Roosevelt dominance fades as relief talks signal shift
Washington dispatch notes a quiet shift as Roosevelt-era control over Congress softens. The relief compromise marks a rare bow to the House, while Senate resistance to court packing grows clearer. Rayburn’s leadership amid fading party unity is highlighted as a turning point toward normal Capitol-White House relations.
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White House
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Ite
TENSION GROWS TO WHITE HEAT IN STEEL WAR
June 1 Youngstown report on Republic Steel conflict with pickets and air deliveries. John L Lewis accuses planned murder at South Chicago plant as 67 men held in Chicago riot. Canton and Warren plants see picket clashes. Four injured. investigations into plane landings and food drops. Lewis blames Chicago police as corrupt.
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Mahoning Valley
Republic Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
C. S. Chieftain
Chicago
Lewis
Republic Steel Company
Thomas Kilroy
Canton
Warren
Republic
William Robinson
Department of Commerce
Church proposes vote amendment to curtail ministers' voice
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A moves a constitutional amendment to limit governance to active pastors and church executives. Disqualified clergy would lose voting rights in presbyteries and could not serve as delegates or commissioners. About 6,000 of 9,000 clergy are regularly assigned pastors.
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Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Britain's Largest Warship Hood Sails for Gibraltar
London's Spithead departure sends Britain's biggest warship Hood toward Gibraltar to resume duties near Spain. The move follows a period in home waters for coronation naval review with the admiralty calling it routine.
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London
Britain
Hood
Spithead
Gibraltar
Spain
Admiralty
Boys Escape from Lancaster School After Guard Clash
Two youths from Dayton escape the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster after a clash with Guard C R Boyle. Hubert Jackson, 17, and Woodrow Garey, 18, fled early today following a tussle with staff.
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Hubert Jackson
Dayton
Woodrow Garey
Jackson
Boys Industrial School
C. R. Boyle
Roosevelt asks Congress to end tax dodging by the wealthy
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass targeted legislation to close income tax loopholes and expand Treasury powers to investigate evasion. He transmitted a preliminary report detailing eight devices used by wealthy individuals to avoid taxes and called for stronger barriers against three practices that let firms and individuals dodge their share.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Airplane Used in Schofield Search Near Clarksville
An aerial search over Clarksville territory was conducted Saturday and Sunday for Frank Schofield 78 of Wilmington who vanished in May. Corwin M Hale piloted the plane with his wife using field glasses to view quarries and farm areas from the air while ground crews followed up on leads. The $500 reward has drawn numerous reports which deputies and Wilmington police are reviewing as officers press for a break in the case.
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Wilmington
Corwin M. Hale
Schofield
Clarksville
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Melvin
Russell Gotherman
Dean of New York University Dies at 55
Dr. John Wyckoff, 55, dean of New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, died after being found unconscious in a laboratory. Police and hospital officials offered few details, with the illness first listed as morphine poisoning and later attributed to coronary thrombosis.
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New York
John Wyckoff
New York University
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
Toll of violence deaths tops 380 over three-day weekend
The Associated Press reports more than 380 people were killed in violence during the three-day holiday weekend with traffic crashes making up about two thirds of the fatalities.
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Associated Press
House Votes to Overturn Roosevelt on Veterans Insurance
The House overrode President Roosevelt's veto to extend the time for World War II veterans to renew war risk term insurance. Rankin warned failure would force more than 20,000 veterans to drop coverage. The veto message said the extension was not warranted. this marks a rare first-time override since the bonus bill ordeal a year earlier.
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World War Veterans’ Committee
House
Roosevelt
Man admits sleeping in room of murdered wife
Youngstown detectives testified at the first degree murder trial of John W. Deetrick a metallurgist charged with Ruth Deetrick s murder last August 1 He said he slept in the same room where she died as the state rested its case Robert Jeffrey and W J Harrison testified today
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Ruth
Robert Jeffrey
W. J. Harrison
Deetrick
Teagle Named to Oil Chairmanship
Walter C. Teagle, president of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey since 1917, told stockholders at the annual meeting that effective immediately he would assume the chairmanship of the board. He will be succeeded as president by W. S. Farish, former chairman.
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New York
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
W. 8. Farish
Girl Triplets Wed Three Farmer Boys in Carthage
Dora Doris and Dorothy Zehr all 24 wed three husky farmers before hundreds of North country rural residents. The Carthage Methodist Episcopal Church hosted a brief 15 minute ceremony as two grooms were brothers.
