Congress acts urged on vast Roosevelt program
Washington June 5 Congress leaders endorsed a broad Roosevelt legislative program including revamping the supreme court reorganizing agencies setting wage and hour standards promoting conservation aiding tenants building lower cost housing closing tax loopholes and extending nuisance taxes. The House planned actions on tax dodger probes nuisance taxes and 2 cent postage while awaiting Senate moves. Amelia Earhart postpones takeoff in Fortaleza for airplane inspection ahead of a planned 1900 mile trans Atlantic hop to Dakar depending on weather.
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Rayburn
White House
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Arkansas
Wagner
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Diplomatic Talks Sought to Secure Peace in Europe
London reports say renewed diplomacy with Germany and Italy is needed to win both nations back to the international patrol around Spain. Rome and Berlin reportedly balk at British plans for joint consultation before reprisals if patrols are attacked. Eden spoke with von Ribbentrop and Italy's Grandi before weekend.
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Reichschacellor
Adolf Hitler
Traly
Ene Drummond
Rome
Hitler
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Russia
Anthony Eden
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Count Dino Grandi
Confusion over assault claim at Los Angeles movie party
Patricia Douglas, 20, a film extra, alleges she was assaulted at a movie studio party with desserted outfits and 35,000 dollars worth of champagne. District Attorney Baron Fitts said he will have Douglas confront one of three men as investigators review the case.
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Patricia Douglas
Miss Douglas
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Hitchhiker Hurt In Shelley Crash
A hitchhiker, Caleb Decker, 25, of Marion was seriously injured when the sedan carrying J. J. Oldham of Huntington California overturned on the Yellowstone highway south of Shelley Idaho. Decker was crushed by the top of the machine and taken to Idaho Falls hospital for an emergency operation after Oldham said he picked him up at Pocatello.
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Caleb Decker
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J. J. Oldham
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Calif
Yellowstone Highway
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Oldham
Decker
Pocatello
Night Game Portland
San Diego defeated Portland in a late score in a baseball or similar game with final figures 7 to 8. Key players or teams not specified due to brief OCR snippet. Game took place in Portland on a June 5 date.
O Malley decries dismissal as rank injustice
Boise June 5 P C O Malley central figure in capital political wrangles concludes his term as state insurance fund manager with a vow to prove his dismissal one of the rankest injustices. He was removed by Gov Barzilla W Clark on June 3 and Calvin E Wright of Burley was appointed to replace him.
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Associated Press
Boise
P. C. O'Malley
Barzilla W. Clark
Calvin E. Wright
Burley
Borah Rejects Any Court Plan Amid Supreme Court Showdown
Washington reports Senator Borah opposes any plan to expand the Supreme Court and vows to filibuster against a compromise. Senator McCarran also pledges to stand against any measure, while critics accuse the White House of delaying summer action on the court bill.
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Washington
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Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
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Idaho
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Bridge players fail to bid as dealer bids grand slam
In Los Angeles on June 5 reporters note three bridge players drew perfect hands but could not bid. Mrs. E Rector, the dealer, drew 13 spades and immediately bid a grand slam, ending the hand.
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Los Angeles
Storm feared in air search near Alpine Utah
Wind lashed Alpine as searchers stud their clue trail for the missing Western Air Express plane and seven occupants lost since December. An aspen grove trail and a fragment of mail from the same bundle are key findings as crews probe crack snow and ice above Alpine.
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Walgreens Donates 550000 for American Institutions Foundation
Chicago June 6 Charles R Walgreen drug magnate funds a 550000 foundation at the University of Chicago for the study of American institutions. President Robert Hutchins says Walgreen had charged the university with fostering radicalism in 1935 and withdrew his niece Lucille Norton from studies, while Walgreen asserts the gift is not propaganda and reflects his belief in American institutions.
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Charles R. Walgreen
University of Chicago
Foundation For
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University
Robert Hutchins
Walgreen
Lucille Norton
Hutchins
Pirates Utility Player Fred Schulte Injured in Giants Game
New York June 5 Fred Schulte Pirates utility outfielder was hit by a pitched ball in today's game against the Giants. Physicians said tonight x rays showed no fracture while noting the injury is being evaluated for possible internal effects.
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Fred Schulte
Pittsburgh Pirates
Giants
Clearer Weather Forecast West Of Continental Divide
Pressures ease and temperatures rise along the Northern Pacific coast while skies stay mostly clear west of the divide. A Rocky Mountain high remains positioned with its crest over central Montana and northern Wyoming. Disturbance centers show over Minnesota and southern Manitoba with weaker pressures in California Arizona valleys and Great Lakes plains.
