Paris Faces Food Shortage Amid Growing Strikes
A 350000 worker strike advances across France as Socialists near takeover. Paris faces shortages of food milk water and meat while ice supplies drop and bakeries consider joining. Premier Sarraut resigns as Leon Blum is poised to form the new government with Edouard Herriot as a potential president.
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Charles Foltz
Associated Press
Paris
France
Bakers
Albert Sarraut
Leon Blum
Nanterre
Valenciennes
Marseille
Albert Lebrun
M. Blum
Reach
Federation of
Lapors
Detroit Storm Claims Woman and Boy in Fatal Toll
A brutal Detroit storm killed Hazel Taylor 31 and boy William Gattamelata 15 as wrecking winds toppled a crane, blew a metal girder, and shattered windows. At least five others were seriously injured. a live wire rescue and structural damage to properties and vehicles followed the winds.
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Hazel Taylor
Willam Gattamelata
Wabash
Joseph Kochinski
Veterans to receive bonus checks via local post offices
About 608000 in World War II bonus bonds will be paid to 1216 Scioto county veterans through Portsmouth New Boston and Sciotoville post offices. A special office will handle cashing while veterans may cash all or part of their bonds in 50 increments with 3 percent interest after June 1937.
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Sciotoville
Wesley Griver
Scioto County
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Sciotoville Station
Union Fails to Secure Conference in Wheeling Steel Strike
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers fails to secure a direct conference with Wheeling officials over the Portsmouth works strike. Wheeling Steel Corp. reiterates it will not contract with the union or enforce closed shop, but will meet with a combined group including works council if arranged. conciliators and union advisers prepare to confer in Pittsburgh.
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Wheeling
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W. W. Holloway
Amalgamated
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Portsmouth
Wilson
C. C. Caudill
Portsmouth Works
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Works Council
Pittsburgh
Robert M. Pilkington
Department of Labor
Joseph K. Gaither
International
International Amalgamated
Holloway
Three Die in Marion Have Fire After Stove Explosion
Mrs. Carl Stratton aged 21 and her two children, Robert aged 3 and Elsie aged 2, were burned to death Tuesday in Marion after a coal oil stove exploded. Mr. Stratton worked at a distant packing plant. Clarence Johnson and neighbor Fern Percy were injured trying to rescue them.
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Robert
Elsie
Trial of 13 for death near end in Detroit
Preliminary examination of 13 men accused in a Black Legion execution neared completion. Washington reports claim the hooded group worked with labor spies and an army reserve officer aided its organization. Evidence sought includes exhumation of Roy Pidcock, found hanged May 14 on Fighting Island, with marks suggesting beating.
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Charles A. Poole
Ira H. Marmon
Roy Pidcock
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Wyandotte
Fighting Island
Mr. Poole
Marmon
Link Army
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Homer S. Cummings
Black
Arkansas sharecropper dispute prompts U S probe
Attorney General Homer Cummings orders Sam E. Whitaker to Arkansas to investigate complaints that federal criminal laws were violated in plantation owner and sharecropper disputes. The Rural Social Planning committee seeks probe into peonage and kidnapping tied to a Arkansas cotton workers strike seeking $1.50 daily wage.
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Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Arkansas
Grange to push farm planks at 1936 conventions
National Grange leader Louis J. Taber announced that the Grange will demand farm planks in the 1936 party platforms. The executive committee will attend both conventions to secure commitments on a five point program including support for family farming and soil conservation.
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Louis J. Taber
National Grange
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Cleeland
Republican Platform Committee
AAA
Senate
Why Be President Pay Is Good But Hours Are Long
Washington report notes the president enjoys a government home with much of it a museum. He is guarded by Secret Service and a dedicated police force at the house and grounds.
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Washington
The Presidency and its Demands in Early U S History
A historical overview of White House duties and costs, noting daily conferences cabinet meetings and official papers. It covers president salaries and allowances, staff figures, annual expenses, and the personal toll of the office, concluding with the notion that the presidency holds unique national and world significance.
Pathways to the Presidency Through Background and Fame
The text explains that a president is the nation’s leader and that a present success can erase past errors. It notes that political background, especially governorships and military or senate service, often fuels nominating chances, citing figures like Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Wilson, and F D R as governors or military leaders who reached the presidency.
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Chinese Civil War Reported Moves Toward Fukien and Kiangse
Morris J. Harris reports Canton government troops totaling about 250000 massed in three directions toward Fukien and Kiangse. Japanese sources claim a declared war on Nanking to bar a unity coalition, while Chinese quarters say Tokyo seeks to provoke civil strife and smuggle in North China. Nanking officials deny civil war and blame Japan for inciting trouble in South China.
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Republican Leaders Hear Disputes Over 57 Seats
The Republican national committee convened in Cleveland to hear disputes over 57 contested convention seats. Delegations from Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, the District of Columbia, Alaska, and others dispute seating amid charges of discrimination and unequal voting rights.
