Solons Attack Parts of FDR Lending Plan
Washington reports mounting congressional opposition to aspects of President Roosevelt's 3.86 billion lending program. RFC may finance the Export-Import Bank to aid foreign governments while senatorial leaders debate funding for railroad equipment and rural electrification, with relief bill moves and a silver price vote looming.
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Borah
Idaho
Taft
Ohio
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Norris
Ind
Neb
la Follette
Wis
Sen. Byrnes
S. C
Sen. Miller
Ark
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
A humorous note by Robert Quillen about a child named Willie Willis wishing his mother served beef roast for guests and preferring fried chicken without reminders of table manners. The piece captures small town domestic quirks with gentle wit.
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Mamma
Soviet Claims Large Scale Air Victories Over Border Skirmish
Moscow reports the first official admission of large scale air and land hostilities along the Mongolia Manchukuo frontier. A government communiqué says 56 Japanese Manchukuoan planes were shot down, 14 Soviet-Mongolian planes lost, amid heavy ground and air fighting with near 1,000 casualties.
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Outer Mongolia
Manchukuo
Tokyo
Townsend revolt fuels Townsend reunion split in movement
Indianapolis reports show Dr. Francis E Townsend urging supporters at a 1940 Townsend congress while insurgents plot an independent body. The rally drew about 10 000 to 12 000 as leadership tensions surfaced over succession and control of the pension movement.
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California
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Chicago
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Future Is Ours Hitler Tells Allies in Munich
Adolf Hitler declared the Italo German alliance capable of overcoming all outside resistance and securing the future for Italy and the Reich. He warned Britain and France that their encirclement efforts would fail and signaled plans tied to Danzig and French North Africa, pledging joint sacrifice with Mussolini for Germany and Italy.
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Lamour and Kay Eye Remarriage After Trial Separation
Chicago June 25 Dorothy Lamour and Herbie Kay discuss a six month separation with potential remarriage after the period. Lamour previously said marriage would hinder careers but now hints they may reunite if feelings persist.
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Dorothy Lamour
Herbie Kay
Miss Lamour
Wall Street weighs FDR long range investment plan
New York June 25 AP The Roosevelt proposal spurs Wall Street to consider the growing role of federal corporations and credit agencies in finance. Analysts see state capitalism as markets stay cautious with nearly 4 billion dollars in potential public investment and a week of light stock trading.
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New York
Roosevelt
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Reconstruction Corporation
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HOLC
Financial District
Goebbels Says England Stands As Idiot In Strength Show
In Essen Goebbels declares Britain cannot compete with German might after Chamberlain praises Britain's growing navy army and air force. He cites colonies and says England stands as an idiot while German Volkstum celebrations emphasize loyalty to the fatherland.
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Wales
England
Clipper Ends Preview Trip to Europe from Port Washington
The Pan American Atlantic clipper completed its fifth round trip mail flight to Europe with seven newspaper reporters among the original observers aboard. The ship finished the Azores leg at 10 33 am EST as the Dixie clipper prepares to inaugurate official passenger service to Marseille via the Azores and Lisbon. The Yankee clipper was weather bound on its inaugural northern route at She Diac New Brunswick.
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U. S
Europe
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Azores
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Royalty Arrives Without Fan Fare in White Sulphur Springs
Prince Olav and Princess Martha reached White Sulphur Springs quietly to rest after a cross country tour from New York on April 27. The Norwegian heir and his wife, traveling with Minister Wilhelm Sorgensteinne, will stay until Tuesday before continuing to Richmond Philadelphia and Boston en route back to New York.
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Fight Over Neutrality Bill Promises Stormy House Debate
In Washington lawmakers prepare for a two day general debate on the administration neutrality revision bill. Rep Bloom says passage is likely but amendments will be allowed while Rep Fish vows to oppose unless the arms embargo is restored or the bill is recommitted. The clash centers on defining combat areas and whether ships carrying munitions may trade with belligerents.
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U. S
House
Rept. Bloom
D.-N.y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rept
Fish
R.-N.y
Foreign Affairs Committee
Tinkham
R.-Mass
Downtown Sale For Game Ends At 2 P.M. Today
Downtown baseball fans seeking tickets to the St. Louis Pittsburgh major league exhibition at Kanawha Park tonight must buy by 2 in the afternoon. The downtown ticket office at Moore's Book Store opposite the post office closes then and all tickets move to the ball park box office. Ticket info is available by calling 37-511 from 9 a.m. until game time. Proceeds of the game will
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Moore’s Book Store
Ball Park
Britain Ready To Take Action Against Japan
Britain plans retaliatory measures against Japan before week end if Tokyo refuses to negotiate the Tientsin dispute. London officials say the cabinet could authorize action at Wednesday's meeting as Tokyo silent on whether regional demands are approved by its government. The row began after Britain refused to hand over four Chinese believed involved in a Tientsin official’s assassination and Japanese demands escalated.
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Italy Faces Possible U S Countervailing Tariffs Over Silk
Washington reports Italy may soon face U S countervailing duties on exports after Bernard Wait heads to Rome for talks on subsidies to silk exports. State department circles urge caution while Britain pressures and anti German sentiment in Italy offer hope Mussolini may drift from the axis.
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State Department
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Capital gossip columnist tarred and beaten near Warrenton
Count Igor Cassini, gossip columnist for a Washington paper, was dragged from a Warrenton country club by five youths who tarred and feathered him and beat him severely. After a three mile walk home with one shoe, he was driven to hospital and later to friends in Warrenton. Warrants were sworn for Colin Montgomery and Alexander Calvert, sons of Virginia families, but none were located.
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Alexander Calvert
Virginia
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Igor (Gee - Gee) Cassini
Washington, D. C
Here
Fauquier County
Cassini
Warrenton Country Club
Indignities At Barrier Spark Shock In British Concession
The British community protests after a British couple Mr. and Mrs. D Finlay are searched at a barrier with the wife forced to remove clothes down to a girdle. U S seaman Robert S Casey detained four days. Japanese officials express regret. Tensions rise as martial law tightens near the French zone with restricted entry and milk supplies cut.
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International Country Club
Herbert
U. S
John K. Caldwell
Robert S. Casey
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Wash
Shigenori Tashiro
E. G. Jamieson
International Bridge
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Toshiro
Tashiro
Casey
Poland Orders Air Raid Shelters in Public Areas
Warsaw reports all large Polish towns are ordered to dig trenches in public gardens and open squares to serve as air raid shelters. Individuals building new homes must include shelters and owners of old houses are to strengthen cellars in case of emergency.
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IRA Invades Dublin as Ireland Frays Under Terrorism Wave
Tension rises across Eire as troops and police move to key points amid IRA threats and a confrontation at a Dublin rail station. About 200 IRA members from Belfast reportedly arrived to greet protesters with banners calling for British exit from Ulster and end to De Valera rule.
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Eire
Irish Republican Army
Eamon de Valera
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Ulster
Northern Ireland
Brawl at Madison Square Garden Disrupts Bible Rally
A large melee at Madison Square Garden during a Watchtower Bible and Tract Society rally led by Judge J R Rutherford left a 14 year old girl seriously injured and over 200 others hurt. Five men were arrested as police intervened after balcony followers of Fr Charles E Coughlin clashed with ushers.
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Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Madison Square Garden
J. R. Rutherford
Charles E. Coughlin
Rutherford
Bay State Group Seeks FDR Third Term
In Boston on June 25 the Young Democrats of Massachusetts voted 20 to 3 to urge President Roosevelt to run for a third term. Three members dissented, saying he should decide without a draft.
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