Roosevelt Signs Measure Extending NRA Remnant to April 1936
In a swift vote the House approved the stop gap NRA extension by 336 to 31 and President Roosevelt signed it with little comment. The bill keeps a code-less, bob-tailed recovery unit in force until April 1, 1936. Debate centered on the Harrison Borah anti trust amendment and issues of collective bargaining and minimums. House Republicans pressed gag rule complaints as lawmakers weighed future plans to replace the NRA.
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Garner
Byrnes
House
Roosevelt
White House
Huey Long
Senate
Supreme Court
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Borah
Idaho
NRA
Coughton
Gifford
Republican
Massachusetts
Bodies of blast dead recovered at Reinsdorf factory
Wittenberg Germany June 14 rescuers worked in shifts to pull 52 dead from the Westfalia Anhalt munitions plant at Reinsdorf after a powerful explosion and fire. Seven more bodies were believed trapped. 73 seriously hurt in hospitals. 100 by homes. Hitler contributed 100000 marks for relief. others funded widows and orphans.
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Wittenberg
Germany
Westfalia-Anhalt
Reinsdorf
Hitler
Labor Front
Ministry of the Interior
Girl Fatally Hurt in Auto Accident near Clarksburg
In Clarksburg West Virginia on June 14 one girl died and four others were slightly hurt in a car wreck. Maxine Johnson 16 died at a local hospital. Virginia Johnson 17 Gwendolyn Davis and Glyndon Hedge were treated and released. Art Carder 20 driver of a truck faced arrest after the crash near a bridge abutment.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Maxine Johnson
Arch Johnson
Virginia Johnson
Maxine
Gwendylon Davis
Glyndon Hedge
Clyde Hedge
Haunted House surgeon sent to prison in Maryland
Dr H C Zimmerly, 67, sentenced to seven and a half to fifteen years for illegal operations on Gladys Lawson and Elsie Miller in two cases. He pleaded guilty to narcotics charges. authorities allege Lawson died and temperature body disposal occurred in his furnace. He faces transfer to Eastern Penitentiary after court defers final placement.
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Lancaster
H. C. Zimmerly
Eastern Penitentiary
Gladys Lawson
Calvert
Elsie Miller
Rising Sun
Lawson
Maryland
Zimmerly
Dick” Parker
Mechanics Grove
Paul Whitemans Seek Two Adopted Babies
New York report notes Paul Whiteman and wife Mrs. Margaret Livingston plan to adopt two girls amid a baby boom sparked by the Dionne quintuplets. They describe a strong interest in girl babies and observe a shortage of boys as couples seek daughters. Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler recently adopted a seven week old boy named Albert.
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New York
Paul Whiteman
Mrs. Whiteman
Paul
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Albert
Unfavorable Weather Delays Rome Flight Plan
New York June 14 A weather report from the U S weather bureau delayed for a fourth time the non stop flight from New York to Rome by George and Alfred De Monteverde Portuguese sopismen. They had loaded 4590 miles of fuel and hoped to depart after midnight but weather off the European coast prompted the postponement. The brothers sons of the late Alfredo De Monteverde former Portuguese minister to Italy reside in Cincinnati Ohio.
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New York
United States Weather Bureau
George de Monteverde
Alfred de Monteverde
Rome
Italy
James Kimball
New York Weather Bureau
Alfredo de Monteverde
Cincinnati
Security Bill Spars With Partisan Fire In Senate Debates
In Washington on June 14 the Senate opened debate on President Roosevelt's Social Security bill with praise, criticism, and many amendments. Senator Hale charged the Democrats had carried out much of the Socialist platform, while Senator Long proposed a wealth tax to finance the program and boost pensions to 30 dollars a month, funded by levies on fortunes above 1.7 million dollars.
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Washington
Long
Roosevelt
Senate
Hale
Republican
Maine
Democratic Party
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Louisiana
Independent Telephone Association elects officers in West Virginia
West Virginia Independent Telephone Association re elected J. M. Bear of Marlinton as president H H O Neal of Oak Hill as vice president and C J McMahon of Wayne as secretary and treasurer The second annual convention was set for Clarksburg in 1936.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia Independent Telephone Association
J. M. Bear
Marlinton
H. H. O'Neal
Oak Hill
C. J. McMahon
Wayne
Holt Committee To Act On Holt Seating Today
Senator elect Holt attends his brother Charess Holt wedding in Elkins West Virginia then heads to Charleston to address an automobile dealers convention. The elections committee plans a seating decision and Holt braces for possible floor battle using twelve precedents. He turns thirty Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Holt
West Virginia
Elkins
W. Va
Charess W. Holt
Weston
Margaret Nichols
Charleston
Senate
Carter Glass
the Treasury
Senator Lafollette
Wisconsin
James Schurman
New Jersey
House
Hoke Smith
Georgia
David B. Hill
New York
Huey Long
Louisiana
Vein of Gold Found Near Custer Seen As Major Discovery
Francis Case reports a three feet wide vein of free gold in the Wild Rose mine three miles northeast of Custer South Dakota near French Creek. The ore is valued at about 2100 dollars per ton far above typical Homestake ore. No rush expected despite the potential magnitude.
