150000 Chinese Crown in Floods
Yellow River floods Henan province threatening a major disaster. About 150,000 Chinese civilians drowned after a 50 mile breach in dikes and thousands of Japanese troops may be trapped. Relief officials warn the flood will create a relief crisis rivaling World War era needs. Refugees flee west as war continues, with U S gunboat Monocacy near Kiukiang to safeguard citizens.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
China
Honan
Anhwei
Kiangsu
Chungmow
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Yangtze
Hankow
Ing
United States
Kiukiang
Lad in Swim Suit Survives Unwanted Train Ride
Morgantown West Virginia June 14 Bobby Corwin nine year old disappeared from Lock No 10 bathing beach near Morgantown. He rode a freight train in his swimming trunks for about twelve miles to Point Marion Pennsylvania before being found by Elma Barone who dressed him and notified police. He described sleeping in bushes eating berries and staying warm after a cold night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Bobby Corwin
Point Marion
Bobby
John Corwin
Monongahela
Lock Dam
Robert
Guffey and Lawrence Reunited in Pennsylvania Campaign
In Harrisburg on June 14 Democratic State Chairman David L. Lawrence and U. S. Senator F. Guffey set aside months of feuding to lead the party’s push to keep control of Pennsylvania in the upcoming November elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
David L. Lawrence
U. S
F. Guffey
Side Side
Speed Keynote in Relief Plans Aims for Early Recovery
Washington signals a strong administration push to boost business before Labor Day as Congress returns home. Agencies prepare rapid lending and spending initiatives to inject funds in June through August, with federal orders likely to flood markets and drive price increases. The goal is to stimulate employment and overcome private inventory lag, triggering later private demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Congress
Swinler Resigns as Bluefield Trust Officer for Martinsville Bank
Alen E. Swinler resigns as trust officer of the First National Bank of Bluefield to become cashier at the First National Bank of Martinsville Virginia. Russell A. Yarbrough succeeds him, a longtime savings teller at Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Russell R. Yarbrough
Alen E. Swinler
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Martinsville
Swinler
Russell A. Yarbrough
Christ Episcopal
Yarbrough
Florida ransom kidnapper pleads guilty in Miami case
Franklin Pierce McCall pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing to the $10,000 ransom kidnaping of James Bailey Cash Jr. in Princeton Florida. The crime carries a death penalty and a special grand jury also indicted McCall for murder, with defense arrangement limited to the kidnaping count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Pla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash
Florida
Princeton
McCall
H. F. Atkinson
Jack Kehoe
FBI
Fla
George A. Weet
E. J Connelley
Fed Bureau of Investigation
Clara Bow Gives Birth to Son in Santa Monica
Clara Bow wife of Rex Bell and former it girl became a mother in Santa Monica today. The newborn boy weighed six pounds 11 ounces at the Santa Monica hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Clara Bow
Rex Bell
Santa Monica Hospital
Lewis Defeated On Bill Demand In Speaker Office
Washington June 14 AP A coalition of Republicans and administration Democrats crushed John L. Lewis CIO chairman by a House Rules Committee vote that killed a labor bill Lewis sponsored. The measure would have required firms with government contracts over 2000 to meet open wage hour standards and face penalties including denial of future contracts. The committee kept the bill from floor consideration and swift action followed as Lewis and CIO officials faced setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Capitol
Lewis
Speaker Bankhead
House
House Rules Committee
National Labor Re Board
Rules Committee
Lee Pressman
Tom Kennedy
Overnor
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Congress
Senate
Roose- White House
Belt
Hinton Youth Dies After Being Thrown by Horse
James Gill, 18, of near Hinton, W V, died of a fractured skull after being thrown from a horse. The accident occurred as he was leaving the neighbors home when the horse wheeled suddenly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
W. Va
James Gill
John Gill
Chamberlain Rejects Armament Use to Halt Bombings
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons he would not deploy new armaments to stop raids on ships in Spanish ports. He outlined two plans to curb bombings while warning that direct intervention could widen the conflict. The plan options include neutral zones for British ships and a port withdrawal supervised by an international commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tells House
London
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
House of Commons
Britain
Chamberlain
Anno
Ance
John McGovern
France
Burgos
Republican Wins Mullens Voting
Mullens West Virginia June 14 The municipal election produced a split result among three tickets R L Early Republican on Peoples ticket 499 votes W M Holroyd Republican on Citizens ticket 326 votes Judson Davis Democratic ticket 479 votes Total 1304 votes Democrats attempted full turnout with absent officials returning to vote Harry Lawton and Lewis Bolen named commissioners
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Harry Lawton
Lewis Bolen
Western Pa coal operators plan price fixing group
Pittsburgh June 14 B H Canon secretary of the coal operators association of western Pennsylvania said cooperation with Ohio and northern West Virginia is key to a marketing organization to peg prices at profitable levels. After a conference with 12 western counties they expect to form a voluntary price fixing body under the water coal control act and meet again in a week or ten days. The group already handles about 32 million tons annually, nearly 80 percent of western Pennsylvania’s commercial output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
B. H. Canon
Coal Operators Association of
Western Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Canon
Pennsylvania
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Western
Chesapeake dissolves after proxy fight over C and O control
Stockholders vote to dissolve Chesapeake corporation and liquidate assets including a controlling interest in the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. The move ends the years long struggle between Robert R. Young and Wall Street interests for control, with a new board seated and a dividend plan to be considered in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chesapeake Corporatire
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Robert R. Young
New York
Wall Street
C. and O
van Sweringen
Chesapeake
Young
Guaranty Trust Company
Alleghany
Guaranty
Earle Bailie
Chesapeake Board
John B. Hollister
Cincinnati
John L. Dickinson
Charleston
W. Va
Bailie Group
Alleghany Corporation
Father Son Trapped in Mountain Coal Hole
In Ashland Pennsylvania a rescue crew lowered food and water to 48 year old Peter Shiniskowsky and his 17 year old son trapped since Monday 300 feet down a mountain coal hole 100 feet beneath the surface. Centralia Collieries and miners association workers tunneling a new entry aimed to reach them by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Peter Shinskowsky
Peter, Jr
Centralia Collieries Company
Iigg Miners’ Association
Shiniskowskys
Hendricks Wins Narrow Bluefield Council Race
A. B. Hendricks defeated W. Sexton Jr. in a tight Bluefield Virginia side race for councilman at large amid low turnout of about 675 qualified votes. Incumbent C. P. Painter was re elected treasurer with 406 of 604 votes. Carl E. Creasey and R. V. Crockett won in West and East wards respectively.
