Blums ally Chautemps forms new French cabinet
Paris June 22 Radical Socialist Camille Chautemps formed a second People’s Front government with Leon Blum’s aid. Blum’s ministers were kept over, and Georges Bonnet was named finance minister to tackle deficit. Washington dispatches noted Bonnet sails on the Queen Mary for a six month post.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
People’s Front
Leon Blum
Chautemps
Socialist National Council
Blum
Georges Bonnet
United States
France
Bonnet
Washington Dispatches
American Post
Bank of France
Maurice Violette
Albert Sarraut
Paul Faure
Yvon Delbos
Cesar Campinchi
Air
Pierre Cot
Jean Zay
Marx Dormoy
Attourney Reilly Acquitted In Torture Death Case
A jury of 12 acquitted District Attorney James A. Reilly on a murder charge in the death of Frank C. Monaghan after a trial that lasted less than four hours. Judge William H. McNaugher instructed the jury on possible verdicts and indicated third degree methods were abhorrent to justice. The case stems from allegations of brutal confrontations in a Bertillon room during police questioning.
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Pittsburgh
James A. Reilly
Frank C. Monaghan
Fayette
William H. McNaugher
Fayette County
Charles J. Margiotti
Reilly
Uniontown
Monaghan
Margiotti
Andrew T. Park
Allegheny County
Bertillon
John C. Wall
McNaugher
Ohio Guards Hold Line in Youngstown Strike Zone
State troops stood guard in the Mahoning valley under Gov. Davey’s proclamation to block reopenings at four steel plants owned by Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. A Warren court order limited picketing while the federal mediation board sought progress. About 30,000 workers have been idle four weeks as union and company officials clash over contracts.
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Associated Press
Youngst
Mahoning Valley
Martin L. Davey
Youngstown
Warren
Ohio
Republic Steel Corporation
Niles
Davey
Federal Mediation Board
Cleveland
Charles P. Taft
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Republic
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Frank Parnell
Kingstown Sheet and Tube Co
National Guard
National
Youngstown Military District
Rail unions authorize strike vote across five brotherhoods
A 20 percent wage increase demand prompts a strike ballot by 150 delegates of five operating railroad brotherhoods in Chicago. J A Phillips says ballots will be mailed to 300000 members and tabulated at a July 26 Chicago meeting.
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Chicago
J. A. Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Five Brotherhoods
Phillips
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhoods
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Newappers
Sun-Telegraph
Post- Gazette
Toda
Publishers Association
C. J. Moser
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Sun Telegraph
MARSH REAPPOINTED AS PRESIDENT OF CONCORD
Charleston W Va June 22 W W Trent state superintendent announced after a board meeting that all presidents and deans of state teacher colleges were reappointed with small salary readjustments none of the increases were general. The budget for West Virginia State College extension division was approved though personnel not selected. Presidents reappointed for one year include Concord State J Frank Marsh Fairmont Teachers Joseph N Rosier Glenville State E G Rohrbaugh Marshall James E Allen Sr New River State E C at Shepherd State W S White West Liberty Paul N Einin West Virginia State John W Davis Bluefield H L Dickason acting president Romney School A E Krause West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind E A Bolling
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Charleston
W. Va
W. W. Trent
Board of Education
Trent
West Virginia State College
Concord State
J. Frank Marsh
Fairmont
Joseph N. Rosier
Glenville State Teachers’ College
E. G. Rohrbaugh
Marshall College
James E. Allen, Sr
New River State
E. C
Shepherd State
W.S. White
West Liberty
Paul N. "Einin
West Virginia State
John W.davis
Bluefield State
H. L. Dickason
Romney School For Deaf and Blind
A. E. Krause
West Virginia Schools For the
E. A. Bolling
Young man blown to death in freak mishap at gas site
Chauncey Francis Pease, 23, died in Sissonville West Virginia when a gas well casing plug blew out. A jet of gas under about 2000 pounds tore into his body. Three other workers were slightly injured.
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Sissonville
W. Va
Chauncey Francis Pease
Pease
Iron Lung Patient Finishes 12000 Mile Trip From China
Frederick B. Snite Jr., an iron lung patient for 450 days, completed a 12,000 mile voyage by boat and train from China to Chicago. The Notre Dame graduate, paralyzed by infantile paralysis in 1936, arrived encased in the life support device to cheers from friends and admirers.
