Roosevelt presses NRA drive amid Chamber critique
President Roosevelt pushes ahead with a threefold NRA plan to preserve recovery, supervise wage rules on government contracts, and unify data from two years of codes as critics from the Chamber of Commerce attack the program. Appalachian coal operators extend current conditions to June 30, while talks on new coal stabilize the industry.
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National Affairs by Owen L Scott on reform waning in new deal era
Special correspondent notes waning zeal for reform among new dealers in Washington. Supreme Court rulings undermine government as a personal matter, shrinking NRA fate and public glamour. Executive orders, white house power, and figures like Hugh Johnson Harold Ickes and Hopkins shift policy, affecting industry codes, public works funding, and relief allocations with broad reach and consequences.
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Grandad Bluff to greet national travel with new highway
La Crosse Plugs invite a 4 PM Wednesday picnic at Grandad Bluff to celebrate completion of a paved road to the crest. The 200 plus members expect full attendance. The event highlights Grandad Bluff as a premier scenic spot now linked by the new route under construction.
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Roosevelt Only Outstanding Candidate Declared
Washington report argues Roosevelt remains the sole outstanding presidential candidate as Hoover's promise fades. It notes Republicans lack a strong rival and third party chances shrink, with progressives leaning to support Roosevelt in 1936 amid a shifting political mood and leftward drift.
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London Train Wreck Kills 17 to 30 at Welwyn Station
A fast train carrying newspapers struck a stationary section of the London New Castle express at Welwyn in the metropolitan area. Official reports list 17 dead, while two London papers report 30 as the toll with many victims still trapped in wreckage.
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Sandals Purchase Brings Reader to Outstanding Values Page
Miss A M of South Fourth Street peruses the Outstanding Values page from last Sunday. She finds a bargain at Kinney shoe store, buys sandals, and writes a clever letter about the deal. The Tribune again offers a cash prize this week for winning letters.
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Wild Life Project Faces Local Disapproval
In central Wisconsin a 600,000 acre federal and state program to reforest and conserve land faces opposition from Jackson Juneau Monroe Wood Clark and Eau Claire counties. Residents fear loss of good farming land and question the scope as boards consider changes to the planned takeovers in the six county area.
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Martial Law Rules Omaha After Riots and Shootings
Omaha, Nebraska endures three nights of violent riots with one man killed and over 75 injured as police clash with rioters. Lt. Gov. Jurgensen orders 1,800 National Guard troops to assume control, declaring martial law and transferring enforcement to the guards.
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War on Kingfish erupts in Senate clash
Senate squabble erupts as veteran and new Democrats assail Senator Long from Louisiana calling him offensive and kingfish while Ashurst of Arizona delivers a scathing tongue lash and draws a crustacean analogy to explain economic panic and public fear.
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One Fatally Burned In Fire At Ballroom
A fire at an East Side New York ballroom where 25 guests gathered for a wedding left one man dead and 30 others burned or injured. Fire swept the venue, with responders rushing victims to hospitals as investigators began work at the scene.
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Witness Held in Robbery Case at La Crosse
Mrs. William Wyburn, jailed as material witness in the Mrs. Shepard robbery case, was brought from De Soto to La Crosse. William Wyburn pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and impugned Orville Moore, alias Orville Williams, while Margaret McCarthy, alias Mrs. Orville Moore, is held awaiting preliminary hearing on similar charges.
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Wiley Post Lands At Wichita Port
Wiley Post’s Winnie Mae failed in a fourth transcontinental attempt after a broken piston forced a belly landing near Wichita. Post planned to try again but not in the Winnie Mae, continuing toward Floyd Bennett Field New York from Burbank, with motor trouble earlier near Davenport Iowa causing the route to switch.
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French Chase 2 Nazi Planes Over Border
Metz France two German army planes fled back into the Rhineland when French pursuit planes rose after sighting them hovering over the Petite Roselle defense works northwest of Metz. The intruders turned tail and crossed the border as French ships gave chase before returning over the border.
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Waleys Face Federal Charge In Kidnap Case
Tacoma authorities shift prosecution to federal court under the Lindbergh law for Mr and Mrs Harmon Waley accused in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. If convicted, they face life imprisonment while Washington state law offered the death penalty. Federal evidence will be presented to a grand jury starting June 19. Also sought under the Lindbergh law is William Mahan, an ex convict linked to the ransom plot, with gunfire near Kirbyville, Texas.
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Clipper Reaches Midway Island in Pan American Flight
Alameda Calif report on the Pan American Clipper landing at Midway Island at 7 40 p m CST after a 1323 mile flight from Pearl Harbor Hawaii The seaplane sighted the island 20 minutes earlier and logged the first commercial air venture west of Hawaii The nine hour 13 minute voyage follows prior naval flight activity from Pearl Harbor.
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Jury Unable To Agree In Lyddane Conspiracy Trial
In Rockville Maryland a jury failed to reach a verdict after nine hours of deliberation in the trial of Mrs. Anne Lydane charged with conspiring to murder her husband Francis. The jury was discharged shortly before midnight on Saturday.
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Winds and Floods Kill 13 in Texas Storms
In Austin Texas roaring winds and floods Saturday night caused a deadly attack across central and southwest Texas. At least 13 people died and crops and property suffered losses in the millions. A wind toppled a farmhouse near Kaufman, killing Elmer Burns 48 as others fled to a storm cellar.
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45 Per Cent Donation Set As Maximum
Roosevelt reportedly limited work relief contributions on state and municipal PWA projects to 45 percent, with the remaining 55 percent from private financing or the PWA revolving fund. The move, tied to the second birthday of the Public Works Administration, accompanies Hopkins led program adjustments and calls for rural road authority and broader labor-focused projects.
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