West Virginia labor group seeks CIO charter amid AFL split
The West Virginia State Federation of Labor adopts a formal bid for a CIO charter while preserving current operations. President Easton heads to Washington to file. Dillon from Toledo may claim AFL property, including the state charter, as Parkersburg split widens.
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AFL
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
John B. Easton
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Af.o.l
I. O
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Easton
State Federation Council
C.I.O
Parkersburg
Francis J. Dillon
Toledo
Dillon
Insurgents Seek Funds for Gijon Paris Drive Amid Battles
Insurgent troops clash near the Sella river east of Gijon in a heavy fight to push toward the Bay of Biscay stronghold. Franco's Navarrese Vanguard report high casualties while government forces counter and tighten defenses around Belchite as Bluefield youths head to Charleston to lobby for a Paris contest bid.
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Gijon
Paris
Hendaye
Sella River
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Francisco Franco
Sella
Llanes
Bibadesella
Belchite
Zaragoza
Aragon
Aged G A R Veterans Weigh Gettysburg Reunion Plan
Madison Wis Sept 8 G A R veterans huddle in council chamber to decide joining Confederate soldiers at Gettysburg reunion next year Brig Gen Frank T Hines urges renewed world peace effort and Paul Roy invites a blue gray joint ensconment Sultry weather and light rain greet the marchers as 122 veterans parade over a mile route
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Madison
Wis
Gettysburg
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Grand Army of the Republic
Paul Roy
Gettyburg
Spicer
Paraguayan President Falters in Paraguay Coup Attempt
Ousted leader Col Rafael Franco arrived in Asuncion from Argentina and found the revolt in his name had failed. Dr Felix Paiva’s provisional government maintained control as Franco returned to exile. Officials announced loyal military and naval support for Paiva.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Col
Rafael Franco
Lane
Argentina
Tina
Felix Paiva
Franco
Paiva
Mervin Brown to Die by Hanging Friday in Local Insurance Murder
Mervin Brown, 28, of Mercer county, awaits execution at West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville for the murder of James Garland, an 83 year old former slave. He will be hanged at 9 p.m. Friday after selecting a last meal and chatting with guards. Sheriff Crumpecker will lead Mercer county officials to attend the hanging.
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Bluefield
Charleston
Paris
France
Virginia
Moundsville
W. Va
Mervin Brown
Mercer County
West Virginia Penitentiary
James Garland
C. M. Stone
G. H. Crumpecker
Brown
Johnny Roosevelt Back from Europe Denies Cannes Spraying
John Roosevelt youngest son of the president returned from a two months tour of Europe and denied spraying champagne on the mayor of Cannes. He said he will go to Hyde Park and added his funds are low and he will be glad to see the old man.
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Johnny Roosevelt
New York
John Roosevelt
Europe
Cannes
France
Hyde Park
Acquittal Denied to Wheeling Trio in Tax Case
Federal Judge Harry E. Watkins denied directed verdicts of acquittal to Theodore Russell George Seibert and Delegate George Oldham in the Wheeling income tax trial The defendants accused of conspiring to evade 1931 taxes will present separate defenses Seibert was a partner in the Wheeling numbers syndicate Russell a bookkeeper and Oldham an accountant prosecutors argued the syndicate concealed profits to dodge taxes Lias a former member was acquitted in 1935
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Wheeling
Harry E. Watkins
Theodore Russell
George Seibert
George Oldham
Seibert
Russell
Oldham
Carl G. Bachman
Numrs
Joseph V. Gibson
Russell, Seibert and
William “Big Bill
Lias
Elkins
Girl Student Charged in Illicit Romance Slaying
Iselin New Jersey September 8 4 Margaret Drennan a 20 year old secretarial school student was held without bail on a murder charge after police said she confessed to shooting Paul Reeves 25 a mill worker and father of two in his home last night Reeves was found in the kitchen nude and dying from a .32 caliber wound with neighbors reporting five shots.
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Iselin
N. J
Margaret Drennan
Paul Reeves
George E. Keating
Miss Drennan
Reeves
Arthur Brown
Drennan
Keating
Woman Lived Year With Dead Mate in Flat
New York reported Mrs. Emily Cudas aged 65 had lived nearly a year in the same two room apartment with her husband Frank Cudas body. An investigator found a skeleton like corpse under a blanket and a death certificate dated 1936. Police cited her remark that she waited for him to get up and could keep him for a year. A $1500 life insurance policy and a $300 savings account were located.
