Roosevelt declares brain trust stay in government
President Roosevelt told Yale alumni that the brain trust will remain in government, asserting that ability guides decisions more than party lines. He spoke at Yale alumni luncheon after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws and praised Congress as a cross section of opinion.
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Yale Honors Roosevelt With Doctor of Laws Degree
Yale conferred on Franklin D Roosevelt the honorary degree of doctor of laws, the fourth in office and the second in New Haven. The event occurred at Woolsey Hall during commencement, with President Angell lauding him as a brave leader. Roosevelt planned to stay in Connecticut to watch his son in Harvard crew, then depart aboard the yacht Sequoia for New London.
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Harriman Found Guilty and Austin Acquitted in Banking Case
In New York the jury convicts Joseph W. Harriman on 16 counts of banking malpractice and the banker faces possible prison. Albert M. Austis is acquitted. Harriman, 67, shows bowed head as Austis, 41, cries with his wife. Sentencing set for next Wednesday.
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Deadlock Threat in Steel Dispute Stirs Washington
Washington June 20 A new deadlock looms in the steel dispute as management and unions clash over a vital point of collective bargaining. Secretary Perkins leads the effort with President Roosevelt authorized to appoint a peace board if talks fail.
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Boll Weevil Threat Grows Across South Crops
Reports from the South warn the boll weevil infestation is the heaviest in years. SC Dorchester and Georgia describe severe activity. Texas Rio Grande valley shows high levels. Experts say dry weather could curb damage but ongoing rains fuel the pest and could threaten cotton prospects.
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Labor Committee to Open Hearings on Kickback Wage Complaints
The Senate labor committee will hold public hearings tomorrow on an inquiry into contractor wage practices on government projects. The inquiry centers on reports that workers were required to pay kickbacks to keep their jobs. Witnesses to be announced later.
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Brighton body found not Miss Agnes Turverson
Brighton police said autopsy on a woman's torso found at the railway station showed no prior operation, ruling out Miss Agnes Turverson, the Detroit and New York attorney who disappeared after an abdominal operation in 1928. The examiner stated scars would have remained evidence even if operations were old.
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Brighton Unidentified Woman Torso Found in Rail Station
Brighton police report the found torso belongs to a pregnant woman due in five months. coroners inquest links a stillborn baby found in London to the case. Scotland Yard and criminologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury assist, with no identification yet. Further hearings postponed to July 18.
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Stains in Trunk Belonging to Missing Woman Husband Figures
Vienna reports stains inside a trunk in Capt. Ivan Poderjay's apartment. Police say the stains are not blood and appear unrelated to the missing Miss Agnes Turverson of New York and Detroit.
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Bitter Battle Fought Today in Chaco War
In a fierce three front engagement around Fort Ballivian and the surrounding Chaco Boreal, Paraguayan forces pressed advances while Bolivia launched swift counter thrusts. Reports from San Paz and capitals conflict over which side holds the gains in Canada Strongest and Canada Del Carmen sectors.
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Costly War Debt Shadow Over Postwar Budget
Washington reports the postwar Congress found the battle against de pression expensive yet cheaper than the German war. Budgets set a peace time record for appropriations and obligations, but totals lagged behind the $36 billion wartime quota. Figures varied from 6.8 to 17.9 billion for the recent session, with potential liabilities like 4 billion in home and farm loan guarantees cited.
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Ten year old boy dies after shark attack at beach
Melbourne Florida June 20 a ten year old boy Richard Clark Best Jr was attacked by a likely man eating shark while bathing with his father at Indian Atlantic Beach He sustained deep hip and abdominal wounds and died in a local hospital Killed by a shark confirmed after examination his father carried him to a car for medical help blood transfusions were ordered but he did not survive
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New FHA Push Aims to Cut Home Costs for Americans
Washington reports three new initials FHA HPA and HUD to surge onto the scene with a modernization program offering up to 2000 dollars per owner to recondition homes. The plan includes insured building and loan shares and mortgage insurance divisions to support 20 year loans and low cost dwellings.
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Roosevelt signs def icit bill and new communications act
President Roosevelt signed a 2.63 billion deficit measure with 525 million drought relief and 899 million for relief programs, plus a new seven member Rayburn Dill communications board to regulate radio telephone and telegraph. The same day he approved a federal industrial loans program, education aid for children of deceased service members, and RFC drainage loans.
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Weather Forecast for Southeast States
Weather forecasts indicate fair conditions for South Carolina and Georgia tonight and Thursday. Florida should stay generally fair through Thursday. Alabama remains mostly fair with partial cloudiness and unsettled coastal areas tonight and Thursday. Northwest Florida experiences partly cloudy unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday.
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