Holt Defies Guffey Vinson Coal Price Fix Bill in Senate
West Virginia Senator Holt vows floor fight against the Guffey Vinson coal price fixing measure claiming it lacks miners protections and imposes government price setting. John L. Lewis accuses Holt of betrayals to coal miners and favoring industry interests.
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Washington
Holt Democrat
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Holt
Senate
Guffey
Lewis
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pocahontas el Company
Island Creek Coal Company
United States
Guffey-Vinson
Farley Plants Support in Kansas Visit
Philadelphia June 17 Chairman Farley of the Democratic National Committee arrived beaming over arrangements for the coming convention and praising Kansas as a splendid state. He avoided comment on his remark about Governor Landon, spoke of Roosevelt's reelection, and noted a possible abrogation of the two thirds rule with a majority vote likely to settle the issue.
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Philadelphia
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Kansas
Landon
Prairie
New York
Louis Schemling
Tommorrow
Roosevelt
Shipwreck Claims Fishermen Crew on Treasure Quest
Colonial authorities report a possible shipwreck and deaths on a tropical cay near Samana. A wrecked vessel matching the Girl Pat is found with three bodies, instruments, and a Bible, while the crew of six allegedly left Grimsby for North Sea banks to hunt treasure.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Pat
Acklins Island
Samana
Silver Bank
Grimsby
England
North Sea
Dakar
Senegal
Labor drives steel unionization amid company resistance
Pittsburgh June 17 labor leaders launch industrial union drive for 450000 steel workers led by Philip Murray with 50 organizers, amid company pay talk and possible wage increases. Britain considers scrapping Italy sanctions and reforming the League, Eden to spell out policy in Commons.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Workers’ Organization Committee
John L. Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Murray
Lewis
Green
Greenlong
United Mine Workers
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Labor Federation
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Steel Mills
London
Britain
Italy
League of Nations
Germany
Anthony Eden
Commons
Geneva
League
Neville Chamberlain
Ramsay MacDonald
Council
Eden
Whitehall
Heligoland
Expect Announcement Of Mysterious Third Party Man
New York dated June 17 reports a spokesman for Rev Charles Coughlin stating a mysterious third party presidential candidate may announce by 4 p m Friday. Coughlin himself set the deadline and needs three hours to prepare his radio address. The field includes three men still deciding who will run.
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New York
Charles BE. Coughlin
Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Animal lover saves killer elephant in last minutes
In San Francisco an animal lover named Alexander Mooslin secured a restraining order from Superior Judge Frank T. Deasy halting the execution of elephant Wally. The order followed protests from Oakland and San Francisco mayors after the trainer Edward Brown was killed. Mooslin raced to the scene and saved the animal with minutes to spare.
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San Francisco
Wally
Edward Brown
Frank T. Deasy
Oakland
Alexander Mooslin
Mooslin
Deficiency-relief bill clears House toward final approval
The $2.38 billion deficiency-relief measure races toward White House signing after House approval of a conference report. The package includes $1.425 billion for WPA relief and $458.6 million for Social Security, with other funds for emergency works and public projects. The Senate had boosted totals before conference trimmed to $2.375 billion.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Florida Ship Canal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gilbertsville
Watts Bar
Interior Department
Senate reaches tentative tax bill accord under deadline
Conferees tentatively agree on undistributed earnings tax. Doughton says final bill could reach drafting service by tomorrow. Debate centers on surtax removal and scale for normal and undistributed income with adjournment eyed by Saturday night.
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Doughton
North Carolina
House
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Congress
Capitol
Bankhead
Senator Connally
Texas
Half Million Mexican Laborers to Strike Tomorrow
Half a million laborers in Mexico City will quit work at 11 a.m. tomorrow in a 30 minute general strike. The action protests government actions on a railway strike dated May 15. Union officials say they assume full responsibility despite likely labor law violations.
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Mexico City
GOP Sets Aug 7 Judicial Convention Date
The West Virginia ninth judicial executive committee meeting in Pineville fixed August 7 for the ninth judicial convention to nominate a circuit judge. The Mercer county courthouse in Princeton hosts the 2 PM event with 73 Mercer delegates and 21 Wyoming delegates. Joseph M. Sanders Jr of Bluefield was chosen chairman with Elsa Hamilton as secretary treasurer. other members include Mary K. Bowman and Frank Crowley.
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Pineville
W. Va
Republican Judicial Executive Committee
Ninth Judicial Circuit
West Virginia
Wyoming
Mercer
Ninth Judicial Convention
Mercer County
Princeton
Wyoming County
Joseph M. Sanders Jr
Bluefield
Mies Elsa Hamilton
Mary K. Bowman
Frank Crowley
Senator Fletcher of Florida dies at 77 in Washington
Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida, known as the Grand Old Man, died at his home in Washington aged 77 after a long illness. He served 27 years in the Senate and played a key role in funding and defending the Florida ship canal. Funeral plans were not finalized, with services likely in Jacksonville.
