League of Nations considers lifting Italy sanctions
The League of Nations plans to lift economic penalties on Italy seven months after they were imposed for aggression. Haile Selassie arrives in Geneva as Ethiopia seeks full covenant measures. Locarno crisis also on the council agenda following Germany’s Rhineland actions.
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Geneva
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Haile Selassie
London
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Ethiopia
Germany
Rhineland
Communists Shift Focus at Party Convention in The Class Struggle
New York June 25 delegates at the Communist national convention shifted from politics to the class struggle. Keynoter urged a general strike inspired by France to begin in Michigan auto plants, with inroads among West Coast marine workers and undermining of steel company unions. Delegates, including Jack Johnstone and Jack Stachel, hailed workers' unity as resolutions and platform work continued ahead of Madison Square Garden mass meeting. Twenty Communist delegates were listed as steel company union officials.
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New York
Rtg
Michigan
Jack Johnstone
San Francisco
Jack Stachel
Workers of the World Unite
Madison Square Gard
B. K. Gebert
Alleghany Valley
Pennsylvania
Oil and gas drilling sees modest boom in West Virginia
Charleston reports a drilling upswing as the Department of Mines issued 247 well permits in the first five months, up from 197 last year. Countless counties like Kanawha Cabell and Ritchie show activity with deeper wells planned and more permits expected this month.
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Cabell, Kanawha
Ritchie Counties
Charleston
W. Va
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N. P. Rhinehart
Kanawha
Cabell
Ritchie
Boone
Watzel
Monongalia
Ritchie County
Rhinehart
Weston
Doddridge
Young Republican Club Plans Organization Meeting Tonight
The Young Republican club will meet at the West Virginian hotel at 8 o'clock to form a permanent organization for the coming campaign. Committees will be appointed to carry forward plans and invite all to attend as the group gears up for an aggressive fall campaign.
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West Virginian Hotel
Young Republicans
Mob Attacks Union Organizers in Gadeden Alabama
An angry mob of about 300 storms the United Rubber Workers office in Gadeden Alabama. They beat several organizers and drove them from town under police protection toward Birmingham. The interior was wrecked and no arrests were reported. The incident follows a $100 000 organizing drive at the Goodyear plant. S. H. Dalrymple of Akron was beaten three weeks earlier after a preliminary meeting. Frank Grillo accuses Goodyear of inciting today’s attack.
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Ala
United Rubber Workers Union Today
Birmingham
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
S. H. Dalrymple
Akron
United Rubber Workers
Frank Grillo
Goodyear Company
Dalrymple
Paris Labor Quiet as Strikers Return to Work
The leftist government pressed to restore nearly all Paris strikers to work after a capital department store settlement. Marseille sailors led recoveries, Cannes painters stayed in church pews, and Riviera gigolos feared casino crowding. Senate backed Premier Blum's foreign policy. Bank of France cut rediscount rate from 5 to 4 percent to ease credit.
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France
Cote d'Azur
Marsille
Cannes
St. Cezaire
Riviera
Senate
Leon Blum
Bank of France
Norris Says Roosevelt Is Platform for the Democrats
Senator Norris of Nebraska, an independent Republican, said Roosevelt is the platform for the Democrats and expressed readiness to campaign for the president. Norris met with President Roosevelt in the White House to discuss political developments and anticipated Nebraska backing in November.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Norris
Nebrsaka
Robert W. Bingham
Great Britain
Bingham
White House
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Kansas
Fifty Hurt As Stands Collapse During Mardi Gras Parade
In Philadelphia crowds watching Mardi Gras for the Democratic convention day saw two large stands collapse. Five people were injured, with Joseph McKernan sustaining a broken leg. Police and ambulances struggled to reach victims as thousands gathered. Roadways and streets remained gridlocked with traffic for hours as the parade ran late.
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Philadelphia
Tike Matchwood
Joseph McKernan
City Hall
Fairmont Park
Davis Wilson
South Carolina Senator Walks Out of Democratic Convention
Senator Smith of South Carolina leaves the Democratic national convention after negro speaker take the stage saying he will stay gone. He repeats his earlier walkout with representatives Frank Clyburn and T R Sith as he cites humiliation of the south over two thirds rule and the convention’s actions.
