Madden Charged With Secret Talks in Weirton Case
Pittsburgh attorney Earl F Reed accused Chairman J Warren Madden of the national labor relations board of secretly conferring with CIO officials on the Weirton Steel unfair labor practices case. Madden called Reed a demagogue as Armstrong appealed to the board after being expelled from a Steubenville hearing. The board said a ruling would come within a few days.
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Washington
Earl F. Reed
Pittsburgh
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations
Weirton Steel
Madden
Reed
Labor Board
Edward G. Smith
Weirton
Steubenville
Examiner Smith
Clyde A. Armstrong
Armstrong
Jos
Velez Files Third Divorce Suit Against Weissmuller
Lupe Velez former Mexican film star files another divorce petition against Johnny Weissmuller known as Tarzan. She accuses him of jealousy and morose behavior over recent years, noting his objections to her visiting her beauty parlor and constant questions about her whereabouts.
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Lupe Velez
Tarzan
Los Angeles
Mexico
Johnny Weissmuller
Miss Velez
Weissmuller
Corrigan Tired of Hero Fame After Atlantic Flight
Dublin reports U S aviator Douglas G Corrigan grows weary of the Corrigan hero image. While in Dublin he receives congratulations and speculation about future plans including new planes and movie deals. He says he hopes the public stops Corrigan madness when he returns to America and hints he may not fly again soon.
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America
Corrigan
Dublin
Douglas G
Anyoougy
Rivell
Nover
New York
Northern West Virginia Coal Group Elects Dorrance President
Fairmont West Virginia July 20 Charles Dorrance, in charge of operations for Consolidation Coal, was named president of the newly organized Northern West Virginia Coal association. Officers include William Findley as vice president and Truman E Johnson as secretary treasurer. The meeting urged greater coal utilization, research funding, and industry cooperation amid shrinking markets.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Charles Dorrance
Te Consolidation Coal Company
Northern West Virginia Coal Association
Northern West Virginia
Coal Association
William Findley
Simpson Creek
Truman E. Johnson
Hutchinson Coal Company
Jesse V. Sullivan
Northern
West Virginia
West Virginia Coal Association
John B. Battle
National Coal Association
Sullivan
National Bituminous Coal Commission
State University
West Virginia University
British Seaplane launches experimental Atlantic hop
The seaplane Mercury and the flying boat Main began their Atlantic crossing from Foynes Ireland heading toward America in clear weather. Pilot Donald C T Bennett reported favorable conditions as they soared 580 miles off Botwood Newfoundland. Radio operator Albert Coster planned to stay in contact with ships at sea and both crews.
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Montreal
Mercury
Botwood
Newfoundland
Foynes
Ireland
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
America
Shannon
Donald C. T. Bennett
Wilcockson
Eott
Albert Coster
Bennett
Atlantic
Insurgent Drive in Spain Delayed by Fierce Resistance
Fighting raged along the Ragudo pass and Begis front as Italian units under Franco shifted toward Begis near Viver. Government lines claim 4,500 insurgent troops captured in four days and 40,000 Italians fighting on the Teruel road front. Madrid reports Italian nonintervention evasion and a captured captain says Italian forces and aviation are concentrated in the Mediterranean zone.
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Hendaye
France
Ragudo Pass
Teruel
Viver
Segorbe
Sagunto
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Begis
Barcelona
Meterranean
Lagten
Union Opposes Pay Gut in Railroad Wage Clash
Chicago July 20 AP H A Enochs chairman of the carriers joint conference committee told 1 000 representatives of 18 railroad labor unions they were slowly killing the goose which lays the golden eggs He urged unions to back managements demand for a 15 percent wage cut for about 900 000 class one carriers workers Climate of antagonism toward employers was cited and management said no alternative exists to the cut After talks with labor groups A F Whitney president of the trainmen Brotherhood of 140 000 members declined to comment
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Chicago
H. A. Enochs
Carriers’ Joint Conference Committee
Enochs
Labor Executives’ Association
A. F. Whitney
The
Trainmen's Brotherhood of 140,000 Association
Gov Earle Cracks Up and Loses Flying License
Harrisburg reports Gov George Earle was grounded for two weeks after a crash in fog near Philadelphia. His aeronautics chief revoked the license following the accident. Earle also had a mishap upon landing near a college campus, causing bruises.
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Earle
Harrisburg
George H. le
Camille Thinet
Gorcey
State Curonautics Bureau
Philaoe
Barely Misses A Clean Sweep
Butler No. 2 reports Jack Miller a high school teacher won four dollars in a baseball pool last week. He spent one on an automobile at a fireman's fair and another on a ton of coal. He won the car but took four winnings.
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Butler
Jack Miller
Man Transitioned From Visitor To Patient In Hospital Crash
Hireshaw began as a hospital visitor and ended up a patient after a cab crash en route. He sustained head cuts and shock, then shared a bed at the hospital with his wife who was already admitted.
