Court reverses stay in holding company act suits
United States Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that had stayed suits challenging the Wheeler Rayburn Utility Holding Company Act. North American Company and American Water Works and Power Co must proceed to trial. The decision lifts the temporary injunction and dates for further action are noted as the court recesses for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Court of Appeals
North American Company
American Waterworks and Electric Company
District Supreme Court
Jennings Bailey
Electric Bond
Supreme Court of the United States
Homer S. Cummings
Justice Department
Electric Bond and Share Co
Harold M. Stephens
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bailey
Conditton
Guffey Bill Fails as Session Closes in 74th Congress
Washington. the 74th Congress closed after a week of budget and relief votes, with a filibuster led by Sen. Rush Holt defeating the Guffey contract substitute. Democrats faced the New Deal attack as Republicans prepared to press cursory reviews while many measures were carried over to the 75th Congress. The session, noted as the largest peacetime spending period, totaled about 20 billion in additional appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Congress
74Th Congress
Roosevelt
Rush Holt
W. Va
Guffey
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
British Open postponed at Hoylake by rain
Rain at Hoylake forced the British Open committee to cancel all play in the opening qualifying round of the championship in an almost unprecedented move.
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Hoylake
Eng
U.P
Selassie Invests In Italian Cheese Factory Report
A French newspaper claims Emperor Haile Selassie invested about 4 million dollars from his private fortune into an Italian cheese factory amid ongoing tensions with Mussolini. The piece hints at possible withdrawal difficulties and political leverage, urging caution and safekeeping of funds.
Grasshoppers Plague Midwest Crops Across States
Kansas City dispatch reports swarms of grasshoppers described as destructive as ancient locusts sweeping from Montana to Iowa and Illinois. Hot winds and record heat accelerate crop damage as farmers mobilize with poisoned bran mash nets and beaters to combat the pests. Billions of insects devastate fruit vegetables and grain and ruin harvest work.
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Kansas City
U.P
Egypt
Middle West
Montana
Midwest
Iowa
Illinois
O C Howard Dies in Fall Into Cistern
Oliver C. Howard aged 76 of Millfield was found dead Sunday at 11 in a cistern near a barn on his farm after missing since Saturday night. Believed to have slipped while drawing water, his sons Stanley and Wayne found the body. He leaves a wife, two sons at home, and several siblings. Funeral Tuesday at 3 pm from the residence, with Revs. Gilbert Courtney and Ray Greene officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver C. Howard
Millfield
Howard
Stanley
Wayne
Dover Township
A. L. Johnson
Athens
B. B. Johnson
Columbus
Lewis Howard
John Howard
Hooper Ridge
Eldon C. Howard
the Plains
Anna Johnson
T. M. Richards
Stockton
Calif
Frank Cone
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey Church of Christ
Ray Greene
Millfield M. E. Church
Dirigible Hindenburg Reaches Lakehurst After Crossing
The Hindenburg tied to the naval air station mooring mast at Lakehurst New Jersey at 5 28 a m EST following its third voyage from Germany. Official time 64 hours two minutes but actual crossing was shorter, arrival delayed for safety until daylight.
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Lakehurst
N. J
U.P
Naval Air Station
Germany
Frankfort
Elections Are Held in Legion's Model State
In Columbus almost 500 youths at the American Legion boy state at the Ohio State Fair grounds voted today. Two major party slates offered candidates for offices in the model state during a ten day training period teaching governmental operation to junior and senior high school youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
American Legion
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Knights of St John Open 41st Convention Opens in Columbus
In Columbus the Knights of St John and their auxiliary opened their 41st annual convention with a high mass attended by about 5 000. Rt Rev Edmund A Burkley celebrated the mass at St Mary's Church. The four day gathering began today and will run through the weekend.
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Columbus
O.R
Knights of St. John
Edmund A. Burkley
St. Mary’s Church
Ohio Highways Take Toll of 11 Dead This Weekend
United Press reports multiple accidents over the weekend caused at least 11 deaths in Ohio. Seven fatalities occurred in Columbus and Toledo due to highway crashes and river drownings.
