Guardsmen Disperse CIO Pickets At Warren Ohio
Warren Ohio June 23 National guardsmen dispersed a crowd of CIO steel strikers with fixed bayonets amid fears of a general sympathy strike in Trumbull county. CIO leaders claimed thousands would join, while Packard Electric and Warren Tool officials said operations would continue. A photographer's camera was smashed as the crowd retreated. Authorities hoped for a peaceful solution with federal mediation continuing.
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National
CIO
Mill Valley
Trumbull County
Packard Electric
Warren Tool Companies
Republic Steel Plant
National Guard
Mahoning Valley
Martin L. Davey
Chicago Times
John McKeown
Cleveland
Frank Parnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Roosevelt
Washington
Frances Perkins
Steel
John L. Lewis
Generalissimo
Ohio
Charles P. Taft
Republic
Bethlehem
Inland Steel
White House
National Labor Relations Board
Mark Lauter
Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt In 1940 Creates Political Stir
Washington June 23 1940 a Pennsylvania governor George H Earle declared for Franklin D Roosevelt in 1940 triggering a political stir in the capitol He cited the third term precedent and country welfare while some lawmakers challenged his stance and others cited Washington on term limits Senator Burke warned the precedent would not be broken and noted Roosevelt had indicated retirement after his current term
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Washington
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Capitol
Earle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Democratic
Sen. Burke
D-Neb
Supreme Court
George Washington
PESSIMIST Exhorts Hope Over Fearful Fate
A speaker rejects doom and urges a bold risk rather than surrender to a woman’s car mishap. The sentiment contrasts caution with a chance encounter as a preferable path.
Capture Three Escaped Cons Near Huntsville Texas
Three of 19 Eastham prison escapees were tracked to the edge of Huntsville by hounds and captured while walking toward Houston. The trio are Laurence Williams Alvin Stockton and Tom Corbett. Others were nabbed earlier near Groveton leaving 14 still at large.
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Huntsville
Tex
Eastham
Weldon
Houston
Groveton
Laurence Williams
Alvin Stockton
Tom Corbett
Collingsworth
Stockton
Corbett
Winn
Eastham Farm
Jack Forham
George Scott
Boy Fuciti Struck, Die at Faith Near Pine Bluff
Willie Cameron 17 year old from Anna Texas died after being struck by a Cotton Belt freight train at Faith near Pine Bluff Arkansas. He had been an escapee from the Arkansas boys industrial school and reportedly lay asleep on the track before the engine could stop. Cameron, son of Homer and wife, was at the school since March after arrest in connection with handling a stolen automobile.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Willie Cameron
Anna
Texas
Arkansas Boys Industrial School
Faith
Rufus Buie
Bison
Cameron
Homer Cameron
Nashville
Six Charged With Interfering With Mail Trucks
Attorney General Cummings disclosed that he ordered the arrest of six pickets for allegedly interfering with United States mail trucks at Republic Steel plants in Youngstown and Warren Ohio. Warrants were issued for three defendants in Youngstown and three in Warren.
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Washington
Cummings
United States
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Warren
Ohio
Emerick B. Freed
Cleveland
Paris Faces Drain on Gold Stabilization Fund
In Paris on June 23 officials reported virtual exhaustion of France’s 10 billion franc gold stabilization fund amid the financial crisis. Prof Bist and Paul Baudouin resigned from the fund’s management citing powerless directors and looming calls on the Bank of France. They blamed former finance minister Vincent Auriol’s plan to raise 5 billion francs via taxes as insufficient to reverse capital outflow.
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Paris
France
Camille Chautemps
Bank of France
Bist
Paul Baudouin
Rist
Baudouin
Vincent Auriol
Lee Arraigned On Burglary Charge Here
Marshall Lee, questioned by officers from Holdenville Shawnee Seminole and others over robberies, was arraigned in Ada on second degree burglary for stealing a wrist watch from Mrs. L. M. Mullins. Bond set at 3000. He asked for 24 hours to plead, witnesses Bernice Price and Edith Lawrence will testify. Lee was arrested by Oklahoma City and Holdenville police a week ago Tuesday night.
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Marshall Lee
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Lee
Ada
Holdenville
Shawnee
Seminole
Bernice Price
Edith Lawrence
Stonewall
Oklahoma City
Ear
Hoodhouse drill results fuel optimism at Fitts pool area
Reports from oil fields show Hoodhouse No. 1 in 20-26 area with 4,832 feet reached and shows in Cromwell and Hunton ages, plus other wildcats in Viola lime and nearby pools. Delaney No. 1 Richardson, Sylvan shows near Ada and Max well projects test of Viola lime with several gas and oil indicators.
