Probers Refuge To Let Moseley Charges Stand
Major General George Van Horn Moseley, an opponent of international Jewry and communism, concluded a two day Dies Committee appearance with a prepared statement deemed anti Semitic and struck from the record. He feared assassination and refused to drink water offered, but read a long statement after hours of questioning. The committee ruled the entire statement would be eliminated.
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Washington
George van Horn Moseley
Dies Committee
Ameria
Healey
Moseley
Broken Pipe Dug Up In School Gas Blast
Investigators displayed a broken 114 main gas pipe as the best clue to a blast that wrecked a makeshift two story school building in Barberton Ohio injuring 57 people. Chief Claude Witwer said fumes entered the base. Two first graders were seriously hurt: Dorothy Young 6 and Francis Farmer 7.
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Barberton
Claude Witwer
Ormal
Dorothy Young
Francis Farmer
P. W. White
Manton Denies He Accepted Bribes As Federal Judge
New York June 1 Martin T Manton a federal judge denies he accepted bribes. He testifies with curt negatives and insists he acted only on conscientious judgment. The government paints co defendant Fallon as bribe intermediary while Lotach testifies for prosecutors in a widening corruption case.
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Manton
New York
Martin T. Manton
William J. Fallon
Brooklyn
John L. Lotech
Lotach
Kae
Aye
To Exhume More Bodies in Inquiry
Philadelphia on June 1 reports say investigators will exhume 26 more bodies among the 100 believed victims of the eastern murder case. Examination of four remains is underway as authorities plan further inquiries and consider capital punishment options.
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Philadelphia
Baltic States Hold Pact Fate
London reports say Finland Estonia and Latvia hold the key to British French and Russian talks on a mutual assistance pact. Molotov rejects a looser scheme and insists all of Europe’s eastern states be included. Russia now faces the next move.
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London
Ee Molotoff
Finland
Sapene
Spelline
Britain
Rumania
Poland
Moscow
Russia
League of Nations
Volcano quiets after sudden eruption near Alaskan settlement
June 1 report from Seattle notes Mount Veniaminof halted its violent flare hours after spewing ash and flame toward Perryville on the Alaskan peninsula. The Coast Guard cutter Morris stood by to evacuate residents as authorities confirmed the eruption subsided quickly.
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Seattle
Veniaminof
Coast Guard
Morris
Alaskan Peninsula
Perryville
G Vulcano
Roosevelt Host to Business Chiefs Signals on Policy
A high level meeting at the White House gathered business leaders and politicians to discuss potential Roosevelt era policy moves. The session produced no final details, with observers noting plans could involve a major recovery program and pension measures amid party dynamics and Townsend proposals.
Townsend Plan Beaten in House Vote
The Townsend old age pension bill failed in the House by 302 to 97. Dr Francis E Townsend appeared in the gallery as supporters argued for the measure in a roll call that split Democratic votes and drew opposition from Republicans.
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Ublicans
Townsend
Washington
House
Francis E. Townsend
Downtown Man Bags Dinner In Odd Street Tale
In Parkersburg West Virginia on June 1 Roscoe Black person bagged his dinner from a downtown street and carried it home in a heavily wired beer case. He described the meat as a possum sketched by the tail and said it caused no trouble.
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W. Va
Roscoe Negro
Yugoslavia Visit Under Nazi Prestige Signal
During a five day state visit in Berlin Prince Paul and Princess Olga were hosted at a lavish dinner marking Germanys aim to secure Yugoslav favor. Hitler greeted the Yugoslav regent at a railroad station as part of the display of position in southeastern Europe.
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Hitler
Yugoslavia
Prince Paul
Berlin
Nazi Germany
Olga
Europe
Lost Lad Found After Night On Bluefield Mountain
Four year old James Lawson wandered from home in Bluefield Virginia and spent the night on River Mountain. An all night search followed until David Brown from Lambe Compan y’s plant spotted the boy high on the Clear Fork road around 7 30 am. James, dazed and exposed, led Brown to his home where his mother awaited news of her baby.
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Walter Lawson
Brown Avenue
Bluefield
Clear Fork
River Mountain
James
Lary Lawson
David Brown
Stear Lambe
Brown
Salons
Otra Sue Ot Denasote
East River Mountain
Ridley
International City Managers’ Association
Chicago
Greater
Pinnacle Rocks
Chambers of Commerce
Virginias
Hudson Huffard
Gove
Ridley Urges City to Develop Recreation
Clarence E. Ridley former Bluefield city manager spoke to over 250 civic and business leaders at the West Virginia side annual meeting, urging the city to pursue recreation as the next growth step. He praised the city’s rehabilitation efforts since leaving in 1925.
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Clarence E. Ridley
Bluefield
Chamf Business Men's Club
Virginia
Ridley
Ray Evans
Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Stephens
Business Men's Association
Reece Anderson
Business Men's Club
Greater
J. McQuail
Harry Kammer
B. E. Tabor
A. J. Cole
Wyoming
Bobby Breen
Stodghill
Bill Cole
Erehmanail Eoeie Siasading
Jaanita
Intruder at Mingo Home Ends in Fatal Shooting
Leonard Poffenbarger faced an intruder, Thomas Logan Collins, who carried Poffenbarger’s 6-year-old son Harold. Poffenbarger fired three times after Collins grabbed the child. Collins died about 50 feet away. Poffenbarger surrendered and was jailed as witnesses testified at the Prosecutor’s office.
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Williamson
W. Va
Leonard Poffenbarger
Poffenbarger
Lafe Chafin
Chafin
Thomas “Logan” Collins
Delbarton
Elmer White
Collins
Harold Poffenbarger
Pofa
Poff
Tly
Shouthafin
Poddin Mega
Poffener
Thurman Farmer
Mingo County
Puritan
Thetis Submarine Position Remains Uncertain
London reports say the new British submarine Thetis with 79 aboard lies at about 130 feet under the sea near Mersey Lightship or 25 miles from Liverpool after its test dive. Admiralty cautions no confirmed location though marker buoy sightings by planes and ships were reported.
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Thetis
Britain
Trish Sea
Mersey Par
Liverpool
Great West Port
Merseyside
Davis
Cammel Laird, Ltd
Admiralty
Great Ormes A Menory
Vartecs Craft Ferne
One killed eight hurt in Ohio explosion
Bellevue Ohio June 1 a man was killed and at least eight injured in an explosion at the City Ice and Fuel plant. The dead man was Donald Ice an employee. News notes say two gas lines exploded at the ammonia plant.
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Oost
Donald Ice
Massig
The
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