Adjourment Date Decision Left With FDR
Washington June 5. Congressional leaders leave to President Roosevelt a decision on whether to adjourn in mid July or stay in session to revise the neutrality law. House considers administration program repeal of the arms embargo and travel ban in combat zones while other committees push defense measures tax revision and social security expansion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Thier
White House
House
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Army Air Corps
Memrs
Weather Roundup for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Partly cloudy with local showers in extreme southwest tonight and in the west Tuesday. In Tennessee slightly warmer central and east portions. Virginia fair tonight and cloudy Tuesday with slowly rising temps in west and north. Kentucky fair tonight partly cloudy Tuesday warmer in east, with showers in the west by afternoon or night.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Minimum Textile Wage Of 32 1 2 Cents Expected
Federal officials forecast a minimum textile wage of 32 1 2 cents an hour to take effect in August as the first wage order under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The proposal, supported by the industry committee, would raise wages for about 175000 workers, mostly in southern cotton mills, with an estimated 2.2 to 3.2 percent rise in total manufacturing costs.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Fair Labor Standards Act
Labor Department
Cotton
Andrews
Kingsport Leads Up-State In 1937 Tax Returns
Kingsport ranked fifth among Tennessee cities for individual income tax returns filed in 1938 with 1,223 returns, ahead of Johnson City and other Upper East Tennessee cities. Sullivan County had 1,808 returns and Bristol 508, as the state totals reached 6,398,541 returns.
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Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Associated Press
Washington
Upper East Tennessee
Johnson City
Sullivan County
Bristol
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Jackson
Tennessee
Commissioner of
Customs
Post Office
Helvering
Carter
Elizabethton
Davidson
Dyer
Dyersburg
Newbern
Greene
Greeneville
Hamblen
Morristown
Hamilton
Business Revival Held Key Item
John W. Hanes, undersecretary of the treasury, told the House Ways and Means Committee the administration has a duty to adjust taxes to spur business. He endorsed Morgenthau’s recommendations removing tax irritants like the undistributed profits tax and the capital stock and excess profits taxes.
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Washington
John W. Hanes
The
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Hanes
Wall Street
Morgenthau
Vandenberg Urges Fair Chance for Free Enterprise
U S Senator Arthur H Vandenberg Republican of Michigan told Syracuse University graduates that free enterprise must have a fairly treated chance to lift the nation from its low mood within six months He urged a return to the American system while criticizing restrictive laws as stifling initiative thrift and investment and called for restoring equilibrium with individual effort.
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Syracuse
N. Y
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Syracuse University
Vandenburg
White House preps for visit of English king and queen
The White House hums with activity ahead of the four day royal visit led by a British king and queen. Staff prepare for a state dinner and a luncheon aboard the U S S Potomac while two ladies maids and two valets are quartered in the building.
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White House
Beth Campbell
Washington
Tle
Roosevelt
U. S. S. Potomac
Mount Vernon
Assembly Labor Clash Highlights State Convention
Tennessee Labor Commissioner S. E. Bryant blamed the last General Assembly for stalling labor bills, citing too many lawmakers serving special interests. He urged electing farmers and labor-minded businesspeople, while Governor Cooper was praised for efforts. T. R. Cuthbert called the 1939 session a total failure for worker legislation.
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Nashville
Tenn
Laor
S. E. Bryant
Tennessee State Federation of Labor
General Assembly
Cooper
Bryant
T. R. Cuthbert
Chattanooga
State Federation
Cuthbert
T. O. Denham
Refugees View Florida Coast Aboard German Ship St Louis
Coast guard and immigration officials monitored the German liner St Louis as it carried 907 Jewish refugees near the Florida coast. The ship anchored off Miami, was tracked by patrols and two Coast Guard planes, with sightings near Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys as authorities sought entry possibilities.
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Miami
Fila
Coast Guard
St. Louis
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Miami Channel
Germany
Cuba
Florida Keys
Miami Beach
Radiomarine Corporation
Lake Worth
Jailer Prevents Attempted Jail Break in Virginia
Jailer E A Edwards in Chatham Virginia saved Sam Swanson a negro charged with killing constable William Coward from an armed band. Three masked gunmen confronted Edwards at the jail door but withdrew after sheriff Archer Overbey and Commonwealth's attorney Joseph Whitehead intervened. Swanson faces murder charges stemming from Coward's death nine days earlier.
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Chatham
E. A. Edwards
Pittsylvania
Sam Swanson
Edwards
Archer Overbey
Commonwealth
Joseph Whitehead
Swanson
William Coward
Farley Denies Roosevelt Favoring Any One Class
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the Tennessee chapter of the National Association of Postmasters that Roosevelt aims for a balanced economy and that no single class will be favored. He spoke in Chattanooga and planned to address Knoxville later. He defended policies helping farmers and labor, stressing profits, wages, and decent working conditions.
