Adjourning Hope Falters Amid Tugwell Nomination Talk
Washington reporters note adjournment hinges on the Tugwell confirmation and congressional debate. Republicans push amendments to limit presidential power and strike dispute boards, while NRA chief Johnson says codes administration will focus on drafting. A Senate liquor buyers bill also enters the scene as Roosevelt plans a radio address before a Hawaiian vacation.
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Rexford G. Tugwell
National Mortgage Association
Tugwell
House
Senate
White House
Pittsburgh
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Germany backs plan to curb steel strike with boards
At Pittsburgh a union convention backed government mediation to avert a steel workers walkout within 72 hours. A proposed administration substitute would empower a president to set conciliation boards whose orders carry federal trade commission force. Johnson said nothing more he could do, while Roosevelt denied reports of a rift over mediation.
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Roosevelt
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Federal Trade Commission
Gary
Ind
Steel Mills
New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
San Francisco
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
Washington
White House
Hugh
NRA
Capitol Hill
National Labor Board
Senator Wagner
D-Ny
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pitsburgh
Steel Chiefs
Kenneth M. Simpson
Steel Code Authority
R. W. Shannon
Steel
War debt default rocks Europe nations
Italy Poland Romania and Hungary told the state department they will default on their war debt payments due tomorrow marking a new chapter in postwar financial strain across Europe.
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Washington
Italy
Poland
Romania
Hungary
State Department
Weather forecast by states and coastal winds
North Carolina fair tonight and Friday. South Carolina fair tonight and Friday with possible showers in extreme south. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras gentle to moderate shifting to southeast or south. Hatteras to Jacksonville gentle to moderate with northwest or east winds and occasional showers in the south. Charlotte AP notes official weather bureau records of temperature and rainfall over 24 hours ending 8 am in cotton regions and other areas.
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South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Carpenters Strike Provokes Violence Near Capitol
Police guarded federal building projects as a citywide carpenters strike escalated. Three injured when attacked by six men at church works near the Folger Shakespeare Library. Open shop demand tied to wage dispute. District official T J Jackson intervened to mediate.
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Church of the Reformation
Folger Shakespeare Library
Capitol
George E. Allen
District of Columbia
T. J. Jackson
Silver Spring
Maryland
New Lutheran Church
Southern Belles At Rhododendron Court
Ten fair ambassadors from as many southern states will be received at the Rhododendron Court in Asheville as the four day flower festival nears its close. Governors have selected state sponsors for the festival. The ball will be held in the Laurel Pavilion at the Carolina Tobacco Warehouse. The annual baby parade, led by a 42 member junior royal court, was staged this morning.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Laurel
Carolina Tobacco Warehouse
New Orleans Cotton Dips on Liverpool Cables Opening
The New Orleans cotton market opened easely as Liverpool cables fell and New York weakened. July at 12.03, October 12.25, December 12.37, down 7 to 8 points from yesterday. By mid-morning, prices firmed slightly with a steadying stock market.
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Liverpool
New York
Blow-by-blow Boer Carnea fight to be aired in New York
The Enterprise has completed arrangements for a blow-by-blow account of the heavyweight title bout tonight in New York. The main fight starts at nine p.m. EST and loudspeakers will relay the ringside report to the crowd gathered outside the venue.
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New York
Davenport Police Officer Kidnapped Near Union Station
Davenport police officer Elmer Schlueter and Al Schultze, secretary of the Davenport Western League baseball club, were abducted by masked bandits near the union station. The men forced them into a car after a confrontation over a suspected theft and drove away rapidly.
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Elmer Schlueter
al Schultze
Western League Baseball Club
Union Station
Schlueter
Schultze
Earthquake Shakes Northwest Himalaya Range Area
A severe quake struck Calcutta and western regions today, with reports tying damage to an area spanning the entire northwest Himalaya range. The disaster is described as possibly worse than a January Birar province incident, with impacts in Afghanistan and Balouchistan.
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India
Birar Province
Afghanistan
Balouchistan
Himalaya Range
Britain to Default on War Debt Installment to U.S.
London reports Britain will pay nothing on the war debts installment due to the United States tomorrow. The cabinet has not yet written its reply to Washington, and Hull's note proposing payments in kind will not alter Britain's plan to default.
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England
London
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Hull
Britain
Laurinburg Strike Pickets Ordered To Put Aside Guns
In Laurinburg the Waverly textile mill strike leaders under Sheriff McCormick orders to lay aside arms. Armed pickets had patrolled the Prince unit after a gun battle wounded eight. Negotiations continue for an 800 worker month-old strike with limited progress. Union organizer P. R. Christopher says disarming aims to avoid bloodshed with police protection.
