Extension of coal contracts granted by commission
The National Bituminous Coal Commission eased its 30 day contract rule and allowed year long contracts where needed to meet long term competition or government sales. Rules take effect with price reestablishment. the commission will move to the Interior Department when the reorganized government order takes effect on July 1.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Coal Commission
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Dayton Stamps Reach 1289 Relief Clients In Test
Dayton relief program expands as 1289 recipients gain free food stamps for surplus commodities. Grocers and federal observers deem the Monday rollout of the new distribution experiment successful amid some confusion. The 1289 stamp holders total 4511 individuals in families, with 8000 registered and another 6000 eligible locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
WUP
Dayton Relief
Thomas Holt Dies at Straitsville
Thomas Holt a 72 year old coal miner died Monday at his sister Mrs Davis home in New Straitsville. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at the Davis home. He had lived in the area all his life never married and leaves four sisters Mrs Mills Athens Mrs Waltie Chauncey Mrs Vernon and Mrs Davis New Straitsville.
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New Straitsville
Thomas Holt
William Davis
Davis
Holt
Charles Mills
Athens
Richard Waltie
Chauncey
James Vernon
Court Rules Child Labor Amendment Still Alive
The Supreme Court ruled that the proposed child labor amendment remains subject to state ratification despite the long lapse since its 1924 proposal by Congress.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Congress
Miner Dies After Bootleg Mine Rescue in Shamokin
Leonard Reidinger aged 21 died in Shamokin Hospital eight hours after being rescued from a bootleg coal mine near Trevorton. He was injured during the collapse and transported to the hospital for treatment.
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Shamokin
U.P
Leonard Reidinger
Shamokin Hospital
Trevorton
Bill Raises Maximum Township Officers Pay
Governor Bricker signed a bill increasing township trustees pay to 525 and clerks to 600 annually, tied to township budget size. Previously the maximums were 250.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Novice flier's Mars trip ends in Atlantic rescue
Cheston L Eshelman of Carlisle Pennsylvania, 21, with eight hours solo time, took off from Camden New Jersey for a Mars destination. After refueling he flew blind all night and bail out landed on Georges Banks near the Boston trawler Villanova. He was rescued by fishermen and remains in Boston area.
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Boston
WUP
Pennsylvania
Mars
North Atlantic
United Press
Villanova
Cheston L.eshelman
Carlisle
Eshelman
Central
Camden
N. J
Pitcairn
Philadelphia
United States
Charles Backman
Sweden
Thomas Smith
Clarksburg
W. Va
Georges Banks
Radiomarine Corporation
Chatham
Triton
Radiomarine
Edward Waltz
Ardmore
Glenn L. Martin Manufacturing Company
Frost Killed Corn 80 Years Ago Monday
GLOUSTER staff special recalls a frost on June 5, 1859 that killed corn and other crops in Athens County. W. D. Christman, then a farmer and later Civil War veteran, noted the ground frost after corn stood two feet high. The following year he joined the Union Army, serving four years under Grant and Sherman.
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Christman
Grant
Sherman
House Debates Social Security Law Changes
The House opens debate on proposed Social Security law changes after defeating Dr. Townsend plan. The Ways and Means committee amendments raise state contributions from 15 to 20 dollars monthly, enabling a maximum 40 dollars monthly pension with federal matching. Senator Downey planned to push Townsend or a similar amendment in the Senate.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Francis E. Townsend
Senate
Townsend
Sheridan Downey
Calif
WPA Workers Strike Ends After Transfer Decision
In Zanesville Ohio a one day strike of 300 WPA workers protesting the transfer of Superintendent Andrew Stanford from Muskingum to Hocking County ended today. The workers gathered at the courthouse, spoke to a striker, then marched to WPA headquarters and conferred with L. C. Gibson and district officials. Gibson announced the transfer had been made and that the WPA reserves the right to transfer supervisors to optimal points.