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New York
Emily Cudas
Frank
Cudas
Lillian Lorber
Old Age Pension Bureau
Weirton Demands GIO Proof in Labor Union Case
Weirton Steel seeks to force the CIO to prove it is a qualified labor organization before examining the Weirton Employes Security League finances. Trial Examiner Smith allows testimony on finances. two worker witnesses say no dues were assessed. Company figures show wage gains in 1934 1937 while testimony questions threats toward joining the CIO.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton Employes Security League
E. G. Smith
Labor Board
C.lo. Steel Union
Clyde A. Armstrong
Security League
William T. Fahey
Weirton Employe Representation
Smith
Andrew Roper
Calder A. Lyons
John W. Porter
Koper
Armstrong
Porter
United States
Bethlehem Steel Hearing Opened in Johnstown
Johnstown pa September hearing opened with John M Zeman testifying that Mayor Daniel Shields disrupted a June 11 picket line at the Gautier plant and assisted non strikers. He described 100 pickets in a circle and said he was voted out as ERP representative after going on strike. The hearing targets Bethlehem Steel influence over worker representation and rights.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel
National Labor Relations Board
Daniel J. Shields
Gautier
John M. Zeman
Steel Company
National Laboration
Zeman
Shields
Hoyt A. Moore
Bethlehem
Martin Rose
Labor Board
Franklin Borough
Cambria
E‘stanti
Tao Hrdirdip U Pu
Italo-Russ Conflict Perils Mediterranean Piracy Parley
Chinese and Japanese actions escalate in the Sino-Japanese war with attacks on refugee trains near Sungkiang and naval exchanges around Shanghai Amoy. U S naval involvement raises tensions as foreign powers warn ships to steer clear and protect civilians.
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Shanghai
Here
Idzumo
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Tung Road
International Settlement
Pootung
China
Chinese Foreign Office
Themelves
Little Father of the Mountains May Recover
Weston West Virginia September reports that 92 year old Monsignor Aquinas Quirk, a revered priest who has traveled by horseback through three parishes for 53 years, showed signs of recovery after a brief illness that troubled his hill country friends.
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Weston
W. Va
Aquinas
Amusement Business In U S. Tops Billion Mark For Year
The 12 months ending Labor Day saw moviegoers reach about 85 million admissions weekly, four and a half billion for the year, at an average 22 cents. Broadway and vaudeville earnings held, while outdoor spectacles and carnivals prospered and burlesque declined. Industry leaders warned profits depend on ticket demand as costs rise about 30 percent and consumer resistance grows with price increases.
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New York
Broadway
Negro claims city as home held in Va for sheriff Borg shooting
Suffolk Virginia September 8 Sergeant Thomas L Salmon says Earl Kelly a 21-year-old Negro arrested for the holdup shooting of H J Borg filling station operator admits the shooting He says he used a .22 rifle stolen from the station Borg was critically wounded Kelly whose home is Bluefield West Virginia had only $9 25 of the $45 he is alleged to have taken in the holdup
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Suffolk
Thomas L. Salmon
Earl Kelly
H. J. Borg
Salmon
A. F. Morgan
Borg
Bluefield
W. Va
U S Keeps Watch On World Situation
Washington reports a global crisis picture as Europe and Asia tensions mount. Secretary Hull warns Americans to avoid danger zones in China while Mediterranean raiding threatens shipping, with Navy guidance issued to merchant vessels.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
State Department
China
Japan
Mediterranean
Hull
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Navy Department
Hitler delays labor day program at Nazi party congress
In Nuremberg Germany Chancellor Hitler postponed the labor service day program to decide on Britain Sponsored piracy talks. He conferred with Foreign Minister von Neurath and officials said the decision was negative. Forty thousand youths marched in a mass labor service display while 600 girls joined the parade. Spectators crowded Zeppelin Field as medics tended to heat casualties.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
tBa
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
London
Russia
Italy
der Puehrer
Zeppelin Field
Zeppelin
Market steadies after war scare
New York traders ended a volatile session amid war scare jitters with the Associated Press market average down 40 cents to 59.30. Volume reached 2,257,520 shares, the heaviest since April 28, as margins and quick profits fueled a day of sharp swings and mixed leadership.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Far East
German Italian Replies Awaited on Anti Piracy Parley
London reports tense awaiting replies from Berlin and Rome as Britain France press for decisive action at Nyon conference on Mediterranean shipping. Mussolini and Hitler weigh positions amid Soviet accusations and talks of referring attacks to the Spanish non intervention committee. Britain seeks submarine limits with Yugoslavia Albania Germany Italy undecided.
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Associated Press
London
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
France
Nyon
Switzerland
Mediterranean
Russia
Italy
Germany
Leipzig
Spain
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Yugoslavia
Albania
British
Turkey
Bulgaria
Egypt
Greece
Believe Glenn child death accidental
Five year old Nancy Glenn fell from an oil drum while picking wild cherries. Police and the coroner’s detective considered accidents related to a birthday gift tricycle as a possible cause. The father questions both theories.
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Philadelphia
Nancy Glenn
William Hallman
Hallman
Russell A. Allen
Joseph C. Glenn
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Executive Council
Green
C.so
House of Labor
West Virginia
Bluefield and Bugle Corps
W. C. Snyder
W. A. Light
Homer A. Holt
J. B. McLaughlin
Synder
Bluefield Corps
Albert Kemper, Jr
Guy L. Parr
A. J. Cole
S. T. Bird
Princeton
Joseph H. Bowen
Bramwell
George Richardson, Jr
W. E. F Koepler
G.ar
Wheeling Trio
Weirton
Gio Prove
Peel
National Labor Board
CIO
Amoy
Asheville
Morris J. Harris
Sunkkiang
Hangchow
Sungkiang
Red Cross
Sungkain Chinese Hospital
Babs Hutton
Bar- Hutton
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
Newark
Long Island
U. S
Hitler
List
Rome
Berlin
Omnes
Brin
Red Star
Moscow
Nurnberg
Konstantin von Neurath
Glenn Child
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