Festival Group Heads Charleston May Festival by Koontz
Patrick D. Koontz was elected president of the Charleston May Festival association at the annual board meeting held at the Daniel Boone hotel. L. K. Lovenstein and Carl Bauman were reelected officers, with the two-year term. County-wide instrumental and vocal contests will continue next year. no festival until 1940. The past season saw record participation and attendance at concerts.
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Patrick D. Koontz
Daniel Boone Hotel
Mra. W. O. Ziebold
L. K. Lovenstein
Luiz Midence
Carl Bauman
Lovenstein
Bauman
Science Discovers Cause For Same Sex Attraction
Scientists discuss a proposed hormonal cause for same sex attraction noting excess of a pituitary hormones linked to sexual behavior. Dr Wright Weld claims correction possible in some cases, warning about potential links to sex crimes and legal implications. The discussion cites affected groups and suggests therapy as a remedy.
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Wright Weld
Wright
State Auditor Attends Daughter's Graduation in Morgantown
State Auditor Edlgar B. Sims travels to Morgantown for West Virginia University commencement. His daughter Ruth Sims is set to receive her master’s degree today.
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Edlgar B. Sims
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Ruth Sims
Cornwell Attacks NLRB Procedure in Yards Case
Cornwell assails NLRB process as not new law, urging fair hearings and impartial review. He cites court decisions upholding quasi judicial agencies if parties receive full opportunity to be heard and if adjudicators base rulings on presented facts. He notes stockyards case limits on appeals and the need for independent courts.
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Yards
Walter A. Sessup
New York
Carnegie Foundation For Advancement of Traching
Chauncey S. Boucher
Mountain
Order of the Coif, Law Society
Almuni Association
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston
Houston G. Young
Margaret Buchanan Cole
Morgantown
Raymond Salvati
Holden
Roy M. Hawley
Young
Robert G. Kelly
Brooks Fleming
Jr. Fairmont
Cornwell
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Shutdown Seen In Viscose Strike at Parkersburg Plant
Parkersburg, June 6. Shutdown of the Viscose company's Parkersburg plant looms unless a walkout of about 100 spinning department workers is settled. The spinning unit stopped after a Sunday walkout with about 3,000 workers at 80 percent capacity, and officials warned that cessation of raw-material prep could force a complete shutdown within 48 hours. Local CIO head W C Woodard cited grievances and non union hiring as factors.
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Parkersburg
Larue Hendrixson
W. C. Woodard
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Woodard
State Listing Began By 3 200 Registrars
The remaining voters were classified as Socialists and others. The total vote in the 193¢ primary was 296,961 Democrats, or 59.63 percent of the registered total, and 204,185 Republicans, or 45.51 percent of the registered total.
Third Party Ballot Petition Hurdles Shaped by District Totals
A report explains the signature thresholds to place a third party on the ballot across six districts with counts from 1,220 to 2,380. The law bars petition signers from voting in the primary. In Germany a new law mandates government health insurance for workers earning 120 dollars or less plus dependents.
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Germany
Disinherited Scion Becomes Waterman Firm Officer
Elisha Waterman, once cut off by his father from the Waterman pen fortunes, was named vice president and a director after a $5,000,000 trust fund including controlling stock elevated him. His exiled years included work as a reporter and dishwasher, with time in Greenwich Village.
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New York
Elisha Waterman
Frank D. Waterman
Elish
Lewis E. Waterman
Waterman
Cleveland Relief Nears Shutdown Amid Strained Aid
The Cleveland relief program faces imminent expiration in two to three days as funds run dry. officials warn of rising anger from clients and landlords while visiting nurses prevent hunger in at least one case. Officials report visits hindered by mobs as city taps municipal funds and cuts services for a period.
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Visiting Nurse Association
Mack
Cleveland
1500 Killed or Wounded by Jap Air Raids
Reported Jap air raids killed or wounded 1500 people as refugees poured into the area near the French hospital. Bombs struck Sun Yat Sen university and the Peigheng school at Tungshan, damaging classrooms and causing heavy student casualties amid crowded refugee quarters.
Daladier mobilizes border defense on war footing
French premier Daladier orders stronger border security and upgraded anti aircraft defenses along the Cerbere and Bourg Madame gateways to Catalonia. The long peaceful frontier previously unfortified now sees intensified measures as war threatens.