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Philadelphia
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Burnet Maybank
Charleston
Smith
Marshall Shepard
Frank Clyburn
Kershaw
T. R. Sith
Orangeburg
Father Dies From Burns After Rescue Attempt
Weirton West Virginia June 25 Thomas McGavitt 52 a WPA worker died of burns in a Steubenville Ohio hospital after reentering a flaming home to try to save his sleeping sons Michael 9 and Harry 15 who perished in the blaze near their four room bungalow Harry and another son William 13 were trapped with him after returning to save the youngest boy.
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Weirton
W. Va
Thomas McGavitt
Steubenville
WPA
Michael
Harry McGavitt
McGavitt
Harry
William
West Virginia Creates Industrial Hygiene Bureau
West Virginia establishes a Bureau of Industrial Hygiene with Dr. Otto Swisher Jr. as director and Richard Page and S C Rothman as key staff. The unit operates under state health commissioner Dr A E McClue and is funded by federal security act matching funds with the labor department and compensation board. This move follows Senate inquiries into Gauley Bridge silicosis cases.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bureau of Industrial Hygiene
Otto Swisher, Jr
Berkeley Springs
A. E. McClue
Richard Page
Washington, D. C
S. C. Rothman
State Public Health Service
Federal Security Act
U. S. Department of Labor
Industrial Hygiene Bureau
McClue
West Virginia
U. S. Public Health Service
Senate
Gauley Bridge
Martin V. Ziegler
Washington
Pew Bureau
Landon Begins Vacation in Colorado at Rocky Mountain Ranch
Gov Alf M Landon starts a ten day rest in Colorado after arriving to cheers in Denver Longmont and Estes Park He heads to McGraw ranch near Estes Park to loaf by a fire while previewing his speech accepting the Republican nomination He notes he needs the rest and is doing a good job of loafing The ranch sits above the Rockies with a trout stream nearby.
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Alf M. Landon
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Longmont
McGraw Ranch
Landon
Topeka
McGraw
Landons
Rockies
Almos
Deputized Guards Bolster Portmouth Strike Scene
Sheriff Arthur Oakes began deputizing 100 people to act as guards to maintain peace around the Wheeling Steel plant in Portsmouth Ohio after a strike started May 22. The move followed a New Boston police chief request after strikers and sympathizers damaged a railroad line used to transport food to besieged workers, a gun battle left one dead and five wounded, heightening fear of further trouble.
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Portsmouth
Arthur Oakes
Wheeling Steel Corp
Clarence Highfield
New Boston
Democratic Convention Abolishes Two-Thirds Rule for Nomination
In Philadelphia the Democratic national convention voted to scrap the two-thirds rule to nominate a presidential candidate. A reapportionment plan would base delegates on Democratic votes in November rather than state population, ending a 104 year old rule. The move drew 36 to 13 to drop the rule and 674 to abolish it across 36 states and territories.
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Rules Committee
National Committee
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Bruce
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Colorado
Georgia
Indiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Mexico
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
New York
Herman Bennett
West Virginia
Virginia Delegation Opposes Two-Thirds Rule Compromise
In Philadelphia on June 25 the Virginia delegation voiced strong opposition to the two-thirds rule compromise with Senator Harry F. Byrd. State Senator Aubrey Weaver, Virginia rules committeeman, criticized the plan allowing the national committee to formulate a strategy that could empower a minority. Weaver supported the idea of abolishing the two-thirds rule but favored representation based on Democratic votes from the prior election.
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Missouri
Rules Committee
Representative Cox
Georgia
Beeman Strong
Texas
Dixie
Tas
Millard Tydings
Maryland
W. W. Hastings
Oklahoma
Howard Bruce
Philadelphia
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Aubrey Weaver
National Committee
Sailor Witnesses Snake Murder Describe Killed Wife
Former sailor Charles Hope testified about the death of Mary James, allegedly killed by her husband Robert James to collect a $20,000 life insurance. Hope described James forcing the killer rattlesnake into a box and placing the woman's foot inside as she screamed and thrashed.
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Los Angeles
Charles Hope
Mary James
Robert James
James
Hope
Platform Plan Aims to Raise Farm Income and Enforce Trust Laws
Federal state action seeks to meet U S problems with no floor debate on platform for campaign. Proposes to use all means to raise farm income to ward pre war purchasing power and to vigorously enforce anti trust laws.
