Germany declares six month moratorium on all foreign debts
Germany announces a six month halt on payments due on all foreign obligations including the Dawes and Young loans. The move, to start July 1, is backed by the Reichsbank moratorium and faces protests from the Bank for International Settlements and creditor nations. Britain and France weigh protective actions for their holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bank For International Settlements
Dawes and Young Loane
Basel
Switzerland
Leon Fraser
Young Loan
Dawes Loan
The
Hague
Lausanne
United States
Reichebank
Great Britain
France
London
Young and Dawes
Reichsbank
Teachers to Be Paid in West Virginia
Charleston officials report the board of public works authorized teacher salary payments for the eighth month of the school year totaling about 1.24 million dollars. Funds from on hand balances will cover most while some may be borrowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
Congress Anxious To Close Session
Washington reports both parties want adjournment soon as lawmakers clash over a compromise labor bill. The housing measure advances from the senate banking sub committee to back the president's aim to ease home loans via government guarantees. The House plows through miscellaneous bills including a Morgenthau request to curb bootleg bottle production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Old Guard
Congress
Senate Banking
Morgenthau
Treasury
World News At A Glance
Pittsburgh steel union leaders reject compromise and press for a strike vote. Washington labor disputes mediation bill faces amendments as Republicans push changes. Senate confirms Tugwell 53 to 24 after a bitter debate. Davenport police officer abducted along with a baseball official. a third man missing. Berlin imposes six month moratorium on long term debt. Hitler meets Mussolini for two hours. Calcutta earthquake rocks NW Himalayas with many feared dead. Paris police seek three judges for bombs sent by mail.
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Washington
Washington — Senate
Tugwell
Venice
Hitler
Mussolini
Calcutta
India
Himalayas
Phantom kidnapper snatches Davenport officer and baseball official
Police in Davenport report a phantom kidnapper abducted Policeman Elmer Schleuter and Al Schultze, secretary of the Davenport Western League club, with Dr. W H Fitch possibly forced along. Searches and raids followed as authorities suspected a bank robbery ruse and hurricane pursuit spread across eastern Iowa.
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Davenport
Elmer Schleuter
al Schultze
Western League Baseball Club
W. H. Fitch
Walcott
Blue Grass
Dr. Fitch
Iowa City
Davenport Western League Baseball Club
Iowa
Schleuter
Schultze
Here
John P. Flanagan
Attorney General Receives River Bill of Complaint
Charleston June 14 Attorney General Homer A Holt today received a copy of the federal governments bill of complaint in a suit to halt water power development on the New River unless a federal license is obtained The suit filed in federal court at Charleston names the Union Carbide and Carbon company and subsidiaries the New Kanawha Power company and the Electro Metallurgical company Some observers see a potential clash between state and federal governments over hydro electric power The project began under a state license and is nearing completion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Homer A. Holt
New River
Union Carbide and Carbon Company
New Kanawha Power Company
Electro- Metallurgical Company
State House
National Association of Firemen Convenes in Wheeling
Fire fighters from thirty seven states gather in Wheeling West Virginia for the eleventh annual convention of the National Association of Firemen with sessions through Saturday. Business leaders from Auel Weetinghouse Pittsburgh and others will address delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
National Association of Firemen
A. B. Auel
Weetinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
Manufacturers Light and Heat
Jordan Kopp
Philadelphia
T. J. Maloney
New York City
R. B. Criswell
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Columbus
H. A. Bruce
Mansfield, C
E. S. Maclin
New River State College
Montgomery
G. T. Watson
West Virginia
Eecommission of
Charlesn
Steel workers to vote on strike plan today
Amalgamated leaders oppose the measure saying it lacks union recognition. The conference will decide on a plan to establish a labor board while strike advocates celebrate the potential action.
Steel workers vote on potential industry strike today
About 200 steel workers decide today whether to call a strike after a yesterday vote that allowed William Green to address the AFL ahead of a strike motion. The plan to create a labor board faced opposition in Washington as Republicans sought amendments to a substitute bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Hugh 8. Johnson
Strike now movement shows strength at steel union meeting
Pittsburgh June 14 Leaders of the strike now faction cheered after a first test at the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers convocation. A 96 to 49 vote refused to suspend by laws and bar nondelegates, while most lodges reported re cognition was denied. Forbeck said only Roosevelt intervention could avert an immediate walkout.
