Supreme Court ends major term with key rulings
Washington June 1 AP The high tribunal will not block a Tennessee Valley Authority power expansion case and will review a ruling on finishing power plants funded by PWA and emergency relief. The term closes with 78 year old Justice Van Devanter retiring and nine cases left for final decision. The court upholds Wagner Act coverage for three workers interests, supports Social Security old age pension and unemployment provisions, and allows a state to set minimum wages for women, reflecting Roosevelt era principles.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Federal District Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
High Tribunal
Sixth District Circuit Court of Appeals
Tennessee Electric Power Co
TVA
U. S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
PWA
Roosevelt
Willis van Devanter
Associated Press
Congress
Vatican Hit in Nazi Note
Berlin reports the German government formally accuses the Vatican of endangering relations by not disavowing Cardinal Mundelein's critical speech. A diplomatic note delivered by German ambassador Diego Von Bergen states the Holy See must rectify its attitude to restore normal relations with the Reich.
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Berlin
Vatican
Reich
George
Mundelein
Chicago
Holy See
Diego von Bergen
Wedding of Wallis Warfield to Duke of Windsor Set
In Monts France on June 1 the AP reports the ceremony to wed American born Wallis Warfield to the Duke of Windsor will occur Thursday at 11:30 A M local time. The event marks Wallis’s rise to duchess and prominent royal status.
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Monts
France
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Reich says bombing incident now closed
Berlin reports the bombardment of Almeria as closed today while Germany eyes Valencia for the Spanish crisis. Reinforcements were ordered for the German fleet in Spanish waters after Almeria was partly destroyed. The attack killed about 20 people as retaliation for the Deutschland cruiser bombing.
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Reich
Berlin
Almeria
Valencia
Germany
Hitler
Spain
Archbishop Mooney Named Detroit Archbishop
Castel Gandolfo Italy June 1 Archbishop Edward A Mooney of Rochester New York was named Archbishop of Detroit a new archdiocese that includes the dioceses of Marquette Grand Rapids and the new diocese of Lansing Michigan
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Edward A. Mooney
Rochester
N. Y
Detroit
Marquette
Grand Rapids
Dicese
Lansing
Mich
AFA Group to Visit County for Ohio River Excursion
Delegates at the 62nd annual American Forestry Association meeting began a Ohio River excursion after Secretary Henry A. Wallace urged wise land management for flood control. He said cooperation among farmers engineers foresters and economists could retard floods in ten years. The group will visit Hocking State Parks tomorrow.
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Cincinnati
American Forestry Association
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Hocking State Parks
Trial of two inmates postponed for sanity test
Lancaster June 1 the trial of Frank Sedar and Albert Brown, inmates of the Boys' Industrial School, for the pipe wrench slaying of guard Hobart Stewart during an escape attempt last December, was ordered postponed while a commission of physicians conducts a sanity test. trial may be opened tomorrow.
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Lancaster
Frank Sedar
Albert Brown
Boys’ Industrial School
Hobart Stewart
Amelia Earhart launches second world flight from Miami
Amelia Earhart began a 28 000 mile west to east journey to circumnavigate the globe with a takeoff toward San Juan Puerto Rico. Her husband George Putnam and navigator Captain Fred Noonan accompanied her as a Pan American monitor flight was arranged.
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Miami
Fla
Amelia Earhart
San Juan
Puerto Rico
George Palmer Putnam
Fred Noonan
Putnam
Natal
Brazil
Africa
Pan American
South America
FDR Urges Congress to Halt Tax Evasion by Wealthy
President Roosevelt asks Congress to pass measures to curb tax dodging by a minority of rich individuals. He seeks broad investigative powers for the Treasury to pursue evasion, with a preliminary report noting widespread, bold methods shifting taxes onto those less able to pay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Inmates Escaped From Boys' Industrial School
Two inmates escaped Lancaster Boys' Industrial School after assaulting a night watchman. Sought in northwestern Hocking county hill lands this afternoon. They wore guard clothing stolen from a laundry room. the watchman was bruised and stunned after a fall during the struggle.