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Washington
Florida
Aarness
Capitol Hill
Senate
Fletcher
Park Trammel
Trammell
Jacksonville
Capitol
Nell Smith-Gordon
T. J. Kemp
St. Louis
Florida Ship Canal
Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
Loftin
Henry B Walthall dies in Hollywood after illness
Henry B. Walthall a 55 year old film star known as the Little Colonel died in Hollywood California after an intestinal illness. His career spanned since 1910 and included Birth of a Nation where he portrayed a Confederate officer. His last role was an inventor in China Clipper unfinished project.
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Hollywood
Calif
Henry B. Walthall
Sig Schlager
Walthall
Shelby City
Alabama
Bluefield Veterans Seek 96700 in Bonus Bond Cash
Two hundred nine World War II veterans certified to 1934 adjusted compensation bonus bonds totaling 96700 at the Bluefield post office. R L Bailey announced that bonds will be sent to Charleston for checks. Denominations are fifty dollars each with government checks to cover any remainder.
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R. L. Bailey
Charleston
American Legion
France Faces Nationalist March as Strikes Climb
In Paris and Marseille unrest grows as 700,000 Croix de Feu veterans threaten to march on Paris. De la Rocque challenges the government to disband the group while authorities pledge order. Algeria reports store closures and worker vacations to ease disruption.
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Paris
Marseille
Algeria
Peoples’ Front
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Leon Blum
Francois de la Rocque
Veterans’ Organization
Croix de Feu
Lille
Social Insurance
Metz
Ministry of the Interior
Therese
Sentences Drag In U S Court For Liquor Law Violations
Thirty two defendants appeared before Judge George W. McClintic with an aggregate 84 years 10 months and two days in federal and county confinement after guilty pleas to federal law violations. Major penalties involved liquor law offenses and Mann Act transport. notable sentences include Dave Heath three years and $500 fine on two counts, John Wesley Welch two years six months plus, and Ira Earl Kessinger two years.
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United States District Court
George W. McClintic
Dave Heath
Raleigh County
Atlanta
John Wesley Welch
McDowell County
Arfie Welch
Welch
Chillicothe
Alderson
Ira Earl Kessinger
Camp Creek
Mercer County
Lee Hall
Marvin Lee Cook
Ted Marshall
Akron
Ohio
Bristol
Fight Fans Invited To Tune In On Broadcast
The Louis Schmeling bout will be aired live in New York and broadcast to Bluefield listeners tonight. The 15 round heavyweight clash at Yankee Stadium starts around 8:30 p m with the main bout slated for 9 p m Bluefield time. Stubby Currence of the Daily Telegraph will announce the broadcast via The Associated Press.
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Louis Schmeling
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
New York
Yankee Stadium
WHIS
Telegraph Building
Bland Street
Bluefield
Stubby Currence
Daily Telegraph
Associated Press
New York City
Black Legion attack follows mass conspiracy arrests in Detroit
A Detroit woman was found bound and beaten after revealing the Black Legion hideout used for its inflammatory literature. Police tied the assault to arrests of fifteen men charged with conspiring to murder political enemies of the organization.
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Black Legion
Detroit
Dorothy Guthrie
William E. Dowling
Guthrie
Black Legion Auxiliary
Arthur F. Supp Jr
Arthur F. Kingsley
Highland Park
Lupp
Senate and House Agree on Extra U S Judge in West Virginia
Washington reports Senate and House conferees reached a compromise to appoint an additional federal judge in West Virginia. The plan allows the new judge to succeed a vacancy in the northern district, serving in both districts until vacancy occurs, with Neely Hatch Austin Ramsay Guyer Walter backing the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
Carl A. Hatch
New Mexico
Warren Austin
Vermont
Neely
Delegates Near Final Action On Social Security Measure
In Charleston WV the West Virginia House and Senate moved toward swift final action on a social security bill to create a public assistance department and fund old age and blind pensions. A technical delay postponed a vote, while both chambers considered 60 clarifying amendments. A Beacom resolution sought tighter beer regulation. Beacom and Howard had presented similar measures. The Republican minority attacked the bill as the worst offered, while Gentry accused Easton of dictating bills during labor faction disputes.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Hodges
Beacom
D.-Cabell
Howard
D.-Wood
Amos
D.kanawha
Underwood
R.tyler
Gentry
D.cabell
John B. Easton
State Federation of Labor
Easton
van A. Bittner
Bittner
United Mine Workers
Department of Public Assistance
Landon Plans Short Vacation Amid Campaign Debut
Governor Alf Landon and Col. Frank Knox paused from two days of strategy talks as they begin a nationwide fundraising drive. Landon will rest at Wates Park Colorado before a mid July Kansas legislature session on social security amendments. Knox heads to Chicago with June 26 kickoff in Manchester New Hampshire.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Frank Knox
John Hamilton
New York
Wates Park
Colo
Kansas
Knox
Chicago
Manchester
N. H
London
Temperature hits 100 in Huntington on June 17
Huntington West Virginia reports a temperature of 100 degrees, six degrees above the year’s previous high, recorded today in the afternoon heat.
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Huntington
W. Va
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United Mine Workers of America
Florida Canal
Senate-House
Surtax
Mike
GOP Committee
Sen. Fletcher
France
Marseilles
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