Congress Ends Session Amid Budget Clash and Filibuster
Senators voted to override the president on a 3.75 billion lending spending bill while critics cited achievements such as blocking the government reorganization plan. The adjournment shifted attention to upcoming elections, with battles over policy and press rights flagging the nation’s political divide. Vitus Bering is noted for discovering the Bering Strait and Bering Sea in July 1728.
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William B. Bankhead
Eccles Would Loosen Loans For Business
Eccles argues for loosened bank lending rules to aid small and medium local businesses. He cites regulatory limits on bank investments and the burden of registering securities, noting larger firms access credit while smaller units struggle. He defends Federal Reserve role and contends banks pay disguised taxes through reserve stock purchases.
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Churches Change Ruling For Nominating Officers
RELOIT Wis June 16 AP The general council of Congregational and Christian churches amended by laws to end the moderator's sole power to nominate half the nominating committee. Roger W Babson Boston economist abandoned his one church one vote plan. He retired from moderator to assure unbiased action. Congregationalism is to be humanized not mechanized.
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Senators Favor Action To Halt Armament Race
Washington June 18 AP reports several prominent senators favored moving to halt the mad arms race. No indication the administration sees the moment as ripe for such an attempt. Secretary Hull said the U.S. had not approached other nations on the idea. Prime Minister Chamberlain dodged a question about United States proposals.
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United States
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24 Union Members Arrested at Ford Gate
DETROIT June 16 AP Two international officers of the United Automobile Workers and 22 union members were arrested by Dearborn police while attempting to distribute literature at the Ford Rouge plant gates. R. J. Thomas a UAW vice president and Fred C. Pie per, finance committee chairman, were booked along with Mrs Zygmund Dobrzynsk wife of the Ford organizing director. They were charged with traffic violations for passing out literature and face prosecution, a departure from prior releases.
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Ia Dearborn
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Dearborn
Joseph E. Greene
Call Checkup of Use of Federal Funds Farefal
The Senate assigned its campaign expenditures committee to investigate whether federal funds were used to influence this year’s political contests. Republicans and some Democrats called the move farcical while Senator McNary urged a delayed inquest. Senator Wheeler condemned the action as fooling the people, noting no benefit and urging the Hatch and Austin amendments to ban political use of funds.
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State Patrol Radio Stations Handle 1 690 Calls Month
State patrol radio stations handle 1690 calls in a month as the new network expands with KIUK to be replaced and a Kirkwood station planned once funds allow Capt. Wherritt notes progress alongside KTUK and other new facilities. The American Gladiolus Society has registered more than 2248 gladiolus varieties.
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Declining Birth Rates Provokes State Program
A Missouri education program on maternal and infant hygiene will launch July 5, sponsored by the state health department the university extension bureau and the Missouri Medical Association. Two authorities will tour the state within a year to stress early medical advice during pregnancy and regular visits after birth.
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Harry F. Parker
Destitute Street Relief Crisis Hits Cleveland
Destitute men and women, desperate for food, beg door to door in a middle class area. Relief investigator Emma Svee describes scavenging for celery scraps at a market. Frank Buona says food orders are limited to sick or young families since June 1. WPA to remove thousands from direct relief rolls as counties face growing hunger and potential relief office closures.
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Emma Svee
Frank Buona
WPA
Cuyahoga County
Bubna
Elect Chicago Minister To Head Lutheran Synod
In St Louis on June 16 AP, Rev. Dr. J. W. Behnken of Chicago was elected to a second three year term as president of the Evangelical Lutheran synod of Missouri Ohio and other states. F C Streufert, secretary of missions, presented the first report since the last convention in Cleveland noting missionary expenditures of 414838 dollars for the previous year.
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J. W. Behnken
Chicago
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
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F. C. Streufert
St. Louis
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Cleveland
Cleveland Relief Crisis Tests City Funds
Fred W. Ramsey reports a woman threatened self harm unless her three children were fed. Police guarded relief stations after 75 people threatened to force entry into administrative quarters shouting for food. State funds have run dry and Cleveland relief financing collapsed a month ago. The legislature in special session pledged 400000 to Cleveland, though legality is challenged. Senate relief bill faces house differences over the program.
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Fred W. Ramsey
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Henry Ford Says Opportunity Is Open Wide
Detroit June 16 AP Henry Ford marks Ford Motor Co thirty fifth anniversary by declaring opportunity is as wide open as ever. He notes the door isn't open in the same way but many chances remain to get ahead for individuals.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Seats Collapse Injures Buyers at Topeka Horse Sale
A Topeka auction of prize winning thoroughbreds owned by George Godfrey Moore saw several tiers of temporary seating collapse. Spectators and prospective buyers were injured, none seriously, as the structure gave way during the sale.
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George Godfrey Moore
Pek a Insurance President Faces Auction Tent Collapse
Hundreds of bidders from the middle west crowded an auction tent offering 34 horses for sale when wooden seats collapsed, triggering chaos and injuries at the scene.
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Middle West
British Defense Loan Quickly Taken Up
The British government’s new 80 million pound national defense loan sold quickly on its first day. Trading opened five shillings above the 98 issue price, a premium of about a quarter percent. Before market hours, about eighty percent of the loan was reportedly absorbed by non governmental agencies.
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