Davey presses for peage in strike as auto ties tighten
Governor Davey of Ohio meets with steel strike leaders for the third time amid a 10 day deadlock. The nationwide strike expands to auto plants with 18 000 idle workers though Chrysler settlement trims that number. Ford Richmond Calif plans to resume, while food parcels seek to stave starve threat.
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Chrysler
General Motors
Packard
Ford
Richmond
Calif
Associated Press
Davey
Ohio
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Goveracr
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Republic
Warren
Youngstown
Newberry
Upper Michigan
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Ernest Shaw
Automobile
Detroit
Pontiac
Mich
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
United Automobile
Ford Motor Co
Washington
Dearborn
Subway
New York
Hollywood
Federated Motion Fcture
MILLS
Martin L. Davey
Gov. Davey
Columbus
Youths Nabbed in Series of Thefts
Robert Clendenen of Bluefield and Clarence Ford of Bluestone, both under 21, were arrested after a months long spree. Ford confessed to robberies at Westminster Presbyterian church Memorial school and a Chinese laundry. he implicated Clendenen in the church and school thefts and claimed additional laundry thefts. Clendenen reportedly aided by entering via a window at Veto’s Lunch and stealing a watch. Ford has confessed and is jailed. Clendenen was returned to Bluefield after being captured in Radford.
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Robert Clendenen
Bluefield
Clarence Ford
Bluestone
C. N. Wilson
Ford
Clendenen
Calain R. O. Bond
Radford
Waby Aski
Wilson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Memorial School
Raleigh
Stewart Streets
Veto
Italy Tells WU9 War Won’t Spread
Rome June 4 The United States obtained Italy’s assurance that the Spanish civil war tensions can be eased without endangering Europe. Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano told US Ambassador William Phillips of Italy’s position after talks at the foreign office.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
William Phillips
Ofce
Ciano
International
Germany
Almeria
Barleta
Deutschand
Werner von Blomberg
Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
109 Year Old Daniels Christian Receives Old Age Pension
In Charleston West Virginia on June 4 the public welfare department announced that 109 year old Daniels Christian of McDowell County has qualified for an old age pension. Born in 1828 she moved from the mountains to Panther Creek in 1932 and has 16 children 84 grandchildren 66 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Charleston
W. Va
Little Mountain
Daniels Christian
Hill
McDowell County
Christian
Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
California
Panther
Panther Creek
srent-Gren
Welch
Kiwanians
Nazi Traitor Helmuth Hirsch Executed in Ploetzensee
Berlin June 4. Helmuth Hirsch a Jewish American citizen and alleged plotter against Hitler was beheaded in Ploetzensee prison. He inherited U S citizenship through a New York naturalization tied to his grandfather. Oscar Dener, 20, was executed on the same charge of high treason using a new mechanical guillotine. Diplomatic efforts for clemency failed as Hitler signed the death warrant.
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Berlin
Germany
Helmuth Hirsch
United States
Hirsch
New York
Julius Stresicher
Oscar Dener
Praha
Wintry Weather Sweeps Rocky Mountain Section
A north wind from Canada drove a late spring snowstorm across the east of the Rockies. Denver reported record summer snow with freezing temperatures in Wyoming Montana and Colorado. Farmers welcomed the moisture while sheepmen feared losses to newly shorn flocks.
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Denver
Canada
Rockies
Denver Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Federal Weather Bureau
Appalachian case seeks consolidation to cut financing costs
The Appalachian Electric Power Co sought PSC approval to simplify its corporate structure by transferring properties from Kingsport Utilities Co and West Virginia Power and Kentucky West Virginia Power to align with a holding company plan. Consolidation would broaden Appalachian operations to four states, reduce borrowing costs, and reallocate assets among subsidiaries. M A Krite and A C Anderson testified, with John Ray as company counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Public Service Commission
Appalachian
Kingsport Utilities Corporation
Tennessee
West Virginia Power Company
Summers
Mercer
Kentucky - West Virginia Power Company
Kentucky
Commission
West Virginia
Virginia
Rncorporation
Kentucky- West Virginia Power
West Virginia Power
M. A. Krite
Appalach
A. C. Anderson
John Ray
FDR Maintains Gold Policy Despite Hefty Inflow
The Roosevelt administration remains committed to the $35 an ounce gold price with no planned revision. Large gold imports continue, raising the treasury reserve to a historic level while critics warn price changes could affect the dollar’s value and world price structures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Judges of Hell at Work in Paris Post Offices
Paris report recalls the 1934 terror as three bombs exploded in three district post offices injuring two clerks. The devices were cardboard tubes filled with black powder and placed under stamps, with misspelled addresses pointing to the elusive three judges of hell. Two bombs were addressed to police, mirroring the earlier campaign.
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Hell
Paris
San 7 Ae
Windsors Reach Castle Wasserloonburg After Honeymoon Ride
The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield arrived at Castle Wasserloonburg Noetsch Austria after a France to Austria honeymoon journey. The couple entered the castle heralding a private three month stay for seclusion and happiness. The Windsor honeymoon train carried them from France through Milan Venice and on to Was ser-Leonburg with royal congratulations pouring in.
