Troops Called Out By Davey As FDR Appeals for Calm
Youngstown Ohio June 22 troops were ordered into the Mahoning valley steel strike zone as President Roosevelt urged steel firms to abandon plans to reopen mills. Governor Davey announced militia use at Taft's request while mediation board chairman Taft prepared another peace conference likely for Wednesday.
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Davey
FDR
Ohio Steel Mills
Youngstown
Red Steel Corporation
R. L. Leventry
Republic
Leventry
Roosevelt
Tom Girdler
Mahoning Valley
Lhat Roosevelt
Steel Company
Charles P. Taft
Federal Mediation Board
Cleveland
Taft
Lewis
John Owen
John L. Lewis
Perkins
Oper
Man and wife perish in flooded Walker Creek
Parkersburg West Virginia June 21 searchers found John Lemley 58 two hours after he and his wife were swept from their home and service station by a wall of water from Walker creek. His wife was missing. The flood followed 2.15 inches of rainfall.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Lemley
Walker Creek
Lemleys
S. Hackett
Peace meeting holds as steel firms refuse contracts
The federal mediation board said Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube would not honor a plan to end the strike and keep plants closed tomorrow in Youngstown Ohio. John L. Lewis said the CIO would continue the strike and noted government hopes to restrain the dispute. The United Mine Workers appropriated 100000 for emergency strike relief as CIO unions planned further support.
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Cleveland
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Youngstown
Ohio
John L. Lewis
C.S.O
Great Lakes
Lewis
Labor
Perkins
Davey
Girdler
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Republic
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Sc.lo
Commission
C.I.O
United Mine Workers
Chautemps Moves To Form Cabinet In France
Paris reports Camille Chautemps, 52, is tasked by President Lebrun to form a new government after Leon Blum resigns. Blum sought decree powers to handle a looming budget and currency crisis, triggering street protests and heavy mobile guard deployments along the Champs Elysees.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Place de la Concorde
Champs Elysee
Senate
Blum
Camille Chautemps
People's Front
Chautemps
Albert Lebrun
People’s Front
Socialists
Popular Front
France
Sec
Robinson relief plans rejected by Senate vote
The Senate refused to require states and communities to bear more of the relief burden by limiting WPA sub divisions to 25 percent. Senator Robinson of Arkansas joined critics of Roosevelt policies in offering the amendment to the $1.5 billion relief bill. The vote defeated the proposal and the Senate moved to give President Roosevelt continued discretion over relief funds.
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Washington
Senate
Os First
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
O'Board Not Reindicted For Beer Joint Slaying
Kanawha county grand jury returns six murder indictments but does not indict Okey DeBoard in the slaying of WVU athletic star Leo Fizer. DeBoard previously sentenced to 15 years. court later orders reindictment after a Supreme Court ruling voided indictments not signed by the prosecutor.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Okey DeBoard
Leo Fizer
West Virginia University Athletic
DeBoard
Supreme Court
Neutrality group to seek aid amid Spanish Civil War tensions
A 27 nation European non intervention committee plans to request aid from the United States and other countries after a British declaration condemning the failure to stop arms flow to both sides in the Spanish Civil War. Britain signals possible steps if cooperation does not improve.
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London
United States
Lord Plymouth
Britain
Germany
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Berlin
von Neurath
Leipzig
Fair Price Code for Coal Bues Into Effect
Washington June 21 P A code of fair prices for the nations 3500 soft coal producers went into effect by order of President Roosevelt The code approved by Congress in the Guffey Vinson act imposes a 194 percent tax on unsigned producers and guarantees workers the right to bargain collectively The National Bituminous Coal Commission will set minimum prices and enforce trade practices Meetings of boards in 23 districts across 32 states begin tomorrow Hearings are planned for July 12 to determine exemptions for intrastate coal Alaskan producers have until August 1 to accept the code West Virginia operators move to organize under the code with minimum price scales due by August and districts electing directors tomorrow to coordinate district scales
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Bituminous Coal Commission
C. F. Hosford
Commission
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
National Commission
Supreme Court
Carter Coal Company
Fairmont
Wheeling
White Sulphur 8
State School Board To Name Teachers
Charleston West Virginia June 21. Selection of faculties for state colleges tops a three day agenda of the state board of education started today. It also expected to study a proposed vocational educational plan for state schools and consider results of a two year survey made of teacher education standards and administration.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Education
House Approves Anil Pension Act For Railroad Workers
The House passed a 360 to 1 vote approving a new government supervised pension plan for about 1.2 million railroad workers. The Wagner Crosser bill sets pensions up to 120 dollars monthly, with a separate tax measure starting at 2 percent on wages and rail payrolls rising to 3 percent. The plan grants retirement at 65 with 30 years service or disability, and reduces benefits for those under 65 by one fifteenth per year.
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Washington
House
Somul
Representative Crosser
Ohio
Ok’d
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson confirmed by Senate for war post
The Senate confirmed Louis A. Johnson of West Virginia for assistant secretary of war. Lawrence Cramer of New York was confirmed as governor of the Virgin Islands.
