Congress Leaders Attack GOP For Adjourning In Crisis
Senate Republican Leader McNary and Rep Snell condemn Congress for adjourning amid a severe economic crisis. They say the first duty is to stay in session and pass relief measures, accusing New Deal policies of undermining the American system and criticizing court packing and government reorganization efforts. They cite ten GOP proposals stalled this session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Snell
New York
House
Supreme Court
Loyal Dog Loyal To Trapped Companion In Ohio Hills
In Chillicothe Ohio on June 17 a report tells of dogs Shaker and Scott Dawson. J Arthur Sheets owner of the foxhounds separated from them near Tucson June 4. Ten days later Kern finds Shaker injured and Dawson urging help. Shaker loses a leg but Dawson’s loyalty saves him.
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Chillicothe
Damon
Pythias
J. Arthur Sheets
Ross County Conservation League
Shaker
Scott Dawson
Tucson
William Kern
Kern
Sheets
Rabbits in the Kitchen Too Much
Mrs Minnie Adeline Shippy testified in her divorce suit that her husband Paul raised chickens in the backyard, a claim noted during the hearing in Cleveland dated June 17.
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Cleveland
Minnie Adeline Shippy
Paul
Chinese flood continues to devour Henan villages
Floodwaters sweep across Henan as 700,000 refugees flee. More than 2,000 communities evacuated and thousands more farms at risk. Officials warn of starvation and disease including cholera and typhoid as the Yellow River threatens to rise further beyond its usual peak. Japanese engineers say relief limited and the disaster could persist into September.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
Om Feng
Yellow
Tokyo
Baker 15 Elects 10 Head Printers' Union Leader
Indianapolis June 17 The board of electors of the International Typographical Union announced Claude M. Baker of San Francisco defeated incumbent Charles P. Howard of Chicago for international president by about 14 000 votes. Final count Baker 37399 Howard 23204. Baker maintained ties with the American Federation of Labor while Howard aligned with John L. Lewis' Committee for Industrial Organization amid rifts in union affiliations. The Independent party led by Baker took four of seven officers and won key home positions at Colorado Springs.
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Indianapolis
Board of Electors of
The
International Typographical En
Claude M. Baker
San Francisco
Charles P. Howard
Chicago
International
Lesce
Baker
Howard Howard
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Army Dips Wings in Salute To Greenbrier Fete Opens
Army units from Langley Field flew to Greenbrier county in a large air show to open a four day anniversary celebration in Lewisburg West Virginia. Loren Johnston presided as Greenbrier celebration president as Major Russell Maughan attended. Rain postponed the coronation of Minnie Frazier Preston and the pageant Greenbrier on Parade. Governor Holt attended the coronation ball with his wife at White Sulphur Springs.
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Army
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier County
Langley Field
Francis M. Brady
Loren Johnston
White Sulphur Springs
Russell Maughan
Minnie Frazier Preston
Roosevelts Celebrate Eve of San John's Wedding
The first family gathers in Nahant Massachusetts for the wedding eve of John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark. President Roosevelt hosts a Potomac yacht dinner for the bridal party as a naval guard lights the scene. The ceremony, led by Bishop Sherill and Rev Endicott Peabody, will be held at Union Church tomorrow with family and dignitaries in attendance.
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Nahant
Mass
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Roosevelt
Potomac
John
Anne
Harvard
Boston
Union Church
Henry Knox Sherrill
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
New England
Elliott Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
We Want Food and Policy Fight Rock Cleveland Relief
In Cleveland a crowd of about 200 relief clients shouted we want food as police kept order while 68 relief-employees marched during lunch. Welfare Director Ramsey warned district offices may close next week without prompt Ohio relief funds. In Washington Corcoran and Cohen seek to resolve a Power Administration policy clash delaying 56.78 million dollars in PWA projects amid a Senate fight.
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Cleveland
Benery
Fred W. Ramsey
Ohio
House
Senate
Washington
Corcoran
Cohen
PWA
Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoran
Benjamin V. Cohen
Barkley
Kentucky
Former Local Woman Injured In Gar Crash
Lebanon Virginia June 17 William H Gordon 35 year old railway express messenger of Charlottesville and his wife were injured the former critically when their car plunged over a high embankment on the Abingdon Lebanon highway in Russell county near the Washington county line Gordon suffered broken ribs and internal injuries Mrs Gordon formerly Mary Lee Scott of Bluefield was severely bruised and in tense shock she drove the car during the accident the couple were en route to Coalwood West Virginia to visit Mrs Gordons sister and Gordon is a son of T J Gordon of Richmond.
