Wallace floated as possible Democratic presidential candidate
Reports on Capitol Hill say Secretary Wallace of the Agriculture Department may run for the Democratic nomination. Friends suggest he would not enter the race unless Roosevelt would not seek a third term, with delegates possibly pledged to back a third term movement.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Congressional Friends of the
Roosevelt
Congress
Town
Paul N. Appleby
Appleby
Des Moines
Henry C. Wallace
Harding
Vandenberg
Michigan
Garner
House Leaders Seek Changes to Social Security Act
Washington June 6 House leaders attempted to move quickly on social security amendments after rejecting wage hour revisions. The package would extend benefits to new groups, freeze payroll taxes at 1 percent for three years, and adjust exemptions, with ready rewrite options if preferred.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Pendergast Improves After Heart Attack in Prison
Tom Pendergast Kansas City Democratic boss serving a 15 month term for income tax frauds has rallied after a heart attack in Leavenworth federal prison. His condition is described as no longer critical. He was moved to the prison hospital and his wife was allowed to visit. He entered the penitentiary May 29.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Democratic
Pendergast
Flashes In The News Highlights Odd Local Stunts
Across towns an odd set of notes from the Associated Press describes a South Carolina man discovering his cow trapped by a tree branch, an Ohio orchard protected by an electric fence later found missing, a Utah youth riding a bike into a parked car with minor injuries, and a Nebraska magistrate reporting a small fine in an intoxication case.
Arrested man claims right to carry gun near duchess car
Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor a 45 year old steel worker was held for further inquiry after firing a shotgun near the Duchess of Kent s automobile. He claimed a gun permit and was bound over for a week. The duchess was unharmed and no damage occurred.
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London
Navy rescuers praised for Squalus survival feat
Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole credits heroism of three sailors and new life saving gear for saving 33 crewmen from the sunken submarine Squalus. Martin Sibitzky Pedricktown New Jersey attached the rescue line. William Badders Annapolis Maryland and John Mihalowski New London Connecticut descended after survivors were removed to verify any remaining lives.
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Washington
Cyrus W. Cole
Squalus
Admiral Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Martin C. Sibitzy
Pedricktown
N. J
William Badders
Annapolis
John Mihalowski
New London
Conn
Sibietsky
New Hampshire
Badders
Mihalowski
Cole
Spanish War Vets Honored as Hitler and Mussolini Welcome Returnees
Adolf Hitler reviewed 18,000 German veterans from the Spanish Civil War and disclosed Franco asked for aid in July 1936. Goering accompanied the parade while 4,700 to 5,000 marchers returned home. 10,000 had come earlier and 3,000 were sailors. Italy greeted 20,000 returning legionnaires in Naples with King Vittorio Emanuele present.
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Associated Press
Italy
Germany
Generalissimo
Franco
Adolf Hitler
Spain
Hitler
Goering
Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Military and Political Information Service
Madrid
McReynolds Heads Supreme Court Dissenters Again
Justice James C. McReynolds leads as top dissenter for the eighth month term ending yesterday with 34 majority splits. Pierce Butler trails with 32, as both conservatives and Democrats, at 72 and 70, were noted for dissent. The term saw disputes over free assembly in Jersey City mayor Hague cases and milk industry stabilization efforts.
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Washington
James C. McReynolds
Supreme Court
Pierce Butler
McReynolds
Butler
Wilson
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Free Assembly
Queen Mother to Attend Trooping of the Colors
London June 6 Queen Mother Mary will attend Trooping of the Colors at the Horse Guards Parade her first public appearance since an automobile accident on May 23 She will be joined by Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose the King's daughters.
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London
Mary
Horse Guards
Princesses
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Kings
Arrest Made in Rodessa Attack on Labor Leaders
Deputy Sheriff Will T. Prudhomme said S. B. Davis, 56, of Rodessa, held in jail in Shreveport in connection with an attack Saturday night on two labor leaders in Rodessa. J. E. Bennett, 40, of Little Rock, AFL organizer, and Ollie Logan, 38, of Texarkana, were beaten when they attended a Rodessa labor meeting Logan is president of the basket workers union on strike in Texarkana.
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Shreveport
Will T. Prudhomme
S. B. Davis
Rodessa
J. E. Bennett
Little Rock
Ark
American Federation of Labor
Ollie Logan
Texarkana
Logan
Basket Workers Union
Royals Close To U S Border For Washington Visit
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth prepare to cross into the United States within 36 hours to begin a four day tour of Washington New York and Hyde Park. The royal train halted near South Parry Ontario as the couple planned morning departures and Ottawa sources noted a local mine visit by a royal request. A former sergeant from Glamis rode 300 miles to meet the queen at Sudbury.
