President Wins Money Power In Conference
Senate and House conferees reach a complete agreement allowing President Roosevelt to devalue the dollar, buy foreign mined silver, and pay 70 cents an ounce for domestically mined silver. A midnight deadline looms for final votes in both chambers amid threats of a fight to the finish by opponents.
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Roosevelt
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Sen. Adams
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Byrnes
South Carolina
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Cochran
Missouri
Lartrabee
Indiana
Reed
Illinois
Andreson
Minnesota
Congress
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
Quote captures Willie Willis reflecting on family illness with worry over his mother’s health and fear about her condition. The piece centers on everyday domestic concerns and the emotional strain of a sick parent in a small town setting.
Arms embargo vote reshapes Bloom neutrality bill
In a tense 13 hour session the House adopted a Vorys amendment to the Bloom neutrality bill creating a mandatory arms embargo on lethal weapons by a 159 to 157 vote. Democratic leaders plan a roll call to try to remove the change.
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Washington
INS
House
Roosevelt
Come Vorys
Ohio
Vorys
Luther Johnson
Texas
Rep
Allen
Pennsylvania
Congress
Ler
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Nation Reaches Spending Mark
The 1939 fiscal year set records for government expenditures, appropriations, and the public debt. By year end, Congress will have appropriated about 11.5 billion dollars, the treasury spent 9.3 billion, and the public debt reached 40.4 billion. The deficit was projected at 3.5 billion, triple 1938’s.
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Washington
INS
New Deal
Roosevelt
76Th Congress
Congress
Treasury
Mad Tarzan Killed in Trap By Possemen
Roy Olson, the manhunt target dubbed Mad Tarzan, was killed by woodsmen using deer rifles after a two week pursuit through northern Wisconsin. He died as deputies and posse members closed in near Lake Namakagon, four bullets in his body. Olson had just barged into a farm home seeking escape when he was killed.
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Tarzan
Cable
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Roy Olson
Wisconsin
Olson
John Blue Sky
Carl Johnson
Fred Scott
Hayward
Johnson
Lake Namakagon
U S Continues Probe of PWA in Charleston
Mayor D Boone Dawson stated Charleston faces no financial risk from PWA funds and denied knowledge of a federal probe into workers assessed for a Republican city campaign. He added controversy exists only between contractors and PWA over subcontract participation.
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D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
PWA
Republican City Campaign Fund
Dawson
West Virginia closes fiscal year with $2 million in New York bonds
The West Virginia state treasury reports more than $2,000,000 in New York banks to cover bonded obligations including the Virginia debt and a $7,000,000 pre-1933 deficit. A cash balance of $235,000 remains in the general revenue fund as the year ends. Treasurer R. E. Talbott notes progress, with $563,920 sent to Chase National Bank for Virginia debt bonds and $328,850 for another installment on $5,000,000 revenue bonds. Bonded obligations reduced to $78,612,000, down $13.3 million since July 1, 1933.
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New York
Virginia
General Revenue
West Virginia
R. E. Talbott
Chase National Bank
Mountain State
Talbott
Kennedy Abandons Plan to Fly Home
U S Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy canceled secret Atlantic travel to confer with President Roosevelt over Danzig tensions and looming European war. Plans had called for Kennedy to sail on a Pan American Yankee Clipper from Southampton to Port Washington with a stop in Washington to report on Britain’s stance and Germany demands for living space.
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INS
Danzig
U.S
Joseph P. Kennedy
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Europe
Kennedy
Southampton
England
Port Washington
L. I
Pan-American
J. Carroll Cone
Portaceton
Italian Troop Cars Rushed to Germany
Berne dispatch says Italian railway troop cars moved continuously over the Brenner pass toward Innsbruck Salzburg and Vienna to transport German troops to Italy in case of war according to the Swiss socialist Berner Tagwacht.
