Non-Striking Steel Workers Return To Jobs In Mahoning Valley
Gates of steel mills in the Mahoning valley opened to non-strikers as Ohio guards and city police protected entrances. Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube reopened, with thousands back at work while federal mediation efforts collapsed. In Johnstown and Warren, martial law was lifted and pickets remained strong, signaling a tense subset of the Great Lakes steel strike.
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Mahoning Valley
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic Steel Corporation Resu
Ohio
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Emil Marx
Cc. I. O
Roosevelt
Campbell C. ©. Lodge
Steel Mediation Board
Martin L. Davey
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Cincinnati
White House
Little Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Pennsylvania
Gov. H. Earle
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria
John Wens
Cambria Works
Cambria County
Sidney D. Evans
Chamberlain Calls Europe to Caution on War Crisis
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain urged Europe to move slowly amid tensions after Germany and Italy pulled ships from the non intervention patrol over Spain. London and Paris planned to fill the gap with their ships while Germany and Italy backed the insurgent Valencia government.
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Germany
Italy
Berlin
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
Spain
France
Valencia
Rome
Spanked Wives Form New Club Case Sparks Local Debate
Sioux City readers report a controversial club formed by 19 women claiming to benefit marriages by spanking. Organizers say the W. O. M. M. club promotes spouses turning wives over their knee for a spanking, arguing it improves home life and prevents divorce.
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Sioux A
Beckner Goes To Death On Gallows
Willie Beckner, 30, a farm hand, was executed at 8 44 p m by gallows in Moundeville West Virginia for the ambush murder of his neighbor at Frog Hollow Kanawha county. He faced death calmly sang hymns and ate a hearty dinner of fried chicken before walking to the gallows. The warden noted his recovery from an earlier collapse and he died ten minutes after the trap was sprung.
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Moundéville
W. Va
Willie Beckner
West Virginia
Frog Hollow
Kanawha County
Cy” Page
R. A. Ashworth
O. P. Wilson
C. M. Stone
Beckner
Therisoner
Three Killed in Bishop Mine Blast
A gas explosion at the Bishop mine of Pocahontas Fuel Co. at 11 30 p m Friday night killed three men Golden Hill Everett Borin and Herman Bates all aboard from West Virginia and Arkansas. The blast damaged the mine but the shift working within four hundred feet felt only a change in air flow. Officials including W M Lyons E L Chatfield and W M Jones led the initial investigation with company and state inspectors. The Bishop workings lie on the West Virginia side with camp across the Virginia line. Borin a native of Arkansas, Hill of Pocahontas, and the others were identified as night shift workers.
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Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Golden Hill
Everett Borin
White
Herman Bates
W. M. Lyons
Gary
E. L. Chatfield
Maitland
W. M. Jones
Welch
West Virginia
J. German
Pocahonta, el Company
H. Cassell
Bisho
Whop
Virginia
Borin
Arkansas
Hill
Franco's forces push toward Santander in westward advance
In Franco's latest report the insurgents say troops occupy several villages and key heights as they push west toward Santander, with gains described as highly successful. A jail escapee group reached insurgent lines from Valmaseda, while authorities claim control of the Nervion river's west bank and the coastal settlement at Ciervana. Madrid reports government forces remain present but narrow the frontline.
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Santander Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Santander
Amet
Valmaseda
Bilbao
Nervion
Ciervana
Madrid
Franco
G MANS SLAYERS SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL MURDER IN KANSAS
In Topeka Kansas June 25 a U S district court jury convicted Robert J Suhay and Glen Applegate paroled New York convicts of the murder of Federal Agent Wimberly W Baker during a gun battle at a post office on April 16 The government presented 60 witnesses while the defense offered no witnesses arguing only over who fired first The prosecutor called the act deliberate and cowardly and venomous describing the crime in a historic Kansas case
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Topeka
Kas
Robert J. Suhay
Glen Applegate
New York
U. S. District Court
Wimberly W. Baker
Baker
Suhay
Applegate
Kansas
Summerfield
Alexander
United States District Attorney
Congress Democrats Press Roosevelt on Court Bill at Jefferson Island
House Democrats returning to Annapolis after a day on Jefferson Island report President Roosevelt told them he is going through on the court bill and related measures. The group plans further discussions with the president as 22 senators and 100 representatives travel by ship to the island for three days of conferences.
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Cambria
Warren
C.S.O
C.so
Washington
Jefferson Island
Annapolis
Roosevelt
House Democrats
Congress
Jefferson
Chesapeake Bay
S Club
Sunda
Es. Maury Maverick
Texas
House
Supreme Court
van Nuys
Bankhead
Sanders
Here
Peake Bay
Potomac
Naval Academy Dock
Ator Bailey
North Carolina
Byrd
Appalachian Power Defers Decision to Buy Bailey Building
Herbert Markle general manager of Appalachian Electric Power said the company has not yet decided to exercise its option to buy the Bailey building a six story office structure on Bland street The announcement viewed as premature and the firm has until July 1 to close the deal.
