Roosevelt plans cruise to Pacific coast and Hawaii
President Roosevelt returns from visits to New Haven New London Hyde Park and plans a Panama Canal cruise to the West coast and Hawaii He will be joined by Rudolph Forster on the voyage with Howe McIntyre and Earle staying behind He will visit Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and stop in Colombia before Hawaii then travel by rail across the Pacific coast possibly delivering speeches in Minneapolis and Green Bay Wis.
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Roosevelt
New Haven
New London
Hyde Park
Panama Canal
West Coast
Hawaii
White House
Rudolphh Forster
McKinley
Forster
Howe
McIntyre
Earle
Cruiser House
Canal
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Panama City
Hawaiian Islands
Colombia
Pacific Coast
Minneapolis
Green Bay
Wis
President allocates 56.25 million for drouth relief
An executive order from the President directs immediate drought relief for the Middle West. The first federal aid distribution includes 43.75 million for seed food and livestock purchases, 25 million for seed and feed loans, 12.5 million for land purchases in growth regions, and 12.5 million for civilian conservation camps in the stricken area.
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Drouth
Middle West
Grouth
President names steel labor arbitration board
The steel dispute teeters toward settlement as a three member board led by Admiral Henry Wiley James Mull enbach and Judge Walter Stacy is empowered under emergency powers to arbitrate and police union representation in all steel plants. Roosevelt orders periodic reports to Secretary Frances Perkins.
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Henry A. Wiley
James, Mullenbach
Chicago
Walter Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Milwaukee Street Car Strike Prompts Labor Mediation
A partial citywide strike in Milwaukee turned violent as workers disrupted service and attacked the electric plant. The American Federation of Labor pushes recognition of its reps. Rev Francis J Haas arrives as conciliator with authority to act. Mayor Hoan blames the company for the riots.
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Milwaukee
American Federation of Labor Unions
Francis J. Haas
National Labor Board
Wisconsin
Hoan
Federal judge blocks AAA milk licensing in Chicago area
U.S. District Judge J P Barnes in Chicago issued an injunction stopping the AAA from enforcing milk licensing provisions against independent dealers in the Chicago region. He ruled the government overstepped constitutional authority by acting via the AAA in this matter.
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Ederal
J. P. Barnes
Chicago
AAA
Washington
Federal plans outline $110 million for new post offices
Postmaster General Farley and Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau announced a nationwide program to spend 110 million dollars on 626 new federal buildings. About 302 structures will use 65 million from a recently enacted deficiency emergency bill, while 324 will be built with funds already available from other sources.
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Farley
Treasury
Morgenthau
Rewards Plotted Across States for Dillinger Manhunt
Attorney General Cummings announces rewards totaling nineteen thousand dollars for Dillinger and five thousand for Nelson with two thousand five hundred for Gillis. Plans to coordinate federal and state forces, possibly using the army and National Guard, are under discussion. Roosevelt addresses the nation seeking to reassure critics.
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Sam
John Dillinger
Cummings
Lester M Gillis
Baby Face” Nelson
Dill Inger
Gillis
Dillinger
Army
National Guard
Nelson
W. Carter Baum
Department of Justice
Rhinelander
Wis
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Minnesota
Britain plans stronger air defense despite Geneva disarmament talks
Lord Londonderry announced to parliament that Britain will strengthen its air force for homeland defense. He rejected an imperial air force idea but promised close cooperation with air forces of the dominions.
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Geneva
Lord Londonderry
Dominions
Miss Le Hand to Wed Bullitt in Paris Romance
Paris reports say Margaret Le Hand confidential secretary to President Roosevelt plans a secret wedding to William C. Bullitt American ambassador to Russia. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. may serve as best man as Le Hand and Bullitt finalize arrangements in Paris before she sails back to America.
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Hawaii
Margaret le Hand
Roosevelt
Europe
Paris
Miss le Hand
William C. Bullitt
Russia
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Mr. Bullitt
Vanderbilt
The
Riviera
America
Ambassador Bullitt
Moscow
Stahlhelm demands ban in Germany clash with Nazi leadership
Storm troops face a conflict as Stahlhelm veterans push for a ban by the Hitler government. Leaders counter that the organization will not be suppressed or absorbed. They assert the Stahlhelm’s existence is guaranteed by President Von Hindenburg, Chancellor Hitler, and other Nazi chiefs.
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Germany
Hitler
von Hindenburg
War anniversary marked by Austrian bombings across the country
On the twentieth anniversary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo, Austria faced bombing outrages attributed to political motives and possibly Nazi involvement. Power plants, railway lines, and a newspaper office were blown up amid widespread disorder.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Austria
Dollfuss
A B C society denounces Mendieta regime in Cuba
The A B C secret political group announces it will no longer support President Mendieta citing the regime’s handling of terrorists linked to the assault on the A B G parade on June 17. They propose a conciliatory committee ideas possibly leading to a parliamentary system with a premier from their ranks.
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Mendieta
Cuba
A. B. C. Society
Moscow
Power of Roosevelt Widens as Congress Cedes Control
The piece argues President Roosevelt holds unprecedented power after the Seventy third Congress adjourned. It claims the president now governs with broad discretionary authority under New Deal laws, with checks and potential veto-era overrides by Congress and the courts. It notes factions expect ongoing political battles over credit and policy success.
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United States
Roosevelt
Seventy-third Congress
Congress
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Borah
Idaho
General Johnson
U. S
Acts
New Deal Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tennessee Valley Experiment
NRA
Blue Eagle
Western Newspaper Union
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