Diary reveals FDR feared revolution over relief cuts
Excerpts from Harold L. Ickes 1938 diary reveal FDR warned conservatives might trigger a revolt if relief and farm aid were cut to balance the budget. The Inside Struggle volume covers Roosevelt's second term from 1936 to 1939, including court-packing and anti New Deal purges.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ickes
Interior
Roosevelt
Truman
Hitler
Poland
Simon and Schuster
Look
New Deal
Supreme Court
FDR
Greek quake death toll rising as hundreds homeless
Earth tremors rocked Central Greece with an early death toll estimated up to 150 and at least 25,000 left homeless. Destruction centered on Granitsa and towns Sofadhes Farsala Karditsa and Domokos as troops and relief supplies move in amid communication outages.
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Athens
Greece
Ioannis Nicolitsias
Greek
Tonian Islands
Pindus Mountains
Granitsa
Sofadhes
Farsala
Karditsa
Domokos
Achilles
Pharsalus
Julius Caesar
Pompey the Great
Domekos
Trikkala
Volos
Agia Marna
Xenadies
Aghia Athanasios
Smokey City Strike Stalls After Hour Halt
In Pittsburgh 2700 AFL workers, demanding 30 cents hourly raise from about $1.98, were ordered to resume work within an hour as talks with Pittsburgh Railways Co. continue. Mayor Lawrence and AFL CIO leaders urged negotiations to avoid disruption to over 200000 daily riders.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Harry Butler
Assn.of
Street, Electric Railway
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Butler
David L. Lawrence
CIO
Steel
Pennsylvania
Jewels to Shine on Jo Stafford TV Show
CBS says singer Jo Stafford will wear more than two million dollars in diamonds on her TV show Tuesday. Half the value will be on a gown and the rest in bracelets earrings and a necklace. She receives a diamond studded gold platinum record. The network notes she is the only other vocalist besides Bing Crosby to achieve sales nearing 25 million.
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Hollywood
CBS
Jo Stafford
Bing Crosby
Rain Delays Start as Derby Fans Arrive at Churchill Downs
Early Derby spectators faced heavy showers at Churchill Downs with more rain forecast before post time for the 80th Kentucky Derby at 4 30 p m EST. The forecast called for cloudy warm humid weather with scattered showers and thunderstorms today and tonight and a high of 85.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Derby Favorite Twisters Rattle Six States At Derby
The 80th Kentucky Derby features a red-hot $2 favorite leading a field of 18 as Twisters tears through six states with a water bucket incident during cooling out at Churchill Downs. The scene accompanies coverage of the race and lineup details.
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Correlation
Willie Shoemaker
Churchill Downs
Mundt Calls For Narrowing McCarthy Probe
Senator Mundt says there may be an effort to shorten the televised probe into the dispute between Senator McCarthy and top Army officials. He notes the committee may limit issues after seven days of hearings as Stevens testifies and McCarthy accuses dealings at Ft. Monmouth radar center.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
R-Wis
Allcs
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens Wasta
Monay
Ray H. Jenkins
Stevens
Army
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Sen. McCarthy
Lawton
Solons Predict Veto On Bid To Jump Into War
Three Democratic senators say Congress is not inclined to approve U S troop involvement in Indochina. Senator Flanders notes possible UN action if Communists threaten Indochina, while others doubt Congress would authorize troops now. Senator Johnson cites Eisenhower stance on constitutional declarations of war.
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Ity
Ickes
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Democratic Party
Baruch
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Eisenhower
U. N. General Assembly
Dulles
Molotov
Korea
Indochina
Geneva
Solons
Washington
Congress
U.S
Flanders
United States
United Nations
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Sen. Holland
D-Fla
Sen. Flanders
Loose Mask Foils Salem Holdup Leads to Arrests
In Salem Massachusetts a gunman’s loose mask during an attempted robbery caused police to arrest four men. Mrs Josephine Russell identified one suspect as her brother in law prompting the arrests of Gifford Russell twenty MarbleheadHarry Bennett nineteen Irwin twenty and William G White all of Nahant after coworkers halted the crime. A two thousand dollar payroll had already been distributed.
