Monetary fight roils Congress over Roosevelt powers
Washington reports on June 3 7 and 28 1933 detail a fierce clash in Congress as administration leaders push to preserve the president's authority to devalue the dollar. House moves to block delays while Senate House committee talks seek a compromise amid party lines and silver policy shifts.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Rules Committee
Senate-House
Congress
New Orleans Robbery Conspiracy Charges Against Two Men
Two men arrested near a New Orleans restaurant face conspiracy to commit armed assault and robbery charges. Serge St Pee 27 and Robert George 25, fugitives from Childress and Fort Worth, were detained by Detectives Gerlinger and Leininger after a resisted arrest with a pistol. Lt. Poe had been released from Huntsville Texas prison in February after a four year term for robbery. George had ties to Arkansas custody over a Dyer Act violation.
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New Orleans
Childress
Fort Worth
Tex
Albert Gerlinger
Arthur Leininger
Serge St. Pee
Robert George
Poe
Texas
Huntsville
George
Arkansas
Dyer
Truck crash victim dies in Charity Hospital
Felix Thibodeaux aged 24 of Houma died at Charity hospital after a truck accident near Bayou Blue. He swerved to avoid another car, causing the vehicle to overturn into a ditch and suffer chest injuries.
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New Orleans
Felix Thibodeaux
Houma
Bayou Blue
Charity Hospital
Thibodeaux
Turners Reject German Draft Registration Order
Indignant Detroit Turners refuse to obey a German proclamation that German-born citizens born in 1920 must register for military and labor service. Arthur A. Keucken disputes the order and says the group will not post it, noting citizenship status must be resolved. German consul Fritz Hailer says the proclamation was mailed from Cleveland as routine.
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Detroit
Detroit Turners
Cleveland
Arthur A. Keucken
Turners
Keucken
Reich
Korn
United States
Fritz Hailer
Governors Meet President At Hyde Park Luncheon
President Roosevelt hosts an al fresco luncheon on the Hyde Park lawn for 22 state governors. No speeches or press access planned as governors wrap a Albany conference. Roosevelt will visit West Point and may return to Hyde Park to spend time with his 84 year old mother before her July 6 European sailing.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Albany
West Point
United States Military Academy
Washington
Sara Lelano Roosevelt
Europe
Transatlantic passenger service begins with Pan American clipper flight
Pan American's Dixie Clipper left Port Washington, New York, at 2 pm with 22 passengers and 11 crew to inaugurate regular transatlantic service to Europe. The trip included stops at Horta Lisbon and Marseille and introduced weekly and biweekly routes. Fares started at 375 dollars one way and 675 dollars round trip.
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Paul Lee
New York
Port Washington
L. I
Pan-American Airway
Horta
Lisbon
Marseille
Europe
Manhassett Bay
RO. D. Sullivan
Pan-American
Yankee
Atlantic
Azores
Shediac
New Brunswick
Botwood
Newfoundland
Foynes
Ireland
Southampton
England
Deportation Splits Family in Canada to U S Train
June 28 Los Angeles report describes poverty and immigration laws forcing a family of nine apart. John McNeil 39 his wife Ann 38 and son Jack 6 boarded a deportation train to Halifax while others stayed or were detained. Mrs McNeil prayed and sobbed offering a stark image of a family divided by policy.
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Los Angeles
United States
John McNeil
Ann
Jack
Halifax
Nova Scotia
McNeil
Mildred
Dorothy Lofton
Myrl Alderman
Annabelle
Ruth Etting
Alma Alderman
Alderman
Alma
Miss Etting
Joe Bayer
Sadie Barton
Beverly Hills
South Calcasieu Youth Drowns Near Lake Charles
Dulva Farque a 16 year old from a south Calcasieu parish farming family is believed drowned in Calcasieu Lake after a skiff sank while shrimping. A companion Burton Bellow swam to shore and survived. The search continues for Farque amid the 30 foot water and offshore snag.
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Lake Charles
Dulva Farque
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Lake
Burton Bellow
Farque
Japan warns of responsibility over damage to Americans
United States Consul General Clarence E. Gauss told Japanese officials Japan would be held liable for damage to American interests as it moves to seize Chinese ports Foochow and Wenchow. He reaffirmed that U S naval vessels would protect citizens, with foreign ships urged to leave by Thursday noon.