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Ohio
United Press
Columbus
Toledo
Governor Welcomes Spanish War Veterans Encampment
Governor Davey welcomed delegates to the annual encampment of the Ohio department United Spanish War Veterans and auxiliaries in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
Ohio Department
De Valera Urges Britain to Acknowledge Ireland’s Right to Govern
Dublin reports Premier Eamon De Valera in a United Press exclusive urged Britain to recognize Ireland’s sovereign right to govern itself without interference. He argued that once acknowledged the past can be set aside and Ireland and Britain can pursue cooperation, including common defense, to achieve lasting peace, citing Norway and Sweden as examples. He insisted Ireland seeks peace and cooperation rather than rehashing past conflicts.
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England
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
United Press
Britain
Ireland
Dublin
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
de Valera
Relief Act Revamps West Virginia Welfare System
Charleston WV March 1936 Administrators move to revamp the states relief and welfare machinery under the public welfare act of 1936 set to take effect July 1. The act provides up to 30 a month for aged indigent and blind public charges and 12 monthly for the first dependent child with eight for each additional child. It also includes rehabilitation aid for physically handicapped adults and establishes county assistance councils plus state level advisories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Maine mother slays three children then herself
On Father's Day Irwin G. Jones walks with his older son and daughter while his wife Annie, 34, stays with the younger children. Annie wraps a cord around the twins and binds the others, then shoots the children and herself in an oat field. The mother’s failing health is cited as a motive by Medical Examiner W. S. Stinchfield.
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Madison
Irwin G. Jones
Annie
Robert
Edward
Norman
Jones
Shirley
W. 8
Stinchfield
Skowhegan
Third Party Chiefs To Meet in Washington
Third party forces plan a Washington conference with Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota their presidential hopeful. Dr. Francis E. Townsend and Rev. Gerald L. Smith tentatively endorsed Lemke. Elmer O'Hara of Michigan's Democratic Committee and Father Coughlin ally. Lemke met Coughlin in Great Barrington, Mass.
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New York
U.P
Washington
William Lemke
North Dakota
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Pension Movement
Gerald L. Smith
Share-Our-Wealth Forces
Lemke
Elmer O'Hara
Michigan State Democratic Committee
Charles Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Great Barrington
Mass
Topeka
Kan
Union Party
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
America
Federal Doles Open to All Jobless for Relief Work
Washington U P reports the New Deal expanded federal work relief to all unemployed. The Works Progress Administration previously restricted eligibility to those on direct relief before November 1. Congress ordered the change to reduce anti administration criticism over requiring a paupers oath.
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Washington
U.P
New Deal
Works Progress Administration
Congress
Strikers Try to Burn Trucks at Kent Plant
A close watch by Ohio National Guard observers followed an attempt to set two strike-breaker trucks at the Black and Decker Co. plant in Kent on a demonstration day. One truck, moved to Kent City Hall after the protest, was set afire and damaged before firefighters stopped the blaze.
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Kent—U.p
Black and Decker Co
Ohio National Guard
Kent City Hall
Major Platform Fight Emerges At Democratic Convention
At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia a fierce debate over the New Deal anti monopoly plank surfaced. Administration aides pushed for a stronger hold ing companies plank while eastern conservatives resisted specific language. Labor leader John L Lewis backed the platform's labor plans as Roosevelt aides pressed to define aims and possible constitutional routes on hours and wages.
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Philadelphia
Alfred E Smith
Washington
John BE. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
William F. Borah
Borah
Democratic Resolutions Committee
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Roosevelt
China on Verge of Another Civil War
China on verge of civil war as central government forces press toward the autonomous provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. Southwest council officials say forces led by Chen Chi Tang Li Tsung Jen and Pei Tshung Hsi will clash if Chiang Kai-shek's armies advance into their territories.
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Canton
China
U.P
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Southwest Council
Chen Chi-Tang
Li Tsung Jen
Pei Tshung-Hsi
Chiang Kak-Shek
Robbery Targeted Hawthorne Valley Club Guests
Four nervous bandits lined up 40 guests and employees at Hawthorne Valley Country Club near Solon Ohio Sunday night and robbed them of 200 dollars and jewelry.
