Congress Shifts On Price Subsidies After Roosevelts Veto
President Roosevelt vetoes a bill extending the Commodity Credit Corporation and funding price rollbacks, arguing it would raise living costs. The House rejects overriding the veto 201 to 84, while a stopgap CCC measure passes 228 to 154 and moves to the Senate for final fate. The debate centers on subsidies to cut meat, butter, and coffee prices and potential wage pressures.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Commodity Crisit Corporation
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
CCC
Wolcott
R-Mich
Food Administration overhaul urged as veto showdown looms
Our Daily Bread President Roosevelt vetoed a bill blocking the food subsidy program and the House sustained the veto. The dispute splits Congress and the executive, with calls to create an independent food administrator to manage inflation and distribution while leveraging state and county volunteers.
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Roosevelt
Executive Department
House of Representatives
Congress
Food Administration
America
Two Thousand German War Prisoners Arrive at Camps
The Seventh Service Command reports about 2,000 German war prisoners reached internment camps at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Camp Carson Colorado and Camp Phillips Kansas. Italian prisoners were moved to other camps to keep German and Italian prisoners separate. Germans are said to be from the North Africa war theater.
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Omaha
Seventh Service Command
Fort Leonard Wood
Camp Carson
Colo
Camp Phillips
Kas
Army
North African War Theater
Sperm Whale Expels Low Puff of Vapor Forward and Upward
A sperm whale releases a faint puff of vapor that travels forward and upward, described in concise terms with emphasis on the motion and direction of the discharge.
Speculation on Adkins Drive on Gambling Speculation
In Little Rock today Governor Adkins moved to install a new justice of the peace in Hot Springs after Henry C. Covington failed to qualify. Rev. Floyd Leroy Hurst, Hot Springs Ministerial Alliance secretary, was named to the post. The governor’s police raids continued, but without warrants after a supreme court ruling limited justice powers.
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VNN Heinzerling
Little Rock
Statehouse
Adkins
Hot Springs
Leo P. McLaughlin
State Board of Election Commissioners
Justice of the Peace
Supreme Court
Earth weighs six sextillion tons per U S Bureau data
The U S Bureau of Standards cites a weight for the earth at six sextillion tons 6 000 000 000 100 000 000 000 000. This figure is presented as a standard estimate from a national science agency.
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U. S. Bureau of Standards
Ration Calendar Details Stamp Validity Deadlines
Ration Book No. 1 continues with Coffee Stamp No. 24 for one pound expiring June 30, Sugar Stamp No. 13 for five pounds expiring August 15, canning stamps 15 and 16 for five pounds each, Shoes Stamp No. 18 for one pair through October 31. Book No. 2 blue stamps K L M for canned produce through July 7. red stamps J K L M N for meats fats oils cheeses canned fish milk expiring June 30. Gasoline Stamp No. 6 A-books four gallons each valid until July 22.
Allied Bombers Hit Sicily Airfields in Night and Day Raids
Allied air forces targeted Castelvetrano in Sicily and raided Palermo and Cagliari in a pair of missions. Negro Warhawk pilot Lieut. Charles B. Hall claimed the first Negro air unit victory in North Africa, while Gen. Eisenhower commended Hall and squadron commander Lieut. Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. after the attacks.
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Noland Norgaard
Castelvetrano
Sicily
Palermo
Cagliari
Sardinia
Northwest African Tactical Air Force
Pantelleria Island
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles B. Hall
Brazil
Eisenhower
Hall
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr
Washington, D.C
Kerrigan J. Quinn
Oklahoma City
Okla
Sicilian
Marshall Yards
North Africa
Col
Graham W. West
Portland
Ore
el Guettar
Illinois State Teachers College
Hope Banks Hit New Peak for Deposits
Citizens National and First National banks report combined deposits of five million dollars at June 30. The total reached $4,977,829, up nearly a million from a year earlier.
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Citizens National
First National Banks
Hope
Obsolete English Laws Reignites Mince Pie Ban Talk
A law society unearthed historic statutes declaring mince pies illegal and restricting Christmas dinners, smoking in public, and playing billiards on Sundays. The find highlights once severe social controls and shifts in Britain's legal past.
Saddle horses fuel growth of horseback riding in U S
The United States now maintains more than 500 000 saddle horses used for recreational riding and related activities reflecting a surge in popularity and demand for equestrian use nationwide.
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United States
Prayer to or aly Fourth Give Us a Star to Aspire
A devotional verse urges the faithful to seek a guiding star to inspire hope and ambition. It frames the star as a lofty aim and a steadying stone, meant to quicken the heart and elevate daily life beyond mere comfort and sustenance.
