Roosevelt Urges Congress to Pass Must Legislation
President Roosevelt told House leaders he expected quick passage of 14 must bills including NRA extension and four measures to be enacted promptly. The White House summoned five key lawmakers to push through the agenda amid a long Senate filibuster and a fast moving House debate on extensions and related bills.
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Long
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
NRA
Wagner
Guffey Coal
Burns
Taylor
Colorado
O'Connor
New York
Doughton
North Carolina
Samuel Bl. Hill
Guffey
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Lancaster Doctor Convicted In House Of Horrors Case
Dr H C Zimmerly elderly owner of Mechanics Grove House of Horrors was convicted on two counts of performing an improper operation that cost a life. A nine to twelve member jury acquitted on a count claiming a child died. Trafficking in narcotics charges also loom against the 67 year old physician.
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H. C. Zimmerly
House of Horrors
Lancaster
Mechanics Grove
Zimmerly
Gladys Lawson
Calvert
Farm Home Hospital
Explosions Wipe Out Nazi Munitions Town
A collapse of the Westfalian Anhalt munitions complex at Reinsdorf near Berlin killed hundreds to thousands. The blast destroyed the town, injured many workers, and prompted evacuations, massive firefighting, and military lockdowns as Red Cross and army units aided the survivors.
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Reinsdorf
Germany
Westfallen Anhalt
Berlin
Wittenberg
Reich
Red Cross
Westfalian Anhalt
IG Farben Dye Trust
Mahan Manhunt Spurs renewed chase after ransom cache
Tacoma reports a fresh lead in the William Mahan kidnap case as a man resembling the fugitive begged food in Livingston Montana. Police widen the search toward multiple suspects while the Waleys face Lindbergh and mail fraud charges in Olympia.
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Tacoma
Wash
William Mahan
Weyenhaeuser
Livingston
Mont
C. F. Jeffries
Yellowstone National Park
Harmon M. Waley
George Weyerhaeused
Native Department
Han
Mahan
Alvin Karpis
Thomas M. Robinson Jr
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Berry V. Stoll
Louisville
Butte
Beling
Jack Duggan
Duggan
Waley’s
Salt Lake City
Olympia
Escaped Inmate Recaptured at Weston State Hospital
Harold W. Becker, an inmate from Wheeling, escaped from the Weston hospital cell earlier today and was recaptured by Clarksburg police en route to Wheeling. His wife, living in Clarksburg, had complained after Becker cursed her. Becker had been a trusted inmate at Weston.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harold W. Becker
Wheeling
Weston State Hospital
Becker
Weston Institution
General Johnson Critiques Roosevelt and New Deal Leadership
General Hugh S. Johnson in American Magazine calls on President Roosevelt to address public uncertainty and restore business faith. He argues for clear policy and fearless leadership, criticizing reliance on rhetoric and new programs without firm direction.
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New York
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
NRA
American
Johnson
Strike Looms as West Virginia Coal Industry Tests Unity
Charleston reports a looming June 16 coal strike touching about 500000 dependents across West Virginia. Estimates place WV coal mining at 106000 workers with expectations of an orderly walkout while operators press for wage talks, maintenance access, and peaceful disruption.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
West Virginia Coal Operators Association
Jesse V. Sullivan
Fire loss totals ease. 1934 figures released
Charleston West Virginia June 13 A fire loss of 1 184 061 in 1934 was shown today in the annual report of Fred B Watkins state fire marshal State officials said the total represents a decrease of 3 615 874 from fires in 1930 and predicted a drop in fire insurance rates if the trend continues.
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Charleston
W. Va
Fred B. Watkins
Not-Too-Vital Data On Longs Speech Compiled
Washington June 13 Senators fought with mediocre success to catch up on sleep lost during Senator Longs all night filibuster. The Congressional Record notes the speech ran about 150000 words at 150 wpm costing roughly $5000 and ending with to be continued. A joked line calls it the greatest speech in history as many slept through parts.
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Washington
Senator Long
Long
Congressional Record
Miners mobilize picket lines in captive mines during statewide strike
Union leaders in Pittsburgh report planned heavy picketing at captive mines not under UMW contracts as 75 000 miners prepare a nationwide walkout next Sunday. Hynes warns several mines may stay closed unless terms change while rallies are set in Waynesburg and Pricedale.
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Pittsburgh
Tri-State
William Hynes
United Mine Workers
Uniontown
Republic Steel Company
Trotter
Hynes
Waynesburg
Republic
Bethlehem, National Steel
Jones & Laughlin
U. S. Steel
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Fayette County
Frick
U. M. W. Representatives
Wheeling
Panhandle
Western Pennsylvania
Herrisburg
Earle
Washington
Guffey
Wagner
Cincinnati
Appalachian Coals, Inc
NRA
FERA Official Transferred From Red House Homestead
E J Carr, FERA special representative in charge of the subsistence garden homestead at Red House West Virginia, is transferred to Alaska homestead project work. He had supervised the model homestead for five months with 137 relief families settled from southern West Virginia.
