House Leaders Push Free Hands on Relief Fund
Washington leaders urged peers to strike one third of the proposed 505 million relief package for ads dams and other purposes. They pressed for a free administration in spending while Roosevelt warned that earmarking dollars for other goals reduces jobs on relief.
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Washington
House Ieaders
Roosevelt
Belter
Demont
New York
Starnes
Alabama
Cartwright
Imocrat
Oklahoma
Woodrum
Demrat
Virginia
Public Arks Administration
Ains
Boland
Imorrat
Pennsylvania
Senate delays Little TVA bill amid tight 17 to 16 vote
Wisconsin senate postponed action for a week on the Little TVA measure, with Senator Arthur L. Zimny casting the pivotal deciding vote. The companion Progressive-backed bill in the assembly, introduced by Andrew J. Biemiller, has passed, authorizing state promotion of public utilities.
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Madison
Senate
Roland E. Kannen
Wisconsin
Arthur L. Zimny
Demrat
Milwaukee
Andrew J. Biemill
Assembly
Weather summary from Wisconsin region and observatory notes
The report notes generally fair conditions in Wisconsin with a chance of thunderstorms in the extreme south this afternoon or tonight and cooler temperatures. Northwestern observations show a 66 degree reading at 10:30 a.m. with cloudy conditions in Milwaukee and a rundown of yesterday’s highs and lows across several cities including Phoenix Montgomery Memphis and Marquette. Buckstaff Observatory data from Monday 8 p.m. to Tuesday 8 p.m. records a maximum 76 and minimum 52 with precipitation about .07 and a 29.45 inch barometer, comparing to last year’s 8 and 53 respectively.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Ontgomery
Memphis
Yelwstone
Marquette
Cheyine
Buckstaff Observatory
BA Se
Roosevelt Seeks Senate Approval for Pan American Pacts
President Roosevelt urged ratification of eight inter-American instruments formed after the Buenos Aires conference. The pacts pledge 21 republics to consult on peace, set up mechanisms for dispute settlement, prevent intervention, promote neutrality, and advance Pan American culture and a continental highway.
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Buenos Aires
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Americas
Hull
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peru
North
South America
Windsor Duke Wedding Guests List Revealed in France
Sixteen guests, including British officials Hugh Lloyd Thomas and Sir Walford Selby, will attend the June 3 wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield at Chateau de Cande in Monts France. Other attendees include Rothschilds, Baroness de Beaux, and local diplomats. no royal family members will attend and officials will attend in an unofficial capacity.
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Duke of Windsor
Cauerry
Rogers
Chateau de Cande
Selby
Austria
Thomas
Sir Walford Selby
Sir Walford
Edward
Baron
Baroness Eugene de Rothschild
Enzesfeld Castle
Windsor
D. Buchanan Merryman
Wage Probe Demanded by Rep Schneider from Appleton Wisconsin
Rep George 4 Schneider introduces a congressional resolution seeking a nationwide wage probe for unskilled and semiskilled workers in public and private employment. The secretary of labor would conduct the study and report with legislation to raise minimum wages, citing railroad and textile industries as examples of low pay. He notes 114,485 railroad workers earned under 70 dollars monthly in 1936 and textile workers averaged 717 dollars annually.
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Washington
George 4. Schneider
Appleton
Wis
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Schneider
America
Ford workers beat union leaders at Rouge plant gate
A group of four Ford workers attacked United Automobile Workers leaders Richard Frankensteen and Walter Reuther at Ford Motor Company Rouge plant gate No 4 while distributing leaflets. Frankensteen was knocked down multiple times and bruised, Reuther suffered a bloody nose. The four pursued the union men along Milner Road as mounted police kept spectators moving.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Richard T. Frankensteen
Ford Workers
Walter Reuther
West Side
Milner Road
Ford Plant
Frankensteen
Reuther
Fordism
US A. W. A
Harry H.bennett
Ford
Service Department
J. J. Kennedy
International Union
Robert Cantor
Dearborn
Revolta Defeated at P G A Tourney at Pittsburgh
In the second round of the Professional Golfers Association championship at the Pittsburgh Field Club Aspin wall Pa Harry Cooper of Chicago defeated John Revolta of Evanston Illinois one up Denny Shute of Boston beat Olin Dutra of Los Angeles 3 and 2 Paul Runyan of White Plains N Y defeated Willie Goggin of San Francisco 2 and 1 Jimmy Hines of Garden City N Y defeated Al Espinosa of Akron one up
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Pittsburgh Field Club
Aspinwall
Harry Cooper
Chicago
John Revolta
Evanston
Hil
Denny Shute
Boston
Olin Dutra
Los Angeles
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. C
Willie Goggin
San Francisco
Jimmy Hines
Gardenfly
al Espinosa
Akron
Jocis Convicted of Slaying Police Officer in Sheboygan
Norbert Jocis, 28, was found guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of Patrolman Theodore Hastings after a five hour jury deliberation. Judge Henry A. Detling ordered him jailed awaiting sentence, with a brief stay granted by defense counsel. The case revealed a plan to burglarize the tavern and an exchange of gunfire with officers.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Norbert Jocis
Theodore Hasting
Henry A. Detling
Jools
Herbert S. Humke
Humke
George and George
Jocis
French Plane Shot Down by Insurgents Near Bilbao
A French Air Pyrenees passenger plane was shot down nine miles northwest of Sopelana near Bilbao as seven insurgent planes fired on it. Pilot Jean Gally made a pancake landing. all five aboard survived. The wrecked transport carried five passengers, including one woman, en route to the Basque capital.
