House Backs Extensions Amid Urgent Tax Push
Washington reports Congress moved to extend nuisance taxes by two years, $601,991,000, amid a rush to pass eight or nine more must bills. Speaker Burns urged earlier hours as Senate planned an early vote on Social Security and a July adjournment loomed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Burns
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Tabor
Republican
New York
Pan-American Clipper Completes Hawaii Midway Flight
Alameda, California June 17 The Pan-American Clipper landed in Honolulu at 6 58 p m Pacific time to complete its return from Midway Island. The 1323 mile trip took ten hours four minutes, longer than the seaplane’s nine hours 13 minutes pioneer run. Capt Edwin Musick and crew flew blind for part of the cruise using instruments. The craft will fly Hawaii to California then head toward Wake Island as part of further tests.
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Calif
Honolulu
Midway Island
Airways
Midway
mid-Pacific
Little Atoll
Edwin Musick
Hawaii
California
Wake Island
Woman slain in wooded Cambria County home
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on June 17, 65 year old Mrs Hattie J Goldtstein was found brutally beaten and stabbed in her Westmont Hill home. Police say robbery was the motive as neighbors reported a muddy footprint and crude weapons were checked for prints. Ernestine Goldtstein discovered the scene upon returning from work. The violence marked a sixth homicide in Cambria County in six weeks.
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Hattie J. Goltstein
Westmont Hill
Goldtstein
Ernestine Goldtstein
Bedly
Cambria County
Roosevelt Orders Slowdown On Public Works As Private Jobs Rise
President Roosevelt told 48 state works progress directors to slow down or drop work relief projects if unemployed workers can find private payrolls. He predicted a pick up in employment this year and urged elastic projects that can be ended with minimal damage, while stressing no political, racial, or religious discrimination. Hopkins warned the coming six months could make or break the program.
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Roosevelt
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
United States
Hopkins
Birthday in Sing Sing Death House Before Execution
Eva Coo celebrated her forty third birthday in Sing Sing prison as she awaits execution on June 27 for the alleged insurance murder of her handyman. A candleless cake with a pink happy birthday inscription, candy, and a chicken dinner were provided by warden’s wife Mrs. Lewis E Lawes and other inmates.
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Ossining
N. Y
Eva Coo
Sing Sing Death House
Lewis E. Lawes
Habeas Corpus Writ Delays Death Walk in Kentucky
Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson continued the habeas corpus hearing for Willard Hall who faces murder conviction and death sentence. Testimony from two convicted partners in crime from Frankfort is sought about Hall's mental state and alleged intake of doped whiskey and "smokes" before the triple killing at a Louisville filling station. The stay followed a prior electric chair execution halted seven hours earlier.
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Louisville
Charles I. Dawson
Willard Hall
Leo Tesner
Gilbert Gibbs
State Reformatory
Frankfort
Hall
Dawson
Samuel Hurie
Navy protests as NRA debates restricted duties in war effort
Washington reports say the Navy warned that proposed government contract codes could disrupt material flow and delay twenty four new warships. NRA administrator James L O'Neill stressed caution as Congress considers broader legislation while private industries push for voluntary codes and insignia to replace the blue eagle.
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Navy
Stanley Reed
NRA
James L. O'Neill
George L. Berry
O'Neill
New York
Morgantown Geologist James D. Sisler Dies in Carnival Accident
Morgantown, West Virginia, June 17. Funeral services will be held for James D. Sisler, 38, state geologist of West Virginia, who died from injuries after a whip-ride accident at a Meyersdale carnival Saturday night. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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Morgantown
W. Va
James D. Sisler
West Virginia
Meyersdale
Sisler
Johnson assails Blue Eagle plan in NRA critique
Indianapolis June 17 General Hugh B Johnson ridiculed the stop gap NRA and urged private codes as sole salvation for the little man. He attacked federal trade commissions and anti trust laws and said the NRA was killed to restore old order and undermine workers gains.