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Shanghai
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Japan
Foochow
Wenchow
Gauss
Swatow
Joan Moller
Min River
Wu River
Senate panel approves U S barter treaty with Britain
The foreign relations committee approved a barter pact in Washington to swap 600 000 bales of U S cotton for about 175 million pounds of rubber with Britain. The treaty requires a two thirds senate ratification and five year stockpiling to keep traded goods off markets. Congress must also authorize title to cotton loaned to producers before exchange.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
Gag Applied to WPA Employes in New Orleans
WPA employes report an airtight censorship after a Monday night meeting of foremen in New Orleans. Workers warned to keep mouths shut or face dismissal. Louisiana WPA administrator Crutcher not available for comment as another grand jury probes recent charges against the WPA.
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New Orleans
Works Progress Administration
WPA
J. R. Crutcher
Louisiana
Navy bombers land at Pearl Harbor in mass flight
Fifteen navy bombers from San Diego arrived over Pearl harbor around 8 50 a m eastern time. The first plane in the mass flight started just before 4 o'clock yesterday and alighted at 8 51 a m with the others following in quick succession.
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Honolulu
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
World War I anniversaries held as tensions rise
British Prime Minister Chamberlain announces immediate talks with Tokyo to settle issues in Tientsin and stop alleged insults to British subjects. The report marks the 25th anniversary of Archduke Ferdinand's assassination and the 5th anniversary of the Versailles Treaty, with Daladier warning of a new international crisis and Britain seeking to reassemble a World War I alliance.
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London
Chamberlain
Tokyo
Tientsin
House of Commons
Japan
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Europe
Versailles
Germany
Daladier
France
Britain
Far East
Danzig
Russia
Soviet
Senate halves demand for PWA funds in relief bill
Senate action on a $1.735 billion relief measure delayed as proponents cut their public works request from $500 million to $250 million after committee votes. Senator Russell said a $250 million allocation could pass on the floor, while Senator Byrnes called the outcome a toss-up. The bill must pass by Friday midnight or WPA funds run out. Leader Barkley kept the chamber in session late to push a decision.
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Senate
Agriculture, Labor, Justice and Commerce Departments
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Wall Street
United States
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russell
Georgia
PWA
Byrnes
South Carolina
Barkley
Reconciliation Efforts Reported In Romania Royal Family
Crown Prince Mihai prepares to visit his mother Queen Helen in Italy as court officials note steps toward reconciliation with King Carol. Parliament had just introduced a bill enabling the king to grant titles to former royal members, amid hopes of uniting Carol with his estranged brothers.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carol
Helen
Mihai
Italy
Rumania
Prince Nicholas
Wounded Woman Held by Convicts Triggers Prison Siege
Indiana guards and state police repelled a prison mutiny at Michigan City as three convicts seized Ruth Joiner a 29 year old welfare worker and held her at knife point for nearly two hours. She sustained serious wounds while fellow staff and guards were also injured during the assault and rescue. The inmates Richard Sweet Alphonse Skuszwich and Earl Niverson face life or long terms and are under separate investigations alongside warden staff and state officials.
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Indiana
Michigan City
Ruth Joiner
Crawfordsville
Ind
Alfred F. Dowd
South Bend
Earl Niverson
Huntington
Sweet
Leroy Hunt
Trusty
Edgar Wetzell
Joseph Piotrowski
Piotrowski
Fire damages Goodwill Industries building in Shreveport
Fire discovered last night seriously damaged the Goodwill Industries building in Shreveport Louisiana and its contents. The blaze started in the women’s workshop and damaged the sewing room while smoke and water harmed the chapel and offices. The origin was not determined and damage estimates were not available.
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Shreveport
Goodwill Industries
Guerre predicts capture soon in Smith case in Louisiana
Brigadier-General Louis F. Guerre said the search for missing LSU ex-president Dr. James Monroe Smith has widened to Canada after he bought train tickets to Chicago with his wife. Authorities nationwide coordinate a hunt as banks face potential losses from notes Smith allegedly issued totaling $500,000.
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Baton Rouge
Louis F. Guerre
Louisiana State Police
Canada
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Guerre
Smith
Detroit
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago
Earl Kig
Ellison
New Orleans
State Bond and Tax Board
Oliver G. Lucas
New Orleans National Bank of Commerce
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Frank S. Shattuck
Rockefeller Items to Go to Society in Tarrytown
A memorial collection of John D. Rockefeller Sr. personal effects will be presented to the Tarrytown Historical Society. Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr signs a glass case to house the item list including religious books with worn margins a Timothy Cole engraving a copy of Fosdick funeral sermon and Rockefeller family books.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Timothy Cole
Rockefeller Foundation
Hardy Emerson Fosdick
Kijkuit
Rockefeller Estate
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McNutt
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Manila
Told Nation
U. S
Archduke
Commons
Associated Press
Orient
Patrick H. Weeks
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