Wage Hour Bill Sparks Southern Wage Differentials Debate
Eighteen southern senators threaten to stall the wage bill to win lower minima for the south. A conference reopens the wage question as Ellender says negotiators virtually accept some southern suggestions. A 23 to 40 cent plan faces stiff Southern opposition for a rigid seven year rate. Local living costs and freight rates are proposed as exemptions. Senate adjournment remains clouded with possible pace change.
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Washington
South
Sixte
Sen
Ellender
Conference Committee
Congress
Barkkey
Kentucky
Senate
Quints Meet Five Red Cocker Spaniels in Ontario
NORTH BAY Ont June 2 Five Dionne quints receive five red cocker spaniels aged nine weeks as Film Actor Jean Hersholt visits the playground The quints gather and examine the new pets Marie leads in handling a pup as director Herbert Leeds plans to use the dogs in the film sequence marking the quints first pet experiences and a new on set moment in the production.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne Nursery
Jean Hersholt
Marie
Yvonne
Herbert Leeds
Sudden Death Claims 25th Traffic Victim in Kanawha
A sedan crashed into a telephone pole at Snow Hill in Kanawha county. David B. Barlow 25 of South Malden was killed. John W. Fox 24 of 406 Brown street, an Owens-Illinois Glass employee, was reported near death at McMillan hospital.
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Kanawha County
Snow Hill
David B. Barlow
South Malden
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
John W. Fox
Brown Street
McMillan Hospital
Chiang Seeks Aid For China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek urged friendly powers to fulfill treaty obligations and aid China with sanctions, arms embargoes, and trade boycotts against Japan. He spoke from Hankow as refugees fled three cities amid ongoing Japanese advances, while Chengchow faced bombardment and civilians fled toward Hankow and Canton.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Pon
Chiang
Hankow
Japan
League of Nations
Chengchow
Henan Province
Yangtze River
Canton
Roosevelt and Clark Apply for Marriage License in Nahant
Anne Lindsay Clark and John A. Roosevelt, youngest son of the president, filled out their wedding license application and paid 42 to Clerk Leeon M. Delano at Nahant town hall. The ceremony is set for June 13 as photographers on the town hall steps record the moment.
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Nahant
Mass
Anne Lindsay Clark
John A. Roosevelt
Leeon M. Delano
Town Hall
Dan Cupid Eyes a Gman Bride Rumor
New York reports Mrs. Lela E. Rogers mother of Ginger Rogers may wed J. Edgar Hoover head of the FBI. Hoover reportedly spoke by phone about a potential engagement while details hint at political timing and budget talk.
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New York
Lela E. Rogers
Ginger Rogers
Edgar Hoover
Rivers Measure Ts Sent to FDR
Washington June 9 The bill authorizing 375 million dollars for rivers and harbors projects headed to President Roosevelt for signature after House approval. The omnibus measure approves construction as funds become available and includes 156 local works and 100 rest.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Sen
Norrix
Army Engineers
Gag Rule Invoked After Filibuster at Boys' State
Jackson's Mill June 9 A gag rule was invoked after a filibuster in the Boys State senate the first in three years of the program William Parsons of Logan led the move by reading the constitution and reciting pastry quotes He charged Gov Will Miller of Charleston with approving gubernatorial appointments without constitutional or legislative consent The governor remained silent during the standoff as a compromise was reached before Page 8 Part 1 Col 3
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Jackson's Mill
API
William Parsons
Logan
Parsons
Will Miller
Charleston
Miller
Capitol
Asleep For 50 Days, New York Tot Dies
Eighteen month old Elsie Palazzo died in a Niagara Falls hospital after sleeping fifty days following an early April measles attack. Doctors diagnosed her illness as a form of meningitis.
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New York
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Elsie Palazzo
Adjournment Set for Tuesday
President Roosevelt set adjournment for Tuesday night as Congress pressed bills on recovery wage hour and anti monopoly before his departure for his son’s wedding on June 18. Leaders discussed swift adjournment but warned filibusters could derail the plan. House and Senate leaders expected action on wage hour with hopes of agreement despite opposition.
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Washington
UIS
Roosevelt
Compress
Hor Miling
Congress
John
Ann Linds
Clark
Mubant
Mase
Alben W. Barkley
White House
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn Ander
Barkley
McNary
Oregon
Charleston Honored On Maj Bowes Radio Night
Maj Edward Bowes praised Charleston as a rapidly rising industrial and commercial center on his national radio program. Mayor Dawson proclaimed the city an honorary citizen, while local amateurs Mina iti and Miss Murphy drew votes amid a busy Charleston reception and 12 000 telephone calls.
