France's premier pursues disarmament compromise with Germany
Paris reports Gaston Doumergue, premier, drafting a Franco German arms control plan aimed at ending a Franco German rearmament race. Louis Barthou travels toward Bucharest to push mutual aid motives while Britain Germany and Italy are set for July talks. The plan envisions banning air bombing, arming Germany with defenses if Nazi stormtroopers are demilitarized, and Germany rejoining Geneva disarmament accords.
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INS
Paris
Gaston Doubergue
France
Germany
Internationals Service
Informa
Louis Barthou
Bucharest
Doumergue
Doumergie
Barthou
London
Hitler
Mussolini
Sir John Simon
Foreign Office
Britain
Geneva
Laura La Plante Weds Irving Asher in Paris
Laura La Plante, famed platinum blond star, married Irving Asher in Paris on June 19. The ceremony occurred in the City of the Ninth Arrondissement near Salle Drouot with ex mayor James J. Walker serving as best man. his wife Betty Compton attended. Jenny Dolly traveled 600 miles to the wedding.
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Paria
Laura la Plante
Irving Asher
Hollywood
Salle Drouot
James J. Walker
New York
Betty Compton
Jenny Dolly
Forty two nominees fail of confirmation in Washington
Washington reports record of forty two President Roosevelt nominees failing to gain Senate confirmation. The list, headed by Judge Frank H. Norcross, includes Daniel D. Moore named collector for Louisiana. Huey P. Long questioned Moore's confirmation. Lt. Col. Jacob Earl Mickel also failed. Maj. D. Foulois named chief of the air corps rear unit faced confirmation issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank H. Norcross
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Daniel D. Moore
Internal Revenue
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Moore
Jacob Earl Mickel
Proto
Air Corps
D. Foulois
Cooper wins Western golf crown after 86-hole playoff
Harry Cooper defeats Mike Laffoon in a marathon 86-hole playoff at Peoria Country Club to capture the Western golf title. Both players posted 274 after 72 holes, with Cooper finishing strongly in the final rounds and rallying from a late deficit to win at five under par.
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Harry Cooper
Andalten
Country Club of
Peoria
Cooper
Denver
Laffoon
Roosevelt Plans Lengthy Vacation Amid Yale Visit
President Roosevelt prepares for a long summer vacation starting with a Yale degree ceremony in New Haven. He will sail aboard the Sequoia to New London to watch Franklin Jr. row, then return to Hyde Park before a broader trip to Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and Hawaii aboard the heavy cruiser Houston beginning June 30.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Haven
Conn
Yale
New London
Sequoia
Franklin, Jr
Harvard
Hyde Park
White House
Puerto Rico
Virginiants
Hawaii
McKinley Leads Vigorous G A R Campaign
In Muncie Indiana veterans at the Grand Army of the Republic convention campaign for department commander. Candidates include J F McKinley Lebanon W S Meade Spencer Frank M May Indianapolis and Dr John Stone Kokomo. McKinley pushes a plan for a yearly state encampment while members remain.
Man confesses to killing wife with rolling pin
Chicago reports Samuel Miller a 43 year old father of three sobbed out a confession describing how he struck his wife Sylvia with a rolling pin at their Downers Grove home. He purportedly carried her to his car placed her in the rear seat then dumped her alive in a south side alley before returning home.
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Samuel Miller
Miller
Sylvia
Downers Grove
Beatrice
Lena
Clara
Breathing Mountain Mystery Confounds Arizona Town
In Williams Arizona locals and experts ponder Old Bill Williams the breathing mountain. The Grand Canyon region bears lava cinders forming a bed beneath the town, with a unique sewer system venting through four foot holes in the cinders as the giant mountain inhales and exhales. The phenomenon, described as a sleeping giant, draws curiosity about the once volcanic plain and widespread lava layers beneath the settlement.
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Old Bill
Wiss
Simon
Williams
Agao
President's mother sails for Europe
New York June 19 Mrs James Roosevelt mother of President Roosevelt today was aboard the Europa enroute to Europe for a six weeks tour of England Scotland and France She was accompanied by Mr and Mrs F Charles Fellowes Gordon her niece and nephew and their children Ian and Bruce Gordon
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New York
James Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Europe
England
Scotland
France
F. Charles Fellowes Gordon
Nice
Ian and
Bruce Gordon
Farm Mortgage Bill Faces Test in Roosevelt Era
Washington June 19 President Roosevelt faced a decision on the Frasier Lemke five year farm mortgage moratorium bill with veto possible. Supporters claim it will slash farm mortgage interest to one percent for five years saving creditors and debtors. The bill sets a federal court conciliator, allows bankruptcy, hires three appraisers to set value, and scales mortgages to appraisal. Farmers pay one percent interest yearly with staged principal payments over six years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Boone county ready with corn hog contracts for signature
Boone county moves toward the federal corn hog program dividend stage after the allotment committee adjusted hog statements and acreage. C M Long and assistants approved the work for 1,684 contracts to be sent to township chairmen, then to farmers and finally to Washington for final approval. Committee members Forrest Duff Karl Canada William Sample Artie Bailey Vernon Davis praised for speed and accuracy.
