Economic war over Britain and Germany widens
June 28 reports blunter German aims to win in Spain and secure iron ore, signaling a broader economic clash with Britain. Hitler’s stance prompts Britain to reexamine collective security, with Portugal considering withdrawal from its pledges as tensions rise in Europe and the Fueling is tense in Hyde Park discussions.
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Don
Britain
Gery
Hitler
Bluntch
Spain
Iiv
Din
Reic
England
Eur
Elizabeth
London
Germany
Portugal
Hyde Park
RESIDENTS SOM PLANS NUPTIALS
Washington June 28 Ethel DuPont and F Roosevelt Jr. stroll the Owl's Nest lawn amid secret moonlight wedding plans. A source says security steps are in place to prevent pursuit as the couple prepares for marriage and a discreet reception aboard a vessel.
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Washington
Ethel DuPont
F Roosevelt, Jr
Green Lawn Owl's Nest
Presit
Erica
Tom
Dup
New York
Ita
DuPor
Hel and Frank
Trotsky's Nephew Arrested In Moscow Sabotage Case
Moscow reports Bronstein nephew of Leon Trotsky and his assistant Captain Trofimov were seized by the Gou on charges of disabling 16 ships under instructions of a foreign consul. Bronstein directs Lenin grad harbor. source cited is Water Transport.
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Moscow
M. Bronstein
Leon Trotsky
Bronstein
Leningrad
Trofimov
Gou
Amelia Earhart Reaches Darwin After Timor Sea Hop
Amelia Earhart arrived in Port Darwin Australia at 10 30 am after a three and a half hour flight from Koepang Timor Island Dutch East Indies covering 500 miles over a perilous Timor Sea route without incident.
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Port Darwin
Australia
Amelia Earhart
Koepang
Timor
Dutch East Indies
Timor Sea
Congress Moves to Cut Federal Operating Costs
The Seventy-fifth Congress targets a record reduction in annual operating costs, with total appropriations of 7.271 billion for the coming fiscal year. Despite lower overall spending than the Seventy-fourth, the total exceeds Roosevelt era levels and surpasses many earlier Congresses. Major allocations include Treasury, Navy, Army, Interior, Public Works, and independent offices, with several deficiencies noted.
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Washington
Seventy-fifth Congress
Senate
Interior Department
Seventy-fifth
Seventy-fourth
Seventy-ffth
Treasury
Navy
Army
State
Justice
Commerce
Commerce, and Labor
Legislatio
District of Columbia
U.S. Debt Rises to 36 Billion as Year Ends
Washington reports the federal government closes its fiscal year with a record debt of 36 billion dollars and a 2.7 billion deficit. Revenue from taxes and other sources totals about 5.3 billion, with over 8% spent since July to operate the government and stimulate recovery.
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Washington
Vanishing Redman Now Growing Across United States
Willard W. Beatty, education director for the federal Indian Affairs department, notes the Navajo tribe's rapid growth from 8,000 to 45,000 in sixty years and credits education and sanitation with improving health among Aborigines. He cites high tuberculosis exposure among Alaska Natives and Eskimos, and mentions limited preventive programs in government schools.
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Portland
Ore
Redman
United States
Willard W. Beatty
Federal Department of Indian Affairs
Road College
Beatty
Earth swept by 16 million thunderstorms yearly says meteorologist
Berlin June 28 Sixteen million thunderstorms sweep the earth each year, Dr. Popowsky, Germany’s meteorologist, asserts after noting a global network of about 40 observatories. He says thunderstorms form from thermic bubbles of sun heated air rising rapidly, with pilots often witnessing air currents lifting ships before storms. Thunderclouds hold vast amounts of rain, comparable to 1000 rail cars.
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Berlin
Earth
Popowfsky
Dr. Popowsky
Wage Hour Bill Sparks Deep Senate House Split
Washington observers forecast a contentious push for a minimum wage and maximum hour bill. Democratic leaders fear party divisions as Senate and House labor panels prepare measures based on the Black-Connery proposals. Rep. Ramspeck urges delaying wage and hour actions until an employer or employee files a complaint.
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Washington
Senate
House
Jefferson Island
Rep
Patman
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
House Labor Committee
Ramspeck
Georgia
Big Four Freight Wreck Blocks Danville Line
Eleven cars of an eastbound Big Four freight derailed near Danville Indiana halting the St. Louis to New York route for hours. No injuries reported as officials cited a broken flange and about 400 feet of track destroyed.
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Danville
Ind
St. Louis
New York
Senate panel postpones steel mail interference probe
Washington June 28 by a 12 to 1 vote the Senate Post Committee indefinitely postponed its investigation into alleged interference with the mails in steel strike areas. The panel also rejected summoning Postmaster General Farley by 12 to 0 and agreed to suspend broader labor dispute inquiry, transferring existing evidence to the Senate Civil Liberties committee.
