China Rejects Key Japanese Demands Over North China Crisis
In Nanking on June 13 China said it cannot accept several Japanese demands that would curb anti Japanese activity curb loans and adjust tariffs. The National government told War Minister Ho Ying-Chin to prepare for possible Japanese advances as 800 more troops moved into Tientsin.
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Nanking
China
Japan
Central Political Council
Tientsin
Ho Ying-Chin
Peiping
Pieping
Hopei
North China
Kwantung Army
Yu Hsueh-Chung
Bealf
Mail pouches recovered. driver Fox confesses theft attempt
In Moundasville West Virginia postal agent B L Pitcher announced two mail pouches missing from a truck en route to McKeefferty were found unopened in a ravine. James E B Fox the truck driver confessed attempting to steal them and was taken to Wheeling for hearing. Sam Beaver of Sistersville was cleared of involvement.
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Moundasville
W. Va
B. L. Pitcher
McKeeferty
James EB. Fox
McKeefferty Coal Company
Fox
McKeefferty
Pitcher
Parkersburg
Sam Beaver
Sistersville
Beaver
Wheeling
U.S
Governor approves Grubb extradition to Roanoke for desertion
Governor H G Kump endorses Virginia requisition to return Harry D Grubb to Roanoke Va to answer desertion and non support charges. Grubb is in custody at Welch W Va.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. G. Kump
Virginia
Harry D. Grubb
Roanoke
Grubb
Welch
Clipper Ship Starts Long Pacific Flight From Alameda
Pan American Airways Clipper leaves San Francisco Bay with six crew on a 4060 mile hop to Midway via Honolulu. Captain Musick notes weather delays and plans two days in Honolulu before the 1323 mile leg to Midway.
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Alameda
Calif
Lonelyidway Island
Pacific
Pan - American Airways
San Francisco Bay
BE. C. Musick
Honolulu
Here
Honlulu
Musick
There
Midway Island
Trade Body Seeks Revised Program After NRA Fallout
Washington reports a Chamber of Commerce meeting will review its post NRA plan focusing on voluntary business agreements to replace blue eagle codes. President Harper Sibly champions voluntary policing of industry, while Roosevelt warns of recalcitrant price cutting. Legislative changes include Wagner labor disputes bill and utilities holding company bill status.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
NRA
Blue Eagle
Chamber
Dir Harper Sibly
National Chamber
Roosevelt
Public Utilities Holding Company
Senate
Jury to Try Woman on Murder Charge Chosen
In Rockville Maryland a jury was seated to try Mrs Anne Lyddane on conspiracy to murder charges. The selection faced delays as challenges and extensive searching for impartial jurors followed widespread local attention to the case. The state says Lyddane aimed to hire four men and paid a down payment to kill her husband and another woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Anne Lyddane
Montgomery County
Stedman Prescott
Josephine Beall
James H. Pugh
Lyddane
Francis
Slam) Lyddane
Virginia not directly concerned in bond sale
Richmond, June 12 Virginia is not directly concerned in the sale of 2,240,000 of Virginia debt refunding bonds by West Virginia. State Treasurer A B Gathright explained that the transaction was West Virginia's move to clear indebtedness it assumed on its separation from Virginia. Virginia had assumed 70 percent of its indebtedness and gave WV 30 percent certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Roosevelt urges peace guarantee at West Point commencement
President Roosevelt, flanked by military leaders, calls for a partial restoration of national defense and increases in armed forces during the United States Military Academy graduation. He hands diplomas to the 1935 class as 21 gun salute marks the ceremony before boarding for Washington.
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West Point
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States Military Academy
Hudson
Washington
Hyde Park
Raleigh
N. C
John
Dern
Douglas MacArthur
First Army Corps
Shriners Parade Before President Roosevelt Chooses Next Leaders
About 20,000 Shriners marched in Washington with President Roosevelt as reviewer. A. G. Avold of El Zagal Fargo was elected imperial outer guard, setting him up for imperial potentate in over a decade. Seattle emerged as likely host for next year’s Shrine carnival with dates July 14–16, 1936, and Hugh M. Caldwell set to become imperial potentate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
A. G. Avold
el Zagal
Fargo
N. D
Seattle
Cincinnati
Hugh M. Caldwell
Leonard P. Steuart
City
Imperial Potentate
James C. Burger
Denver
Imperial
James H. Price
Virginia
Imperial Recorder
Clyde I. Webster
Detroit
Rabban
Walter S. Sugden
Sistersville
W. Va
A. A. Rabn
Minneapolis
Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
Texas
Imperial Pr
George F. Olendorf
Springfield
Thomas ©. Law
Atlanta
Morley E. MacKenzie
Toronto
Arnold
Plan to curb coal price fixing by federal commission
John D. A. Morrow head of Pittsburgh Coal proposes a plan to prevent a coal industry shutdown. The plan calls for union labor, a revision of Sherman antitrust law, and creation of a federal coal commission with power to approve or reject price fixing between operators. He opposes the Guffy bill and says his plan preserves competition. Morrow notes UMWA membership is near 100 percent in the commercial field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Coal Commission
Pittsburgh
John D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mellon
Ths
United Mine Workers of America
Morrow
Kentucky
Panhandle Coal Talks Ahead of Strike
Attorney George Blackford, secretary of the Panhandle Coal Producers association, says operators and workers will meet in Wheeling on Thursday to forge an agreement to minimize trouble during the anticipated coal strike. He expects the strike to be fully effective in the district, except for a few mines serving public institutions, and predicts the walkout will last no more than two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
George Blackford
Panhandle Coal Producers’ Association
Blackford
New Strike Sign Opens as Coal Dispute Grows
Washington reports crop of signs pointing to an imminent coal strike next Monday as United Mine Workers reject renewal offers from Alabama and Illinois operators. Roosevelt unlikely to intervene while price control and the Guffey bill loom unresolved. John L. Lewis orders a Sunday midnight walkout unless directed otherwise.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Alabama
Illinois
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania
Washington State
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers
Logan Operators Protest Proposed Rate Increase
