Senate debates WPA aid and utility spending bill
The Senate rejected the Maloney amendment to impose compulsory arbitration on city utility purchases and advanced a spending lending bill totaling 3.422 billion after five hours of argument. Norris and Schwellenbach denounced utility lobbyists while Barkley signaled a long session to push the measure toward passage.
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Senate
Marloney
D-Conn
Maloney
Barkley
Administration
Norris
Ind-Neb
Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Philip H. Gadsden
Committee of Utility Executives
Gadsden
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Group
House
Lodge
Lodgead
Adams
D-Cole
Hayden
D-Arizy
Wagner
Ten Killed Six Hurt in Coal Mine Gas Explosion
SCRANTON June 2 AP Ten men died and six were injured in a gas explosion deep in Volpe Coal Company's mine in eastern Pennsylvania's anthracite field. Rescue crews in gas masks searched for two miners reported in the mine. Names of the dead include Alex Glanko and John Clark of Moosic, John Kovaleskie, Martin Wozneski, John Lokuta, John Phillips of Dupont, Sam Adonizio of Hughestown, Adam Mark, Gus Bostick, and Michael Guzzy of Dupont. Injured were taken to Pittston hospital, with seriously hurt Pete Mergantini of Pittston and Joseph Waskiewicz of Dupont. Musto, first to exit, had rib fractures and was reunited with his wife.
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Scranton
Volpe Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Alex Glanko
John Clark
Moosic
John Kovaleskie
Martin Wozneski
John, Lokuta
John Phillips
Dupont
Sam Adonizio
Hughestown
Adam Mark
Gus Bostick
Michael Guzzy
Pittston Hospital
Pete Mergantini
Pittston
Joseph Waskiewicz
Peter Daslak
Wyoming
Warner Post
Peter Nardone
Joseph Musto
Musto
Search for Cash Boy Body Amid Kidnaping Probe
A sprawling search in Princeton with 600 residents resembles an armed camp as khaki troops, Red Cross kitchens, and veterans in pistols comb streets while 65 boats cover 175 miles of Biscayne Bay shoreline and 251 miles of Everglades canals. Navy planes, divers, and Ishmael Cash fly over the area as reports of suspicious cars bearing children spread nationwide.
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Princeton
Red Cross
Biscayne Bay
Here
Everglades
Ishmael Cash
Oneida
N. Y
Maryland
Florida
Bethesdeda
Lakeland
Fla
Senators Clash Over Utility Stock Policy Debate
Senator Minton argues that widows and orphans do not invest in utility stocks while Senator Bone warns that a restrictive amendment would reverse New Deal power policies and invite endless court actions just as the Supreme Court has been ruling in favor. The exchange centers on Roosevelt administration hostility to business and the fate of utility shares.
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Senate
Howe
PWA
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
House
Norris
Gadsden
Power Trust
Nebraskan
Schnellenbach
Bailey
D-Nc
Ing
Roosevelt
Minton
D-Ind
Bone
D-Wash
Supreme Court
Four Killed and 21 Hurt in Truck Bus Collision
A head on crash near Stephensville Texas between a truck and a bus carrying a San Antonio orchestra and entertainment group killed four people and injured 21. Fire and a gas tank explosion followed the wreck. most occupants escaped. Names include Herman Lemons Wendy Matthews Frances Valdez and Flora Garcia with others hospitalized.
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Stephensville
Tex
San Antonio
Here
Orcchestral
Herman Lemons
Junction
Frances Valdez
Flora Garcia
Miss Garcia
Wendy Matthews
Pons Becomes Bride of Radio Orchestra Leader
Norwalk, Conn June 2 Lily Fons, French singer, married radio orchestra conductor Andre Kostelanetz after a lengthy courtship. The ceremony took place at her Silvermine estate in a flower filled cottage with Judge Nehemiah Candee officiating. Attending were Geraldine Farrar Grace Moore and Gladys Swarthout, noted on concert and operatic stages.
