Congress Pressures Deadlines to stave coal strike
Washington dispatch notes Congress moves to set new speed records next week to meet looming deadlines. Leaders push extensions on several laws, including railroad and anti trust provisions, amid a looming soft coal strike and NRA related actions. Tens of thousands of Shriners descend on the capital for their convention as Roosevelt remains away.
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Washington
NRA
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Juil
Supreme Court
NEA
Joseph B. Eastman
Roosevelt
T Gutfey
Sconts
Eton Social Secur
Guffey
Sen. Guffey
D-Pa
Bank Bill Hit At White Sulphur
West Virginia Bankers Association convention blasts the banking bill saying it would erode regional autonomy and risk the U S system. N J Needham of the American Bankers Association warns Congress against hasty action. New officers elected include John L. Fish as president, J A Sydenstricker former leader, E G Ottle vice president, and Hill Stump treasurer.
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Apeech
West Virginia Bank~era Association
N. J. Needham
New York
American Bank Era Association
Needham
America
Conares
Federal Reserve Sytem
Congress
John L. Fish
Sisteraville
Association
J. A. Sydenstricker
Marlinton
E.G. Ottle
Bluefield
Hill Stump
Adriac
Picass
Fight Looms In U S Senate On New NRA Fight Looms In U S Senate On New NRA
Senators prepared for a clash over a house approved resolution affecting antitrust law suspensions tied to the NRA. Opponents planned to push full repeal of exemptions while the administration urged retention amid political risk and a pending committee review.
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U.S. Senate
Washington
House
Senate
Supreme Court
NRA
Roosevelt
Clark B. Mad
Finance Committee
Harrison
Aas
G Men Seek Ex Convict Salter In Chicago Case
Reports say the car used in the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping sped north along Lake Michigan with a heavyset man and a young woman at the wheel. Sears Roebuck official J. B. Doner chased the sedan at 75 mph, providing a detailed description of the occupants as police seek the ex convict Salter in Seattle connected to the nine year old George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. The FBI and Seattle police pursue photographs from McNeill Island prison files as a nationwide manhunt continues.
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Seattle
Wash
Emaelyn
Weyerhaeuser
George Weyerhaeuser
McNeill Island Federal Penitentiary
Kidnaped Girl Turned Tomato Thief Saga
Ten year old Janette Larson was reported kidnaped by two men in overalls while playing with other children in Chicago. Police traced the plot to a justice of the peace who, with two farmers by the city edge, claimed the children raided tomato patches and sought to stop it.
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Chicago
Janet
Janette Larson
Janette
Murry
4Wo
New Deal Is GOP Target in 1934 Campaign
Springfield June 1934 Republicans plan to attack the New Deal at the midwestern gathering with focus on NRA and the work relief program. Delegations from Minnesota Iowa Missouri and Minnesota size shift as hotel rooms fill ahead of the convention. Leaders emphasize issues over candidates and young Republicans to host a Pilgrimage to New Salem State Park before the formal sessions at the state fair arena.
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Springfield
Ill
UNS
Midwest
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Imingis
New Salem State Park
Petersbore
Abiim Lincoln
B. P. Thomas
Lincoln Authority
Harrison E. Spangter
Woman Leader In Hinton Dies
Mrs J M Meador prominent clubwoman dies in Hinton from pneumonia aged 72 born Martha Llewellyn in Athens She served on the Summers county Democratic executive committee and earlier on the board of education Survived by husband two sons a sister funeral Monday at 1 30 p m in the Christian church burial in Athens
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Guerete
Hinton
J. M. Meador
Summera County
Democratic Executive Committee
Board of Education
Proumonia
Athens
Martha Liewellynech
A.P. Meador
Roy H. Meador
Greely White
Atata Organization
King’s Daughters
Order of the Eastern Star
White Shrine
Hinton Chanter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Delphian Society
Flower Club
Garden Club
Christian Church
Smiths Broken Ankle Halts Enforcing Hawker Law
Smiths broken ankle delays enforcement of the hawkers license rule as state police halt actions amid arrests in Hunt ington. Officials blame missing license blanks and plan to resume June 18 with narrow exemptions for food ice wood petroleum and certain sellers while clerks obtain forms.
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Smith
H. Isaiah Smith
Huntington
P. D. Shingleton
Fox
Revenue Bureau
Shingleton
Havana Kidnap Hold Up Ends With Police Sweep
In Havana June 3 police and soldiers hunted a gang in the Antonio San Miguel kidnapping case after the wealth owner was found in a milk truck near his home and a ransom of about 280 000 dollars was not paid. Several suspects remained in custody as investigators tightened the search.
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Havana
INS
Antonio San Micael
Cubs
Pedraza
Jose Ferreda
San Miguel
Antonio San Miguel
Simon Arieva
Jose Modesto Tglesias
Inter
Constantino Prieto
Gardner
Jose Franco
Monine
Pedro Herrera Sotelonga
Dawson Names City Officials
Mayor D. Boone Dawson announced Edward F. Dalton as city tax collector S. E. Beckwith as city auditor and John Alderson Simms as city chemist. Dalton, a Lewis street resident, runs a Summers street pool room and lunch counter and is state deputy of the Knights of Columbus. Beckwith will succeed Zeph Studson on June 15. Simms becomes chemist July 1.