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Custer
8. D
Francis Case
Black Hills
Homestake
Lead
Case
Wild Rose
Custer State Park
French Creek
Horatio N. Ross
JAPS MOVE MORE TROOPS INTO AREA
Japanese forces press demands on Chahar authorities after detaining four Japanese at Changpei. Troops in Peiping and Tientsin increase, with 4,000 to 5,000 massed near Shanhaikwan. Governors and officials face new pressure as garrisons plan redeployment next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tientsin
China
Chahar Province
Nippon
Peiping
Shanhaikwan
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Chahar
Changpei
China protests Japan moves after envoy’s call
China filed urgent representations with western powers over Japan’s advance near the Great Wall. Quo Tai Chi, Chinese ambassador, told Britain that Tokyo’s actions violate the nine power treaty and urged adherence by Japan, with the U S and Britain among signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
London
Quo Tai-Chi
Foreign Office
Japan
Quo
Great Britain
United States
Great Wall
Former congressman Charles E. Hogg dies at 83
Charles Edgar Hogg 83 former dean of West Virginia University law school and former U S representative died at his Point Pleasant home after months of ill health His survivors include sons William and Robert L Hogg a daughter Miss Nance Hogg and wife Funeral services will be at the Presbyterian church in Point Pleasant on Sunday afternoon
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Charles Edgar Hogg
West Virginia University
U. S
William Hogg
Williamson
State House of Delegates
Mary H. Patterson
Robert L. Hogg
National Association of Life Insurance
Miss Nance Hogg
New York
Presbyterian Church
Point Pleasan
Elkins Chosen as Auxiliary Air Corps Training Site
Representative Randolph announced that Elkins West Virginia has been designated an auxiliary site for Army Air Corps training. Officials said Elkins will host visits by planes and squadrons, not a full training school, despite Randolph's push for mountain flying instruction.
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Washington
Randolph
West Virginia
Army Air Corps
Elkins
W. Va
Corps
Woman Is Acquitted Of Slaying Charge In Film Lobby Shooting
Eva Cooper Wilson was acquitted of killing her former husband’s second wife shot in a movie lobby on February 24. She pleaded insanity and showed no emotion at the verdict, tears only when counsel urged release. The Commonwealth failed to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Stanford
Eva Cooper Wilson
Rioting in South Omaha Ends Tonight in Casualty Toll
An unidentified man was killed and at least sixteen wounded as rioting surged for the third straight night in South Omaha. Police, aided by rookie officers sworn in after a $50,000 emergency ordinance, fired into the crowd to disperse striking streetcar sympathizers. The first volleys came near Thirty second and K streets, with a second volley at Twenty fourth and L. Earlier nights left six and twelve injured.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Thirty-second
K Street
Twenty-fourth
Arbitration gains in Toledo Edison strike amid labor threat
Toledo Edison accepts arbitration while Central Labor union weighs a general walkout. Oliver Myers asserts no arbitration where the third party favors the company. The union seeks earnings of the Toledo Edison, not city services, and 40 000 workers may join the walkout. Edison supplies power to about 400 000 people with no current supply drop.
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Toledo, O
Toledo Edison Company
Electrical Workers
Central Labor Union
Oliver Myers
Electrical Union
Department of Labor
Tolledo Edison Company
Cities Service
Toledo Edison
Toledo Company
Cities Service Company
Lawrence Aubry
Edison Company
Slayers Search in Woods for Pennsylvania Girl Murder Suspect
Police intensified a manhunt for Ray Kunselman after the 19 year old Dorothy Horne was found shot near a fence in Washington Pennsylvania. A blood stained auto abandoned in a nearby farm woods suggests the suspect may have killed himself or fled with the revolver used in the slaying. The car was driven off the highway and left a short distance from the crime scene three miles from the by road where Miss Horne died. An oil worker noticed the vehicle in a thicket before the murder was known and alerted authorities later.