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Herbert Markle
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Bailey
Bland Street
Markle
Month-Old Marriage Ends in Divorce After 14-Year Courtship
Chicago June 25 Judge John C. Lowe advised the lovelorn as Mrs Helen Goodrich Grimm seeks divorce from George Grimm of Detroit. They had known each other 14 years but married only one month and the judge granted the divorce on cruelty charges.
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Chicago
John C. Lowe
Helen Goodrich Grimm
George Grimm
Detroit
Jorney Norman Becker
Grime Tourist 3 Companion Freed Not Guilty in Gate Slaying Case
In Lonoke Arkansas on June 25 jurors acquitted Bernice Felton 18 of Rockford Illinois as Lester Brockelhurst 23 of Galesburg Illinois was condemned to die for the Gates murder. Brockelhurst fainted at sentencing and was sent to jail. The pair had claimed a crime tour across 18 states with Felton denying involvement.
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Lonoke
Ark
Bernice Felton
Rockford, Jr
Victor A. Gates
Lester Brockelhurst
Galesburg
Gates
W. J. Waggoner
Brockelhurst
Tucker
Brockehurst
Little Rock
Bernice
Lester
Workers Parade at Dorman Mills Against C I O
About fifty workers at Dorman Mills Parsons West Virginia paraded with a banner reading Down with the C I O as plans to form a local union moved forward. The employer pledged loyalty to the woolen mill, a major district industry.
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Parsons
W. Va
Dorman
Pickford-Rogers Romance To Be Climaxed At Altar Today
Hollywood notes Mary Pickford and Charles Rogers marry in a garden ceremony at 3 p m given the setting at Louis Leightons home. Fourteen witnesses attend with Rev James Lash presiding. A reception at Pickfair follows and the couple sail for a Honolulu honeymoon after.
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Rogers
Louis D. Leighton
James Hamilton Lash
Pickfair
Miss Pickford
Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks
America
Honolulu
First Husband Of Wally To Be Wed
Los Angeles June 25. Wedding plans for Commander Earl Wingfield Spencer first husband of the woman who led King Edward VIII to abdicate were disclosed today. His bride to be Mrs Norma Rose Johnson widow of Homer Sturtveant Johnson of Detroit is said to marry Wallis Warfield more than 20 years ago and divorces followed in 1927 on desertion charges.
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Los Angeles
Earl Wingfield Spencer
Edward VIII of
England
Norma Rose Johnson
Johnson
Homer Sturtveant Johnson
Detroit
Navy
Wallis Warfield
Belcher Salary Appeal Denied in West Virginia Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court denied Belcher's appeal seeking $4100 claimed due after a 1933 to 1936 salary cut. Belcher argued the legislature lacked constitutional power to reduce an office holder’s pay during his term. The court noted the constitution allows only a two dollar daily payment while in session.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
L. J. Belcher
Mercer County Court
Circuit Court
Belcher
Two Firemen Die in Gasoline Blast in Montreal
Montreal observers recount a gasoline explosion on Laurier Avenue as firemen battled a blaze in a six story garage. The blast killed two firefighters, injured over 100, and disrupted shops and apartments, with 20 kept in hospital and others treated for debris injuries. Emergency crews battled ongoing danger as witnesses described a deafening roar and flying glass.
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Montreal
Laurier Avenue
Fred Clermont
Branch banks face renewed attack at White Meet
At White Sulphur Springs, Milton Be thehead of the Virginia West Virginia associations warns that McAdoo bills threaten local banks. Morgan adds interstate branch banking would endanger small communities and favor distant financial centers. He backs Virginia's plan for limited branch banking.
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Virginiaers Association
McAdoo
Congress
Milton R.ateagne
Federal Reserve
Heat Wave Ends as Rains and Winds Hit the Midwest
Heavy rains and shifting winds broke a dangerous heat wave across the middle west. 21 deaths linked to the heat were reported as showers moved from the Dakotas to Ohio. Cooler air followed with temperatures dropping from 95 to 75 in four hours and a 19 degree dip in Clinton Iowa.
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Chicago
Middle West
Rockies
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Clinton
Marion
Bucyrus
Willard
Sandusky
Lincoln Park
Canton
Lanening
Canada
Abr
Asinnipeg
Chicago Board of Trade
Insurance Motive Suspected in Garland Slaying
Prosecutors say Mervin Brown planned to collect a $200 insurance payout on James Garland, aided by Nyanza Smith who confessed details of the crime. Garland was found beaten and bloodied near Heatherwood Road in Cumberland Heights. Brown denies involvement and says he was not with Garland Tuesday.
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Walter Hampton
State Police
James Garland
Mervin Brown
Nyanza Smith
Garland
Brown
Po 2On Wagner
Mercer County
Berry
Heatherwood Road
Cumberland Heights
Peemotiine
Evi
Smith
Hampton
Wagner
Thedy
Frank Bland
Maybeury
National Accident and Health Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Mary Cape
Nash Street
Ellis Street
Cape
Princeton Avenue
Grassy Branch
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Leipzig
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Poca
G-Man
Appalachian Head
C.I.O
Mary Pickford
Charles
Buddy” Rogers
Mary
Wally
Mercer
Circuit
Orey and
Morgan
Middle
Bludgeon
Ulved
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Federal Court
Federal Building
Scott Street
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