Garner's Silent Retreat From Roosevelt Courtroom
Washington dispatch notes Vice President Garner has withdrawn as Roosevelt's legislative linchpin amid disagreements over sitdown strikes and budget policy. He stood as the conservative balance against left wing advisers, honoring pay as you go and law whilepling to the administration’s social reforms.
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Garner
Lfe
Coolidge
Hoover
Treasury
Mellon
Mills
New Order
Roosevelt
Chicago
Mr. R
Wallace
Ickes
Hopkins
Cohen
Corcoran
Miss Perkins
Washington
Extension of nuisance tax recommended by Senate Finance
The Senate Finance committee urged a one year extension of nuisance taxes set to expire June 30 1938. Gasoline electric power chewing gum account for most revenue as lawmakers plan a top to bottom tax revision by next November. The measure would keep postage three cents and extend duties on commodities raising about 290 million and 450 million respectively.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
LaFollette
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Treasury
Federal Treasury
ECONOMIZING? Congress mulls over economy program
The article notes confusion around the economy program and mentions Mr. R favoring cuts on pork and approving spending for worthwhile items. After the April 20 message on economy, legislative leaders were arranging things.
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Mr. R
Convicted Girl Slayer Appeals Virginia Case
Edith Maxwell, twice convicted of killing her father Trigg Maxwell in a 1935 Wise County case, gains right to argue before the State Appellate Court via writ of error for her second 20 year sentence. She was re jailed in Wise after one bond underwriter sought relief.
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Wise
Veteran General Cronkhite Dies In St Petersburg
Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, 76, U S Army retired, died in a St. Petersburg hospital after a week long illness. The World War I veteran earned high honors for his service in France and a notable military career.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Adelbert Cronkhite
U. S. Army
Cronkhite
France
Bilbao Defenders Hold As Insurgent Breakthroughs Continue
In the Basque city of Bilbao, Franco's forces pressed Begona and Galdacano with tanks, artillery, and air support. The defenders pulled back to rear lines but maintained a stubborn stand amid a refugee surge and crowded hospitals. evacuees sprawl the Vizcaya region.
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Bilbao
Begona
Galdacano
Francisco Franco
Vizcardi
Budget Axe Falls in Ohio Senate Budget Fight
An Ohio Senate bloc plans to trim about 4 million dollars from a 90 million dollar appropriation bill as Governor Davey calls a special session to consider biennial funding. The group backs a substitute claiming roughly 10 million in savings, but the proposal passed the Senate and was vetoed by the House.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Martin L. Davey
Edward N. Waldvogel
Hamilton
Waldvogel
Davey
Senate
House
Mass faintings strike 70 workers at Lille sugar refinery
Seventy girl workers collapsed in two mass faintings at a Lille sugar refinery in France. Thirty fainted in the morning and forty more in the afternoon, disrupting plant work. Most victims were 17 or younger and considered frail, though none were seriously hurt.
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Lille
France
Hoffman Questions White House Boss In House Debate
Representative Hoffman of Michigan challenged executive authority asking who issues orders today and who is in charge at the White House. Britain also defaulted on its wartime debt by notifying Hull that 85.7 million dollars due today would not be paid.
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Washington
Hoffman
R-Mich
House
Roosevelt
White House
John L. Lewis
Great Britain
United States
Ronald Lindsay
Hull
Two Pairs Pants Loot From Land Fisherman
Atlanta on June 15 a dry land fisherman recovered two pairs of trousers and $19 before Mrs. Joe Handspike yelled at the sight of her husband’s pants leaving a chair to the window. Percy Davis later reported losses of his trousers and $12 to a thief who supposedly took them through an open window. Wall Watts said he was robbed of $7 but the pants were left on the window sill after pockets were emptied.
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Washington
Robinson
Senate
Arkansan
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Atlanta
Joe Handspike
Percy Davis
Wall Watts
Davey Uses Highway Workers For Budget Handbills
The Columbus Dispatch reports Governor Martin L. Davey marshaled hundreds of state employees to distribute handbills promoting his budget. He allegedly asked for the notices to reach every Ohio home, with highway department staff possibly aiding distribution.
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Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
State House
Highway Department
Seven Fishermen Feared Lost After Delaware Bay Sinking
A 35 foot cabin boat with ten aboard sank six miles off Bowers Beach Delaware Bay. Coast Guard Lewes station says three rescued and seven bodies recovered. seven others missing. The incident occurred late yesterday with extensive search underway.
