Steel Moguls Refuse To Meet C I O In Heated Hearing
Senate hearing on steel labor conflict features Tom Girdler of Republic Steel calling the C I O irresponsible and racketeering while denying a verbal contract exist. Girdler accuses Senator Murray of deceit as Guffey challenges him and crosses verbal swords with Girdler amid steel town tensions.
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Republic Steel
Guffey
Washington
Tom Girdler
Senate
Supreme Court
Republic Steel Corporation
Senate Holt
DW. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
Girdler
Bridges
R-Nh
Philip Murray C. S. O
D-Pa
Murray
Senator Guffey
Jones-Laughlin Steel Corporation
The
Republic
Ae Company
Tax dodge probe names Du Pont Mellon and Raskob
Treasury investigator Helvering outlined the holding company device used by wealthy taxpayers to reduce taxes. He cited John J. Raskob Andrew Mellon Pierre du Pont and six other leading names among about thirty officials detailing how personal holding companies could generate deductions not available to individuals. The testimony listed prominent figures such as Thomas Lamont Jacob Ruppert Alfred Sloan Jr Roy Howe and others as examples shown to a senate house committee.
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Washington
Treasury
du Pont
Mellon
Raskob
Senate-House
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
John J. Rascos
National Committee
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Pierre du Pont
du Ponts
Ethel du Pont
Helvering
Thomas W. Lamont
Jacob Ruppert
Alfres F Sloan, Jr
Roy W. Howe
Ota Wradbgenc
Harlem God followers attack girl’s seduction story
In Los Angeles on June 24 federal court heard Agnes Gardner and three Harlem Divine followers challenge Miss Delilah Jewett’s claim she was seduced into a role as a modern Virgin Mary and mother of a new redeemer. The defense argued no illicit relations were proven and the judge refused a mistrial.
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Los Angeles
Jewett
Agnes Gardner
Cone Divine
Est Coast Folowers
Father Divine
Leon R. Yankwich
Rts
Hunt
Owens
Yankwich
Amelia Earhart Returns to Java for Instrument Repairs
Amelia Earhart arrives in Bandoening Java from Sourabaya to repair her aircraft instruments mid circumnavigation. She had earlier left Sourabaya for Kupan seeking a stop en route.
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Amelia
Java
Batavia
Amelia Earhart
Bandoening
Sourabaya
Kupa' En
Trusty Tallman Named To Head State Police
Chameston June 24 Governor Holt announced that Trusty Tallman, 37, head coach at West Virginia University, will become chief of the state constabulary next week. Tallman, Roane County native and former legislator, succeeds Col. Day who resigned. The appointment pleases the state house and university. salary is 6000 annually, while Tallman’s WVU roles pay 5000. He will also head setting up a new 250000 dollar state radio network.
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Chameston
W. Va
Holt
Les Cameron
West Virginia University
State House
University
Tallman
Tee
State Constabulary
Widow Denies Tie to Coal Bank Slaying in Paintsville
Mrs. Wilson Jennings, twice widowed during the Mingo county mine war era, declares innocence in the killing of Robert Meade, a Paintsville bank clerk. She says she does not remember where she was the night of the murder and claims no involvement.
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Paintsville
Wilson Jennings
West Virginia
Jennings
Naugatuck
W. Va
Robert Meade
Meade
Meeade
Johnson County
Commonwealth
Harrington
Fred Adams
Mingo County
Jessie Maynard
C. C. Testerman
Matewan
Baldwin-Felts
Testerman
Sid Hatfield
Welch
Ed Chambers
McDowell County
Clarksburg Officer Held in Emblem Theft
Charles Harris a Clarksburg police officer was arrested in Wheeling charged with stealing a $100 emblem of the Fraternal Order of Police from a Wheeling hotel during a police convention. Harris was not a delegat e. Albert Sailor president of the Wheeling lodge filed the warrant.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Harris
Clarksburg
Fraternal Order of Police
Reynolds
Harris
Albert Sailor
Wheeling Fraternal Order
Heat Wave Grips Midwest as Temperatures Surge Across Region
Chicago and other Midwest cities swelter under a dangerous heat wave with readings near 97 in Chicago and over 100 in several states. The heat kills at least 14, with seven deaths in Chicago and many beaches crowded as Lake Michigan warms toward midsummer levels. Forecasters expect temperatures to fall significantly later.
