Four Names Dominant in GOP Chairman Race
The Republican National Committee screens leaders as four names gain traction: Walter J. Kohler, Walter E. Edge, Henry P. Fletcher, and Walter S. Hallanan. A move to shift the party headquarters to Chicago also gains backing amid talks of drafting Hanford MacNider. The committee plans a closed session to select a chairman and issue resolutions opposing the New Deal.
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Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Republican Party
National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Walter E. Edge
France
Italy
Walter S. Hallanan
Dark Horse
West Virginia
Kohler
Hallanan
Washington
Hanford MacNider
Canada
MacNider
Edge
Fletcher
Confederate Veterans Rally Gathers Gray-Clad Veterans in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee hundreds of gray-clad Confederate veterans from across the nation gathered to rally their dwindling forces. Leaders from the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Confederate Southern Memorial association arrived as town festivities began ahead of the reunion opening Wednesday. EK A Hayes national commander of the American Legion is due to speak at the opening session. The South marked Jefferson Davis birthday with banks closed and some suspensions of official business, though ceremonies occurred the previous day.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sons of Confederate Veterans Organization
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
EK. A. Hayes
American Legion
South
Jefferson Davis
TVA Project Continues With New Federal Allocation
Washington reports continuation of the Tennessee Valley Authority planning and development under the deficiency appropriations bill. Congress approves over 800 million dollars to be shared with Roosevelt’s programs, earmarking 48 million for TVA to begin four new dams and expanded power facilities. The TVA previously received 56 million in its first year, funding Norris and Wheeler dam work and low cost production experiments.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee
Norris
Wheeler
Cuban Mob Slays Three Officials At Public Works Office
In Camaguey Cuba a mob of disgruntled former workers stormed the public works office and killed Serapio Recto chief of public works Luis Alvarez Pargas aqueduct manager and Serapio Quesada chief clerk The two wounded Odillo Olazabal and Jose Alvarez Rigas remain in serious condition as soldiers and police pursue unidentified assailants.
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Camaguey
Cuba
Public Works Department
Serapio Recto
Luis Alvarez Pargas
Serapio Quesada
Johnson Orders Coal Wage Slash Across Four States
President Johnson issued an order effective June 11 cutting coal wage rates in Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma. The basic minimums cut to inside skilled labor four dollars per day and outside skilled labor four dollars per day, with April levels for shaft drift and slope mines preserved. The order bans price undercutting into higher wage districts.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Western Kentucky
Kentucky
Pinchot Reports Steel Seizure Threat As Arming Sparks Alarm
Washington reports say Governor Pinchot warned that steel companies are arming and the situation is bad as the administration presses plans to avert a June 16 strike. Hugh S. Johnson and W A Irvin met, while President Roosevelt pushes Wagner labor disputes legislation to reinforce the labor board.
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Washington
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Hugh S. Johnson
W. A. Irvin
United States Steel
Roosevelt
White House
Johnson
NRA
Irvin
R. D. Desveraine
National Labor Board
Senate faces big battle over Wagner labor measure
A Senate showdown looms as the Wagner labor disputes bill meets fierce opposition from big business. Four additional bills are on the new administration list for action before adjournment, including the silver, housing, second deficiency, and tariff bargaining measures. The oil bill and amendments to the agricultural adjustment act may wait until the next session. The pace hinges on Senate action after a GOP filibuster blocked earlier progress.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
House
National Labor Board
Koppers Probes 21000 Acre Paint Creek Tract
Pittsburgh June 4 P Koppers general manager Thomas says a 21000 acre tract in Paint Creek region Kanawha county West Virginia is under study for mining timber and gas potentialities A 60 day option on the tract has been taken by Koppers Fuel and Transportation Co No decision on purchase is expected for nearly two months Five or six engineers and a staff of geologists are on site with a report due in about two weeks before further action.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas
Koppers Companies
Paint Creek
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Koppers Fuel and Transportation Company
Five Die in Collision Near Johnson City
Five persons killed and several injured in a head on crash on the Johnson City Bristol highway. The dead include Cornelius Musser and Mrs Frank Keller of Bellefonte Pennsylvania and Mrs Lizzie Liesher and Mrs Hunter Mann of Johnson City. Audrey Keller 22 and Katherine Keller 25 were among the injured. Katherine Keller gave details before losing consciousness. Doctors said the younger Keller sister would not survive. The two vehicles were demolished in the crash witnessed by Dr J Asher. The accident occurred as a Pennsylvania bound car collided with a Johnson City bound vehicle. Washington. June 4. President Roosevelt nominated eight West Virginia postmasters. The nominees are Jennings B Campbell Albright Clarence L Perkins Gassaway John W McNabb Paw Paw William C Bishop Scarbro John A Bursee West Liberty Wilson P Barlow Buckhannon John B Puryear Jr Holden and Bess M Gwinn Thurmond.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Bristol
Cornelius Musser
Frank Keller
Bellefonte
Lizzie Liesher
Hunter Mann
Audrey Keller
Katherine Keller
Frank Kelley
Washington
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Senate
Jennings B. Campbell
Albright
Clarence L. Perkins
Gassaway
John W. McNabb
Paw Paw
William C. Bishop
Scarbro
John A. Bursee
West Liberty
Wilson P. Barlow
Buckhannon
John B. Puryear Jr
Holden
Bess M. Gwinn
Thurmond
Two Dillinger Gang Aides Held on Bonds in Chicago
Two women labeled as Dillinger gang aides were arraigned in Chicago on harboring the fugitive. Each faced a 20,000 bond and pleaded not guilty. They were turned over to federal agents for questioning after John Dillinger’s arrest in a hotel raid led by Capt. John Stege. One identified as Bernice Clark, wife of Russell Clark, linked to a fatal Ohio jail break. the other, Patricia Cherrington, claimed as a sweetheart of Harry Pierpont. They await a removal hearing set for June 12.