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Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster Institution
Hocking County
Bob Burns Marries Secretary in Las Vegas Honeymoon
AP reports Arkansas actor Bob Burns wed Harriet Madelia Foster, a 28 year old secretary, after traveling to Las Vegas Nevada for the ceremony. Burns, born Robin in Van Buren Arkansas 45 years ago, used his agent Abe Lastvogel’s name briefly to dodge publicity.
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Hollywood
Bob Burns
Fortune
Burns
Harriet Madelia Foster
Las Vegas
Nevada
Robin
van Buren
Ark
Abe Lastvogel
Republic Corp Defies Pickets In Steel Strike War
A three-way clash of steelmakers clashes with CIO steel workers committee as Republic Steel defies a strike blockade. authorities monitor Can ton and Warren while an alloy unit picket incident injures Carl Fane, hospitalized in fair condition. Moves by Republic insist they will not yield to demonstrators.
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Republic Steel Company
Chicago
Associated Press
Youngstown
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Warren
Steel
Union
Canton
Carl Fane
Alloy Division
Indictments for W Hunter St holdup named two suspects
Indictments were returned today against Forest Blue and Mike Magdos for the holdup of Price's filling station on West Hunter Street several weeks earlier. April Grand Jury returned true bills after hearing evidence, arraignment set for tomorrow at 1 PM before Judge Phil A. Henderson. Both men pleaded not guilty. Miller identified them and was tied up during the robbery. They had admitted the crime to officers and were linked to jail escape plots. Magdos and Blue had prior prison escapes. Jury foreman William R. Cherry and members listed. No other cases were considered.
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Forest Blue
Mike Magdos
Price
W. Hunter St
Blue
Magdos
Phil A. Henderson
John Miller
United States
Fitzgerald
Chillicothe
Miller
Joe Farbearn
London
Mansfield Reformatory
William R. Cherry
Dan Rheinscheld
Frank Walters
Luther Smith
Lada Notestone
W. D. Braddock
Josephine Melcher
N. C. Bowers
Vern Shaw
Pearl MacClelland
William Petty
Joe Walburn
Alpha Poling
Emma Lanning
Ben Wellman
Ohio Memorial Day Toll Reaches 25 Violent Deaths
The Memorial Day holiday brought at least 25 Ohioans to violent deaths with 13 in traffic mishaps. High ninety degree heat pushed many to water, causing ten drownings and two suffocations in a fire. Nationwide three day toll tops 380 with two thirds from traffic crashes.
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Associated Press
Picture Workers Vote Hollywood Strike Ends Tonight
Federated Motion Picture crafts members vote tonight on halting a month old strike and returning to work as negotiations continue for union recognition and higher pay.
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Hollywood
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Logan's Gas Attack Explained by Mill Fumigation
Police Chief Lew Reynolds concluded the Keynes Bros Milling Co on E Front St used chloropicrin fumigation Saturday night to kill vermin. The gas caused tearing and eye burning but was not deadly in normal exposure. signs read Poison Gas Keep Away.
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Lew Reynolds
Reynolds
Keynes Bros. Milling Co
E. Front St
Logan's
Main St
S. Market St
Nuclear era tensions rise as Spain, Germany clash at Almeria
The June 1 AP report details Hull pressing Dieckhoff for a peaceful settlement with Spain over Almeria bombing. Britain urges restraint as Germany and Italy face non intervention plans. 20 died and 100+ injured after Germany Deutschland attack retaliation sparks Valencia protest. Observers fear risk of wider war though powers seek to confine the crisis.
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London
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Hardy
Palma
Mallorca
Anthony Eden
International Non-Intervention Committee
Germany
Italy
Almeria
Europe
Mediterranean
Valencia
League of Nations
Almeria Bombardment Death Toll Estimate Ranges
Reports from Almeria list casualty estimates from the naval attack that pounded the city for about 90 minutes. Figures vary from 20 dead and 100 injured to over 200 dead or wounded, with Gabriel Moron stating nearly every home was damaged and homes becoming makeshift hospitals.
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Almeria
Spain
Mediterranean
Gabriel Moron
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