Nazi Blood Purge Reverberates in Berlin Dispatch
Paris-Soir claims a secret Roehm loyalist group named RR is conducting terrorist killings of SS and SA members to avenge Ernst Roehm. The Reich condemns the report as nonsense while censorship prevents confirming casualty counts and fears riots on the blood purge anniversary. Rigid ministry denial disputes existence of any Boehm faction and attributes story to a Swiss published book.
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Berlin
Paris-Soir
Ernest Roehm
Schutzstaffel
Storm Troops
Boehm
Hitler
Reich
Propaganda Ministry
Ernst Boehm
Biggest payoff of its kind in history slated
Washington reports tomorrow marks the delivery of 2 billion dollars in bonus bonds and checks to 3.5 million World War veterans as the long political fight over adjusted service certificates ends. Merchants anticipate a business surge as veterans cash bonds and spend, with 37 million bonds in 50 dollar denominations prepared and treasury checks issued for odd amounts under 50. Deliveries begin in key cities Monday night as veterans prepare to cash in.
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Roosevelt
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Butte
Chicago
Special Bond Delivery For Butte Veterans Wednesday
Bonus bonds totaling 1 250 000 to adjust pay of Butte's veterans will be delivered to 2 500 mining city veterans Wednesday. Postal officials urge veterans to stay home to sign in the presence of witnesses. Special night delivery and central distributing points will handle the mail with endorsements required for cash conversion.
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Butte
Frank X. Monaghan
Wiliam Corbitt
Postoffice
Montana
Treasury
Midsummer Madness Rumors Circle British Sanctions Policy
London dispatch says Britain plans to drop sanctions to win Mussolini to the League of Nations and ease Mediterranean tensions. Prime Minister Baldwin and Chancellor Chamberlain oppose the move, while the military fret over Egypt Malta and Suez concerns amid talk of capitulation.
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Mussolini
League of Nations
Mediterranean
Rome
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Il Duce
League
Egypt
Malta
Suez Canal
Weekend car mishaps kill at least sixty eight
At least 68 people died in United States weekend traffic crashes led by Pennsylvania with nine fatalities. In one crash near Tunkhannock a transcontinental bus overturned injuring sixteen, while the bus driver died in the wreck. A separate parade of wrecked cars accompanied a safety display in Brooklyn.
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Associated Press
East
United States
Pennsylvania
Tunkahannock
Brooklyn
Boat Snares Sportsman at Greenlake Beach Crash
Wealthy sportsman Adolph Spreckels was badly injured when an outboard boat ran up the Greenlake beach, plowed into spectators, and wrecked. Several onlookers were also hurt as the craft toppled onto a sound track.
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Seattle
Adolph Spreckels
Greenlake
Spreckels
Spreckels Flung From Boat In Race Crash
The young sportsman, once of Seattle and now in Eugene, Ore, was catapulted from his boat when its throttle jammed during a heat. He hung by an arm on a climbing spike until spectators freed him and he was rushed to a hospital in serious but not guaranteed danger. He is the son of John Spreckels II and a member of the famed California sugar family, recently divorced and remarried to Dorothy Belle Endicott of Eugene.
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Eugene
Ore
Spreckels
Ord Lockhart
John Spreckels II
John D. Spreckels
California
Sybil Esme
Dorothy Belle Endicott
Eugene, Ore
Republican Committee Chairman Replies to Farley Statement
John Hamilton new chairman of the Republican National Committee accuses James A. Farley of trying to block Governor Alf Landon’s nomination. He says if the campaign turns dirty Farley will set the tempo and defends Landon’s monetary plank while criticizing Farley’s view as hazy.
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Farley
Hamilton
Chicago
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
James A. Farley
Alf M. Landon
New York
Landon
Back to Work on Stalled Tax Act in Congress
Washington June 14 Congress resumes work as House and Senate set a June 20 adjournment goal if no tax bill agreement is reached. Leaders fear a second recess may follow for the Democratic convention in Philadelphia starting June 23 while conference reports on appropriation measures and other bills await action.