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Cleveland
Hawthorne Valley Country Club
Solon
Democratic Convention Exhibit Displays Federal Works and Props
Philadelphia hosts a New Deal exposition inside Alphabetical Hall for visiting Democrats. Exhibits include Betsy Ross sewing flags, a WPA band, cooking demos, gingham dresses by relief workers, marionettes, a peristyle of government gadgets, a post office demonstration, WPA art by children, and a resettlement administration film, staged to show federal progress. Republicans rejected a similar display in Cleveland.
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Deal
WPA
Relief Administration
Department of Agriculture
Harry Hopkins
Federal Theater Project
New Deal
The
Federal Communications Commission
Resettlement Administration
Cleveland
Democratic split and convention moves across states
Alfred E Smith plans not to attend the Philadelphia Democratic convention while Bert Stand travels to take his seat. Francis Poulson questions Smith’s push to drop Roosevelt as Governor Lehman predicts a Roosevelt win in New York. Fourteen Democratic women urge platform planks and another group seeks a woman running mate for Roosevelt. Former Judge Mack prepares to nominate Roosevelt. Kansas Governor Landon welcomes the Union Party as Lemke’s candidacy draws reaction.
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New York
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Bert S. Stand
Tammany Hall
Smith
Fred BE. Smith
Francis Poulson
Ohio
al Smith
Poulson
Lehman
John Nance Garner
Democratic Woman's Committee
Fareley
American Liberty League
New Deal
Carter Glass
Virginia
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Royal S$. Copeland
Copeland
Franklin Dr. Roosevelt
Arabs and Jews clash as British quell Palestine unrest
In Jerusalem and North Palestine British authorities deployed aircraft, tanks, and armored cars to crush Arab demonstrations against Jewish immigration. Two British soldiers were killed and several wounded. Arab casualties were reported as heavy. Arab groups ambushed a Royal Fusiliers convoy near Nur el Shams before Seaforth Highlanders arrived to restore order.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Nur el-Shams
Palestine
Royal Fusiliers
Seaforth Highlanders
Vick Robinson Dies In Alexander Two
Vick Robinson aged 61 of Alexander Township died of paralysis this morning after a prior stroke. He was the eldest son of Leander and Nancy Robinson and leaves sons Earl, Paul, Artis, and Almont. daughters Mrs. C. W. Lynch, Mrs. John Smith, and Leona. brother Pearl. sister Vesta. Funeral at Downington M E Church Thursday June 25 at 1 p.m. burial at Wella Cemetery.
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Vick Robinson
Alexander Township
Robinson
Leander
Nancy Robinson
Earl Robinson
Newark
Paul Robinson
Hebron
Artis Robinson
Almont
C. W. Lynch
Albany
John Smith
Granville
Leona Robinson
Columbus
Pearl Robinson
Downington
Vesta Robinson
Downington M.E
Wella
Adams elected state commander at DAV convention
In Zanesville Uk closing session W K Adams of Portsmouth was chosen as state commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the convention finishing in Zanesville.
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Zanesville
W. K. Adams
Portsmouth
Disabled American Vetere
Convention Harmony Is Handed Jolt At Democratic Nominating Convention
At the Philadelphia convention Al Smith's allies clash with a Roosevelt wing as Farley opens the session with about 2,000 delegates present. The open letter urged a shift from Roosevelt toward a traditional Democratic platform while anti-Roosevelt sentiment forms among notable senators and Union leaders.
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Farley
National Committee
Roosevelt
Smith
New Deal
Ohio Wesleyan Dean of Women Resigns to Follow Husband
Mrs. Florence Whitney, dean of women at Ohio Wesleyan University for four years, announced her resignation to accompany her husband A. B. Whitney to Akron, where he will serve as a special agent for the state banking department.
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Oo. W. A
Delaware
U.P
Florence Whitney
Ohio Wesleyan University
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