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Washington
Senate Post Committee
Farley
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Budge Reaches Wimbledon Semi Finals in Straight Sets
Don Budge of Oakland defeats Vivian McGrath of Australia 6-3 6-1 6-4 to advance to the Wimbledon semi finals. England's Bunny Austin eliminates Atlanta's Bitsy Grant in the quarter finals.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Donald Budge
Oakland
Calif
Vivian McGrath
Australia
H.W
Bunny” Austin
England
Bryan “Bitsy” Grant
Atlanta
Triple Slayer 10 Relies On Insanity Plea At Ris Trial
New York June 28. After six hours of police questioning Robert Irwin confessed to the Gedeon murders and agreed to re enact them. He spoke with alienist Frederick Wertham at Bellevue before a formal confession and a planned grand jury presentation. He described the killings of Veronica Gedeon the artist model her mother Mary and a boarder Frank Byrnes.
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Triple Slayer
Ris
New York
Robert Irwin
Frederick Wertham
Bellevue
Chicago
Veronica
Gedeon
Mary
Frank Byrnes
E. 50Th Street
Dodge
Valentine
Irwin
Trewin
Moor
Prof. Wertham
New York University
Bellevire
Bell No. 1
Inwin
Floyd Bennett Field
Grand Jury
Ronnie
Ethel Gedeon Kudner
Falling Balloon Hits Auto In Indy Amusement Park Viewing
A large hot air balloon smeared with Root six persons injuring two slightly when it landed on the roof of a car where spectators watched an ascent near Broad Ripple park. Mrs Mabel O Meara sustained a back wrench lacerated knee cap and head bruises Abner Kindwell was scratched Michael O Meara leaped into the car to move it but the bag deflated and crushed the steel roof.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Broad Ripple
Mabel O’meara
Abner Kindwell
Michael O'Meara
Leaders Hope For Smoother Sailing After Harmony Outing
Washington reports that administration leaders, buoyed by a three day harmony outing on Jefferson Island, anticipate smoother sailing for President Roosevelt’s legislative program. They set aside adjournment hopes for August and expect a two judge expansion of the Supreme Court, avoiding a filibuster.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
House
Senate
White House
Supreme Court
Wheeler
Montana
Chesapeake Bay
Bandits Slug Oil Attendant At Red Rose Station
Two men robbed the Red Rose service station on Lafayette avenue early Sunday. They halted a car in the drive, filled the tank with about 14 gallons, then forced attendant Wayne Appleton to check the oil. While leaned over, a bandit struck him with a crank. Appleton fell, and the robbers fled with an undetermined amount of money.
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Wayne Appleton
Red Rose
Lafayette Avenue
Appleton
Scientists Nearing Success In War On Common Cold And Paralysis
New York June 28 scientists push two major goals infantile paralysis and the common cold. Colonel Henry L. Doherty reports that private contributions fund research and treatment for the nation’s 300000 victims while fore- most scientists race to control paralysis. The birthday balls have raised over 4 million dollars to aid research and care. The effort also targets the common cold as it threatens nearly every citizen of Ireland and the world.
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New York
N. Y
Henry L. Doherty
Doherty
Iris
Steel Mill Strike Zone Sees Thousands Return to Work
Thousands return to work across a seven state steel strike zone as furnaces blaze again and guards stand by. In Youngstown 15167 workers resumed at Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Republic Steel while CIO claims far fewer percent have returned and accuses authorities of terror. In Johnstown six thousand workers rejoin Bethlehem’s Cambria works and a large but dispersed picket presence remains. East Chicago governor Townsend withholds militia and martial law, as CIO leader Philip Murray accuses Ohio guards of colluding with steel bosses. Settlement talks near Indianapolis envision re opening Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet under a temporary truce pending a federal hearing on alleged contract refusals. Townsend continues rapid high level talks as tension persists.
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Great Mills
Ohio
Youngstown
Johnstown
Cambria
Bethlehem St
CIO
Chicago
Ind
M. Difford Townsend
Great Northern Indiana Steel
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO Steel
Ohio National Guard
Indianapolis
M. Clifford Townsend
Calumet
Inland Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
Andrew Rooney
East Chicago
Steell
Townsend
Hell
Flood Control Committee OKs levee plan for Ohio basins
Washington reports that the House Flood Control Committee approved a 24 877 000 authoriz ation for levees flood walls and drainage works on Ohio river basins to be collected by army. Also the Agricultural Supply bill 630 000 000 was finalized with 500 000 000 for soil conservation farm payments. Roosevelt named Hugh R Wilson to be assistant secretary of state. In Vincennes Indiana the state plans to rest its case in the Ward Davis murder trial. Inglewood California search planes aid efforts to find three missing children after a park disappearance.
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Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Ohio
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Hugh R. Wilson
Wilson
Switzerland
Foreign Service
United States
Vincennes
Ind
Ward Davis
Metersburgh
Annavieve France
Davis
Inglewood
Calif
Madeline Everette
Melba Marie
Marjorie Stephens
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Pendleton
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Bates
Thelma Dudley
Trotsky
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Pubidda
Defient
Freie
Peddeon
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Red Rose Station
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