Curbs urged on Roosevelt powers by Coolidge
Washington reports former treasury official Jefferson Coolidge urged Congress to curb presidential monetary powers citing a flooded banking system from gold devaluation. He testified against extending devaluation authority and a $2 billion stabilization fund to 1941. He warned of money depreciation risks under current policy.
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T. Jefferson Coolidge
Senate Group
Washington
Congress
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Senate Banking, and Currency
White House
House
Representative Cox
Georgia
Appropriations Committee
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Senate Labor Committee
Shor Ac
American Federation of Labor
C. I
Witf Work Administration
Ben Moreell
Senate
Navy
House Ways and Means
Barron G. Collier Dies at 65 Advertising Tycoon
Barron G. Collier 65, prominent advertising figure and landholder, died of a heart attack. He built a nationwide Subway and streetcar ads empire, directed many firms, and owned estates in Pocantico Hills and Useppa Island. He served as Boy Scouts director and helped NYC traffic control as a deputy police commissioner.
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New York
Barron G. Collier
Memphis
Collier
United States
Florida
Camnts
Barron G. Collier, Inc
Florida Gulf Coast Hotels, Inc
Pacific Railways Advertising Company
Empire State Development Company
United States Brokerage Company
Boy Scouts of America
Perfort
New York City
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hill
Tarritown
N. Y
Useppa Island
Roosevelt Sees WPA Relief Very Serious Demand for Funds
President Roosevelt labeled the relief situation very serious and urged Congress to restore 150 million dollars for WPA to run through July. He cautioned the nation would face mass layoffs if funds are not provided, stating the government must act or risk widespread unemployment and stalled commerce.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Mine Workers Press Demands Across Appalachia
The United Mine Workers demand a 50 cent daily wage rise a 30 hour week and 200 working days per year for 320 000 Appalachian miners. The current agreement expires March 31. Producers expect counterproposals tomorrow and may seek longer hours and wage cuts to justify costs. John L. Lewis leads both the UMWA and CIO federation.
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William H. Lawrence
United Press
New York
United Mine Workers Union Today
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
Flood Threat Faces New England Region
A February blizzard raises the risk of floods in New England rivaling 1936 as warmer weekend conditions threaten rapid snowmelt. Cities report heavy accumulations from 14 inches in upstate New York to 30 inches in Stoneham and Rumford Maine, with 22 deaths in New England and 11 in New York City and New Jersey. Transportation impacts persist as roads and rail lines gradually reopen.
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United Press
New England
Sorm
New York City
Upstate
New York
Boston
Stoneham
Rumford
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Merrimack
Farmer Objections Draw Praise From Heil in Wisconsin
Rhinelander Wis July 7 Louis Fenton a 30 year old Koepenick farmer in the Nicolet national forest objected to land planner suggestions at a relief conference saying they want his land and he earned it. He insisted he and neighbor David Fensen pay taxes and support families while others work. Governor Heil urged him to keep faith and offered a crown. Fenson his father C A Fenton and neighbor David Fensen joined the governor for dinner afterward.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Louis Fenton
Koepenick
Nicolet National Forest
Governor Heil
Fenton
Fenson
C. A. Fenton
David Fensen
Manitowoc Shipyard Builds Four Steel Barges
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp begins work on four steel deck barges for Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Chicago. Barges will be 131 feet long with delivery set for this spring.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of
Chicago
Snowbound Highways Close Northern Wisconsin Roads
A powerful northeaster gusting to 34 mph whipped snow across northwestern Wisconsin, blocking highways with deep drifts. Schools closed in Superior Duluth Ashland and rural Douglas Bayfield and Ashland counties. Bus service between Superior and Duluth was crippled though some buses ran until 11 a.m. Temperatures in Superior stood at 11 above zero.
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Superior
Wis
Wisconsin
Duluth
Ashland
Douglas
Bayfield
Weather Summary From Wisconsin to Florida Observations
Northwestern snow in Wisconsin and the Dakotas shifts to rain and snow in the east and south tonight. Wednesday brings colder air from the southwest with strong northwest winds. At Milwaukee readings show a high 43 and a low 29 with no precipitation and northeast winds. Bilateral stations report 38 as a record high elsewhere and a barometer around 29.68 inches.
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Wisconsin
Crandy
Farr
Milwaukee
Miami Estre Mont
Williston
Buckstart Observatory
Navy yard capacity blocks Latin ship program
A Senate hearing flagged that allowing South American nations to buy ships from US yards would keep Navy and private yards at full capacity for a decade. Admiral Moreell warned both naval and merchant programs would overflow private yards, while proposals to build a Nicaragua canal and a second set of Panama locks drew focus to broader Pacific defense debates.
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Washington
Ben Moreell
Senate
Senate Naval Committee
Moreell
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Forege Relations Committee
House Merchant Marine Committee
Nicaragua
Izac
California
Panama
Nicaragua Canal
Bland
Virginia
Panama Canal
Techauntepec
Mexico
Pacific Defense
Congress
State Department
Japan
Great Britain signals no action over Czechoslovakia
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house that the breaking up of Czechoslovakia requires no British action. He cited the proposed guarantee of Czechoslovak frontiers as a stand against unprovoked aggression, aligning Britain and France after Munich. The pledge was not put into a formal pact.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Munich
Sudetenland
Germany
Britain
Poland
Hungary
Norwegian Belnor in distress south of Cape Henry
SOS from a Norwegian motorship Belnor, about 1 673 tons, reported between 600 and 700 miles southwest of Cape Henry. Mackay Radio Thomaston Me and Radio Marine in Chatham Ma picked up the call. The Belnor allegedly suffered heavy seas, a damaged No 1 hatch and water in the radio room, seeking immediate assistance. Excalibur, 300 miles northeast, was noted as connected to the incident.
