Gov Davey Pushes Settlement In Nation's Steel Strike
Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey moves toward settlement as the steel strike broadens with 73 000 idle workers. He meets with Steel Corp and Youngstown Sheet and Tube executives while Van A Bittner and S W O C challenge firms to take issues to President Roosevelt. John L Lewis and union leaders plan a strategy conference in Youngstown as strikes widen across six or more states.
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van Bittner
Associated Press
Youngstown
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Militant
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Roosevelt
The
Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Wees
van A. Bittner
5. W. O. C. Tepee
Hammond
Ind
Republic Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Company
United States
Steel
Orever
Committee For Industrial Organization
Philip Murray
Tom L. Girdler
Republic c Os
Republic
8. C. Etsinger
Sheet and Tube
Davey
Murray
John L. Lewis
John Mayo
Homer Martin
United Automobile
Tom Girdler
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor
Sec
Fox Quits as Mercer Centennial Director
Charles Donald Fox has resigned from directing the Mercer County Centennial preliminaries. A successor is under consideration by the Centennial committee. Fox has publicity experience and has been here about a month while the August 12 13 and 14 centennial events are planned with time for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Donald Fox
Mercer County
Fox
Cumberland University awards canine justice degree to Rascal
Lebanon Tennessee June 2. President E L Stockton of Cumberland University conferred the degree of doctor of canine juries prudence on Rascal the law school's bulldog mascot at a campus ceremony before the law degree presentations in the university auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon, Tenn
E. L. Stockton
Cumberland University
Rascal
Law School
Bluefield Ranked Fourth in Health Rating in 1936 Contest
Bluefield W Va placed fourth in Group VI among cities with under 20 000 population in the 1936 City Health Conservation contest. Officials praise the health department and note credit items misspent by the report while urging staff additions to raise future standings.
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Bluefield
United States Chamber of Commerce
American Public Health Association
David B. Lepper
W. Va
Health Department
United
Bees Sting Horse To Death At Nebo
A stand of bees attacked and fatally stung a horse at Nebro Smythe county Virginia after a horse toppled bee hives. The animal owned by Mark Catron, valued at 250 dollars, died despite the horse’s attempts to flee. A. Peery of Bluefield Virginia reported the incident after returning from the area. The bees reportedly chilled now vicious and forced the Catron family to seek shelter inside their home.
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Nebro
Smythe County
A. Peery
Bluefield
Mark Catron
Catron
Final Chance to Register Today for City Board Primary
Voters urged to register as municipal primary nears with city board set to meet at 2 PM at city hall. Officials note confusion over district voting as residents mistakenly assume they vote only in their district. Citizens may vote for five directors, one from each district, in both primary and general elections.
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Pri
Cty Board of Directors
City Hall
Production Enterprises Top Contributor to West Virginia Sales Tax
Charleston June 2 Tax Commissioner Ernest K James reported Production Enterprises again led Longross sales tax collections with 66640645 dollars. Utilities paid 52519158 dollars. Other May receipts included Manufacturing 27043214 Retail 12799426 Wholesale 4219003 Contractors 2531576 Banking 83267 Amusements 300047 and Service 5116271.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Ernest K. James
Hypnotism Tested On Ohio Payroll Robbery Convicts
Three Ohio penitentiary inmates were hypnotized for a parole board hearing on a store payroll robbery. Richard Evans and John Cardin denied involvement while Saul Pormen claimed participation. officials doubted the results and one attorney plans to seek a new trial. The 1936 heist involved $3,947. Ackerman, once jailed with the pair, reportedly urged clearing them.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Richard Evans
John Cardin
Parole Board
Saul Pormen
James C. Woodward
Glenn C. Hoffman
Stanley Schwartz
Evans
Cardin
Ackerman
City
Nazis Move Submarines Toward Spain Amid Crisis
Berlin reports four German submarines heading to join the fleet off Spain as Adolf Hitler and top Nazi leaders hold a two hour closed meeting. Britain and France push a danger-proof naval patrol while Italy and Germany withdraw from the international non intervention committee.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
der Puehrer
Reich
International Non-Intervention Committee
Iberian Peninsula
Almeria
Rman
France
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
Britain
Anthony Eden
Mussolini
Reichschancellor
Adolph Hitler
Bevin
Rome
I. Ao
Werner von Blomberg
Heavy Storm Hits Bluefield Area Causing Wide Damage
A powerful afternoon storm damaged gardens and disrupted utilities in the Bluefield region. The Bluefield Telephone and Appalachian Electric Power companies reported damages as heavy rainfall and hail affected the Virginia side. Flooded cellars and blocked streets followed as surface waters swept debris through main routes. Telephone service was restored by nightfall after interruptions.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Telephone Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Virginia
Britain and Italy seek safety zone and assurances for ships
Britain and Italy urged a safety zone around Spain and asked for assurances ships would not be molested. Rome Berlin sought guarantees from Spain and proposed neutrality if needed.
