Public Attitude on Crime Viewed by Federal Judge
Judge George W. McClintic in his grand jury charge stressed federal jurisdiction over election fraud and narcotics, urged enforcement of federal election laws, warned against corruption and dope traffic, and praised new Congress provisions empowering federal courts to try cases involving federal officers. He highlighted the Mullins fugitive case as illustration of outside help aiding escapes.
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McClintic
Mullins
George W. McClintic
Grand
United States District Court
Bill Mullins
Mercer County
Atlanta
Dillinger
National Bank
Arthur Brisbane
United States
Brisbane
Congress
Hatfield Declares Candidacy to Reelect Senate Seat
West Virginia Senator Henry D. Hatfield, a Republican, formally announces he will seek another term in the U S Senate. He cites record in defense of constitutional rights and opposition to entangling alliances and the New Deal.
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Enator
Henry D. Hatfield
West Virginia
Washington
Washington, D. C
United States
Senate
Yehall
Hatfield
Brain Trust
Tugwell
S. B. Elkins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bar Association Meeting 15 Held in Mercer County
Judge George W. McClintic and U S Attorney George S. Neal led the Mercer County Bar Association gathering at the West Virginian hotel. President Thomas H. Scott announced the July meeting would be in Princeton. McClintic traced West Virginia history and river boundaries across the Ohio and Potomac.
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Virginia
England
Cape Charles
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio River
Ohio
Maryland
Potomac River
Italian spy ring trial opens in Rome with Bianchi lead
In Rome on June 19 seven men and one woman faced trial before the special tribunal for defense of the state accused of passing secret military information to Soviet Russia. Lead figure Umberto Bianchi once a parliament member. also charged are three air service officers, captain Ambrogi Torello, Bianchi's daughter Bianchina, a chauffeur and a Russian. Over 600 secret documents were seized after raids began last June.
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Rome
Special
Russia
Umberto Bianchi
Air Service
Air Ministry
Ambrogi Torello
Bianchi
Bianchina
Mussolini
Oval
State reports May sales tax take and finances improve
Charleston WV June 19 The tax department said May two percent consumer sales tax collections reached 547 376 53 with 82 981 10 received today. April receipts were about 484 000. Delinquent fund redemptions brought 34 000 today and the month total is expected between 300 000 and 500 000. The state also received 70 000 in dividends from two closed banks 65 000 from Morgantown's Bank of the Monongahela Valley and 5 000 from the Bank of Weston. The treasurer noted the 2 000 000 loan to fund teacher salaries and cover a school fund overdraft had been oversubscribed by state banks.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bank of the
Monongahela Valley
Morgantown
Bank of
Weston
Roosevelt names Perkins to mediate steel dispute
President Roosevelt names Miss Perkins secretary of labor to act as negotiator between steel mill owners and workers threatening a strike over the recovery act. He signs a bill creating a national board to investigate employer employee issues arising from the contested labor provision.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Miss Perkins
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Mike F. Tighe
Amalgamated
Green
White House
Pittsburgh
Secretary of Labor
Labor
Works
Shipstead Olson Victors in Minnesota Primary
Minnesota returns show Senator Henrik Shipstead and Governor Floyd Olson renominated in a record Farm Labor primary. Shipstead led Shoemaker 92,280 to 32,632 across 1655 precincts. Hoidale led Lohmann in the Democrat senatorial contest. Holmberg leads Davis in the Republican race for the November ballot.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Henrik Shipstead
Floyd B. Olson
Francis H. Shoemaker
Shipstead
Shoemaker
Elinar Hoidale
Lewis E. Lohmann
N. J. Holmberg
Tom Davis
Minneapolis
Herdale
Lohmann
Holmberg
Davis
Oleon
Martin A. Nelson
Austin
John E. Regan
Mankota
Bridgeport Farm Named Site for New County Airport
A unanimous committee recommendation selects the Garrett farm at Bridgeport as the airport site serving Marion Tyler and Harrison counties. The plan envisions two 500 foot wide intersecting runways a 3000 foot runway and a 2500 foot runway. State approval and relief funds will be sought to begin within a month.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Marion
Tyler
Harrison
Garrett Farm
Bridgeport
Sponsorg
Riley Wilson to Speak at State Clerks Convention Banquet
Riley Wilson of Charleston, renowned humorist and author of Reach Me the Tin, will be the banquet speaker at the state convention of clerks of county courts in Clarksburg. The meeting runs through Thursday with W. Guy Tetrick, former Harrison county clerk, opening the event.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Riley Wilson
Charleston
W. Guy Tetrick
Clarksburg Publishing Company
Harrison County
Secrecy marks naval plans of Japanese ambassador silent
In London on June 19 the Japanese envoy drew a diplomatic line around 1935 naval conference plans. Tsuneo Matsudaira refused to disclose Tokyo proposals to Norman H. Davie after assurances of fair Anglo American treatment. He said he had no official information to share and would query Tokyo about possible later discussion.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Norman H. Davie
Tokyo
Davis
Matsudaira
Japan
Hearing Ordered in Triple Killing Case in McDowell County
Prosecutor Wilson Anderson moves to arraign Ken Harrison of the Rolfe mine for a preliminary murder hearing after a family feud ends in a triple slaying at Worth. Walter Cheek killed Harrison’s wife and mother in law. Harrison shot Cheek after a confrontation, with Robert Harrison also firing once.