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Daladier
France
Cerbere
Bourg- Madame
Catalonia
Insurgent Leader Denies Frontier Air Raids In Franco Memo
Wise defenses to meet all attacks. Daladice vows to gird the frontier while Ax-Les-Fhermes bombardment damages powerlines and a railway right of way. French pursuit planes ordered to tackle raiders. Rebels deny invasion as Franco’s general staff claims no insurgent planes were in the air near the French frontier.
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Wise
Daladice
Ax-Les-Fhermes
Barcelona-Toulouse
Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Desolate Cape Region Abduction Case Ends With Releases
A Princeton carpenter and his son were released after a tense standoff linked to an FBI abduction probe. Witnesses note the elder Cash said he paid $10,000 to three men for his son’s release. FBI declined comment as investigators resume looking for clues.
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Princeton
Cash
FBI
Rebel Forces Tighten Grip as Albocacer Under Siege
Dispatches say Albocacer, center of government resistance, is encircled by Spanish insurgents with capture deemed imminent. 4,000 civilians evacuated as Fran co's forces close the last exit. St. Winifred joins list of ships sunk by insurgents in ten days as coast war escalates. Turkey aids in domestic cement and chemical industry setup.
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St. Winifred
Albocacer
Castellon de la Plana
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Turkey
Harlan Defense Plea Rejected in Labor Case Trial
Trial in Jellico Tennessee entered week four as a court allowed government witnesses to testify about a 1937 gas attack on the New Harlan hotel during United Mine Workers organizing. Autodetonations from two dynamited cars were blamed on a defendant gun thug linked to the sheriff’s office.
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United Mine Workers of America
Harlan
New Harlan Hotel
Lewis T. Arnett
Jellico
Ford
National Labor Relations Board
Filibuster Threat Clouds Chieftains in Wage Law Debate
Senate and house conferees prepare for full discussion on wage hour reform as Thomas promotes a flexible plan while resisting rigid minima. The dispute centers on easing or enforcing wage floors with proposals moving from 25 cents to 40 cents over several years and potential exemptions under a governing board.
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Senate
House
Sen
Ellender
Thomas
Senate and House Clash Over Spending and Wage Bill Details
The article describes a proposal to empower a president or administrator to appoint boards for each protesting industry to study wage and rate issues. It notes ongoing talks to reconcile House and Senate spending and lending bills, including a larger relief appropriation of 175 million and a 212 million parity payment fund for farms. The deficiency appropriation bill and Roosevelt's antitrust investigation proposal are also in play.
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Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Many State Cities Are Voting Today in Statewide Election
Voters in Hampshire Clark Randolph Glen Dale Marshall Hambleton Tucker Hamlin Lincoln Keyser Mineral Lagopolis Morgantown New Haven Mason Pineville Wyoming Richwood Nicholas Romney Ronceverte Greenbrier Wardensville Hardy Welch participate today. Towns listed include Romney and Morgantown with counties such as Hampshire Harrison and Greenbrier noted. Citizens cast ballots in local and statewide contests across these communities.
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Hampshire County
Clark
Randolph County
Glen Dale
Marshall County
Hambleton
Tucker County
Hamlin
Lincoln County
Keyser
Mineral County
Lagopolis
Sand Fork
Gilmer County
Morgantown
New Haven
Mason County
Pineville
Wyoming County
Richwood
Nicholas County
Romney
Ronceverte
Greenbrier
Wardensville
Hardy County
Welch
House Okays Cost In Gassaway Blast
The House passed a bill today to authorize hospital payments for 17 children burned in a November 1936 tar barrel explosion on a WPA project at Gassaway West Virginia. The bill approves $59,925 in damages to the children's parents, though hospital costs were not specified in the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Gassaway
W. Va
Red-Fezzed Shriners Storm Los Angeles
Red-Fezzed Shriners caused a loud disturbance from dawn in Santa Barbara as they traveled toward Los Angeles. Potentate John Wirth of Cyprus Temple Albany sought hospital treatment upon arrival, receiving emergency care after feeling ill at the reception hospital during the convention.
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Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
John Wirth
Cyprus Temple
Albany
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