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Chattanooga
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
America
Tennessee
National Association of Postmasters
Farley
Knoxville
Probe of Manton cases probable
Review of about 3,000 cases presided by Martin T. Manton over 21 years as a circuit judge appears likely after his conviction for selling justice. Five case reviews have begun including the Fox Theaters receivership. Possible reopenings could arise in other Manton matters amid anticipated appeals and court actions.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
Manton
Fox Theaters Corporation
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
John T. Cahill
Harry Warner
Warner Brothers Company
Lord and Thomas Advertising Agency
American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court keeps child labor amendment for ratification
Washington reports the Supreme Court ruled the pending constitutional amendment to abolish child labor remains subject to ratification, even by a state that previously rejected it. Other items note Suez Canal directors rejecting Italian demands, Germany expected to sign non aggression pacts with Latvia and Estonia, and a Shanghai report on alleged misuse of American flags by Chinese troops.
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Supreme Court
Suez Canal
Paris
Suez Canal Company
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
Latvia
Estonia
Shanghai
U. S
Supreme Court rules Hague violated free assembly in CIO meetings
The Supreme Court decided Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City violated free assembly by interfering with CIO meetings. The24 decision upheld a city ordinance restricting public meetings to prevent riots, with a five to two vote amid other major rulings on milk price stabilization.
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Supreme Court
Frank Hague
Jersey City
CIO
Roosevelt
Roberts
Garner may seek third term in 1940 bid discussed
WASHINGTON June 5 The Garner third term bid dominates New Deal talk as Vice President Garner weighs whether to run for the Democratic nomination in 1940. Supporters plan to push convention delegates while Roosevelt keeps silent to avoid hindering current policy.
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Garner
Farley
Schwellenbach
D.-Wash
E. B. Germany
Texas Democratic
Clare Driscoll
Texas National
Roosevelt
Full Accord With Russia Forecast
The British parliament seeks Prime Minister Chamberlain s account on British French efforts to include Soviet Russia in their mutual aid pact while Vatican sources note new peace moves by Pope Pius XII. A London source says Russian terms are unlikely to provoke trouble and Britain weighs satisfying Moscow s Baltic guarantees. The Pope met Britain s Holy See envoy Francis D Arcy Goldalphin Osborne and Vatican sources report a key conference on peace efforts.
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Chamberlain
Russia
Vatican
Pius XII
London
Britain
Moscow
Pope Pius
Holy See
Francis D. Arcy Goldalphin Osborne
France
Germany
Italy
Poland
McNutt warns against Philippine independence ending U.S. voice
Shanghai remarks by Paul V. McNutt warn that a U.S. flag withdrawal would trigger a bloody struggle as the Philippines move toward full sovereignty under the Tydings McDuffie Act. He argues economic dependence must remain and independence cannot be rushed.
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Shanghai
United States
Far East
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Shanghai American University Club
Admiral Latimer Dies in New York at 70
Rear Admiral Julian Lane Latimer U S N retired dies at Leroy Sanitarium New York after heart ailment. He served as judge advocate general of the navy and commanded naval forces in Nicaragua 1926 27. Burial planned in Shepherdstown West Virginia his birthplace. He rose from English ensign in 1892 to admiral in 1923 with service on Winslow Virginia Vesuvius Rhode Island and Rhode Island command during World War I.
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New York
INA
Julian Lane Latimer
J. L. Latimer, Jr
W. A. Allen Chevrolet Company
Kingsport
Navy
U. S
Nicaragua
Leroy Sanitarium
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Admiral Latimer
U. S. S. Winslow
Bureau of Ordinance
Navy Department
Virginia
Rhode Island
Atlantic
Thetis Disaster: Torpedo Tube Blamed For 99 Deaths
London June 5 Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a full public inquiry into the Thetis submarine disaster in which 99 men perished. He said two forward compartments flooded via the forward torpedo tube and noted complications from a sinking, cutting buoy, and failed signaling gear during rescue efforts.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Liverpool Bay
Thetis
H. P. K. Oram
Oram
R. S Johnson
Cammell Laird, Ltd
City election ends as speculations rise on next mayor
As aldermanic races conclude, the city awaits the July 4 swearing in of new council members. The retiring trio leaves mayor and vice mayor posts open with Dr E W Tipton and J L Kincheloe among potential successors.
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W. L. Holyoke
Glen Bruce
Ed Cate
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