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F. C. McCormick
Waverly
Prince
P. R. Christoper
Symphony Orchestra to Perform Sunday at Memorial Hall
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra under director Eamar Stringfield will give its eleventh concert Sunday afternoon June 17 at 4 30 in Memorial Hall Chapel Hill. It will be the first public performance before a University Summer School audience. Afterward the group travels to Raleigh June 19 for an 8 30 p m concert at Needham Brough ton High School auditorium.
Fayetteville Mill Granted Exemption for Negro Workers
New York June 14 The silk textile code authority chairman Peter Van Horn announced a 60 day exemption from the twelve dollar minimum wage for Central Weaving and Spinning Company at Fayetteville North Carolina conditioned on reorganization after the period. Officials said 300 black workers would be kept if wages remained at ten dollars weekly during the exemption.
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New York
Peter van Horn
Silk Textile Code Authority
Central Weaving and Spinning, Company
Fayettevile
N. C
City Gasoline Price Cut After City Pump Installed
Athens Tenn June 14 two oil companies here have cut prices from 24 to 20 cents a gallon after a city owned pump started operating The city is selling gasoline at 20 cents a gallon and officials say the pump will run until prices return to normal.
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Tenn
Germany imposes Dawes Young loan moratorium
Basel protests allege breach of Hague and Lausanne treaties as Germany suspends payments on medium and long term foreign obligations. Leon Fraser of BIS notes protest as bond trustees prepare action. Berlin cloaks six month moratorium halting cash transfers, saving roughly 300 million marks in foreign exchange for late 1934.
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Lausanne
Leon Fraser
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North Carolina Governor Urges Potato Digging Holiday
Governor Ehringhaus called on Irish potato growers in North Carolina to halt digging for the rest of the week to avert a price collapse. He cites heavy shipments from Ayr Beaufort Pamlico and Mownti sectors and seeks relief from Harry Hopkins to buy 3000 to 5000 carloads for drought states.
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Ehringhaus
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Ayr - Beaufort
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Mownti Ve
Harry L. Hopkins
Aati
Navy Seizes Mystery Papers From Crash
Liberty New York June 14 The Navy department took papers and chemicals from the wreckage of aSaturday airline crash on Last Chance mountain. Coroner Bourke surrendered the documents after an authority beyond county or state demanded them. Navy officials said the action followed wartime espionage act orders to seize materials possibly naval property or secrets.
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Liberty
N. Y
United States Navy Department
Last Chance Mountain
Naval Intelligence Department
Naval
Victor G. Bourke
William Baxter Bader
Buffalo
Bourke
Washington
Roosevelt
Naval Department
Navy
Coronier
Navy Department
Naval Intelligence
Bader
Semet-Solvay Company
Debt reform echoes in campaign rhetoric
Hollywood columnist notes persistent talk of repaying national debt just ahead of Congressional elections. Several proposals reemerge, though past loans remain unpaid, while candidates promise to force Europe to pay, framing it as a campaign argument.
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Hollywood
Calif
Washington
Europe
Mystery surrounds coroner probe into explosives formula
Reports say only one unidentified company was asked to bid and two copies of the explosives formula were made. One copy went to the other firm, the second to Bader. A navy form was allegedly attached to the copy found with Bader, as officials claim wartime authority over the inquiry limits county jurisdiction. Rear Admiral Haussig said agents were ordered to seize any papers that might be naval secrets or property.
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Bader
Navy
Naval
Jospeh K. Haussig
Naval Operations
Washington
High Point Realtor Nominated for City Postmaster
Stephen C. Clark a prominent High Point realtor and former HO L C appraiser is recommended by Congressman William B. Umstead for appointment as city postmaster. Clark on leave in Washington said he had not been informed but would accept the role if approved. he cites deep ties to High Point and family Revolutionary War and Civil War service.
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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
William B. Umstead
High Point
Salisbury
HOLC
Stephen C. Clark
State Department
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Post Office Department
Umstead
Holt McPherson
Enterprise
Mr. Clark
Civil Service Commission
E. T. Kearns
G. W. Clark
Washington
Clark
National Capital
Approva
The
Recommenda
Guilford Courthouse
Kings Mountain
Baer Carnera Ringside Weighs In Before Title Bout
Primo Carnera and Max Baer weighed in at Madison Garden Bowl with Carnera at 260 and Baer at 210 pounds. Doctors from the New York State Athletic Commission deemed both undefeated in condition. Baer showed a serious demeanor unlike his usual smile while Carnera, slowed by illness, weighed in near his planned limit.
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Tam Garden Bowl
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New York States Athletic Commission
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Carera
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Max
Big Primo
Jack Sharkey
Tommy Loughran
Miami
Max Schmeling
Carnera
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