Gettysburg veterans unite in peaceful tribute at Roosevelt dedication
Edlward W. Pickard summarizes a Gettysburg reunion 75 years after the Civil War. About 2,000 old soldiers from North and South gathered with flags, while President Roosevelt dedicated a peace memorial in the National Military Park. The event featured no battles, but speeches emphasizing unity and peace. The day included parades, ceremonies, and guard attention from the Pennsylvania National Guard and Boy Scouts.
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Gettysburg National Military Park
Roosevelt
Battle of
Gettysburg
Yanks
Johnny Rebs
Stars and Stripes
War Department
Pennsylvania National Guard
Mr. Roosevelt
Overton H. Mennet
Grand Army of the Republic
John M. Claypool
United Confederate
Strike at New York Fair Hits 6000 Workers
A general strike of New York World’s Fair construction workers affected more than 6,000 people as unions led by the Building Trades and Construction council halted all construction except structural steel work over a jurisdictional dispute. N Y Exchange elected McChesney Martin president at 48000 dollars a year to lead the restructured body urged by the SEC and a liberal faction.
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Building Trades and Construction Council
American Federation of Labor
N. Y. Exchange
McChesney Martin
St. Louis
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Rail Wage Parley Set In Chicago For July 18
Representatives of the railroad trainmen and carriers joint conference agreed to meet at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago on July 18 to begin talks over an 18 percent wage cut proposed by the railroads. About 150,000 trainmen led by A F Whitney oppose the cut, with railroads’ other brotherhoods set to begin negotiations on July 20 under George M Harrison of the Railway Labor Executives association.
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Stevens Hotel
Chicago
A. F. Whitney
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Raymond E Willis Nominated for Senate by Republican Delegation
Raymond E Willis of Angola Indiana a publisher and veteran political leader was nominated for the senate by the state Republican convention in Indianapolis Wright on the third ballot defeating four rivals including former senator James EB Watson Willis aged sixty two has led the Angola Republican since 1898 and is president of Steuben Publishing Company which with another editor publishes the Angola Herald a Democratic organ.
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Raymond E. Willis
Angola
Ind
Senate
Indianapolis
Willis
James EB. Watson
Steuben Publishing Company
Roosevelt Warns Stop-Gap Spending Fails To Solve Unemployment
In a press conference President Roosevelt declared the New Deal aims to provide wages for real work and opposes bare-dole relief. He called relief and public works stop-gap measures and warned Europe’s armament-led prosperity is unsound. He outlined plans for a July 1 spending push via WPA, CCC, and RFC funds.
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Roosevelt
Sweden
Europe
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
France to Execute Spies Decrees Against Espionage
France declares death for peacetime spying with a decree citing rising espionage. In Strasbourg area 150 convictions in 1937. this year averages nearly four weekly. Penalties cover contracts with foreign powers and providing details on weapons, industry, or military plans. Disaster in Japan strikes. two days of storms kill ~200, wreck houses and rail lines. Italy Checks Franco: Gayda says Italy urged moderation, backs bombing of contraband ships but rejects Italian responsibility. Perth envoy talks progress toward halt. Mussolini seeks to avoid embarrassment of Chamberlain.
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France
Strasbourg
Italy
Franco VI
Irginio Gayda
Franco
Spain
Gayda
Earl of Perth
Rome
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Milk as the miracles of nutrition by C Houston Goudiss
C Houston Goudiss extols milk as the supreme, multi purpose food. He argues milk provides essential energy for all ages, supplies high quality protein, minerals for bones, vitamins, water, and easy digestion. He asserts milk is the foundation of a balanced diet and surprisingly low in cost given its health benefits.
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C. Houston Goudiss
East 30Th Street
New York City
Benjamin Franklin
Summer Patterns For Girls Dresses And Bolero Frock
Pretty styles promise a fresh, cool look for mothers and daughters with easy at home sewing. Patterns 1505 and 1545 cover shirred designs, puff sleeves, and short boleros in dimity organdy and dotted swiss, with yardage, sizes, and order details included.
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Dimity
Batiste
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Damson Conserve and Elderflower Cordial Recipe Feature
A column presents treasured old family recipes including Damson Conserve Lizzie Lowry's Elderflower Cordial and Mrs Horton's Crumb Cake, noting how past generations guarded handwritten formulas while praising modern laboratories and national advertisers for perfected tests. It contrasts personal trial with mass production in a nostalgic digest.
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Lizzie Lowry
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Blue
Sheppard
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
WPA
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Barkley
Thomas
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Alben W. Barkley
A. B
Chandler
Army
Navy
Public
Treasury
New York
National Education Association
America
Nazi
Germany
Harry Hopkins
Indiana
G.O.P
Japan
E. Houston Goudiss
East 39Th Street
Simonides
White Petroleum
Aunt May Tilgy’s. Damson
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