Five aviators undertake long world and cross Atlantic flights
Jimmie Mattern approaches Nome after a world circumnavigation hop from Khabarovsk. In Cuba, Capt Mariano Barteran and Lt Joaquin Collar complete a 4500 mile Spain to Cuba non stop flight landing at Camaguey before heading to Havana. Capt J Errol Boyd and two companions begin a New York to Port au Prince nonstop voyage.
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Associated Press
Cuba
Seville
J. Errol Boyd
New York
Port-Au-Printe
Haiti
Jimmie Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
North Pacific
Nome
Alaska
Minriano Barberan
Atlantic
Huiti
Horre
I ‘Mattern
Pacific Coset
Globe
Camaguey
Cubs
Mariano Barteran
Joaquin Collar
Havana
Cuatro Vilentos
Camaguey Colonia Bipshola
Military Camps Will Operate This Summer
The War Department announced that reserve officers training camps and citizens military training camps will operate this summer on a limited basis. The BE. T. is four weeks long, not six. Training is limited to those who completed the basic C. 3. T OC. course. About 50,000 men are expected to receive instruction, with shortages anticipated for ROTC and other programs due to officer availability. Corps commanders may adjust plans under the emergency conditions.
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Washington
War Department
Citizens Military
Roosevelt
Willie Willis by Robert Cuuilies fragment headline
A battered fragment quoting Willie Willis and Robert Cuuilies mentions a child, a toy, and unclear remarks about yesterday. The legible phrases reference frost, a message, and the Stacy name, with no clear event or outcome.
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Robert Cuuilies
Stacy
West Virginia Prohibition Arrests Soar in 1937
Special to the Gazette reporting that over 30,000 West Virginians have been arrested for prohibition violations since 1918 with nearly 10,000 jailed. The piece tallies yearly seizures, including 2,542 arrests by federal officers and 498 by dry agents in 1937, and notes $155,057.70 in property destroyed and other assets seized, with multiple slave, fermenters, and distilleries among items. It cites Rep Carl Bachmann of Wheeling boasting of high enforcement.
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Washington
West
Carl Bachmann
Wheeling
West Virginia
United States
Bachmann
United
Morgan House Activities Massive Morgan influence exposed
Senate investigators released charts showing J. P. Morgan and company partners and its Philadelphia firm Drexel and company as directors of 89 banks and corporations with over 320 billion in assets. The records detail non partner directors on 2905 firms, loans ties, and a 1827 to 1999 client stock list.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
J. #. Morgan and company
Morgan and Company
Russell C. Leffingwell
Morgan Partner
Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
Itu Philadelphia
Drexel and Somipady
Sere
Lst
J. P. Morgan and Company
Alic
3. P. Morgan and Company
Droxet and Company
Morgan
Lawmakers Rush to Close Special Session
Washington reports say Congressional leaders pressed for a quick adjournment of the special session by midweek with Roosevelt confident of enacting the emergency program. President Roosevelt planned a brief Thursday vacation as dissent simmered among Republicans independents and some Democrats over the industrial recovery bill and veterans' funds.
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Washington
Kuest
Roosevel
Capital Hill
Senate
Capitol
Iun
Pleane Ture
Four Die as Violent Lake Storm Strikes Houghton Lake
A mid June windstorm at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County left four known deaths and many missing after boats capsized. Crews searched the water as fourteen overturned vessels drifted ashore while private boats and cottages were spared major damage. The victims include residents from Alma Charlotte and Baginay, Michigan, with the total missing undetermined as the lake was combed post storm.
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Houghton Lake Village
iFi
Houghton Lake
Townsend
Alma
Mich
Wee Waolcott
Charlotte
Ich
LaBoda
Baginay
Roswomiinu County
Bitchigan
Dose of Old Time Religion Is World’s Need
The Rev. Pat B. Withrow, Union mission superintendent, preaches that the old-time religion is essential and powerful. He criticizes modern excesses, recalls earlier revivals, and urges belief in a genuine, uncompromised faith as the world needs. He plans evangelistic services and stresses that only the old-time approach channels God’s power.
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Pat B. Withrow
Union Mission
Gagette
Withrow
Fichs
Sereon
Wife Arrested In Fatal Shooting At London Fair
Bernard E Williams 37 of Montgomery was shot to death in a rear room of Siffins restaurant in London Cabin Creek district. His wife, the sole witness, testified he shot himself but was arrested on murder charges after a coroner's inquest found evidence of homicide. Police investigators Benjamin A Long and Roy Platt led the case.
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Bernard E. Williams
Montgomery
London
Cabin Creek
Williams
W. F. Work
Willems
Ano Sota
Siffin
Jerdon
Willams
Lieut
A. M. Long
F. ©. Bennett
Trwoper
Roy Platt
State Police
Stave
Williame
Debts Payment Plans Quizzed
Washington June 11 A key question is raised about the legality of accepting partial payments on war debt Installments. Aides to President Roosevelt study the issue as Congress delays the London economic conference, weighing whether any partial payment would imply condoning nonpayment of the rest.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
Italy
United States
Governor Pleads For Dry Repeal
Springfield Mass June 11 Governor Ely urges repeal of the 18th amendment as a step toward law and order freeing the state from racketeering. He says prohibition failed to curb drunkenness and calls for a large vote for repeal to guide other states. Delegates to a convention will be elected in 160 districts.
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Springfield
Mass
Gay
Bly
Gav. Ely
Massachusetts
United States
Favorable daily business reports from Cleveland Chicago and New York
The June 11 reports show steel production rising to 48 percent capacity in Cleveland with wage advance prospects in July. Chicago notes gains in wholesale and retail buying, steel mill expansion, and higher power output. New York surveys indicate improved employment wages and production, with broad industrial gains across coal textiles shoes lumber glassware and metal products.