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Hugh
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National Association of Retail Grocers
Federal Trade Commission
Lockjaw Fatal in Huntington Woman From Nail Injury
Lois Hartman Dye died in Huntington on June 17 from tetanus after stepping on a nail a week earlier. Physicians described the illness as lockjaw and linked it to the injury.
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W. Va
Lois Hartman Dye
Kansas City Mob Killer Faces Death Qn Scaffold
Adam Richetti, once linked to Pretty Boy Floyd, is convicted in Kansas City for the murder of city detective Frank Hermanson during the Union Station killings two years earlier. The jury urged the death penalty. Richetti denies being among the gunmen and claims he was drunk. Floyd is dead after a pursuit and shootout that also killed Frank Nash during a transfer.
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Adam Richetti
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Frank Hermanson
Union Station Plaza
Frank Nash
Richetti
Verne
Miller
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Cookson Hills
East Liver
Nash
Mot Springs
Ark
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
TVA Foes Dig In For Last Ditch Fight On Bills
Washington June 17 Foes of New Deal policies in the house and business world mount a final push to moderate two key utility measures. A house bloc redrafted amendments to expand TVA power while the holding company bill shifts from abolishing to regulating. Chamber of Commerce urges toned down reforms as both measures top Roosevelt must list. May says compromise is risky but possible.
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Chamber of Commerce of the United States
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Roosevelt
Senate
Military Committee
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Representative May
Kentucky
May
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Chamber of Commerce
Chester Leasure
Body of prehistoric miner found in Mammoth Cave
Robert P. Holland, acting representative of Mammoth Cave National Park, announced discovery of a desiccated prehistoric miner found June 7 in an old cave section by guides Grover Campbell and Lyman Cutliff. Scientists call it an important find awaiting archeological study.
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Robert P. Holland
National Park Service
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Grover Campbell
Lyman Cutliff
Heiress Seeks Annulment After Four Day Marriage
Mary Ann Hughes Freeman 19, daughter of a Huntington oil and gas operator, asks the domestic relations court to annul her four day marriage to James Dent Slack 21 of Huntington after an elopement to Greenup Kentucky. She alleges the license was illegally obtained and she was urged to wed fraudulently. Previous years include an alleged kidnapping case involving Huntington youths and later an extortion plot with no indictment.
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W. Va
Mary Ann Hughes Freeman
Greenup
James Dent Slack
Domestic Relations Court
C. H. Freeman
Cincinnati
Mooney Cracks Legal Barrier In Freedom Move
San Francisco. California Supreme Court grants writ of habeas corpus to Tom Mooney, opening his 19 year bid for freedom. Court action allows challenge to perjury claims tied to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing conviction. Proceedings set for June 27 to settle procedures and dates for arguments.
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Freedom Move
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
the Supreme Court
George T. Davis
Torney
Mooney
San Quentin
Supreme Court
Davis
Governor Ordes Mana Tramn Garg Off City Streets
Workers of Edison Company at Toledo vote approval of plan to arbitrate. Walkout spark ends as strikers in Tennessee and Illinois return to work.
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Workers of Edison Company
Toledo
Tennessee
Illinois
Martial law in Omaha as streetcar strike escalates
Gov. Cochran, asserting martial law, ordered Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway cars halted after the company refused to name an arbitrator by a 10 am deadline. The violence last week left two dead and around 150 injured while guards moved in to restore order as strikers and deputies remained tense. Negotiations on other strikes continued with mixed progress and occasional police protection.
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Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
R. L. Cochran
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American Limestone Company
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Tenn
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Ill
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Wilson Rubber Company
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South Bend
Ind
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Mines Idle as Norfolk and Western Reports Low Coal Loads
Several mines in the Norfolk and Western territory were idle yesterday due to a lack of orders. Some plants operated partially or planned Saturday work. 1304 cars loaded, 2600+ unfilled. Last week saw 17730 cars on average as strike set for yesterday but postponed to July 1. Pocahontas district shipped 12189 cars. Most coal moved to lakes and tidewater.