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Wilson Anderson
McDowell County
Ken Harrison
Rolfe
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Walter Cheek
Algome
Cheek
Harrison
Lucino Harrison
Mary Ann Sizemore
Worth
Tyree Walker
Walker
Pocahontas
J. E. Brown
Keystone
Anderson
Mrs. Harrison
Mrs. Sizemore
President Roosevelts Pending Signatures On Key Bills
President Roosevelt faced signing five major measures and numerous minor items after the 73rd Congress adjourned. He already signed the substitute labor disputes adjustment act and prepared to sign the silver bill, with housing and deficiency bills approved for action. Rail labor bill likely to pass, while farm moratorium awaiting decision and other measures loom during the voyage.
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Labor Disputes Adjustment Board
Washington
Roosevelt
New England
East
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt signs Pittman silver purchase bill
The Roosevelt administration extended its monetary policy with the signing of the Pittman silver purchase bill by the president. The measure allows treasury buys of silver until it forms 25 percent of the nation’s metallic monetary stocks, witnessed by Senator Pittman and other lawmakers after the exchanges closed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pittman
Treasury
Nevada
Otthers
Slaying of Raleigh Merchant Narrows to Motive Sought
State police in Beckley West Virginia probe a brutal slaying at a Raleigh area grocery. Edmund Anders 60 was beaten to death after closing his store his wife Polly and her sister-in-law were wounded. The attackers fled with over 200 dollars in cash. A bloodstained club lay by the store door.
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Beckley
W. Va
Edmund Anders
Anders
Polly
Cleve Short
Mrs. Anders
Mrs. Short
City Board Drops Plan To Set Fee For Fire Service
Richmond report notes state officials implement changes as E R Combs leaves the Reconstruction Finance corporation role. The Virginia compensation board becomes effective, ending the old fee system for commonwealth attorneys and local officers. Board to fix salaries is sworn in tomorrow, likely by the governor or attorney general.
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Richmond
E. R. Combs
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Compensation Board
Virginia
Commonwealth
Virginia highway funds allocated in 1935 secondary system
Richmond report notes Governor Peery and Highway Commissioner Shirley consider an interim session to secure money to match federal aid. Hayden Cartwright bill signing coincides with the state's secondary system allocations totaling 6.18 million dollars, later reduced to 6,138,881.53 after credits for county audits.
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Peery
Richmond
Capitol Hill
General Assembly
Shirley
Washington
Highway Commission
Hotel Man Paul Fontaine Dies in Roanoke
Paul Fontaine 72 a retired hotel man from Dallas Texas died suddenly at a Roanoke hotel on June 19. He was en route to Easton Maryland to visit a sister and had been ill with heart trouble for several days under a doctor’s care since arriving in Roanoke.
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Roanoke
Paul Fontaine
Dallas
Texas
Fontaine
Easton
Harriman Bank Founder Guilty on All Counts
Joseph W. Harriman, 67, founder of the Harriman National Bank and Trust, is convicted in federal court of misapplication of 1.713 million dollars, improper security loans, and false entries affecting 14 large depositors. Co-defendant Albert M. Austin is acquitted.
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New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Io Federal Court
Hartman
Albert M. Austin
Raymon J. Mulligan
U.S. Marshal
Boykin C. Wright
Harrimen
Harriman
Wright
Austin
Frank C. Blacker
Theater License Fees Cause City Board Deliberation
City directors did not finalize an ordinance to raise license taxes and review the general license ordinance amid calls from local theater managers to cut the three theater licenses next year. The board granted authorization to sell an unused Elgin Street sweeper and approved related street and home improvements.
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Kyle Bruce
Elgin Street
Ray Graham
R. D. Christian
Fourth Street
West Virginia-Virginia Dairymen‘s Cooperative Association
Lake Shawnee
Kump
Virginia High Court Rules on Board Vacancy Authority
The Virginia Supreme Court held state circuit courts may fill county board of supervisors vacancies. The Arlington case ruled writs of mandamus to admit court appointees for unexpired terms, despite elected members ousting them. The decision follows an attorney general ruling and affects Arlington County board replacements.
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Wytheville
Virginia Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
Virginia
Arlington County
Circuit Court
A. P. Staples
Lyman M. Kelly
Harry A. Fellows
Elizabeth M. Magruder
Roy S. Braden
Benjamin Smith
Christopher S. Garnett
Smith
Garnett
Edmund D. Campbell
J. L. May
Kelly
Fellows
Elizabeth B. Magruder
Braden
Campbell
May
Supreme Court of Appeals
Prohibition Party to Name Senate Candidate in West Virginia
Clarksburg West Virginia June 19 The prohibition party will name its United States senate candidate at a state convention in Clarksburg tomorrow. The convention will also pick candidates for the six United States House seats.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Prohibition Party
United States
United States House of
New Beer Licenses Issued by July 1 Warning
Charleston reports the tax department warns that new beer licenses must be obtained by July 1 for the new fiscal year. Those selling beer without licenses will face prosecution.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tax Department
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Clagett
Judy
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Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
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Melvin Fugate
War
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J. W. Brown
Princeton
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Dickenson
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