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Pital
Hireshaw
Morgan Charges TVA Gag Attempt At Hearing
Former TVA chairman Dr. Arthur E. Morgan testified before a congressional panel that officials tried to gag him and withhold evidence in the TVA suit brought by 18 power companies. He said the evidence would have harmed engineers and was never submitted. Morgan denounced the conduct as ruthless disruption of a people’s trust, while lawmakers clashed over the committee’s handling and directives.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chata
Congressional
Morgan
TVA
Ibggar
Harcourt Morgan
Cloudburst Strikes Spencer and Tarriff Linden Areas
A cloudburst flooded Spencer and Tariff Linden, driving six families from homes and collapsing several structures. Oliver Elmore's Tariff store fell, with losses around 5000 dollars. The Duck Run church, schoolhouse, two Roane county towns, and a line of stores suffered flood damage as residents struggled to save belongings. Nearby Buckhannon recorded 2.48 inches of rain in three hours, washing out Baltimore and Ohio tracks between here and Weston.
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Spencer
W. Va
Henry
Tariff Linden
TPR
Lephonic
Itals
Oliver Elmore
Tariff
Duck Run
Buckhannon
H. A. Darnall
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Weston
Philippi
Lee Tracy and Helen Wyse Wed in Yuma
Lee Tracy actor and Helen Wyse Thom as were married in Yuma Arizona after a hurried trip from Los Angeles. The ceremony used an airplane and automobile to travel, and Tracy signed the actor’s name as William Lee Tracy. Wyse gave her age as 26.
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Lee Tracy
Helen Wyse
Yuma
Yuma, Ariz
Helen Thomas
Ange
Los Aeeles
Mene
Brawley
Calif
William Lee Tracy
Major Movie Firms Charged in Sherman Antitrust Case
The federal government charged 33 film companies and 132 executives with controlling 65 percent of U S movie entertainment in violation of the Sherman act. Defendants include Paramount Loews Warner Brothers Fox Columbia Universal United Artists with figures such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin named. The suit seeks injunctions and targets pooling of resources production distribution and theater access.
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U. S
New York
America
Thurman Arnold
United States Attorney General
Henry W. Goddard
Poenas
Wallstreet
Motion Picture Company
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Loew's Inc
Irving Trust Company of
Prey
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation
Warner Brothers Piccures, Inc
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Columbia Picture Corporation
Universal Corporation
United Artists Corporation
United Artists
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Charles Chaplin
Jih M. Schenck
Darryl F. Zanuck
Samuel Goldwyn
Robber shot during warehouse escape eludes police
Police hunt an unidentified Negro who escaped after being shot while leaping from the Peerless Wholesale Grocery warehouse on Walnut Street. Everett Massey, an employee, chased him as he climbed to the third floor, cut elevator shaft wiring, and fled after entering the wave room. Blood traces and pliers were found near the shaft. officers checked hospitals but found no suspect.
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Peerless
Walnut Street
Everett Massey
Teh
National Biscuit Company
Peerless Company
Massey
Sale House
Appalachian linesman killed in WPA quarry blast
Eldridge F. Roberston a 40 year old Williamson head linesman for Appalachian Electric Power was killed when a rock fragment struck him during a blast at a WPA rock quarry in Kermit West Virginia Special investigator Conley Ryan of the Mingo County Prosecutor Lafe Chafin said Williamson WV July 20
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Williamson
W. Va
Eldridge F. Roberston
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Kermit
Conley Ryan
Mingo
Lafe Chafin
Mingo County
Militia seals off town after Maytag riot in Newton
In Newton Iowa 12 residents under guard controlled the town after a 20 minute street riot at the Maytag Washing Machine plant. Police and guardsmen cleared the area after 500 participants fought over back to work and scab accusations. Several injured with bruises and a skull concussion reported.
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CIO
Fight Fellows
Newton
Iowa
National Guard
Maytag
C.I.0
Secend
Major Tams Sees NBCC as Coal Industry Hope
Major W. P. Tams of Tams, West Virginia, foresees twelve more months of losses for the coal industry. He argues only operation under the bituminous coal commission can halt the downward trend, a process he says will take at least a year. Tams heads Gulf Smokeless Coal Co and leads District Seven Producers board.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
W. P. Tams
Tams
West Virginia
Virginia
District Seven Producers Board
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
King and French Leaders Push for British Pact Over Czechoslovakia
Paris reports say King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in France discussed keeping peace by British commitment to defend Czechoslovakia against Nazi aggression. Daladier and Bonnet urged Halifax to back intervention, while British aides hinted France may rely on its own defense if Britain stays noncommittal.
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Paris
George
Elizabeth
France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Stephen Osusky
Reicheteenne
Rmanes
Britain
Daladier
Forel
Georges Bonnet
Quai D’osay
Foreign Office
Halifax
Hitler
Quake Scatters Wreckage Across Wide Greece Area
An Athens quake reportedly killed about 20 people and injured 100 as wreckage spread across ancient Greece. Twenty miles north of Athens fissures swallowed houses while Athens itself escaped major damage. Torrential rain hampered rescue work and disrupted rail links to Thessalonike. Red Cross tents were washed away in some areas.
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Athens
Greece
Red Cross
Thessalonike
Euboea
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Oyster
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Opcorennes and
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Iyi
Chamberlain
Advertising Club
N. J
Beran
United States Maritime Commission
Cosegan
Sui
Upotate
Upstate
Franco
Ragundo Pass
Robber
Waterman
Appalachian
Alexander Papana
Royal Air Force
Bucharest
New Haven
Norwalk
Conn
Papana
NBCC
PARTG
London
ish-Germa
Runes
Fritz Wiedes
U S. Weather Bureau
Denver
Columbus
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