
Higat
Cash
Miami
FBI
Yonight
Arthur G. Rutten
Pitk
Flashes of Life In These U.S. Flashes of Life
In Seattle a 7-year-old news vendor received a check totaling his Spanish American War pension plus a retroactive percentage, while in Memphis a puzzling telephone bill showed calls to governors and the White House. Eight-year-old Earl Luten admitted calling the officials, hoping to reach the president.
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Seattle
ENS
Sam
Dunning
Mfmphis
Tenn
R. E. Luton
White
Jackson
Miss
Browning
Nashville
White House
Washington
D. C
Earl Luten
Earl
Dog Audacity Lands Lost Spitz Near Houston Yard
A weary spitz named Snowball traveled about 600 miles from Odessa Texas to Houston arriving at Walter Clacks yard. The dog crawled inside and was fed after a long, foot-worn trek. In Evanston Nevada? a Northwestern University class warned of future breadline struggles in final campus dinner invitations.
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Houston
Tex
Odessa
Walter Clack
Clack
A.B. Evanston
Dune
Northwestern
Daladier Orders Pursuit After Raid By Unknown Planes
Paris reports nine planes of unknown nationality crossed from Spain and bombed French soil near Ax Les Thermes in the Pyrenees. Daladier ordered air forces to pursue any threat to French territory and Bonnet launched an immediate investigation with a protest planned once the raiders' side in the Spanish Civil War is identified. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Spain
Ax-Les- Thermes
Bonnet
Pyrenees
Daladier
Ax-Les-Thermes
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Office
Ariege
Party Plans To Save Rails In National Progressives USA
Boston dispatch reports Gov. Philip F. LaFollette promoting a new party the National Progressives of America to run and modernize railroads, creating 3.5 million jobs and forming a first line of defense. He spoke in Boston on forming a Massachusetts unit, proposing total system generation and modern equipment, with insurers buying bonds and railroads run on an efficient basis.
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Boston
INSI
Philip F. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
National Progressives of America
LaFollette
Follette
Desl
Autos Kill 2 and a Drowning Mark Tragic Sabbath
A fatal crash seven miles up Elk River Toad near St Albans claimed Bilfie Turner 13 son of Maj Francis W Turner. Miss Stella Evans 26 a Racine student died on Piedmont road after a collision. Maxiel Legg 15 drowned at Upton creek near Charleston. Mrs Billie Richardson injured in a motorcycle collision near Sunset Memorial park as police investigate. Eight others injured in various accidents.
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Maj. Turner
Bilfie Turner
Francis W. Turner
St. Albans
Elk River
Hoys
Jackson Bills
L. G. Bowers
Elkview
Shelby Turner
Charleston General Hospital
Bowers
Mountain State Hospital
Helen May Carroll
Turner
Weston
Fiedmont Road
Stella Evans
Huntington
Upton Creek
O. J. DeBords
Seventh Avenue
Charleston
Snodgrass Funeral Home
Delbert Legg
Jefferson Avenue
Cunningham
Richardson
Billie Richardson
the Gazette
McMillan Hospital
Sunset Memorial Park
Edward Midkiff
Tenth Avenue
South Charleston
U. S. 60
Lightning Kills One Injures Three at Park Ball Game
Newark housewife 25, Mrs Helen Lewis, was killed by a bolt of lightning during a sudden storm at Weequahic park. Her husband and oldest child among those injured, as 2,500 fans fled for shelter under maple trees.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Weequahic Park
Helen Lewis
Accord Near On Ship Limits Between U S and Britain
Washington reports near agreement on the size and armament of new super battleships. Talks have pivoted from no limit to a tentative range around 40,000 to 42,000 tons with 16 inch guns, as the United States and Britain converge after months of deadlock.
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Washington
U. S
Great Britain
State Department
Britain
United States
Machine Gun Nest Defended by Dog Mascot in Spain
In Zaragoza on June 5 insurgent forces describe a field bog that defended a government machine gun nest after its crew were killed. A dog stood by the silent gun barking as the attackers closed in. Ordered not to shoot, the dog was driven away and later wounded but cared for by the insurgents who adopted it as mascot.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Hle
Encephalograph Seen as Key to Mental Illness Cure
In San Francisco on June 5 the American Psychiatric Association heard that the encephalograph reveals brain pulse patterns tied to mental disorders. Dr. Frederic A. Gibbs, Emma L. Gibbs, and Dr. William G. Lennox report reading these pulses to detect onset early, with drugs and chemicals potentially normalizing abnormal brain activity. The findings, announced before the 94th annual meeting, signal a new field in mental treatment as about 1,000 psychiatrists attend.
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San Francisco
American Psychiatric Association
Frederic A. Gibbs
Emma L. Gibbs
William G. Lennox
Harvard Medical School
Boston
The
Psychiatric Association
Iomorrow
Poet of Parkway Found Murdered
Worcester dispatch reports Thomas F. O Connell a 29 year old poet of Pasadena Parkway found murdered under a tree in Institute Park. He had a fractured larynx jaw and skull and a cryptic birth day card signed Sally with the word minatory. Police seek the unknown Sally as the motive remains unclear.
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Worcester
Mass
INS
Thomas F. O'Connell
Pasadena Parkway
Institute Park
Sally
Sali
O'Connell
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