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Bilbao
Air Rafri‘ers
Sopolana
Here
Nervion
Jean Gally
Sopelana
Gally
France
Arviers
Air- Pyrenees
Bayonne
Bay of Biscay
Rockefellers Honor John D Rockefeller in Simple Funeral
Brief services marked by quiet simplicity at Pocantico Hills for John D Rockefeller aged 97. Family and close aides attended as flowers filled the mansion and the carillon recital closed with Lead Kindly Light before the body was moved toward Cleveland for burial.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Casements
Ormond Beach
Fla
Hudson River
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr
International “Oil Empire
Harry Emerson Wosdick
Riverside Baptist Church
New York
New York City
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Joan D. Rockefeller Jr
David
Winthrop
Nelson
John D. IT
Laurence
Abbie Milton
Cleveland
Lakeview Cemetery
To. Om
B.S
Hudson
Harmon
Pioneer
Lake Shore
Five Killed Two Dying In Head-On Crash Near West Cossackie
A head-on crash near West Cossackie New York involved two vehicles, killing at least five men and leaving two dying. Survivor Joshua Cohen, 21, from Dorchester Mass., provided details to state police Lt. Kreator who said three bodies remain unaccounted for and both truck occupants were cremated.
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Catskill
Yao
New Jersey
Massachusetts
West Cossackie
Laewt
Hervey A. Keaton
Marutenant Kreator
Joshua Cohen
Dorchester
Mass
Cohen
Keator
President Roosevelt Missing from Duties with Cold
Washington U P reports President Roosevelt again absent from executive offices due to a slight head cold. The president's illness keeps him from daily duties as officials note continued rest and recovery measures.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Vatican to Spurn Nazi Protest Over Mundelein Critique
Berlin reports reveal the Gestapo jailed five members of the church government executive committee opposing Nazi control of the German Protestant church. The Vatican reportedly will not reply to Germany’s protest over Cardinal Mundelein’s antiwar remarks, asserting his right to speak to his diocese. The German ambassador’s note raised objections to Mundelein’s characterizations of trials for immorality as worse than World War I atrocity tales.
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Berlin
Gestapoi
Vatican City
Vatican
George Cardinal Mundelein
Holy See
Mone
Adolf Hitler
Mundelein
Diego von Bergen
Vatican Secretariat of State
Roosevelt demands court challenge test for his reorganization bill
President Roosevelt reiterates push for judiciary reorganization amid court tests on labor, wage hour rules, social security, and national planning. He cautions that Supreme Court rulings may still require changes, and hints at regional planning agencies to support planning goals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley ‘Authority
TVA
Supreme Court
Wilson Dam
Mr. Roosevelt
Governor Signs Labor Board Funding and Tax Bill
Governor La Follette signed a Progressive bill from Assemblyman N H Hall prohibiting Douglas county from waiving interest and penalties on delinquent 1927 38 taxes while enabling Superior to use county script for current expenses with county board consent. The measure funds the labor relations board $5000, allows part time board members, and directs $1500 to the Board of Control for Yorkville Raymond drainage ditches. Door county court gains jurisdiction in actions up to $5000.
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Madison
la Follette
N. H. Hall
Progressive
Superior
Douglas County
Labor Relations Board
Board of Control
Yorkville-Raymond
Racine County
Door County
California Ford Workers Strike at Richmond Plant
A strike began at the Ford assembly plant in Richmond California with pickets around the buildings. Frank Slaby of the East Bay UAW allied with the CIO announced the vote: 623 for the strike on the day shift and 268 for quitting on the night shift, citing alleged discrimination against union activity.
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Richmond
Calif
Ford Assembly
United Automobile Workers of America
Frank Slaby
East Bay
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ford Company
Aia Stuby
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Walt Ghege
Joseph P. Ryan
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John L. Lewis
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Radio Telegraphists Association
Pacific Coast
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
Harry Bridges
National Union
International Seamen's Union
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National Martime Union
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