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Chicago
Dillinger
John Dillinger
John Stege
United States
Edwin K. Walker
Bernice Clark
Russell Clark
Jens Sarber
Lima
Ohio
Capt
Stege
Harry Pierpont
Patricia Cherrington
Senate Approves Tariff Measure Limits on Trade Deals
The Senate approved the administration reciprocal tariff bill by 57 to 33, returning it to the House to avoid a conference. The measure empowers the president to make tariff bargaining with foreign powers without Senate approval, aiming to recoup lost foreign commerce. An attempted amendment to freeze excise taxes on imported oil, lumber, coal, and copper was rejected, leaving four commodities under possible tariff changes.
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Senate
House
Adams
Dill
Glass
Long
Overton
Capper
Couzens
LaFollette
Norbeck
Norris
United States
Harrison
Mississippi
Ashurst
Arizona
Dirk
Congress
Britain Delays War Debt Payment As Finnish Plans Cash Installment
Britain informs Washington it will defer payment on the 261 million dollar war debt due June 15 while Finland asserts it will pay in cash on June 15 for 166 thousand dollars. The note cites the Johnson Act and possible suspension of interim payments pending settlement revision.
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Great Britain
Washington
State Department
United States
L. Astrom
New York
William Phillips
Philip Mainwaring Broadmead
Sir Ronald Lindsay
United States Treasury
Governor Kump Attends West Virginia State College Commencement
In Charleston on June 4 Governor Kump served as the honor guest at the West Virginia State College commencement. The exercises completed with 79 graduates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
West Virginia State College
Institute
Clay County Jury Convicts Slayer
Clay W Va June 4 a Clay county circuit court jury convicted Orville Duffield of Groves Creek of second degree murder in the death of Frank Sears 40 of Clay The jury began deliberations last Saturday after three days of testimony A motion to set aside the verdict will be argued before Judge Jake Fishery next Friday Sears was shot to death on a highway near Bickmore March 0 The state said the shooting stemmed from a quarrel over Duffield s alleged friendship with Mrs Sears She was jointly indicted but not yet tried Duffield claimed he was at home the night of the slaying
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Clay
W. Va
Clay County
Orville Duffield
Groves Creek
Frank Sears
Jake Fishery
Sears
Bickmore
Duffield
Virginia Senator Files Bankruptcy Petition in Richmond
Four state Senator W. Worth Smith of Louisa filed a bankruptcy petition in the U S district court in Richmond listing liabilities of 102 952 15 and assets of 59 300. The petition notes real estate as assets. Smith opposed George C Peery and Joseph T Deal for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in last year’s primary.
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Richmond
W. Worth Smith
Louisa
United States District Court
Smith
George C. Peery
Joseph T. Deal
Beatrice Trippett Faces Multiple Charges in Death Car Case
Beatrice Trippett 20 and William Bragg 21 were indicted on manslaughter and driving while intoxicated charges after a car crash killed Paul Hehle 30 near Parsons. Bragg and Trippett face additional counts for possessing illegal liquor and failing to aid after the accident.
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Parsons
W. Va
Beatrice Trippett
Paul Hehle
William Bragg
Bragg
A. G. Bolton
Hehle
Miss Trippett
Washington Frames Vast Aid Program For Drought States
Friends urge Frank M. Peters to seek the Democratic nomination for the Seventh state senate district. Peters, a Mercer County delegate and former Bluefield mayor, has not decided. H. F. Mann of Hinton abandons his senate bid to run for the House from Summers County. Peters has three terms in the House of Delegates.
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Frank M. Peters
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Mercer
Senate
Peters
Daily Telegraph
H. F. Mann
Hinton
State Senate
House of Delegates
Summers County
Seven Die In Dynamite Blast At Oil Exploration Site
Seven members of a seismograph oil exploration party were killed in an accidental dynamite magazine explosion eight miles southeast of Norman Oklahoma. Victims include Vernon H Weddell Preston Barnes Lloyd Floor Don McDonald David McClellan Herman Voight Joe Fanning and others.