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Mass
Belner
Cape Henry
Radio Marine
Mackay Radio
Thomaston
Mackay
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Belnor
Belships Company Limited
Atlantic
Cuba
Ater Mackay
sShe
Tiso Named As Premier Of Slovakia
Bratislava Slovakia declared itself an independent state and named Dr Joseph Tiso as first premier in an extraordinary parliamentary session. The ousted leader was removed last Friday by the central government as Slovakia moved toward independence and a republican government.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Joseph Tiso
Fust
Tiso
Slo
German Batteries Head for Frontier Amid Sudeten Move
German detachments with artillery cavalry and searchlight units left Leitmeritz at 6 p.m. heading toward Liboch on the Czech border. Liboch lies across the Post Munich frontier from Milnik, about 24 miles northeast of Prague, in the Sudetenland occupied after the Munich pact.
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Leitmeritz
Sudetenland
Liboch
Milnik
Prague
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Wisconsin voters cast ballots for scores of spring primary races
Wisconsin voters cast ballots for numerous local and state offices including Appleton mayoral candidates, Fond du Lac contenders, and Milwaukee contests for the Fourteenth district assembly seat. Unopposed candidates and a nonpartisan judiciary primary affect the field, with final votes due April 4.
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United Press
Wisconsin
Appleton
Fond du Lac
Milwaukee
Fourteenth
Marion T. Murray
Vent Callahan
William Callahan
Murray
State Assembly
Oscar H Morris
Monsted Claim On Estate Of Hatten Upheld
Waupaca Wisconsin County Judge A J Scheller ruled the $25 000 promissory note held by Mrs Beatrice Monsted of New London valid against the 2 000 000 estate of late William H Hatten a rambunctious millionaire timberman He ruled the signature and the interlined clause to be taken from my estate were in Hat ten's handwriting Heirs challenged the claim arguing lack of genuine signature lack of consideration and possible incompetence Hatten died March 20 1937 at age 80 The note bears interest since Jan 21 1937 and attorney fees are awarded
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Waupaca
Wis
A. J. Scheller
Beatrice Monsted
New London
William H. Hatten
Tumberman
Sheller
Hatten
Monsted
Justice Roberts Treated at Garfield Hospital Today
Associate Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts was admitted for undisclosed treatment at Garfield hospital. He attended yesterday's chief session of the court before his hospitalization.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Garfield Hospital
Roberts
Census Bureau to probe personal affairs in next decennial census
The census bureau plans the broadest inquiry into personal matters ever for the next year’s decennial census. With private and government experts, it will ask questions on employment incomes rents housing and living conditions. Answers will shape federal and state laws allocations and economic analyses for the coming decade.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Congress
Hungary bids for Ruthenia as troops clash on frontier
Hungary demands Prague evacuate Carpatho Ukraine within 24 hours and release Hungarian prisoners. Budapest reports fighting along the frontier as 60 000 reservists push toward Ruthenia and Hungarian units enter Ruthenian territory. Prague must also halt persecution of Hungarians and arm Hungarian self defense formations.
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Budapest
Hungary
Prague
Ruthenia
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Carpatho-Ukraine
CS. T
Bankhead says no general tax law revisions planned
Speaker Bankhead told reporters in May that the House Ways and Means Committee would not be asked to seek a general revision of tax laws this session. He warned about possible fiscal reactions if deterrents were removed, noting his views are personal and not official administration policy.
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Washington
Bankhead
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Administration
Ways
Eighteen Die In French Train Wreck After Collision
Chaudiers France report says eighteen people are dead after the Paris to Toulouse express collided with a freight train at a cattle car switch. The freight train struck the cow, derailed two cars, and the passenger coaches and engine piled up in the wreckage.
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Chaieauroux
France
Czechoslovakia Ends as Republic Dissolves
Prague announces the formal dissolution of the federal Czechoslovak state as Slovakia declares independence. German forces reportedly occupy Prague and a portion of Carpatho Ukraine. Prague seeks discipline and steps to manage the new situation.
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Prague
Slovakia
Woodrow Wilson
Munich
Europe
Bohemia-Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Berlin
Wittenberg Faces Additional Action
Milwaukee attorney Michael M. Wittenberg, serving a year to 1 year and 5 days for attempted extortion, faced possible further action as Judge Baird directed Douglas Hay to seek a warrant for larceny. Huth was in court over a $450 paternity judgment. Wittenberg claimed only $219 remained. Wittenberg and Walter Drews were recently convicted of attempting to extort $2,000 from Dr. Leland Trump.
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Milwaukee
Michael M. Wittenberg
Austin J. Baird
Waukesha
Douglas Hay
Troy Center
Wis
Milwaukee County District Attorney
Wittenberg
Huth
Baird
Witten Hoth
Leanidt Wittenberg
Walter A. Drews
State Board of Health
Leland Trump
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