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Norwalk
Conn
Lily Fons
Andre Kostelanetz
Radio Orchestra
Kostelanetz
Silvermine
City Hall
Nehemiah Candee
Norwalk City Court
Geraldine Farrar
Grace Moore
Gladys Swarthout
Summer Slump Closes Kentucky Distilleries
In Louisville on June 2, the Schenley Products Company announced the closing of its Stagg plant at Frankfort, signaling that Kentucky's whisky distilling industry is largely shut down. With 67 distilleries, only a few remain active as demand falls and stockpiles stay high, affecting about 1,500 workers.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Schenney Products Company
Stagg
Frankfort
Schenley
Dramatic turn in Harlan labor hearing in Kentucky
London Kentucky June 2 AP The Harlan labor trial veers as defense accuses government of intimidating witnesses A motion seeks contempt against FBI agent M O Leary for arresting two defendants Merle Middleton and Lee Hubbard former Harlan County sheriff's deputies Also charged Sammy Thomas poolroom employee ages Ky Bonds set at 3000 Each waived hearing and await November grand jury The case links to Musick killing and alleged conspiracy by mine guards and coal firms against union organizing in Wagner act context
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London
Harlan Labor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
O’leary
Merle Middleton
Lee Hubbard
Harlan County
Harlan County Sheriff's Deputies
O'Leary
Sammy Thomas
Ages
Hubbard
Middleton
Brien McMahon
United States
Ernest Huff
Huff
Bennett Musick
Huf
Musick
United Mine Workers of America
Harden ‘Coal Corporations
FHA Disobeys Cost Rules, Martin Charges in House
Washington June 2 AP Representative Martin R Mass told the house that United States housing authority officials were disobeying the law by evading the 10 percent cost requirement for low cost housing projects. He spoke during debate on a bill to waive the requirement and permit a $300,000,000 expansion.
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Washington
Martin
Mass
House Today
United States Housing Authority
Congress
Fayetteville Woman Seriously Injured in Crash
Mrs. William A. Spencer, 32, of Fayetteville, was badly hurt when her car hit a concrete bridge abutment south of Litchfield. She suffered shock and internal injuries at the local hospital. Driver Maxwell Weinstock, 21, an Arkansas student, and Floyd Richardson, 21, both Arkansas students from Fayetteville, were unhurt. Spencer is a Fayetteville attorney and Northwestern University student.
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Litchfield
William A. Spencer
Fayetteville
Ack
Here
Maxwell Weinstock
University of Arkansas
Spencer
Floyd Richardson
Arkansas
Chicago
Northwestern University
Gillette Senates On Non-Iowans' Interference Attempt
In Dubuque Iowa Senator Guy M. Gillette blasted Tommy Corcoran and a group of non-Iowans for trying to sway Iowa Democrats regarding the senatorial nomination. He accused supporters of outside figures including Governor La Follette and UAW leader Homer Martin of plotting to influence the party, calling them political termites seeking to seize control in 1940. He spoke at a brewery workers picnic as Wearin campaigned in eastern Iowa.
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Iowa
Otha D. Wearin
Wearin
Davey Fort
Gillette
Corcoran
Phillip la Follette
Wisconsin
Maury Maverick
Texas
WPA
Harry Hopkins
New York
Homer Martin
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Questioning USHA chief sparks uproar in housing debate
Speaker Martin rails at Nathan Straus of USHA, challenging his authority and denouncing bureaucratic power. He asks who Straus is to surpass Congress and frame law. The exchange highlights tension over the housing program and bureaucratic control.
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Sion
Straus
Nathan Straus
USHA
Congress of the United States
Martin
Final Struggle On Wage Hour Bill Is Begun
Washington June 2 AP A conference committee seeks a bedrock wage floor with 25 cents an hour and 44 hours weekly as possible anchors. House calls for 25 cents rising to 40 cents in three years with 44 hours. Senate favors 40 cents and 40 hours but allows exemptions. A compromise may combine provisions. Senator Thomas expects quick completion before June 11 adjournment.
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Washington
Senate-House
House
Senate
Conference
Thomas
Utah
Conference Committee
Fish Says Get Rid of FDR to Bolster Trade
Representative Fish of New York told the House that restoring business confidence requires getting rid of Franklin D Roosevelt. He argued the country suffers from a destruction of confidence and the President, and removing the latter would quickly heal the former.
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Fish
Washington
House
Franklin
Roosevelt
Unsigned note puzzles Arkansas slaying case
An unsigned note found in Hope Arkansas adds a new question for authorities investigating the deaths of a young matron and her married daughter at Ozan. Mayor J S Crane of Oran reported discovering the note an hour and a half after Sheriff James B. Brown arrived at the scene.
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Bearden
E. E. Haselman
Crane
Haselman
Wilbur Robins
Hope, Ark
Ozan
Here
J. S. Crane
Oran
James
NERB seeks to overturn order in Ford case
The National Labor Relations Board asked the sixth U. S. circuit court of appeals to set aside its May 9 order, allow the board to withdraw a decree against Ford Motor Co, and return the case to jurisdiction. Regional Director Philip G. Phillips in Cincinnati cited the Supreme Court Republic, Steel decision and urged reconsideration of depositions among NLRB attaches related to the December 22 order mandating reinstatement of 29 Ford Michigan plant workers.
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Covington
National Labor Rations Board
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ford Motor Company
Philip G. Phillips
Cincinnati
U. S. Supreme Court
Republic
Steel
Ford Company
NLRB
Ford
Michigan
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Chuck) Warner
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