Man in Tron Lung Returns to Chicago
Frederick B. Snite Jr, who spent two years in an iron lung for infantile paralysis, arrived in Chicago from his winter home near Miami Beach with his mother and father. Three special train cars accompanied him and a respirator was moved to a van for transfer to Billings House.
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Chicago
Frederick B. Snite, Jr
Saite
Miari Beach
Fila
Dearborn Street
Snite Jay
Whine
Billings
President Roosevelt to Tour for New Deal Across U S
President Roosevelt plans a nationwide tour to back New Deal candidates and promote federal projects. Stops include Nahant Massachusetts for his son’s wedding, Wilmington Delaware for Swedes landing anniversary, New York for speeches, and Ohio, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California through July to August before a Panama voyage home. He aims to support Sen. Barkley in Kentucky and others, with primaries lining up in August and September.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Roosevelt
John
Lindesy Clark
Nahant
Mass
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Del
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Gustave
Sweden
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Iery
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Muskingum Conservation Distrit
New Philadelphia
Ohio
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New Dealer
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Senate
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Thomas
Elliott
Fort Worth
Texas
Denison
Sam Rayburn
Forth Worth
Pueblo
Colorado
Alva A. Adams
Ben C. Hilliard
Utah
Nevada
Elbert D. Thomas
Pat McCarren
McCarran
Albert Hilliard
New
Italy
Olin D. Johnston
E. D. “Cottonia” Smith
Georgia
Lawrence 5
Camp
New Deal U.S
Sente x A Everrr
White House
Obituary notices from Kanawha County and surrounding areas
Obituaries and funeral notices for Oscar Robinson Lee Williams Harry David Wendell Calvin Farmer Mrs Bessie Baker Ear S. Conklin Samuel Estep Gillie W Smith Paul Gene Carter John W Lake Rev J D Jackson Preston Stone John Goldburg James L Richmond James Cage Bessie L Cosby Ernestine Gordon Moore Infant Argatha Ernestine Moore J Fred McCulloch record multiple deaths with service times, burial locations, and officiating ministers across Charleston, Marmet, Belle, and surrounding towns. The notices name relatives, survivors, and mortuary arrangements in brief, formal memorial notices typical of a regional paper.
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Preston Stone
Ronda
Wyatt Coal Company
Sharon
Sharon M. E
Homer Sloan
Sharon Cemetery
James Stone
George Stone
Benjamin
Granville
Wade
Harmon Stone
Ray Stone
Kanawha City
Pryor Mortuary
East Bank
Lewis Refuses to Aid In Labor Act Inquiry
President Roosevelt declines to confirm reports that Gerard Swope of General Electric and Lloyd Garrison a former member of the labor relations board were invited to an ILO meeting in Geneva. He says sending a commission to England was his own idea to understand the British statute.
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Sachusetts
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Roosevelt
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Lloyd Garrison
Oft
Labor Relations Board
England
Naval Planes Join Florida Kidnap Hunt
Naval planes join the Florida search for a kidnapped boy. Preston Bird, former Homestead mayor, directs the effort as navy planes, private boats, and about 200 men scour Cape Sable and nearby Princeton area, after the victim was taken from bed Saturday.
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Preston Bird
Homestead
Princeton
Aviation Board Is Provided by Solons
A new aviation measure would empower the president to designate the chair of the aviation authority annually if desired. Authority members could be removed for inefficiency or malfeasance. Grant Mason of Pan American Airways is reportedly set to head the authority, with Herlee Branch and Col. J Mane roe Johnson as possible appointees. The administrator would serve under the authority and be removable at will. The compromise bill is expected to reach the house next week for approval before Senate action.
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Safety Board
House
Senate
Joint Conference
Adams
Sermons Begin New Church Series In Randolph Street
Rev Ralph T Nordland will deliver the first sermon in a series at Randolph Street Baptist church tomorrow morning on church covenant and at night on The Bible as a Heavenly Treasure Rev W M Beirnes of Denver will open evangelistic meetings at 730 tomorrow night at Holiness tabernacle assisted by the Byron sisters Rev Earl G Hissom is pastor of the church A Belgian fishery patrol reenacts Zee Druege scene with the Part of the Vindictive.