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D. Boone Dawson
Edward F. Dalton
S. E. Beckwith
John Alderson Simms
Dalton
Lewis Street
Summers Street
Knights of Columbus
Jia
Beckworth
Zeph Studson
Beckwith
Misa Marlon Scott
West Virginia University
C. E. Gabel
Simms
John T. Simms
State Tax Commissioncn
FDR Will Chart Way Says Kump
Elkins June 8 Gov G Kump praised calm business reaction to Roosevelt era upheaval expressing confidence that regular authority will guide a orderly path forward He noted fewer labor disturbances and urged patience while President Roosevelt works to solve national problems and maintain progress.
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FDR
Kump
Elkins
G. Kump
Roosevelt
West Virginia Bankers Association
Biloxi
Miss
Mussolini defies critics as Italian forces move to East Africa
In Cagliari Benito Mussolini defied world critics saying Italy will settle old and new accounts with Ethiopia regardless of opinion. About 20 000 soldiers with black shirts cheered as Eden faced criticism in Britain for alleged meddling. Mussolini reviewed Salemuda division before departure in full war regalia aboard a tri motor plane, reaffirming Italy’s marching orders to East Africa.
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Italy
Benito Mussolini
Ted
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Eden
Anthony Eden
League of Nationa Affairs
House of Commons
Britain
Mussolini
Salemuda
East Africa
Carieri
Ostia
Sons of President Rally Against Court Ruling
In Amarillo Texas James Roosevelt and his brother Elliott criticized the Supreme Court at a turbulent Young Democrats of Texas convention. They defended the Roosevelt administration and urged action over inaction, contrasting the New Deal with prior periods of stagnation and power.
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Amarillo
Tex
INS
James Roosevelt
Elliott
Supreme Court
James
Young Democrats
Texas
Roosevelt Polleies
Young Democracy
Roosevelt
Sweitzer Oust, $414000 Theft Shocks Chicago Officials
A calm county clerk Sweitzer faces civil and possible criminal action after allegedly taking $414,000 from Cook County funds. Joseph Gill assumed the treasurer’s office as authorities plan suits to recover the money while Sweitzer denies wrongdoing.
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Chicago
INS
Bob” Sweitzer
Cook County
William
Hale Thompson
Ble Bill
George V
al Capone
Bob” Sweltzer
County Colters
Joan
Sweitzer
Inter County
Trea Urer
Hapher “Voteeneteter
Sweltzer
Joseph L. Gill
Thomas J. Courtney
Iss
British Defenses To Be Bolstered
At Himley Hall on June 8 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin declares Roosevelt’s recovery program not a model for Britain. He warns that radical American changes could harm Britain and signals possible adoption of some wartime ideas after cabinet review. He cautions against hasty experiments without full outcome examination.
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Himley Hall
England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
America
Ramsey Maconald
Mier
David Lloyd George
Kremler
PSC Approves Rail Increases Across Intermountain State
The public service commission authorized higher rail emergency charges matching Interstate Commerce Commission action. The increases take effect June 17 and run through June 30 1938 unless canceled. Coal shipments face intrastate protections, while limestone brick and related materials receive exemptions due to protests from West Virginia planners and local companies.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Deckers Creek Sand Company
Barclay
Greer
Fairmont
West Virginia “Planning — Board
West’ Virginia
Arginia
Brick Company
Commission
Kanawha Brick Company
Viraginia
Owens-Illnois Glogs Company
Deckers Creek Sansferribacty
Interstate Commerce
Commission iPlease
Ze Eake
Fae
Liquor Commission Faces Cash Shortage and Bills Due
The state liquor control commission, started with insufficient funding, has spent about 117000 of its revenue and owes roughly 130000. Officials consider a loan to cover unpaid invoices while operations continue, with stores restocking and no immediate funding from the legislature.
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State Lquor Control Commission
Y Commissionera
Commission
Woman Linked With Boy Kidnap Sparks Kidnapping Scare
New York dispatches report a woman possibly driven by hunger for motherhood linked to the abduction of five year old Jackie Kaul. Police and emergency squads search New York City and the East River as central clues emerge from a Sutton Place sighting and a Hancock gas station tip. State police in central New York pursue a henna-haired woman seen with a four-passenger car possibly carrying the child.
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New York
INS
Jackie Kaul
Uiey
Kidnan
Harry Lepou
Jacke
Lepou
Sutton Place
Jackie
Kaul
Pallee
Aso
East River
Raneom
Syracuse
New York City
Gaseline
Cadosia
Gann
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Tientsin
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Ching
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Yu. Haueh-Chung
Pantingu
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Pan
Tingtu
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Cina
Kus Omintang
Chinese National Governsment Party
Pitache
Shanghsi
Sokai
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Ohki
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Peiping
Japan
U. S
Stewart
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PSC
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