Hurricane death toll 15 high in Central America
The storm sweeping Central America last week killed at least 2,500 people with whole villages wiped out by landslides in El Salvador and Honduras. San Salvador area alone saw about 2,000 deaths, while Octepeque in Honduras reported 600 killed. Communication and rail services were wrecked, with three months needed to repair.
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Central America
el Salvador
Honduras
San Salvador
Octoepeque
International
Tornadic winds hit northwestern Arkansas causing crop and building damage
Winds of tornadic proportion swept through northwestern Arkansas last night leaving crop and farm building damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Heavy rains aided crops after two weeks of heat while hail stripped trees and vineyards. Rain totaled 2.21 inches.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Lebanon Lawyer Named Trial Justice for Russell County
J E Duff of Lebanon was appointed trial justice for Russell County by Judge A G Lively, effective July 1. Duff, current commonwealth attorney for Russell, is a 1931 elected official and former Lebanon mayor with degrees from Emory and Henry and the University of Virginia Law School. Ira M Quillen will fill Duff’s unexpired term as commonwealth attorney starting July 1, and is a Washington and Lee graduate. The county board backs continuing FERA relief work on a minimum basis through October, with 118 men employed last week and pending need for more relief funds and applications.
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Lebanon
J. E. Duff
Russell County
A. G. Lively
Duff
Russell
Emory and Henry College
University of Virginia Law School
Virginia House of Delegates
Ira M. Quillen
Lively
Mr. Quillen
Augusta Military Academy
Washington and Lee University
Quillen
Quillen and Quillen
5. B. Quillen
Russell County Board of Supervisors
FERA
T. B. Lynch
Star of Gay Nineties Maggie Cline Dies in New Jersey
Maggie Cline a star of variety halls in the 1890s died at her Fair Haven New Jersey home at 75 after a stroke four months ago. She had popularized Throw Him Down McCloskey a song she bought for five dollars and estimated she sang it seventy five thousand times in private life as Mrs John F Ryat.
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Fair Haven
N. J
Maggie Cline
McCloskey
John F
John F. Ryatsing the Praises of the Wild McCloskey
Maggie
Paroles Sent for Four Prisoners in West Virginia
Governor Kump's office sent paroles for four inmates to the state penitentiary in Charleston. Warden C F McClintic will announce the prisoners' names upon their release.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wreckage Found After Catskills Airliner Crash
Seven people died when a New York to Chicago luxury liner crashed on Last Chance hill in the Catskills during fog and thunder. Wreckage and bodies were located by a search party led by Captain Daniel Fox after pilots Hallock and Lord guided rescuers to the site near Mangaup pond. Victims included pilot Clyde Holbrook and co pilot John Barron Jr. plus Ada Huckeby stewardess and four passengers. An inquest will be held in Livingston Manor.
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Ada Huckeby
New York
Chicago
Clyde Holbrook
Catskill Mountains
Debruce
N. Y
Last Chance Hill
Catekills
W. H
Ted) Hallock
Newark
Hallock
Livingston Manor
Lee Lord
Daniel B. Fox
Floyd Ackerly
Ellenville
Mangaup Pond
New York City
Captain Fox
John Barron I Jr
Fox
Mongaup Mountain
Mongaup State Park
Uste
Sullivan Counties
American Airlines
Holbrook
Theodies
Victor G. Burke
Sullivan County
Liberty
Airlines
Catskills
la Grange
Ill
John Barron Jr
South
Jackson Park Hospital
Henshaw
Harry Pinsley
Music Corporation of America
University of Illinois
William B. Bader
Buffalo
Sement Solvay Company
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harold C. Coppins
F. N. Burt Company
William A. Case
Dartmouth
Tugwell Faces Sharp Questions On Planning At Senate Hearing
Senator Byrd leads the questioning of Rexford Tugwell in a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. Tugwell defends his view of planning while rejecting Soviet style blueprint planning and stresses adherence to democratic principles amid a noisy caucus room.
