Roosevelts Jollification At Jefferson Island Lodge
President Roosevelt hosted more than 125 cabinet officers, senators and representatives at Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay for a social gathering described as a big jollification. Democratic leaders reported little talk of legislation as they enjoyed swimming, eating and singing under an apple tree.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
House Democrats
Congress
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Rep. Maury Maverick
Texas
House
Supreme Court
San Antonio
Senate
Robinson
Rep. Dies
Here
Britain boosts exchange fund by 1 billion dollars to curb hot money
London reports Great Britain will raise the exchange equalization fund to 550 million pounds to offset hot money fears around the U S gold price. Sir John Simon announces borrowing to implement the plan, maintaining gold and exchange operations under treasury control.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
U. S
John Simon
House of Commons
Bank of England
Dominions
Exchange Fund
Fresno Dam Tunnel Reaches Midway in Excavation
The Fresno dam tunnel near Havre has passed the midway mark with the bore at 342 feet and about 200 feet more drilling expected. Construction, 15 miles northwest of Havre, will cost about 1.2 million dollars with concrete pouring and earth filling planned within 10 days.
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Havre
Fresno
H. V. Hubbell
Second Special Venire Drawn in Ryan Murder Trial
A second special venire of 300 names was drawn for the William Ryan murder trial. Judge J. J. Lynch set the return for 10:00 Monday. Eleven jurors were chosen, subject to dismissal. venue of 31 completed. 110 of 300 were excused, and 141 served summons. Ryan faces murder charge in the death of his wife Mary Ryan on Harrison Avenue Easter Sunday.
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William Ryan
J. J. Lynch
Ryan
Mary Ryan
Harrison Avenue
91 000 Men Called Back to Work in Strike Bound Area
Steel executives issued back to work calls to 51 000 men across the Ohio and Pennsylvania strike front stretching from Johnstown Pennsylvania to Warren Ohio. Mills prepared to reopen under state police or national guardsmen protection as C I O leaders urged President Roosevelt to intervene to avert a massacre. Governor Davey reported 1 000 telegrams praising his order for National Guard protection and Cincinnati union leaders urged halting troop use while 2 000 C I O chiefs planned a meeting in Columbus.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Warren Ohio
Roosevelt
Campbell C. I. O. Lodge
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Steel Mediation Board
Martin L. Davey
Columbus
Planning setup approval expected for nationwide regional authorities
In Washington on June 25 the Norris bill to create seven regional planning authorities drew praise from Senate hearings. Senator Pope predicted swift floor action within a week to ten days. Karl S. Dixon of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce argued the plan risks flood control being sidelined and favors government utilities over private power, threatening the coal industry.
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Washington
Senate
Pope
Idaho
Senate Agriculture Sub
Karl S. Dixon
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Dixon
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris
18-Year-Old Girl Freed After Hitch-Hike Slay Verdict
Bernice Felton, 18, of Rockford Illinois, acquitted of murder in the May 6 slaying of Victor A Gates. Jury deliberated 1 hour 20 minutes. Her companion Lester Brockelhurst 23, of Gatesburg, sentenced to die August 27 in the electric chair. The pair had described a Sunday school love affair that turned to crime across 18 states. Brockelhurst confessed to killing Gates with a pistol shot in the back after a ride.
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Lonoke, Ark
Bernice Felton
Rockford, Ill
Victor A. Gates
Lester Brockelhurst
Gatesburg
Gates
Brockelhurst
Tucker Prison Farm
George F. Jartje
W. J. Waggoner
Wives form W. O. M. M. club in Sioux City over spanking
A group of 19 Sioux City wives formed the W. O. M. M. club or Wives of Modernistic Men. They claim spanking by husbands improves home life and reduces divorces, with Mrs. Lora Lane acting as publicity agent.