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Boone County
T. M. Hall
C. M. Long
Boone
Washington
Hall
Forrest Duff
Karl Canada
William Sample
Artie Bailey
Vernon Davis
Hinkle May Coach Butler Football
Indiana dispatch reports Paul D. Tony Hinkle, coach of Butler University's basketball and baseball teams, now virtually assured to take on football duties. Frita Mackey, former gridiron mentor, will not have his contract renewed and plans to return to Ohio Wesleyan University as assistant football coach.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Paul D
Tony) Hinkle
Butler University
Frita Mackey
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fulwider Celebrates 30 Years at Illinois High School
Mrs. J. A. Fulwider learns from her son L. A. Fulwider that the Illinois high school closed last Friday after a 187 graduates ceremony. The thirty year tenure at the school concluded with a successful year and his appointment to further duties.
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L. A. Fulwider
Mra. J
Fulwider
Magipal
Reeport
Iil
Steel Leaders Move Toward Mediation Plan Showdown
Washington reports labor management talks in the steel industry near a showdown over a three man mediation board. Donald Richberg was said to confer with steel masters in New York while Recovery Administrator Johnson signaled little difference between the union’s plan and the revised Wagner measure. Union leaders met with Secretary Perkins to carry out the Pittsburgh strike convention mandate and urged the President to submit the proposal.
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Washington
Donald Richberg
NRA
New York
Johnson
Steel
Labor
Perkins
Pittsburgh
Miss Perkins
Death of Rev H N Ogden Veteran Minister
Mrs. Ben Scifres received word of the death of her uncle the Rev H N Ogden age 91 who died yesterday at home in Indianapolis He was a Civil War veteran and forty years a minister in the Northwest Indiana conference He was the oldest living superannuated minister in the Northwestern Indiana conference Last rites are set at Shirley Brothers funeral home Indianapolis at 2 p m Wednesday with burial at Crown Hill cemetery He is survived by his wife aged 88.
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H. N. Ogeen
Alabam
Indianapolis
Ogden
Northwest Indiana
The
Methodist Church
Northwestern
Indiana
Shirley Brothers Funeral
Crown Hill Cemetery
Traynor Named Manager Of Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh June 19 veteran third baseman Pie Traynor was named to replace George Gibson as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. President William Benswanger announced Traynor would take over the club today and said Gibson left the team on friendly terms. Pay details were not disclosed.
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Pittsburgh
George Gibson
Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball
Pie
Traynor
William KE
Benswanger
Gibson
Negro to Stand Trial On Operating Charge
Robert Bryson Indianapolis negro arraigned in City Court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pleaded not guilty and Mayor Perkins set his trial for Friday morning. Bryson posted 260 dollars bail and was released. Claude Bendler white of Hendricks county pled guilty to intoxication and was fined one dollar and costs. They were arrested by Sheriff Wilbur Small after Bryson’s car allegedly struck a line of posts on the hill known as Royalton on U S Highway 62.
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Robert Bryson
Indianapolis
Perkins
Bryson
Claude Bendler
Hendricks County
Squire Edmund Connor
Bendler
Wilbur Small
Royalton
U. S. Highway 62
Bowman and Whiteman Receive Marriage License
A marriage license was issued Monday to Walter Marion Bowman of Advance and Juanita Pearl Whiteman of Jamestown.
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Walter Marion Bowman
Advance
Juanita Pearl Whiteman
Jamestown
Business confidence grows as Congress adjourns and Cuba turmoil looms
The piece argues business gains steadier footing as Congress nears adjournment and the steel strike nears settlement. It notes strong Roosevelt leadership over Congress for recovery and warns against intervention in Cuba while lamenting the bystander losses from Cuba’s chaotic path to self-determination and independence.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
National Congress
Corn Hog Relief Raises Indiana Farmers' Hopes
Indiana and Middle West corn hog farmers expect equitable federal relief as prices rise. Weather disruptions lifted corn and hog markets, letting farmers glimpse budget relief with 50 to 60 cent corn and six dollar hogs. Increased prices also boost benefits under the Corn Hog reduction program.
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Indiana
Middle West
New and better highways transform forgotten neighborhoods
A reader notes striking progress in the nation’s areas once neglected. New and wider roads, improved streets, attractive landscapes, enhanced parks, and magnificent public buildings showcase the country’s forward momentum despite lingering low moods.
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America
Responsibility and success in human conduct
A Lebanon sage argues the secret of success lies in a man taking responsibility. Opportunity to assume responsibility comes to most striving men, and it can make or break them. Some cannot bear the load, others seek it, reflecting nature's plan for diverse human beings.
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Lebanon
H.C.P
Congress Adjourns After Record Legislative Year
Washington June 19 The Seventy third Congress closes with a vast record spanning banking reform unemployment relief and farm and housing programs. It enacted the NRA AAA PWA and a 2400 million deficiency bill while expanding direct federal relief and regulation though some measures like the World Court ratification and Bulkley Glass Bill modifications were dropped. The Roosevelt administration faced four defeats yet retained leverage as the session ended amid looming elections.
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House
Senate
Seventy-Third
Roosevelt
Seventy
Congress
Bulkley
Wallace
NRA
AAA
PWA Pada
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