John D Rockefeller Dies at 97 as Philanthropist Passes
Ormond Beach Florida reports a private funeral for John D Rockefeller aged 97. The body would travel to Pocantico Hills then burial beside family graves in Cleveland. Rockefeller's death ends a dynasty with vast wealth and major philanthropic work across science and education.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
James N. Anderson
Calvary Baptist Church
Daytona Beach
Ormond
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Ed Dickson
United Press
Hudson River
Tarrytown
Cleveland
Winter Palace
John D
Deaton
America
Baptist Church
Carnegie
Harriman
Hill
Gould
Standard Oil Company
Lakewood
N. J
Engelbrecht
Associated Press
Truce Reached In Walkout At Banderob Plant
A three week strike at the Banderah Manufacturing Company ends with union and company officials signing an agreement. Production resumption date undecided. terms not disclosed. The deal comes as liquor milk truck drivers threaten a walkout if talks stall. Colonel Lindbergh and family reportedly welcome a third son in solitude at Langbarn Kent noted.
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Banderob
Cleveland
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne
Cutter
Bandereb Manufacturing Company
Furniture Workers Local
United Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiners
American Federation of Labor Union
Otto J. Kummerow
Kummerow
John Kitts
Banderah
Guernsey Dairy Company
Carver Ice Cream Company
Walter H. Tank
Teams
Soviet Pilot Levaneffsky Tuning Plane For Polar Run
American trained Soviet pilot Levaneffsky tunes a Douglas transport for a polar crossing from Moscow toward the United States. The expedition aims to establish a permanent base at the North Pole as a prelude to an over the top Moscow to San Francisco air route, with supplies and a year’s shelter readied at Rudolf Island.
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Sigismund Levaneffsky
North Pole
Moscow- San Francisco
Charles P. Nutler
Moscow
United States
Levaneffsky
Josef Stalin
San Francisco
Otto J. Schmidt
Rudolf Island
Pole
President Seeks Flexible Labor Laws On Wages Hours And Child Labor
President Roosevelt urged Congress to enact a flexible labor law guaranteeing a fair day's pay for a fair day's work with a structure allowing setting wage and hour standards. The plan centers on a five member board to administer rules, with possible 40 cent minimums and 35 to 40 hour weeks, though initial details were adjusted by Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Connery
Massachusetts
House Labor Committee
Black
Alabama
Senate Labor Committee
Aiid
Newell S Boardman Chosen AA Director
President Roosevelt nominated Newell S Boardman of Wisconsin to be a regional director of the resettlement administration in a Washington announcement.
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Newell S. Boardman
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Resettlement Administration
Spaniards Attend Bullfights As War Closes In
In Vitoria Spain 20000 spectators in Plaza de Toros watch bullfight amid Civil War noise from Franco’s guns near Bilbao. Joan Belmonte performs in gold costume as he finishes with ears and tail of the bull, crowd tosses roses in a festive, war-tensed scene.
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Vilorias
Plaza de Toros
Basque Seacoast
Bronx
Hon
Chicago Storkyards
Joan Belmonte
Vitoria
Cutter contacts Endeavour near No Man's Land
Coastguard Argo met the British yacht Endeavour about five miles southeast of No Man's Land, a small island south of Martha's Vineyard. The diesel yacht Viva prepared to tow Endeavour to Newport. Endeavour’s skipper Captain Ned Heard refused, saying they had awaited Viva for three days. Endeavour later lost its tow line in a gale about 1,000 miles off Newport last Friday.
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Board
Coastguard
Argo
No Man's Land
Endeavour
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Viva
Endeavour I
Newport
Ned Heard
Endeavour 7
Religion Is Requardt Fight Crime Milwaukee Conference
Milwaukee archdiocese delegates hear FBI chief D M Ladd warn of rising crime and urge religious and social agencies to help prevent delinquency and foster respect for law. He cites 150000 murderers at large and predicts hundreds of thousands may be murdered if trends continue. The Rev George Johnson and Dorothy Day offer differing views on youth, responsibility, and communism. About 2500 attendees attend the Catholic action conference extending to Monday or Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
D. M. Ladd
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Deleggates
Catholic Action Conference
United States
George Johnson
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Dorothy Day
New York
Catholic Worker
Nol
Relief Bill Faces Delays In Final House Vote
Washington reports say efforts to earmark funds for public works highways and flood relief threaten delay to final house approval of the 1.5 billion relief bill. Democratic leaders fear debate over proposals could push the vote into tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Representeat Reiter
Derverat
New York
Warks
Cartwright
Dema
Oklahoma
Barker
Ron Thettist
Deprese Crowe
Wernveri
Indiana
Olewattle
Beth Ta
Senate
Dust Bowl
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Supreme Court upholds unemployment and pension laws
The U S supreme court upholds federal unemployment insurance and old age pension provisions. It sustains state unemployment compensation acts and rules on a Wisconsin case involving a Milwaukee contractor. Justices Cardozo Brandeis and dissenters are noted in a complex term defining Roosevelt era labor protections.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Paul Senn
Milwaukee
Pierce Butler
Willis van Devanter
James C. McReynolds
George Sutherland
Louis D. Brandeis
Alabama
New York
High Tribunal
Roosevelt
Justice Stone
District of Columbia
Justice Cardozo
New
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Butler
Suthers
Weather Summary May 24 Wisconsin Showers Likely
Weather outlook for Wisconsin calls for showers tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Northwestern report shows 7:30 a.m. 59 fair and 1:00 p.m. 65 fair. notable highs include Abilene 92 Houston 90 Yellowstone 34 and Sault Ste. Marie 38. From Backstart Observatory: Saturday 8 p.m. to Sunday 8 p.m. Temperature max 61 min 40 precipitation none wind northeast barometer 29.80. One year ago max 83 min 63. Nineparer FATHIVE.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Fair
Fair Milwaukee
Abilene
Houston
Yellowstone
Escanabs
Sault Ste. Marie
Backstart Observatory
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Rudolf
Levanelfisky
Odessa
Black Sea
Cincinnati
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