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A. B. Hendricks
W. Sexton, Jr
Virginia
Biy Ht
Bluefield
Hendricks
Bluefield Sunseters
C. P. Painter
Painter
Carl E. Creasey
R. V. Crockett
Treasuer
T. E. Baker
Cubine Britten
O. E. Turley
West Ward
Creasey
Council East
Crockett
H. J. Stowers
J. D. Hinegardner
Council
Sexton
Toree
Diry
McCall Wins Three-Way Mayoral Race In Richlands
In Richlands a three way mayoral contest ends with G W McCall elected by a two vote margin over R L Lambert while R W Little trails. Incumbents Williams Tizen Saunders win council seats alongside Fields Elswick Vernon in a crowded tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
G. W. McCall
R. L. Lambert
R. W. Little
McCall
Lambert
Little
James P. Williams
Pete Tizen
J. B. Saunders
W. W. Fields
Powell
Elswick
J. W. Vernon
Williams
Tizen
Pields
Loyalists Repel Rebels as Civil War Advances Near Valencia
On the Spanish frontier at Hendaye near Castellon De La Plana insurgents push toward Valencia while General Miaja concentrates forces to halt their crossing of the Mijares river. Government reports claim 11 Germans among 22 infantry prisoners. insurgent raids burn ships in Valencia harbor and hit Barcelona, Sagunto, and Valencia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
Valencia
Mijares
Castellon de la Plana
Jose Miaja
Catalonia
Castellon de la
Barcelona
Tarragona
Plana
Madrid
Sagunto
France to raise army to a million amid European tension
Paris reports France moves to a standing army of about 1,000,000 as cabinet approves a decree boosting officers and men. The plan adds 4,000 captains and lieutenants from reserves to form new divisions and continue recruiting amid a low birth-rate, with total strength near 900,000 by next year. Germany’s forces, also over a million, are noted as likely to grow in tandem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Europe
Germany
Todyy
Lindbergh Island Guarded Amid Threat Letters
In St. Brieuc Brittany French gendarmes patrol Lindberghs northern coast refuge after the flier received new menacing letters from unknown Americans. Lindbergh, wife and two sons stay at Dr. Alexis Carrel's island home while work on their Iliee island residence continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Brieuc
France
Breton Coast
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Lindbergh
St. Dilda’s Island
Alexis Carrel
Iliee
Brittany
Kent
England
Senate Pushes Lend Spend Bill and Flood Control Clash
A burst of congressional action sent the lending spending bill for 3,753,000,000 to the White House for signature while a flood control measure faced a firm senate block over federal dam costs and state participation. President Roosevelt stated his stance remains unchanged as lawmakers adjoin, with rail and unemployment issues still unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
O'Mahony
Bankhead
O’mahoney
Elt
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Butter and Egg Seller Marries Young Heiress
Andrea Luckenbach, 18 heiress to $1,000,000, wed William Dobbs 22, against her father and a clergyman's objections. A Methodist minister conducted the ceremony after the Episcopal priest refused. The wedding, aided by family funds from Toronto, proceeds as the couple sails on a yacht for their honeymoon.
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New York
Andrea Bubbles Luckenbach
William Dobbs
Edgar F. Luckenbach
Andrew Luckenbach
Lewis Bach
Andra Marie Fenwick Bach
Toronto
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R. L
New Deal
Wyoming Town
Audrey Kuhn
George
Bob) Crosby
Bing Crosby
Chicago Girls
Crosby
Chesapeake Corporation
Young Forces
Young Ousted
Creasey and Crocket
Lindbergh Island
Bruno Hauptmann
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Illiec
Barkley
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