Pledge On AWAIT FDR SIGNATURE ON SPENDING BILL RADIO FORUM
Heads of five government spending agencies pledged today a quick start on the Administration s 3 753 000 000 relief and public works program Their detailed outlines for hundreds of bridges sewers roads schools airports low cost housing dams harbors and flood control units awaited the Presidents signature The Agriculture Department studied disbursements to farmers growing wheat corn cotton tobacco and rice Loans for farmers unable to get credit and subsistence grants for low income farmers also are being arranged The five officials spoke in a radio forum led by WPA Housing and other agencies with Hopkins Gray Straus Kingman and Wallace outlining immediate plans and labor heavy projects
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
WPA
A. Gray
Adma
Public Works
Nathan Straus
United States
John J. Kingman
Army Engineers
Wallace
Ohio lawmakers wary of sales tax repeal plan
Ohio legislators and tax experts warned a proposal to abolish the sales tax via a constitutional amendment could devastate state revenue. The Tax and Revenue Commission estimated annual losses of up to 90 million dollars, hitting schools, state, and local governments. The Anti-Sales Tax League, led by Dr. Oscar Hayes, seeks 304,000 signatures to place the measure on the November ballot.
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Columbus
Ohio Tax and Revenue Commission
Hayes
Ohio Education Association
League
Tax and Revenue Commission
FDR Returns To Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt, rested from a New England coast cruise, returned to Hyde Park and began work on pending bills requiring his signature. He told reporters he would act within ten days and declined to answer questions about a possible special congressional session to consider railroad issues.
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N. Y
New England
Hudson River
Roosevelt
Congress
Poughkeepsie
Washington
King George VI Hosts Trooping of the Colors
King George VI wearing the uniform of the royal horse guards salutes during the trooping of the colors at Buckingham Palace. The king and Queen Elizabeth plan a France visit starting June 28.
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George VI of
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Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
France
Scott's Greek School Closes in Falls Township Area
Scott's Creek School in Hocking County closes after state education department approval. Pupils transfer to West Logan. Clara Belle Whitehart named teacher at Nickels Plate School next year, replacing Bea Westbrook who left for another position in New Straitsville.
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Scott’s Creek
Hocking County
Falls Township
Logan
Falls Township Board
Clara Belle Whitehart
Nickels Plate School
Bea Westbrook
New Straitsville
Mrs Dumm Dies At Laurelville
Laurelville LAURELVILLE Mrs Hattie Dumm 67 wife of George N Dumm Laurelville merchant died at 2 AM today at her home Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Irvin Kohler and Mrs Darley West one son Winfred four sisters and one brother Funeral services Wednesday 2 PM at Presbyterian Church Rev Connelly in charge Burial Green Summit cemetery Adelphi by H E Defenbaugh and Son Born in Perry Township to Samuel and Susana Karshner
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Laurelville
Hattie Dumm
George N. Dumm
Irvin Kohler
Darley West
Winfred
Robert N. White
Logan
Henry Armstrong
New Holland
D. B. Black
Kansas City
Harry Ross
Ray Karshner
Presbyterian Church
Connelly
Amanda
Green Summit Cemetery
Adelphi
H. E. Defenbaugh
Dumm
Perry Township
Samuel
Susana Delong Karshner
Jews Suffer as Nazis Open New Campaign
The Associated Press reports renewed Nazi persecution and a purge targeting Jews in Germany and a Bolshevization drive in the Soviet army. In Berlin Jews faced food restrictions in Aryan shops and vandalism painted red on Jewish businesses as arrests mounted and anti-Semitic acts intensified.
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Associated Press
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Japs to Expand Hostility Zone Tokyo
Japan notified neutral powers that the China war zone will likely expand across a vast inland area about 700 miles from China's coasts. Gen Kazushige Ugaki conveyed the warning in a circular to foreign embassies in Tokyo urging precautionary measures to protect lives and property of foreign nationals.
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Tokyo
Japan
China War Zone
China
Kazushige Ugaki
First man to swim in new North Market pool
James Mohler of Washington Avenue, a pool project worker, dove in at noon to remove rocks after water filling completed Sunday. The pool holds about half a million cubic feet with green tinted water from painted walls. Official opening set for July 1. bath house under rapid progress. Attendants Sue Rochester and Dorothy Krumlauf hired by the school board for the women's bath house, with Maurice Cole as the men's attendant.