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Bowers Beach
Del
Delaware Bay
Coast Guard
Lewes
Dayton Battles Disastrous Fire Across Lumber Yard
Dayton June 15 Firemen battled a major blaze destroying the Gondert and Lienesch Lumber Company yard and a foundry. Twelve residents fled a rooming house as twelve companies fought the flames protecting nearby gasoline. The Hoban Brass foundry and Buckeye Iron and Brass and a box plant suffered damage. five firemen were overcome at another plant, with losses unofficially about ten thousand dollars.
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Dayton
Gondert and Lienesch Lumber Company
Hoban Brass Company
Buckeye Iron and Brass Company
Johnson Airplane Supply Co
Few Veterans Stay At Ohio Grand Army Encampment
Auxiliaries of the Grand Army of the Republic held the state encampment in Columbus as Civil War veterans dwindled. Fewer than 40 of about 200 Ohio members registered at the start, with only 29 attending sessions and five at Memorial Hall for a greetings event.
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Columbus
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
Memorial Hall
Inmates Routed by Night Blaze at Hamilton County Home
A Cincinnati fire at the Hamilton County Home forced 81 aged inmates from a two story center wing of the main building. Four inmates were overcome by smoke and two firemen were injured as officials estimated losses at 50 000 dollars. Dr Charles A Neal superintendent noted about 700 men were housed there.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Charles A. Neal
Ohio
Meal
Strikes at a Glance Across Pennsylvania and Michigan
Across Pennsylvania and Michigan clashes, walkouts, and union actions disrupt steel and manufacturing, with governors ordering police control in Johnstown while C I O and A F L unions clash in Ambridge and Detroit frames new demands at General Motors.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Break in Socialite Kidnapping Case Sparks FBI Probe
Two garbage collectors testified to FBI agent Earl Connelley and Assistant DA Lindsay Henry that they were blocked from entering the Parsons Long Island home the day Mrs. Alice Mc Donell Parsons vanished. They recalled a Russian housekeeper keeping watch by a tied package while the couple’s car stood outside. A note demanding 25 000 dollars was found in the Parsons car and a renewed search of the 22 acre estate is under way as federal agents swell to about 50 seeking clues.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDonell Parsons
Parsons Long Island
Earl Connelley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lindsay Henry
Anna Kupryanova
Henry
Connelley
Trim White Farm
Mrs Champ Clark Dies After Long Illness in New Orleans
Mrs Champ Clark widow of the late Democratic speaker of the national House died at her daughter Mrs James M Thomson residence in New Orleans after a prolonged illness.
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New Orleans
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
James M. Thomson
Retail Federation Chief Accepts Cincinnati Post as Beauty Manager
Col. C. O. Sherrill president of the American Retail Federation accepted today an appointment as city manager of Cincinnati. He will oversee developments and coordinate with local businesses and officials in the new role announced in Washington.
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Washington
Col. C. O. Sherrill
American Retail Federation
Beity
Cincinna
Contingent of Citizens Arm for Offense in Steel War
The Republic Steel suit seeks urgent Post Office delivery to strike besieged plants at Warren and Niles. Violence erupts as citizens’ vigilantes form, pickets clash with striking workers, and dynamite cripples rail lines amid a broad Great Lakes steel conflict. Johnstown and Ambridge scenes show riots, injuries, and state police action as Governor Davey seeks peace.
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United Mine
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Tomix Girdler
Republic
Associated Press
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Earle
Ambridge
A. F
C. I
Columbus
Davey
Ohio
Monroe
Mich
Daniel Shields
Great Lakes
Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Washington, D. C
Entomo Biles
Bantoy
Martin L. Davey
Steel
A. F. of L
National Electric Products Company
Ashtabula-Niles
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warren
Markets At A Glance Rally Lifts Firms Steels Motors
New York stocks show firm gains in several sectors with rallies in steel and motor shares. Chicago wheat strengthens on crop scare. corn moves higher on wheat influence. cattle hold steady while hogs fall about 15 to 25 cents with some prices around 14.40.
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Washington
Lewis
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem
William Chapman Potter
Guaranty 7Rust Company
New York
Girdler
Corm
Potter
Central Press
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Tom L. Girdler
Court of the Order
Han
Texas
Paul Mai
MALLU
Wytheville, Va
IS Boss
Dow
Union
Grand Rapids, Mich
Pittsburgh
Federal
NEW City
Shields
American Legionnaires
Citizens Corps
U. S
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