Female candidates lose in 132 West Virginia towns election
In Friendly New Man's Town mayoral race none of the incumbents sought reelection and Juanita Delamore a Webster Springs waitress, won only three votes. Many towns saw no candidates, with Smithfield skipping elections entirely. Municipal contests centered on individuals amid weak party lines.
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West Virginia
Stella Eddy
All Woman Council
Friendly
Elgie Rustemeyer
Juanita Delamore
Webster Springs
Morgantown
Princeton
Clendenin
Smithfield
G. O. Toothman
Citizens Party
Peoples Party
Hoover defeats Kesler for mayor in Cowen vote
In Cowen on June 6 Wayne Hoover won the mayoral race defeating Clyde Kesler. Cecil Case was elected recorder in the same election.
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Cowen
Wayne Hoover
Clyde Kesler
Cecil Case
Clarence Martin elected mayor in Whitesville race
Clarence Martin won the office of mayor today in Whitesville succeeding Sam Snead. H. M. Morgan was chosen recorder and five councilmen named.
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Whitesville
Clarence Martin
Sam Snead
H. M. Morgan
Blair wins third term as Vienna mayor in landslide
Charles R. Blair was elected to his third term as mayor of Vienna, defeating D. D. Roberts 587 to 317. Four incumbent councilmen were reelected.
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Vienna
Charles R. Blair
D. D. Roberts
Grantsville Mayor Reelected In Clean Vote
Mayor Ivan Umstead defeated opponent Dr. J A Smith 223 to 66 to win reelection in Grantsville. Lynn Stump was chosen again for state party role and other local results were reported.
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Grantsville
Ivan Umstead
J. A. Smith
Young Democratic Club of
Lynn Stump
Dunbar Voters Elect Entire GOP Ticket in WV City
Dunbar voters backed Republican candidates in a tight municipal election, toppling Mayor Melton M. Maloney and sweeping the GOP slate. D. L. Salisbury led the mayoral race with 1,428 votes to 933, carrying all three wards, while Carroll Stewart beat Tolley 1,388 to 1,001 for clerk treasurer. GOP councilmen also won across wards and incumbents lost, marking a strong GOP performance in Dunbar and other West Virginia towns including Clendenin Marmet and East Bank.
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Dunbar
Melton M. Maloney
D. L. Salisbury
Maloney
Carroll Stewart
G. M. Tolley
GOP
Salisbury
Stewart
Tolley
Ira Walker
Jerry Stockton
Henry Douglas
Forrest Given
Cory Payne
W. E. Melton
West Virginia
Clendenin
Dock Hunt
Thomas O. Harper
R. W. Mick
Dan Pease
Marmet Democrats
Ben F. Morris
Recorder
Morris
W. E. Harold
E. O. Canterbury
Archie Ferrell
C. E. Brown
J. E. Matthews
Alton Dolin
J. B. Reynolds
Clarence Wells
Clyde Buckland
Henry Carter
Irvin Wilson
Richard Sutphin
E. R. Curry
East Bank
L. S. Davidson
C. F. McConshay
Progressive
Peoples Party
R. A. Henson
Lester Weaver
Harry Creasey
Dean Lyons
All Progressives
Hitler cheers Franco aid as 18000 troops return home
Berlin reports Hitler greeting 18,000 Spanish Civil War volunteers and praising Spain's neutrality in the World War. He denounced English racketeering while linking Franco's struggle to rescue Spain and noting personal belief in aiding Europe and Germany. Troops stood in khaki under the Lustgarten sun.
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Berlin
Hitler
Spain
England
Reichsfuehrer
Francisco Franco
Europe
Lustgarten
Moscow Class Methods Told
Congressional investigators were told Moscow instructed American Communists to recruit soldiers with young girls. Charles White, a WPA information writer, said in 1931-32 he and 100 others were to target armed forces as the main arena for party recruitment and to exploit grievances over food housing and uniforms. White said the 1932-33 national hunger march was planned in Moscow with Herbert Benjamin steering the plans while in exile.
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Washington
Congressional
Moscow
Charles H. White
WPA
House
Relief
College of
Professional Communists
Communist Party
White
Herbert Benjamin
Workers Alliance
Student's Flight to Mars Ends in Atlantic Ocean
Cheston L. Eshelman a 25 year old Philadelphia student, took off from Camden N J on an unauthorized flight to a Mars destination and was rescued after his mono plane crashed 175 miles east of Boston. He was treated for shock and immersion andOfficials planned to question him at federal aeronautics offices.
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Mars
Atlantic Ocean
Cheston L. Eshelman
Philadelphia
Chatham
Mass
INS
Boston
Villanova
Federal
A. Bjartmars
Eshelman
Camden
N. J
Bjartmars
International
Corrigan
G. M. Jones
Civil Aeronautics Authority
New England
Roosevelt Denies Responsibility for Third Term Push
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declined to take responsibility for interviews and public statements by Democratic figures backing a potential third term. Governors and party leaders from Iowa visited him with support signals, while Roosevelt refused to comment beyond vague replies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
E. H. Birmingham
Democratic Committee
Sec. Ickes
Boy 14 Engineers Welch Jail Break
Eight inmates chased by two states after a 14 year old boy tunneled through a jail wall at McDowell county jail in Welch. The youth held on a larceny charge led the breakout using an iron bar. twenty three others refused to escape. Names of fugitives include George Jewell Othol Shrewsbury Julius Harvey Tivis Taylor Jess Church Jess Green Charles Hawkins and John Thornhill.
