Britain protests to Mussolini over Spanish raids on ships
London reports Great Britain weighing sanctions and direct protest to Mussolini after Franco insurgents shell British ports in Spain. Three British ships damaged. twelve foreign vessels sunk or damaged in a fortnight of raids by suspected Italian or German crews. Halifax resumes foreign office leadership as attacks prompt calls to impress upon Franco the need to protect British interests.
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Great Britain
London
Mussolini
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Gandia
Ish
Crete
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Plant Shut Until Stoppage Ended In Parkersburg
The American Viscose plant in Parkersburg West Virginia halted operations after a spinning department walkout by 150 to 200 workers over a foreman’s complaint about performance. About 3 500 employees were affected as the plant’s last department closed and the company blamed the strike for losses of highly perishable material and for halting production.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
American Viscose Corporation
Spinning Department
Mayor sets special meeting on charged off accounts
Bluefield town council plans Friday session to review the recent audit of municipal finances. Mayor R. Lorth says several collectable accounts have been charged off as uncollectible and will be studied before approving the audit. Treasurer C. P. Painter defends council approval and will present minutes from the meeting.
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Bluefield
R. Lorth
Longworth
C. P. Painter
Champ's Mother Proclaims Ideal Baby for Lions Club Test
Mrs. Jean Clark Quaill of Pittsburgh oversees her two year old Betty Jean Quaill named the perfect specimen in the Lions club contest. She cites sunshine, good food, milk and vegetables, claiming the child consumes about a quart of milk daily. The blue eyed blond champ is the daughter of boxer Al Quaill.
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Pittsburgh
Jean Clark Quaill
Betty Jean Quaill
Lions Club
Champ
al, Quaill
FBI says kidnap victim Jimmie Cash found. ransom recovered
J. Edgar Hoover announced that the body of four year old Jimmie Cash was found near Princeton. A suspect Franklin Pierce McCall 21 of Princeton confessed writing the ransom note and collecting the $10 000. The money was recovered in an orchard and the shoebox hidden in pieces.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Florida
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jimmie Cash
Hoover
Franklin Pierce McCall
Princeton
FBI
McCall
James Bailey Cash
Charles Chambers
Cash
Kidpaners
Roosevelt backs 175 million boost to WPA relief bill
President Roosevelt endorsed the Senate's $175,000,000 addition to the WPA relief and public works bill and urged Congress to approve the extra funds to cover relief needs until the next session. He noted the earlier $1.25 billion request to span seven months of the next fiscal year. The Senate's move and the House approval of a separate $277,503,000 deficiency bill accompany the broader naval expansion and shipbuilding program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Speaker Bankhead
Congress
Bankhead
House
Navy
Scott D
Unrelenting Japanese Raids Sink Canton in Night Attacks
Canton faces a third raid in 12 days as 25 Japanese planes hit the city last night. Fires rage behind the Asia hotel, with the Lingnan University campus and a Standard Oil storage plant damaged. Authorities warn casualties run into thousands as 600,000 residents flee and police scramble to warn others.
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Canton
Asia Hotel
Shameen
Ooo
Lingman University
Addison E. Southard
United States
Hongkong
Canton-Hankow
Thomas Protests Jersey Rioting
Newark audience greets socialist leader Norman Thomas during a brief Newark visit at city hall. He challenged the Saturday riot as he denounced alleged mob violence and defended free speech, while police kept order and a crowd cheered his remarks.
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Newark
N. J
Norman Thomas
City Hall
Military Park
City Commission Chamber
Thomas
Commission
Michael Breithope
Militon official laments W P A roll loss over pay
Kenneth Simmons a state representative mayor and chief of Milton fire and police protested to Pierce county commissioners in Tacoma Washington as he was removed from W P A rolls. He said none of his other jobs paid wages.
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Tacoma
Wash
Kenneth Simmons
Milton
Pierce County
W. P. A. Rolls
Vanderbilt Heiress Marries Alfred Vanderbilt in Private Ceremony
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, heir to a $20 million fortune and owner of a major racing stable, Wed Manuela Hudson of California in a simple ceremony at his mother’s home. The couple plans a Bermuda honeymoon and will reside at Sagamore Farm Maryland where his horses are bred and trained.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
America
Manuela Hudson
California
George Hudson
San Francisco
Margaret Emerson
Bermuda
Vanderbilt
Re Vanderbilt
Newport
New York Society
Emerson
Santa Anita
Charles 8. Howard
Sagamore Farm
Worthington Valley
Maryland
Italian envoy warns of U6 situation echoed by Italian envoy
Fulvio Savich the Italian ambassador warned at a luncheon in Pittsburgh that the United States faced a trend similar to Italy in 1919 to 1921. He cited fascism rising from disorder driven by communist leagues and widespread strikes as a cause of national hardship.
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Pittsburgh
Fulvio Savich
Amor
United States
Italy
American League For Peace and Democracy
Senators PREGD for Probe into Politics in WPA
Ten senators sponsor a resolution to probe use of WPA funds for political purposes. The measure, moved by Senator Tydings, would create a three member Senate committee to hear allegations that relief funds coerced WPA workers. Senator MaGdoo proposed widening inquiry to highway and social security funds.