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Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers
Earl J. Forbeck
McKeesport
Committee of Ten
Forbeck
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Navy fails to find vital information in airliner wreck salvage
New York reports the U S navy did not uncover any information of vital importance in papers and six vials of crystals salvaged from the Livingston Manor airliner wreck. The materials were seized by naval intelligence and forwarded to the U S district attorney after examination at the Brooklyn navy yard.
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New York
U. S. Navy
Livingston Manor
N. Y
Naval
Victor G. Bourke
Sullivan County
Brooklyn Navy Yard
F. H. R. Doyle
Third Naval District
Navy
U. S. District Attorney
Semet-Solvay Company
William B. Bad
Terrific Quake Takes Toll in Asia
A powerful earthquake feared to have caused many deaths shook Afghanistan and Baluchistan with reports slow to come in from the northwest Himalaya. Historic Bihar losses loom as a reference, with severe checks recorded by seismographs at 3 a.m. GMT noting Baluchistan as the active center.
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Calcutta
India
Afghanistan
Baluchristan
Himalaya
Bihar
Maci
Quetta
Baluchistan
Labor measure hits obstacles amid steel strike fears
Washington reports stalled Wagner labor dispute bill as Republicans press amendments while Pittsburgh steel workers face a threatened strike. NRA chief Johnson withdraws from mediation role, AFL head Green withholds approval, and Borah warns the substitute bills threaten peace.
Kentucky solons defer vote on sales tax bill
Frankfort Ky June 14 the senate postponed action on a 3 percent sales tax bill due to Flag Day holidays and possible court challenges. Opponents said the delay showed insufficient votes to pass. The house sent a Senate bill allowing livestock breeders and farmers to file chattel mortgages before production with an emergency clause to Governor Ruby Laffoon for signing.
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A. M. J. Cochran
Kentucky
House
Senate
Ruby Laffoon
Hitler and Mussolini Hold World Problems Conference
Venice June 14 Premier Mussolini and Chancellor Hitler met in Villa Pasina to discuss European and world politics. The two leaders spoke in German without interpreters for 145 minutes, covering disarmament Austria League attitudes and economic topics including Italy's trade with Austria and Hungary.
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Venice
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Villa Pasina
Switzerland
Grand Canal
Konstantin von Neurath
League of Nations
Austria
Hungary
TM Duce
Birth control policy rejected by top American medical group
The house of delegates of the American Medical Association voted against providing free government medical service to high officials and urged congress to cut public funds. James Somerville McLester won the presidency over Hugh S. Cumming by 14 votes. Two resolutions sought investigation of birth control devices, with one explicit that it was not an endorsement.
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Cleveland
Supreme Body of American Medicine
House of Delegates
American Medical Society
Congress
James Somerville McLester
M. D
Birmingham
Ala
Sugeon
Hugh S. Cumming
American Medical Association
Four New Assistant Attorneys General Named in Richmond
The appointment of four assistant attorneys general was announced by Virginia Attorney General Abram P. Staples. The appointees include W. W. Martin counsel to taxation, J. Warren Topping counsel to the motor vehicles division, PD Gardiner Tyler assistant counsel to the highway commission, and G. Stanley Clarke formerly attached to the liquor board. Shands returns to the division of research and statutory drafting after a loan to the liquor board.
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Richmond
Abram P. Staples
State Liquor Board
William R. Shands
W. W. Martin
State Department of Taxation
J. Warren Topping
Division of Motor Vehicles
PD. Gardiner Tyler
The
Highway Commission
G. Stanley Clarke
Liquor Board
Shands
Division of
Liquor Card
Butler club steward injured in stair fall
Walter Scott 70 of Wheeling West Virginia a steward at the Butler Country Club was injured today in a fall down a flight of stairs. He was taken to a Butler hospital where authorities said his condition is not serious.