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James L. Richmond
First Baptist Church
Lester
R. J. Patterson
Lester Cemetery
Harden and Harden
New Hampshire
W. M. Beirnes
Denver
Col
Holiness Tabernacle
Spring Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Beirnes
Byron Sisters
Huntington
Earl G. Hissom
Zee- Druege
Zinnia
Mrs Mary Pickens Dies at Kanawha Residence
Mrs Mary T Pickens lifelong Kanawha county resident widow of Rome Pickens once sheriff died last night at 4 o clock of heart failure after brief illness at her home at MacCorkle avenue and Pickens street She had 38 nieces and nephews as nearest relatives Funeral services set for Owen and Barth chapel at 4 p m tomorrow with interment in Spring Hill cemetery
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Mary T. Pickens
Kanawha County
Rome Pickens
MacCorkle Avenue
Pickens Street
Owen and Barth
Spring Hill
Friends Boon Rodgers To Succeed Stansbury
Alumni recall Stansbury at West Virginia University, where a javelin incident framed the era of 1922 23 and a new football schedule with Manhattan College Michigan State and Kentucky emerged. Stansbury, famed for rat tail stogies and HAS memes, leaves athletic roles after 30 years to enter a new field as the chamber of commerce welcomes him.
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Stansbury
Medical School
West Virfinga University
Manhattan College
Michigan State
Kentucky
Mountaineer
Chamber of Commerce
Harte
Chamber
Chamberlain's Truce Step Big Gamble
The article discusses Chamberlain's cautious approach as a truce hinges on Italian withdrawal and Franco’s Insurgent regime. It notes Eden's warning that concessions to dictators might later backfire and weighs the risks of uniting warring factions in Spain for a peace conference, amid Mussolini and Franco’s roles and Britain's limited leverage until wartime exits occur.
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I Generalissimo
Franco
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Ince
Spain
Chamberslain
Eden
England
Messrs. Hiller
Atyespis
Europe
Fancy Liquors Listed Here as Experiment
The liquor control commission announced a planned expansion into fancy liquor stores in major cities. The first move was the June 1 opening of Charleston store No 1, with a special list of high end items for accommodation stock intended to meet anticipated demand.
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Kelly
Charleston
Acc
Liquor Control Commission
Bombings Barbarous Says Sumner Welles
Sumner Welles denounces bombings as barbarous and in violation of essential humane principles of modern civilization. The government condemns such acts and reproaches the perpetrators, highlighting national non-intervention while stressing moral standards.
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Sumner Welles
Far East
Don Carroll Declared Sane and Freed in Full
Don Carroll Jr a 16 year old who killed his sweetheart Charlotte Matthiesen 18 was judged sane by psychiatrists and released to full freedom. The case arose after a jury found temporary insanity when he shot and killed Mrs Don Carroll Sr his mother who testified against him. The psychiatrists concluded the youth is now sane and he is freed from Heileva psychiatric ward. Europe news notes US concerns about global hostilities and a push for humane war methods. Secretary Hull spoke on moral force for peaceful settlement and President Roosevelt era warnings appear.
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New Fork
Don Carroll
Juliet
Charlotte Matthiesen
Tuli
Young Carroll
Heilevaa
Thomas Downs
Phsticians
Europe
U. S
Welles
Hull
Nashville
U.S
Far East
United States
Sec
Miner’s Wife Alleges Deputy Assault in Trial Notes
Mrs Hubbs testifies Frank White a trial defendant struck her, with Deputy Red Gibson present. Her husband, fired after UMWA membership became known, corroborates. She rebuts defense claims and accuses management of bias. Homer Butts testifies about banishment to Raven Rock at R C Tway Coal.
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Hubbs
Frank White
Red
Charles I. Dawson
Homer Butts
R. C. Tway Coal Company
Raven Rock
REA Solution Is Held Theoretical
A regional public utility under state supervision faces a theoretical stand in a dissent citing rural Harrison county needs and opposing public funds for unnecessary plant expansion. The cooperative accuses West Penn of “raiding” its territory after plans to extend existing service, arguing for protection of established routes and markets.