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Booth
Fitts
Cromwell
Hunton
Viola
Ada
Maxwell
Richborn
Norman & Fleming
Steedman
Delaney
Richardson
Moore
Schaurer
Moore No
Statler
Muse
Continental No
Brown
Jessepool
Crosbie
Burris
Russian fliers plan visit to Washington via Roosevelt reception
Russia's transpolar airmen arrived in San Francisco and were welcomed by Mayor Angelo Rossi with a red flag ceremony and a 19 gun salute. They planned to depart for Washington, D. C. to meet President Roosevelt, with luncheons and receptions lined up. The squad had crossed Moscow to Vancouver and Seattle flights before landing in California.
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San Francisco
Russia
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco Presidio
Senator Norris Seeks Naval Hospital Care
Senator Norris of Indiana and Nebraska went to a naval hospital for treatment of a severe gastro intestinal upset that forced him to leave a Senate committee meeting. His condition was not serious.
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Washington
Norris
Naval Hospital
Senate
Pontotoc County Seeks July Increase in Oil Allowables
Growing demand for motor fuels pushes higher crude quotas with Pontotoc County in position to gain. National demand is estimated at 52,300,000 barrels, up 12 percent from July last year. Oklahoma’s daily quota would rise to 629,700 barrels for July from 625,300 in June. Purchasers and producers urge the state commission to set July allowables at the bureau’s recommended figure, with a tabulation showing May pipeline runs, June allowable, and July recommended allowable for Pontotoc County.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Bureau of Mines
State Corporation Commission
Bureau
Sanity Board Plans Review of Leland Lakes
Oklahoma City June 23 state lunacy board announced it would meet at McAlester penitentiary July 6 to examine the sanity of Leland J. Lakes condemned to die for killing Arthur Heenan an Oklahoma City oil man Relatives of Heenan said they would not protest Governor Marland's 30 day reprieve granted Lakes yesterday.
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Oklahoma City
State
McAlester Penitentiary
Leland J. Lakes
Arthur Heenan
Heenan
Marland
Lakes
Divorce Petition Filed by Maulsey Lewis Against Houston Lewis
Maulsey Lewis filed for divorce in district court on Wednesday alleging abandonment by Houston Lewis. The petition names Houston as the respondent and requests legal dissolution of the marriage.
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Maulsey Lewis
Houston Lewis
Marriage License Issued to Dawson and Douglas
A marriage license was issued Wednesday from the court clerk's office to Jack Dawson aged 41 and Louise Douglas, both residents of Oklahoma City.
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Jack Dawson
Louise Douglas
Oklahoma City
German Anger as Warship Halts British Vessel Near Spain
London reports an Italian warship halted and tried to search a British ship in Spanish territorial waters off the Mediterranean coast as Germany and Italy withdraw from the four power Spanish neutrality patrol. The move follows Berlin and Rome's decision to pull ships from the patrol designed to isolate the Spanish civil war.
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London
Mediterranean
Spain
Germany
Italy
Neutrality Board
Barcelona
Lobregat River
Heat Reaches 100 Degrees on Ada's Summer Day
Ada records its first 100 degree day of the year on Tuesday after 99 degrees Monday. The Ada Greenhouse thermometer topped the century mark as night lows stayed in the low 80s with little wind. Residents anticipate more outdoors living as cooler air fails to arrive.
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Ada
Oklahoma heat nears season high for third straight day
The Associated Press reports thermometers in Oklahoma surged early today with many towns recording 100 to 105 degrees. Federal observer Harry Wahlgren predicted the high would exceed the year’s record this afternoon, with only slight relief expected tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Harry Wahlgren
Federal Weather Observer
Hollis
Hugo
Alva
Woodward
Vinita
Lawton
Ponca City
Pauls Valley
Durant
Frederick
Anadarko
Waynoka
Hobart
Tulsa
Mexican Railroads Under Government Control Decree
President Lazaro Cardenas issued a decree expropriating the National Railways of Mexico, already a stock company with government majority and foreign minority ownership. The move marks another step toward state socialism in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
National Railways of Mexico, Incorporated
Oil Driller Michael O Blue Dies in Wichita Heart Disease
Michael O Blue aged 47 a veteran oil driller in the Midcontinent field died in Wichita from heart disease He came here from Tulsa eight years ago leaving a career in the oil industry and prompting tributes from colleagues in the field.
