Last Gettysburg reunion for Confederate veterans ends era
Three 93 year old veterans from Virginia and Marion Va depart for Gettysburg for the 75th anniversary reunion of the Civil War’s blue and gray. The event marks the final gathering of the Army of Northern Virginia and the last reunion of veterans at the battlefield over eight days.
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Gettysburg
Blue and Gray
M. Woolsey
Peapatch
Buchanan County
Virginia
James W. Vines
Giotto
William Cecil Pendleton
Marion
Lee
Northern
Cabinet House clash adds to Chamberlain worries
London June 28 AP A cabinet-commons clash over anti aircraft defenses widens worries for Prime Minister Chamberlain. A parliamentary leak probe targets Duncan Sandys coupled with a Secrets Act dispute, linking Hore Belisha and Sandys to a larger battle over government safety and free criticism.
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Chamberlain
Belisha
London
Britain
British Isles
War Office
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Duncan Sandys
Winston Churchill
Hore-Belisha
Sandys
Campbell
MacDonald
Parley Set Over Rail Pay Cut Proposal
Representatives of 800000 organized workers agreed to discuss a 15 percent wage cut demand by railroads at a July 20 parley with major railroad spokesmen in Chicago. George M. Harrison announced the meeting after a preliminary session with the joint conference committee. Some union members threatened a nationwide strike over the proposed cut.
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Chicago
George M. Harrison
Railroad Labor Executives Association
H. A. Enochs
Joint Conference Committee
Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway
Divorcee Woos Unwilling Host With Bedroom Sit In Strike
Irvington New York June 28 pert and pretty Mrs Hedi Heusser endures rain as she continues a bed room sit in at the home of wealthy Rollo K Blanchard. She vows not to leave until he marries her while 80 sightseers press outside and her attorney Mortimer D O'Brien weighs options in the drizzle.
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Irvington
N. Y
Hedi Heusser
Rollo K. Blanchard
Court Tilt Loom On N L A B Rulings
Washington reports that new and important decisions from the National Labor Relations Board spark debate over coast wide bargaining and possible court tests. The C I O Longshoremen’s Union exclusive bargaining power for 31 west coast ports faces challenges from AF L and business groups.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Edwin 8. Smith
C. I. O. Longshoremen
West Coast
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Indiana GOP Candidates Vying for Indiana Senate Nomination
At a convention eve gathering in Indianapolis hotel rooms five Republican hopefuls including James Eli Watson and Walter Bossert vie for the U S Senate nomination. Delegates totaling 1,760 will decide tomorrow at the state fairgrounds coliseum as predictions favor Watson or Bossert.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
James Eli Watson
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Jim” Watson
Raymond E. Willis
Angus
Walter Bossert
Berty
Oliver Starr
Gary
Clarence Wills
Kokomo
Watson
Bossert
Ku Klux Klan
Sanders Seeks GOP Nomination for Congress in Fifth District
Mercer County lawyer and Princeton resident Hartley Sanders, long active in Republican politics, announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in West Virginia’s Fifth District. A 1930 state senate candidate, he has taught Bible classes, practiced law in Mercer Raleigh and Fayette counties, and campaigned across central and northern West Virginia.
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Hartley Sanders
Princeton
Mercer County Bar Association
Congress
West Virginia
Greenbrier County
Sanders
Randolph- Macon College
Ashland
Law
University of Virgin
Mr. Sanders
William Henry Sanders
Baltimore
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Monroe County
Senate
Mercer
State
Republican Committee
Klercer
Mewsowell
Wyomine
Mung So
Summers
Raleigh
Princeton Methodist Church
Oraes
Princeton Rotary Ola Friends
Hartley
Union dispute sparks firing at Harlan coal mine
Joe Guthrie, Yancey Kentucky mine superintendent, discharged Ned James a Negro miner after a fight over lamp pay. James had testified as government witness in the Wagner act conspiracy case against Harlan coal firms. Several witnesses denied company union coercion amid the dispute.
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London
Joe Guthrie
Rene
Harlan County
Ned James
Harlan Coal Companies
Harlan Fuel Wa 7
Yancey
Charles
Give Guthrie
James
Guthrie
Harlan Fuel
Yancey Workmen's Association
3-Year-Old Herndon Boy Killed By Log
Pineville West Virginia report says Oren Beaver, three, was crushed when a large log rolled over him as he and his brother Jimmie played on it in the yard of their home.