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Zanesville
U.P
WPA
Andrew Stanford
Muskingum
Hocking County
L. C. Gibson
Gibson
Cow Ties Self to Tree and Dies in South Carolina
S. C. farmer H. R. Morris found his missing cow named Bossy beside a tree after a week. The animal's tail had become tangled around the trunk, leaving her chained to the tree and dying of starvation and thirst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingtree
S. C
H. R. Morris
New Pension Law Favours Undertakers in Ohio
Columbus reports T. J. Johnson of the Ohio Society of Old Age Pensioners condemns a new pension bill as benefiting undertakers. The act raises state funeral allowances from 100 to 140 dollars for pensioners who die without estates, without increasing monthly pension payments. He hopes federal grants may force a state pension rise, while the measure preserves liens on deeded property and allows recovery of deeded property for pensioners upon application.
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Columbus
U.P
T. J. Johnson
I Ohio Society of Old Age Pensioners
Bricker
Johnson
Congress
Con
Ohio
House
Senate
Bill Provides Stiff Penalty For Agitators
The Senate received a House approved amendment to a measure increasing spy penalties and adding a fine up to 5000 dollars or up to five years imprisonment for those who wilfully advocate overthrow of the government by force or violence. Rep. John W. McCormack sponsored the amendment. the House passed the overall measure 353 to 17. The Senate Judiciary Committee will study it, possibly delaying floor action this session.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
John W. McCormack
Mass
House
McCormack
Mine Visited By Monarchs
King George and Queen Elizabeth rode a royal pilot train across Ontario visiting Sudbury mines. They donned miners gear, descended to 2,800 feet, rode electric mine cars, inspected cross-cuts, and shared cheers with workers before crossing the U S border at Niagara Falls for a four day visit.
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ROYAL
Ontario
U.P
King George
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Niagara Falls
Sudbury Junction
Bricker Paying Own Way to World’s Fair
Governor Bricker said he would pay his own fare and that of Mrs. Bricker for their trip to the New York World’s Fair next week. He noted any aides on the trip would also pay their own way. He might attend the San Francisco World’s Fair later in the summer and would pay his fare there as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Hitler Warns Britain Against Attacking Germany
Fuehrer Adolf Hitler warned Britain and other encirclers that they will be sharply repulsed if they attack the Reich. Hitler and Field Marshal Hermann Goering reviewed a parade of 12,000 German soldiers and aviators who fought for Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
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Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Germany
Reich
Hitler
Herman Goering
Francisco Franco
Winship Resigns Puerto Rico Governor Post
The White House announced that President Roosevelt accepted Blanton Winship's resignation as Puerto Rico governor effective June 5. Admiral William D. Leahy will assume the office on September 1.
Australian war veteran arraigned over shot near Duchess of Kent car
Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor, 45, described as an Australian war veteran with Communist leanings, was arraigned in Westminster Police Court after firing a sawed-off shotgun near the Duchess of Kent's Belgrave Square auto. Police guarded royal homes. an empty cartridge was found at the station.
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London
Ledwedge
Vincent Lawlor
Westminster
Duchess of Kent
Belgrave Square
Scotland Yard
England
Tice
Lawlor
Here Lies Adolf Hittler in Bucharest Jewish Cemetery
A historic tomb inscription notes the body of Adolf Hittler lies under a Bucharest Jewish cemetery stone. The non Fuehrer namesake was Austrian and Jewish, having died in 1892.
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Adolf Hittler
Bucharest
Romania
Fuehrer
Hittler
Lewis Urges Bill Adoption and Expanded Penalties
President John L. Lewis of the CIO urged Congress to approve the oppressive labor practices bill and broaden its scope to increase penalties against violators. He told a Senate labor subcommittee the bill is supported by American labor and would outlaw labor spies professional strikebreakers and company armed guards at plant property and prohibit traffic in products of a violation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations Today
Congress
Lewis
Senate Labor
CIO
Ohio Congressman Would Honor Moseley
Rep James Seccombe proposed awarding a Congressional Medal of Honor to Maj Gen George Van Horn Moseley for testifying before the Dies Committee that the President had sold the country down the river. House opposition came from Majority Leader Sam Rayburn who called Seccombes remarks irresponsible.
