Senate Fights Over Black Nomination Turned Turbulent
In Washington on August 16 a fierce clash erupted in the Senate Judiciary Committee as critics of Hugo L. Black’s Supreme Court nomination pressed for hearings. A 13 to 4 vote approved the nomination without public hearings, while tempers flared among senators and a physical confrontation occurred between Dieterich and Burke.
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Oregon
White
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Bridges
New Hampshire
Housing Sought For Legionnaires in Hale Utrecht
Housing sought for Legionnaires as hotel rooms fill for the American Legion sale event. William Conley, general convention chair, requests citizens offer rooms for Aug 20 to 23 to accommodate delegates and families. Those with available rooms should call Miss Mary Moran with details.
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Committee Rejects Farm Tenancy Fund
Washington report notes the house appropriations committee rejected 20 million dollars for the farm tenancy program delaying its shift of tenants to landowners. the setback marks the second delay in as many days affecting administration plans to convert tenant farmers this fall. the committee also withholds wage and hour provisions and approves a separate deficiency bill funding post offices and police facilities.
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Airmail Restored Here After Charleston Service Move
American Airlines directed by Harllee Branch to reestablish air mail service for Charleston by September 1. News of the order reached U S Senator Neely via telegram to Charles E Hodges of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. The move follows discussions in Washington with Hodges Bernard Gales Neely and others. The four date notice had suspended Mall and passenger service since August 4 due to plans for larger planes and runway limits. The Charleston delegation pressed that the post office department had no right to discontinue service simply because the airline chose larger equipment.
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Dawson
Hal Silverstein
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Charleston and
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Department of Commerce
West Virginia
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Post Office Department
Woman Indicted in Poison Deaths
Cincinnati report details indictments against blonde Mrs. Anna Hahn for malicious and premeditated killings of George Grellman 67 in July and Jacob Wagner 78 in June. Grand jury acted quickly after police and prosecutors presented evidence. Arrangements set for arraignment on pending habeas corpus issues.
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Frank M. Gusweiler
Dudley Miller
Flseer Pass
House moves to close tax loopholes in new bill
Congress races to pass tax reform and a low cost housing measure as the seven month session nears, with the House approving the tax legislation 173 to 9. Debate was sharp, and critics cite tax-exempt securities as a major revenue concern while administration backers say the bill would bring 75 to 100 million dollars to the treasury. The measure now heads to the Senate for action.
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Weirton Steel Hearing Reveals Dismissed Worker Testimony
A steel mill worker testified before the national labor relations board about his discharge after employees of Weirton Steel endorsed their representative system in a January 1936 election. Matt Santalla said he previously testified in 1934 in a government case against the company and was demoted after the shift change. Clyde A. Armstrong objected. the Wilmington case was closed. The examiner overruled the objection and Santalla described being shown a token or tip to a supervisor and then dismissed for alleged incompetence. The hearing continued.
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Weirton Steel
Strel Workers Organizing Committee
Wilmington
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Clyde A. Armstrong
Edward Grandison Smith
West Virginia University
Board of Governors
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Matt
Allen Heald
Lasbor
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Heald
Mercury Reaches 100 Mark As Heat Sweeps Midwest
Heat sweeps the Midwest with Chicago readings climbing from high 80s to 100 degrees. Reports of crop damage and frantic trading at the Chicago market accompany extreme temperatures that surpassed daily records. Residents seek relief on beaches and swimming spots as heat intensifies across prairie regions.
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Record of extreme heat readings across the Midwest
The day saw widespread high temperatures with 95 degrees on the United Fuel Gas thermometer and 100 degrees at several points. Lincoln Nebraska topped 100 at noon, with Des Moines and Albuquerque also reporting 100. Other readings included Central Indiana 97 and Milwaukee 103 along with several cities reaching the mid to upper 80s and 90s.