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Chicago
Artis Today
New York
Recovery Plan Given Impetus
Roosevelt Administration moves toward a rapid public works program aiming to employ at least one million men by fall. Officials plan $60 million in public buildings, $60 million in contracts ready in 90 days, and $450 million for highway work to sustain employment. The plan divides the nation into 12 districts with engineers to approve projects and includes a river and harbor program led by Army engineers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Net Industries Board
Hugh 3. Johnson
Congress
Johnston
Robert Te Againt
W. Robert
the Treasury
General Johnson
Hghway
Army Engineering Corps
Terrce
Ty' Ss
Steel Industry Is Unsettled in Recovery Outlook
Cleveland June 11 report says wage advances unlikely next month as steel industry faces unsettled recovery. Steelworks output and ingot production rose in May, with Pittsburgh seeing a five point price increase. Producers anticipate shorter contracts post July 1 amid unclear industrial conditions and rising demand for wire and steel products.
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Cleveland
Mage
Pittsburgh
Tk New
Ohio
Farrell
Nine Die As Fair Plane Crashes At Glenview
Nine people die when the amphibian plane Northern Light crashes 800 feet into a Glenview field during a sightseeing flight from the fair grounds. The victims include Capt. Carl V. Vickery and Harry Jacobs among those identified. many bodies burned beyond recognition. Officials say several passengers may be from out of town. weather and strong winds contributed to the wreckage and fire.
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Chicago
Glenview
Carl V. Vickery
Chscage
Harry Jacobs
Aviation Mechhanic
Wheeling
Edward M. Pay
Joseph George Robinson
Earth
New York
Fair Grounds
Dunton Hodges
Hodges
Vickery
Curties-Reynolds
Winkery
State's Coal Output Drops in Week Says U S Bureau
West Virginia bituminous coal production for the week ended May 27 totaled 1,425,000 tons, down from 1,458,000 the prior week and 1,462,009 a year earlier. Southern mines produced 2,111,000 tons, while northern region output rose to 215,000 tons.
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Washington
West Virginia
Bureau of Mines Today
Elk River drowning claims Robert Collins at 20
Robert Collins, 20, of Quarrier Street, drowned yesterday afternoon in the Elk River at Big Chimney while swimming for a raft. Friends Robert Quarrels and John Facinell tried to rescue him as swift current hampered attempts. Ambu lance and rescue boats recovered the body after about 40 minutes. Dr. W F Work ruled the drowning accidental. Collins, a Carbide and Carbon Chemicals worker, was a Washington High School graduate and Alpha Omegas member. He is survived by his parents and sister. Funeral held Tuesday afternoon.
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Robert Collins
Quarrier Street
Elk River
Big Chimney
Robert Quarrels
John Fac«inell
Charleston
Lily Street
Jesse S. Charen, Jr
Leta Brody
Collins
Barlow
W. F. Work
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Washington
Clarks
Burg
Alpha
Omegs
Fraity
H. CO
Mary Elizaeth Sconting
Iva
Clarke
Prink
Brown
D. D
Wats
DeMoley
Clarkaburg
Aston
Edgan Knapp
Mester Couns Jecitor
Shrine Mosque
Pege
Washington woman reports hotel suicide by poison
Mis Catherine DM Dlotz of Washington telephoned a New York City city editor early today offering a death story. She then claimed Mrs Arthur F Hoy of the Hotel Fast killed herself by ingesting 36 poison tablets and leaping from an eighteenth floor window, dying on a hotel extension.
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New York
Catherine DM. Dlotz
Washington, D. C
Arthur F. Boy
bMles Dietz
the Lanter
Arthur F. Hoy
Hull to Seek Quick Action at World Conference
London dispatch reports United States delegates press for rapid adoption of the Washington program of cheap credit and public works while opposing deflationary currency stabilization. The opening ceremony is set for tomorrow in the presence of leaders including Daladier and von Neurath as nations converge to resolve conflicting aims.
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London
United Eaates
Xorte
Cardell Buil
Washington
America
Washington Administration
Hull
King George
Daladier
France
Frielen
Konstantin von Neurath
State Anti-Saloon Head Predicts Repeal Victory
Huntington reports Dr. B E Ewing of the West Virginia anti saloon league predicts a decisive repeal majority if church, women, and country voters participate in a field day conducted by United Dry force. The special June 27 election seeks to keep repeal, with Indiana turnout cited as 610 thousand of 1.6 million eligible.
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Huntington
B. E. Ewing
West Virginia
Indiana
Scientists Find Johnnie Restless After Big Meal
Milwaukee mi June 11 Eating a large Thanksgiving dinner makes Johnnie restlessness increase sleep disturbances. Dr Glennvale Giddings of Emory University reports a study at the 84th AMA meeting showing meals and warm baths influence sleep patterns in 28 children using a hypnograph.
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Milwaukee
Wia
Johnnie
American Medical Association
Glennvale Giddings
Emory University
Atlanta
Giddings
Drys Campaign To Save Prohibition Gains Steam
CRICAGO June 12. Fred D. L. Squires research secretary of the American Business Men's Prohibition Foundation says retention of state prohibition is vital even if national repeal passes. He notes 29 states have prohibition by statute or constitution, with many restoring laws after repeal. Election of dry lawmakers will shape the strategy and strengthen state laws.
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Cricago
F—Co
Fred D. L. Squires
American Business Men's Prohibition Foundation
Squires
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Nebraska
New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
West Virginia
Will Tells Big Piece Of Reelly Bad News
Will reports severe bad news as Congress did not adjourn. The note, dated June 22 in Severly Hills, Calif, frames the situation as worse than any usual crisis and uses casual, rambling language to convey shock.
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Will
Severly Hills
Calif
Ghia
Congress
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