Roosevelt era ends with filibuster over lobby funds
In Washington on June 16 the 75th Congress closed amid clashes in both chambers. A filibuster by Senator Minton blocked a 12,300 increase for his Senate Lobby committee as the Senate ended at 6 08 p m MST. President Roosevelt hailed constructive legislation in a final message noting progress on wage hour laws crop control and other issues.
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Man Divorced Twice In One Day At Nevada Court
James McDonald I t, a 24 year old heir to a fortune around £120 million, was divorced twice and married once in Tena Nevada. First divorce from Alecia McDonald followed by marriage to Doris Marie Cunningham, who soon obtained a divorce on cruelty grounds. District Judge Benjamin F Curler presided. McDonald announced plans to wed June C Kerns of Shasta County California in Carson City the next day.
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Reno
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June C. Kerns
Shasta County
California
Farm aid fund reaches record 760 million for farmers
Washington reports the Agriculture department will disburse 760 million in subsidies to farmers under next year’s crop control plan. Congress boosted aid with 212 million for parity payments, plus 500 million for soil conservation and 48 million for sugar growers. Additional rural relief funds and debt relief were approved, with allocations for cotton, corn, wheat, rice and tobacco. Officials warn payments depend on prices and may not meet target if prices rise slowly.
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Monopolies and law restrain commerce debate in 1940s column
In a line of duty quoted editorial prose the writer critiques Roosevelt and legal theory arguing that all law inherently restrains trade and can create monopoly. He cites federal power to regulate interstate commerce and founding aims to curb monopolies while warning against universal legal panaceas. Continued discussion referenced on Page 6.
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Montana bankers open 35th session at Consistory Temple
The Montana Bankers Association begins its 35th annual business session at Consistory Temple on Jackson Street with Mayor Roberts delivering welcomes, plus a morning program by Dr. Carl S. Dakan of the University of Washington and a tribute to Helena's new $100,000 federal reserve bank by Chester Davis of the Fed. The day ends with a dedication ceremony at 2:30 p.m. The convention includes a golf tournament at Pine Hills, where rain disrupted several events and yielded notable scores.
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Five Lives Taken by Texas Floods Near Clarendon
In Clarendon Texas on June 16 heavy rains swollen streams caused floods along the Texas Oklahoma panhandle border. A family of three Bert Freeman his wife and their 1 year old Ben Freeman of Wichita Falls were swept to death from a bridge near Clarendon. An auto, one pair of shoes and a pair of trousers were recovered. Rescue workers could not reach the Salt Fork of the Red River near Wellington where train engineers M Y Grigga and C E Burton were lost after a Fort Worth and Denver freight train plunged 60 feet through a washed out bridge.
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Fort Peck Dam Funds Part of Army Engineers Allocation
Washington on June 16 reports the Army Engineers allotted 122,466,846 of War Department funds for rivers harbors and flood control for the coming year. The package includes 3,268,000 for new Fort Peck project work in Montana.
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Senate action on use of funds deemed farcical by critics
Washington reports the senate assigns its campaign expenditures committee to probe whether federal funds were used to influence political contests. Critics call the move inquest not inquiry, with calls to back Hatch and Austin amendments. Funds for investigations raised to 50000 as debate continues. London closes its anti union conspiracy case against Hatejaw County entities.
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Starvation Crisis Strikes Cleveland Relief Offices
Cleveland faces a deepening hunger crisis as relief funds run out. Emma Svee reports door-to-door begging in middle-class areas. welfare officials note many families lack enough to eat. WPA plans to remove thousands from relief rolls, while city funds and state aid lag, risking closure of relief offices by week’s end.
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Ohio
Mine Assessment Act by Congress Passes Senate Amendment
Washington June 36 API An set suspending for the current fiscal year ending June 30 annual assessment. Work requirements on months claims held by location went to the White House for presidential approval after the Senate accepted hotels amendment bringing Alaska under terms of the measure.
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Ford Says Lots of Opportunities Left
Detroit June 16 AP Henry Ford marking Ford Motor Co sixty third anniversary said the door of opportunity is as wide open as ever though he warned it is not exactly the same. He predicted prosperity would return with a policy of low prices and high wages, saying there are as many chances now to get ahead as ever.
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Cost in Life Is Appalling
Shanghai reports dire flood conditions in central China as heavy rains threaten the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. Floodwaters have displaced tens of thousands, with at least 50,000 lives lost and 12,000 villages affected, while Japanese forces push along the Yangtze and advance near critical railway lines.
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Counter attacks start in pain along Spanish frontier
Spanish eastern armies counter attacked along the Mijares river to block insurgent navones from moving south toward Valencia. Villarreal, 25 miles north of Valencia, had been recaptured from insurgents who aimed a mass drive south. Concurrently Franco forces attacked government defenses on other fronts in the Pyrenees and Cordoba.
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McCall Given Death Penalty for Kidnapping
Franklin McCall was sentenced to death for the kidnapping of 1 year old Timmy Cash in Princeton. The judge called the crime the most blooded act he had heard of and ordered execution at Stafford state prison, with clemency sought by the family and a possible state pardon review. McCall, a 21 year old laborer with no prior record, confessed to abducting the child, killing him by accidental suffocation, and obtaining a $10,900 ransom.
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Fishbein Attends Medical Meeting in San Francisco
Mortis Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association attends the annual AMA convention in San Francisco. He is noted for his Family Doctor feature written for NEA Service and appearing in The Helene Independent. He is pictured registering at the event.
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Chamberlain backs international disarmament cooperation
In London on June 16 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said Britain would cooperate with other nations on disarmament. He reaffirmed alignment with Cordell Hull’s call for a world order based on law and noted the U S had not proposed a halt to the arms race. Senators floated halting armaments, but no administration plan emerged.
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Probe of Causes of Monopoly 15 Comes to Senate Panel
President Roosevelt signed a nine resolution for a five hundred thousand dollar study to determine the causes of monopoly and propose a remedy. Vice President Garner named Senator O Mann Honey, Borah, and King to join a 12 member senate committee. Three house members and senior executive branch representatives will join.
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Republican Roosevelts Skip John’s Nahant Wedding
Nahant Massachusetts June 16 Roosevelt relatives gathered or headed to Nahant for the wedding of Anne Lindsay Clerk to John Roosevelt son of the president. Seven Roosevelt men invited did not attend while President Roosevelt departed for Mahant after Congress adjourned and several insiders did not reply to invitations.
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