Congressmen Hope to Adjourn This Weekend
Washington report says congressional leaders and President Roosevelt expect to adjourn possibly this weekend if wage hour compromise advances. House set to consider a $300 million deficiency bill next, with passage likely Wednesday. Senate conferees favor industry wage standard boards and staged minimums from 25 cents up to 1.12 dollars over three years, with boards empowered thereafter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
Senators
Representatives
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Davies Talks With Stalin In Moscow Meeting
United States ambassador Joseph E. Davies met with Joseph Stalin for two hours in a Kremlin discussion on world affairs. Stalin released a brief communique via Pravda, noting Davies’s reception by Molotov and Stalin present, marking a rare diplomat’s briefing. Davies plans to depart for Belgium after the talks.
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Moscow
United States
Joseph E. Davies
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Communist Party
Soviet Russia
Pravda
Davies
Molotoff
Belgium
Kremlin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Council of People's Commissars
Plane crash escape in Ontario pilots unharmed
Ontario California June 6 pilot Carl V. Darnell and three companions escaped unharmed after a burning airplane crashed. An engine backfire ignited the fuselage, Darnell shut off ignition and side-slipped from 200 feet, the plane landed in a plowed field and overturned.
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Ontario
Calif
Carl V. Darnell
Darnell
Premier Hodza rejects Slovak autonomy demand
In Brat Islava Premier Milan Hodza denounces Father Hlinka and the autonomist followers who claim to speak for Slovakia. He vows to preserve the Czechoslovak republic, denouncing separatist pressure as dangerous while addressing a hostile Hlinka rally. Hodza, a Slovak himself, calls for unity as tensions rise over regional autonomy.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Andreas Hlinka
Republic
Hodza
Father Hiinka
Hlinka
Ray
Senate approves monopoly inquiry outline in trust study
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a broad inquiry into monopolistic trends in industry and finance. The panel would include six members of Congress and five federal agency appointees, with a $500,000 fund for costs. The inquiry aims to inform possible antitrust law revisions and would start after adjournment, with a report at the next session.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Burke
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Quick start on PWA jobs to be sought
Washington dispatch reports recommendations for immediate start on 2,000 public works projects costing 650 million dollars once the spending lending bill clears Congress. States and cities supply about 290 million, with 60 million from federal loans and grants. over 4,000 more projects may seek 1.554 billion. WPA enrollment goals rise to 3,000 weekly ahead of 1.425 billion for seven months, boosting rolls to about 2.8 million.
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Washington
PWA
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Former Jeanerette Mayor Bourgeois Found Dead
Sidney J. Bourgeois a planter merchant and ex mayor was found shot in his car in a sugar cane field near Jeanerette La. The coroner said he died by his own hand after a note cited financial worries business reverses and sleep loss. Bourgeois earlier survived a 4 year ago shooting at city hall by Night Marshal LeBlanc who killed himself after wounding Bourgeois and two councilmen. He held stakes in several local firms and banks and is survived by his father two brothers four sisters and a nun sister.
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Jeanerette
Sidney J. Bourgeois
Here
Bourgeois
Bernard LeBlanc, Jr
LeBlanc
City Hell
Joseph A. Provost Lumber Company
Duke-Bourgeois
First National Bank
St. Paul Bourgeois
Carlyle B. Bourgeois
Paul B. Bourgeois
L. J. Dauterive
Lafayette
Lionel Delcambre
Robert Gonsoulin
Houston
Tex
Sacred Heart Convent
St. Louis
Franco moves to curb Italian allies in stalled war front
Reports say Generalissimo Franco ordered arrests of insurgent officers after clashes with Italian troops at Malaga and Zaragoza. He held a war council at Burgos while Valencia drive stalled, with insurgents fearing a German Italian military presence after the war. Front along Teruel to the Mediterranean remained largely stalemated as Albocacer neared two miles away.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Franco
Valencia
Burgos
Malaga
Zaragoza
Italy
Gibraltar
Albocacer
Teruel
Mediterranean
Castellon de la Plana
Congregation Allows Sports Dress at Sunday Services
In Pelham New York ten year old Christ Episcopal church members may attend Sunday services in picnic and beach costumes and may bring golf clubs and tennis racquets. Rev Edward Thomas Taggard says recreation on the Sabbath is not desecration and wholesome activity is acceptable. In Pittsburgh Esther Finch 18 the University of Pittsburgh’s youngest diploma recipient says she is not a bookworm but a procrastinator who never studies before midnight and keeps social life first.
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Pelham
N. Y
Christ's Protestant Episcopal Church
Edward Thomas Taggard
Pittsburgh
Esther Finch
University of Pittsburgh
Reynolds Wins Big Nomination Margin in North Carolina
In North Carolina Reynolds commands a strong lead with roughly 275,402 votes to Hancock’s 181,514 as unofficial totals from 1,661 of 1,862 precincts show Reynolds dominant in the Democratic primary. Reynolds, a New Deal supporter, faces no real opposition in the nomination being tantamount to election. Hancock congratulates Reynolds and pledges support in advancing social and economic welfare.
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Raleigh
N. C
Robert R. Reynolds
Reynolds
Frank W. Hancock, Jr
Hancock
New Deal
A. L. Bulwinkle
John H. Kerr
Graham A. Barden
Zebulon Weaver
A L. Folger
Mt. Airy
Gettysburg War Veterans Event Seeks 3500 Attendees
Gettysburg Pennsylvania on June 6 reports officials, acting on war department advice, prepared to accommodate up to 3500 Civil War veterans for the 75th anniversary commemoration. Paul Roy, executive secretary of the Pennsylvania commission, had estimated 2000 survivors might attend from June 2 to July 6, but the department advised readiness for more.
