Fistfight in Senate Panel Over Black Nomination
In a heated judiciary committee clash Sen Dieterich and Burke nearly fought as the panel approved Justice Black's nomination 13 to 4 without public hearings. Opponents shift to floor battle arguing ineligibility and questioning legal standards for the Supreme Court seat.
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Sen. Burke
Committee
Judiciary Group
Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dieterich
Burke
Black
Besmirch
Ku Klux
Congress
Justice Vanter
Berea Student Charged in Go Eds Death
George E. Wells a Berea senior of 20 was charged with murdering Opal Sturgell 18 on the Berea campus after she was shot to death while walking with William Anderson a Berea academy student. Anderson identified Wells as the shooter and authorities reported Wells fled after the incident.
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Berea
George E. Wells
Opal Sturgell
Marion Louis Sturgell
Lawrence County
William Anderson
Berea Academy
Earl T. Hays
Anderson
Wells
London
Wee Hays
Gell
Insurgents Advance Toward Santander in Spanish Civil War
Franco’s insurgent northern forces break government lines near Reinosa and move on Santander, aiming to seal the Basque provinces and dominate ports like Bilbao while air and artillery bombardments hammer Bilbao’s defenses. Clashes reported in Granada and Toledo as German Italian troops support government foes.
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Hendaye
Prontier
Reinosa
Santander
Francisco Franco
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Bilbao
Trun
San Sebastian
Franco
France
Granada
Toledo
Defense
Ndvices
Comaronns
Post Office Building Funds Listed in Appropriations Bill
The House appropriations committee outlined a slate of new public building projects including several West Virginia post offices. Specific allocations include Mullens at 75000 dollars and adjacent towns such as Cameron Chester Folrowsbee Kenova Kingwood Newell Ines Ronceverte Salem White Sulphur Springs with amounts from 75000 to 90000 dollars.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury and Stoffice Department
Keeler Undergoes Operation in Hollywood
Ruby Keeler wife of Benny Sames underwent an operation in Hollywood after falling ill several days ago.
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Keeler
Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
Movies
Benny Same
Signals From Lost Plane Spark Arctic Search
Russian fliers join the hunt for Sigismund Levaneffsky and five others reported missing after an attempted 4 000 mile polar flight. Jimmy Mattern speeds from Oakland to Fairbanks to aid the search amid unclear radio signals and harsh weather.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
Jimmy Mattern
Mattern
Oakland
Calif
A. Vartanian
Seattle
Moscow
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Polar
North Pole
Sigismund
Fair
Indicted in Kentucky Slaying Case Charges Pair in Watterson Death
Polly Runyon Shanofsky and Harvey Hardin face murder indictments over the 1913 death of James A. Watterson at a Wolf Creek lumber camp. Shanofsky posted a 10000 bond. trial timing unsettled as witnesses remain unavailable.
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Inez
Polly Runyon Shanofsky
James A. Watterson
Harvey Hardin
Watterson
J. F. Bailey
Hardin
Commonwealth
J. L. Harringen
Shunofsky
John Hardin
T. J. Hardin
Shanofsky
Woman Indicted in Poison Deaths and Forged Will
Cincinnati prosecutors say Ann Hahn, described as calm before, has been indicted for poisoning two elderly Germans, Jacob Wagner and Ferdinand Gsellman, with a forged will naming Hahn as beneficiary. Grand jury also reviews deaths of other seniors linked to Hahn as investigators pursue possible mass murder case.
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Cincinnati
Ann Hahn
Grand Jury
Lieut
George Schuttle
Frank M. Gusweiler
Dudley Miller
Wagner
Gsellman
George Obendoerfer
Albert Palmer
Seattle
Sie
Ahn
O. P. Behrer
Obendoerfer
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hahn
Oscar
Palmer
Schuttle
Julia Kresckay
Hungary
Kresckay
Pare. Kresckay
Tax Bill Heads List as Congress Nears End
Congress races to finish work before adjournment as the House passes a tax loophole closing bill amid opposition to farm tenancy aid and wage hour measures. Debate centers on revenue gains, housing aid, and a potential Senate push for similar actions.
