Congress adjourns after record wartime spending
Seventy fifth Congress closed with Roosevelt praise for enacted measures including more than 20 billion dollars in wartime relief and public works. The relief bill totals 1.425 billion for eight months and funds 965 million for the Public Works administration, with other allocations for the Farm Security and National Youth administrations.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Lake Tahoe National Park
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National Youth Administration
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PWA
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Great Floods in China and Shanghai Epidemic
Flood waters from broken dikes inundate central China many hundreds of square miles. In two to three days about 150000 Chinese drowned and millions more homeless or threatened. Shanghai official declares cholera epidemic with 123 cases in hospitals, 73 in foreign-administered areas. Japanese forces press their drive toward Hankow along Yangtze river valley.
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Finland Pays Debt Installment as Nations Hear of Payments
Finland's FEERO JARNFELT announced at the state department on June 15 that Finland paid its debt installment due that day and deposited 161,935 dollars with the New York Federal Reserve. Hungarian minister John Pelenyi said his government paid 1 percent on account of postwar debt. several nations remained in default. In Nahant Massachusetts John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark were married at a small church with a reception at Nahant club before a Bermuda honeymoon at Vincent Astor's estate.
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Railway Aid Postponed and Rail Measures Passed
Senate and House leaders agreed to adjourn by June 15 delaying the railroad reorganization bill. Two railway measures advance RFC loan rules without ICC certification and a special unemployment system for rail workers. President Roosevelt seeks party unity with talks at the White House and signals support for Lehman. The Fed warns the US depression is the worst among industrial nations with war materiel production cited as a partial influencer.
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Eight Army Flyers Die in Illinois Bomber Crash
Eight airmen from Chanute Field Illinois were killed when a bomber lost a wing in a storm and crashed into a Delavan farm field. The aircraft burst into flames. Three of the victims were commissioned officers.
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Relief funds politicized in relief bill debate in Washington
The piece argues relief money is being used to influence elections, condemning Senate inaction and White House strategy while praising public pressure from small towns and newspapers for curbing political use of the $5 billion borrowing and spending bill. It notes Senator Wheeler’s criticisms and calls for renewed Senate courage and accountability.
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Western Newspaper Union
Relief amendments and a critical Senate review
The Western Newspaper Union commentary critiques four relief amendments in the Senate aimed at curbing political use of relief funds. It argues votes against these measures shield Roosevelt’s administration from scrutiny and highlight the need for a stateside, nonpoliticized relief system that feeds the unemployed effectively.
Wood Crees Return to Canada After Border Stand
In a dramatic posturing over a treaty dispute, about 400 Wood Cree Indians fled to Montana. American cavalry demanded action, but three Canadian Men of the Mounted arrived to quietly take charge, proving the Crees loyal to treaties and returning them to Canada without violence.
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Josephine Name Meaning and Napoleon Divorce Recount
The name Josephine derives from Hebrew roots meaning he shall add children. The entry notes Empress Josephine of France 1763 to 1814, famed bearer of the name, whose lack of a son led Napoleon to divorce her, reflecting the name's meaning in irony.
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