Roosevelt Allows Tax Bill to Become Law Without Signature
President Roosevelt, citing objections to unwise parts of the tax revision bill, permitted congress to pass the measure without his signature. He spoke at Arthur Dale W Va during graduation exercises for 13 students, urging revisions to curb tax avoidance and concentrated investment power while fostering new private capital. After the speech, he and Mrs. Roosevelt headed to Hyde Park for Memorial Day weekend.
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White House
Roosevelt
Arthurdale
W. Va
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
TVA Leaders Allege Mor gan Sabotage Of Defense
David B. Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan accuse former TVA colleague Arthur E. Morgan of tampering with potential government witnesses and hindering counsel during a constitutional case on the authority’s legality. Morgan retorts that fellow directors engaged in dishonest management and deception of the President, Congress, and the public.
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Joint
Congressional Committee of Investigation
David B. Lilienthal
Harcourt Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Arthur Morgan
Lilienthal
Morgan
David Lilienthal
Congress
Oil Group to Pay Fines in Madison Antitrust Pleas
The Department of Justice announced that 14 oil companies and 11 executives awaiting trial in Madison Wisconsin on Sherman antitrust charges will enter nolo contendere pleas and pay up to 400000 in fines and costs. The pleas are virtually guilty and were accepted and recommended to the Madison court. This group follows 46 defendants convicted last winter. cases are appealed. Indictments allege illegal agreements from 1931 to 1936.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Madison
Wis
Department
Madison Court
Roosevelts War Pension Bill Boosts Veterans Aid
President Roosevelt signed legislation increasing pensions for veterans of the Spanish American War Philippine Insurrection and China Relief Expedition. The act grants a $60 monthly pension to veterans age 65 who served at least 90 days, and to those with less than 90 days who were discharged for service connected disability.
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Roosevelt
Raid on Alicante Marks Deadliest Air Strike in Spanish War
Franco's air force bombed Alicante in the war's disaster, killing at least 260 and injuring 1,000 as six insurgent bombers dropped missiles on a crowded market. Air raids hit Sagunto and other cities while government troops opened a Catalan offensive but were halted by reinforced insurgents.
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Franco
Alicante
Sagunto
House Vote Orders Inquiry Into Un American Propaganda
Representative Martin Dies of Texas pushed a resolution for an inquiry into un American propaganda activities in the United States He claimed affidavits support his charge that a member of the German American band urged the assassination of President Roosevelt The remark was allegedly made at a Nazi camp during a speech
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House
United States
Martin Dies
Texas
Roosevelt
Dies
Atlanta golfer wins British amateur championship
Charles Yates of Atlanta Georgia won the British amateur golf championship. Floyd Roberts of California won the 500 mile auto race at Indianapolis setting a new record of 117.2 miles per hour average. A twelve year old boy Peter Levine was kidnapped from New Rochelle and found in Long Island Sound, mutilated and bound with wire. Four winners of Canadian stork derby received one hundred thousand dollars each.
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Harles Yates
Atlanta
Floyd Roberts
California
Indianapolis
Bosy
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
Long Island Sound
Wire
Americans Implicated in Cedillo Rebellion in San Luis Potosi
Flight claims link two American pilots to leading an agrarian revolt in San Luis Potosi against President Cardenas. Mexico's war minister cited American pilots but gave no source. Tokyo alleges Japanese aid to Cedillistas as 300 rifles and ammo were seized at Cerritos. A rebel plane reportedly flew over Tampico dropping propaganda.
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Aturnino Cedillo
San Luis Potosi
Cardenas
Manuel Avila Camacho
Japan
Cedillistas
Cerritosa
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
Cedillo
Wage Bill Faces Conference Cut In Wage Standards Battle
A long conflict over the wage hour bill moved to conference after Senate sent it with southern representation. House rejected southern wage differential demands. The bill sets rigid interstate wage hour rules, starting at 25 cents an hour rising to 40 cents, with a 44 hour week easing to 40 in two years. An amendment exempting many agricultural processing workers was pushed by farm and southern Democrats.
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House
Senate
Congress
Farm State
Labor leaders back Barkley in Kentucky primaries
JOHN L. LEWIS of the C I O urged labor to support Senator ALBEN W. Barkley of Kentucky in the August 6 primaries. Lewis praised Barkley as a leading liberal statesman cooperative on labor issues. Harry Hopkins of the WPA praised Rep. Otha Wearin of Iowa as he seeks the Democratic NU nomination, drawing senatorial critics who demand relief funds not be politics.
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John L. Lewis
Labor
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Nonpartisan League
Lewis
Barkley
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Otha Wearin
Iowa
Gillette
Hopkins
Ickes Weds in Dublin in Secret Ceremony
Interior secretary Ickes and Jane Dahlman of Milwaukee were secretly married in Dublin after a secret departure from New York. Ickes, 64, widowed since an auto accident, wed 25 year old Dahlman, a clerk in his department and a niece of diplomat John Cudahy. The couple left for a brief honeymoon and planned return to their estate near Olney, Maryland.