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AO Congress
House
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Dust Bowl
House Rules Committee
House Democrats
War in China Looms as Japan Mobilizes for Invasion
James A. Mills reports from aboard the President McKinley that Japan is preparing for a large war in China with 100,000 troops planned, while ordinary Japanese feel burdened by taxes and the cost of living. The nation displays wartime fervor at stations and ports, yet public enthusiasm is muted and mobilization formalities remain incomplete.
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James A. Mills
Associated Press
Shanghai
Tanen
China
McKinley
Kobe
Japan
Toyko
East Hi
Tungchow
East
Shanghai Evacuations Amid Ongoing Battle
Tokyo orders the Nan king embassy closed and Japanese consuls in China withdrawn. Foreign Minister Hirota directs the charge d affaires to close embassy buildings and depart with staff. Ambassador Kawagoe remains in Shanghai as all Japanese residents are told to withdraw from Canton.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nanking
China
Koki Hirota
Shinrokuro Hidaka
Shanghai
Shigue Kawagoe
Canton
Kwangtung
Holding Firms Merger Blocked by State Judge
A state judge blocked the proposed merger of key holding companies in the Van Sweringen railway system. Judge Samuell Dennis ruled the plan is unfair to one class of stockholders and barred voting on the merger. The plan would unite the Chesapeake and Alleghany corporations and was set for a vote tomorrow after a July proposal and a Tri Continental injunction bid.
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Baltimore
van Sweringen
Samuell. Dennis
Chesapeake Ation
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Alleghany Corporation
Tri-Continental Corpora
Silk Strikers Return to Work As Agreements Reach Shops
In Paterson New Jersey 2000 striking silk weavers are ordered to return to 35 signed shops after talks between the Silk Workers and manufacturers led by Sid Hillman. In the Passaic valley 58 000 workers face 28000 still without contracts as eight day strike continues. A bomb damaged Holmes Silk Mill in Williamsport Pennsylvania while operations continued.
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Williamsport
Holmes
Weirton Charged Heard By N L A B
A Weirton Steel worker testified before the National Labor Relations Board that he was discharged after employees endorsed their representative system at a January 1936 election. Witnesses described intimidation and demotion as the hearing examined the company’s alleged opposition to union organization pressures.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
National Labor Relations Board
Weirton Steel Company
Matt Santalla
Weirton Steel
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Wilmington
Del
Santalla
Suntalla
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Walter
Transfer Strike In Charleston Continues With No Settlement
Charleston West Virginia August 16 households unpacked tonight while striking transfer and storage workers remain out. Federal mediator L J Smith met with individual employers but State Federation of Labor head President Easton said no settlement is near and offered no forecast for an end to the walkout affecting Nelson Transfer and Storage and other key workers.
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Charleston
W. Va
L. J. Smith
John B. Easton
State Federation of Labor
Abbot
Nelson
Onls Transfand
Nelson Transfer and Storage Company
Refugee Vessels Fight Through Fire On Shanghai River
More than 1,000 American and British refugees set out in frail tenders on the Whangpoo river bound for liners offshore. Japanese warships delivered a furious barrage as planes approached, with refugees crouching as shells and anti aircraft fire filled the air.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Jefferson
Soochow
Peres
Soochow Creek
United States
Unions Appeal New Jersey Court Ruling on Closed Shop
In Trenton on Aug 16 a chancery court ruling outlawing closed shop contracts was criticized as unconstitutional. Meyer M. Semel, attorney for Newark International Ticket employees, filed 21 reasons for reversal to the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals. Labor leaders warned the ruling could strike a fatal blow to unionism. The court granted a temporary restraining order against picketing, with Vice Chancellor Leon Berry deeming the closed shop illegal and the strike's aim as primarily to secure it.
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Trenton
N. J
Chancery Court
Court of Errors and Appeals
Meyer M. Semel
Internatioal Ticket Company
Newark
Ainst
Leon Berry
Semel
New Jersey
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