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Chicago
Plains of
Texas
Great Lakes
Shenandoah
Iowa
Des Moines
Oklahoma
Hollis
Lawton
Ponca City
el Reno
Serinefeld
Kewanee
Ill
Davenport
Ottawa
St. Louis
Centralia
Lake Michigan
Gondiaoa
Grasshopper Set Afire By Boys Torments Two
In Council Bluffs Iowa two boys aged 9 and 8 who captured a grasshopper partially embedded it in putty then doused it with gasoline and lit a match. The grasshopper burst into flames burning Walter Rude severely and injuring Clifford Snipes who reached home while his mother put out the flames. Walter ran three blocks before aid arrived.
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Council Bluffs
Walter Rude
Clifford Snipes
Walter
Clifford
Augustine Grant
Bankers of Two States Addressed by Otey at Meet
At White Sulphur Springs annual West Virginia and Virginia bankers convention, FDIC praise tempered by criticism. Otey warns against using one bank to insure another, cites government lending agencies and urges cautious branch banking while Benson notes no public demand for major banking changes. Governors Holt and Perry address session.
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Bankers OF
Otey
Deposit Insurance Corporation
White Sulphur
Bankers
Charleston
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Issu
West Virginia Bankers Nenr
Virginia Group
Philip A. Benson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dime Savings Bank
FDIC
Ernest G. Otey
Bluefield
West Virginia Association
Cies
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Comptroller of
Benson
West Virginia-Virginia Bankers Associations
Spain fears Nazi Italian blockade of Spanish ports
London directs largest fleet into Spanish waters as Eden seeks a peace plan. Germany and Italy move ships into the Mediterranean while Britain withholds fleet positions. Madrid resists siege and shells spread as Basque troops rally west of Bilbao and authorities announce cleanup in Carabanchel.
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Spain
London
Eden
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
France
Algeria
Sardinia
Britain
Anthony Eden
Thepemeces
Baleares
Trinidad
Port Vendres
Madrid
Carabanchel
Bilbao
Santander
Ortuella
Bilbao-Santander
Paper strike ends in Pittsburgh as workers return
In Pittsburgh on June 24 striking mailing room employees from the three daily papers voted to resume work. About 5,000 men and women backed by the publishers announced an overwhelming return to duties under the contract expiring January 7, 1938. Wages are set per day and increase for day and night workers.
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Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Tom Williams
Pevevery
Promoted Officials in Pocahontas Division After Perkin s Retirement
Norfolk and Western Railway announced several promotions in the Pocahontas division following the retirement of W. Perkins of Bluefield due to ill health after more than forty years with the company. James H. Kinzel will replace Perkins at Eckman as trainmaster.
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Pocahontas Division
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
W. Perkins
Bluefield
James H. Kinzel
Ormerly
Eckman
Perkins
Pocahontas
Man
O. H. Carter
G. G. Hill
Cliff
McClintic Expected To End Court Session Today
George W. McClintic is anticipated to conclude the June term of the United States district court here today after a session of more than two weeks. The first week focused on criminal dockets while several civil cases of minor importance filled the latter days.
