Last Minute Bulletins from June Dispatches Across Nations
A Cannes report says Merle Oberon and Alexander Korda wed in Antibes town hall. In Greensboro Mrs. Ferguson becomes president of UNC Women’s College Alumnae Association at the 47th commencement with about 500 alumnae in attendance. New York faces a food shortage as 1,500 ware- housemen strike. Germany’s Davis Cup team leads England 2-0 in the European zone semi-final. In Veracruz 104 Jewish immigrants denied permission to land plan to move to the United States. A wireless report claims the British-owned Liwo steamer may have been fired on by Japanese near the Yangtze delta. In Washington the FPC denies Lexington Water Power’s extension to file on Saluda River costs. Cecil Smith is replaced by Stewart Iglehart on the U S polo team due to injuries. A Japanese warning to Britain objects to third-power trade aiding Chiang Kai-shek.
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Greensboro
R. 8. Ferguson
Taylorsville
Woman's College
University of North Carolina
Ferguson
Henry D. Holloman
Rich Square
Association
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Lexington Water Power Company
Columbia
S. C
Commission
Saluda River
FPC
Saluda
South Carolina
Cecil Smith
New York
United States
Stewart Iglehart
Meadowbrook Club
Smith
Robert Strawbridge
U. S. Defense Committee
Chief Justice Hughes Ill With Duodenal Ulcer
The Supreme Court head, 77, is reported to be suffering a duodenal ulcer and will miss court duties including welcoming royal visitors and a White House dinner. Officials say there is no doubt of his eventual recovery and he will rest with full treatment and diet. Justice Butler to preside in his absence.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Nelson A. Potter
White House
Hughes
Pierce Butler
James C. McReynolds
Honorary Degree to Mme Chiang Kai-Shek
New Brunswick New Jersey June 3 An honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred in Absentia on Mme Chiang Kai-Shek wife of the Chinese generalissimo by New Jersey College for Women The citation praised Mayling Soong Chiang for her role alongside her husband and her influence for human justice and international morality The article notes questions raised about the Thetis submarine disaster including why no escort vessel or diving bell was used and whether a mother ship should have accompanied the test run, with editorial commentary calling for a stern inquiry.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek
London
United States
Daily Mail
Thetis
Daily Telegraph
Portsmouth
N. H
Haven Offered in Santo Domingo
In Havana on June 3 Nestor Pou Santo Domingo’s consul said his government offered refuge to 907 German Jewish refugees aboard the liner St Louis which had sailed from Havana after being denied entry to Cuba. The consul noted no reply from Hamburg America Line representative Luis Clasing while refugees reported the ship anchored about 20 miles offshore awaiting a final decision on the offer. The refugees, including 500 women and 150 children, were barred from landing lacking Cuban visas passports and labor permits.
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Havana
Cuba
Nestor Pou
Santo Domingo
St. Louis
Luis Clasing
Labor Department
Hole-Cutting In Stern Said Impracticable
In BIRKENHEAD June 3 a semi official explanation states rescue workers deemed cutting a hole in Thetis stern impracticable though the stern was exposed yesterday Only a tiny stern compartment could be reached and a water tight manhole would require time and would force men to crawl through a steep incline The ship’s sudden movement could doom those trapped and the submarine finally toppled as the tide’s ebb set in (Continued on Page Seven).
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Birkenhead
Thetis
Weather outlook for South Atlantic states forecast
Scattered showers favor the southern portion early in the week with more widespread activity later. Temperatures expected near normal overall, with slightly cooler readings possible in the extreme northern portion at the start of the week.
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South Atlantic States
Counsel Move To Expedite Power Action
Greensboro June 3 A stipulation to admit vast evidence on navigability of the Yadkin Pee Dee and the impact of High Point’s proposed dam will shorten the Yadkin suit to block hydro plant at Styer’s Ferry. Judge Sink noted expected costs and land needs for reservoir. Duke Power and city suits hinge on legality, condemnation, and navigability issues.
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Greensboro
H. Hoyle Sink
Yadkin County
Womble
Winston-Salem
Guilford Superior Court
Yadkin-Pee Dee
High Point
Yadkin Dam
Styer’s Ferry
Guilford
North Carolina
Sink
Federal Power Commission
Yadkin
Guilford Court
H. A. Martin
Duke Power Company
Martin
Roosevelt May Veto Farm Measure
Washington reports say President Roosevelt may veto the $1.218 billion farm bill over unbudgeted benefits of $338 million and lack of new financing. Congress faces options including veto override, new appropriation, or taxes to fund farm payments while tax revision talk continues.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate House Conference
Wallace
Garner
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Vigil For Thetis Sailors Stirs Merseyside Relatives
In Birkenhead on June 3 relatives of Thetis submariners endure a somber vigil outside the Cammell Laird shipyard. Women stand in dawn cold awaiting word, as hours pass with no hope of survivors, the crowd growing with wives, sweethearts, and families seeking news of missing seamen.
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Birkenhead
Eng
Thetis
Cammell Laird
Sydney Woodward
Liverpool
WANTS MOSELEY TRIED BY ARMY
Washington reports Representative Coffee urged a court martial for Major General George Van Horn Moseley over alleged insubordination and anti communist statements. The White House said the war department holds the matter and has not ordered a court martial while monitoring Dies Committee hearings on un American activities.
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Washington, Lune
White House
Representative Coffee
D-Wash
George van Horn Moseley
Woodring
War Department
Department
Dies Committee
Automotive Strike Negotiations Fail in Detroit
In Detroit on June 3, CIO United Automobile Workers walkout against Briggs Manufacturing Co. paralyzes plants, with 70,000 auto workers idle and similar numbers in glass steel and rubber industries affected. Federal conciliator James F. Dewey said talks were so far apart they should not continue.
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Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Briggs Manufacturing Co
James F. Dewey
Berlin spy treason convict decapitation report
Franz Krain aged 50 was severely harmed in Berlin on June 3 three months after his treason conviction for allegedly furnishing secret material to a foreign spy. This marked the twenty first execution this year for espionage or treason.
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Berlin
Franz Krain
Tragic Thetis Submarine Disaster Declares No Hope
In Birkenhead Britain 98 men were declared dead after chlorine gas trapped them in the submarine Thetis. Salvage crews reported the vessel imbedded at a 45 degree angle, with four men escaping yesterday, while authorities concluded no further lives could be saved.
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Birkenhead
England
Admiralty
Irish Sea
Great Ormes Head
Davis
Manton Case To Hit Jury Today
In New York on June 3 the Manton trial nears its end as the former Federal Judge Martin T. Manton prepares for final arguments after testifying about loans totaling over 600000 dollars from litigants and associates. He describes cash loans and cashier’s checks used to cover obligations in firms he owned. The courtroom awaits jury deliberation following testimony and closing statements.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
Manton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Calvin W. Chesnut
U.S
John T. Cahill
James J. Sullivan
Manton’s
Lord and Thomas
American Tobacco Company
Sullivan
American Tobacco
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Cae Oo
Shea
Korda
Merle Oberon
Reuters
Cannes
France
Alexander Korda
Antibes
N. Y
Charles Hare
Roderick Menzel
Heinrich Henkel
R. A. Shayes
Veracruz
Mexico
Flandre
Mexican Immigration Department
Yangtze Delta
Liwo
APS
Britain
Shanghat
C.P
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chia
Japan
NEA
Thetis Company
Cable
Justice Hughes
Supreme Court
N. J. Woman's College
Stern
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Commerce
Hopkins
Ellender
D-La
Senate Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Thomas
Utah
Moseley
Coffee
Cammell Laird Ltd
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