Coal Miner Pay Ration Relative to Coal Value Noted
Washington June 11 The Works Progress Administration reports that coal mining workers receive a high share of the value of the product. In 1935 wages totaled 402 million dollars for 462,403 miners, who produced 372 million tons valued at 657,580,202 dollars. The study traces wage ratios from 1880 to 1935 and details work patterns and plant shutdowns.
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Washington
Works Progress ‘Dministration
Doal Coal Mining
Eueo
Severe quake rocks five European nations
Reports describe a thunder like rolling noise as shocks hit parts of France, the Netherlands, and Germany. In France northern areas felt heavy quakes with windows broken and telegraph and telephone service interrupted. Lille saw cracked walls and damaged meteorological instruments. Fires started by short circuits. Similar scenes reported in Rhineland and other regions.
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France
Roubate
Lille
Netherlands
Germany
Rhineland
FDR Expected to Serve Dove Potpie to Solon
The report notes FDR’s expected dining gesture at a Solon event, citing opposition to the Roosevelt Supreme Court religion bill by Gillette and voter resentment of outside interference. It mentions official congratulations from Postmaster General Farley and Democratic committee leaders, plus a dinner honoring a colleague, Sen. Herr ing of Iowa, with international notes about mining Trinidad in Kooland and shipments to Japan.
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Lke
Gillette
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Sen. Herring
Iowa
Site choice for federal post office discussed by officials
Treasury and local leaders voiced support for a new post office site near Summers Washington and Laidley streets in Kanawha City Charleston. They weighed costs and remodeling plans for the existing building with estimates of 12 000 to 15 000 square feet added space and reduced rental costs, noting traffic and center-city access considerations for federal offices.
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Treasury Department
Summers, Washington
Laidley Streets
Singleton
Earl Cavender
Monongalia Street
Kanawha City
Charleston
Margaret Barrett
Maxwell Street
John R. Slack
Dixie Street
Donald S. Tydings
West Virginia
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Charles E. Hodges
Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Abbot
Washington
Exer
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Sudeten German Crisis Deepens as Elections Loom
Berlin papers report Hitler’s resolve to press plans against Czechoslovakia amid Sudeten German tensions. A near-term clash looms over a nationalities statute as diplomats adjust tactics. Municipal elections in Britain hint at Sudeten strength led by Konrad Henlein amid ongoing Spanish air raid tensions.
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Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Prata
Coroner's Jury Names McCall as Child Killer
Coroner's Jury identified McCall as the kidnapper and child killer after viewing the remains. FBI agents Connelly and McKee corroborated the confession given to reporters, and George Turner described receiving the decomposed body. Prosecutor Worley said indictments for kidnapping and murder could come by Monday as the case moves toward trial and the electric chair.
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Smith
E. J. Connelly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McCall
Connelly
Geman J. Edgar Hoover
Sam McKee
FBI
McKee
George W. Turner
George Cooper
E. B. Smith
E. A. Holland
C. C. Jackson
N. L. Chambers
J. L. Murray
George A. Worley
Dade County
Claudine Evelyn Hilliard
Princests
Religious Colony Facing Breakup
Dowie built a vast empire in Zion with factories and a church tithe system. His anti doctor and anti liquor stance drew nationwide attention as converts flocked to the Christian Catholic Apostolic church. Paralysis struck him in 1906 during a preaching tour in Mexico, and Voliva rose to lead the Zion work.
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Sion
Christian Catholicc Apostolic Church
Zion
Dowie
Mexico
Voliva
Indiana
Dowie successor Voliva faces church scandal and tax liens
Ambitious Voliva charged Dowie with immorality and extravagance amid a court battle in which Dowie followers deserted him. Archibald Church deemed Dowie insane as Voliva's control faltered, debts rose, nonbelieversjoined Zion, and tax liens threatened land titles. Government demanded back taxes from realty deals, leading to sales and leases used to satisfy creditors.
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Voliva
Dowie
Archibald Church
Yoliva
Iek
Zion
Japanese Drive on Hankow Battle Reported Delayed After War Start
The piece notes a postponed Japanese push on Hankow with no enforcement until after the war began last July. Chengchow, 200 miles north on the Peiping Hankow line, remains under Chinese defense amid a weekslong Lunghai assault. A breach in the Yellow River dikes northeast of Chengchow raises flood fears while the Yangtze area is evacuated for foreign shipping from Kiukiang to Wuhu. Foreign gun boats operate, with American gunners at Nanking Kiukteng Ichang and Hankow, as Japanese naval sources deny a Chinese claim of sinking a warship near Anking.
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Chengchow
Hankow
Peiping-Hankow
Lunghai
Yellow River
Kiukiang
Wuhu
U. S
Nanking
Kiukteng
Ichang
Kwekyih
Anking
Woman 65 Defies Age With Active Sports
A 65 year old woman describes learning swimming rope jumping and roller skating after age 55. She lifts and plays with park children and has largely shifted to raw vegetables and fruits as her diet, citing spinach and beets as hardest to eat.
Harvard Classmate Wedding Set for June in Nahant
John and Anne prepare for a Harvard wedding with Knox Sherrill officiating at East Walpole, while rumors swirl of a Bermuda or European honeymoon. The Roosevelt family and 700 guests, including cabinet members, will attend the Nahant ceremony and reception on June 18 with security and lavish gifts noted.
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Knox Sherrill
Nyage
Europe
John
Anne
Bermuda
Harvard University
Marshall Field, Jr
East Walpole
Roosevelt
Nahant Tennis Club
the Treasury
Henry H. Morgenthau
James A. Farley
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Labor
Frances Perkins
Harry A. Woodring
Harvard
Nahant
Metropolitan District Commission
Secret Service
Army Officer Denies Murdering His Wife
Maj Brooke, a long serving Army officer and veteran, denied murdering his wife. He had been near his home less than an hour before removal from the reservation and was visited by his parents and three children. Described by colleagues as an efficient soldier and master of infantry strategy, his lineage traces to Civil War general ancestors. he attended the University of Oregon before joining the Army in 1918 through a competitive exam.
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Maj. Brooke
Col
William Brooke
Texas
Barbara
Caroline
John Brooke
River Work Planned Near Marmet Locks
The U S engineer's office at Huntington announced removal of boulders jumps and obstructions from the canal below Marmet locks on the Kanawha River starting about July 16. The two month project urges navigators to proceed with caution.
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Marmet Locks
Kanawha River
U. S
Huntington
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Potter
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Kanawha Street
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