Maverick Economists Propose Vast Federal Industrial Control Plan
Washington observers cite a June 5 draft bill by a small extremist faction in the House aimed at creating a national industrial expansion board to regulate production prices wages and hours under federal authority. The move aligns with left wing economists and Brookings critic Moulton whose analysis argues for expansion rather than wage and hour limits. The plan reportedly seeks to merge Moulton and Wallace ideas into a sweeping federal control scheme, though not endorsed by the White House.
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Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
New Order
White House
Wallace
Roosevelt Kim
Agriculture Department
Moulton
Brookings Institution
Brookings
Armed Police Move Food Car Into Steel Plant Amid Strike Tension
In Youngstown police and 20 deputies forced pickets away from the Sheet and Tube grounds as a food car was run into the strike area. Sheriff Elser said action aimed to prevent violence. Gov Davey and SWOC leader Philip Murray held a Columbus peace conference with a hopeful tone and plans to extend talks with steel companies.
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Youngstown
Sheriff's Deputies
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
C. I. O. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Sheet & Tube
Ralph E. Elser
Struthers
U. S. Steel Corp
Elser
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Davey
Murray
Ohio
Tom Girdler
Republic Board
J. C. Argetsinger
Sheet and Tube
SWOC
Minnesota
Michigan
Earhart Postpones Flight for Plane Inspection
Amelia Earhart postpones take off in Fortaleza to have her monoplane inspected. She will likely stay overnight at the Brazilian port 287 miles from Natal after a flight from Paramaribo. From Natal her route continues to Dakar, Senegal, 1900 miles across the Atlantic.
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Fortaleza
Brazil
Amelia Earhart
Natal
Miss Earhart
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Dakar
Senegal
Atlantic
Major Battle Near Madrid Signals Escalation
Insurgent artillery pounded near Madrid at El Gallo as 800 guns opened fire. Government forces countered at La Granja while insurgents attacked Segovia fronts. Reports mention a plane crash that killed Insurgent General Mola and four officers amid broader Francoist and Republican clashes.
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Associated Press
Pilbao
Emilio Mola
Madrid
la Granja
Jose Miaja
Segovia
Guadarrama
Germany
Deutschland
Reich
Almeria
Spain
International
Avert Blast On Dynamite Vessel In Panama
Smoke poured from the hold of the U S Army Transport Ludington carrying 690 tons of explosives as it reached port in Panama with 63 aboard. Firemen inspectors canal chemists and army investigators patrolled Limon Bay after a smell of smoke traced to hatch No 5. Colonel Sherburne Whipple said the smoke likely came from a chemical bomb and there was no fire.
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Colon
Panama
United States Army
Ludington
No. 5
Hatch
Army
Limon Bay
Sherburne Whipple
109 Year Old Woman To Receive Old Age Pension
Comfort Daniels Christian, a 109 year old mountain woman from McDowell County, has been granted an old age pension. She left her cabin in 1932 to vote for President Roosevelt and has seldom left home, except once in 40 years.
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Charleston
W. Va
Comfort Daniels Christian
Christian
McDowell County
Roosevelt
Ford Brotherhood of America claims at Rouge plant
Detroit June 5 A proposed Ford Brotherhood of America circulates membership cards with a 50 cent initiation and 1 dollar monthly dues. Ford officials say about 80 698 of 82 064 Rouge plant workers signed loyalty pledges, voluntary and approved, amid labor tensions and a related UAW fight investigation.
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Detroit
Ford Brotherhood of America
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford
Mammoth Rouge
Chrysler
Detroit Packard
General Motors
Pontiac
Dearborn
Ford Brotherhood
Harry H. Bennett
Priests Ordered to Refute Propaganda in Berlin Diocese
In Berlin diocese priests were ordered to answer Propaganda Minister Goebbels' claim that Catholic morality trials are the worst in history. An official church announcement says less than one fourth of one percent of German Catholic clergy face trial and pastors will read the notice during holy Mass tomorrow.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Duchess Wanders Castle Home on Honeymoon Tour
The Duchess of Windsor toured Wasserleonburg castle in Austria on their honeymoon. She banished dusty relics to the attic while admiring four poster beds, Venetian lamps, and animal pelts. She eyed the eerie gallery of the Lady Bluebeard and six husbands as her husband Edward laughed at the legends.
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Noetsch
Austria
Duchess of Windsor
Waserleonburg Castle
Wallis
Wasserleonburg
Bluebeard
Anna Neumann
Edward
Rockefeller Will Admitted to Court in Westchester
John D. Rockefeller's will valued at about 25 million dollars was filed in Surrogate's court Westchester county The document dated June 2 1925 with three codicils incl a 1934 change leaves the residuary estate to trustees for Rockefeller's granddaughter Margaret Strong De Cuevas of Lakewood New Jersey State tax officials estimate about 4.35 million dollars in state taxes will accrue if the gross value stands at 25 million.
