Spanish conflict nears decisive period in 1937 war
Paris reports the Spanish civil war moving toward its most decisive phase as Franco’s chances appear to fade in military and diplomatic circles. German volunteers and troops are returning home while Mussolini resists withdrawal. Soviet troops reportedly pull back from the Valencia side as Madrid relies on its self-supplied army.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
U. S
Paris
Francisco Franco
London
Franco
Berlin
Hitler
Foreign Office
Nash
Mussolini
Spain
Lisbon
Rewla
Russia
Valencia
Moscow
Otto Witnesses Attack on Bilbao
Archduke Otto of Habsburg witnessed the resumed insurgent assault on Bilbao as artillery and air attacks hit Basque defenders seven miles southeast of the city. The 24-year-old heir to the vacant Austrian throne arrived in Spain four days earlier to visit his uncle, Prince Gaetan of Bourbon-Parma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
Archluke Otto of
Hapsburg
Austria
Spain
Prince Gaetan of
Hourbonparms
Willie Willis Speech Sparks Wariness Over Castor Release
Willie Willis voices distrust as talk of T’s resilience surfaces and hints at a plan to spring castor release. The remark underscores tension around readiness and potential actions amid uncertain motives.
Hitler Warns World Nazis Won't Disarm
German chancellor Adal Mitte told a mass rally of about 120000 Nazi brownshirts that Germany will not disarm its armed forces. He linked Britain’s insistence on armament to safeguarding peace and warned any threat to German ships would be met with self defense.
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Hitler
Slung
Germany
Janes
Adalf Mitte
Iblea
Great Britain
Wage Hour Bill Split Debate Sparks Child Labor Clash
Washington Reuters report says Senator Bridges and fellow Republicans press to separate child labor provisions from the wage hour bill under joint committee review. Bridges plans a separate child labor measure modeled on the 1934 act, banning under 16 work in industry and restricting 16 to 18 in hazardous jobs. He argues the issue deserves independent consideration, not bundled with broader wage hour reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jie
Bridges
A.N. Hu
Artiges
Suprnere
Wedding Pictures Ban For Duke and Duchess of Windsor
London reports that film firms will not show footage of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's wedding vows. Officials say high authority influence persuaded studios to withhold wedding scenes, citing audience taste and decorum after the ceremony.
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London
Duke and Duchess of
Church Riots in Germany as Hitler Warns on Religion
Berlin June 6 Hitler warned he will not tolerate religious strife as riots break out outside Munich cathedrals and Cologne Cathedral Square where 60 000 Catholics and others protest. Nazi youth clash with Catholic worshipers injuring several including priests. Cardinal Schulte praised by crowds as regime faces Catholic and Protestant opposition.
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Conyright
A. S
Berlin
Hitler
Munich
Cologne
Fuehrer
Hitler Youth
Womsn
Cardinal Schulte
Germany
Chansellor Hiller
Regensburg
Uitler
Duke of Windsor Turns Gardener in Tyrolian Attire
NOETSCH Austria June 1 The Duke of Windsor enjoyed his first Sunday of married life in country fashion watering flowers and surveying the garden at Wasserlembury Castle. The Duchess supervised preparations for an Austrian dinner as they read teletexts from their June 3 wedding day.
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Noetsch
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Old Wasserlembury Castle
Four Russians Begin Lonely Vigil On Drifting Ice Floe
Four Soviet explorers leave Rudolf Island as a drifting ice floe holds four men for a year at the Arctic summit. Planes return from the pole after a 558 mile flight supporting the first permanent station near the North Pole and Arctic air routes.
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North Pole
Universal Service
Moscow
Russia
Rudolf Island
Alexeyoff
San
Iabar
Schmidt
U.S.S.R
Ivan D. Papanin
Enegene Fedoroff
P.P. Shirskell
Ernest Krenke
Ga. Am
Alexeyeffs
Vodopianol
Molokot
Mazuruk
Maurie
North Pale
Lost Airliner Found Wrecked in Utah Mountains
An airliner vanished last December and was located today in the Wasatch near Lake Hardy ridge Utah. Five crew members and two passengers are believed buried in snow drifts 25 to 50 feet deep. Four locals found signs of the tragedy near 8 am and seek a $1000 reward offered by Western Air Express. Officials warn it may take days to uncover the wreckage.
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Utal
Svas
Lake Hardy Ridge
Wiens Mountain
Thin Vile
Yare
Wasatch Mountains
Soviet Maps Third Five Year Plan Aims to Overtake America
Moscow reports the Soviet Union's third five year plan aims to surpass the United States. Drafting rooms and industrial leaders prepare the framework to begin once the second plan ends. Early data suggests no change in the intensified all absorbing drive to rapidly industrialize.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
America
Leave Takeoff Delays Ike’s U Speaker Plan
A brief note from bureau sources outlines a leave turn to Bl ike with column 4 details, delaying a schedule move. The report centers on timing and routing changes affecting a key public event.
Help Others Aid Selves Best Charity
Educational essay argues true benefit comes from self help not gifts. Treatise says wealth without effort harms recipients and character shapes outcomes. Advocates building inner strength to ward off disease and overcome failings, warning against schemes that ignore human nature.