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North Market Street
James Mohler
Washington Avenue
Mohler
Sue Rochester
Dorothy Krumlauf
School
Charles Eberst
Maurice Cole
Ohio Roadways Claim Multiple Lives In Weekend Collisions
Seven people were killed in Ohio weekend crashes. Elizabeth Clewers 10 and Anne Clewers 30 died in a Route 35 head on near Chillicothe. Susan Yoder 87 died in a Route 21 collision near Dover. Thurman Ichman 25 and Gerald Ritchey 16 deaths occurred in Bucyrus and Chillicothe incidents. Edward Gerth 27 died on a Cincinnati street. Desar Taylor 49 was killed while crossing in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Jackson
Chillicothe
Elizabeth Clewers
Anne Clewers
Dover
Susan Yoder
Wadsworth
Harvey C. Yoder
Cleveland
Bucyrus
Thurman Ichman
Upper Sandusky
Gerald Ritchey
Cincinnati
Edward W. Gerth
Desar Taylor
Missing Pan American Grace airliner sparks wide search
In Santiago Chile on June 20 authorities launched land sea and air searches for a Pan American Grace airliner missing with a crew of four on a flight from the capital to Antofagasta.
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Santiago
Chile
Here
Antofagasta
Relief Families Move Into Park As Funds Give Out
In Cleveland on June 20 two evicted families with six children set up in a Lake Erie park pavilion as the city relief fund ran dry. Emma Kruis and Jessie Ferguson faced rentless need after separations left them penniless. Mayor Burton planned cabinet talks to address a recurring relief crisis.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie Shore
Emma Kruis
Jessie Ferguson
Kennedy denies bid for 1940 Democratic nomination
U S ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy said he had no intention of seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940. He spoke aboard the Queen Mary returning from Europe as the liner neared the New York harbor.
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Kennedy
New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Court of St. James
Europe
U S profits from international chaos by Mackenzie
The United States is profiting indirectly as Britain shifts its view of America through the British press. England seeks real news about the United States, seeing America as an economic and political arbiter in a distressed world. Despite a new curiosity, misconceptions persist about Yankee gun culture, crooked cops, and distant geography, with Scarface Capone noted as a past example.
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United States
America
England
Far East
Britain
Great Britain
Hollywood
London
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Texas
Great Lakes
Liverpool
Free 3 Harlan coal operators cleared in court
Federal Judge H Ford dismissed charges against Elmer D Hall and Three Point Coal Co William H Sienknecht and Blue Diamond Coal Corp C B Burchfield and Black Star Coal Co in the anti labor conspiracy case freeing three operators and three companies. Government counsel said the case lacked sufficient basis. Forty individuals and seventeen coal companies remain as defendants.
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London
H. Church Ford
Harlan County
Elmer D. Hall
Three Point Coal Company
William H. Sienknecht
Blue Diamond Coal Corporation
C. B Burchfield
Black Star Coal Company
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Anti-Trust Inquiry To Aid Business Involves Kidnapping Case
Richard Evans 31, Scioto County court clerk and Ohio Industrial Council vice president, said he was drugged and kidnapped in Chesapeake on June 6, robbed of $200 and his car, and left near New Orleans. Prosecutor Marvin Kelly will seek FBI aid. Evans, a CIO affiliate organizer, received threats. he returned home last night after the ordeal.
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Portsmouth
Richard Evans
Scioto County
Ohio Industrial Council
Chesapeake
New Orleans
Marvin Kelly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Evans
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
CIO
Huntington
W. Va
Tragic Milwaukee Olympian Plunges Creek Tragedy Near Miles City
In Montana a Milwaukee Railroad Olympian passenger train was swept into Custer creek after a 180 foot trestle collapsed in flood, leaving at least 17 dead and many injured. Rescue work continued as bodies remained in the submerged sleeper and hospital trains carried wounded to Miles City. Survivors spoke of heroism and a girl described rescuing her mother.
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Mont
Custer Creek
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Glendive
Sheriff's Office
Yellowstone
Anne Ladas
Thomas Ladas
Anne
George
Bellingham
Wash
Greece
Henry W Keyes Dies at 76 Former U S Congressman
North Haverhill New Hampshire June 20 AP Henry W Keyes 76 longtime former United States congressman died after a lengthy illness Funeral arrangements were not immediately available The veteran politician represented New Hampshire in Congress for several terms and held influence in regional affairs
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N. H
Henry W. Keyes
United States
of Congress
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