Steel Crisis Sparks Drive for Federal Mediation
The steel industry crisis intensifies as union and management push for a peace conference under a federal mediation board. Leaders like John L. Lewis and Philip Murray are courted while Bethlehem and Republic Steel face reassertions of law and order amid threats of violence and a city mayor seeking federal intervention.
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Federal Mediation) Board
Republic
Federal Board
Federal Mediation Board
Lewis
John L. Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem
BP. D. Block
Inland Steel
Frank Murphy
Michigan
General Motors
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Charles M. Schwab
Klink
Daniel J. Shields
Shields
Citizens’ “Army
Cambria Works
Roosevelt
McCarran Lee Bill Promises Aviation Boom Says Harrish
Boise Idaho June 18 AP Wayne Harrish of Washington spoke at the Northwest aviation planning conference arguing the McCarran Lee bill would spur aviation growth. He said carriers would carry mail on request under post office supervision while routes are directed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. He warned passage is vital for development.
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Boise
Idaho
America
Wayne W. Harrish
Washington, D. C
Northerwest Aviation Planning Conference
Post Office Department
Harrish
Postoffice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Small Business Slump Seen by Economists
Washington reporters note government economists forecast a moderate decline in industrial activity in the coming months though they expect the longer range outlook to improve. They cite weak textile demand, back orders, strikes, tight capital, and higher construction costs as factors. Recovery is deemed likely to carry through temporary lows.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Three KC Men Accused In Cairo Bank Robbery
Federal warrants charging three Kansas City men with robbing the Cairo bank in Randolph county were issued in St. Louis. Named are Fred G. Smith George Karatysos and Murray Gould all of Kansas City. Loot reported at 455 dollars. Smith reportedly in custody. others at large. The bank is a member of the federal deposit insurance program.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Cairo
Randolph County
Henry G. Morris
United States Attorney
Fred G. Smith
George Karatysos
Murray Gould
Morris
Federal Deposit Corporation
Department of Justice
Smith
President Hosts Dinner for Little Cabinet Aide Group
President Roosevelt hosts a dinner at Sumner Welles home in Oxon Hill Maryland for 26 departmental aides forming the little cabinet. The gathering, led by Reed due to seniority, barred all speech making to keep the event informal and focused on fellowship and briefing.
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Washington
Little Cabinet
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Oxon Hill
Stanley
Reed
Soviet Fliers Over Pole on Non Stop Hop
Soviet aviators prepare a non stop pole to pole hop with ANT 25 craft carrying 2000 gallons of fuel and 24 750 pounds loaded weight. Crew Valeri Chkulov Georgi Buaidukov Alexander Beliakov. range estimates vary 5830 to 6000 miles. a 100 hour fuel supply and three days of food.
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Allan Bonnaire
National Aeronautical
Oakland
Pacific
Ast
Valeri Chkulov
Georgi Buaidukov
Alexander Beliakov
Bonnaire
Navy Hydrographic Office
Coast and Geodetic Survey mm
Washington
Augst
Husband Deserted Her In Flood, Gets Divorce
LOUISVILLE Ky June 18 AP Mrs Marjorie Mae Peake 24 who complained that her husband made no effort to find her when she was a refugee during the big flood obtained a divorce today from Robert Foster Peake 27 bank employe
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Louisville
Marjorie Mae Peake
Robert Foster Peake
Bank
Former President of France Dies Suddenly
Gaston Doumergue died today in Aigues-Vives at age 73 after a embolism. The retired statesman, once president and premier, lay in the family home as old friends filed past his bier. In Paris the Chamber of Deputies paid tribute from Edouard Herriot.
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Aigues - Vives
France
Gaston Doumergue
Papa
Gastonnet
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Domergues
Edouard Herriot
Senate Delays Relief Bill Until Next Week
The senate paused after four days of debate to defer voting on the 1.5 billion dollar relief bill until next week. Appropriations committee estimates suggest about 120000 aliens could be dropped from the relief roll under a pending provision. The adopted amendment would give US citizens first preference for relief jobs, barring aliens illegally in the United States and those who have not filed declarations of intention from WHA jobs.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars denounce ex service label in Missouri
Missouri Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders at the 1937 state convention defend members as loyal and capable, denouncing the term ex service men. Arnold Griffith cited flood relief service and urged unity with the goal of a peacetime army navy and marine corps. Delegates exceeded 1,500 as race for commandership and auxiliary officers outlined.
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Arnold
Util Griffith
Columbia
Missouri Veterans of Foreign Wars
Arnold Griffith
Excelsior Springs
Griffith
State V. F P. W
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Missouri Wins Fight For U S Pension Funds
Missouri pursues a ruling on federal pension funds as auditors challenge $380,000 in misexpenditures under federal rules. Governor Stark assigns Sen. Allen McReynolds to lead Missouri’s case at a June 22 Washington hearing, with ties to the omnibus social security measure.
