Republican leaders denounce adjournment over economic crisis
Washington June 17 Republican leaders denounced Congress for adjourning amid a severe economic crisis and accused administration leaders of attempting to change the American form of government. Senate Republican Leaders Nat y of Oregon and House minority leader Snell of New York urged staying in session to pass measures to alleviate business paralysis. They faulted New Deal policies for rising unemployment past 13 million and lower farm, commodity and security prices, and charged Roosevelt reforms, including court packing, as destabilizing.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Phosphate Survey Bill Signed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed legislation creating a joint congressional committee to investigate the nation's phosphate resources. The six member body, three senators and three representatives, will recommend means for developing and conserving phosphate resources.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lending Spending Program Moves Toward Immediate Effect
Washington aides mobilize the federal agencies to disperse billions from the lending spending bill as President Roosevelt plans to sign soon. Public Works and Works Progress Administration prepare allocations for relief and public works, housing, and farm aid, with funds also slated for the Rural Electrification Administration and small business support.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Hyde Park
Rroosevelt
Farm Security Administration
Rural Electrification Conservatiom Corps
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Ringling Circus to Cut 25 Percent Pay Across 1600 Employees
Jehn Ringling North, president of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey combined shows, Inc, announced a 25 per cent wage reduction affecting all 1,600 employees. He said the only alternative would be to close the show and return to winter quarters in Satobia, Florida, for the remainder of the season.
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Jehn Ringling North
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc
Mammoth Circus
North
Sate Sabia
Fla
Roosevelt’s Court Plan Splits Party In Congress
Washington June 19 The outstanding feature of the congress just closing is its relation to the president. Roosevelt’s unprecedented victory in the election gave his party dominance in the senate and house. After 22 days in power he asked Congress to grant control over the Supreme Court and federal courts. The proposal split his party. a minority supported him, many Democratic senators opposed, and in the house a similar split followed on the court plan and executive reorganization. The wage and hour bill also faced resistance, though later passed in altered form.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Nonsevelt
House
Supreme Court
Balt
Mr. Roosevelt
Tip Senate
Hhis
Hit
Optimism Over Montana Future Highlights Bankers Meeting
Optimism over Montana’s economic future pervaded the Montana Bankers Association opening sessions. Federal Reserve official Chester Avis lauded the Helena Fed’s new bank, while Sylvan Pauly of Deer Lodge praised Montana’s growth. H. E. Johnson cited good conditions and a focus on investments over loans as sessions began.
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Montana
Montana Bankers Association
Chester Avis
Federal Reserve System of
Washington, D .C
Helena’s Nest
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Sylvan J Pauly
Williams and Pauly Livestock Compainy
Deer Lodge
Federal Reserve System
Hare
EH. L. Johnson
Mains
Montana Bankers Assocation
Monroe
Consistory
Jackson Street
Nominating Vom
Cleveland Relief Crisis Deepens as Legislature Struggles
June 17 Cleveland reports renewed unrest over unpaid relief. About 200 relief clients demanded food at a district office as police kept order. Welfare Director Rainsey warned seven district offices may close next week without fast state funding. Union relief employees protested at City Hall. A 69 year old widow and other clients described long hunger and payless paydays, with many selling belongings to survive.
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Cleveland
C& Union Relief
Fred W. Rainsey
Ohio
Carnival employe held for killing in Missoula
W J Coming carnival employee was arraigned on a first degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Carmel Winkler also known as Thomas Reed. Winkler died four days after being shot on carnival grounds. Sheriff J R Thompson said the watchman admitted the shooting.
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Missoula
W. J. Coming
Carnival
Carmel Winkler
Thomas Reed
Winkler
J. Ry Thompson
Comrie
President Roosevelts Son Marries Anne Lindsay Clark
In Nahant Massachusetts on June 17 the Roosevelt family held a wedding eve for John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark. The ceremony will be at Saint 107-year-old Union Church tomorrow with bishops and cabinet members present. The event included a playful rehearsal aboard the Potomac with Mrs Roosevelt and others observed by the president and first lady.
