Roosevelt Attacks Monopolies in Texas Speech
President Roosevelt closed his Texas centennial tour with a forceful critique of monopolies and urged extending the good neighbor policy abroad while stressing that U S aid to foreign troubles should be moral and limited. He warned labor as a commodity could erode homes and democracy. He praised national unity and warned against concentrating power.
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Dallas
Tex
Roosevelt
Mexico
United States
Cotton Bowl Centennial Stadium
Chilselers
America
Blum Seeks Quick Senate Action on 40-Hour Week
Paris reports the chamber of deputies sent a 40-hour week bill to the senate as Premier Blum urged rapid passage of labor measures to end widespread strikes. Demonstrators in Paris stayed orderly under mobile guard, with arrests for disobedience as unions press for accords. The measure, a core demand of the strike wave that idled nearly a million workers, passed 386 to 179 in the lower chamber.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Senate
Leon Blum
Maurice Theorer
Unnion
Chamber
Seek Mother Who Deserted Baby
Local authorities hunt a 16 year old girl who deserted her three week old daughter here yesterday afternoon. Pauline Whitt, a Monaker West Virginia resident, appeared with the infant at Salvation Army quarters Thursday evening. She spent the night at 118 Stewart Street rooming house and left the baby with another woman before vanishing from the city. No trace was found by late last night.
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Pauline Whitt
Monaker
Ww. Va
Salvation Army
Joe White
Stewart Street
Two More Nations Tell U S of Debt Defaults
Washington June Two more nations Yugoslavia and Lithuania notified the United States today they would default again on their semiannual war debt payments. Yugoslavia owes 350000 for the June 15 installment raising its arrears to 1500000. Lithuania owes 166441 due Monday bringing unpaid balances to 942761. Of 13 debtors owing 1160122 766 on June 15 only Finland met payments. Others expected to follow Britain Italy Yugoslavia and Lithuania in defaulting again.
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Washington
Yugosla
Lithuania
United States
Yugoslavia
Finland
Great Britain
Italy
Business assails house tax bill in stalled conference
Washington June 12 business groups condemned the house tax bill as an obstacle to industrial growth and recovery. Conferees labored for a third day without progress on reconciling the house and senate revenue measures. Harper Sibley, president of the chamber of commerce of the United States, urged support for the senate plan a flat 7 percent levy on undistributed corporate profits. He warned the house plan would tax high priced earnings and penalize needed retained earnings for business. The conferees gave no comment on his remarks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Harper Sibley
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Sibley
Conference Committee
Pershing Warns West Point Cadets on World Peace
General John J. Pershing, at West Point on the academy's 50th anniversary, warned graduates that unrest endures and no one can tell when armies may be needed again. He urged selecting courageous leaders who guide public judgment and cautioned citizens to prepare for possible future war while defending democracy.
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West Point
N. Y
John J. Pershing
U. S
France
Pershing
Six Month Extension for Emergency Freight Rates Rejected
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a six month extension of nationwide emergency freight rates after railroads sought continued increase. Modifications cut coal surcharge from 15 percent to 10 cents per ton and lowered iron ore surcharges from 10 to 8 cents. Several emergency charges on tobacco flaxseed screenings woods and ores were removed or reduced.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elevator Plunge at Wurlitzer Building Injures Dozens
In New York a crowded elevator carrying about twenty people from a civil service night class plunged twelve stories to the basement of the Wurlitzer building near Times Square. Three were hospitalized with head cuts and broken bones. eleven sustained minor injuries, while twelve escaped without serious harm. The operator lost control at the twelfth floor as the car hit the bottom cushion. The elevator was badly shattered.
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New York
Wurlitzer
Times Square
Civil Service
Speed 1a Keynote For Legislature Special Session
Charleston June 12 speed became the legislative keynote tonight ahead of the special session opening Monday. Speaker Pelter urged immediate work to complete the nine items in the call while Gov Kump said every effort would speed the process. Hundreds of job applications were received as talk grows of a new public assistance department to administer the security program. Officials planned quick rule committee meetings to shape the measures and staff needs remain uncertain until the legislature acts.
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Charleston
W. Va
John J. Pelter
House
Kump
Pelter
John S. Hall
Charles Lively
Senate
Charles E. Hodges
Department of Public Assistance
$720,000 Allotted for Repair to State Roads
Charleston W V June 12 State WPA Administrator W Wit cher McCullough announced today allotment of $720 000 for highway maintenance in the state He added the state road commission will match the funds with $415 804 making a total of $1 136 541 available for repairing winter damage to primary roads An average of 74 men will be employed in each county to open ditches remove slides build shoulders and clean drains Projects were released for 19 counties at a total cost of $240 000 to employ 1 326 men Mercer was not included in the list
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Charleston
W. Va
WPA
W. Witcher McCullough
State Road Commission
Mercer
Bailey Explains Bonus Payment To Ex-Service Men
Ex service men in Bluefield and vicinity will receive adjusted service bonds by registered mail from Washington on June 16, 1936. Bluefield Post No 9 of the American Legion was advised by postmaster R L Bailey. About 50,000 WV veterans eligible, 45,000 applied, with roughly 22 million dollars in bonds to be distributed. Mercer county has about 4,000 ex-service men. Bluefield around 600 expected recipients.
