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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1937
Page
1
Washington notes report Acting Prion to close federal income tax loopholes and a Senate resolution to form a joint committee of six senators and six representatives to investigate tax avoidance schemes. The plan targets millions in unpaid taxes and seeks remedial legislation by February 1, 1938.
A newborn boy born to Mr. and Mrs. George Lamontagne in Sanford, Maine, was believed dead for ten hours but revived by undertaker Lionel La France who detected a spark of life and aided breathing during embalming preparations. The child has a good chance to survive.
A nationwide toll over 300 was reported as Memorial Day marked its seventieth observance. At least 220 died in traffic crashes, 55 drowned, and many suffered heat exposure as crowds filled highways and seaside and resort areas. Temperatures neared 100 degrees in many places.
Washington reports Roosevelt's veto over ridden by House with a 68 to 14 vote, extending term level insurance for World War veterans for five years. In New York, stock market tumbled up to four points as European tensions unnerved traders, with U S Steel, Bethlehem, Republic, and Youngstown Sheet & Tube among big losers and copper shares sliding.
Washington June 1 The administration faced shelving President Roosevelt s Supreme Court bill to save other major programs. Opponents expect a hostile Judiciary Committee report this week and a long Senate fight. The delay also endangers the reorganization plan wage and hour bills tax reform anti lynching relief fund and related measures.
In Chicago on June 1 a seventeen and one half hour rescue by fire department teams at Mother Cabrini Hospital aimed to save a day-old infant named John Francis Walsh born yesterday. Despite sixteen oxygen tanks and constant shifts at the bedside the baby could not be revived as the effort ended.
Washington reports thirteen American scientists will view a total solar eclipse of three and a half minutes on Canton Island as part of a National Geographic Society U S Navy expedition. The goal is to answer long unanswered questions about the sun, revealing substances later found on Earth.
Philadelphia June 1 Big business firms scout campuses for potential future stars of industry and sport, using placement services to interview seniors. The University of Pennsylvania operates a senior placement unit supervised by the alumni industrial division and the alumni educational division.
Newswire brief notes Duke of Windsor and future Duchess await an alleged privacy plea amid mounting peacetime press scrutiny. Western reports say major London papers withhold wedding details as critics critique publicity. A 1937 British press scene frames the couple’s forthcoming ceremony.
Orval Ns president of the association announced the board voted to extend the season. Eight teams in each league will play seven weeks four nights weekly. After this, the two clubs with the lowest averages are dropped and the remaining six teams continue five more weeks.
Amelia Earhart began the first leg of her round the world flight from Miami with Capt. Fred Noonan aboard the 80,000 Flying Laboratory. About 5,000 spectators watched as she departed at 5 55 a m EST for San Juan Puerto Rico.
Valencia reports three American men wounded in the German bombardment of Almeria. The vice governor said the Americans engaged in relief work were injured but identified. Seventy killed in London bombardment. the report notes casualties and ongoing investigations.
Indianapolis Indiana Jane Rohde of Cleveland a spark plug company official injured during trials of the 500 mile race received injections into veins as doctors fought to keep him alive Rohde described as critical also with three other victims in fair condition George Warford Indianapolis a mechanic died when a flaming car crashed into pits Floyd Davis of Springfield Alabama was treated and discharged after a head injury from yesterday’s crash
Anthony Faber, 25, organizer of a new Caddies Union, was arrested for trespassing at Olympia Fields Country Club in Chicago Heights. He had summoned club officials to wage talks promising higher pay, overtime overtime time and a half, and a heavier bag bonus, halting a threatened three club strike.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull spoke with German Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff to urge peaceful settlement of the German Spanish crisis. Hull telephoned Dieckhoff after hours of department talks and a tense day as Germany faced responses to the Deutschland bombing and Almeria bombardment.
Berlin reports circulating this afternoon claim Germany has broken relations with the Vatican after Cardinal Mundelein's recent criticism. The State Department refused to confirm or deny. In Washington the Supreme Court granted reviews on federal power for utilities, the Home Owners Loan Corporation Act, and the gold abrogation law while denying Wheeler Rayburn utility holding company law review. In Chicago one Memorial Day riot victim was identified as a Communist by his widow. In Indianapolis Governor Townsend set June 10 as the date for lethal injections for three convicted slayers of Harry Miller and Heber L. Hicks, with pending court decisions.
World 1937 analysis notes Europe pulled back after brief crisis among Germany Italy and Franco Spain. It cites bombings at Guernica and other raids, warns of potential for wider conflict if ships and planes clash, and highlights England’s mediation role while Germany studies France and Russia for gains. It discusses non intervention patrols and threats to shoot on sight.
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