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Pocahontas
Lakes
Tidewater
Court Test Threat Forecasts Trouble For Little NRA
Los Angeles June 17 Colleen Moore film actress filed suit for divorce against Alfred P Scott a New York broker accusing a harsh attitude and systematic avoidance The actress married in 1922 in Florida this being her second marriage She claims Scott twice left New York for Bermuda to avoid her and was offensive to her friends Moore a leading silent star continues film work after sound era Kathleen Morrigan Scott is cited in the action.
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Colleen Moore
Alfred P. Scott
Scott
New York
Florida
Miss Moore
Kathleen Morrigan Scott
Bermuda
Boys Held on Homicide Charge in Jamaica Court
Three youths aged 11 to 13 were arraigned in Jamaica magistrate's court on homicide charges after confessing to killing a penniless wanderer during a hold up. Frank Damato 13 fired the fatal shot, allegedly aided by Lisbon Lawrence 13, with the revolver stolen from a policeman. All are bootblacks and parentage noted. magistrate says they face adult privileges and procedures.
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Children’s Society
Frank Damato
Julius
Lisbon Lawrence
Jamaica
Damato
William Walsh
Lawrence
Justifiable Slaying Declared in Wheeling Woman Case
A coroner jury in Wheeling West Virginia ruled the shooting of Frank Rocco 45 a mill worker justifiable homicide His widow Mrs Filipino Rocco is held in Brooke County Jail awaiting charges Police say Rocco threatened to kill her and their four children She had visible injuries including blackened eyes and bruises Witnesses testified she endured near constant abuse from him
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W. Va
Frank Rocco
Filipino Rocco
Brooke County
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Marshall County to mark hundredth birthday celebration
Moundsville W Va June 17 Marshall county prepares a centennial observance tomorrow with programs in McMechen Cameron and Moundsville Former Governor John J Cornwell now Baltimore and Ohio general counsel and Claude L Smith state commander of the American Legion will speak Charles K Carrigan former Republican state chairman chairs the centennial committee The birthday festivities continue through September 22 with a potential address by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes A special train will carry celebrants and a procession led by Cornwell and Smith will end with a 100 gun salute.
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W. Va
Marshall County
McMechen
Cameron
John J. Cornwell
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Claude L. Smith
Charles K. Carrigan
Republican State Committee
John Marshall
Supreme Court
W. E. Pierce
Charles Evans Hughes
Moundaville
Cornwell
Smith
Court Decision Used In UMW Challenge To Guffey Bill
Washington reports a court challenge plan by southern coal producers against the Guffey coal stabilization bill as lawmakers consider fast action. Judge Warrum argues the measure aligns with law, while John L. Lewis defends its constitutionality and Speaker Byrnes presses for quick enactment amid looming wage talks and potential injunctions.
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Guffey
Byrnes
Washington
Ways and
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Henry Warrum
Representative Snyder
Pennsylvania
Warrum
West Virginia
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House
Roosevelt
Congress
J. W. Norman
Kentucky
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Guffey Ill
Southwestern
Judge Warrum
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Committee to Meet on Drafting Teachers Retirement Law
A committee formed by the last legislature to draft teachers retirement legislation will hold its first meeting on July 19. The meeting was called today by Senator James T. Garrett of Putnam in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
James T. Garrett
Democrat-Putnam
Huntington Boys Kidnap Officer Near Dubois Jail
In Jasper Indiana on June 17 two Huntington West Virginia youths, Bascum Ray Jr. aged 14 and Maurice Sheridan aged 17, were captured after an exchange of gunfire as Southern Indiana peace officers pursuit ended. Sheriff Ed Leugers, who had gone to assist a garage man, detained the pair near the rail where they were found with his handcuffs on. Leugers had earlier located illicit liquor in a machine. The two boys were hauled to custody following the early morning incident.
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Ind
Indiana
Leugers
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