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Suitor Slays Berea Co-Ed at Berea College
Berea Ky Aug 16— George Elma Wells 20 a Berea College senior is charged with the campus murder of Opal Sturgell 18 after a twilight stroll shooting on campus Wells fled as student William Anderson 19 identified him Wells had been warned to stop pursuing the victim who helped support herself working at the campus industries The case follows a campus incident after which Wells remained on campus with Anderson and Sturgell and Wells is named in a first degree murder warrant by the victim's father M L Sturgell of Houckville Ky
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Senine
Berea College
Pretty Opal
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Houckville
Wiliam Anderson
A.atsdent
Anderson
Merger Vote Enjoined In Von Sweringen Rail System
Baltimore August 1 A state judge barred stockholders from voting on the proposed merger of key holding firms in the Von Sweringen railroad system ruling the plan unfair to non voting series A Alleghany stockholders The injunction follows a petition by Tri Continental Selected Industries Brisco and others and University of Pennsylvania the judge said the merger must be dealt with as an entire plan not piecemeal and prohibited actions leading to a vote The case cites public sentiment against Von Sweringen methods of gaining control of transportation companies
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Samuel K. Dennis
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Alleghany Corporation
Tri-Continental Corporation
Selected Industries, Inc
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Aldebaran Corporation
University of Pennsylvania
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van Sweringen
Search Gains Spark From Radio Signals For Russian Plane
In FAIRBANKS Alaska Aug 16 AP reports radio signals from the missing Russian airliner carrying Pilot Sigismund Levanevsky and five crew sparked new drive to locate the craft. Aviators from both sides of the North Pole converge on the wintered area where the plane is believed forced down. Signals heard at Irkutsk and Anchorage were described as weak and irregular but linked to the last craft. A definite recovery of contact has yet to occur as of Friday dawn.
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U. S. Signal Corps
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Mutiny Fails as 200 Rebel Officers and Men Die
Reports from Gibraltar say more than 200 Spanish insurgents were killed in a mutiny quashed at Gen. Franco's Larrache garrison in Spanish Morocco. Elsewhere, insurgents drove toward Santander, threatening government ports and control of the Bay of Biscay as clashes continued from Reinosa to Granada.
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Granada
Woman Held in Mystery Death Indictment In Kentucky
INEZ Kentucky August reports Polly Runyon Shynoffsky former housekeeper at a remote lumber camp has been indicted jointly with Harvey Hardin for murder. The 25 year-old case links to Viola Runyon’s testimony that led to Hardin’s murder charge. Trial postponed for state witnesses. Shynoffsky posted 10000 bond with support from Hardin family and a county judge.
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Harvey Hardin
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T. Ij
Evacuation of American Women and Children from Shanghai
As fighting rages, American women and children are evacuated from Shanghai aboard ships on the Whangpoo river. Tokyo reports Japan orders embassy and consulates closed. possible severance of relations with China remains undetermined.
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Nanking
China
Strike Conferees Meet Again Today
Failing to reach a settlement yesterday the transfer and storage workers strike here, another conference is scheduled today by Federal Conciliator L. J. Smitty of Washington D. C. and employers, Ave Abbott, an official of the Transfer and Storage commandabd. Charleston residents anticipated moving day as truckers and strikers faced off, with two patrolmen speaking to ensure no violence. John D. B. Easton, president of the West Virginia Federation of Labor, said Smith called on individual employers during the day.
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U S Studies Reinforcements Over China Crisis
Washington officials weighed rushing reinforcements to China to protect Americans in the undeclared war zone. After a Roosevelt meeting with top military leaders, no final decision was announced, but officials said evacuation alone might be insufficient. About 4,000 Americans were in Shanghai, with others across the region, while 1,050 were in Shanghai itself and total nationals near the danger zone estimated around 7,000. The State Department could issue a forthcoming statement on reinforcements or invoking the neutrality act, which would embargo arms and munitions to belligerents or halt certain shipments unless buyers paid and bore transport risk.
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Soviet Troops Active On Manchukuo Border
London dispatch cites Daily Telegraph report of large Soviet battalions near Lake Baikal in Siberia and transports moving toward the Manchukuoan border along the Trans-Siberian route, signaling heightened activity on the Japan controlled border region.
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Siberia
Lindberghs Celebrate Fifth Birthday in Seclusion
Jon Lindbergh turned five in a quiet Seaford home with his mother and baby brother, while Charles A. Lindbergh traveled abroad for aviation work. The famous family shuns publicity after the tragedy of their first son, and no birthday details were disclosed as the press observes the private celebration.
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Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
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British ministers set emergency session on China and Spain
London learned that the British government will convene its ministers in emergency session to discuss measures for the Sino Japanese war and the Spanish conflict. Officials say eight British warships are in Shanghai waters and more vessels head toward the city.
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