Move to Block Steel Strike Rises From Union Vote
Pittsburgh June 13 union members of the Amalgamated Association vote today on a proposed nationwide steel strike amid a looming showdown over formal recognition. Tomorrow 200 delegates will meet to decide leadership’s course as President Michael F. Tigue, 72, says he will await membership decision.
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Government Industry and Labor Move to Avert Strike
Government and industry separately push paths to prevent a nationwide steel workers strike. In Pittsburgh delegates debate a strike vote while Roosevelt advisors draft a broad new labor resolution. Gary leaders warn a strike would be tragic and fatal as inland and other plants report low support for stoppages.
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Wycoff Quadruplets Show Plentiful Pep and Noise
Sac City Indiana June 13 four Wycoff quadruplets fed and slept restlessly, but appeared lively with plenty of pep according to Dr. G H Sweringen and attending nurses who noted weight loss since birth yet declared all was well.
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Treasury Statement Shows June Treasury Position and Expenditures
Washington reports the treasury June position with receipts of 22 483 315 03 and expenditures of 29 684 774 15 leaving a balance of 1 942 004 308 70. Customs receipts for the month total 8 188 172 36 and year to date receipts reach 2 853 180 609 62 against expenditures of 6 577 551 059 11, including 3 700 908 903 31 in emergency spending, producing an excess of expenditures of 3 724 370 449 49. Gold assets stand at 7 806 311 939 30.
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Bomb explodes at home of former army officer in Lugard
A powerful bomb exploded today at the home of a former army officer in Lugard, a Havana suburb. A police lieutenant, his wife and child sleeping nearby were injured.
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Senate showdown on Tugwell nomination on Capitol Hill
In a pre adjournment atmosphere the senate reached its showdown on the Tugwell nomination. Speaker Rainey warned it would be mid next week before business could finish. Roosevelt and congressional leaders sought a resolution granting NRA labor board temporary powers to ease strike troubles.
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Adams seeks relief for South Georgia rain damaged area
Atlanta on June 13 Commissioner of Agriculture G C Adams urged federal relief chief Harry Hopkins to extend feed and fertilizer loans to farmers in South Georgia whose crops were completely destroyed by four weeks of rain. He sent the appeal to Senator Walter F George and Hopkins after a mass Tift county farmers meeting. Adams noted cotton damage about 25 percent and losses to small grains with many crops drowned or washed away across Georgia.
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Secret naval documents denied after big airliner crash
Federal investigators probed whether an explosion preceded the crash of an American Airlines jet near Mongaup Mountain killing seven. Coroner Bourke said evidence suggested an explosion but noted some bodies showed varying heat damage. a chemist's luggage contained chemicals and naval explosive literature.
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Rescue of Knut Hamsun Crew Reported by United Fruit Lines
United Fruit Lines reported a wireless message that the steamer Zacapa rescued the captain and 16 crew members of the Norwegian freighter Knut Hamsun after it burned and sank off Honduras. Seventeen crew members were still missing.
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Weather forecast for Georgia to South Carolina
Georgia generally fair tonight and Thursday with possible showers in the extreme south portion. Florida showers tonight and Thursday. Alabama partly cloudy with possible coastal thundershowers and shifting winds on the coast. Extreme Northwest Florida partly cloudy with probable coastal thunder showers tonight and Thursday. South Carolina generally fair tonight and Thursday.
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Destructive hurricane devastates Central America
In Tegucigalpa and San Salvador reports say the hurricane six days after struck left thousands dead and many villages wiped out. Observers describe rain and mud, with entire towns like Verapaz and Acajutla flooded and disease feared due to water shortages. An aerial survey notes survivors searching among corpses for loved ones.
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Nitrate Laden Boat Destroyed by Flames Rescue Reported
The Norwegian freighter Knut Hamsun bound for the United States with Chilean nitrate burned and crew fled by lifeboat. The captain and 16 crew members were rescued after nearly three days at sea about 390 miles north of Colon, Panama. Seventeen crewmen remained missing as the fire destroyed the vessel.
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United Frust Company
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Panama
Lost Jap official found at Nanking situation cleared
Himei Kuramoto the Japanese vice consul who vanished four and a half days ago was found in a Ming Dynasty tomb in a Nanking graveyard. Unkempt and hungry, he said hunger saved him from suicide after failing to gain promotion. Japan had threatened to hold China responsible for his safety.
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Darrow NRA board member resigns amid anti monopoly stance
Washington June 13 W O Thompson resigns from the Darrow NRA review board saying the National Recovery Administration favors monopoly capitalism and calls for worker farmer control to plan production. He says he prepared the board’s supplemental socialization report and blames Johnson and labor supporters for attacks on the board.
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Pay-In-Goods Offer Emerges In War Debt Impasse
United States proposes partial payments in kind to European debtors amid a growing war debt stalemate. Hull note prompts Britain to resist while France and others weigh similar ideas. Roosevelt signals cautious openness to goods payments as a partial solution.
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Dionne Quintuplets Doing Well and Crying
Corbeil Ontario June 13 The Dionne quintuplets are thriving and crying as Dr A R DaFoe reports the 16 day old sisters are stronger and well nourished The babies tests with crying are satisfactory and welcome signs for their health
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