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House
Senate
Congress
Senate House
Philadelphia
Treasury Post Office
District of Columbia
Robinson-Patman Chain
Democrats lure father at age 96 in New Bern
George Isaac Hughes age 96 became a father two weeks ago and said he accepted Senator Robert Reynolds invitation to attend the national Democratic convention in Philadelphia. He will bring his 17 month old son Franklin Roosevelt Hughes. President Roosevelt sent an autographed photo to his namesake last year.
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New Bern
N. C
George Isaac Hughes
Robert R. Reynolds
Philadelphia
Hughes
Franklin Roosevelt Hughes
Roosevelt
Roosevelt preaches resource conservation at Indiana dedication
President Roosevelt delivered a Western trip finale address at Vincennes dedicating a granite memorial to George Rogers Clark before about 20 000 people. He urged rigid conservation of national resources and rearmament against crime and greed, linking morality to governance and religious freedom to national unity.
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Vincennes
Ind
Roosevelt
George Rogers Clark
RFC Head Honors Pilot Who Landed Burning Plane
Houston Texas June 14 Jesse H Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation commends Pilot Eugene Schacher for heroism after a fatal plunge to land a burning aircraft carrying Jones former Governor and Mrs W P Hobby and Joe Toomey near Ferris Texas last Friday Schacher 32 died helping secure the descent in the crash and Jones issued a signed tribute to him.
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Houston
Tex
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Eugene Schacher
Schacher
Jones
W. P. Hobby
Joe Toomey
Ferris
RFC
Montana Forecast Signals Showers Early Next Week
Occasional showers expected in Montana on Monday and Tuesday with cooler conditions on Monday for eastern regions.
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Montana
Twenty one infants howl at St James hospital
A Standard reporter visits the maternity ward at St James hospital and finds twenty one newborns howling. A nurse explains only one infant, Joe Louis, is quiet, and refuses to reveal who he is, leaving the reporter curious.
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Joe Louis
St. James Hospital
Landon Enjoys Relaxed Day After Nomination in Topeka
Alf M. Landon and his wife attend church in Topeka on a restful Sunday after his Republican nomination. Landon wore a white linen suit and straw hat, while Mrs. Landon wore a grey dress and dark hat. They joined a Methodist service and heard Rev. Harold Case discuss living by consent to the best.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Republican Party
London
Distinguished English writer G. K. Chesterton Dies
G. K. Chesterton, 62, eminent English author and critic, died of a heart attack after a week of illness in Beaconsfield England. His wife was present at death. funeral planned for Wednesday. Chesterton, a Catholic convert of 1922, was famed for sharp wit and controversial essays and had visited the United States several times.
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G. K. Chesterton
Beaconsfield
England
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
G. K
France
Chesterton
United States
Schumann-Heink Celebrates 75th Birthday With Family
Hollywood notes Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink marking her 75th birthday at home with her sons daughters and grandchildren. The anniversary falls next Tuesday with a family dinner observed in the artist's residence.
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Hollywood
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
How to cash a veteran cash bonus bond
Washington June 14 The veteran cashes his bonus bond by presenting it to a postmaster or authorized officer and proving identification. The veteran signs the back for payment, receives a bond recount, and a check payable to the veteran is sent by mail from the treasurer of the United States. If the veteran dies or is incompetent a legal representative is recognized and guidance is obtained from the division of loans and currency in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Former Butte Priest Dies After Lingering Illness
Helena June 14 The Rev Peter P Marnane pastor of St Mary's parish in Helena since 1926 died at St Mary's rectory this afternoon after a lingering illness Born in Bohermore County Limerick Ireland July 19 1892 he was ordained June 11 1916 and came to the United States later serving at St Patrick's Butte St Francis Hamilton St Helena Cathedral Drummond St Lawrence Walkerville before his 1926 appointment to St Mary's Funeral services will be held from the rectory of St Mary's.
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St. Patrick’s Parish
Butte
St. Francis
Hamilton
St. Helena’s Cathedral
Drummond
St. Lawrence Parish
Walkerville
Father Marnane
St. Mary's
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