Site Picked For New Charleston Post Office Office
The treasury department selects an 80 481 square foot site bounded by Dickinson Lee and Washington streets for Charleston's new 560 000 post office. Demolition begins early fall with 300 foot Dickinson street frontage and 225 Washington street driveways.
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Dickinson, Lee and
Washington Streets
Charleston
Treasury Department
Julius W. Singleton
Summers, Washington
Laidley Streets
General Realty” Company
Dickinson Street
Washington Street
Lee Street
Singleton
Dickinson
State Capitol
Capitol Street
Jer Street
Summers Street
Washington
Federal
Lee, Dickinson
Kanawha Valley Bank
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Coyle & Richardson's Department
Gazette
Witness Tells of Slaying in Harlan Conspiracy Trial
London Ky June 0 Mrs Malline Musick a late government witness in the Harlan anti union conspiracy trial described how shots ripped into the Musick home in February 1937 killing her second eldest son Bennett Her story sobbing and clear closes the government case against 44 Harlan countians and 20 corporations on charges of depriving workers of the right to organize at the rich coal field Meanwhile Sheriff Herbert Cawood reports the shooting of Lester Smithers 30 former UMWA president at Yancey Ky as trial proceeds
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London
Mra Malline Musick
Harlan
Herbert Cawood
Lester Smithers
United Mine Workers of America
Yancey
There’s Always Something to Ball Things Up
A casual society note laments vacation delays as chores pile up. The author jokes that while you sleep in, tasks arrive and refuse to wait, forcing a shift from leisure to duties. The piece captures comic frustration with everyday interruptions during time off.
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Flles
Road Projects Authorized by State Commission
Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson announces 420 miles of primary and secondary highway work in 31 counties by state road forces. Most projects will start immediately and aim for completion this season financed largely by the one cent gas tax revenue, with additional secondary and widening work outlined in multiple counties.
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State Road Commission
Burr H.simpson
Simpson
Clendenin Road
Commission
Charleston-Clendenin
Clay
Mason
Mingo
Nicholas, & Miles
Mercer
Harrison
Hampshire
Doddridge
Marion
Menongalia
Preston
Taylor
Grant
Jefferson
Hansack
Marshall
Ohio
Barcour
Braxton
Lewis
Upshur
Webster
Raleigh
Cabellone
Lincoln
Calhoun
Pleasants
Ritchie
Roane
Wirt
Gas Regulation Changes Studied by West Virginia PSC
The West Virginia Public Service Commission plans a July 20 hearing on gas regulation changes. A geology study headed by Paul Price shows wide BTU variation in state gas and the impact of gasoline extraction, with all producers required to file prior to the meeting.
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West Virginia
Public Service Commission
State Geological Survey
Paul Price
Morgantown
Flag Day Proclamation Urges West Virginia Displays
Gov Holt issued a proclamation calling on all state departments institutions and households to observe Flag Day next Tuesday marking the 160th anniversary of the flag. The governor urged a sincere expression of reverence for the flag and the institutions it represents and asked citizens to display the flag on Tuesday.
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Holt
West Virginia
Britain Urged To Shell Rebels Amid Aerial Attacks
London reports reveal Britain delaying drastic steps against Spanish insurgents as diplomatic pressure mounts. Cabinet to meet Monday to assess expert drafted measures amid ongoing raids on British ships. sixty ships attacked and 78 seamen killed or wounded since the civil war began. France backs Britain’s effort to find a firm response.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Soronors
Gandia
Thorphhaver
Alicante
Stanray
Isadora
France
Prague Talks Sudeten Autonomy Plan Begins
Prague reports the Czechoslovak government will discuss Sudeten German autonomy as a basis for talks with Nazi leader Konrad Henlein. President Benes and Premier Hodza agreed to pursue a permanent settlement, with negotiations set to start Tuesday to ease a crisis that nearly touched a major war.
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Prague
INS
Europe
Konrad Henlein
Edouard Benes
Milan Hodzain
Henlain
FDR Stresses State Local Relief Duties Over Fed Aid
President Roosevelt warns states and municipalities to bear direct relief burdens without federal aid. He says shifting relief responsibilities would be disastrous and that federal support remains for unemployables only through work programs. La Guardia inquires about changes to the relief plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jetiero
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
New York
U. C. Conference of Mayors
Corcoran Power Dubbed Bogey Man By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt laughed off questions about Thomas Corcoran power in the administration. He called the idea of Corcoran as a bogey man and outlined a transcontinental trip with planned addresses and platform appearances. The journey will pass through West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Tennessee or Missouri Oklahoma Texas Colorado Utah Nevada and California with a stop in Marietta Ohio for a Northwest Territory anniversary event.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas Corcoran
Corcoran
RFC
Democratic Party
San Francisco
Utah
Nevada
California
Marietta
Northwest Territory
Kennedy to sail for talks on war debt plan
London June 10 Joseph P Kennedy the United States ambassador to Britain will sail on June 15 aboard the Queen Mary to New York for talks with President Roosevelt. He is expected to discuss a faulted war debt and negotiate a plan to pay Britain's debt and an Anglo American trade pact.