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H. L. Harvey
Harvey
Sutter
Big Four
George Jewell
Moundsville Penitentiary
Othol Shrewsbury
Northfork
Cyclist in UK Court Over Sawed-Off Shotgun Incident
Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor, 45, a steelworker, appeared in Westminster magistrate court charged with illegal possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life or property after firing a sawed-off shotgun near the Duchess of Kent as she left Belgrave Square for a movie. He claimed the act was unintentional and showed a permit declaring it “quite in order.” The case was adjourned for a week amid further investigation into the incident.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Ledwedge
Vincent Lawlor
George
Westminster
Belgrave Square
Lawlor
Inventors Show Dizzy Gadgets Highlight Chicago Exhibit
Chicago June 6 opening of the National Inventors congress features gadgets such as a doughnut gadunker a triangu lar doughnut with a handle to keep fingers out of coffee and milk a robot caddy that trails the course but avoids wrong clubs and chatter a bottle crusher to aid compliance with the dead soldiers law a back seat driving eliminating checkerboard and cellophane hose leggings.
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Chicago
National Inventors’ Congress
Milady
Rites Planned Above Thetis
Widows and sweethearts of Thetis disaster victims wear mourning gowns for a funeral service over the wrecked submarine. A sombre cruise to the dive site near Liverpool bay will follow, with wreaths scattered and simultaneous services in Chatham Portsmouth and Devonport. An inquiry was urged and Frank Shaw, survivor, described volunteering to test the Davis escape device after others died. Naval officials reported securing pontoons and lifting wires, with a possible lift attempt in two days if weather holds.
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Birkenhead
England
Liverpool Bay
Thetis
Chatham
Portsmouth
Devonport
R. S. Johnson
Cammell Laird
Frank Shaw
Shaw
Earl Stanhope
Admiralty
London
House of Lords
Labor Spies Used In Fear of Revolt
Richard G. Plumley of Yale and Towne Manufacturing told a Senate labor subcommittee that large eastern plants need labor spies to uncover undercover issues. He cited the Stamford Connecticut plant as an example.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Richard G. Plumley
Stamford, Conn
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
House Deliberates on Aged Aid as Social Security Fears Rise
In Washington on June 6, a bipartisan House push to ease federal aid for the aged faced Republican warnings to slow down. Rep. Treadway cautioned that rushing could collapse the system, while lawmakers debated raising federal maximums and altering state matching rules. The proposals would widen benefits, include more groups, and adjust funding shares amid broader social security reforms.
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Washington
Treadway
R.-Mass
Ways and Means
Rep. Fish
N. Y
Fish
Taylor
Tenn
Rep
Colmer
Miss
Doughton
N. C
Cuba Refuses Partial Bond For Refugees
Havana rejects a Cuban plan to admit 907 German Jewish refugees aboard the Hamburg American liner St. Louis. The government would not grant temporary landing permits or bond funding, deeming no further admissions and ending attempts to place a temporary haven on the Isle of Pines.
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Havana
St. Louis
U. S
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Lawrence Berenson
New York
Berenson
Huntington Boy Named Governor in Mountaineer State election
Rodney Wolford, 17, Huntington high school athlete, was elected governor of the Mountaineer Boys State on the Nationalist ticket, defeating James Bissett of Piedmont Federalist 207 to 177. President Judge Fred I Fox administered the oath as officials were installed during an American Legion sponsored ceremony.
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Jackson's Mill
Rodney Wolford
Hunttington
Mountaineer Boys’ State, Inc
James Bissett
Piedman
Fred I. Fox
State Supreme Court
Wolford
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Holt
State American Legion
Robert Dodd
Hinton
William Davis
Huntington
William Gillespie
Dunbar
Harold C. Hamilton
Grantsville
Clifford Amos
Clarksburg
Donald O’connor
Martinsburg
Robert Perry
Robert L. Smith
Charleston
Garnishment Law Change Goes Into Effect Today
State workers gain protection from garnishment up to 20 percent of wages under a new act while private employees face 20 percent attachment with a continuing lien. Auditor Edgar B. Sims prepares a notices system for the expected influx as changes roll out nationwide.
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Edgar B. Sims
Neutrality Vote Supports FDR Neutrality Policy Change
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 11 to 9 to repeal the mandatory embargo provision of the neutrality law banning munitions shipments to belligerents. Democrats opposed. Republicans supported. The vote signals internal strength for the administration bill and portends further actions as committee members prepare to finish the bill tomorrow.
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Washington
INS
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Sol Bloom
New York
Administration
Foreign Affairs Committee
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