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Nahant
Mass
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Roosevelt
Potomac
John
Anne
Harvard
Boston
Suaint
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Himach T
Joha Fnd Alme
Warlike Talk From Germany Reports New Border Incidents
Koenlesberg Germany June 17 Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels said Czechoslovak provocations against Germany cannot continue even as reports arrived of a new border violation by a Czechoslovak military patrol.
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Koenlesberg
Germany
V/P
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Caechoslovak
Date set on crop insurance program for 1889 crop
Washington June 17. The federal crop insurance corporation set final dates for farmer applications for insurance covering the 1889 ghost crop. Deadlines include August 3 in Montana and Wyoming.
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Washington
Federal Crop-Insurance Corporation
Montana
Wyoming
Trends in carloadings give glimmer of hope
Chicago June 17. Rail freight loadings show a rising trend, prompting Railway Age to ask if the recession stopped and if general business is improving. The May and early June data hint at a sustained seasonal rise, though confirmation is cautious.
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Chicago
Railway Age
Flood in China blamed on plot as floods surge
Shanghai reports a catastrophic flood in Henan as 1 500 villages face ruin and 2 000 communities evacuate. An estimated 700 000 Chinese refugees, widespread disease risk, and ongoing rains threaten to widen the 500 square mile flood area with no immediate relief in sight.
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Kalfeng
Yellow River
Chengchow-Kaifeng
Chowkiakow
Ted Cross
Shanghai
John Hart Baker
China
Tokyo
New York Senator Copeland Dies at 69 in Washington
Senator Mayal Copeland of New York, a Democrat, died in his Sleep at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington. He was 60 or 69 according to reports. Attending physicians said overwork near the end of the session may have triggered his fatal general circulatory collapse with kidney illness. Mrs Copeland and two physicians were present. Copeland, active in health broadcasts and maritime labor issues, had opposed some New Deal policies. He earlier failed in a bid for New York mayor and opposed a six new Supreme Court justices plan.
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Jauua
Mayal &. Copeland
Nar
York
Copeland
Shoreham
Harry M. Kaufman
New York
Herston
Senate
St. Lawretce
Canada
Supreme Court
Death of Copeland shakes president and nation
In Nahant Massachusetts on June 17 President Roosevelt voiced shock at the sudden death of Senator Royal Conaland of New York and extended condolences to his widow Mrs. Roosevelt. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt expressed sympathy as plans moved forward for the wedding of the president's son Joshua to Miss Anne Lindsay Clark tomorrow in Nahant.
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Nuhant
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Tmoostvelt
Royal
Conaland
UN N.Y
Wittow
Rooservelt
Water program cut downs on Plains projects under limit
Washington June 17 A major portion of a 5 060 000 water conservation plan for the Great Plains faces cancellation due to a 50 000 cap per project imposed by Congress. Reclamation bureau officials indicated the limit will force a revision toward many small dams and ponds, with about a thousand similar projects on file. Funding comes from WPA relief acts of 1935 and a few larger works like the Bedford Trenton project were considered but may be impractical under the cap.
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Tokyo
Hankow
Peiping-Hankow
Anwhei
Yangtzeiver
Yangtze
Washington
Great Plains
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau
Plains
Obor
W.P.A
North Dakota
Paris turmoil as Daladier adjourns parliament
Unionized public workers threaten a general strike after premier Edouard Daladier adjourned parliament and extended his cabinet decree rule to November. The move dismisses legislators, sharpens the clash with public service demands, and heightens fears of suppressing opposition and Spanish civil war intervention.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Franco
Fall in Copper Prices Triggers Wage Cut in Butte
Butte reports wage reductions for miners as copper prices dip below four cents per pound for 30 days. Leontrart contract terms set the shift pay cut effective Saturday June 18 with adjusted wages for contract miners. Separate notes from New York and London indicate foreign producers reducing output, Kennecott pausing U S operations and Anaconda pursuing curtailment.
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Dune I-E
Anas Reonda Copper Mining Company
Leontrart
Montana
Petce Malin
New York
London
N Une
Vaid
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
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