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Johnson
Senate
Washington
Louis A. Johnson
West Virginia
Lawrence
Cramer
New York
Goven
Virgin Islands
Four-State Storm Toll Reaches Thirteen Dead
The Associated Press reports heavy storms across Ohio Michigan New York and West Virginia left 13 dead and over 25 injured. Winds toppled homes in Chauncey Ohio and flood waters disrupted Buffalo transit and shut stores and factories. Evacuations occurred across the region as rivers rose and bridges failed.
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Ohio
Chauncey
Michigan
New York State
Varysburg
Tonawanda
Buffalo
Columbus
Stewart
Tablertown
Athens
Amesville
Sandusky
Bucyrus
Construction Of First Unit Of Thirty Million Plant At Narrows
Construction of the first unit of a thirty million dollar plant at Narrows will begin soon in the Dry Fork area near the home of the plant site. Work aims to start within weeks, with plans for the facility to boost regional employment and industry.
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Narrows
Russian aviators plan sight seeing after polar flight
Three Soviet air heroes completing a 5300 mile non stop Moscow Vancouver flight planned U S sightseeing with aims for further skies. Ambassador Troyanovsky says the government desires more flights of this nature and the aviators will study American aviation during a month long stay in the United States.
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Vancouver
Wash
Moscow
United States
A. A. Troyanovsky
Vancouver Barracks
Valeri Chekaloff
National Aeronautic Association
Chekaloff
Alexander Beliakoff
George Baibakoff
Army
Columbia River
Portland
Oregon
Oakland
Ambassadoranovsky
Washington
Ore
Arthur Tarlow
New York
Taflow
Mrs Tiernan Sentenced to 20 Years for Slaying Daughter
Riverhead New York June 21 Mrs Helen Tiernan 28 pleaded guilty Thursday to second degree murder in the slaying of her 7 year old daughter Helen. She was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison with no statement made. She attacked Helen in a wood beating slashing and burning and also tried to kill her 3 year old son Jimmy who is recovering.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Helen Tiernan
Helen
Tiernan
Jimmy
Basque forces fight to save Santander as insurgents strike
Basque government mobilizes troops for a last stand near Santander while insurgent aircraft and warships bombard coastal towns. Refugees flood Bilbao corridors as Basque officials claim attacks on civilians and rail lines threaten retreat.
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Banos de Carranza
Spain
Santander
Bilbao
Jose Antonio Aguirre
Baracaldo
Alonsotegui
Bilbao - Santander
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Nervion
France
News River
Astur
Regional Job Aid Officials to Meet Across Four States
White Sulphur Springs W V June 21 Unemployment Compensation officials from four states and the District of Columbia meet Friday to discuss modifying their laws to ease interstate employer problems. Representatives from West Virginia North Carolina Maryland and possibly Virginia attend. Governors Holt and Peery will join the conference. Some speculate the legislature may convene a special session next fall to consider Unemployment Compensation act items.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
District of Columbia
Social Security Board
West Virginia
North Carolina and Mary
Homer A. Holt
George C. Peery
Virginia
Virginia-West Virginia Bankers Association
Charleston
Giles County to Host Giant Plant Near Narrows Va
A massive American cellulose and chemical plant is planned near Narrows Virginia on the north side of the New River between Pearlsburg and Narrows. The first unit will cost several million dollars and employ about fifteen hundred workers daily with future expansion. The company will acquire 1231 acres for the site, including two large farms, at roughly fifty thousand dollars in purchase price. The project will use the Virginian Railway and benefit from coal regions and ample electricity, with local support from Giles county and neighboring communities.
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New River
Pearlsburg
Narrows
American Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Company Ltd
J. Livingston Dillon
Giles County Bar Association
New York
Giles County
Ien
Lams
J. Johnston
Virginian
Johnston-Strader
West V
Giles County Sf
Bluefield
Princeton
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Virginian Railway Company
State Bar Head Will Speak Here
Harry H. Byer president of the West Virginia Bar association will address Mercer McDowell and adjoining counties lawyers at an informal West Virginian hotel dinner next Friday at 7 30 p m Senator Johnston vice president of the association J H Gadd president of the Mercer county bar will preside George Richardson Jr who has worked with a committee on revised rules and procedure in fed courts will read a paper and Byer will discuss plans for the state convention at White Sulphur Springs
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Harry H. Byer
West Virginia Bar Association
Martinsburg
Mercer
McDowell
West Virginian
W. Broughton Johnston
J. H. Gadd
Mercer County Bar Association
George Richardson, Jr
Byer
Bar
White Sulphur
Bramwell Theater Incorporated Receives Charter in Charleston
Bramwell Theater Incorporated chartered in Charleston West Virginia on June 21 with capital of $50 000. John C Newbold of Bramwell and Newbold of Washington DC named as receivers and organizers.
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Charleston
W.va
Bramwell
Incor
John C. Newbold
Bramwell End
Newbold
Washington, D. C
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Neutrality Group
W. 5
Guffey-Vinson
BOARD
McGrady
U.S. Mediation Board
Anil Pension
Clarence Tyree
Fred Tryee
Tazewell County
Pred Tyree
Clarence
Bond
Dry Fork
Pred
Ruben Hagg
Tazewell
C. C. Gillespie
Commonwealth
Gillespie
Fred
Will
California
Cantander
State Association
West Virginian Hotel
Bramwell Theater Incorporated
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