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Lebanon
William H. Gordon
Railway Express
Charlottesville
Abingdon-Lebanon
Russell County
Washington County
Gordon
Mary Lee Scott
Bluefield
Coalwood
W. Va
Publicity Tour Sparks Bluefield Growth Plans
Bluefield will gain nationwide attention as 400 editors visit next Tuesday for a luncheon at the Country Club before the coal operators show mine dedication at Pocahontas. National Editorial Association will publish illustrated articles on Bluefield in editors’ home papers.
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Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Pocahontas
National Editorial Association
White Sulphur Springs
Greater
Pocahontas Coalfield
Hague Mayor Charged With Court Contempt in Free Speech Case
Newark June 17. Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City faced contempt charges from Morris L. Ernst in a United States district court for remarks at a press conference during a free speech injunction trial. Judge William Clark delayed ruling after defense filings.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Hague
Jersey City
United States District Court Today
Morris L. Ernst
CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
William Clark
Hague
Ernst
National Democratic Committee
Ernest
New York
Epscot
United Tes
Clark
Legislative Committee
Masons Gather in Bluefield Largest Meeting Since 1932
Over three hundred Masons from thirty-one lodges met yesterday under the 16th West Virginia district, with nine Mercer and Wyoming lodges represented. It marked the first time the grand masters of West Virginia and Virginia conferred in this city, led by Herschel H. Rose and Dr. J. N. Hillman, with other officials including W. S. Clark and Otto Shantz in attendance.
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West Virginia
Mercer
Wyoming
Virginia Masons
Bluefield
West Wineiite
Herschel H. Rose
Fairmont
Virginia
J. N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
Sientance
W.S. Clark
Grand Pursuiv
West Virgin
Otto Shantz
Bert Ce Aaoaty
M. T. Perry
Bluestone
B. F. Quillan
Senator Copeland Dies in Washington at 69
New York Democrat Senator Royal S. Copeland died at 7:45 p.m. in his Shoreham Hotel suite of general circulatory collapse complicated by a kidney ailment. He was 69 and had been active in maritime labor questions and food and drug regulation.
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Washington
Royal
Copeland
New York
Shoreham Ae
Senator McKellar
Tenn
Senate
Roosevelt
Representasque
8. C
Senate Commerce Committee
Maritime Commission
Pittsburgh Papers Shut Down in Strike
Pittsburghs two afternoon papers the Sun Telegraph Hearst and the Press Scripps Howard suspended publication as mechanical department workers refused to pass picket lines. Skeleton crews remained while about 2000 others were told they were no longer required and pay ceased. The strike followed a month long wage contract deadlock with the worker unions affiliated to the AFL.
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Pittsburgh
Sun-Telegraph
Hearst
the Press
Scripps-Howard
Newspaper
News Distributors Office Workers Union
Typographical Union
The
American Federation of
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CIO union drive for WPA workers planned
Paul W Puller of the Federation of Flat Glass Workers announced in Charleston that the Committee for Industrial Organization would launch a nationwide campaign among WPA workers next week. He denounced big business and predicted a strong start in January as the drive to organize WPA labor begins to counter resistance to federal laws.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paul W. Puller
Cincinati
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
WPA
Puller
Washington
Logal Dafelsman Moped Kidnapped Accosted at Courthouse
S. Fred Norris of Bluefield Virginia was abducted by two men near Princeton as his car neared the courthouse intersection. They forced him onto the running board, struck him, and used a stupefying inhalant. He regained consciousness in South Carolina and returned home Friday afternoon with his kidnappers fleeing. Police are investigating with South Carolina and Virginia authorities alerted. Norris is a monument salesman, father to two daughters, and formerly of Charleston.
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S. Fred Norris
Bluefield
Fayetteville
Norris
Princeton
Mr. Norris
Rock Hill
South Carolina
Walter Hampton
Heton
Vivian Putnam
Irene Norris
Vivene Art and Expresssion Studio
Charleston
Montrose Street
Mrs. Norris
Shady Springs
A. G. Wright
Administration speeds to new spending plans
Washington reports aid agencies moving to rapidly deploy the linked relief and public works funds after Congress passed a large lending package. Officials say the Works Progress Administration will allot about 500 million dollars once Roosevelt signs the bill, with relief rolls rising toward 3.1 million.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Honey
Wyo
King
Utah
Sumners
D. Tex
Eicher
Reece
Tenn
TVA
Harcourt A. Morgan
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Air Grease: New Muscle Pain Treatment Demonstrated
In San Francisco on June 17 the AMA showcased an injection of air into muscles to ease chronic pain. Dr. Charles Murray Gratz of Columbia University presented that muscles have joints and fascia bands act like steel, suggesting a new field in human anatomy and pain causes.
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Frisco
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Charles Murray Gratz
Columbia University
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