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Salem
Mass
Josephine Russell
Surrett Battery Co
Gifford Russell
Marblehead
Harry Bennett
Irwin
William G. White
Nahant
Draft Call Issued for Navy Physicians
Washington reports the Navy is sued its first doctor draft call seeking 480 physicians for June and July. Previously only the Army and Air Force had issued physician draft calls.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Airmy
Bandit Firefight Ends in Deli Robbery Killing
In Cleveland a failed armed robbery at Haddad Brothers Delicatessen left a male patron dead and a female wounded. Police hunt for a 1951 Mercury sedan used by four assailants who fled empty handed after the shooting. The dead man is James Mc Laughlin 26, a Greek from Gloucester near Athens who recently moved there.
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Cleveland
East Side
Haddad Brothers Delicatessen
James McLaughlin
Glouster
Athens
Mary Lou
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cassie Green
Mr. Laughlin
Silas Hurst
Hurst
Heart Transplant Technique Aids Minnesota Patients
In Minneapolis University surgeons led by Dr. C Walton Lillehei used donor hearts to support patients with defective septa during surgery. Three operations succeeded, repairing holes in the heart while both patient and donor were under anesthesia. The method, tested on 70 dogs, could enable many children to live normally.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
C. Walton Lillehei
Lillehei
Earthquakes Devastate Central Greece Killing Scores
Greek officials report a violent 20 second quake in central Greece that destroyed towns. Early death toll ranged up to 150 with 130 confirmed dead and more than 25 000 left homeless as aftershocks continued throughout the day.
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Athens
Greece
Unions Plan Joint Action Over Unemployment
Three large unions United Mine Workers AFL Teamsters and CIO Steelworkers drafted a plan for united action against unemployment and the Taft Hartley Act at a luncheon meeting. Leaders John L. Lewis Dave Beck and David J. McDonald urged government spending to fight joblessness, noting about three million members and nearly half a million idle.
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United Action
United Mine Workers
AFL Teamsters Union
CIO Steelworkers
Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Dave Beck
Teamsters
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Lewis
Youth shoots would be sweetheart and mother in Miami tragedy
A 22 year old Puerto Rican killed his would be sweetheart Eulalila Ramos after she refused to date him and wounded her mother. He then shot himself after fleeing to his room as deputies described a fatal domestic attack in Miami.
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Miami
Fila
Sheriff's
Floyd Alsbury
Pat Gallagher
William Rodriguez
Cecilio Ramos
Eulalila
Rodriguez
Rodriguez Oe
Eulaliia
OU Dean Accepts President Offer
Athens Ohio Dr George William Starcher 48 dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University says he has accepted the presidency of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks effective July 1. He is an Ohio University graduate and has taught there 24 years.
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Athens
Ohio
George William Starcher
College of Arts and Sciences
Ohio University
University of North Dakota At
Grand Forks
Starcher
May Day Parade Showcases Soviet Air Power And Global Reactions
Soviet air force dazzles at Moscow May Day parade with a huge swept-wing bomber and 175 new twin-jet fighters. Western observers deem them new designs as Premier Malenkov and other leaders watch, while Tokyo reports mass anti-rearmament demonstrations and clashes with police.
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Moscow
Red Square
Georgi Malenkov
Texas Hit Hardest by Southwest Tornadoes and Storms
Severe weather across six states left one dead and at least 56 injured. Texas bore the heaviest toll with 39 injuries in 23 towns. Tornadoes struck Arkansas Missouri Iowa and Oklahoma with multiple injuries and property damage.
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Little Rock
Ark
Midwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Iowa
Doot Lowell
Lowell
Cedar Rapids
LaFayette
Rockies
North Central
West Gulf
Southwest
Versailles
TV Station Permits Hit Slack Week
The Federal Communications Commission did not issue a new television station permit this week, marking the first full week without a grant in nearly two years. The lull follows a period of rapid growth, with 583 grants to date, including 29 educational outlets and 32 ultra high frequency or very high frequency channels.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Heir To Fortune Held In Robbery
Toronto police charged 21 year old John Leonard Smallman with aiding in a $41 holdup. Smallman denied the accusation and was released on bail after being booked yesterday. He is accused of taking part in the December beating and robbery of Lawrence T. Nash.
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Ont
Handsome
John Leonard Smallman
Smallman
Lawrence T. Nash
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