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Gettysburg
War Department
Paul Roy
Pennsylvania Commission
Freddie Hutchinson Shines Before Portland Collapse
Freddie Hutchinson of Seattle, an 18 year old pitching marvel, weakened in the eighth inning yesterday as Portland pulled ahead. The performance hints at a turning point for Hutchinson and Seattle in a tense showdown.
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Portland
Ore
Freddie Hutchinson
Seattle
Freddie
Hunt for body of James Cash almost ended
Princeton Florida June 6 federal agents released M F Braxton and his son James after wives pleaded for freedom. Both men declined to comment. The Cash kidnaping remains unsolved and search for the boy's body is largely abandoned as investigators focus on questioning witnesses and tracking the ten thousand dollars in bank notes paid to abductors. Twelve of two thousand volunteers patrolled Cape Sable and Florida Keys after reports a man and woman were seen landing.
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Princeton
Fla
M. F. Braxton
James
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fia
James Bailey Cash
Cash
Cape Sable
Florida Keys
Cape Region
Abandons Hope Over Kidnapped Son Skeegie at Princeton
James Bailey Cash Sr. and his wife publicly spoke for the first time since their five year old son Skeegie was kidnapped from their home in Princeton Florida. FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover directs the ongoing investigation with other agents.
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Skeegie
Princeton
Fla
James Bailey Cash
J. Edgar Hoover
Giant Clipper flight tests postponed after water trial mishap
Boeing officials postponed the giant 72 passenger Atlantic clipper tests in Seattle after damage from Puget Sound water trials. Loose plates require four days for replacement, though a log incident first prompted leak reports. A gasoline dump valve theory was also noted, with test pilot Edmund Allen stressing no danger to the flying boat.
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Seattle
Boeing
Puget Sound
Boeing Company
Edmund T. Allen
Allen
Three Baton Rouge Residents Injured in Plane Crash
Three Baton Rouge residents were injured when their plane from Gulfport landed upside down at Shushan airport. Marion W. Boyer, 36, vice president and general manager of Standard Oil Louisiana, Miss Margaret Herget, 26, and Miss Malcolm Power, 25, were treated for minor injuries at Charity Hospital. The plane nosed forward and rolled onto its back upon landing as witnesses described. Airport superintendent E. E. Elam said they were en route to Baton Rouge from Gulfport.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Shushan
Charity Hospital
Marion W. Boyer
Margaret Herget
Malcolm Power
E. E. Elam
Gulfport
Miss
Beton Rouge
Legislators Face Dual Problems in Baton Rouge Tonight
In Baton Rouge Louisiana lawmakers convene amid administration must bills and a push to fund farmers gravel roads. An eleven member committee from a 38 member caucus will meet Governor Leche to choose among four funding plans including a one percent sales tax beer tax hike higher income and inheritance tax brackets and a statewide liquor control plan. The caucus favors the first option but the governor has no preference. Also up are constitutional amendments to issue 4.5 million dollars in New Orleans Charity hospital bonds and 6 million dollars in state board of education bonds.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
New Orleans
State Board of Education
Sheriff Continues Inquiry Into Death of Monroe Character
Sheriff Milton Coverdale said the investigation into Charles Preacher Richardson's death shifts to possible foul play after an autopsy by Coroner Irving J. Wolff determined death from a fractured skull rather than drowning. A rumor that a houseboat resident who knew Richardson confessed to the murder was unfounded, per the sheriff who noted the chain of questioning led to an unverified implication.
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Milton Coverdale
Charles
Preacher) Richardson
Monroe
Ouachita River
Richardson
Irving J. Wolff
Coverdale
Toll of dead and hurt in Canton raids climbs to six thousand
Canton China June 6 Japanese air raids on the terrorized city lift official death and injury toll to about 6,000 since May 28. Over 100 bombs fall in two raids at 3:30 and 10:30 am destroying at least 1,000 buildings. Direct hit on Doumer hospital kills two patients and wounds a French surgeon and others. Corpses line the street. Red Cross unit and nearby buildings are hit. French colonial troops rush to aid Doumer hospital. Edward H. Lockwood narrowly escapes injury.
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Canton
China
Doumer Hospital
Tokyo
Japan
Pearl River
Pearl River Bridge
Shameen Island
Red Cross
Edward H. Lockwood
Indiana
Japanese advance surrounds Chengchow after Kai-feng capture
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese shock troops began enveloping Chengchow, a strategic Hankow flank, after seizing Kai-feng, a former Chinese capital. The drive continues westward from Kaifeng against retreating forces.
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Kaifeng
Shanghai
Chengchow
Hankow
China
Farm machine control told
The federal trade commission told Congress that International Harvester and seven other large manufacturers dominate farm implement production. It criticized coercive measures by unnamed firms and hinted pricing policies may verge on illegality. Section two will cover profits prices and costs. Major producers listed include International Harvester Chicago Deere and Company Racine Wisconsin Case Racine Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee Oliver Chicago Minneapolis-Moline Racine Massey-Harris Racine.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Deere and Company
Moline
Case Company
LSU Musicians to Leave Today for World Tour
Baton Rouge June 6 41 Louisiana State University symphony orchestra will depart today with forty musicians and singers for a joint American and European tour. They will travel to New York for concerts.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
New York
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Skeegie) Cash, Jr
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