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Stoux Falls
Sioux City
Lora Lane
Mrs. Lane
Stalin Kisses Polar Expedition Leader on Homecoming
Stalin greeted Dr Otto J Schmidt with a kiss on the lips as the Soviet North Pole expedition arrived in Moscow. The 31 men had flown non stop from Archangel to establish an observation base at the pole. PMID: 0
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Otto J. Schmidt
Soviet Union
North Pole
Archangel
Stalin
Frunze
Schmidt
America
George E Sokolsky Writes on Sundays
George E Sokolsky, a Columbia journalism graduate and author of The Tinder Box of Asia, Labor's Fight for Power, and We Jews, writes on Sundays in the Montana Standard. His background spans Russia during the Revolution to China advising the Chihli police chief and editing Far Eastern Review.
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Lower East Side
George Sokolsky
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Columbia
Russia
Kerensky
Sokolsky
China
Chihli
The
Orient
Far Eastern Review
Far East
Asia
Open agitation for war faces British pleas
London, June 25. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain urged “cool heads” and cautioned Britain might still save Europe’s peace. An Italian fascist official urged breaking relations with Britain and France as war looms. Warships from four nations patrolled the Mediterranean amid Spain’s civil conflict.
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Neville Chamberlain
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Europe
Edward Grey
House of Commons
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Grand Council
Roberto Farinacci
Italy
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France
British Isles
Mediterranean
Spain
Final Arrangements for Montana Merchants Convention
Final arrangements for the state convention of the Associated Merchants of Montana will be settled at a July 5 meeting of representatives from the association and the Butte Chamber of Commerce. The two day event runs July 12 and 13 at the Finlen hotel with speeches by leaders from Bauer & Black Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association St Paul Association of Commerce and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Governor Roy E Ayers will address a joint merchants and pharmacists banquet on July 13. Montana's new fair trade and unfair practice law will be discussed.
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Associated Merchants of Montana
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Lambert Eliel
Dillon
R. A. Whidden
Bauer & Black
Herbert Miller
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association
E. B. Moon
St. Paul Association of Commerce
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Ayers
George Finley Simmons
The
State University
Francis Thomson
School of Mines
Montana
Montana Weekend Weather Forecast
Montana forecast calls for generally fair conditions Saturday. Warmer highs expected in the southeast portion on Sunday with continued mild conditions overall.
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Montana
Wallis' First Husband to Wed a Third Time
Commander Earl Spencer U S N, former husband of Wallis Warfield, plans to marry Los Angeles widow Norma Johnson age 43 within days. Johnson filed for a marriage license in Detroit and San Diego hospital records confirm Spencer will complete the application for a three day California waiting period.
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Los Angeles
Earl Spencer
Wallis Warfield
Norma Johnson
Johnson
Homer Sturtevant Johnson
Detroit
Spencer
U.S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Germans Firmly Grip Bilbao Mining and Rail Network
German technicians have arrived in Bilbao to take over mines and smelting works along the Nervion river and to organize disrupted telephone and car services. Other German engineers work at the seaport near Portugalete to restore rail links between mines and Nervion docks as Franco forces push westward.
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Bilbao
Nervion
Portugalete
Bay of Biscay
Valencia
Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
Sesto
Baracaddo
Franco
Salamanca
Pair Convicted in Kansas Post Office Slaying Faces Death
Topeka Kansas June 25 A Federal court jury sentenced Robert J Suhay and Glen Applegate to death for the April 16 murder of Federal Agent Wimberly W Baker in the Topeka post office during a gun battle linked to a New York bank holdup. The first degree verdict was mandatory with no mercy. Judge Richard J Hopkins postponed the sentence to Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert J. Suhay
Glen Applegate
Wimberly W. Baker
Baker
New York
Richard J. Hopkins
Mysterious Wound Fatal After Ransom Claim
In San Francisco 51 year-old attorney Frank Reeder died in hospital after a folding bed rod impaled him in a apartment room. He claimed captors tortured him for ransom after meeting men in a beer parlor.
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Frank Reeder
San Francisco
San Francisco Hospital
Reeder
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