Coal operators in the Logan district protested to the public service commission against a 50 percent freight rate rise on Logan to Huntington coal for river transshipment. The Logan Coal Operators Association also opposed the IC C rate hike arguing it is intrastate and not under federal jurisdiction. A suit over IC C rates on Big Sandy to Catlettsburg coal by the C O R R is paused until July 24.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan District
Public Service Commission
Logan
Huntington
Logan Coal Operators Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Big Sandy
Catlettsburg
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
George W. McClintic
Utility Measure 5 Locked in Jam Delays Abolition Bill
Washington report on June 12 describes knotty efforts by the White House liaison and House leaders to move a Senate-passed bill abolishing utilities holding companies. Key figures include Speaker Burns Rayburn Pettengill and Chairman O Connor with talks over parliamentary tactics and possible rewrite proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
House
Senate
Burns
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Charles H. West
Rayburn
Democrat- Texas
Interstate Commercce Committee
Pettengill
Indiana
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Committee
House Rules Committee
O’connor
Democrat- New York
Rules Committee
Rail coordinator's job to be extended
Washington June 12 The House Interstate Commerce Committee approved extending the federal transportation coordinator's post for another year after striking the funding provision. Joseph B Eastman testified the office had delivered important work and railroad spokesmen said the law reduced coordination costs. The committee approved the measure. it dropped the 2 per mile assessment on class one railroads after $397,000 was raised in year one and $530,000 in year two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Marshall College reports record summer enrollment at 1240
Dean J. B. Schouse of the Marshall College summer school in Huntington reports an enrollment of 1,240 students, the largest since 1,365 in 1931, with faculty additions needed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Aom
J. B. Schouse
Marshall College
Waleys plead not guilty to charges in Tacoma case
Mr and Mrs Harmon Waley pleaded not guilty to two federal charges connected to the 200000 kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser. Bond set at 100000 on mail fraud. Lindbergh law count no bail. They were taken to undisclosed prisons as hunt for William Mahan widens to Canada.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harmon M. Waley
Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeeuser
Department of Justice
William Mahan
Waleys
Butte
Mont
Canada
U. S
H. G. Fitch
Coal supplies estimated as strike looms in 38 days
Washington reports on June 13 indicate a 38 day coal stock with 32,667,900 tons in use for industrial and retail needs and 1,898,000 tons in transit plus 4,200,000 on lake docks. Producers have boosted output while consumption falls, as June 17 deadline for a nationwide strike approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Indivi
Long Holds Senate In Night Session Over Holt Seat
The senate elections committee meets Saturday morning to decide the Holt seat contest. Chairman George of Georgia presides as the report to the senate is expected, while Holt, the 29 year old West Virginia Democrat, seeks oath next Wednesday claiming age eligibility will be met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Holt
George
Georgia
Senate
West Virginia
Elections Committee
Governors Clash Over NRA Revival At 27th Conference
Biloxi Mississippi June 12 Immediate action to revive the NRA was urged by Governor Olin D Johnston of South Carolina on the eve of the governors conference opening tomorrow. He urged voluntary employer pledges and a unified labor department plan until state legislation can be enacted. Johnston defended NRA fundamentals like minimum wages and maximum hours but favored states rights over compulsory codes. Indiana Governor Paul V McNutt, conference chairman, will discuss NRA with Johnston during sessions.
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Biloxi
Miss
NRA
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Johnston
United States
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Farley urges 25 percent cut on foreign airmail routes
Postmaster General Farley calls for a 25 percent rate reduction and new rate structure on six foreign airmail routes. He says the changes could save about 2,084,669 dollars annually and argues foreign routes should be retained to avoid disrupting trade with Latin America. Pan American Airways and Pan American Grace operate the routes concerned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pan-American Airways
Post Office Department
Farley
Senate
Ocean Air Mail Investigating Committee
Latin America
Pan-American Rairways
Pan-American- Grace Airways, Inc
Ladies of the G A R show membership gain
Mrs Pearl Cooke national president of the Ladies of the G A R estimated the organization has about 30 000 members, up from a year ago. She spoke at the West Virginia encampment and planned to attend the Ohio encampment in Columbus next week.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Pearl Cooke
Chicago
Ladies of the
Long's 11 hour filibuster keeps Senate in session All night
Senator Long of Louisiana waged a record endurance filibuster to push a rider extending a remnant of NRA. He spoke for over eleven hours, entertaining galleries with stories and jokes as sleepy senators lounged in their chairs. He used classic parliamentary tricks and bold gesturing while pressing for confirmation of federal employees earning over 4000 dollars a year.
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Washington
Senator Long
Louisiana
NRA
Long
Senate
New Deal
Harrison
Mississippi
Loing
Roosevelt
Garner
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Labor seeks third party push for 1936 race in Chicago
Howard Y. Williams announces plans for a Chicago conference June 29 30 to crystallize a third party movement. About 300 delegates from Farm Labor Gov Olson and EPIC links are invited with unions rail brotherhoods and farm groups expected to attend. A later war conference may name national candidates and adopt an anti capitalistic platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Howard Y. Williams
Farmer, Labor Party
Chicago
Williams
Floyd B. Olson
Farmer-Labor
Minesota
Upton Sinclair
California
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Weyerhaeuser
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Camden, N. J
Harmon W. Waley
British Columbia
Utah
Harold Nathan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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B. C
Maetaline Falls
Kelowna
Waley
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