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Bluefield
Washington, D. C
American Legion
R. L. Bailey
Appalachian Building
J. Toy Nelson
Bailey
Post
Lightning Kills Six in Southern Storms
Cross City Florida June 12 six people were struck by a bolt of lightning while riding in a lumber truck. Four men died instantly including A Lee and J M Lunsford both about 50 from Bradley Alabama and Tom Smith and Gus Jackson both Shamrock Florida. Four others were injured, all Negroes, Anniston Alabama. Separate report from Anniston says lightning killed James Season 19 and Francis Moore 20 while they were swimming and crossing a field.
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Cross City
Fla
A. Lee
Bradley
Ala
J. M. Lunsford
Tom Smith
Shamrock
Gus Jackson
Anniston
James Season
Francis Moore
New Guffey Bill Faces Senate Opposition
Washington reports the Guffey Vinson coal control bill drew opposition in a Senate interstate commerce committee hearing. Bituminous coal producers and a National Association of Manufacturers representative attacked its constitutionality, calling it price fixing and a flawed substitute for the invalidated Guffey act. Critics warned the bill would create confusion and disrupt interstate commerce while proponents, including John L. Lewis and Charles O Neill, prepared further testimony ahead of a planned committee vote by Monday.
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Washington
House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Supreme Court
James A. Emery
The
Manufacturers Association
Emery
NIRA
E. L. Greever
Tazewell
Consolidation Coal Company
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
J. Noble Snider
Minton
Indiana
NRA
Wheeler
Montana
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Charles O'Neill
Eastern
Bituminous Coal Producers Association
Spectacular Fire Traps Sailors Aboard Roald Jar
A blaze aboard the Norwegian freighter Roald Jar in Valencia traps dockworkers and sailors below decks. Twenty seven people are burned with several in critical condition as flames leap eighty to hundred feet high while cellulose waste and rugger cargo burn rapidly.
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Valencia
Spain
State Executive Meeting Of GOP Held Today
In Clarksburg West Virginia the state executive committee convened with Judge Summers H Sharp and Hugo Ike Shott among the first arrivals. The gathering will name a state chairman fix the judicial convention site and discuss nominees for state offices while delegates tally to about seventeen hundred for the upcoming fall campaign.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Summers H. Sharp
Hugo Ike Shott
United States
Sharp
McGinnis Hatfield
Vernon Johnson
Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
Cotege
State Supreme Court
M. C .Litz
Homer B. Woods
Kimball
Walter S. Hallanan
Cara Ebert
Hugh
Huntington Cops Arrest 28 After Laziness Charge
Huntington West Virginia June 12 after Public Safety Director Golden Adkins accused officers of being too lazy to make traffic arrests 28 arrests were made today He praised the results and pledged action against beer gardens warning license renewals may be refused next month for disgraceful conditions
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Huntington
W. Va
Public Safety
Golden Adkins
Jesse Jones Survives Flaming Plane Crash Near Dallas
Jesse Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation and five others escaped death when a monoplane caught fire over Ferris Texas. Pilot Ed Heffley and co pilot Eugene Schacher were seriously burned while Jones and four passengers pulled them to safety. The group included former governor and Mrs W P Hobby and Joe Tommey all Houston residents. The plane landed after the blaze and was destroyed. Jones helped wheel the injured to an operating room and was hospitalized briefly after attending the Robert E Lee statue dedication.
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Dallas
Texas
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ed Heffley
Houston
Eugene Schacher
Jones
W. P. Hobby
Joe Tommey
Hobby
James
Heffley
Ferris
Schacher
Tve
Robert E. Lee
Landon Knox Ticket to Face Roosevelt in Fall Conclave Ends
A vigorous drive to elect Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas to the presidency was pledged as John Hamilton became national committee chairman. Hamilton named a subcommittee to appoint remaining officers, and the committee elected him unanimously. The group outlined a hard campaign and set about organizing the party structure with diverse state and district members named to the subcommittee.
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Landon-Knox
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Illinois
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Hamilton
London
Williams
Henry P. Fletcher
George A. Ball
Indiana
Bertha Baur
Ilinois
Robert P. Burroughs
New Hampshire
R. B. McCreager
Texas
J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
Paul Fitzsimmons
Rhode Island
Walters. Hallanan
West Virginia
Charles D. Hilles
New York
John E. Hillman
Colorado
Daniel Pomeroy
New Jersey
H. H. Sayre
Oklahoma
Barton M. Scranton
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Earl Warren
California
Ezra Whitla
Idaho
Joseph W. Marton Jr
Massachusetts
Barnes wins Logan postoffice bid for 72890 dollars
James I. Barnes of Orange Virginia submitted the low bid today for construction of a new postoffice at Logan West Virginia. The amount is 72890 dollars and the award was announced in Washington.
