Roosevelt Pushes Recovery Bill With PWA Ties
Washington June 2 President Roosevelt backs loans to municipalities for private power plants only if they offer fair terms to purchase privately owned issues. Senate increases PWA funds by 100 million to 965 million and fights over earmarking and ban on private utility competition. Debate targets WPA funding, rural electrification, and parity provisions while leaders warn of extended sessions to pass the measure. The bill faces conference with the House after passage.
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Ate
Appropriations Committee
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Colorado
Sterday
Man
New York
Bailey
North Carolina
Copeland
Ar Department
Indian Woman, 124, Dies From Injuries
An elderly Indian woman, aged 124, dies from injuries after an incident near River the 124 lane. Police report says a single severe accident occurred at the location with authorities investigating cause and timing.
Rotary Club program at Madison Ford Hotel
Exter J. Boatman addressed the Crawfordsville Rotary at the Ford Hotel on Wednesday serving as principal speaker. He introduced each member and reviewed club achievements including the Rotary Camp for young people.
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Exter J. Boatman
Wa Crawsville
Rotary Club
Mwford Hotel
Boone County Young People Meet Monday
The Boone County Young People's Organization will meet at the Thorntown Christian church for their regular monthly meeting next Monday evening June 6 at 8 00 p.m. Rev Arthur Moffat of Indianapolis will be the speaker of the evening. A special announcement will be made by the president for the organization. We urge everyone to attend this important meeting.
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Boone County Young People’s Organization
Thorntown
Stabilization of Dollar Secured by Treasury Fund
Secretary Morgenthau defended the $2 trillion exchange stabilization fund as vital to U S exports and foreign trade. He cited trade agreements and monetary pacts with major powers, noting exports stay high despite a slump and claiming the fund has not cost the government, while officials kept fund operations largely secretive.
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Great Britain
France
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Mine blast toll rises to six dead in Pennsylvania mine
A June 2 blast at the Butgler mine of the Valpe Coal Company in Pittston, Wyoming Valley, left six miners dead and six seriously burned with two more missing. A state mine official reported five bodies found in the gas filled shaft as the wrecked underground area trapped other workers and sent six to hospital in critical condition.
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President Roosevelt Gives Diplomas To Cadets At Annapolis
President Roosevelt presiding as commander in chief awarded diplomas to 435 graduates of the Naval Academy 1098 class at Annapolis Maryland during June Week exercises. Cadets tossed their caps and sang the navy hymn and Auld Lang Syne ending the ceremony. The President did not comment on world affairs or foreign defense policy.
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Held for Robbery of Villa in Talyen Rome
Three alleged Florentine bandits and a French accomplice were under arrest today in Rome in connection with the theft of $20,000 in art objects and jewels from the villa of Mrs. John Kerr Branch, widow of a Virginian magnate. The Italian government and police enforce strict censorship, forbidding Rome papers to print reports and warning foreign correspondents to send nothing abroad.
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Rome
John Kerr Branch
Oklahoma to open unarmed honor prison at Atoka
A new atoka Oklahoma honor prison to house 500 to 1,000 inmates will be dedicated June 6 by Governor Marland. Trusty labor built the $196,690 facility where windows will be unbarred and guards act as instructors not armed. Dormitory doors will stay unlocked at night as inmates learn trades for self support.
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Atoka
Okla
Henry G. Hen
A. & M. College
Marland
Lily Pons Weds Andre Kostelanetz in Norwalk
In Norwalk Con Lily Pons opera star and Andre Kostelanets conductor wed at Pons summer home in Mine rby Silver Washington June 2. The ceremony followed a day of diplomacy as the American government protested Japanese seizures in China and a mission repatriation was announced. The same day farm policy moves and a major oil company fines case dominated national news.
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Metropolitan Opera
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Minerby Silver
Washington
China
Japan
State Department
Shanghai
Southern Baptist Mission
Chapei
American Farmer
National Agriculture Conference
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Barkay Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Cummings Slaying
Detroit June 22 Mrs Julia M Barkay was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Mrs Edith Mae Cummings her former close friend and real estate partner The conviction carries a ten year sentence Her four children rallied to her side as the verdict settled the dramatic rise and fall of a Pennsylvanian widow turned Port Huron Detroit real estate operator and partner in a once vast empire.
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Julia M. Barkay
Edith Mae Cummings
Barker
Pennavivenia
Port Huron
Cummings
Hogsback Hill
Schricker Eyes Senate Run With Van Nuys Talks
Indiana report says Schricker considers running for the Senate and has conferred with Senator Frederick Van Nuys. If Van Nuys withdraws, Schricker may announce at a Bass Lake rally on June 9. State leaders hope Schricker’s bid gains support despite Van Nuys’ position.
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van Nuys Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
France Aims To Surpass Italian Navy In Annual Maneuvers
Paris reports France intends to outdo Italy in the Atlantic Fleet maneuvers running through June 14 off Morocco. Vice Admiral De Laborde leads the Provence as France parries Italian submarine strength showcased at Naples, while France highlights tonnage and oceanic submarines for Atlantic duties. Italy shows numerical superiority in subs but France touts larger tonnage and oceanic fleet roles.
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Italy
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Lebanon Camp 07 to Continue as Drainage Unit
Washington lifted restrictions on CCC drainage camps and Lebanon Camp D-7, also known as COC Camp No. 1589, will be continued under the US Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agricultural Engineering. The project, including the Lorin Ross ditch reconditioning, aims to complete in about two years, benefiting Boone and Hendricks counties’ farms with flood control and waterway improvements.
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Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
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Department of Agriculture
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Yundt
Buck Creek
Tippecanoe County
Ross Ditch
Leadere “Newman, Canny
Bills Would Make Ransom Payments Unlawful
Washington June 2 bi partisan Senate drive seeks passage of bills to outlaw ransom payments. Sponsored by Sen Ashurst Arizona and Sen Capper Kansas the measure aims to remove incentives for large demands and curb kidnappings.
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Senate
Congress
Ashurst
Arizona
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capper
Kansas
Conferees Work On Wage Bill In Session Sweep
Washington June 2 conferees began executive meetings to resolve Senate and House differences on wage and hours legislation with leaders warning no adjournment until a bill reaches President Roosevelt. A Cotton Textile Institute plan proposes 90 cents per hour with an 80 cent baseline for certain regions and would remove the Labor Standards Board. Continued on Page 3.
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Walch
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Howe
Cotton Textile Institute of America
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Labors Standards Board
Senate House
Search for Florida kidnap victim escalates with Hoover
J Edgar Hoover rushed to Princeton Florida to take charge of the missing James Bailey Cash Jr kidnapping. A large posse with six speed boats and fifteen divers combed the Florida coast while five suspects, including Williard Campbell and M F Braxton, were held for questioning. Authorities issued a ransom-bill alert and urged vigilance as the investigation intensified.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Identification
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Hoover
Washington
Florida
Cash
Williard Campbell
James Batley Cash, Jr
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M. F. Braxton
Braxton
FBI
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Cass
Tate
J. Edgar
Sit-Down Strike by Union Sailors in New York Harbor
In New York on June 2 the National Maritime Union called a port wide sit-down strike aboard all American ships in New York harbor. CIO affiliated, labeled Communist controlled by a Massachusetts committee, organizer Joseph Curran said 1,800 unlicensed seamen on 33 vessels halted work. About 1,100 on 13 passenger ships and 700 on 20 freighters, after a dispute over loading the Sea Thrush by AFL Longshoremen. The freighter sailed for Albany with lumber after CIO crew removal and replacement by AFL men following federal court action.
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