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FERA
Charleston
W. Va
E. J. Carr
Red House
Alaska
Carr
West Virginia
Pan-American Clipper Completes First Leg to Honolulu
Pan-American Clipper finishes 2410 mile leg from Alameda to Pearl Harbor in 17 hours 57 minutes arriving at 6 26 am local time. Captain E C Musick and crew of five report fatigue minimal and expect next hop to Midway Island in a couple of days as Pan American officials project rapid transpacific service development.
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Honolulu
Aviation
Pan-American Clipper
California
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Alameda
Department of Agriculture
E. C. Musick
Musick
Transpacific Air Line
Pan-American Airwave
Hawaii
Orient
Local coal man opposes Morrow three point plan
W A Richards president of Sovereign Pocahontas and former Bituminous Coal Code leader denounces John P A Morrow's three point plan as a substitute for the Guffey bill. He argues the plan favors southern producers while neglecting district protective marketing provisions and calls for a fair market regulation of the bituminous industry.
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Logal Coal Man
Morrow
W. A. Richards
Sovereign Pocahontas Company
Bituminous Coal Code Authority
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Richards
Federal Coal Commission
Hunt Begins for Slayer of Girl in Washington
Washington, June 13. The government G men may join the hunt for Ray Kunselman, 35, oil worker, rumored to be fleeing after the death of Dorothy Horne, 19, found beaten and shot near a rural fence. Kunselman, last seen with the victim, has been missing since dawn as authorities coordinate with county police and the Pittsburgh FBI office under a federal law permitting intervention in select crimes.
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Washington
Dorothy Horne
Warren A. Burchiral
Ray Kunselman
Burchinal
Pittsburgh
U. S. Bureau of Investigation
Washington County
Eva Horne
Appalachian Coals plans wider marketing reach in Appalachia
Officials of Appalachian Coals Inc announced expansion to cover 85 percent of regional soft coal. The plan, discussed at a stockholders meeting attended by about 200 producers from West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee, targets an annual output of 55 million tons through the agency.
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Cincinnati, O
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Appalachian
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Japanese Move Upon Tientsin In Sino Japanese Clash
Shanghai reports heightened Sino-Japanese tension as Japan moves more troops toward Tientsin and denials from Nanking and Tokyo clash with Chinese claims. Troop massing near Shanhaikwan, a new anti-Japanese society found in Tientsin, and officials flee south as crisis deepens.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Tientsin
Nanking
Pieping
Tokyo
Changpei
Tan Takahashi
Rengo
Chinatown
Tientein
Shanhaikwan
Geat Wall
Blueshirts
Peiping
Ho Ying- Chin
Chiang Kai-Shen
Reina
Paraguay Pushes Toward Ravelo Bolivar Stronghold
In Buenos Aires on June 13 4 with cease fire near Paraguay forces press toward Ravelo Bolivian stronghold to seize it before the noon cease fire. Minor skirmishes reported in Ingayi and Huirapitindy sectors as the offensive rolled from Sunday toward Ravelo while a neutral cease fire commission heads to the front by plane.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Paraguay
Ravelo
Ingayi
Huirapitindy
Quintuplet Skunks Missing From Concord Street Home
In Clarksburg West Virginia on June 13 Mr and Mrs John Long reported five captured skunks missing from an unused parrot cage. They had found the quintuplet pets the previous morning wandering across their lawn and secured them, but a twisted cage leg suggests the mother skunk may have released them during a rescue attempt.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
John Long
Concord Street
Veterans Post boycotts Flag Day guest in Altoona
Members of the James L. Noble post of the veterans of foreign wars refuse to participate in flag day ceremonies citing opposition to Senator Joseph F. Guffey who opposed the Patman bonus bill. National Commander James E. Van Zandt is linked to the post.
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Altoona
James L. Noble
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joseph F. Guffey
James E. van Zandt
Veterans
John Johnsonbeugh
Guffey
Coal operators demand price control feature before new contracts
Large group of operators tell UMW they will not sign wage and hour agreements without the price control provision of the Guffey bill. Contracts expire Sunday midnight. John L. Lewis orders members to stay out Monday unless new deals are signed. Washington reports indicate hearings on the measure will start soon as White House pressure and Senate skirmishing continue.
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Morrow
Sases
Appalachian Coals, Incorporated
Richard
UMW
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Samuel B. Hill
Ways End Means Committee
NRA
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Coal production in Pocahontas district jumps in week
The Pocahontas Operators association reports last week’s output at 545 586 tons, the highest since September 2 195, with a year to date total of 9 375 3 tons. Most miners hope to avoid a strike as wage talks extend past June 16 and orders prohibit entry to mines on June 17 without a new agreement.
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Pocahontas
United Mine Workers of America
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