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Berne
Switzerland
Berner Tagwacht
Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Salzburg
Vienna
Germany
Italy
Buckner Faces Verdict in Defraud Case at Federal Court
William P. Buckner, bondholders committee chair and Hollywood associate of Loretta Young, faces a federal trial verdict tomorrow. Judges and a nine jurors panel will hear final arguments from Buckner and co defendants Sen. Felipe Buen Camino, Capt. John Stuart Hyde, C. Wesley Turner, and William J. Gillespie as the U.S. attorney's office confirms remaining details.
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INS
William P. Buckner
Bondholders Protective Committee
Hollywood
Loretta Young
Henry W. Goddard
Buckner
Felipe Buencamino
John Stuart Hyde
C. Wesley Turner
William J. Gillespie
Wall Street
U. S
Charleston Tops State in Bank Debits for May
Charleston led West Virginia in bank debits for May with 42,273,000, nearly a third of the 135,718,000 total for 23 cities. Huntington posted 14,951,000, Wheeling 29,066,000, and Clarksburg 8,381,000 as other top figures, per the state chamber of commerce. The Charleston Clearing House reported week ending June 28 debits of 9,841,854, up slightly from a year ago.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Huntington
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Charleston Clearing House Association
Wheeliire
Clarksburg
Craig urges five hard hitting divisions for rapid strike
General Malin Craig, on the eve of retirement as army chief of staff, urged creating five small but seasoned infantry artillery divisions to strike quickly against any western hemisphere threat. He proposed expanding four existing units and adding 1,800 officers and 23,000 men to reach full peace time strength, plus a reserve to build an army of one million. He also called for an Alaska Hawaii Panama Puerto Rico outpost line and a triple air force to meet urgent needs.
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Army
Malin Craig
Hemisphere
Craig
Sec
Woodring
George C. Marshall
Congress
Puerto Rico
Air Corps
Dempsey Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey was rushed to Polyclinic hospital in New York for an emergency appendectomy. He fell ill a day earlier, with his condition worsening late this afternoon and Dr. Alfred Lilienfeld performing the operation shortly after 7 p.m. He had suffered years of intermittent sickness but delayed medical care and missed attendance at the Louis Galento title bout last night.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Polyclinic
Alfred Lilienfeld
Ickes Bids Farewell To WPA Employees
Secretary Ickes said goodbye to over 2,000 government workers being transferred from the PWA to the new Federal Works Administration under Roosevelt's reorganization. He received the roll of names and paid high tribute, noting he has taken many insults but can take this.
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Washington
INS
Sec. of the Interior
Ickes
Federal Works Administration
PWA
Federal Works Agency
Roosevelt
Germans Filter Into City While Poles Take Oath
Reports from WARSAW describe a full division of Nazi storm trooper aviators arriving in Danzig and fortifications rising on Bischof hill as Poles declare a mass oath to defend Poland. President Moscicki warns Hitler that Poland will defend its rights in Danzig and the Polish corridor with sacrifices.
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Hitler
Warsaw
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Bischof Hill
Free City
Poland
Ignace Moscicki
Baltic
Germany
Vistula
Matzkau
East Prussia
Halifax Address Draws Quick Nazi Rebuff In Berlin
In Berlin on June 29 Nazi spokesmen dismissed Viscount Halifax's warning of Britain's strength and a call for Germany to join talks as "old stuff" and asserted Britain must prove peaceful intent by conceding to the Reich, signaling a tough reply to Britain.
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Viscount Halifax
Britain
Germany
Lord Halifax
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M En
London
Great Britain
Danzig
German 600000 Reservists Drafted Amid Baltic Tensions
Paris reports say 600000 German reservists have been called up and France has assured Poland of automatic military aid if attacked. French agents also indicate German army officers and Nazi units are moving toward Danzig, the Free City, seen by Poland as vital to its existence.
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Germany
France
Poland
Danzig
Baltic
Reich
England Ready to Plunge Into Any Conflict Over Aggression
In a momentous address Lord Halifax warns Hitler and Mussolini Britain will act "at once" to defend Poland if aggression continues. He stresses deeds over words, pledges to resist force, and prospects of a broader Anglo French Soviet alliance while urging restraint and unity among nations.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Ignace Moscicki
Hitler
Danzig
Royal Institute of International Affairs
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Halifax
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