Discontent in Gary steel area still smolders
In Gary Indiana on June 13 unrest builds as rumors of strike breakers and armed guards circulate near mills. Union leaders claim 80 percent of Calumet district workers may walk out if a strike is called while operators report a high reluctance to strike and a large union following gathering in Pittsburgh for a strike convention.
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House Group Backs Cotton Bill Change in Missouri
Washington June 13 AP The House Agriculture Committee approved the Buck D Cala bill to amend the Bankhead cotton production control measure. It clarifies allocations to states with past production around 230000 bales not falling below 200000 under the net. The Bankhead limit stays at 40000000 bales this year.
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House Agriculture Committee
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Missouri
Arizona
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Gunman Slain at Alami. Bailey’s Pal Apprehended
A gunman was slain at Alami, with Bailey’s pal Frank Shinn, 21, arrested after the shooting. Shinn claimed no involvement, saying he knew Denniston but not the other man. Officers awaited fingerprint results to identify the second suspect.
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Denniston
Local Briefs Highlight Hospital Improvements And Local News
Cecil Fletcher at St Marys Hospital shows improvement from pneumonia while Raymond Holland heads to San Diego to enter Naval Training School. Missouri River level reaches 646 feet. Ira Lohman Jr returns from Northwestern University. James Brown visits from Washington University. A J Bauer hospital stay remains satisfactory after major surgery. FP C Williams pleads guilty to a bad check and is paroled after restitution. Marriage licenses issued for Leo Eekhoff with Sophia Rackers and August Loethen with Leona Wisberg. Signs erected to deter shortcut driving near federal building. Two blazes prompt fire calls including Bear Cottage Lane and a gas stove explosion at 517 Linn St. H D Bray named western Missouri probation officer after Dudley Hour’s term. Mrs Bray formerly Margaret Gregory of Jefferson City.
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Leo Eekhoff
Sophia Rackers
Jefferson City
St. Peter’s Church
Auggust Loethen
St. Thomas
Mac
Leona Wisberg
Argyle
Bear Cottage Lane
Glover Brown, Negro
Linn St
H. D. Bray
Kansas City
Department of Justice
Western
Missouri
Lewis J. Grout
Dudley W. Hour
Bray
Margaret Gregory
Peek Days Foreign Trade For 38 Years Against Us
Washington June 13 AP George N Peek special adviser on foreign trade to President Roosevelt says a 38 year study shows trade has been cumulatively disadvantageous to the United States He urges a world balance sheet with long term imports and exports balancing He estimates the world owes the United States 23664 billion in goods plus 22645 million in war loans and foreign investments which would reduce national assets if unpaid Tobacco bill loses Vinson Ky author says no chance for passage this session
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George N. Peek
Roosevelt
America
Peek
Europe
Vinson
Roosevelt proposes conciliation boards for industry disputes
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a plan to clarify collective bargaining within the industrial recovery act and grant equal representation on conciliation boards for management and workers in threatened industries. The proposal, still under study, seeks to determine majority bargaining agents and faced differing views among groups, with no final agreement yet reached.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Asaid
Wagner
Mother Daughter Tie Bodies to Die in Water Tragedy
Highland Park reports Preferrius death by own action as Mrs Alice King Bott, 63, and her daughter Marearer bound themselves together and swam into the water on June 13 AP. The act suggests they faced a possible outcome of fatality during their attempt.
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Botheft
Highland Park
Til
Preferrius
Alice King Bott
Marearer
Save Boyhood Home of Eugene Field From Wreckers
In St Louis on June 13 AP report the boyhood home of Eugene Field was saved from demolition. The board of education unanimously accepted an offer from Jesse P Henry and Carl P Danich to cover preservation costs and instructed the attorney to secure possession under an old lease. Curran favored wrecking. a local editorial urged memorial preservation. The house, built about 60 years earlier, sits at 634 South Broadway.
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Eugene Field
Board of Education
Jesse P Henry
Carl P. Danich
South Broadway
Con P Cieran
Curran
Henry and
Daniel
Senate probes 1944 Clark senatorial campaign expenses
The senate today ordered an investigation into 1944 Senate campaign expenditures. A resolution by Senator D Mo introduced by a Democrat was approved unanimously, authorizing a special committee inquiry to determine if expenditures were excessive.
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Washington
Senate
Infantry
Dionne Quints’ Mother Relaxes After Relapse
North Bay Ontario June 13 UP Mrs Oliva Dionne mother of the world famous Canadian quintuplets relapsed today but improved this afternoon. She was told to stay in bed for several days while Dr A R DaFoe noted the condition stemmed from excitement and staying out of bed yesterday. The babies gained slightly with Yvonne two pounds ten ounces Annette two pounds seven and a quarter Ceci two pounds two and three quarter Emilie one pound fourteen and three quarter ounces Marie one pound thirteen and one quarter ounces bringing total weight to eleven pounds five and three quarter ounces.
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Ont
Oliva Dionne
A. R DaFoe
Dionne
Yvonne
Annette
Ceci
Emilie
Marie
A Darrow Ride Quits Sees U5 Going Fascist
Monopolistic practices create advances that push production and speed up workers. The piece notes weekly wages down and a push for maximum output during shorter codes, with hourly rates rising in some industries.
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Darrow
NRA Codes and Wage Trends Debate U.S. Labor Crisis
A critique argues weekly earnings lag behind production and prices as NRA codes keep workers attached to payrolls with inadequate wages. Minimums become de facto maximums, failing to aid Negro workers and other low paid groups. The NRA is seen as shifting burdens to workers while signaling a trend toward fascism in the United States.
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Hows
NRA
United States
Ice Company Head is Bankruptcy Referee Appointed
Federal Judge Albert L Reeves announced the appointment of H L Burk president of the American Service Company as trustee under the amended federal bankruptcy law. Burk and attorney Berger were among those who conferred with the judge after officials filed a petition in federal court in Kansas City to permit reorganization plans. The plans must be submitted by July. No interest had been paid on bonds since July 1953. The company, in ancillary receivership, manufactures ice and operates cold storage plants and conducts coal fuel and other merchandise business in Missouri and 12 other states.
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H. L. Burk
American Service Company
Burk
Kansas City
Didge Reeves
Burk and Hame
Berger
Missouri
Cotton ginners reject new deal and vow resistance
Arkansas and Missouri cotton ginners pass a resolution rejecting the proposed ginner marketing agreement and pledge to resist the new deal. Reports arrive of rebellions in Oklahoma and Tennessee as leaders attack Washington officials over the marketing plan and Bankhead bill.
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Ark
New Deal
AAA
Bankhead
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Washington
Harry V. Kahle
Graves wins Alabama governor second term in runoff
Alabama Democrats re elected former Governor Bill Graves to the chief executive chair in a runoff. With 1836 of 2185 boxes counted, Graves led Frank Dixon 131213 to 10974. Judge James Horton of the Eighth Judicial District was defeated by A A Griffith of Cutman.
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Alabama
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Graves
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Birmingham
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Eighth Judicial District
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A. A. Griffith
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