Senate Approves $1.6 Billion Tax Bill Before Deadline
The Senate passed the $1.644 billion business recovery tax measure without a record vote and sent it to conference with the House, aiming for enactment before taxes expire at midnight June 30. The Silver bloc vows to stall further legislation until the monetary bill is acted on, while the WPA appropriation awaits Senate action.
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Washington
INS
White House
Senate
House
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Sen. LaFollette (P
Wisconsin
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
LaFollette
Tydings
Poisoning sickens 31 cosmetology exam takers inOhio
In Columbus on June 22, 31 women taking state board of cosmetology exams were stricken with food poisoning and collapsed in a state office building. Nine remained in St. Francis hospital for observation while the rest were released. Victims aged 15 to 26, mostly from Akron Kent and Ravenna, were linked to a cold plate lunch. Howard L. Shearer said the first signs appeared as chairs toppled and some rolled in agony.
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Columbus
St. Francis Hospital
Akron
Kent
Ravenna
Howard L. Shearer
State Board of Cosmetology
Willie's Dilemma Tests Leadership in the Gang
The speaker notices a new fellow who acts prudent and intelligent. He wants the smart recruit but fears two leaders cannot divide command and raises doubt about sharing leadership in their gang.
Seven Die in Chinatown Tenement Fire
A three hour blaze in New York City's Chinatown tenement killed seven residents and injured several others. Firefighters subdued the flames after heavy smoke and flames swept Dover Street, endangering hundreds of residents.
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Chinatown
Dover Street
New York
Record Farm Fund Slashed by House To $1 187 000 000
The House reduced the agriculture bill to 1 187 000 000 dollars after adopting Senate amendments for 225 600 000 for parity payments and 113 000 000 for surplus disposal. It rejected higher farm tenant funds and kept the House-advanced figures 24 984 500 and sent the measure back to the Senate.
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Record Farm
Washington
INS
House Tonight
Senate
House
Britain's Bid To Soviet Fails In Moscow Exchange
In Moscow on June 22 the Soviet government gave a formal reply to Britain and France on mutual assistance pact proposals. The note said the latest ideas were not an improvement and not even new. Vyacheslav Molotov handed the reply to the British and French ambassadors and to William Strang, whose mission to Moscow to advance negotiations is seen as failing.
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Moscow
Foreign Office
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
William Strang
Leche Resigns as Louisiana Governor amid WPA Fraud Rumors
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 22 In a shock move Gov Richard W Leche resigns amid fraud allegations in the state WPA program and rising speculation of a Harris Long era style panic. Leche says resignation takes effect within a week due to continuing arthritis illness and tells reporters he will step down.
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Baton Rouge
INS
Louisiana
WPA
Richard W. Leche
Huey P. Long
U. S
Leche
Works Progress Administration
Chamberlain Hopes For Peaceful Resolution In Far East
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain insisting on a peaceful settlement with Japan over British subjects in Tientsin. He warned retaliatory action would come only if negotiations fail, while opposition pressed for stronger measures amid escalating indignities. The exchange occurred during a heated question hour in Parliament led by Geoffrey L. Mander.
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London
Chamberlain
Far East
Japan
Tientsin
House of Commons
Geoffrey L. Mander
New Type Lenses Offer Vision to Partially Blind Patients
A teleptic magnifier lens with 300 percent magnification promises vision for the partially blind. Dr. William Feinbloom of New York notes seven blind children returned to public schools, with 29 optic nerve atrophy cases aided. The one inch lens, combining three to five lenses per eye, fits ordinary frames and can read print. a Summit, New Jersey patient showed enough vision to see cars, movies, and captions.
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William Feinbloom
New York
Feinbloom
Jap Warning Defied Naval Forces Doubled at Swatow
In Swatow, U S and Britain doubled naval strength after a belated warning to leave the zone of hostilities. Admiral Yarnell rejected the warning and reaffirmed protection of American citizens, with Pillsbury joined by Pope and Asheville to safeguard 48 Americans, as Thanet and two British merchantmen evacuated 70 women and children.
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Shanghai
U. S
Great Britain
South China
Swatow
Harry E. Yarnell
U. S. Navy Department
Yarnell
Pillsbury
Pope
Asheville
Hongkong
Britain
Scout
Enty
Who Hit Whom Is Big Puzzle
Broadway tonight wrestles with a confusing tally of alleged sockings at La Conga. The all star cast includes Peter Arno Bruce Cabot Brenda Frazier Franklin D Roosevelt Jr Hoot Gibson and Mario Tosatti as conflicting accounts swirl about who struck whom and for what cause.
