Tax policy and budget balance under early New Deal pressure
Morgenthau outlines for a balanced budget amid rising appropriations and tax revision talks. He suggests a joint fiscal policy committee to study federal taxation and state local effects, while warning about high surtax rates and the need to reconsider tax exemptions on government securities.
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Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
Antarctica interests six nations including a future aviation base
The piece notes six nations pursue Antarctica for whaling profits worth 50 million dollars yearly and potential weather forecasting, minerals, and future U S aviation use. It states the President asked Congress for 340 thousand dollars to fund a mapping expedition. It also warns of tickborne disease with nearly 100 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever cases this year and the death of Dr. Dana Manners.
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Antarctica
Congress
U. S
Washington
Dana Manners
Birds hear warnings but miss tones too high for sparrows
Cornell University researchers report that trained sparrows and starlings did not hear sounds less than two octaves above middle C. The birds reacted to some signals yet failed to hear certain high pitched warnings, showing limits in their auditory perception.
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Cornell University
Explosion at Barberton school leaves 57 injured seven serious
Report covers the Barberton Ohio two story schoolhouse blast with 57 injured seven seriously as rescuers pull pupils from debris. Earlier disasters cited include New London Texas gas explosion with 297 deaths and a wall-collapse rescue scene on the second floor.
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New London
Tex
Barberton
Political row on Roosevelt and 1940 bid era
Washington insiders debate a Roosevelt third-term bid and Van denberg reelection plans while naming potential Republican and Democratic contenders. The Supreme Court adjourns for summer, cotton prices and exports slip, and a Washington conference on global cotton markets is proposed. The NLRB records 2006 elections in four years with potential rule changes.
Global tensions rise as elections and wars reshape Europe Asia Africa
Across Hungary Romania Japan and Russia tensions mount with Nazi gains in Hungary and church clashes in Germany. Japan eyes restraint after naval incidents while probes foe Russia near Changkufeng and Lake Bor. Refugee flows and oil seizures mark Latin America and Mexico as the Omaha sails home and sailors seek marriage with French partners.
King George VI Sees Youth Enterprise in Canada Visit
In Victoria, King George VI told reporters that Canada lies far from Ottawa and offers a long field of enterprise for youth. In Washington observers anticipate high prices for royal viewing perches while Mrs. Roosevelt and White House staff stay composed.
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B. C
George VI
Ottawa
London
Canada
Washington, D. C
King
Queen Elizabeth
Capital Society
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
White House Staff Have Kept Cool. Mrs. Roosevelt
Unheralded gas money flyer risks Europe voyage
Tommy Smith 24 left Maine on an unauthorized sale to Europe in a small plane. Reports placed him over northern Ireland and Britain before his address was known. Two weeks earlier Charles Bachman disappeared on a similar trip. Paderewski canceled US tour due to illness. Elizabeth Rice 12 won a national spelling bee prize of 500 dollars after a bicycle crash last year.
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Tommy Smith
Maine
Europe
Charles Bachman
Smith
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Scotland
England
Clarksburg
W. Va
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Bachman Nor
Ignace Jan Paderewski
U. S
Paderewski
America
Poland
Danzig
Elizabeth Rice
Worcester
Mass
Washington
Notable 8 items headline reel from early 20th century
In Short Halted: 14 Eastern Steamship Line vessels, by an AFL strike. Up: Postal receipts in April, $1,500,000 above last year. Blessed: Fred Snite Jr granted Lourdes telegram from Pope. Arrested: Carlos G. Garcia charged with $1,070,427 in thefts. Betrothed: Princess Irene weds Duke of Spoleto. Indicted: Stephen Paine faces mail fraud charges. Resigned: Judge F A Geiger opposes admin on trust enforcement. Died: Mayo, Heath, Key, Frear, Lilly, Field, Gumberg, Thompson pass away.
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Fred Snite, Jr
Lourdes
Pius XII
Carlos G. Garcia
New York
Irene of
Greece
Duke of
Spoleto
Italy
Wisconsin
D. Clay Lilly
W. Ernest Field
Optimists Club
Alexander Gumberg
Michael J. Thompson
Reds Hover Between War Threats and Diplomacy Across Europe
Ambassadors maneuver as Britain entertains Moscow for autumn maneuvers while Moscow seeks guarantees against aggression. Molotov critiques Britain and France on mutual aid and Baltic protections, as Germany advances nonaggression talks with Denmark and press gains in Europe.
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Moscow
London
Joseph Stalin
Maxim Litvinoff
V. M. Molotoff
Roosevelt
Britain
Poland
Turkey
Chamberlain
Molotoff
Baltic States
France
Red
Germany
Paris
June Events Highlight Global and U S Ceremonies
On June 4 Trinity Sunday. June 5 Supreme Court adjourns and House tax hearings in Washington. Constitution Day in Denmark. Mussolini reviews Italian veterans of the Spanish war. June 6 Flag Day in Sweden. Hitler to review German veterans. House considers social security amendments. Will Rogers statue to be unveiled in Washington. June 7 King George and Queen Elizabeth visit the United States.
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Mussolini
Sweden
Hitler
House
Will Rogers
Capitol Rotunda
Labor, Briggs, and unions spark Detroit disturbances
Labor leader Walter O Briggs runs an auto body firm and baseball club while auto workers split between CIO and Homer Martin unions. A 15,000-strong strike triggered walkouts and a clash at Briggs ballpark. A CIO head was shot near a Briggs plant, blamed on the Martin faction as James F Dewey pleads to end the strike. The piece notes UMW gains with union shop pacts and coal industry divisions across regions.
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CIO
Homer Martin
Briggs
Detroit
Martin
James F. Dewey
U.S
Memorial Day Race and Political Speeches Across the Nation
Memorial Day drew 145000 fans to the Indianapolis auto race where 1937 winner Wilbur Shaw triumphed again and 1938 winner Floyd Roberts was killed. Parades and cemeteries drew millions. In Gettysburg Pennsylvania Senator Byrd urged ending sectional animosities, Arlington Virginia Senator Taft warned against European ism and war, and Sharpsburg Maryland Senator Radcliffe backed Roosevelt peace efforts.
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Wilbur Shaw
Floyd Roberts
Gettysburg
Harry F. Byrd
Arlington
Robert A. Taft
America
Europe
Sharpsburg
George L. Radcliffe
Roosevelt
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