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London
INS
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Great Britain
New York
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
Night Raiders Strike Again Hits Alicante and Denia
British ships were bombed in an insurgent raid on Alicante and Denia causing multiple casualties and heavy damage. Junkers aircraft attacked at night, sinking ships including the Thorpehaven and Isadora, with French destroyers arriving to shield other vessels.
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Hendayf
St. Winifred
Alicante
Spain
Thorpehaven
Alicatte
Castellon de la Plana
Isadora
Denia
Brisbane
Tandia
Tat Port
Pene
Bribery Defendant Spiro Pleads Guilty in Hartford
In Hartford, Nathan Spiro of Danbury pleaded guilty in superior court to violating the state anti bribery statute and was fined 1500 by Judge Robert L. Munger. He becomes the first Waterbury grand jury case defendant to plead guilty amid an inquiry into Waterbury finances.
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Hartford
Conn
Jinsi
Nathan Spiro
Danbury
Robert L. Munger
Waterbury
Grand Jury
Maynor
T. Frank Hayes
Spiro
General Assembly
Hugh M. Alcorn
Eight Army fliers die in stormy bomber crash
A storm tossed Douglas B 18 bomber crashed on a farmer’s field near Delavan killing eight army crew members. Witness Carey Youle saw the craft explode and debris scatter over a half mile. The victims include Capt Richard B Reeve Lt Norman H Ives and Lieut Thomas Langben among five enlisted men and two other officers. The flight originated from Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois for a routine return to their home base.
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Delavan
Carey Youle
Richard B. Reeve
Kannakee
Wis
Norman H. Ives
Los Angeles
Thomas Langben
Galveston
Tex
Sergi
Edward F. Murah
Corp
William H. Housley
Philip J. Truitt
Max W. Myser
George L. Huntsman
C. D. Henderson
Army
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Air Cafes Technical School
Plane Crash Spurs Safety Measures In Aircraft Fires
A commerce investigation board said a fire in the right engine accessory section likely caused United Air Lines flight 10 near Cleveland on May 24, killing 10 aboard. The engine was found with intense pre impact fire. crew performance praised to prevent similar disasters.
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Washington
Bureau of Ate Commerce
United Air Lines
Cleveland
McCall Admits Kidnapping Cash Boy in Florida
Miami June 10 AP police call the Jimmy Cash kidnapping solved as a one man crime. Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, a truck driver, signed an eighty page confession admitting seizing and firing the five year old Princeton boy and collecting 10000 dollars ransom. State prosecutor George Worley plans murder and kidnapping indictments. grand jury meets Monday. The case could go to trial in three to four weeks.
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Miami
Frs
Jimmy Cash
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Franklin Pierce McCall
Princeton
Hoover
James Bailey Cash, Jr
George Worley
Cash
Florida
Worley
McCall
Steegie
Army Post Death Probe Intensified
At Fort Benning Georgia federal agents intensified activity in a death investigation. Maj. John R Brooke Jr 44 remaining under military restraint in the post hospital after his wife's body was found at their home Wednesday. He is held incommunicado under care for shock while parents Col. William Brooke and Mrs Brooke of San Antonio Texas visited. Funeral plans were under way as federal investigators continued their work.
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Fort Benning
John R. Brooke
Maj
Brooke
John Rutter Brooke
William Brooke
San Antonio
Tex
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Garner Presidential Boom Condemned as Premature
Washington June 10 Ins A report of a senatorial boom for Vice President John N Garner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940 was condemned as premature and illfounded by party leaders on Capitol Hill. Democrats viewed the rumors as an effort to drive a wedge between President Roosevelt and his running mate and to curb Garner's White House influence while suggesting a possible Jones boom.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Capitol Hill
Jones
Secn Eo
Roosevelt
Garner
White House
Ioie
Jesse Jones
Controversial Minimum Pay Question Dropped To Let Situation Cool
Washington reports that a Senate House conference on the wage hour bill dropped the controversial minimum wage issue to let conditions cool. Negotiators aimed to push forward lesser sections while southern demands for lower regional wages linger, with a possible filibuster looming in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate-House
Sen
Pepper
Senate
House
James Roosevelt Declines Massachusetts Lieut Governor Run
James Roosevelt son and secretary to the president refuses a citizen committee request to run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. He says his obligation is to remain at his duties in Washington and to study governmental affairs before pursuing elective office. The letter to Charles Maliotis arriving by plane conveys his decision.
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Boston
James Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Maliotis
Warnes
Maliotis
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Jack Garner
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