Nelson Wins U S Open in Playoff Over Wood by Three
Byron Nelson won the 43rd National Open at Philadelphia Country Club with a 70 in the second 18 hole playoff to beat Craig Wood by three strokes. Wood shot 73 as Nelson rallied with an eagle on the fourth and led by four at the turn. Denny Shute was eliminated in the first playoff day.
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Bill Boni
Philadelphia
Byron Nelson
Craig Wood
Philadelphia Country Club
Reading
Toledo
Wood
Nelson
Denny Shute
Shute
Craig
Last Minute World Briefs From Six Cities
Six short items reach across the globe focusing on Colorado escapees, a bond case in New York, a baseball manager change in Toronto, a Pan American flying boat arrival in Marseille, a U S tax proposal in Washington, and Lord Halifax on power politics in London. The items note a warden hostage escape, Buckner trial delay, Lazzeri as Maple Leafs manager, PAA 21 arrival, a corporate tax shift proposal, and Halifaix remarks.
Dozen Hurt in Union Clash at Saginaw Plant
A clash between police and United Auto Workers pickets at Saginaw injured twelve, three seriously, as auto workers sought recognition for GM. Six arrests were made while Flint mobilized police to prevent disorder. Chevrolet No. 5 and Fisher No. 1 units remained operational.
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Flint
Mich
United Auto Workers
AFL
Saginaw
General Motors
Grey Iron
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Buick
Chevrolet No. 5
Chevrolet Assembly
Fisher No. 1
Fred Bossman
Landon Links New Deal to Fascist and Communist Thought
In Boston Landon, ex Kansas governor and 1936 GOP candidate, tells Boston University graduates the New Deal elevates user rights over property owners. He says today’s governments favor users over owners, comparing such policy to fascist and communist regimes and recalling 1912 Bolshevik labels for socialists.
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Boston
Alt M. Landon
Kansas
New Deal
Landon
Boston University
Economy Advocates Prep Senate Fight
A double barreled attack on administration fiscal policies forms in the Senate with the economy bloc opposing dollar devaluation and silver pricing. Republican Leader McNary plans a conference to oppose a House bill extending authority to cut gold content and sustain the stabilization fund. Democrats Glass and Adams join Western critics while Pittman asks Morgenthau to clarify silver price policy before June 30. Congress pushes tax revision to meet deadlines and several committees prepare bills affecting excise taxes and relief programs.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Glass
Virginia
Adams
Colorado
Pittman
D-Nev
Morgenthau
Pittsman
Congress
House
Ways and Means
House Appropriations
King And Queen Return To Dominion Of Canada
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth completed their Canadian visit and will sail for England Thursday night. They enjoyed Hyde Park meetings with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, toured Hudson Valley, and joined a church service with a bishop remarks.
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Frank H. King
ROYAL
Hyde Park
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
England
United States
Polish customs worker pinched in Danzig spying case
In Danzig on June 12 charges of attempted kidnapping and espionage were filed against Polish customs inspector Jan Wenryk Lipinski. He was arrested after storms of 6,000 Brownshirts. Lipinski allegedly posed as a former German army officer to obtain military data and urged Troopers to cross into Poland. Public trial promised.
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Free City
Danzig
Jan Wenryk Lipinski
Lipinski
East Prussia
Storm
Poland
Warsaw
Free City of
Marian Chodacki
Jan Henryk Lipinski
Krakow
Ilustrowany Kurjer
Heubuge
Four Die In Fall Of Flying Ship
A sightseeing plane plunging 1500 feet near Montague Massachusetts yesterday killed four people and buried two others four feet deep. Greenfield residents Lester Hodgen 31 the pilot Miss Katherine Walsh Donald Drew 22 and Howard Glazier moving picture operator died. Hodgen and Glazier were found four feet underground and Hodgen was decapitated.
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Boston
Montague
Mass
Turners Falls
Fabrice
Greenfield
Lester Hodgen
Katherine Walsh
Donald Drew
Howard Glazier
Moving Picture
Hodgen
Glazier
Forest Fire Curbed at Manteo After 18 Hour Battle
Fifty workers from the Virginia Dare CCC camp battled a forest fire sweeping Alder branch toward Fort Raleigh for about 18 hours. They withdrew as wind conditions shifted on Sunday afternoon, preserving much of the area at the island’s north end.
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Manteo
Virginia Dare CCC
Alder Branch
Fort Raleigh
Britain Seeks Confidence For Conference Alignment
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that a world conference on Europe's problems can only succeed with mutual confidence and similar effort by other governments. He outlined a new formula to Moscow to end the deadlock in the British French Soviet talks and dispatched envoy William Strang to Moscow.
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Chamberlain
Europe
House of Commons
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Viscount Halifax
William Strang
Strang
Foreign Office
Strong
Warsaw
No Price Boost From Minimum for Seamless Hosiery
Washington reports N A Tolles assistant chief economist of the Wage Hour Administration said no general price rise would follow the 32 1/2 cents per hour minimum for seamless hosiery workers. He spoke at the first public hearing on minimum wage recommendations by industry committees as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. He said the increase would raise the industry's wage bill about 7 percent and general manufacturing costs about 3 percent, but prices to consumers would not rise. Some manufacturers were expected to testify against the 32 1/2 cent minimum.
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Washington
N. A. Tolles
Tolles
Congress
Plot to Slay British Envoy in Shanghai Revealed
British diplomatic attaches disclose a plot to murder Ambassador Sir Archibald Kerr in Shanghai. Police ringed the ambassador’s residence and offices, with international settlement forces deployed. No suspects named, but officials call the threat grave and authentic.
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Shanghai
Archibald John Kerr Clark
Archibald
International Settlement Police
Secret Broadcasts Worry Germans Across Bohemia
In Prague on June 12 authorities faced secret radio transmitters using clockwork records to urge Bohemians to resist German control. A Czech nurse Anna Kopecka faced charges over a confession claiming she killed sergeant Wilhelm Kriest, though authorities questioned her sincerity. Police noted the devices are portable and hard to stamp out.
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Prague
Anna Kopecka
Wilhelm Kriest
Kladno
Kniest
Kopecka
Government opens grand jury probe of typewriter industry
New York June 12 government starts grand jury investigation into typewriter makers. Officials say probe seeks to uncover monopolistic or collusive practices under the direction of Attorney General Frank Murphy with Thurman Arnold assisting.
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New York
Thurman Arnold
Frank Murphy
War money sought to boost Army air power and Panama garrison
The House Appropriations Committee urged Congress to add 292.9 million dollars to next year’s War Department budget to fund more aircraft production educational orders Panama Canal garrison expansion and housing. General Henry H Arnold said expansion would ensure superiority over German bombers and highlighted pursuit ship goals. Lindbergh warned the US trails in military aviation and stressed commercial leadership depends on future focus.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
War Department
Panama Canal
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Arnold
House
Panama
West Point graduation speech urges strength in peace
President Roosevelt at the United States Military Academy says nations without fears can be friendly, but America must strengthen and modernize defense. He notes peace by honorable conduct, while stressing mobility of armed forces and continued preparedness. The ceremony includes a 21 gun salute and royal visit reflections.
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N. Y
America
Roosevelt
George
United States Military Academy
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Memel
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Strikers Plan Tuesday Parade Through High Point
Striking Highland Cotton Mill workers led by AFHW organizer Co. W. Danenburg won a permit for a protest parade in High Point tomorrow. The march will travel by automobile with placards and banners and mark continued efforts at the Union Hall on North Wrenn Street. TWOC director Henry I. Adams had no new statement.
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Charlotte
TWOC
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