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Wichita
Kan
Michael O. Blue
Tulsa
Trio Sought For Night Hold Up Near Oklahoma City
Walter W. Hutchins operator of Medicine Park near Lawton was found unconscious near the Silver Dollar night club after a robbery he said involved two men and a blonde woman and a 17 year old girl who led police to the scene. Hutchins said the group abducted him after meeting at a beer garden party and took $150 and two diamonds.
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Oklahoma City
Walter W. Hutchins
Medicine Park
Lawton
Hutchins
Joe
Shorty
Silver Dollar Club
Wallace Bond Named Prison Industries Superintendent
Wallace Bond of McAlester was appointed deputy internal revenue collector and named superintendent of industries at the McAlester penitentiary. The appointment takes effect July 1 and Bond will earn 300 dollars a month. He succeeds Jack Hitch, who left to head the Oklahoma highway motor patrol.
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Oklahoma City
Wallace Bond
McAlester
Internal Revenue Collector
Oklahoma
McAlester Penitentiary
L. M. Nichols
State Board of Offirs
Bond
Nichols
Jack Hitch
Oklahoma Highway Motor Patrol
Excavation Starts for New County Fair Buildings
Excavation began Wednesday on two new fair buildings at the county fair site on highway 48 north of Ada. Contractor S. L. Van Curen, known for early Pontotoc county fair structures, said the hog and sheep barn and cattle barn would be located in the northwest fair site area and hoped to be done in 40 days. Bid totals were 5948.95, the low of six bids submitted to the county commissioners.
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Highway 48
Ada
S. L. van Curen
van Curen
Board of County Commissioners
Indians to Share in Relief Funds under Senate Amendment
Senator Elmer Thomas said his amendment to the $1.5 billion relief bill allows the president to use relief funds for Indians as needed. It would let Indians receive regular relief not just through Indian headquarters and could enable the creation of Indian CCC camps or similar agencies. The measure requires House approval to become law.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Thomas
House
Senate approves large war bill with civilian funding
The Senate passed a 663 million war department appropriation bill and sent it to the House. It designates 416.5 million for military needs and 246.8 million for civilian tasks such as flood control and river and harbor improvements. The body rejected a measure to exempt conscientious objectors from military training in colleges and high schools. Senator Borah denounced fascist and Nazi influence, accusing leaders of teaching disloyalty and noting alleged night drills among youths north of the Mason-Dixon line.
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Washington
Senate
War Department
House
Frazier
Borah
A-ida
United States
Mason-Dixon Line
Idahoan
Parker and son convicted in Lindbergh-era abduction case
Ellis H Parker and his 26 year old son Ellis Jr were found guilty by a federal court jury of conspiracy to abduct Paul H Wendel to force a confession under the Lindbergh law. The senior Parker, 65, led Burlington county detectives and faced a leniency recommendation.
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Newark
N. J
Ellis H. Parker
Paul H. Wendel
Parker
Burlington County
Ellis Jr
Wendel
Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Joe Louis Signs New Contract With Jacobs
New York promoter Mike Jacobs announced a five year exclusive contract for Joe Louis. Louis, who defeated James J Braddock by knockout in the eighth round, will also have a three year deal with Braddock guaranteeing further bouts.
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Chicago
Mike Jacobs
New York
Toay
Joe Louis
Brown Bomber
James J. Braddock
Jacobs
Braddock
Snedden Jr Marries Misa Borroum in Cedarville Nuptials
George Snedden Jr of Tulsa, an oil family member, wed Misa Elizabeth Borroum of Cedarville Kansas in a simple Cedarville ceremony this morning. The couple planned a Mexico honeymoon after the ceremony.
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Tulsa
George Snedden Jr
Misa Elizabeth Borroum
Cedarville
Kan
J. L. Borroum
Mexico
Britain Faces Gap as Germany and Italy Withdraw From Spanish Patrol
Great Britain shoulders non intervention duty as Germany and Italy pull out of cooperation for a second time. German and Italian ships leave eastern Spain unguarded, amid a 27 nation ban on foreign arms and fighters to the Spanish government. Eden reports the recall to the House of Commons as Rome and Berlin cite a peaceful outcome and avoid further aggression in the Spanish Civil War.
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London
Great Britain
Spain
Germany
Italy
Britain
France
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Dino Grandi
Leipzig
Geremany
European Non-Intervention Committee
Rome
Mediterranean
Commons
Konstantin von Neurath
von Neurath
Berlin
Ross Miller Wins First Match In Tennis Meet
Ada tennis star Ross Miller won his first round match in the Oklahoma state open in Oklahoma City, defeating Drew Putty 6-2 6-2 to advance in the tournament underway Wednesday night.
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Ross Miller
Ada
Oklahoma City
Miller
Drew Putty
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