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Byrd
Virginia
Roosevelt
Washington
Rexford G. Tugwells
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
J. P. Morgan
Tugwell
Bailey
North Carolina
American Economic Association
Philadelphia
Virginia Democrat
Call for bids on road projects in West Virginia
The West Virginia road commission invited bids for over 100 miles of highway work. Projects span Barbour Doddridge Wayne Roane Harrison Marion Pendleton counties with various surface treatments and road widenings. Bids open June 26.
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Commission
Fayette
Wayne Counties
Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Barbour County
Belington
Nestorville
Doddridge
Union- Gilmer County
Wayne
Cabell County Line
Lavallette
Wayne-Crum
Roane
Spencer
Harrison
Marion County
Haywood Road
Wallace-Haywood Bride
Bristol-Wolf Summit
Pendleton
Judy Gap
Silver Purchase Measure Passed After Senate Vote
In Washington the Senate defeated immediate payment of soldiers bonus certificates and approved the administration silver purchase plan. The bill authorizes buying silver and issuing certificates backing a quarter of the money supply. It heading back to the House and then to President Roosevelt for signature amid strong administration support. The vote stood 55 to 25 with no amendments accepted. Earlier, a cash bonus amendment failed 51 to 31. a larger bonus proposal was beaten 64 to 24.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Governor Kump Attends Valley Authority Conference
Governor Kump traveled to Washington for a conference with a committee of the Monongahela Valley Authority. Officials from Interior and Agriculture departments urged his attendance, and Dr. John F. Sly of West Virginia University was also urged to attend.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Washingto
Monongahela Valley Authority
Departments of Interior and Agriculture
John F. Sly
West Virginia University
Plane crash in Newark Chicago wreck leaves seven dead
World News At A Glance reports a charred wreckage of a Newark to Chicago airliner with seven fatalities. Other items include Senate approval of silver purchase plan and talks on health insurance and drug advertising by the AMA.
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Debruce
N. Y
Newark-Chicago
Cleveland
American Medical Association
Washington
Senate
Pittsburgh
Steel Workers
Susanville
Calif
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
San Salvador
Geneva
Junin
Argentina
Berlin
Funde
Senate debates stretch into final week as steel dispute rattles agenda
Washington reports the Senate crowding its calendar amid the steel industry labor dispute while the House presses ahead. Tugwell nomination and big emergency funding face fights as lawmakers weigh the Wagner labor bill and housing and appropriation measures.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
Wagner
New York
Robinson
Tugwell
Agriculture Committee
Porter W. Smith Becomes Huntington Mayor
Porter W. Smith, a Republican, assumed duties as Huntington mayor today after a citizens board election last week. He will serve until January 1 under the new mayor council charter.
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Huntington
W. Va
Porter W. Smith
Citizens’ Board
Charafe
Mother of quintuplets recalls crowds caused death of tots
Kevil Kentucky June 11 The mother of five quintuplet boys born 38 years ago at Mayfield recalls the time when the world talked about her babies who were killed by too many people She is Elizabeth Lyon now 78 living with her son Marion Lyon She bore thirteen children four of whom are living The quintuplets died after five days The sturdiest John lived to fourteen days She blames crowds who swarmed to their home and handled the babies She dreams of visiting Mrs Oliva Dionne in Corbeil Ontario and meeting the Dionne quintuplets She shows a time worn photo of the five boys Matthew Mark Luke John and Paul
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Kevil
Mayfield
Elizabeth Lyon
Marion Lyon
John
Corbeil
Ont
Luke
Paul
Matthew
Mark
Lenders of steel workers oppose peace proposal
Leaders of the Amalgamated Association said they oppose the government's peace plan and plan a convention to decide ways to strike if industry does not meet workers demands. President M F Tighe said the union seeks recognition and signed no open shop agreement in almost 60 years. The group called for a mid month walkout if demands are not met and criticized the government mediation board proposal.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers’ Union
M. F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Tighe
Amalgamated
NRA
Steel Institute
Two Nations Join In Parade Of European War Debt Defaulters
Washington reports Belgium and Czechoslovakia joining a list of war debtors informing the United States they will default on June 15. Great Britain will defer a payment of 261 million dollars. Finland plans a cash payment of 166 thousand. Italy owes 108 million with 23.4 million due Friday. Belgium shows past due 11.3 million and 7.16 million due June 15. Czechoslovakia owes 4.54 million with 1.68 million due Friday.