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Range
Britain
Spain
Eden seeks international navy to safeguard neutral shipping
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told dominion delegates at the imperial conference of plans for a coordinated international navy to protect ships patrolling the Spanish coast. He hopes Germany and Italy rejoin the non intervention committee and supports a safety zone for refueling and rest though negotiators question patrols' power. Eden favors insurance against incidents rather than collective reprisals and pressed the plan in six rounds of talks with diplomats and dominion leaders.
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London
Anthony Eden
Dominion
Eden
Germany
Italy
International Navy
Italy Confirms Readiness to Rejoin Non Intervention Pact
Rome reports Italy agrees to rejoin the European non intervention committee if guaranteed its fleet will not be harassed. The note comes as Italian navy remains near the eastern Spanish coast to block communist contraband.
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Rome
Italy
European Non-Intervention Committee
Saat Soceralien
Earhart completes 750 mile leg to Venezuela stop
Amelia Earhart finishes the second leg of her world flight landing at Caripito Venezuela at 10 18 a m EST after four hours from San Juan Puerto Rico. She plans to press on toward Paramaribo but waits for tomorrow due to night flight concerns and jungle airfield location.
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Miami
Fla
Amelia Earhart
South America
South Atlantic
Natal
Brazil
Africa
Pan American Airways
Aviatrix
Caripito
Venezuela
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Ford subpoenaed in beating probe
Edsel Ford, president and son of Henry Ford, was sought by a one man grand jury in a probe of the beating of 18 union sympathizers at the Ford Rouge plant. Process servers could not locate him or Harry H. Bennett as the attorneys seek to move the investigation from Judge Ralph W. Liddy. The United Auto Workers have filed complaints with the Labor Relations Board in Boston and Detroit alleging coercion by Ford.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Common Pleas
Ralph W. Liddy
Dearborn
Rouge
Duncan C. McCrea
Wayne County
Liddy
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Company
United Automobile Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Hoston
Mass
Bishops denounce parson’s wedding for Duke Windsor
London authorities of the Church of England disapproved of Rev. R. Anderson Jardine who, without consent, offered to marry the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield. After talks with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Jardine defended his action claiming to follow his conscience.
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London
Church of England
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Edward
Epsom Downs
Treasury to Boost Cash via New Government Borrowing
The Treasury plans a June 15 financing led by Secretary Morgenthau to ease dwindling cash. Expected offerings range from 300 million to over 500 million, with some estimates as high as 750 million. For the first 11 months, revenues reached 4.426 billion, 22 percent above last year, while expenditures rose 4.6 percent to 6.803 billion, leaving a 2.377 billion deficit, down 568 million from the prior year.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Board
Rent strike gains solid backing says union chairman
Pontiac Michigan June 2 a United Automobile Workers committee directing the nation s first rent strike claims its ranks hold firm. Chairman Charles Barker says landlords visited the union headquarters today and some offered rent reductions including one proposal cutting a 40 dollar monthly rate to 25 dollars.
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Pontiac
Mich
United Automobile Workers Committee
Charles Barker
Strawberry Festival Queen to Be Crowned by Gov Holt
Buckhannon West Virginia June 2 Governor Holt will crown Phyllis Curry of Lost Creek as Queen Phyllis II at the second annual Strawberry Festival opening tomorrow. The event features a 1100 voice 4-H concert, a large strawberry exhibit, field day events, a horse show, and a grand parade with a night pageant.
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Gov. Holt
Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia
Holt
Phyllis Curry
Lost Creek
Phyllis II
Ashur
Barbour
Harrison
Lewis
West Virginia Wesleyan College
College Gymnasium
Buckhannon Stockyard
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Royal lovers wed in Monts ancient chateau ceremony
An Anglican priest known as the Poor Man's Parson will wed Edward the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Warfield in a civil service at Monts France. The ceremony will be followed by a religious rite with Rev. Jardine officiating without church approval.
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Liverpool
Jardine
Edward
Queen Mary
Mrs. Warfield
Mr. Jardine
Chateau
Charles Bedaux
New York
Penone
Duke
Prince of Wales
Edward Dudley Metcalffe
Charles Mercier
Monts
France
Mercier
Paris
Guardian named for prison born triplets
Attorney General Cummings becomes legal guardian of triplets born to an Oklahoma woman serving time at Alderson Federal Institution for Women in West Virginia. The births occur under prison ward laws governing guardianship.
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Washington
Cummings
Federal Institution For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Oklahoma
Reforma
Metas Bis Wards
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Militant Steel Workers Union
U. S
Republic Steel Corp
Warren
Mercer Centennial
Lepper
Nebo
A. H. Kanter
Hitler
FLEET
Hermann von Fischer
Admiral Scheer
Leipzig
Isle of
Mallorca
Naval Office
Nevile Henderson
Europe
Amelia
Wally
Mrs. Wallis Warfield
Parson
Canterbury
Union Says
Robert B. Parker, JR
Monk
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