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Carthage
N. Y
Dora
Doris
Dorothy Zehr
Carthage Methodist Episcopal Church
Supreme Court adjourns after hectic eight month term
The Supreme Court closed an eight month term by agreeing to rule on the constitutionality of federal loans and grants for municipal power plants and adjourned until October. It declined to review the Electric Bond and Share challenge to the 1935 public utility holding company act and marked the final session for retired Justice Wil lis Van DeVanter after 26 years.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Roosevelt
Electric Bond and Share Company
Securities Commission
Willis van DeVanter
van DeVanter
Hughes
Amelia Earhart Lands in Puerto Rico During World Flight Hop
Amelia Earhart landed in San Juan Puerto Rico at 1 30 P M today on the first hop of her proposed just for fun flight around the world. She flew from Miami covering 1033 miles in 7 hours 33 minutes in a leisurely pace.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Miami
Gerrard Qualifies With 72 In Open Qualifier
Wilmington player Bill Gerrard shot 37 35 for a 72 in the first 18 holes of the 36 hole national open qualifying. The results came from Cincinnati on June 1 with Gerrard leading the field after the opening round.
Duke's Wedding Set for Thursday in Paris
The wedding of Wallis Warfield to the Duke of Windsor will be held Thursday at 11:30 AM Paris time. American spokesman Herman L. Rogers announced the half hour time adjustment to allow a wedding breakfast.
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France
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Herman L. Rogers
Edward VII
Duke
Memorial Day Toll in Ohio: 26 Die in Weekend Accidents
Ohio records show at least 26 deaths over the Memorial Day weekend amid hot weather and sweltering heat. Thirteen died in traffic crashes and ten drowned across beaches and rivers. Other fatalities include a 19 year old in a plane crash, a 25 year old swimmer, two youths in Toledo, a child in Defiance, a prison inmate, and drownings near Canton and Columbus.
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West Liberty
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Gladys Richter
Natalie Garthaus
Esther Garthaus
Miss Richter
Toledo
Edward Rybka
Daniel Cummins
Paul Parcher
Maumee
Defiance
London Prison Farm
Eugene Burroughs
Edward Misieucz
Detroit
Youngstown
Mary Robinson
Columbus
Richard Duplain
Louisville
Canton
Italian Warships Ordered to Stop Russian Vessels
Rome reports authoritative sources say Italian warships will block Russian ships from delivering war materiel to the Spanish government. Mussolini has withdrawn Italian ships from the Hands Off Spain neutrality fleet, citing Spanish aerial attacks on Italian and German vessels. Reprisals warned if any Italian warship is attacked again.
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Mussolini
International Neutrality
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Spain
Father Charged Over Shooting At Children Near Plain City
Sheriff Gorman F. Clark said charges would be filed against William McCumber 46 of Delaware County for firing 11 shots to force four of his six children to leave his mother in law’s home at Kile near Plain City. None of the children were hit.
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London
Gorman F. Clark
William McCumber
Delaware County
Kile
Plain City
Vatican Accused by Nazi Government in Speech Dispute
Berlin -- The German government formally accused the Vatican of endangering normal relations by not disavowing a critical speech by George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago. A diplomatic note said the Holy See must realize its attitude risks removing preconditions for normal relations with the Roman Curia.
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Berlin
Vatican
Reich
George
Mundelein
Chicago
Holy See
Almeria Bombardment Sparks U.S. Fear of War
Secretary Hull formally asks German envoy Hans Dieckhoff to pursue a peaceable settlement with Spain after German warships bombarded Almeria. Spanish envoy protests the act as a violation of international law while U S neutrality leaders urge immediate action.
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Hull
Hans Dieckhoff
Spain
Almeria
United States
Dieckhoff
Almeria Bomeo
Fernando de Lo Rios
Secretary of State
Nye
R-N. D
Congressional Neutrality Bloc
Roosevelt
Germany
Clark
D-Mo
Senate
Drinking Driver Dangers Highlighted by W C T U Leader
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith national president of the Women s Christian Temperance Union warns that a half teaspoonful of beer causes tunnel vision and halves reaction time noting that the driving danger comes from those who have a few drinks rather than the obviously drunk. She spoke as delegates from 37 foreign countries gathered for the sixteenth triennial W C T U convention opening Thursday in Washington.
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Washington
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Senate approves six war vessels at $48 million
The Senate approved without debate a bill authorizing construction of six naval vessels at an estimated cost of 48 million dollars. The package includes a seaplane tender a fleet tug and an oiler and now goes to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Markets At A Glance
Chicago wheat higher on warlike euro developments. Corn weak with cash basis lower. Cattle 25 cents lower. Hogs steady top $11.75. New York stocks steady with slow decline in leadership. Bonds lower as German and Italian loans slide.
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