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White Plains
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Surrogate’s Court
Westchester County
Ormond
Florida
Laura Spelman
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Margaret Strong de Cuevas
Lakewood
N. J
Albany
New York State
State
Mob wrecks club as show is banned in Toledo
About 700 to 800 men attacked a private club after learning a banned indecent show would not be staged. They set the club on fire tore down partitions and doors and smashed windows. Deputies warned the promoter the show could not go on and the crowd demanded refunds of about $1 per ticket.
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John Schimmel
John Sayen
Red Cross Spent 4 Million in Ohio Flood Relief
The Red Cross spent 4 034 299 dollars in 24 Ohio counties for relief of flood survivors from the January disaster. Maurice P. Reddy, Ohio director, said rehabilitation was done in 20 counties and would finish in Hamilton Scioto Clermont and Washington by June 15. A skeleton force will stay in Cincinnati to supervise remaining work and clear commitments.
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Cincinnati
Red Cross
Ohio
Maurice P. Reddy
Hamilton
Scioto
Clermont
Washington
Resignation of Warren County Treasurer Hartsock
Ross H. Hartsock resigns as Warren county treasurer to accept cashier position at Waynesville National Bank in nearby Waynesville.
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Lebanon
Ross H. Hartsock
Warren County
Waynesville National Bank
Waynesville
Mrs Carter Glass Dies in Lynchburg Home
Mrs. Carter Glass wife of Senator Carter Glass died at her Lynchburg Virginia home this morning. The suit and family statement follow the death of the prominent public figure’s wife. The cause and details were not immediately available.
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Lynchburg, Va
Carter Glass
United States
Bob-Tails Spark Lawsuit Over Mule Shipment
Winston-Salem June 5 A man named C A Boles sues Southern Railway for 1440 dollars claiming bob-tailed mules suffered hunger during shipment and chewed each other’s tails, causing damages.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
C. A
Boles
The
Southern Railway
Deadlocks on major issues may be broken this week
Washington reports that several key legislative standoffs are loosening after hints of compromise on the Roosevelt court bill. Leaders cite the bill as pivotal, with government reorganization regional planning and other disputes still hot, likely delaying adjournment until late August.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Snow and muddy rain fall in West
A June snow melted on Colorado Wyoming and Montana high lands while a dust storm hit Lamar Colorado as muddy rain fell. Cheyenne reported freak snow and Denver saw a brief flurry. the Bighorn range logged up to 18 inches of snow. A search continued for 77 year old Wyoming ranch woman Mrs. Margaret Kelly who vanished after leaving a neighbor’s ranch to hunt a cow.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lamar
Bighorn Mountains
Margaret Kelly
Commemorative Stamp Planned for Northwest Territory Era
Postal officials announced a commemorative stamp will be issued July 13 honoring the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the ordinance of 1787 and the establishment of the Northwest Territory.
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Washington
Northwest Territory
Factions push for vote as Roosevelt court plan faces delay
Senate leaders negotiate a compromise on the Roosevelt court bill amid filibuster threats. President Roosevelt has not signaled acceptance and talks focus on adding two justices or capping new appointments to one per year. Critics urge the court to stay in session to decide public power financing cases.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Robinson
D-Ark
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Ind-Neb
Lindbergh Foresees Rocket Travel Speeds
Worcester Massachusetts June 5 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh predicted that commerce must look to the rocket for transport speeds of hundreds of miles an hour He spoke in a Clark University commencement letter to President Wallace W Atwood praising Robert H Goddards rocket experiments as a path to high altitude instruments and rapid travel He noted rockets offer the only science based way to send instruments above balloon altitudes.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wallace W. Atwood
Clark University
Clark
Robert H. Goddard
Lindbergh
England
Markets At A Glance Irregular Leaders Meet Profit Selling
New York stocks show irregular trading as leaders engage in profit selling. Bonds stay steady while junior rails perform well. Chicago wheat weak with heavy liquidation, corn declines on wheat pressure. Cattle and hog markets are nominally steady overall.
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G. W. Savage
John Owens
Lee Pressman
CIO
John Caren
Mallon
UN Lerner
Lafe Hawkins
Ratl
Youngstown Mills
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Republic Steel Corporation
U. S
Panama Canal
Brotherhood OF Ford
Duke
Bride
Eerie
MOB Wrecks Club
Toledo
Mrs. Glass
Bob-Tails
Man
Ation
Harrison
Dmiss
New York
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