Subsidized Fleet Sought by Roosevelt
The Roosevelt administration asked Congress to create a subsidized fleet of 95 vessels to rebuild the U S merchant marine. It proposes $10 million to start construction and $150 million in contracts next year, with private firms ready to build 28 ships in 18 months to three years. The plan marks a shift to direct subsidies over ocean mail contracts, aiming for a modern, expanded fleet.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Maritime Commission
Joseph
United States
Two Factories Strike Closed by Sit-Down at GM Plants
Detroit June 9 The CIO strike at Ternstadt Manufacturing affected about 11 plants in Detroit with two closed as 10 workers sat down delaying production of auto hardware for General Motors. Walter Reuther said the protest targeted piece work delays and wage adjustments. Budd Wheel plant also closed with about 1,500 affected.
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Detroit
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ternstadt Manufacturing Company
General Motors Corporation
Ternstadt
Walter Reuther
Steel pickets wear gas masks in Cleveland quarrel over girl
Paducah report says coroner's jury blamed a quarrel over a 14 year old girl for the fatal shooting of Davis Cornelison, 40, by Delmar Vaughn, 30, both strawberry pickers. Witnesses said Vaughn wanted to marry the girl and Mrs. Cornelison testified she objected, provoking the shooting.
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Paducah
Davis Cornelison
Delmar Vaughn
Vaughn
Plainclothesmen Barred From Checking Robberies
Baltimore police chief orders uniformed responses to bank and store hold ups to avoid scaring the public. Plainclothesmen in cars with sawed off shotguns are barred. officials fear they would be mistaken for bandits and shot.
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Baltimore
William P. Lawson
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Bar
House
Senate
United States Chamber of Commerce
Last Farewells To Glamour Girl Paid By All Movieland
In Glendale California on June 9 mourners said goodbye to Jean Harlow at a bronze and silver casket service. The 26 year old film icon died suddenly from uremic poisoning Monday, ending a career famed for romance and drama, with a life marked by contradictions from hard boiled roles to a mother calling her baby.
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Glendale
Calif
Movieland
Jean Harlow
Lost Society Girl Found After Eight Day Disappearance
Diana Battye, 21, Society girl known as England's photographed beauty, was located in London after an eight day vanishing. Scotland Yard sought her account as she collapsed on a doorstep near Michael Asquith's Oxford home and was taken for medical care. Her mother expressed relief at her safety.
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London
Scotland Yard
Diana Battye
Oxford
Michael Asquith
Didi
England
Michael
Cynthia Asquith
Diana
Leonard Hackett
Insurgents Blamed for Hunter Explosion Off Almeria
London reports the British government blamed Spanish Insurgents for the mine that damaged the destroyer Hunter off Almeria on May 13 with eight dead and 24 injured. A formal protest was sent to Generalissimo Franco via Sir Henry Chilton. The blast, described as an accident, may have been caused by insurgent mines in high seas near Almeria, a blockade target.
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London
Hunter
Almeria
Francisco Franco
Foreign Office
Henry Chilton
Spain
Hendaye
France
Salamanca
Copeland Urges Senate Labor Probe Across Industries
Senator Copeland calls for a general senate labor investigation addressing the steel strike and other major industries. He suggests guiding the inquiry by applying railway labor principles to solve broader labor problems, responding to Phillip Murray's request for steel sector scrutiny.
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Washington
Copeland
D-N
Senate
Industr
New York
Phillip Murray
Steel, Workers Organizing Committee
U S Judge At San Juan Fired On Jurist Unhurt
In San Juan Puerto Rico Judge Robert A Cooper a former South Carolina governor and U S district judge since 1934 was fired upon as he returned home in his automobile. Police sought a group of Nationalists who attacked his car firing 12 to 18 shots but the judge escaped unharmed. The attackers targeted a second vehicle and a bullet pierced the windshield.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Robert A. Cooper
Cooper
South Carolina
U.S
District of Puerto Rico
Atlanta
Frenchman Maurice Duperrey Named Rotary International President
Maurice Duperrey president of the Rotary club of Paris was elected president of Rotary International. He will lead the 29th annual convention next year in San Francisco. A world traveler and founder of a chemical products company, the 59 year old native Pakistani has been active in Rotary since 1929 and served as second vice president in 1933.
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Nice
France
Maurice Duperrey
Rotary Club of Paris
Rotary International
Order
San Francisco
Duperrey
United States
Premature Nazi Visit Hype Shocks Marienwerder News
In Marienwerder East Prussia a local Nazi leader publicized a planned visit by Adolf Hitler and 600 aides on Saturday July 19 sparking wild speculation about shifts in Danzig status or Polish Upper Silesia. The leak prompted alarm and possible cancellation of the visit as officials noted journalistic breaches and secret protocol rules.
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Marienwerder
East Prussia
Germany
East Prussian
Adolf Hitler
Ehange
Free City of
Danzig
Polish
Upper Silesia
Poliish
Ir. Marienwerder
Marienwerder County
Sun Powered Tank and Strike Hit Flint Area
An outdoor sun heated 1000 gallon tank in Flint demonstrates solar heating of water to 120 degrees with a shower beneath. In Saginaw valley a power strike by Consumers Power workers threatens regional outages as 400000 residents face potential blackout. office workers, service employees and linemen join the action, with negotiations ongoing.
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Sennett
Science
Arthur Drew
Flint
Midh
Saginaw Valley
Consumers Power Company
Public Utilities Union
Saginaw
Bay City
Power Company
Expectant Fathers Will Get Warning Of Family Increase
Two University of California physicians demonstrated a new instrument called a symbololophone, a stetho device akin to army sound detectors. The device can warn expectant fathers in advance about potential family size, indicating possibilities of one, two, or five children. The demonstration was reported from Atlantic City, New Jersey, with Dr. Kerr and Dr. Bassett presenting the concept.
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Atlantic City
N. J
University of California
William J. Kerr
A. M. Basset
Inland Steel accused of unfair labor practices in first Wagner act strike
Chicago June 9 Union attorneys file formal complaint with the National Labor Relations Board charging Inland Steel and related firms with violating the Wagner act as the Great Lakes steel strike enters its third week. Van A. Bittner, for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, said the strikers will continue until signed collective bargaining agreements are achieved, even if the board ruling goes against them.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Company
van A. Bittner
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Republic
Inland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic Steel Company
Bittner
Edward J. Kelly
Republic Steel Corporation
State shows balance left at Charleston June 9 1947
State funds show $1,166,000 remaining to be paid this month from a $21,278,000 general operating fund for the fiscal year ending June 30. Experts expect June revenues to put West Virginia in the black for the year. About $500,000 balance anticipated. Public Assistance $268,000 yet to come for 1936-37 indigent programs. Road commission received $2,000,000 for primary and secondary road work. Schools had $10,500,000 earmarked, augmented by $1,000,000 from the board of public works. Page Four. Hotel Commodore ad follows.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Public Assistance
Road Commission
Board of Public Works
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Berlin
Third Reich
Free City
Charles
Paul Bern
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Youngstown
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John L. Lewis
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