Veterans Reunite at Gettysburg Peace Memorial Ceremony
Two thousand veterans from Northern and Southern forces reunited at Gettysburg to celebrate peace. President Roosevelt lit the Flame of Eternal Peace atop the new memorial as speakers urged harmony. Officials noted federal lending could reach about 8.5 billion dollars to spur employment and economic recovery by Labor Day.
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WPA Chief Denies Political Pressure in Kentucky and Oklahoma
Har ry L. Hopkins asserts the Works Progress Administration did not use relief wages to aid Barkley and Thomas in Kentucky and Oklahoma. He cites extensive evidence and says only two of over twenty investigated cases show improper conduct, promising swift action on any proven coercion.
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Real Drive on low mood opens new fiscal year plan
The administration launches what the President calls the real drive on low mood at the start of the new fiscal year. Relief agencies, the army and navy, and public works departments are to implement the program.
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Roosevelt speaks at New York world fair site and supports free press
President Roosevelt delivered two speeches in New York. At the cornerstone laying of the federal building he used a silver trowel and spoke at the exposition. He then addressed a National Education Association convention urging America to carry the torch of free thought and learning. He condemned censorship and warned that neglecting natural resources and human capital weakens the nation.
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Strike at New York Fair Halts Construction Work
More than 6 000 workers joined a general strike of construction men at the New York world’s fair. Called by the Building Trades and Construction council, an AFL affiliate, the walkout halted all construction except structural steel. A jurisdictional dispute triggered the strike.
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New York Stock Exchange Elects William McChesney Martin President
William McChesney Martin of St. Louis, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange since May, is elected president at a $48,000 annual salary. The choice completes the reshaping of executive personnel urged by the Securities and Exchange Commission and a liberal faction within the exchange.
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Rail Wage Parley Opens With Rail Leaders Vowed to Fight Cut
Representatives of the Rail Road Trainmen and the Carriers' Joint Conference committee plan talks at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago on July 18 to begin negotiations over a 15 percent wage reduction. Trainmen leader A. F. Whitney rejects the cut, as about 150000 workers stand firm. On July 20 the remaining 18 railroad brotherhoods start talks with management led by George M. Harrison of the Railway Labor Executives' association.
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Willis of Angola Nominated for Indiana Senate
Willis of Angola, publisher and veteran Republican leader, was nominated for the Indiana Senate by the state Republican convention in Indianapolis. He won on the third ballot, defeating four rivals including former senator James E. Watson. The 62-year-old editor has led the Angola Republican since 1898 and heads Steuben Publishing, which also publishes the Angola Herald with a co editor.
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Roosevelt on Unemployment and New Deal Spending
President Roosevelt touted a permanent solution to unemployment while condemning relief and public works as mere stopgaps. He warned European reliance on rearmament is unsound and urged a shift away from unproductive spending. Agencies will begin a big spending push on July 1 through WPA, Public Works, CCC, and RFC.
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France to Execute Spies Under New Peacetime Death Penalty
France will execute spies by guillotine under a new decree aimed at countering rising espionage. Officials say convictions in the Strasbourg area reached 150 in 1937 and nearly four per week this year. Death may be imposed for acts including aiding a foreign power, joining a foreign army, or supplying military information.
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Japan Storms Kill Nearly Two Hundred in Two Days
About 200 people died in Japan over two days as violent storms and floods, compounded by strong earthquakes. Thousands of houses were destroyed and main rail lines severed by landslides and wrecked bridges.
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Italy Presses Franco on Moderation in Shipping War
Gayda editor and fascist spokesman says Italy advised Franco to limit raids to block foreign ships to government Spain while approving bombing of contraband vessels. Italian envoy Perth opened talks toward stopping bombings as Mussolini seeks to avoid humiliating Chamberlain.
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Flying Amazon Sabina Gueckchen Named Turkish Air Hero
A Turkish army air officer Sabina Gueckchen, 24, is praised as a premier stunt aviator and bombing ace trained in Russia and Turkey. Her mentor calls her the most gifted female acrobatic pilot, while she remains modest about showy feats. Also in New York Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler hosts a prize event and promotes peace work with the Baháʼí movement.
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Turkey
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Dersim
Anatolia
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Bnother
New York
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
New History Society
Belle
Doubt over New Deal aims grows amid WPA actions
The article outlines three incidents linking the Roosevelt wage and hour law and WPA pay boosts to Southern economic and political tensions. It notes how wage rules extend federal oversight, WPA raises affect Southern earners, and WPA officials urge worker solidarity, fueling doubts about the New Deal’s true goals and the political use of relief funds.
Nystagmus Described By Collier’s Weekly
Nystagmus is explained as a temporary loss of eye muscle control with rapid multi-directional eye movements. It occurs with dizziness from rotation, brain or inner ear injury, or prolonged eye strain such as in mine dim light.
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Collier's Weekly
Paper's journey from China to Europe and America
The invention of paper is credited to the Chinese. The craft is believed to have spread through the Moors to Spain and thence to Italy, France, Germany, the Low Countries, and finally England and America.
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Combine Crochet and Cross Stitch Pattern 6106
Quick beauty treatment for linens offers a crochet border and embroidery motif set. Pattern 6106 includes six motifs in assorted sizes with chart, directions, color schemes, stitch illustrations and materials list. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle at 259 W Fourteenth St New York City with name and address.
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