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Washington
James I. Barnes
Orange
Logan
W. Va
7 Charged in Black Legion Plot
Detroit reports warrants charging 27 men with Black Legion conspiracies to murder Arthur L. Kingsley editor of the Highland Parker news paper and William W. Voisine mayor of industrial Kcorse. Fifteen named include several alleged leaders. 12 others sought on John Doe warrants. Prosecution cites a blood pact to kill Kingsley and a plot to slay Voisine. Arthur F. Lupp, state commander, charged with giving the order.
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Detroit
Black Legion
John Doe
Duncan ©. McCrea
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Parker
William W. Voisine
Industrial Kcorse
Voisine
Kingsley
Arthur F. Lupp
N. Ray Markland
Highland Park
Markland
McCrea
Leslie J. Black
Wolverine Republican League
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Hoover Says GOP Ticket Suits Him Perfectly
New York June 12 Former president Herbert Hoover boarded a train for the west tonight and said the ticket and the platform adopted by the Republican party suit him perfectly He noted no definite plans to stump for Governor Landon saying that is up to the national committee Landon and others Hoover said he has led a crusade vital to the American people to restore real individual freedom and views Landon’s election as the next step in that effort.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
United States
West
Republican Party
Landon
National Committee
Landon Favors Move On Enemy At Convention
Topeka June 12 Gov Alf Landon spoke boldly as the Republican presidential nominee asserting he favors an immediate move on the enemy. He dispatched a confidence message to the Cleveland convention congratulated Col Frank Knox his running mate chose John D M Hamilton to head the national committee and planned strategy talks with Knox and a subcommittee. Landon hinted at meeting to plan the campaign and said he would notify the party of nomination with the committee likely to prepare for that step. He dodged campaign specifics and would not name an enemy country or enemy territory. Landon and Knox previously were part of the 1912 bull moose split and Hoover sent congratulations wishing him divine guidance.
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Charles N. Kimball
Sistersville
Cleveland
Kimball
Orion Keller
Wheeling
Robert B. McDougle
Parkersburg
George W. Sharp
Judge Sharp
Robert H.C. Kay
Charleston
W. Chapman Revercomb
D. L. Salisbury
Topeka
Kas
Alf. M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
John D. M. Hamilton
Knox
Republican National Committee
Landon
Independence
Bertrand H. Snell
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
Chicagoan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Illinois
Borah
Idaho
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon telegraph to Republican convention vows victory
Cleveland June 12 Governor Alf Landon’s telegram to the Republican national convention urges delegates forward. He pledges to accept responsibility when summoned and praises the convention’s work. He cites Jefferson and Lincoln to frame the party’s free government principles. He urges acceptance of obligations.
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Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
Bertrand H. Snell
Ohio
Republican Party
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Two Men Electrocuted When Wire Is Knocked Down
Bloomington Indiana June 12 two men were electrocuted when a falling tree pulled a high tension line onto a road crew. The dead are Joseph Kerr 57 a Bloomington contractor and Merrill Wykoff 21 a farmer Kerr was killed while trying to aid Wykoff a former Bloomington high school star athlete.
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Bloomington
Ind
Joseph Kerr
Merrill Wykoff
Kerr
Wykoff
Huntington Woman Mary Pritchard Dies at 87
A stroke caused the death of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Pritchard, 87, a widely known figure in the tri state district. Survivors include Dr. Karl Pritchard and Marshall College instructor Miss Lucy Pritchard.
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Huntington
W. Va
Mary Elizabeth Pritchard
Tri-State
Karl Pritchard
Lucy Pritchard
Marshall College
Unanimous vote seals Landon Knox ticket at convention
At the Chicago Republican convention Landon and Knox were nominated on a unanimous ticket after a fierce floor campaign. Senator Vandenberg withdrew, three old guard senators led a failed attack for Knox, and Borah offered no clear answer on backing the ticket. The convention closed amid talk of a bitter campaign ahead.
Borah Silent on Landon Support Amid Platform Reactions
Senator Borah of Idaho declined to say if he would back Alf Landon for president and withheld comment on Kansas Governor Landon’s monetary message, calling it unclear. He expressed no soreness at not securing the nomination and did not object to Frank Knox as vice president. Capitol reaction split along party lines with some praising the platform and others criticizing its phrasing.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Gover
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
Landon-Knox
Karach
New Jersey
Represtative Jones
Lavention
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Blum
Babe
C. O. C. Head
Rump
Solons
Safety Department
Legion
Fine
RFC
Kansan
Hallanan
John Hamilton
National Party
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
Logan Post Office
Gagt
Vandenberg
Stampede
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Moses
Reed
Bingham
Connecticut
Thua
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