Goebbels Uses Paris Radio to Mock Allied Invasion
Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels airs a spoof Allied invasion on Paris radio. The broadcasts parody timing from breakfast to lunch, suggesting Allied landings while claiming nothing decisive yet. The aim is to ridicule enemy plans and show German candor about the war.
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Lynn Heinzerling
London
Joseph Goebbels
Paris Radio Today
France
Europe
One and a Half Acres Per Person for Food Production
A guideline states that one and a half acres of farm land per person is required to grow enough food for an adequate diet. The figure reflects agricultural policy aims and nutritional planning considerations for sustaining communities.
The Star to Suspend Monday Editions for Fourth of July
Following its long standing custom The Star will skip Monday publication in observance of the Fourth of July and resume with the Tuesday afternoon edition. The Star suspends three holidays each year Fourth of July Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Star
the Star
Three Extension Officials Are Promoted in Arkansas
Fayetteville July 3 4 Three top extension service officials are advanced in rank announced by Dr W R Horlacher dean of the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture and extension director Aubrey D Gates to associate director L A Dhonau to assistant director and C A Vines cotton specialist to succeed Dhonau Gates career spans 1930 1942 with roles White and Jackson counties Sharp and Arkansas counties farm organization specialist state representative for the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and 1942 assistant director Dhonau joined in 1939 Columbia county agent state AAA Compliance Supervisor 1935 promoted to assistant state Agronomist 1936 Southeast Arkansas District agent 1937
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Fayetteville
State Extension Service
W. R. Horlacher
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Aubrey D. Gates
Little Rock
L. A. Dhonau
Southeast Arkansas
C. A. Vines
Dhonau
Gates
Chonau
Columbia County
AAA
Dallas Hailstorm Causes 2009000 Loss in May 1926
A May 1926 hailstorm in Dallas Texas caused property damage valued at 2 009 000 dollars according to early newspaper reports. The incident underscores significant impact on buildings and infrastructure across the city.
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Dallas
Texas
Army Pledges Trained Men to Civilians
Washington reports the Army will turn over ten percent of its 130000 college trainees to civilian industry. About 13000 engineers will be released after completing courses and basic training. they will remain soldier students in uniform. The move follows a War Manpower Commission appeal to ease civilian shortages. The WMC funding plan for wartime college training is described as dead.
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Washington
Army
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Budget Bureau
Congressional Appropriations Committees
W. W. Charters
Bureau of Training
Strong Enemy Base Pressed From 3 Sides
Moscow reports Red Army pressure along the Smolensk front with hand to hand fighting and captures of arms. Guerrilla actions in Ukraine derail a German troop train, while Red Army advances near Rostov and Leningrad fronts claim German losses and downed planes.
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London
Smolensk
Moscow
Berlin
Dorogobuzh
Leningrad
Red Army
Kamenets-Podolsk
Ukraine
Kuban
Caucasus
Red Air
Taman
Kerch Strait
Tass
Kerch
Senaya
Novorossisk
Rostov
Viktiu
Allied drive in New Guinea and Solomons presses Japanese bases
Allied headquarters report the Salamaua area under threat from three sides as Australian and American jungle fighters close in while pressure continues on Munda in the Central Solomons. Air power dominates with raids on Rabaul and nearby airfields and a sinking at Baioko.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Australia
Salamaua
New Guinea
Pacific
Solomons
Munda
Douglas MacArthur
Mubo
Nassau Bay
Malolo
New Britain Island
Rendova
Bougainville
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
Vunakanau
Rapopo
Bairoko Anchorage
Kela Point
Logui
Japanese claim heavy Allied losses in June sank ships
Tokyo radio headquarters communique says 11 Allied ships totaling 85 000 tons were sunk in June with no Allied confirmation. It also claims several destroyers transports and 50 Allied planes downed near Rendova, plus 3000 US troops killed in the Rendova fighting. and notes air mastery in Japanese hands. A stray sentence about Borneo monkeys follows unrelated.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Associated Press
Rendova Island
United States
Rendovyva
Wheeler Seeks Deferment Bill for Fathers in Draft
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged Congress to act by next fall on a bill to defer fathers from the draft. The measure, favored by the Senate Military Committee, would be effective only until January 1 and aims to clarify the Selective Service situation.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Montana
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Hope Banks
Joseph Auslander
Herr Goebbels
Paris
U.S
Borneo
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