Rebels Launch Vicious Attacks On Key Cities
Amid heavy bombardment and air raids, Franco aligned forces attacked Valencia and Bilbao as insurgent planes struck Madrid. Bombers released 60 explosives on Valencia. Bilbao endured deadly damage with civilian casualties reported. Madrid faced a 24 hour lull followed by a concerted artillery barrage on Cuatro Caminos. Over 190 Madrilenos killed and 200 wounded. frontline casualties included Isidor Jupthick and Col Albert Durad.
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Valencia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
Madrid
Cuatro Carminos
Guadarrama
Isidor Jupthick
Toronto
Albert Durad
International Brigade
Salamanca
Jean Harlow Premonition Of Death Shocks Los Angeles
Los Angeles crowds gathered outside a guarded mortuary as Jean Harlow lay ill and died overnight. The platinum blonde screen star, worth about 3 million, feared surgery and spoke of leaving never to return two weeks earlier. Her makeup artist friend Violet Denoyer recalled Harlow's quip about going away and not coming back.
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Carious Surge
Los Angeles
Jean Harlow
Tress
Milten
E. C. Fish
Baugh
Violet Denoyer
Miss Harlow
Clark Gable
Miss Denoyer
Violet
Robert Golden
Sted
Powell
Wiliam Powell
Birth Control Approval Seen by American Medical Association
Atlantic City June 5 The American Medical Association today granted birth control formal recognition after a 25 year opposition ended with a unanimous vote by the house of delegates. A hearing was ordered for tomorrow with about 10 000 delegates expected to attend and a report due Thursday.
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Atlantic City
Praper
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
New York State
House of Gites
Boys' State Leaders Named at Mountaineer State
Jackson's Mill June 6. Paul Cronin 17 Holtiday's Cove was elected governor of Mountaineer Boys' State after a recount. Judge Jo N. Kenna installed leaders. Cronin 199 votes to Walter Spellaberg 17 Clarksburg. Other state offices listed with names and vote totals for secretary, auditor, superintendent, treasurer, attorney general, agriculture, and supreme court.
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Jackson's Mill
Paul Cronin
Holtiday’s Cove
Mountaineer Boys
Jo N. Kenna
West Virginia Supreme Court
Cronin
Walter K .Spellaberg
Clarksburg
Holmes L. Hardy
Martinsburg
Edward C. Bland
Ronceverte IN
Willan Jefferies
Clarks+ burs
Richard Carter IF
Edoots
Filaine Harper
Buckhannon
George H. Denham
Clinton Ferguson
Delbarton
Walter Cochran
Joseph O'Dwyer
Huntington
David Warfield
Clarkebure
James Bar
Worthington
Reynolds
Pola Negri Hospitalized For Intestinal Inflammation
German reports say film actress Pola Negri was taken to a Berlin hospital with inflammation of the intestines. Doctors hope for a cure within a few days as her condition is monitored and treatment begins.
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Berlin
Pola Negri
Leaders Split On Compromise On Court Enlargement
Washington Senate supporters of President Roosevelt faced sharp divisions over compromise plans to enlarge the Supreme Court. No clear majority emerged for a Hatch style deal to add new justices for those over 70, with administration leaders uncertain and considering a more modest seasonal compromise.
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Washington
Jonesus
Senate
Roosevel
T Supreme Court
Hatch
Jeaders SA
Sen. Hatch
D. N. Mo
Sen. McGill
D. Kon
Duke Wally Cause Upheld as Cambridge Magazine Banned
Cambridge university authorities banned the first issue of an undergraduate magazine named Revolt. It urged replacing traditional leaders and criticized deans pacifists and the idle rich. The editor was a third year student at King’s College. the dean called it a purely college matter.
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Cambridge F
Eng
USI
Cambridge University
Ft Erie
Duke and Buches
Windsor
Cambridge
King's College
Love artery blamed for brides fainting at altar
Dr Henry Smith of Rochester says a swollen carotid artery in the neck can trigger fainting when brides-to-be tilt or strain. He notes turning the head, lifting the chin, or tight collars raise pressure, risking loss of consciousness and occasional injuries. some falsely blamed for drunkenness may be reacting to this vascular pressure.
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Atlantic City
Minn
Henry Smith
Rochester
Smith
British Beauty Found Missing Society Figure Diana Battye Found
Diana Battye known as Didi, once a photographers model, was found near Regents Park London after a week missing. She appeared ill with memory loss and was taken to Lady Cynthia Asquith's home for relatives to be summoned. Her mother appealed for the writer of seven threatening letters to come forward.
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London
Diana Battye
Regents Park
Cynthia Asquith
Michael Asquith
Diana
Didi
Scotland Yard
England
Lady Asquith
Leonard Hackett
Rare Photographic Record Of Sun's Eclipse Made
Washington reports that American scientists on Canton Island secured a rare photographic record of today's total solar eclipse. Amid harsh desert conditions in the mid Pacific, the Joint U S Navy National Geographic expedition photographed the sun's corona during 7 minutes 4 seconds of totality, with radio briefings from Washington confirming success and great scientific interest for the record.
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American Scientis
Washington
Desert Isle
Mid-Pacific
Canton Island
U. S. Navy
National Geographic Society
Science
Penne Ee Bewalbel
John Oliver la Garce
The
Geographic Society
Nere
Canton
Roach 69 Dies in Ashland Kentucky
M T Roach aged 69 died at his Ashland Kentucky home after a stroke of paralysis. He had been in the chemical business for years. He resided 20 years in Charleston and was involved with Loeameansatna Con company. Survived by widow Jesale K Tench and several nieces and nephews including B Kemp Littlepage Maud Day Hugh Tobins Joseph Robins and others in Beckley and Charleston.