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Missouri
U. S
Reba Choate
Stark
Allen McReynolds
Carthage
Park
Social Security Commission
Washington
McReynolds
M. E. Casey
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers Apply for Marriage License
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers obtained a marriage license in Los Angeles on June 18. They plan to wed June 26. Rogers, 34, is an actor and orchestra leader in his first marriage. Pickford, 43, an actress-producer, will be marrying for the third time, previously to Owen Moore and Douglas Fairbanks. She joked about Pickfair’s address while the clerk asked for it. Nevada Mo Woman Dies at 78 in Kansas City native Mary Ellen Self, formerly of Kansas City, dies at home. She was born in Kansas City, the third of eight children of Albert and Mary Flacy, Belgian immigrants. Funeral services set for Sunday.
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Colonial Office
Islands
Jhey
Schick
Government General of
Canada
United States Army
Bahamas
Bache
Irey
Groves
Nassau Corporation
General Investment Corporation
General Investment
Laughton
Great Britain
Hollywood
Hudson
Newfoundland
Stock Exchange
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Pickfair
Buddy Rogers
Rogers
Miss Pickfair
Owen Moore
Douglas Fairbanks
Nevada
Mary Ellen Self
Kansas City
Self
Albert Flacy
Belgium
Russian Drive Against Enemies Within Spreads
A redirected report notes aides for failing to provide housing for 3 000 immigrant families at Khabarovsk. In Rostov eight people were arrested for buying large bread quantities and charged with speculation, stirring foreign observers to fear a broad shortage. Elsewhere dozens of officials faced arrest or condemnation in the controlled press. Ants domesticated to cultivate mushrooms and grain.
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Khabarovsk
Rostov
Earhart Faces Monsoon Between Akyab And Bangkok
Amelia Earhart braved treacherous monsoon weather as she departed Akyab for Bangkok on a leg of her round the world flight. After an earlier abortive attempt, she logged a 400 mile hop from Calcutta and may stop at Rangoon. In Honolulu two US vessels prepared to aid Noonan and Earhart, with Itasca heading to Howland and Ontario to guard the Lae to Howland leg.
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Akyab
Burma
Amelia Earhart
Bangkok
Siam
Amelia Earshart
Rangoon
Miss Earhart
Calcutta
Honolulu
United States
South Pacific
Fred J. Noonan
Coast Guard
Itasca
Howland Island
Ontario
Pago-Pago
American Samoa
Lae
New Guinea
Fate of Blum Cabinet in Senate Finances Crisis
Paris June 18 AP The life of Premier Leon Blum's cabinet hangs on a senate deadlock over emergency powers to manage France finances. The senate refuses to grant powers to July 31, leaving Blum to contend for broader authority. A clash looms in the chamber as the People's Front government faces a pivotal test.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Senate
France
Blum
People’s Front
C10 Hailed as Foundation of A Labor Party
Cites two left wing presidential candidates praising the CIO as the foundation stone for a US Labor party. Browder urges a Farmer-Labor front. Thomas argues for CIO as main route with other potential paths. Conference remarks at Napanock country club focus on working class political action and education. Sailor gets life in attack. Cecil Adkins, 23, Paragould, Ark.
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Napanoch
N. Y
Committee For Industrial Organization
United States
Earl Browder
Communist Party of the
Farmer-Labor Party
People's Front
France
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
CIO
League For Industrial Democracy
Napanoch Country Club
Browden
Thomas
Browder
Popular Front For America
Sailor
Honolulu
Cecil Adkins
Paragould, Ark
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Republic Corporation
Perkins
James F. Dewey
Labor Department
Cleveland
Charles FP. Taft
Taft
Cincinnati
Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
Edward F. McGrady
McCarran-Lee Bill
York
Atlanta, Ga
New York
Moscow
Gregory I. Gokhman
Sigismund Levaneli
Sky
Russia
Rex P. Barrett
Enos Trusdell
J. Sam Moss
Goldye Thoroyee
Ureil Smool
Dana Tarantola
Fred Emig
J. C. Cornell
Frank Turner
Dan Porter
Marshall
C. C. Smith
St. Joseph
Bertha Nan Carroll
Clinton
the Treasury
Roswell Magill
Magill
State Department
Ivey
Panama
Lichtenstein
Prince Edward Island
Nassau
Earhart
Monsoon
Phil A. Dallmeyer
Savor
United States Navy
Oahu
Wembley Not East
Jayson
Hickox
Schott Bros., Clothiers
Merida
Midwest Auto Stores
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Bermuda
California
Florida
Mexico
Colorado
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