Promise Quick Action On New Lending Plan
Washington dispatch reports mixed congressional reaction as Senate and House leaders pledge prompt consideration of President Roosevelt's $3.06 billion lending program. The plan aims to stimulate business and employment with loans to states cities counties sewers bridges hospitals rural electrification and financing for rail equipment housing and foreign purchases.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Treasury
Rural Electrification Administration
Export-Import Bank
United States Housing Authority
Byrnes
PWA
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wagner
King
Utah
Economy Group
Johnson
Calif
Bridges
RNH
Wegro Executed for Hold Up Murder in Indiana
James Red Swain, 20, was executed in the electric chair at the state prison for the 1937 holdup murder of Evansville grocer Christ Bredenkamp. He told prison chaplain the slain man haunted his cell, appearing in a white apron and glasses. A second item notes a rapidly devised tunnel reaching speeds of 250 mph with a pressure range from partial vacuum to two atmospheres.
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Michigan City
Ind
James Red Swain
State Prison
Christ Bredenkamp
Evansville
Swain
Robert Hall
Bredenkamp
Hall
Reserve Officers in UCU May Serve Again
The Civilian Conservation Corps announced that all reserve officers on duty in CCC camps may apply for reappointment as civilians under the economy program when their terms expire. About 5,900 reserve officers will be given preference through December 31 as CCC moves to civilian command, else they are replaced by reserve army officers who must also apply as civilians. Robert Fechner cited expected annual savings of about 1 million dollars. Reappointed camp captains will be paid around 216 dollars per month, down from about 350 previously.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Robert Fechner
CCG
Threaten to Close Fair Concessions Over Higher Costs
June 23 New York AP report says the World’s Fair faces threats to shutter foreign concessions as organizers and unions clash over steep bills. Armando d Ans cites an Argentine pavilion map repair cost of 3807 dollars, while Shipton Vandersteen warns of closing nine English and Dutch exhibits over higher commission demands. Belgian press derides labor tactics as foreign commissioners claim costs run 10 million dollars above expectations mainly due to overtime for idle workers.
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New York
Fair Corporation
Armando d’Ans
Argentina
Shipton & ‘Vandersteen ‘Co. Ltd
Panto
la Depeche Coloniale Edge
Belgium
Pickets Picketed by Police After Milling Plant Demonstration
In Los Angeles on June 23 AP reports pickets demonstrated at a milling plant until police ruled the action illegal. Wives of CID demonstrators appeared with signs criticizing the husbands and finances. Police warned the women under a city ordinance limiting pickets and sent them home.
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Los Angeles
CID
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