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U. S
Democratic platform backs joint action to solve economic woes
The 1936 Democratic platform endorses federal state cooperation or constitutional amendment if needed. It declares principles for a Roosevelt vs Landon race and calls to raise farm income via soil conservation and domestic allotment, while pledging to enforce and restore anti trust laws.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Democratic platform text from Philadelphia convention
Convention Hall Philadelphia June 25 Democratic platform pledges government to protect the family and home and to improve personal, financial, industrial and agricultural well-being. It criticizes Republican leadership and asserts three years of Democratic recovery has restored health and prosperity. (Turn to Page Seven)
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Philadelphia
Seek Quick Trial in Spy Plot Case
Government prosecutors move toward immediate trial for Harry Thompson a discharged navy yeoman indicted with nineteen overt acts in a spy plot against the United States. Lieut. Commander Toshio Miyazaki is co defendant in the multi month scheme spanning July 1934 to March 1935. Thompson is jailed for wearing a navy uniform illegally.
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Los Angeles
Navy
United States Naval
Japan
Clyde Thomas
United States
Harry Thomas Thompson
United States Navy
San Diego
Democratic Convention Program for Today in Philadelphia
The June 256 convention program lists 12 noon start, order called by Senator Robinson, prayer by Dr. William H. Fine, roll call for presidential nominations, nomination by John E. Mack of New York, followed by seconding speeches and action on the nomination. Farley hints at possible 8 p.m. recess after several addresses.
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Paradelpia
Senator Robinson
William H. Finesop
Philadelphia
John E. Mack
New York
James A. Farley
Smith Dem Demonstration Sparks Philadelphia Convention
A June 25 Philadelphia scene shows a partisan clash as Alfred E. Smith backers clash with young banners. Lawr ence blames hoodlums from Philadelphia’s second ward, a Republican leader identified. Police and delegates intervene as blows erupt over gallery protests at the Democratic convention.
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Philadelphia
Alfred E. Smith
Pennsylvania
al Smith
David L. Lawrence
al Smith Democrats
Leland Webb
Upper Darby
Democratic Club
Ray Benn
Landsdowne
Tots Play Tea Party Ends Fatally in Indiana
Five children from the Sepro family in Evanaville, Ind, aged 20 months to 11 years, drank green colored water from a bottle used as tea. Norma Maxine Sepro, 7, died at a hospital after one other child and two others fell seriously ill. Doctors say poison was used to color the water. Father Emmett Sepro works as a coal miner at Yankeetown.
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Norma Maxine Sepro
Emmett Sepro
Yankeetown
Sepro
Dorothy
Stephen
Cora Bell
William
Armed Guards Foil Bank Heist In Running Gun Battle
Lawrence Mass June 25 Guards of an armored bank car repelled a hold up and killed one robber while wounding two others in a running gun battle that saved 19000 dollars tonight police hunted two gunmen who fled in a car. Abbott Corkum and Inspector Timothy O'Brien were credited with preventing the robbery as the wounded were identified as Frank Tartaglia and John J McNamare by fingerprint records.
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Lawrence
Mass
Lawrence General Hospital
Abbott Corkum
Timothy O’brien
Charles R. Vose
Boston
Frank Tartaglia
Medford
John J. McNamare
Cambridge
Roosevelt Garner renomination hailed at Democratic convention
The Democratic national convention abrogated the two thirds rule and adopted a new platform. Roosevelt will be acclaimed tomorrow and Garner re nominated on Saturday in a giant outdoor fete. A re apportionment plan for state delegations will take effect in 1933.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Garner
Second Ward
al Smith
Dixie
New Deal
Kump Arrives With West Virginia Delegation at Democratic Convention
Governor H G Kump of West Virginia and leaders arrived at Convention Hall as one of the largest state delegations to attend the national Democratic conclave. The governor said he came to see the convention and planned Atlantic City visits before returning home. Dr Gary Hogg becomes national committeeman Saturday succeeding Herbert Fitzpatrick.
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Philadelphia
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Convention Hall
Atlantic City
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Huntington
Tom Holt
Charles G. Peters
Charleston
Holt
R. C. Andrews
Kanawha County
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Robert G. Kelly
Dale G. Cas« To
James Kay Thomas
House of Delegates
Lon H. Kelly
State Bar Association
F. L. Durrett
Montgomery
J. Patrick Beacom
Lrvinsee Barkley
Frank Ma’ Gavel
Grover Ciera
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