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Nadia
William Minoili
Mary Magdalene Murphy
Minaiti
New York Playhouse
Charleston
Vicinity
Miss Murphy
Herb Taubier
Ohio
Maj
Bowes
Maj. Bowes
Fram Gay
Tomer
Norris Proposes Plan to Curb Japanese Bombings
Washington dispatch reports Sen. Norris plans to halt or cut arms shipments to China and Japan if non-military targets in China face continued bombing. He urges compiling U S war material flows to both nations to justify possible nationwide embargoes. Ambassador Grew delivered the protest to Tokyo at the State Department’s direction amid attacks on civil targets.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
China
Sen
Norris
Ind-Neb
Orient
Tokyo
U. S
Atttackson
Joseph Grew
University of Lingar
Vris Ati
Sen. Boralk JR
Idahos
Civil
Col
Decrease Noted In Liquor Sales In West Virginia
West Virginians bought about 40 000 gallons less liquor in the first quarter, cutting the state liquor central commission receipts by about a quarter of a million dollars. Dollar sales fell about 6 percent while volume dropped around 3.8 percent due to lower prices. Total first quarter sales were 3 849 922 dollars compared with 4 101 921 last year, and 638 311 gallons this year versus 678 049 gallons in 1920.
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West
BE. Kelly
Commission
Kentucky
WPA Fund Boost Gets Approval in Congress
Washington June 9. President Roosevelt’s request to raise the WPA appropriation to 1.425 billion dollars won approval from a joint Senate House committee. He had originally recommended 1.25 billion. the House approved that, while the Senate bumped it higher. The president said no unemployment improvement has occurred since the request seven weeks ago and that the larger sum would be desirable. The conference committee met to reconcile differences between the House and Senate bills.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Work Relief Organization
Bankhead
Congressional Conference
Cnmmittes
Indy
Mem
Luise Rainer Divorces Odets Over Mental Cruelty
Luise Rainer filed for divorce from playwright Clifford Odets charging mental cruelty and ungovernable temper. She accuses him of neglect during illness and of pressuring her to abandon her screen career, with separation persisting as he worked in New York and she in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
INS
Luise Rainer
Shushand
Clifford Odets
Miss Rainer
New York
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Martin Gang
Odets
Qgdets
London
Golden
Britain Signals New War Debt Settlement Plan
London sources report the British government plans a fresh offer to settle wartime debt to the United States. The scheme would repay principal with deductions for past interest and principal payments, providing about 200 million dollars annually for a period not exceeding ten years, tied to an Anglo American trade pact and linked to stalled negotiations.
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William Hillman
London
U. SS
Chamberlain
China to Use Hit and Run Strategy Against Japanese
Canton's defenders face 6,000 wounded as Japan resumes air raids over Canton. Despite a two day lull, Japanese planes threaten again with high altitude bombers. Anti-aircraft fire proves largely ineffective as Chinese forces brace for renewed assaults near Hankow and ongoing front pressure from Chiang Kai-shek.
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China
Canton
Japan
Cuming
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Frozen Bread Kept Fresh Six Months
Washington June 9 The Agriculture Department disclosed a bread freezing method that keeps bread fresh for six to eight months. Dr J A Le Clerc of the chemistry and soils bureau notes the process may become important in war or other emergencies.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
J. A. le Clerc
Chemistry and Soils Bureau
McCall Faces Death Under State Law
Miami Florida June 9 The Florida statute under which Franklin Pierce McCall 21 confessed accomplice in the kidnap murder of Simmy Cash 5 faces death reads Whoever without lawful authority shall forcibly or secretly confine imprison inveigle or induce any person with intent to hold such person for a ransom to be paid for the release of such person and whoever shall in any manner aid in confining imprisoning or inveigling such person shall be guilty of kidnapping and punished by death unless a majority of the jury recommends mercy in which event punishment shall be life imprisonment.
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Miami
Fla
Jimmy Cash
Franklin Pierce McCall
Geman
J. Edgar Hoover
Cash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
McCall
James Bailey Cash
Princeton
Husky McCall
George A. Worley
Arthur Gomez
Worley
Tansom
Florida
S. Ti Kendrick
Homestead
Little
Skeegie
Thomas Otte
D.C. Coleman
Simmy Cash
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