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Washington
U.P
James Seccombe
R. O
House
George van Horn Moseley
Dies Committee
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Seccombe
General Moseley
Mail Carriers Picnic Planned in Vinton Sunday
Rural mail carriers of the Tenth Congressional District will hold their annual June meeting and picnic dinner at Vinton on Sunday June 11. The meeting will be in the Vinton Town Hall located one half square north of State Routes 160 and 325.
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Vinton
Tenth Congressional District
Vinton Town Hall
Cuba withdraws offer to land St Louis refugees in Cuba
In Havana the government said more than 900 Jewish refugees aboard the German liner St Louis may not land in Cuban territory. The decision followed a noon conference with President Bru and relief committees, reversing a prior temporary landing offer on the Isle of Pines.
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Havana
St. Louis
Laredo Bru
Isle of Pines
Lawrence Berenson
National Coordinating Committee
Presidential Palace
Pendergast Heart Attack Strikes Ex-City Boss in Prison
Thomas J. Pendergast former Kansas City political boss convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 15 months in prison suffered a heart attack at the Leavenworth federal penitentiary hospital. Prison officials granted family special visit permission due to the seriousness of his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kans
U.P
Thomas J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Federal Penitentiary Hospital
Governor brushes aside Seccombe pension idea
Governor Bricker rejected Congress man James Seccombe of Canton urging the Legislature to amend old age pension laws to match federal increases. A special session would be needed, but the Legislature is adjourned. The House backed a bill to boost state contributions if federal funds rise, while the Senate struck the provision.
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Columbus
Bricker
James Seccombe
Canton
House
Ways and Means
Seccombe
Congress
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate
Socialists to Hold Mass Meeting in Jersey City
Norman Thomas announced a mass meeting in Jersey City to press Mayor Hague on obeying a Supreme Court ruling upholding free assemblage. The gathering, with ACLU and Workers Defense League participants, will assess Hague s ability to enforce the law.
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Norman Thomas
Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Supreme Court
Thomas
Hague
American Civil Liberties Union
The
Workers Defense League
Squalus Rescue Work Lauded by Commandant
Washington report credits Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole for saving more than 26 lives aboard the submarine Squalus after it sank 240 feet in the Atlantic. Cole directed the rescue and salvage operations from the Portsmouth Navy Yard two weeks earlier.
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Washington
Washington Prepares for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Washington lines streets with British and American flags as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Thursday and Friday. Decorations fill Pennsylvania Avenue, shops sell flag bunting, and invites to embassy events challenge organizers due to high demand and limited seating.
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Washington
U.P
George VI
Elizabeth
Great Britain
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ickes Fires First Round In Magazine
Washington reports a Look Magazine piece by Harold L. Ickes launching a draft Roosevelt movement and opposing a third term. Senator Rush Holt plans a Senate resolution. others named include Garner Hull Farley Wallace Dewey Taft Vandenberg Lodge. Public mood shows resistance to a third term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas R. Corcoran
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Senate
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Look Magazine
John N. Garner
Ickes
Garner
Holt
United Press Today
New Deal
Cabinet Circle
San Francisco Fair
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kansas
Colorado
Seattle
Alaska
Cordell Hull
James A. Farley
Henry A. Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
George Washington
Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
IRA Leader Sean Russell Held in Detroit Arrival
Sean Russell, alleged head of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, was arrested on arrival in Detroit by FBI agents just hours before a royal visit to Windsor Ontario. He was taken to federal detention quarters and held incommunicado after stepping off a train at Michigan Central Station.
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Detroit
U.P
Sean Russell
George
Queen Elizabeth
Windsor
Ont
Detroit River
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Russell
Michigan Central Station
Will Rogers Memorial Unveiled in Washington Capitol
Oklahoma visitors attended the unveiling in Statuary Hall of the Capitol for a statue honoring Will Rogers. The ceremony featured Gov. Leon C. Phillips presenting the statue financed by the Oklahoma Legislature. Attending were Rogers widow, his son Will Rogers Jr., sister Mrs. Sally McSpadden, and niece Mrs. Paula Lowe.
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Washington
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Statuary Hall
Capitol
S Jr
Sally McSpadden
Paula Lowe
Leon C. Phillips
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