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Hungary
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
France
Irene Lelbach
Archduke Albrech of
Hapsburg
Nicholas Horthy
Budapest
Albrecht
Noetsch
Austria
Castle
Wasserloonburg
Edward
Astr
Arnoldstein
Milan
Riviera
Venice
Grand Canal
Wasser-Leonburg
Fairy” Castle
Monts
Senate probes Mellon tied railways in financing inquiry
The Railway Finance committee broadened its probe to include the New York Central New York New Haven and Hartford and the Virginian railroads. It may summon Mellon and Vanderbilt family members to testify about a Mellon controlled holding company taking over the Virginian and Vanderbilt influence on the New York Central. Morgan partners may be called to explain banking ties to the New Haven as the panel expands funding and uncovers alleged misuses of public money by rail holding companies.
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Mellon
Washington
Andrew Mellon
the Treasury
Vanderbilt
New York
Senate
Railway Finance Committee
New York Central
New Haven
Hartford
Virginian
Treasury
Virginian Railway
J. P. Morgan and Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
America
Truman
D.-Mo
President's Son Roets Harvard House Robber
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of the president routed a robber from his old Cambridge house early today and led students in a brief unsuccessful pursuit. Police said the incident occurred as he studied in his second floor room and shouted an alarm after hearing a noise below.
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Cambridge
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
College
Franklin
Holt Denounces New National Emergency Council Nomination
Washington reports WV Democrat Senator Rush D. Holt opposes nominating Ernest L. Bailey as NEC director. He calls the bureau unnecessary and wasteful, accusing President Roosevelt of duplicating agencies and promising abolition in 1932 and 1936. Page three.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
National Emergency Council For
Holt
Roosevelt
The
United States
Ernest L. Bailey
NEC
WPA
NRA
Watts
Mrs Fox Dies In Car Truck Crash Near Centerville Va
Mrs. Charles Donald Fox wife of Mercer County Centennial director died from a fractured skull after a collision on the Lee highway three miles west of Centerville Virginia. Her husband was seriously injured as the truck driver also sustained injuries and all were taken to Washington area hospitals. The Foxes had recently arrived in Bluefield to direct the August celebration and were en route to New York when the accident occurred.
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Charles Donald Fox
Mercer County
Lee Highway
Centerville
Virginia
Fox
Bluefield
Postal Inspector Joins Hunt for Missing Plane
Alpine Utah June 4 A government postal inspector joined the hunt for the missing Western Air Express sky liner after letters found in nearby mountains were identified as cargo. Inspector M G Wenger plans to stay several days at the search headquarters. The plane with seven passengers vanished December 15 near Lone Peak, about 25 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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Alpine
Utah
Western Air Express
M. G. Wenger
Post Office Department
Lone
Salt Lake City
Allan Barrie
Western Air
United Mine Workers Quit Illinois A F L
The United Mine Workers of America withdrew today from the Illinois Federation of Labor. The move may lead to industrial councils forming a parallel CIO alternative as the AFL chartered the Progressive Miners of America to replace the suspended UMWA. Ray Edmundson, Illinois UMWA president, sent the withdrawal letter to State Federation Secretary Victor A. Olander.
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Springfield
Ill
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois Federation of Labor
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Progressive Miners of America Union
UMWA
Victor A. Olander
Ray Edmundson
Illinois
Downstate
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Roosevelt Says Six Months For Court Rulings Urged
President Roosevelt urged faster court decisions, saying rulings should be handed down within six months. He criticized the Supreme Court for delaying administration cases during its vacation and cited TVA, PWA, and SEC matters plus a delayed aluminum antitrust suit as examples of ongoing issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Public Works Administration
Securities Exchange Commission
TVA
PWA
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Circuit Court
Seven Die As Greyhound Bus Burns In California Crash
In Redding California seven men perished when a Greyhound bus crashed and burned becoming a funeral pyre. Coroner Roy S Duggins said reports of nine dead were wrong and only seven bodies were recovered. Timothy Neville of Redding and driver Mortimer A Wilson age 37 were identified among the dead. a wallet with Fred C Farrer's name was found.
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Redding
Calif
Roys. Duggins
Timothy Neville
Mortimer A. Wilson
Fred C. Farrer
Santa Ana
Nestling
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U. S
M’dowell
Helmuth Hursch
Hitler
Ploetzenee
Rocky Mountain Section
Obefore
His Royal Highness
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Chateau de Canne
Duchess of Windsor
London
FDR
National Treasury
Commerce Department
Bride
Duke
Harvard House
Bailey
Mercer Centennial
Bady Hurt
Capital Hospital
Charles D. Fox
United Mine Workers
Executive
Asks Speed
Robinson
Bankhead
D-Ala
Wagner
D-Ny
Sach
West
Greyhound
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