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New York
Broadway
la Conga
Peter Arno
Bruce Cabot
Brenda Frazier
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Washington
Hyde Park
Hoot Gibson
Mario Tosatti
Peter
Brenda
Windsors Attend German Ambassador Dinner in Paris
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were honored guests at a dinner hosted by German ambassador Count Johannes Von Welczek in Paris on the eve of the duke’s 45th birthday. About 20 diplomats attended as the couple received a Nazi salute upon arrival and departure.
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Paris
INS
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Johannes von Welczek
France
Germany
Count von Welczek
Spain
Self-Liquidating Plan and Family Scene at Newark Hospital
In Newark a family moment shows Hazel Ann Fortel, extreme left, and parents Sidney A Fortel and Mrs Fortel. The caption notes Hazel Ann’s birth as a boy who surprised the family and the father’s forgiving stance.
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Hazel Ann Fortel
Sidney A. Fortel
Mrs. Fortel
Newark
Papa
Hazel Ann
British Rulers Return to Ovation After Empire Tour
In London on June 22 AP reports a raucous welcome as King and Queen return from North America after their empire tour. The scene resembled an American football homecoming with shouts of welcome home well done stout work and good show. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose joined the royals aboard the Empress of Britain in the English Channel.
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London
England
Empire
North America
New York
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
English Channel
Bluefield Man Gets Five Years
Bluefield Virginia man Hobart Rakes, once listed by the FBI among public enemies, receives five years in Atlanta for liquor charges. Judge McClintic remarks the man should be in Alcatraz, noting lack of power to send him there. Rakes has a long criminal record and earlier forged a pardon from James Damron. Accomplice Charles Dean Baldwin gets two years in Lewisburg on a similar plea. A third man was arrested with them.
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Bluefield
Hobart Rakes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
Alcatraz
George W. McClintic
Rakes
James Damron
West Virginia
Charles Dean Baldwin
Lewisburg
Jersey Man Named Rotarians President
Rotary International elected Walter D. Head of Montclair New Jersey as its president succeeding George C. Hager of Chicago. Head won on a second ballot after three candidates failed to gain a majority earlier in the day and Richard C. Hedke of Detroit was eliminated.
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Cleveland
Rotary International Tonight
Walter D
Montclair
N. J
George C. Hager
Chicago
Amos O Squire
Ossining
N. Y
Richard C. Hedke
Detroit
Boy Must Give Up Ice Cream 3 Days
Four year old Ronnie Burgess watched his father fill tanks on cars and tried to help with a tin cup. A yard sentence of three days without ice cream or candy followed after someone discovered his efforts. A lighthearted note ends with a truck won’t run on sand.
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Point Pleasant
Ronnie Burgess
Thornton Burgess
Ronnie
Army Air Bill Goes to Senate
The House sent to the Senate a $292,695,547 supplemental military appropriations bill to expand the army air corps to 5,500 planes and reinforce Panama defenses. The action lifts the peacetime defense total to $1.8 billion for 1940, aiming for a combined air armada of 9,000 war planes by July 1941.
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Washington
INS
Army Air Corps
Panama Canal
House
Senate
U. S
Army
Navy
Parkway Delay Thought Unlikely
Mayor D Boone Dawson said there was little chance Dravo would curtail work due to river bank right of way. Orville Auhl noted one derrick boat being removed as no space to operate. Dawson said 1,300 feet plus 1,000 feet between Capitol and Court streets are now available and condemna tion suits will proceed to Elizabeth street.
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D. Boone Dawson
Dravo Corporation
Orville Auhl
Dravo Company
Dawson
Col. C. P. Fortney
Capitol
Court Streets
Elizabeth Street
Court
Park Construction Company
Park Company
Dravo
Public Works Plan Seeks Self Sustaining Revolving Fund
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve a long range 3.86 billion public works program starting in July with projects designed to be self liquidating. The plan covers seven areas including waterworks roads rail equipment and rural electrification with emphasis on rapid start and future revolving funding.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Byrnes
South Carolina
House For Public Works
Senate
White House
Works Progress Administration
WPA
U. S. Housing Authority
Federal Works Agency
Farm Security Administration
House of Representatives
Garner
House
Bankhead
Barkley
Rayburn
Sen
Wagner
Harrison
Glass
Rep
Doughton
Taylor
Steagall
PWA
Ickes
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