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Senate
Washington
Tydings
D. Md
Senate Appropriations
MaAdoo
Calif
McAdoo
Investigton
Maryland
Adams
Colorado
Bulkley
Ohio
Burke
Flaming lava erupts from Mayon volcano in Philippines
Flaming lava pours from Mayon crater as volcanic activity intensifies on the seventh day of eruption. Towns near the base are deserted, ash clouds blanket four provinces, and refugees fill relief camps in Albay while volcanologist Rev. Miguel Selga warns the violence may worsen.
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Manila
Mayon
Fire Mountain
Albay
Miguel Selga
Mania Weather Bureau
Truck Driver Killed in Wythe County Wreck
Clifford Thompson a 23 year old Huntington truck driver was killed and Francis Heller 26 also of Huntington was seriously injured in a two vehicle motor truck wreck on Route 21 twelve miles south of Wytheville. State Patrolman W A Roberts said faulty trailer brakes caused the wheel to skid and overturn.
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Clifford Thompson
Huntington
Francis Heller
Bluefield Sanitarium
Wytheville
Heller
Iron Mountain
Wythe County
W. A. Roberts
Thompson
Harlan Woman Testifies in Labor Racketeering Trial
Mrs. Martha Howard a 30 year old wife of a Harlan county miner testified in a labor racketeering trial in London Kentucky She said she was offered 100 to place United Mine Workers organizers on the supporters The offer was made in January 1937 by John Hickey then a sheriff s deputy The union was conducting a membership drive Her husband Lawrence Howard asked Deputy Perry Noe to move him to Wallins Creek but Noe refused saying he was about to get in trouble.
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London
Martha Howard
Harlan County
Aften
United Mine Worker America
Howard
John Hickey
United Mine Workers
Sheriff's Office
Lawrence
Perry Noe
Wallins Creek
Woman Clings to Faith to Save Her From Poison
Hammond Louisiana June 8 Mrs Joseph Rushing a 56 year old mother of four who refused medical aid to rely on faith watched for relief from swelling in her left arm and hand after a snake bite suffered during religious services Sunday night Her husband a Crystal Springs Mississippi sawmill operator stayed by her side in a small cottage as they both insisted only faith could heal.
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Hammond
Joseph Rushing
Crystal Springs
Strikes Gold in Garden Near Uniontown
Samuel Camilli found three gold pieces stuck together while gardening in a mining community near Uniontown Pennsylvania. Old timers said a frame house collapsed about 30 years ago with about $3000 in coins and money lost at the site.
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Uniontown
Samuel Camilli
Sam
Gary Steel Heads Visit Officials Dinner Honors First Official Visit
Gary hosts officials from United States Steel and allied firms at a dinner dance at the Employees Country Club. Notable attendees include Fr. Patriess and Thomas Moses, with speeches by Harry Moses and Arthur Dayton. Mrs Hood spoke for club women. event marks first official visit since Mr. Fairless became president. Turn to page two.
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Gary
Steel Company
Employees Country Club
Patriess
United States Steel Corporation
Thomas Moses
United States Coal and Coke Company
Frank Walton
United Supply Company
Mr. Fairless
W. C. Hood
U. S. Coal and Cokery
Mr. Hood
Harry Moses
Fairless
Moses
Arthur Dayton
Filibuster May Yet Be Staged In Wage Hour Row
Southern opposition blocks a wage hour compromise as conferees approve it. Ellender faults a seven year plan to set a fixed 40 cent minimum wage for interstate industries, with a review board to assess displacement. The ruling party split signals possible Senate filibuster and extended adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Sonelive Raspeseck
D. Ga
Pepper
Flo
Ellender
Endustry
Rahn Elevated by Shriners as Imperial Potentate
Andrew A D Rahn of Minneapolis was elevated today to imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Galloway Calhoun of Waco won the only other contested post outer guard in a split election. Rahn previously held the title by right of succession since 1949 and will succeed Walter Sugden of ville.
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Los Anasies
Andrew A. Rahn
Minneapolis
Minn
Galloway Calhoun
Waco
Tex
John H. Zink
Baltimore
Stephen 8. Jones
Louisville
Walters
Sugden
Ofville
W. Va
Bluefield Hosts Panhandle Leaders Day Trip
Greater Bluefield welcomes seventy West Virginia Panhandle business and professional leaders for an afternoon and evening of tours and social events. Delegation from the eastern panhandle arrives near Princeton at 3, tours Bill German mine at Pocahontas, then returns via Pinnacle Rocks. They register at the West Virginia hotel, attend a cocktail party, dine in the main ballroom, and stay overnight before a 7 o'clock Friday departure.
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Panhandle
Bluefield
J. R. Poland
Martinsburg
West
West Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
C. B. Sykes
Princeton
Pocahontas
Bill German
Majestic Pinnacle Rocks
West Virginian
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South China
U. S
Canton- Hankow
Pearl River Be
Honam Island
Jersey
Alfred Vanderbilt
Philippine
Wythe
Steel Chiefs
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Aw Materials
United States Steel Corporation of Delaware
Harlan
Miner’s
Dixie Bloc
U. 9
Steel Heads
Were
Lynch
Hood
Hartley
Andrew A. D. Rahn
Shriners
Eastern Panhandle
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