Congress Ends Sessions with Landmark Relief and Reforms
The Seventy-fifth Congress adjourned after enacting a record peacetime spend of over 20 billion dollars. A 334 million dollar relief and pump priming bill passed, boosting Rural Electrification admin expenses to 750000, and a 300 million dollar second deficiency bill trimmed land purchases for Lake Tahoe and forestry. The package expands Works Progress Administration funds and sets wage and hour standards toward a 40 hour week and 40 cent minimum wage, with broad exemptions and farm worker carve outs.
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Senate
Rural Electrification Administration
Lake Tahoe National Park
Works Progress Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Public Works Administration
PWA
United States Housing Authority
Senator Van Nuys to Seek Independent Reelection
Indiana senator Van Nuys plans to run again as an independent after being read out of the Democratic party for opposing the Supreme Court and government reorganization bills. Eleven Democratic colleagues announce support, and two Republicans Borah of Idaho and Vandenburg of Michigan join the cross party backing.
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van Nuys
Indiana
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Joseph C
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Tom Connally
Texas
Peter G. Gerry
Rhode Island
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
William E. Borah
Idaho
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Age Hour Legislation Passed At Close Of Congress
The key stone of the President's social reform program, the Age Hour measure, was advanced in modified form before adjournment. The conference committee compromise passed the House 290 to 89 with substantial Republican support though 48 Republicans and 41 Democrats opposed it.
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Congress
Conference Committee
House
Lewis pressures Congress to back labor blacklisting bill
J L Lewis and CIO officials pressed House leaders to pass an amendment to the Walsh Healy contracts bill to blacklist corporations not complying with NLRB orders. Speaker Bankhead blocked the move both times, the rules committee opposed, and Lewis warned of voter reprisals as Congress adjourns. He called the rules committee cowardly in a press gallery remark.
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Wice
John L. Lewis
Congress
NLRB
Lewis
Bankhead
Rules
House
Rules Committee
Friends of Labor
Great Floods in China Hallmarks Widespread Disaster
The Yellow river floods inundated central China, drowning about 150000 people in early days and leaving millions homeless or threatened. Shanghai reports an epidemic cholera as the Shanghai municipal council declares it so, with 123 cases and 73 from foreign areas. Japanese forces press toward Hankow along the Yangtze.
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China
Yellow River
Shanghai
Finland pays debt instalment at New York reserve bank
Finland's ERO Jarnfest announced in a State Department appearance on June 15 that Finland deposited 161935 dollars with the Federal Reserve Bank in New York as the required debt instalment. Hungarian minister John Pelenyi said his government paid one percent on its postwar debt. Defaulting nations listed include Belgium Czechoslovakia Estonia France Great Britain Italy Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Yugoslavia.
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Ero Jarnfest
Finland
State Department
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
John Pelenyi
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
France
Great Britain
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Roosevelt Son Weds Anne Clark in Nahant Ceremony
John Roosevelt youngest son of the President and Mrs Roosevelt married Anne Lindsay Clark in Nahant Massachusetts at a small stone church. A reception followed at the Nahant club and the couple began a Bermuda honeymoon staying at Vincent Astor's estate.
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John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Old Nahant Club
Bermuda
Vincent Astor
Railway Aid Postponed As Congress Adjourns
Senate and House leaders decided to adjourn by June 15 and inform the President the railroad reorganization bill would be postponed to the next session. They agreed to push two other railway measures: RFC loans to railroads without ICC certification and a special unemployment insurance system for rail workers.
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House
Congress
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pineapple Is Fit Dish for the Gods
Roosevelt seeks party reconciliation with Gillette at the White House amid purge talks and possible common action against Republicans. Lehman renomination favored by Roosevelt. plan to swap Lehman with Wagner for Senate and Governor is reportedly off. Federal Reserve Bulletin notes U S recession deeper than other industrial nations despite War material production aiding some sectors.
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Hough
Tommy Corcoran
Democratic Party
Gillette
Victor
Iowa
White House
Roosevelt
New York
Democrats
Lehman
Wagner
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Pineapple Recipes and Home Makeover Inquiries
The column discusses pineapple in cuisine from shredded pineapple to a pineapple cucumber salad and a dessert idea with ice cream. It also includes a reader asking for home decor advice for a girl's room and a son's room, detailing bed options, rugs, curtains, and furniture choices.
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Candlewick
Gertrude
Savory Canape and Fruit Conserve Recipes
A collection of recipes including Savory Canape with butter capers parsley onion juice toast and caviar, Raisin Conserve with citrus and sugar, and a Chocolate Bavarian Cream method with gelatin and coconut. Also includes home decor tips, room styling ideas, and a fashion note on living room color schemes.
Petain as France’s enduring war hero and the rope skipping tale
France reels in the shadow of war crisis as Marshal Petain, aged 82, is praised for endurance and fitness, with anecdotes on his rope skipping and Verdun exploits. The column also profiles wrestlers Dean and Leavitt, and GE Johnson’s reformist bid linking Capone’s case to social betterment.
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France
Clemenceau
Joffre
Foch
Maginot
von Mackensen
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Verdun
London Daily News
Man Mountain Dean
Georgia
Dean
Norcross
Frank Leavitt
New York
Leavitt
Miami
Fla
Doris Dean
Boston
Rhineland
Alexandre Korda
Charles Laughton
Henry VIII
West Forty-third Street
Eorge E. Q. Johnson
al Capone
Alcatraz
Capone
U S Warships to Stay on Yangtze despite Japanese demands
Admiral Yarnell declares American naval operations on the Yangtze will remain free of foreign restrictions. He will inspect the Yangtze war zone without Japan's permission and keep white painted ships, defending Americans in danger. Eight Army airmen die in Illinois storm crash at Cha note field.
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Japan
Wuhu
Kiukiang
Hankow
Harry E. Yarnell
Harry Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Yangtze
Asiatic
Yarnell
United States Navy
United States
Yangtzeng
IGHT
Cha
Note Field
Illinois
Delavan
Ill
Cool Fashions for Mother Daughter Dresses Patterns
Simple warm weather dresses with slim skirts puff sleeves and v neck lines. Patterns include sew charts and sizes 14 through 46 with yardage details and ric rac trim. Send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois for 15 cent patterns from Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
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He Was Born
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