UAWA Claims Gains at Ford Plants in Nationwide Drive
United Automobile Workers leader Homer Martin says all workers at some Ford plants have signed union cards and the CIO campaign is advancing stealthily. He cites no plant names but notes momentum at Kansas City and Richmond strikes, aiming to pressure Henry Ford to sign a labor pact by next Christmas.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Homer Martin
Ford
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin
Rouge
Dearborn
Kansas City
Richmond
Calif
U. 4
W. A
CIO
Henry Ford
U. A
ACW
Service ‘Department
Marcy Bennett
Housing Program Will Be Curtailed
The administration plans a leaner slum clearance bill with about four hundred million dollars next year. Secretary Mor Renthan backs limited outlays while Congress debates financing. Sen Wagner and Treasury officials seek balance with a federal housing authority and government guaranteed obligations. Proceeds would fund slum clearance teams and related local deals, with page 3 details promised.
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Washington
Mor- Renthan
Sen. Wagner
Treasury
Wagner
Roosevelt
Sauex
Wty A
Leaders Urge Speed On FDRs Must Program in Congress
Washington June 6 New Deal leaders push rapid action on Roosevelt seven point program. Senate to dispose of 1.5 billion relief bill despite Byrnes challenge to cut to one billion. Debate looms on Public Works extension and tax disclosure clashes. House and Senate eye court size, executive reorganizations, farm tenancy, slum clearance, minimum wage, and power development measures.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Byrnes
South Carolina
New Deal
Public Works Administration
Treasury Department
Ways and Means Committee
Supreme Court
Tourist Guides To Visit Charleston Tonight For WV Tour
A 25 man delegation from state chambers of commerce and conservation officials arrive in Charleston tonight at 4 45 UDST for a week long tour of West Virginia scenic attractions. They stay at the Kanawha Daniel Boone Ruffner and Holley hotels and attend a dinner at the Daniel Boone where Mayor Dawnon will give a welcome address. The party includes travel advisers from Indiana Ohio Rhode Island Pennsylvania Kentucky Virginia and other states.
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State Chamber of Commerce
State Conservation Commission
Charleston
West Virginia
Kanawha
Daniel Boone
Ruffner
Holley
Dawnon
Indiana
Ohio
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Virginia
Steel Workers Ask Roosevelt To Settle Strike
In Youngstown Ohio a CIO SWOC rally and gunfire shake a Sabbath calm as strike leaders mobilize at two sites for mass shows of strength against three steel producers. 80 union locals urge President Roosevelt to intervene to end the steel strike and press for a joint wage agreement with Republic Steel.
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Youngstown, CO
Jund
Roosevelt
Washington
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Calumet
Inediana
White House
SWOC
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Canton
Philip Murray
Swocarers
Maretin L. Davey
Ohio
Tom Girdler
Republic. Steel Corporation
Arne
Nara Wituy
OM Ems
Dix
Republics
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Clarence Rhodes
Baltimore
Obi
Miracle Restores Sight of Veteran in Virginia
Jyncoburg Virginia July 6 Eye specialists who said a year ago Paulette Smith World War veteran had lost his sight forever report a sudden restoration of vision. Smith who became blind in June 1934 from a detached retina regained sight after awakening at dawn and turning on a light for a glass of water. The dramatic improvement occurred when the darkness lifted from his eyes.
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Jyncoburg. Va
Paulette Smith
Smith
Report Ready On Court Bill
Washington reports the senate judiciary committee has prepared an adverse report on the presidents court enlargement bill for possible action Tuesday or Wednesday. McCarran says no compromise will be noted, and rumors persist of withdrawals or retirements among justices including Chief Justice Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mr Carran
Nevada
Ope
McCarran
Supreme Court
Hughes
Pencil Cap Carried Across U S in Plane To Save Boy Life
A lead pencil cap was flown from New York to Los Angeles to aid the United States case of 12 year old Andrew Blakeley Jr who inhaled a cap into his windpipe during class at Van Nuys High School. Surgeons could not remove it with a bronchoscope and needed a matching cap to craft a tool to extract the obstruction. The cap search spurred a nationwide effort including New York police and a Newark flight hold to rush the item to the boy’s city.
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Los Angeles
New York
Andrew Blakeley, Jr
van Nuys
Newark
No. 3
Brain Operation to Remove Fear Described by Doctors
In Atlantic City two Washington physicians demonstrated a brain operation to relieve severe mental distress. A nonoperated monkey showed fear and aggression, while a operated one appeared serene and friendly, illustrating potential human benefits. The procedure is done under local anesthesia on the scalp.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Association
Washington
Walter Freeman
James W. Wahitts
George Washington University
Dr. Freeman
Public Workers New CIO Goal Drives Union War
Joby L. Lewis' Committee for Industrial Organization plans a two week membership drive targeting municipal, county, state, and federal workers. The move pits CIO against AFGE and NFFE in a struggle for government worker supremacy with aims including higher wages and shorter hours. Washington headquarters will host the drive as details are studied.
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Washington
Joby L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
C. O
American Federation of Government Employes
National Federation of Federal Employes
A. FG. E
Lryal
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of
N. F. Pe Ee Ia
Lewis
C. L
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Wally
Western Peak
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