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Norman
Okla
Here
Vernon H. Weddell
Chandler
Preston Barnes
Guthrie
Lloyd B. Floor
Don McDonald
San Antonio
Tex
David McClellan
Santa
Anna
Texas
Herman Voight
Perry
Joe Fanning
May
Weddell
Sinclair Prairie Oil Company
Petty Geophysical Explorations Company
Sinclair Concern
W. C. Berry
Guardsmen to Join NRA Parade in Charleston West Virginia
The June 16 state NRA celebration in Charleston will feature about 500 West Virginia national guardsmen and more than a dozen bands. George L. Coyle, chairman, announced two luncheons for Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson and NRA general counsel Donald R. Richberg. An Army band from Fort Hayes and Guard bands will lead the procession, with bands from Fairmont State Teachers College and local high schools. The parade ends at Laidley Stadium where General Johnson will speak.
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Charleston
W. Va
NRA
West Virginia National Guardsmen
George L. Coyle
Coyle
Hugh S. Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
United States Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
National Guard
Fairmont State Teachers College
Laidley Stadium
General Johnson
High Court Acts on Appeals in Local Case
Charleston W Va June 4 Writs acted by the supreme court today included Doddridge county an appeal allowed for Charles W Brown defendant in a suit against Josephus A Kelly and A C Ford involving payment of notes on a purchase of real estate Raleigh county an appeal denied for the Bluefield Hardware Company in a case against D B Johnston and others involving payment for materials used in constructing the Oswald Schoolhouse in the town district of Raleigh county
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Doddridge County
Charles W. Brown
Josephus A. Kelly
A. C. Ford
Brown
Raleigh County
Bluefield Hardware Company
D. BE. Johnston
Oswald
Drowning Claims Two Lives Near Charleston
The Kanawha River claimed two lives during the weekend. Clinton Lee, 14, of South Charleston, drowned while trying to swim to shore after a rowboat with three boys and a girl began sinking near South Charleston. The other occupants were saved by workers at Lock Six. Howard Kinselvin, 26, a mine motorman from Shrewsbury, drowned while swimming at Coalbury.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Clinton Lee
South Charleston
Howard Kinselvin
Shrewsbury
Coalbury
Imminent National Food Shortage Prompts Relief Measure
Washington acts under pressure from Roosevelt to approve a relief bill worth 1.178 million dollars with possible up to 1x billion in drought aid The move follows a famine forecast for the midwest farm belt amid heat and arid conditions that eased with weekend rains across Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana Iowa Illinois Nebraska and Kansas Wheat revival in the Dakotas boosts farmer optimism as showers temper the drought outlook in June
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Washington
Roosevelt
Relief Administration
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Lad buried alive in bleak cavern near Philippi
West Virginia police probe the death of 15 year old Dale Jones killed after disappearing from Moatsville May 27. The body was found under stones in a cavern linked to the Moatsville area. Two men, Lawrence Carroll and Gordon Blake, are held for questioning as investigators seek motive in Barbour county.
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Dale Jones
Barbour County
Philippi
W. Va
Forrest Poling
Weston State Hospital
Moatsville
Poling
Jones
Janos
Barbara Hoffman
Monteville
Lawrence Carroll
Weston
Gordon Blake
Taylor County
J. Dyer
Sergt
J. H. Fillinger
Paul Thomas
O. EB. Banks
State Police
Young Jones
Crim Hoffman
Zella M. Frey
Dale
Roosevelt studies drought relief plan for vast aid program
President Roosevelt began an intensive study of a drought relief program that may spend over a half billion dollars on relief and rehabilitation. He will decide on actions at a conference tomorrow with congressional delegations from affected states. He discussed a plan today with Davis Hopkins Myers and Tug.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Harry L. Hopkins
Wm. J. Myers
Woman 15 sought in slayings in Los Angeles case
Los Angeles June 4 police sought a woman ten years older than Louis Rude Payne in a move described by detectives as part of uncovering motive for the axe killings of his mother Carrie L. Payne 45 and brother Robert 14. Payne 21 confessed to the slayings saying he acted in a daze and claimed two parties were involved.
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Los Angeles
Louis Rude Payne
Payne
St. Louis
Dad
Bob
Wailis
Big blue eagle may lead N. R. A. parade
A blue eagle captured in West Virginia mountains could lead the state NRA celebration parade in Charleston on Saturday June 16. J H Craver of Mount Hope asked F Witcher McCullough to bring the bird to the capital if transportation costs are provided. The eagle’s wingspan is five feet.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
NRA
J. H. Craver
Mount Hope
F. Witcher McCullough
National Emergency Council
Craver
Man Dies As Lightning Strikes House Wires
John R. Board a 72 year old resident of Belleville was killed during a storm when attempting to disconnect telephone wires on his house. The incident occurred in Parkersburg West Virginia. The event happened today during the thunderstorm.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John R. Board
Belleville
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