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Washington
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
United States
Great Britain
Finland
New York City
Italy
Crompton Probation Revoked in Dillinger Case ties
Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone revokes the probation of 22 year old Jean Crompton the sweetheart of Dillinger gang member Tommy Carroll and orders a year and a day at Alderson for leaving Chicago in violation of her probation.
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Madison
Wis
Patrick T. Stone
Jean Crompton
Tommy Carroll
Dillinger
Waterloo
Iowa
Chicago
Alderson
W. Va
Largest white oak log brought to Belcher mill
A fourteen foot long white oak log with fifty two inch diameter arrived from Bland county Virginia to J B Belcher Lumber yesterday. Belcher noted it is the largest white oak log seen locally and expects about 1800 feet of lumber from the log after milling near Hicksville.
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Bland
J. B. Belcher Lumber Company
Bland County
Virginia
Belcher
Hicksville
Goal Taught Many Things Under NRA In Pittsburgh
J D A Morrow president of the Pittsburgh Coal company described an NRA code operation as an interesting experiment but warned the coal industry cannot be put on a sound basis under the present code. He noted over production and over expansion as weaknesses and questioned if the government will realign the industry. Mayor McNair attended and questioned the idea of a single tax in West Virginia while Morrow explained mine tax burdens differ between states.
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Pittsburgh
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
NRA
Morrow
Hungry Club
William N. McNair
West Virginia
Mc Wair
Pennsylvania
BOTTLES OF ACID FOUND IN LUGGAGE OF CRASH VICTIM
New York troopers inspecting the wrecked airliner from Newark to Chicago found three bottles of picric acid in a bag believed to belong to William Bader of Buffalo. The captain said the bottles were unharmed and had no relation to the crash.
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Livingston Manor
N. Y
Newark
Chicago
Daniel BE. Fox
New York State Troopers
William Bader
Buffalo
Sheriff Belcher Dies In Auto Plunge On Jesse Mountain
Pineville West Virginia June 11 Sheriff L C Belcher 42 of Wyoming county was killed when his car plunged over a 400 foot embankment on Jesse mountain He had left Pineville yesterday afternoon to take a friend home and was killed on the return trip Friends said he may have fallen asleep at the wheel He was elected sheriff in 1928 and formerly served as Mullens police chief Funeral services expected tomorrow He is survived by five children his father two brothers and several married sisters
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Pineville
W. Va
L. C. Belcher
Wyoming County
Jesse Mountain
Belcher
Jesse
Mullens
Duaine
Eugene
Lawrence Jr
Charlene
Norma
John Belcher
Boyd D. Belcher
Sherif
John Belcher Jr
Salem
Fugitive Mullins Captured After Shootout Near Princeton
Bill Mullins, a fugitive since last August, was wounded and captured early Sunday near Wolfe creek in Bland county after Deputy Sheriff Ed Gibson and three aides confronted him at his tent. Mullins and two Princeton residents, Lillian Shannon and Ed Stone, were found in the tent. Shannon and Stone were jailed in Princeton.
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Lillian Shannon
Mullens
Ed Stone
Princeton
Hills
Bill Mullins
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bland County
Virginia
Wolfe Creek
Mullins
Ed Gibson
Rocky Gap
Gibson
St. Luke Hospital
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Murphy
World News
Rexford G.well
Congress
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Mayfield, Ky
Dionne
Robert Wagner
Hughs. Johnson
Johnson
Mercer
Goal
Nar
J. D. Morrow
Pittsburgher
Oneriff
Bill Mullens
Bluefield Hospital
Mercer County
Atlanta
J. C. Fanning
C. W. Thornton
Fanning
Thornton
United States District Court
Lee Hall
Floyd Mullins
Alley Higginbotham
Daisy Kelly
Federal Institution
Higginbotham
Lloyd Quillen
Jim Walker
Irvin Kitts
Stone
Miss Shannon
St. Luke’s
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