Five Die in Chicago Steel Strike Riots Sparks Conspiracy Charges
Chicago police say seven suspects held after violent clashes outside Republic Steel face conspiracy charges in a deadly strike riot. Henry Horner seeks a peaceful end as labor leaders and officials probe blame amid a march memorializing fallen workers. Coroner to hold an inquest as investigations widen.
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Thomas Kilroy
Republic Steel Corporation
Kilroy
Henry Horner
South Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Republic
John Prendergast
Uniformed Police
U. S
Michael Igoe
Warren Canaday
Frank Walsh
van A. Bittner
Committee For Industrial Organization
West Virginia towns vote today in local elections
From Keyser to Wayne and beyond voters in over sixty towns cast ballots for local officials. Many races feature two party contenders with some municipalities choosing among three or more parties. Cedar Grove in Kanawha county stands out with Independent New Deal and Progressive tickets.
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Associated Press
Keyser
Wayne
Northfork
Nutter Fort
West Virginia
Cedar Grove
Kanawha County
New Deal
Buckhannon
Yetteville
Les Middlebourne
Morgantown
Ripley
Moundsville
Princeton
Button
Pavis
Tucker County
Seventy Finish for 10 Urge War at Local College
A large Ram sey auditorium crowd attended Bluefield college commencement as seventy graduates received diplomas. Dr Solon B Cousins of Richmond delivered both the baccalaureate sermon and the commencement address as medals were awarded to top students in English and history and other honors announced by Dean C W Owen.
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Ramsey Auditorium
Solon B. Cousins
Richmond
Virginia Baptist Son
Ad Baptist Church
Ben S&s. Johnson
First Christian Church
Henry Fortune
Dean C. W. Owen
John W. Woodward
Bluefield Co
Vermont
Virginia Lee Parey
Ellen White French
John Chapman
D.A.R
Enter Foster
Bluefield
Ben §. Johnson
Culpepper
E. A. Leonard
E. A. Leonard, Jr
Emma Sue Phelps
J. W. Plague
Don Jewelers
Jay Irvin
Joyce
W. Wooday
Oo Acholade
Thetau Tau Beta Frarot Alpha Lamda Iota
Sigma Tau Alpha
Gma Eta
Delta Beta Kappa
Retein
Oe ’ Literary Society
Oi Money Society
Lucile Saunders
Society
Med
G. T. Thornhill
Board of Trustees
Bates Likely To Fill Bluefield Va Council Vacancy
Persons close to the Virginia Side political scene said Luther W. Bates would fill the East ward council vacancy created by the death of Mayor W. H. Speed. Speed had about one year remaining in his term. R. L. Longworth is the council’s senior member.
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W. H. Speed
Luther W. Bates
Bluefield
Speed
R. L. Longworth
Cloudburst Floods La Junta Colorado
The worst cloudburst in La Junta history inundated the city’s district, flooding streets with three to four feet of water. Residents waded through water as two incidents left cars submerged and nearby buildings affected.
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Colo
Ness
Memorial Day Weekend Toll Tops 300 Across Nation
The Associated Press reports over Memorial Day weekend more than 300 deaths, mostly automo bile accidents. Pennsylvania and New York tied at 24 fatalities, Texas and Michigan each with 23, Illinois 22, Ohio 21, and other states log varying losses, including five deaths from shootings in Arkansas.
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Michigan
Associated Press
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New York
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Maine
Ohio
New Jersey
Wisconsin
California
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Connecticut
Missouri
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ioa
New Hampshire
Sensational rise to wealth marked by ex Princetonian Roy Tuggle
Roy Tuggle purchased the Gibson house on the Princeton-Bluefield road with twelve acres. He plans to travel to San Francisco and Manila with family travel to Oregon later. Tuggle controls seven mills in the Philippines and a pearl fishery and drug store. He began with $2,000, then a major gold strike propelled him to ownership of six mines and control of another.
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R. L. Gibson
Princeton-Bluefield Road
Princeton
Mr. Tuggle
J. K. Tuggle
Gibsons
Tuggles
Oregon
World of the Orient
Orient
Manila
Phillipines
Spain Faces War Tension as Axis Withdraws
News digest notes Germany and Italy leaving the non intervention committee after bombings of Almeria and Palma Barletta. Spain protests to the League of Nations over Almeria raid. Britain seeks a middle path. Vatican cancels birthday broadcast. Spanish forces seize Laranja while Basque defense holds San Pedro hill. Washington mulls U.S. neutrality stance as senators urge action.
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Pius XI
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Madrid
San Pedro Hill
Bilbao
Washington
United States
Germany
Italy
Borah
Ridaho
McKeller
D-Tenn
Germans Approve Safety Zones Amid Spain Crisis
Paris May 31 Germany approved a Franco British plan to establish naval safety zones around Spain to quickly resolve the crisis over the Deutschland bombing and German reprisals at Almeria. French Foreign Minister Delbos told German ambassador von Welczek that Europe must not abandon the non intervention committee.
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Germany
Spain
Italy
Almeria
Yvon Delbos
Johannes von Welczeck
Europe
Deutschland
Delbos
Luis Araquistain
Ambasador
Germany vows retaliation after Almeria attack on Deutschland
Berlin reports German warships avenged the bombardment of the Nazi battleship Deutschland by attacking Almeria in southern Spain. Twenty four or twenty nine deaths are listed, with Hitler withdrawing from international naval patrols and Germany promising to act against threats to its vessels.
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LaFollette
P-Wis
Hull
Almeria
de la Casa
Fernando of
de Los Rios
de Los Ros
United States
de Las Sasa
Almerias
Borah
R-Ida
McKellar
D-Tenn
Germany
Ibiza
Balearic Islands
Berlin
Mediterranean
Reich
Italy
Associated Press
London
Alt
Deutschland
Tbira
Bank reports slightApril decline but overall above last year
The Fifth Federal Reserve bank’s April May review notes a small drop in general business conditions, with trade and industry staying well above last year. Easter shifted March activity, April saw some recession, and employment held about steady with sectoral shifts in construction and agriculture.
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Richmond
Fifth
Federal Reserve Bank
Charleston
W. Va
Huntington
Eratinia
Germany Italy quit neutrality open conflict feared
Germany and Italy abandon neutrality as open hostilities loom after bombardment of Almeria and the Deutschland assault. Britain and France seek restraint while Spain faces possible war actions amid the non intervention committee crisis.
Trans Atlantic hops to start June 24 from Newfoundland
Imperial and Pan American Airways announce trans Atlantic flights to begin June 24 using Newfoundland as the stepping point. Imperial plans from England and Pan American from New York, with Bermuda service tests recently conducted. A temporary landing field at Botwood was considered for the initial stages.
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Imperial
Pan American Airways
Iclalas
England
Pan-American
New York
Pan American
United States
Bermuda
Wood
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Botwood
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