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Republican National Committee
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Alaska
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Mississippi
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District of Columbia
Georgia
Illinois
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Tennessee
Henry P. Fletcher
Herbert Hoover
Zioncheck to be taken to private sanitarium
Washington reports that Representative Marion A Zioncheck will be transferred from Gallinger Hospital to a private Maryland sanitarium. Dr Joseph C Gilbert said a mental examination will take two or more days to complete. The congressman may have his young wife as a helper, who recently visited and reported that all is well between them.
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Washington
Friends of
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Gallinger Hospital
Maryland
Joseph C. Gilbert
District of Columbia
Zioncheck
Coed Held in Seattle On Threat Charge
Ruth E. Naughton a 36 year old UW junior was jailed in Seattle after allegedly threatening harm with dynamite to Registrar E R Stevens following a dispute over her grades The incident occurred after she struggled with two deputy sheriffs and she allegedly believed faculty plotted to bar her from completing teaching requirements
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University of Washington Coed
E. R. Stevens
Ruth E. Naughton
Coed
Dust Storms Sweep Southern Ohio and Nearby States
Government meteorologist W. C. Devereaux reports a dust storm moving across Ohio Kentucky and Indiana following a heat wave and unsettled weather. The first signs appeared late yesterday as a silt haze dusted everything in its path.
Grove Patterson Nominates Robert Taft at Republican Convention
Grove Patterson, editor of the Toledo Blade and Ninth district delegate, will nominate Robert A. Taft as Ohio favorite son at the Republican national convention in Cleveland. Taft notes the delegation will stay united for several ballots before choosing to back another candidate if needed. Charles P. Taft II favors Alf M. Landon if Taft misses nomination.
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Toledo Blade
Robert A. Taft
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Robert Taft
Alf M Landon
Kansas
Brophy Seeks Peaceful Settlement of Labor Rift
June 3 John Brophy chairman of John L Lewis committee for industrial organization says the ten million union members favor industrial unionism and oppose disrupting the labor movement. He says craft unionists threatening to oust industrialists do not stand in the war effort and need the help of the millions the industrial unionists aim to organize.
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Washington
John Brophy
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of la
Brophy
Congressman's Death Shocks Gloucester Community
U S Representative A Pratt Andrew Jr a Republican from Massachusetts died at his home in Gloucester early today He was 63 and unmarried His passing removes a veteran lawmaker noted for his long service in Congress and ties to the state capital and local constituents.
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Mass
U. S
A. Pratt Andrew Jr
Massachusetts
U.S. Court Reviews Wagner Act Appeal In Landmark Case
The Cincinnati hearing before Circuit Judges Moorman Hicks and Simons examined the constitutional validity of the Wagner Act as it parallels the Guffey coal control ruling. Solicitor General Reed defended the act with Charles Fahy, signaling high-level Washington support to preserve the Wagner Act amid broader New Deal challenges.
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United States Supreme Court
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Charles H. Moorman
Xen Hicks
Charles C. Simons
Frank H. Bowen
National Labor Relations Board
Detroit
James Vernor Co
Freuhaus Trailer Co
Stanley Reed
United States
Charles Fahy
Washington
NRA
AAA
Solicitor General
Moorman
Simons
Three Relatives Charged After Cadiz Woman's Death
In Cadiz Kentucky on June 3 police arrested the husband and the in laws of Lula Hawkins after a grand jury indicted them in connection with her death at a home near Golden Pond. Deputy Sheriff James Humphries led the investigation following the incident.
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James Humphries
Lula Hawkins
Golden Pond
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 am temperature 85 with a low of 64. Yesterday reached a high of 94. A year ago today the maximum was 83 and the minimum 66.
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Schirrman
Chamber of Commerce Attacks Senate Tax Bill
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States condemned the revised tax bill as open to serious objections and potentially destructive to companies even as senators pushed to pass it that night. Indications grew that the President may seek a compromise to speed adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
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United States
Chamber
House
Capitol Hill
Relief bill rushed to final approval in House
The House rules committee voted a special resolution to accelerate the relief-deficiency bill worth 2,430,829,000 toward final approval. The measure has moved to conference.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate and House Tax Bill Clash Over Corporate Levies
Senate leaders signal passage of the senate tax bill with a possible conference compromise with the House. Chamber of Commerce figures show corporate levies could raise federal taxes on 1936 earnings by 20 to 68 percent for firms with incomes from 2,000 to 10,000,000 dollars. Senator William H. King cautions that the House version harms small firms and may hinder growth while the Senate votes on parts, excluding corporate and surtax provisions. Republicans plan to uphold the Senate measure though they oppose it on final roll call.
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Senate
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House
Chamber of Commerce
William H. King
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt calls court set up no man’s land over wage case
President Roosevelt frames the Supreme Court ruling as creating a no man’s land that blocks both state and federal power to set minimum wages for women. He gave no clear plan to extend government reach, while others push for constitutional amendment and gauge public reaction to the court’s action.
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Associated Press
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