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Manitoba
Postmasters Hear Sentiment Trend At Idaho Meeting
At the Idaho State Postmasters association convention in Lewiston officials note rising mail volume around holidays and sentimental days. Officers named include Harry L. Yost as president with McGuire as national director and Lola Perkins as third fourth class director. Airmail week was approved for Idaho from June 21 to 26.
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Idaho
Associaton
St. Valentines Day
Harry L. Yost
Boise
H. McGuire
Poxstello Lewiston
Fred Kluig
Lewston
Daisy P Monty
Parley Richy
Idaho Falls
al Boyle
Blackfoot
McGuire
Lola Perkins
Eden
Al and Il Duce Meet in Rome Conference
Former New York governor Al Smith met with Benito Mussolini in Rome on June 5 for a 15 minute talk conducted in English. Smith said the discussion covered a divide of opinions with both sides claiming roughly equal footing and a 50 50 batting average. He hinted he would publish details himself.
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Smith
Benito Mussolini
Als Brown Derby
New York
Florence
Duce
Benito
Plane crashes at Allegheny airport. all survive
A Transcontinental and Western Air crash at Allegheny County Airport injures no one as a Douglas twin motor plane hits a speakers stand. Pilot Jack Zimmerman says a jammed rear wheel and a failed left motor caused the slide. officials report 15 aboard including Leland Hayward and Eri O Brien Moore.
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Margaret Sullivan
Katherine Hepburn
Eri O Brien-Moore
Jack Frye
TWA Airlines
Lions Back Safety Plans At Interstate Convention
Lions clubs from Utah and Idaho voted to continue a three point program promoting highway safety aid and aid for the blind and undernourished children. The two state groups met in Cedar City Utah for the 1939 session and named district governors W. O. Cluff and Winfield E. Cline. The convention urged home education for the blind within WPA Idaho and a state bureau for rehabilitation of the blind. Lions clubs in Pocatello and Garland Utah won major activity trophies.
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Steel Strike Tensions Rise Across States Prompt Warning
Union leader Philip Murray warns of sinister and bloody actions as pickets clash with factory lines in Youngstown and Warren. Republic Steel wins in Warren but loses in Chicago while Chicago orders evacuations. Governor Davey’s peace efforts stall as 70,000 steel workers idle in seven states amid US hearings and ore supply actions. Northern Lights appear over Pocatello offering a rare summer sight.
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Youngstown
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Chicago
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Steel Workerers Organic Committee
Steels
United States Nated Evil Liberties Committee
Childless aunt seeks custody of nephew in odd suit
In Oakland on June 5 7 a childless aunt Mrs Harriett Weber filed in superior court to gain custody of her 9 year old nephew Robert from his parents Eugene Osborne and his wife who work all day and cannot provide a proper home. The parents expressed amazement at the suit with Osborne saying they cant take my boy away.
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Calf
Harriett Weber
Eugene Osborne
Robert
Osborne
Call for bids on Blackfoot mine property ordered
District Judge Guy Stevens instructed MacKay Metals Corporation agent J Ray Seber to call for new bids to purchase the Blackfoot mine property after no funds were posted with the court by prior bidders. The move follows the court’s action when the previous bids failed to meet obligations.
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Blackfoot
J Ray Seber
Mackay Metals Corporation
Guy Stevens
Woodsman Under Arrest in Nevada City Kidnapping Case
William Ebaugh 29 is jailed on charges related to holding Mrs. Ray Delama 39 captive for three months after allegedly buying her from her husband for 20. He admitted paying 20, breaking ribs, and is under a 200 peace bond amid a Napa hospital history and prior wild behavior. Delama escaped, sought shelter, and signed a complaint for involuntary custody.
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Calif
William Ebaugh
Willow Wesley Woodsman
Ray Delama
William B. Woods
Ebauch
C. J. Tobiassen
Delama
Ebanuch
Woods
Ebyeh
Hotel Operators Remain Deadlocked in San Francisco Strike
In San Francisco the hotel operators and unions stayed at an impasse after a 36 day strike. Employers again rejected a union settlement offer at a peace conference as 16 major hotels faced six unions. Spokesmen announced authorization to represent 85 additional Sam adder hotels in negotiations.
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San Francisco
Robert L. Henderson
Korean houseboy leaps to death after poisoning relatives
In Yonkers, June 5, Chang SoO Lee, convicted of poisoning two Mooresville relatives of his employer, leaped eight floors to his death as his attorney prepared an appeal argument at his side.
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Chang Soo Lee
Mooresville, Ind
Faris Hopes To Divert Yellowstone Water To Idaho
Veteran engineer Robert W. Faris lays out a plan to tunnel through the continental divide linking Yellowstone Lake to Surpree Creek and Snake River to divert flood waters into southeastern Idaho. Estimated cost about 2.5 million dollars. Faris says the project would not impair Yellowstone Lake’s scenic values and would store water at a site being sought by federal engineers. Continued on page two.
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