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Pineville
W. Va
Oren Beaver
Herndon
Oren
Jimmie
Roosevelt details unemployment plan and armament costs
Hyde Park June 28 President declares the United States will tackle unemployment with a $3,750,000 lending and spending program by July 1. He warns armament shares will be 15 to 16 percent of the total budget, far lower than other nations. He cites Sweden as a model and notes public works and W P A expansion to 400,000 workers by July 1.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
United States
Roosevelt
National Resources Committee
Sweden
Civilian Conservation Corps
U S Attorney Heads Abroad in Spy Probe
U S Attorney Lamar Sinduced will sail for Europe to pursue espionage cases linked to allegedly leaking US military secrets. The investigation names thirteen suspects including three German officers indicted for conspiracy. Reed Vetterli will lead the F B I New York office in his absence.
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New York
Lamar Hardy
Europe
United
Thcrteen
Grand Pe
United States
Hardy
Reed Vetterli
Williams Censured for Telling WPA Workers To Re-Elect Friends
Nye leads Langer early in North Dakota Republican primary with 14 943 to 7 995 for senator as 189 of 2 260 precincts report. Hagan and Thoresen split the governor vote with Thoresen ahead 6 027 to 4 404 in 123 precincts. Lemke Burdick Field Kelsh Thompson and Quen seek House seats in scattered returns. The race centers on senate and governor contests amid party factions.
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Williams
WPA
Fargo
N. D
Langer
Nye
Hagan
Thoresen
U. 8
Gerald P. Nye
William Langer
Pee
U. S
Field
Kelsch
Lemke
Owen
Oes
Senator Nye
Cass County
Gov. Langer
Uralger
U. 8 House
William Lemke
Usher L. Burdick
John Field
C. F. Kelshh
Ay W. Thompson
Henery Quen
Senate
Prince Gustaf Adolf Speaks From Sigbed Dedication
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden dedicated a Philadelphia memorial honoring 17th century Swedish colonists while ill on board the Kungsholm. He laid the cornerstone in 1926, telephoned a message to the Swedish American Historical Museum, and was transported to New York for medical observation after a kidney ailment. He addressed the crowd via loudspeakers, wishing them a jolly good time.
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Philadelphia
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of
Sweden
Kungsholm
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Political Prosperity Admits It Will Spur Business
Lawrence P. Ayers of the Cleveland Trust unveils government spending as politically primed prosperity. He warns the program boosts activity but risks eroding self-help and enterprise. He cites a second vast pump priming experiment and warns nonindustry interests may gain influence as August ends.
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Association For the Advance of Science Today
United States
Ayers
Association
Chinese Strive to Recapture Fort on Yangtze
Chinese forces near Hankow work to retake a fort as Japanese troops push up the Yangtze. A sunken junk boom 175 miles downriver from Hankow impeded the advance, with officials reporting a fort at Matowehen captured but the barrier still intact.
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Yangtze River
Hankow
Matowehen
May shows large drop in auto fatalities nationwide
The National Safety Council reports a 27 percent decline in motor vehicle deaths in May, the seventh straight month of improvement. About 3,780 lives were saved in four months. May fatalities totaled 2,280 vs 3,120 in May 1937, with 11,100 deaths in the first five months of 1938.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Frocmen
Williams Rebuked for Political Speech by Senate Committee
The Senate campaign funds committee reprimanded Aubrey Williams deputy relief administrator for urging unemployed to back lawmakers. It warned all relief fund distributors against political meddling and may requisition a transcript for review after Williams claimed no political intent in his remarks to a Workers Alliance delegation.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Workers Alliance
Sheppard
Works Progress Administration
West Virginia wages and production dip in early 1938
The West Virginia Chamber report shows wages paid to the compensation commissioner fell by about 23 million dollars in the first four months of 1938 versus 1937, with total wages near 99.99 million. Bank debits in Charleston, Huntington and Wheeling also dropped year over year, coal output declined to 34.02 million tons, and electric power production fell from 1.153 billion to 996 million kWh for five months. Gasoline tax receipts rose slightly due to a one cent increase, while overall tax receipts showed mixed movement in the period.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Chamber of Commerce
Huntington
Wheeling
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