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China
Chicago
Frederick B. Snite, Jr
Notre Dame
Roosevelt forces push 1.5 billion relief bill through Senate
The Senate approved a 1.5 billion federal relief appropriation for the year starting July 1, defeating Senator Vandenberg's plan to return administration to the states. The measure adds 200 million for unobligated balances, extends the Public Works Administration, and moves to House consideration of amendments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
Chamber
House
Public Works Administration
PWA
N. H
Virginian Protests Coal Freight Rate Cut
The Virginian railroad condemned a public service commission ruling cutting freight rates from 88 to 45 cents per ton for New River company coal from four Fayette County mines to Deepwater. It warned parity loss would hurt other branch operators and limit prices on other grades, potentially harming regional mines. A rehearing was requested.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
New River Company
Fayette County
Virginian Railroad
New River-Pocahon Field
Coal Company
Virginian
Local Bluefield Election Officials Named
Executive committees of both parties appoint one clerk and one commissioner per precinct for the July 6 municipal election. The city board then names one commissioner per precinct, listing officials for Ward 1 and Ward 2 precincts with both Democratic and Republican members and vacancies noted.
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City Board of Directors
City of
Bluefield
E. 8. Humphreys
S. T. Witten
Precinct No
Mabel Gibson
Irby Sweeney
J. R. Johnson
T. Frank Martin
Rosa B. Marshall
Missioner
Corrine C. Booker
Anella C. Lilly
Doomed youth's sit strike halts appeal denied death sentence
Willie Beckner lost his appeal for executive clemency to escape the gallows. Governor Holt declined to commute, after reviewing a psychiatrists' report and noting the trial record and absence of legal errors. Beckner, 23, vanquished Cy Pages near Sissonville in May.
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Charleston
W. Va
Willie Beckner
State Penitentiary
Holt
Frog Creek
Cy Pages
Page
Sissonville
Kanawha County
Beckner
Hiarists’ Commission
State Supreme Court
District 7 names new coal board amid code drive
Coal operators in district 7 unanimously choose a 16 member board to administer the bituminous coal code. The group, representing southwestern West Virginia and northeastern Virginia, says 38 thousand tons of annual production remain unsigned and pledges cooperative administration to ensure fair profit per ton.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
District No. 7
West Virginia
Virginia
Snyder
District 7
West Virinia
Greenbrier
Crcer
McDowell
Pocahontas
Summers
Fayette
Raleigh
Oming
Ontgomery
Navy Planes Complete Record Nonstop Flight Across Pacific
U S Navy planes finished the service's longest mass nonstop flight from San Diego to Coco Solo in 27 hours 58 minutes covering 3 085 miles. Lieut Robert W Morse led the voyage with 84 officers and crew aboard. Commander Ernest L Gunter announced permanent stationing at Coco Solo as six large naval lanes completed a bold new endurance milestone.
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Coco Solo
Canal Zone
United States Navy
San Diego Bay
San Diego
Robert W. Morse
Ernest L. Gunter
Fleet Air Base
Navy
Racier McGinnis
San Francisco Bay
Honlulu
German demands threaten new war tensions in Europe
Four major powers quit the non intervention council after failing to agree on a naval demonstration off Valencia for Spain. Germany awaits unilateral action to satisfy its honor as Britain France Italy and Germany split over measures, signaling potential German naval maneuvers near the Spanish coast.
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Europe
Spain
Valencia
London
Non-Intervention Council
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Leipzig
Foreign Office
Anthony Eden
Dino Grandi
Non-Intervention Committee
New Yorkers Named in Tax Evasion Inquiry
Washington reports six New Yorkers used huge life policies to deduct 1 482 000 from five years of taxable income. The group included Richard E. Dwight and lawyers Winfield Ayers George Thoms, with brokers Henry Lowe and Joseph Schwab and cotton broker Lawrence Marx. They sought to deduct fictitious interest on policy loans to cut taxes by about 549 501. Dwight’s case helped trigger the Hughes law firm dissolution. Dwight released a statement denying fault.
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Washington
The
Treasury
New York
Congressional
Mason B. Leming
Internal Revenue Bureau
Richard E. Dwight
Winfield Ayers
Henry W. Lowe
Lawrence Marx
Joseph W. Schwab
George Thoms
Dwight
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Morrison Shafroth
Morgenthau
Hughes
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Concord
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Goaldale
Cora Belcher
Princeton Hospital
Mate
Princeton
Mercer County
George Belcher
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Maybeury
Belcher
Coaldale Mountain
Wheeling
Cincinnati
P. M. Snyder
Mt. Hope
John C. Atwater
C. A. Brockman
Claremont
W. G. Caperton
James Waller Carter
W. C. Crichton
O. W. Wdeyerle
M. L. Garvey
J. A. Hunt
Beckley
D. A. Newhall
Phila Ine
Nichols
A & , Page
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R. Golborne
Dayton
Ww. A Richards
Lee
R. E. Salvate
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