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Harolp L. Ickes
Interior
PWA
New York
Ireland
Dublin
Jane Dahlman
Milwaukee
Ickes
John Cudahy
Wilmarth Ickes
Winnetka
Ill
Cudahy
S. J. Shattuck
Regation
Washington
Olney
Japanese Bomb Canton Killing Hundreds and Injuring Thousands
Japanese warplanes bomb Canton for three days causing at least 800 deaths and about 1,000 injuries. Bombing targeted Wongsha railway station area then central district and Tung shan suburb. Chinese reports claim Japanese forces were repelled at Lanfeng near the Lung hai railway, delaying Kaifeng’s fall toward Hankow.
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Canton
Japan
Wongsha
Central
Tungshan
Lanfeng
Lunghai
Kaifeng
Hankow
Auto Makers Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Indiana
A federal grand jury in South Bend Indiana indicted General Motors Ford Motor Company Chrysler Corporation and several officers on charges of conspiracy to violate the Sherman Antitrust Law.
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General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Ulysses Made Great Hero in Homer's Saga
Elizabeth C. James reflects on Ulysses turning to madness to avoid battle with Paris and later enduring a decade of wandering after Troy. The piece notes his wisdom, Penelope, and the dangers faced by women in ancient times, highlighting the hero’s complex journey in Homeric legend.
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Ulysses
Homer
Greatest Unknown Homer Birthplace Claims Clash Across Seven Cities
Seven cities claim Homer as their own birthplace though no solid source confirms where he lived. The ancient poet, likely between the 6th and 12th centuries BCE, reportedly went blind in old age and earned a living roaming cities to tell Trojan War tales and the wanderings of Ulysses. His Iliad and Odyssey are renowned worldwide.
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Homer
Christ
Ulysses
Sind
Ulysses and The Cyclops and The Sirens Adventure
Ulysses endures deathly perils during his voyage home to Greece. He blinds the Cyclops, escapes past the one eyed giant by guiding his crew under sheep hides. He outwits the Sirens and frees captive men from Circe. Back home he defeats the suitors with help from his son and loyal dog.
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Rowly
Hades
Cyclops
Ulysses
Fattening Cockerels: Best Age for Economy and Quality
Poultryman notes advise fattening cockerels at eight weeks for maximum weight gain and at 12 to 20 weeks for best meat quality. USDA tests show eight week fattening yields about 48 percent weight gain vs 18 percent when started at 20 weeks. Feed conversion worsens with age. 12 and 20 week birds yield more breast and leg meat but less efficiently. Cockerels from White Leghorn sires crossed with Barred Plymouth Rock sires and Rhode Island Red dams were used in tests.
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J. C. Taylor
New Jersey College of Agriculture
WNU
United States Department of Agriculture
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Government program aims to breed 30000 dairy herds of superior cattle
The bureau of dairy industry, with federal funds and state and local dairy groups, seeks 30000 herds of superior cows. Each farmer may receive a proven sire or the son of one, with emphasis on accurate birth records. About 30000 farmers participate, pilots across nearly all states set a standard. A pamphlet lists 1600 proven sires, owners unnamed, available via state agricultural colleges.
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Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States
Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural College
From the Farm to the Market A Snapshot of Agriculture Notes
A string of farming insights covers egg storage, feed costs, and poultry health. Ireland campaigns to improve the Irish potato quality. Global notes include 50 000 eggs laid per minute, 25 000 Barneveld chicks shipped to London in 25 days, and Australia’s wheat crop forecast at 163 million bushels. A New York egg laying contest records 308 eggs per bird in 51 weeks while chick mortality peaks in the first three weeks. Grass alone cannot sustain high producing cows without supplementary grain.
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New York
Salteaux Uprising Sparks Riot Over Food Shortages
A Salteaux uprising erupts as starving families seize government food stores amid dwindling rations and harsh winter. Indians, angered by cabinet mismanagement and supply cuts, clash with Mounted Police as braves seize flour, bacon, and other staples, while officials blame miscommunication and deny hunger claims.
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Athabaskan
Salteaux
Indian Affairs Department
Hudson Bay
Mounted Police
The Screech Owl Called by Mereech Owl
A fragmented line reads The Screech Owl mereech owl, Called by leaving readers with unclear attribution. The item appears torn and incomplete but centers on an owl related note or name. No full event or date is recoverable from the fragment.
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Mereech Owl
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Donahey
David E. Lilienthal
Alicante II
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Elizabeth C. James
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Helen of Troy
Greece
Penelope
Troy
Elizabeth James
Ball Synidicate
Poultryman
Barneveld
Holland
London
Australia
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