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M.T. Roach
Charleston
Ashland
Roach
Con
Loeameansatna| Con
Jesale K. Tench
B. Kemp Littlepage
Maud Day
Hugh Tobins
Victor Knopp
Norfolk
Charles Nwn
Joseph Robins
Glen Morrison
Beckley
Numbers Office Hit by Detectives in Charleston Raid
Four Charleston policemen led by Detectives Finley Conk G B Warren Edward Shuck and Edward Bourne raided a Court street business house Monday and confiscated an adding machine paper weights and a number racket stash. $204 in cash was seized and two suspects Watt Barnes and Barry Johnson were arrested but bonds forfeited when their cases were called. Judge Hell returned $104 of the money to the city and the rest was split among the four arresting officers.
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Charleston
Finley Conk
G. B. Warren
Edward Shuck
Edward Bourne
Court Street
Ian
Watt Barnes
Iarry Johnson l
Hell
Pickets Stripped of Arms At Youngstown in Steel Strike
Youngstown Ohio reports armed deputies seized home made weapons from striking pickets as authorities push for a return to work. Sheriff Blaer collected bats and clubs in two armored trucks amid threats and arrests. Strike leaders renewed calls for a federal inquiry into strike disruptions affecting Republic Steel plants in Warren and Niles.
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Youngstown
C.so
U.S
Youngstown, O
Mahoning Valley
Ralph Blaer
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
F Murray
H. Styles Bridges
Senate
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren
Niles
Ohio
James A. Farley
John S. Brookes, Jr
Republic
Farley
Ghad
Republic Steel
Wareren
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
Elser
Atrikera
J Olson
Elie
Monroe
Mich
Daniel A. Knages
Frank Murphy
Newton
Cleveland
Chameer of Commerce
Canton
Warren and
Chicago
van A. Bittner
National ‘Labor Relations Act
Inland Steel Company
Inland
P. D. Block
Bittner
House approves sweeping probe of tax dodging
Washington June 8 AP The House voted for a sweeping investigation into alleged tax dodging. A joint House Senate committee will conduct the inquiry, with amendments to curb publication of sensitive tax information. Administration leaders pressed for the investigation following President Roosevelt's request.
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House
Washington
June
J. P. Morgan
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Morgan
Catholics in Nazi Germany Clash Over Church Power
Berlin reports reveal Nazi press urging Germans to choose Hitler over the Vatican and accusing Rome of secular control. Trials continue in Koblenz where two Catholic brothers receive prison terms for immorality, one for acts inside Cologne cathedral, as editorial attacks mount against Pope Pius XII and Cardinal Mundelein.
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Berlin
Hitler
Vatican
Westdeutscher Deobachtet
Cologne
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Koblenz
Cologne Cathedral
Pope Pius
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Ceol
Child Shelter Seeks Permit for Girls Dormitory
The Davis Child Shelter on Washington Street filed for a permit to build a $45,000 girls dormitory with George B. Hendricks, city building inspector. Plans must be approved before the permit is issued. Architect Herbert Tete is leading the project, with Kuhn Construction handling the building.
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Davis Child Shelter
Washington Street
George B. Hendricks
Herbert Tete
Kuhn
Bids Opened On 8 Projects
The Hatfield Construction company of Huntington led with a bid of 197 403 to grade drain and pave 46 miles of U S 60 from Mile Branch to Hugheaton. Schoolfield Harvey Electric of Charleston bid 1 651 to install flashing lights at Highlawn grade crossing. Other road bids and one grade crossing project were opened. awards deferred pending bid checks.
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Hatfield Construction Company of
Huntington
U. S
Mile Branch
Hugheaton
State Road Commission
Schoolfield-Harvey Electric Company of
Charleston
U. S. 60
Highlawn
Hancock County
Pennsylvania Rail
First Street
Chester
Governor Holt Receives Honorary Degree at West Virginia
Governor Holt was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree at West Virginia University's 70th commencement in Morgantown. He addressed 385 graduates and a crowd of 4,000, noting increased government activity stems from complex economics and a humane view of human relations. The procession was led by Holt, President C. S. Boucher, and board members as the degree was conferred in the Anniversary Field House.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Gov
Holt
C. S. Boucher
Board of Governors
university_circle
Field House
Boucher
Jewels of Spain's Ex Queen For Sale in New York
In New York in June a New York jeweler announced negotiations with Victoria Eugenie to sell personal jewels valued at about 31 million. The ex queen said she would not sell crown jewels and that only personal pieces would be offered. A 65 carat emerald cross was among the items, handed down from Isabella I to Victoria Eugenie.
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New York
Spain
London
Paul Fiato
Victoria Eugenie
Flata
Ietter
Isabella I
Eugene of
Beate
Victoria
Engand
Harlows Rainbow Brought One Tragedy
The Charleston Gazette recounts Jean Harlow battling paradoxes as fame and wealth offered little joy. Her pursuit of love, not gold, led to sorrow and a tragic end, a tale told on page 4 of The State Newspaper edition.
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Jean Hartow
Charleston Gazette
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Duke
Wally Cause
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Fillie Willis
Robert Quiles
Pleane
M. T. Roach
Numbers Office
Michigan
van Bittner
Pany
Hendricks
Park and
Central Avenues
Wiliam H. Knapp
Carrie Slack
Homer Miriam Oakes
Norwwood Road
Walter Freder
Coks
Edgewood Avenue
PB. L. Gordon
Spring and
Crawford Roads
Myrtle Turner
Park Avenue
Join Laing
Edgenet Drive
Mary “A Barrett
Maxwell Street
Kanawha County
Harlow
Rainbow
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