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South Parry
Ont
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Niagara Falls
United States
Cordell Hull
Washington
New York
Hyde Park
Georgian Bay
Ontario
Toronto
Niagara Peninsula
Winnipeg
Sudbury
David Bennett
Glamis
Orchestra leader Eddie Duchin's sister injured in Louisiana
Miss Charlene Duchin, 23, reported sister of famed orchestra leader Eddie Duchin, lay in critical condition at State Charity hospital in Shreveport, possibly struck by a car or victim of a beating. Sheriff orders oil worker Mack McKibben to be questioned after bringing her to the hospital. she briefly regained consciousness and mentioned her brother.
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Shreveport
Charlene Duchin
Eddie Duchin
State Charity Hospital
T. R. Hughes
Mack McKibben
Mooringsport
McKibben
Flier Headed For Mars Rescued As Plane Sinks
Cheston Eshelman of Carlisle Pennsylvania was rescued after landing his two seat high wing monoplane on Georges Bank near three Boston fishing trawlers. Fishermen aboard the Villar Villanova hauled him from the water as the plane sank forty fathoms deep after flying beyond its 175 mile fuel range. He had departed Camden New Jersey the previous night.
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Chatham
Mass
Cheston Eshelman
Carlisle
Georges
Boston
Villanova
Eshelman
Camden
N. J
Eshel
St. Louis Returns Toward Hamburg With Jewish Refugees
The Hamburg American liner St. Louis carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany was reported en route back to Hamburg after being denied entry at Havana. The ship refueled there and was later said to have turned around, with plans to land refugees at the Isle of Pines off Cuba if needed.
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St. Louis
Germany
Hamburg
Havana Harbor
Caribbean
Isle of Pines
E. H. Dedrick
William Schroeder
Dedrick
Havana
Saloon Boss Sentenced for Large Narcotics Ring
Angelo Donnici, 64, accused of directing a $12 million a year narcotics ring from a saloon near the federal building, was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $7,000 by Federal Judge John C. Collet.
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Kansas City
Angelo Donnici
Federal
John C. Collet
France Unifies Armed Forces Under One Commander
Paris June 6 The French government merged land sea and air forces into a single supreme command led by General Maurice Gustave Gamelin as general in chief of all armed forces. Subordinates received new titles Admiral of France and Air Marshal, signaling unified national defense coordination.
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Paris
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
National Defense
France
Jean Darlan
Navy
J. Vuillemin
Air Army
Gamelin
Army
Edouard Daladier
Pedestrian Hit By Auto Is Arrested
In Miami on June 6 Charles H. Rhoven 45 was struck by a car while running for a street car. Patrolman O C Plummer issued a traffic court summons for failing to yield the right of way as part of a municipal crackdown on jay walking.
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Miami
Fla
Charles H. Rhoven
O. C. Plummer
Rhoven
Ickes backs Roosevelt for a third term in Look magazine
Secretary Ickes says in Look that Roosevelt should seek a third term, dismissing rival candidates as unfit to lead in world affairs. He argues if the people can elect one or two terms they can decide on a third, expressing personal devotion yet national duty over a president’s well being.
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New York
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Look Manazine
Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Louisiana sales tax yield grows
State Revenue Collector W. A. Cooper reports steadily rising sales tax yields since January with June projections over 500000 and an annual total near 7000000. He notes one per cent tax receipts of 430000 February to 492000 May versus prior luxury tax receipts of 262000 to 290000 May. current tax applies to all retail sales while the luxury levy excluded many necessities.
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Baton Rouge
W. A. Cooper
Cooper
Public Welfare Revenue Act
Governor says hospital work starts by August 20
Governor Richard W. Leche announced construction on Monroe's charity hospital will begin not later than August 20. Bids for the project will be received June 23 and the contract let, with completion in about eight months. The hospital will be funded from the sales tax and serve northeast Louisiana.
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Richard W. Lewhe
News- Star
Virginia
Monroe Charity Hospital
J. L. Keenan
A. R. Johnson
Louisiana Board of Public Welfare
Keenan
State Hospital Board
Leche
Johnson
News-Star
Monroe
Charity Hospital
Richard W. Leche
Monroe Hospital
Louisiana
Louisieana Parish
Wilson Ewing
News-Star—World
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Laeayette
Independence
Shreveport
New Orleans
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