New Deal Congress Ends Historic Session With Farwell Huey Long
The seventy third Congress adjourned after a dramatic insurgent coup and a farewell jab by Huey Long. It approved nearly seven billion dollars in spending and set up a two billion dollar stabilization fund while pushing housing and farm relief measures. The session began in 1933 amid a banking crisis and enacted NRA AAA reforms, with President Roosevelt praising its achievements.
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Yawl Nellie York Rescued By Coast Guard Boat
The yawl Nellie York with sails blown and engine disabled was towed by the Coast Guard patrol boat Naugatuck to safety off Cape Fear after being sighted in distress near Carolina Beach. The Nau g atuck and Modoc assisted, with initial reports identifying the yawl as a schooner.
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Southport
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Weather Forecast South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday across South Carolina Georgia and Florida. Alabama to see generally fair skies with partly cloudy and unsettled coastal areas tonight and Wednesday. Northwest Florida zones expect partly cloudy unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday.
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Georgia
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Alabama
Archbishop of York Prays for Rain Then Sudden Showers Arrive
London report says Prayers by the Archbishop of York at Westminster sparked a quick spell of showers across parts of London and the south coast. Northern areas reported steady rain since 2 am as authorities cautious about ending the drought.
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Roosevelt Sets Two Weeks To Enact New Powers
President Roosevelt plans to use the next two weeks to implement new powers after Congress returns home. He reviews housing and communications bills and aims to sign measures including a bill to back currency with silver. He will depart for Yale University in New Haven to receive a degree and then sign the currency bill at 8:45 p.m. after markets close.
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Dilling Claims Her Book The Red Menace Guides NYPD
Mrs Elizabeth Dilling says the New York police use her book The Red Menace as a guide to hunt radicals describing it as a bulletproof list. She claims she spent 14 months researching the book and supports its use.
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New York
Elizabeth Dilling
Steel Workers Present Plan to President Roosevelt
Representatives of the steel workers union submitted their four point plan to President Roosevelt to avert a threatened steel strike. Hugh Johnson said he was hopeful industry would accept the plan which would create an impartial three member board to mediate disputes and oversee elections. grievances would be settled by direct negotiations.
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William Green
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Iron and Steel Industry
Seven Members of Code Authority Resign Over NRA Edicts
Atlanta June 19 Seven members of the code authority for the motor vehicle storage and parking trade resign in a letter to President Roosevelt charging the Recovery Administration with insincerity and vacillation They protest NRA orders they say would abolish hours and wages the code’s terms had required higher wages and reduced hours The letter says six months of frustration and inaction followed the May 26 order that would repeal key code provisions and jeopardize the trade’s gains
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British steamer Shuntien pirates Story lands in Chefoo
The British steamer Shuntien arrived at Chefoo after pirates seized the vessel near the Yellow River. An officer was gravely wounded, and the pirates fled in junks into the swamps, eluding pursuing British and American ships.
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More Power Given to Washington in First New Deal Congress
Washington reports that the 73rd congress largely backed FDR, overruling a veto to restore 223 million dollars in federal pay and veterans benefits, while farm act amendments faced pullback. It enacted vast policy, expanding executive power and approving billions in recovery measures across economic and social life.
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Nitrate Fire Destroys Freighter Knut Hamsun in Caribbean
A $350000 cargo of nitrate aboard the Norwegian freighter Knut Hamsun burned rapidly after a June 10 fire in the Caribbean Sea. The vessel sank in 30 minutes about 200 miles north of the Panama Canal. 35 crew were aboard, 34 were rescued, and Walter Bricksen, 54, a Swedish coal passer, is reported missing.
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Roosevelt weighs Britain new proposal to impound profits
President Roosevelt and the state department examine Britain's plan to impound Germany’s trade profits to offset debt nonpayment. He says government has power, but action not decided. A new labor setup will be organized under emergency legislation with Perkins and Senator Wagner. Elections by workers for bargaining reps will start soon, not in all plants or within ten days.
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Johnson cites evidence of confidential documents disclosure
Staffer Donovan dismissed from NRA local 91 amid union protest. Johnson said there was evidence of disclosure but refused to name employees. He described Donovan as head of a local labor union and favored sending the case to the national labor board for review.
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NRA
Washington
June
Jolson
Labor Advisory Board
John Donovan
American Federation of Government
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Donovan
National Labor Board
Experts Say Georgia Crop Conditions Not So Bad
Augusta report quotes three Georgia State College of Agriculture experts C. G. Garner L. H. Marlatt and J. A. Evans who say reports of crop deterioration are exaggerated and that dry warm weather will quickly restore crops to normal.
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J. A. Evans
Demare
Roosevelt Signs Court Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill empowering the Supreme Court to prescribe rules of practice and procedure for federal courts. He called it one of the most important steps ever taken to improve the judicial system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Gale Sweeps Maryland As Storm Warnings Persist
Weather bureau issues advisory at 10 a m for southeast storms from Atlantic City to Boston with warnings north of Boston to Eastport. A disturbance over southeast Pennsylvania moves northeast with gales. In Maryland heavy rain accompanied by a gale battered the western Chesapeake Bay shore but damage remained limited.
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Hicks to Turn Pro In Business Woman Golf Role
New York June 19 Helen Hicks the former national women's golf champion announced she would leave amateur ranks to become America's first business woman golfer. She signed a five year contract with a Chicago company as adviser in its women's golf department and to serve as a special representative in all golf activities.
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New York
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Chicago
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