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George W. McClintic
United States District Court
Democrats Hold Mass Talks on Jefferson Island to Heal Rift
President Roosevelt sails to Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay for a three day Democratic retreat with senators and representatives, aiming to shape proposed laws and discuss a possible Supreme Court reorganization. Cabinet members and agency heads will attend. some lawmakers and Miss Perkins stay away. Meanwhile Cumberland Heights homicide case yields no arrests as investigators pursue multiple leads.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
U. S. S. Potomac
Tomorow
Jefferson Island
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Congress
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Robinson
Miss Perkins
Burke
Neb
District 8 Coal Board announces new directors
C Mahon of Knoxville announces the personnel of district eight coal board. About 500 operators from southern West Virginia eastern Kentucky Virginia and eastern Tennessee attended the meeting. The board includes C W Watson acting chairman J D Francis M L Patton Fred Gore D B Cornett W James De Fi Hazard D D Hull Ralph F Kanode Holmes Morton L E Wood Arthur Downs A L Leckie among others.
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Cincinnati
C. Mahon
Knoxville
Tenn
Connon
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Mahan
C. W. Watson
J. D. Francis
Huntington
W. Va
M. L. Patton
Fred Gore
D. B. Cornett
Louisville
W. J Anes
Crummies
de Fi Hazard
C. Knoxville
D. D. Hull
Roanoke
Ralph F. Kanode
Philadelphia
Holmes Morton
L. E. Wood
Charleston
Arthur Downs
Wilkinson, W. Aad
A. F. Leckie
Colum
Gootch Harris Release on $5,000 Bond in Slaying Case
Gooch Harris a Kellysville lunch room and beer parlor operator charged with the slaying of Frank Mazia on June 11 was released on $5,000 bail to await action of the July grand jury by Judge John M. McGrath. Sureties were examined on property values. missing valuations prompted a new bail rule. Mazia and associates visited Harris’ place before the shooting on the back porch.
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Kellysville
Gooch Harris
Frank Mazia
John M. McGrath
Harris
Mazia
Bridgeville
Ella Harris
Ben H. Reid
Athens
A. Ray Johnston
Narrows
McGrath
Allen Brinkley
Prince Brinkley
Jane McGrath
Ajax T Smith
Walter G. Burton
Fruitless Confab Termed Final In Johnstown Tense
Johnstown dispatch reports martial rule lifted as Bethle hem Steel strike festers. Ohio news notes Gov Davey lifts restrictions in Mahoning valley and steel firms reject mediation talks. Mediation board urges man to man discussions and a joint conference to settle the seven state strike with a secret ballot.
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Johnstown
Earle
Union
Steel executives quit final Roosevelt mediation conference
In Cleveland tonight C I O leaders said the federal mediation board meeting with President Roosevelt was the final conference. They left without confirming if peace talks had collapsed and warned that no further talks would be held. New tension followed as martial law was lifted in Johnstown Pa after months of unrest.
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Germany
Italy
Berlin
Rome
Spain
Orces
S of
Vittorio Emanuel
Britain
Empire
Almirante Cervera
Malaga
Federal Mediation Board
Johnstown
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Committee For Industrial Organization Steel Union
Republic
Een
Talentent Youngswneet Na Mes
Cleveland
Ohio
Roosevelt
Ric
O- Day
George H. Earle
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Ohio Mills
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Lewis
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D-Ri
Aaskob
Dupont
TAX Inquiry
Helpering
Harlem
Trusty Tallman
Mountaineer
Shingleton
Constabulary
Gov. Holt
Shinghedon
Able Pees
Im Pen
Jewell Valley
Club House
Comissary
Jewell Valley Coal Com. Dh
Jewell Goal Ee Anae
Sanemena
Buchanan County
Jewell Valley Company
United Mine Workers of America
Jewell Ridge
Bluefielder
Lands Service
Homer A. Holt
George C. Perry
Peery
Cites
Smoky City
W. F. Perkins
Kinzel
M’clintic
Presped Island
Chesapeake Bay Isle
Hampton
James Garland
Berry Pickers
Cumberland Heights
Walter Hampton
Garland
District 8 Coal Board
Pennsylvania
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lynn G. Adams
Mahoning Valley
Mahoning
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
C.I.0
Martin Davey
Emplor
Oymen
Vilege
Youngstown
Trumbull
National Guard
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