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Harrison County
West Penn
R. BE. A
Japanese Bombers Hit Canton and Chenliukow Clash
Japanese bombers strike Canton anew as a division drives a crushing blow to Chinese defenders at Chenliukow near the Yellow River bend. Tokyo names Gen Itagaki war minister while Hankow signals June 10 to close the Chinese embassy in Tokyo and sever diplomatic ties.
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Chenliukow
Yellow River
Tokyo
Seishiro Itagaki
Hankow
China
U S Ready to Aid World Law Order in Policy
A quoted stance asserts that supporting world law and order may require force if necessary. It warns that war would become a relic, unacceptable to humanity’s conscience, and urges readiness to act to uphold global standards.
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U.S
Red House Farm Woman's Club Hosts June Supper
Mrs Andrew Baldwin hosted the Red House Farm Woman's club in Putnam County on Thursday. The organization will sponsor a supper on June 16 at the home of Mrs LR Guthrie.
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Irs
Andrew Baldwin
Leaner
Putnam County
Red House Farm Woman's Club
Mrz
Senate Passes Recovery Bill by Wide Margin
The Senate advanced a recovery bill after a 60 to 10 vote amid fierce debate over relief funding and wage hour measures. Critics sought to limit pump priming while states would join in funding, as Senate leaders pursued quick passage and potential adjournment by week’s end.
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Senate
Central over relief speech stirs partisan voice
Harry Hopkins speaks on relief funding with a fiscal emphasis that echoes across the nation, drawing attention to partisan implications in the debate. The remarks highlight how financial language can sway opinion and mobilize support or opposition.
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Herry Hopkins
Speed Is Shown In Bridge Work
Kanawha boulevard bridge work races ahead while Dravo Corp moves equipment slowly. Grading progress halted activities except rip-rapping as the old South Hills pier disappeared for reuse. Donnally par dredging near Libby Owens-Ford plant to finish Elkiver bridge fill. U S War Dept authorized removal. EB R Mills ahead on abutments. delays cited for Court street houses.
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Kanawha Boulevard
Dravo Corporation
Rylerbank
Old South Hills Bridge
Dravo Company
Childress Tgaid
Libby
Owens-Ford Glass Plant
Donnally
Elkiver
U. S. War Department
Drave
EB. R. Mills Corporation
Col. C. P. Fortney
Court Street
Childress
Neely Holt Back Spending Bill Vote
Senators Holt and Neely of West Virginia joined 58 colleagues in voting for the administration's spending lending bill. The chamber action advances the measure, signaling broad Democratic support and a push on fiscal policy.
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Washington
Holt and
Neely
West Virginia
Accord Reached on Two Issues of Wages and Hours
The agreement covers two main issues in wages and hours, with hope that federal action would help those in the lowest brackets. Child labor provisions ban hiring of 14 to 18 year olds in manufacturing and mining and prohibit employment in those sectors.
SEC Takes Heat Off Stock Market
New York June 3. William Douglas chairman of the SEC announced closer cooperation with the stock exchange and optimism over a near term settlement of the government utility controversy. He described the first real meeting of minds between Washington authorities and the exchange. Weekly or bi monthly conferences will address common regulation problems. He said the crack down is the opposite of the round table method. He noted relations with private utilities and the SEC are at their best, with solutions expected in the next month. Negotiations have moved from talk to action. He sees no need for new laws to govern the exchange.
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New York
New Deal
William
Douglas
Stock Exchange
Washington
Exchange
Commission
Douglag
False Teeth Snap Back at Farley
Five mail order false teeth sets challenged Postmaster Farley. Inspectors ordered seizure and return to sender, while Dr Sylvan Heininger sought to restrain the action. Heininger showed 3,700 satisfied customers. court ordered removal of the fraud order for youths aged 16 to 18 in hazardous occupations.
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Washington
INS
James JA
Big Jim” Farley
Sylvan B. Heininger
Chicago
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