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Washington
Ray Kunselman
Dorothy Horne
Kunselman
E. B. McClelland
Miss Horne
Holt rules in brokers wage assignment cases
Charleston June 14 Attorney General Homer A Holt ruled that brokers or finance companies lending money and taking wage or commission assignments must be licensed by the state banking department. The opinion, given by Banking Commissioner George Ward, also says firms that buy installment notes from dealers are not subject to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Homer A. Holt
State Banking Department
Holt
George Ward
Texas Flood Toll Rises in Southwest Region
Heavy rains swollen Llano River to 46 feet washing away a $117000 bridge between Mason and Fredericksburg and causing extensive crop and rail damage. Nine deaths reported with several hundred displaced as Del Rio and Victoria area residents flee rising floodwaters.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Llano River
Mason
Fredericksburg
del Rio
Here
Lasaro Barrientez
Spring Creek
Victoria
Flood fears as Bowman dam gates fail near Sheridan
Ranchers along Big Goose creek flee to high ground after head gates at Bowman dam deteriorated during heavy rains. The Park reservoir on East Goose creek feeds Big Goose and runs through Sheridan near the famed Dude Ranch country. Most ranches above the dam are safe, but the alert covers the area.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Big Goose Creek
Bowman Dam
Here
Big Horn Mountains
Park Reservoir
East Goose Creek
Big Goose
Sheridan Dude Ranch
Governors Greet Roosevelt With Confidence Vote
At Biloxt Miss the annual conference of U S governors closed with a unanimous resolution praising President Roosevelt for two years of improved conditions and endorsing NRA principles. A separate vote opposed federal control of relief expenditures by 13 to 3. Governor McNutt named chair. new executive committee formed with Nice Shultz Horner Landon and McNutt.
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Biloxt
Miss
Roosevelt
Conference of Governors of the
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Michigan
John C. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Washington
McNutt
Harry M. Nice
Maryland
Dave Shultz
Florida
Henry Horner
Lllinore
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
and McNutt
Indiana
Season's First Heat Death Reported in Chicago
Chicago reports the season's first heat death as temperatures reach 88 degrees, just below the month's high. The victim is Manny Burton, 46.
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Chicago
Manny Burton
State Police Raid Charleston Bookies Arrest 10
Ten Charleston residents were arrested as state police and deputies raided nine betting rooms in Charleston West Virginia. Police seized five moving vans of equipment including three teletype machines and nine telephones at a designated headquarters. All suspects were released on bond pending hearings next week.
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Charleston
W. Va
Justice of the Peace
Edwin
Four Injured in Auto Car Crash Near Bluefield
Four Burton residents riding in a 1929 Ford roadster were injured in a head on crash with a streetcar on Bluefield Avenue around 9 45 PM. Medical reports described critical condition for Clyde Kirk and expected-fatal for J T Myers with other injuries.
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Burton
Bluefield Avenue
Clyde Kirk
J. T. Myers
N. L. Kirk
Alice May Lusk
Bluefield Granitarium
Myers
Lusk
Pocahontas
Kirk
Bluefield
Eggleston
Cecil Spurgeon
John W. Haldron
Thomas H. Scott
Spurgeon
Alder
Elms
Haldron
Memorial Funeral Home
Bill Lias Faces Tax Evasion Charge in Federal Court
William Lincocl known as Bill Lias of Wheeling will be arraigned in federal court at Elkins on a tax evasion charge next Tuesday. District Attorney Howard L. Robinson said plans for the term include 120 complaints before the grand jury. Lias was indicted at the last term.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
William Lincocl
Aks
Bill” Lias
Wheeling
Elkins
Howard L. Robinson
Lias
Lew agrees to delay walkout until June 30
President Roosevelt won a pledge from John L. Lewis to extend current wages and conditions through June 30. Producers will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow to consider the proposal amid hopes the Guffey coal stabilization bill will pass soon.
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Lew
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Lewis
Kennedy
Britain to Hire Air Defense Forces in Surprise Plan
London June 14 The war office announced eight battalions will form an anti aircraft defense force ready for war. Five units will become searchlight battalions and three, including the Royal Fusiliers, will become anti aircraft brigades of royal artillery. Only the London area is named but other cities may follow.
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London
War Office
Britain
Royal Fusiliers
Royal Artillery
Herald
Army Council
Birmingham
Manchester
Leeds
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Sentenge
Dr. Zimmerly
Paul Whitemans
Bill
Independent Phone Association
Holt Committee
Capital
Shanhaikwaf
Charles E. Hogg
AIR Corps
Clain
Omawa
Slayer OF
Pennsylvania
Southwest
Texad
Bill Lias
Guffey
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