Louisiana Governor Signs Quick-Effect Bills On Bonds And Ice Sale
Governor Richard Leche signed measures that become law immediately. One authorizes a $4.5 million New Orleans Charity hospital bond issue secured by $400,900 from the franchise tax. Another authorizes an $8,612,200 bond refunding with interest savings about $1 million. The senate backed the refunding and an ice sale regulation for New Orleans. the general appropriations bill and other items await action.
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Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Louisiana
Charity Hospital
Board of Supervisors
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Angola
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House
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President's Signature Needed To Start Nationwide Hours And Pay Rules
Capitol Hill buzzed like a final school day as Congress adjourned for recess on June 15. Members packed offices with boxes and farewells while sumner glow and policy talk mixed. Senators drifted apart and old tensions softened as the session ended.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress Sees Realignments Across Administration Fights
Washington June 15 Congress battles over Roosevelt era legislation caused frequent realignments as leaders formed shifting coalitions. Profiles highlight Alben Barkley of Kentucky, Charles McNary of Oregon, Pat Harrison of Mississippi, and Burton Wheeler of Montana, detailing their roles and temperaments in key fights.
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Washington
Alben William Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
Charles L. McNary
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Father and Son Saved From Mine Near Ashland
A father Peter Shinskowsky 48 and son Peter 17 were rescued from a makeshift mine in Ashland area after being trapped since Monday. They appeared in good condition after walkers 25 feet to awaiting cars. Mary Shinskowsky watched, exhausted, as the mother rested at home.
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Ashland
Peter Shinskowsky
Shenandoah
Peter, Jr
Shinskowsky
Mary
Flood drives Chinese and Japanese forces to retreat
Shanghai dispatches report the Yellow River breach creating a massive flood that evades guns and bombs. Up to 300,000 Chinese civilians homeless and about 150,000 feared drowned as waters sweep across Henan plains between Chengchow and Kaifeng, with corpses seen floating.
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Shanghai
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Henan
Survivors Recount General Slocum Disaster at Service
A solemn band gathers to honor the 1904 General Slocum tragedy on the East River. Survivors recall the Hell Gate fire and the loss of 1,031 passengers during a sunny June excursion from New York, as heat and tragedy overwhelmed the riverfront.
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Roger D. Green
New York
Hell Gate
East River
Duaster
Kidnaper McCall Found Guilty In Cash Case
Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, confessed kidnapper of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr., was found guilty of kidnapping by Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson. The judge planned to sentence McCall tomorrow as Cash Sr. testified the boy is buried and pajamas were identified. Federal agents and the boy’s father testified amid tight security precautions.
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Miami
Fila
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
H. F. Atkinson
Fla
Cash
McCall
Five suspended UAW chiefs protest in Detroit
Five suspended officers of the United Automobile Workers union appealed to the rank and file in a dispute with Homer Martin, the international president, who suspended them at a Washington conference. They urged the rank and file to voice opinions on what they call outrageous actions as a bank account battle looms.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
Homer Martin
Washington
Democrats end rift in Pennsylvania primary clash
In Harrisburg on June 15, United States Senator Joseph F. Guffey and State Chairman David L. Lawrence united after a months long party clash. Lawrence kept the chair, named Guffey campaign manager, and the Guffey ticket including George H. Earle for senator and Charles Alvin Jones for governor was endorsed. Edith B. DeWitt won reelection as vice chair.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States
Joseph F. Guffey
David L. Lawrence
Democratic State Committee
Guffey
Democratic
John L. Lewis
Lawrence
George H. Earle
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
Edith B. DeWitt
Vast New Program Of Control In Industry To Go Into Effect
Washington reports a sweeping federal plan to regulate industrial working hours and minimum pay. Congress passed compromise legislation, with the president to sign, allowing a 730000 worker minimum pay and 730 hours maximum weekly target, plus additional hours for a further 1500000 affected workers. An administrator will be appointed to interpret the act and organize employer worker and citizen committees for interstate industry. Ramspeck helped draft the bill, noting the federal staff needs would be modest since the administrator operates within the labor department.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Ramspeck
Georgia
Labor Department
Doctors debate free medical care for the poor
In San Francisco the American Medical Association faced a government warning that the public may supply care for the indigent unless doctors help. Assistant Surgeon General Warren F. Draper spoke for Miss Josephine Roche before the delegates, who adopted a resolution challenging details of his shortage claim.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
Warren F. Draper
Association
House of Delegates
Josephine Roche
Draper
Chamberlain's talk on Spain upsets Conservative backers
London reports show Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain refused to pledge protection for British ships trading with government Spain. Conservatives, angered by the stance and by non intervention, call for tougher British reprisals as they press for an active role in hostilities. Many fear a cooling of Anglo Spanish relations if attacks continue.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Spain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Cholera Epic In India Claims 12000 Lives In Weeks
In Lucknow India June 15 one of the worst cholera epidemics in modern history has killed 12000 people in the United Provinces over seven weeks with 2000 deaths in a single week. British and Indian medical authorities have mobilized hundreds of physicians to combat the disease.
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Lucknow
India
United Provinces
Senate passes flood control compromise amid filibuster fears
Washington reports a compromise flood control bill cleared a key hurdle as New England senators conceded they could not block it with a filibuster. Governors from Maine Vermont Washington and North Carolina protested federal ownership of resources while Senator O Mahoney pushed long debate on the 375 million plan. The session followed action on a separate 3 753 billion relief and public works bill as adjournment looming.
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Washington
New England
Maine
Vermont
North Carolina
Hale
Barrows
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
Barkley
House
Monroe Plans Bowl of Rice Party for China Relief
Mayor H H Benoit announced Monroe will join 1500 plus U S cities in a Bowl of Rice Party to raise funds for civilian relief in war torn China. A 10 pm to 2 am dance on Hotel Fran ces roof Friday June 17 will donate net proceeds, with Friday dubbed Humanity Day by the mayor.
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Monroe
United States
Hotel Frances
China
H. H. Benoit
United Council For Civilian Relief
Filibuster on Flood Control Bill Appears Adjusted
A prolonged obstruction around the flood control bill signals possible changes to the measure. Lawmakers debate provisions and funding levels as the session progresses.
Princes in India May Lose Thrones
In India, more than 600 Maharajas and rajahs face possible loss of their thrones as the nationalist movement led by Mohandas K Gandhi gains power in seven British provinces. The princely states, housing about 64 million people, fear nationalism’s reach and seek protections from the British government while princes in Mysore and Travancore form committees to study the issue.
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Allahabad
India
Associated Press
Mohandas K Gandhi
Congress
Nore
Mysore
Travancore
Rebels Bomb French Ship at Valencia Port
Valencia reports an insurgent air raid sinking or fatally damaging the French freighter Gaulois, 500 tons from Marseille, with no crew casualties aboard. The port endured two heavy bombings at 10:30 am and 12:30 pm as refugees flood in, recounting terror from insurgent planes along Castellon road.
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Valencia
Marseille
Castellon
Liberty Horse Thief Detecting Society Disbands
Liberty New York June 15 the Liberty Horse Thief Detecting Society votes to dissolve after 29 years with only one notable chase in its history and asks the state supreme court to dissolve the organization.
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Liberty
N. Y
Liberty Horse Thief Detecting #9ciety
State Supreme Court
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