Nye Leads Langer in Senate Primary in North Dakota
U S Senator Gerald P Nye holds a commanding lead over Governor William Langer for the Republican nomination as returns from thousands of precincts show Nye ahead. Burdick and Lemke also appear renominated in the Republican column. Democratic races show strong leads for regulars over progressives with Moses and Halvorson among leaders. Weather forecast not related to the political item.
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S Fargo
N. D
Gerald P. Nye Inersasuil
William Langer
North Dakota
Asher L. Burdick
William Lemke
Congress
Burdick
Langer Pthé
Hedd
Lente
Langer
Burdink
Lenke
Republican Mae
Nye
H. H.' Thoresen
J. J. Wygaard
John Moses
Howard I. Henry
Max Strehiow
Halvor Halvorson
H. A. Johanssen
Nygaard
Moses
Oliver Rosenberg
Alfred S. Dale
Henry
Fargo
U. S
Gerald P. Nye
Nye-Langer
Oppos
Wood
DeKalb
Fulton
Rockdale
William C. McRae
New Deal
Townsend
U. S. Senate
Record Stock Rally Lifts Major Issues in New York
Buying surge in the New York stock exchange drives prices up substantially with gains across steel, chemical, agricultural and industrials. Trading volume reaches about 2.7 million shares as U S Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, Westinghouse, Du Pont, Union Pacific and others hit new year highs amid renewed buying.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Westinghouse Electric
Dupont
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Johns Manville
American Telephone
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Dow Chemical
U. S
Taxi Driver Repays City Relief Debt in Installments
Eugene W. Casey, a 32 year old taxi driver, paid the first installment on a $70.70 relief debt to the city. He sent a $5 money order and said his cab earns $26 to $30 weekly and he will finish paying in small sums. He supports a wife and one boy, 14, and typically has a dollar or two left at week’s end.
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New York
Eugene W. Casey
Casey
Japan faces raw cotton shortage amid export push decree
Tokyo reports a government order halting 47 cloth and iron products after July 1 with 34 more banned July 15 to force export growth. Officials assure raw cotton stocks will cover the year and factories will switch to war materials while nonessential imports shrink. Retailers panic over supply gaps and even everyday items like razors may run short.
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Tokyo
Japan
Seithin Ikeda
Ikeda
Difference in Cotton Textile Wages Narrowing
Washington reports the March wage gap between southern and northern cotton textile workers at 6.9 cents per hour, the lowest since 1927. The Labor Department notes a nine month decline of four cents from July 1937 to March, reflecting a narrowing regional wage differential.
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Washington
Japanese Official Assassinated in Shanghai
Shen Teh-ling director of the shipping control bureau of the Japanese fostered Shanghai reform government was assassinated today. The killing marks the fifth political murder in 10 days by anti Japanese elements against Chinese puppet officials.
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Shanghai
Shen Teh-ling
Rice planters to receive 130 million in cotton payments
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced it will distribute 130 million dollars in price adjustment payments to cotton farmers who produced in 1937. Applications will be mailed through local AAA committees and eligibility requires certification of no overplanting in 1938 and compliance with limits unless exempt.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Camp accuses George of GOP Big Business backing
Swainsboro Ga June 29 Lawrence Camp candidate for U S senate seat of Walter F George says a bloc of reactionary Republicans and big business backs George in the primary. Camp claims George opposed Roosevelt favored reforms and vetoed a 1932 reorganization resolution. He tours southeast Georgia as part of his campaign.
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Swainsboro
Lawrence Camp
United States
Senate
Walter F. George
George
Camp
North Georgia
Roosevelt
Hoover
Georgia
Statesboro
Millen
Sylvania
Pembroke
C. L. Wood
Robert Ramspeck
Atlanta
Townsend
Roosevelt promises national relief drive to gain momentum by July
President Roosevelt told reporters in Hyde Park that the federal relief push would reach full pace by July 1. He noted the unemployment problem remains unsolved without large armament spending and cited Sweden as a model for paying relief program costs during prosperity. The $3.75 billion campaign aims to speed PWA WPA CCC and related agencies to top speed by month end.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sweden
United States
PWA
WPA
Civilian Conservation Corps
New York City
Congress
FDR Signs Flood Control Bill Reluctantly
President Roosevelt announced he signed the 386.5 million omnibus flood control bill with reluctance. He urged a large ongoing program to fight floods curb erosion reclaim land and improve navigation while questioning the bill’s setup and reliance on the Engineer Corps and Agriculture Department. The plan covers five years with 375 million for construction and 10 million for examinations plus 1.5 million for surveys, extending from the Merrimack to the Williamette and down the lower Mississippi basin.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
Engineer Corps
Army
Department of Agriculture
War and Agriculture Departments
Federal Power Commission
Merrimack River
Williamette
Mississippi River
Chinese Hold Barrier in Yangtze River Stand
Reports from Shanghai describe Chinese forces still defending the Matowchen boom to block Japanese advance toward Hankow amid conflicting dispatches. Air raids continue, Hangchow fears floods from Chekiang dikes, and Japanese retaliation targets are noted as the war shifts focus to the middle Yangtze.
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Shanghai
Japan
Yangtze River
Hankow
Nanchang
Hangchow
Chewkiang
Chientang
Ankwo
Hopeh Province
Peiping
Japan hit by deadly floods leave dozens dead and missing
Tokyo reports 21 dead and 15 missing as worst rain in 20 years floods all main islands. Yokohama cliff collapse crushes five homes killing 12 people, many believed Korean. About 50,000 houses flooded in Tokyo with railroads and power lines disrupted.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yokohama
Georgian Slain and Wife Dies from Shock in Bartow
Bartow Georgia June 29 A coroner jury investigated the mysterious deaths of Bryant a Jefferson county farmer and merchant and his wife Mrs Bryant. Bryant was fatally shot in bed and the verdict named unknown party or parties as the killer. Mrs Bryant died about 6 30 this morning an hour after reporting the shooting. An Augusta identification officer testified her fingerprints were on a shotgun found in the Bryant home recently fired.
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Bartow
Bryant
Jefferson County
Augusta Identification Bureau
J. W. Decandt
Franco urged to be more cautious on British ships
Rome reports a Fascist spokesman Virginio Gayda said Italy advised General Franco to moderate steps preventing British and other ships from delivering supplies to government Spain. Italy approved bombing of contraband ships but denied Italian responsibility.
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Italy
Francisco Franco
Spain
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D’italia
Gayda
Perth
Britain
Count Galeazzo ‘Ciano
Ciano
Lord Forth
Franco
London
France
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Lord Perth
Il Duce
Mussolini
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Yangtze
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New- la
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Huchow
C. S. Bryant
Rollo K. Blanchard
Mys
Hedi Heusser
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Blanchard
Hudson River
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