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Butler
Walter Scott
Wheeling
W. Wa
Butler Country Club
Baer Beats Carnera to Win World Heavyweight Title
Max Baer defeated Primo Carnera in the eleventh round to seize the world heavyweight championship. Referee Donovan stopped the bout as Carnera, rendered bloodied and semiconscious, yielded after a brutal barrage by the Californian.
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Primo Carnera
Max Baer
America
Carnera
Baer
Donovan
Matoaka Teacher Killed In Crash
Miss Ida Gray Gilmer a 19 year old Matoaka public school faculty member died after an automobile collision with a road roller on the Matoaka Kegley highway near Myers store. The driver William Ramey Jr escaped with minor injuries.
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Ida Gray Gilmer
Matoaka - Kegley Road
William Ramey Hart
Matoaka
Matoaka-Kegley
Myers’ Store
Ramey
Miss Gilmer
Kegley
House committee rejects Dil production rule and calls for study
Washington June 14 The house commerce committee voted 12 to 5 to reject all production control legislation. It urged forming a sub committee to study the need for new laws for next Congress. Ickes warned of a dangerous situation with no national means to curb illegal oil production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Disney
Oklahoma
Ickes
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Baer Edges Carnera in Chaotic Heavyweight Title Fight
Max Baer defeated Primo Carnera in a brutal twelve round battle to win the heavyweight crown at Madison Square Garden. Carnera endured repeated knockdowns and a final onslaught before Referee Arthur Donovan stopped the fight, delivering Baer the title in a ringside drama noted for its chaos and resilience.
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Madison Garden Bowl
New York
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Max Baer
Primo Carnera
Baer
Arthur Donovan
Dempsey
Senate confirms Tugwell for undersecretary post
Senate votes 53 to 24 to confirm Rexford Tugwell as undersecretary of agriculture after an acrimonious session. Six Democrats opposed, including Byrd and Bailey. Glass opposed via pairing. Republican independents Norrig and Cutting defended the nominee amid claims of progress versus action.
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Byrd
Virginia
Glass
Tugwell
Republican Independents Aid
Washington
Senate Tonight
Rexford G. Tugwell
Columbia
Roosevelt
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bailey
North Carolina
Norrig
Nebraska
Cutting
New Mexico
Senate
Black
Alabama
Aleéo
Neely
West Virginia
Socrates
Plane backtracks to pick up fight fans
Two men rush to Latrobe Pennsylvania airport asking for a flight to New York. Pilot Al Carl diverts the Central Air Lines plane to Newark, bringing Dr. Cc B Terwillegar and Hugo Cheastosky in time to watch Max Baer defeat Primo Carnera for the heavyweight title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
New York
Cc. B. Terwillegar
Latrobe
New York Ward
al Carl
Central Air Lines, Inc
Dairymen Hear State Agriculture Official Outline Plan
J B McLaughlin state commissioner of agriculture spoke to about 200 area dairymen at the municipal auditorium in Bluefield outlining a plan to bring milk control under state supervision from producer to consumer. A Virginia West Virginia committee was named to set up enforcement and a local milk board and to confer with Virginia authorities next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Mclaughlin
Mr. Webber
Commissioner of Agriculture
Mr. McLaughlin
Bluefield
West Virginia-Virginia Dairymen's Cooperative Association
McLaughlin
West Virginia
Dairymen’s Association
J. L. Kirk
J. B. Harman
Clarence Caffee
Walter Sander
Frank Hurt
Fred St. Clair
Virginia
State Commissioner of Agriculture
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Associated Press
World News
Arata
Berlin
Paris
Amalgamated
Mike F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Iron and Steel Institute
Michael F. Tighe
Federal District Attorney
Hughs. Johnson
Green
Borah
Idaho
Idaho Independent
Johnson
NRA
National Labor Board
Wagner
John Moore
Moore
IL Duce
Interpreters
Big Carnera
Fireo
Edward J. Neil
Beer
Fini
Sequals
Jess Willard
Toledo
Livermore Ladies
California
Jim Corbett
Jim Jeffries
Camera
Page Five
Reaford
Tugwell Byrd
Otate
J.B. McLaughlin
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