Alcatraz End Being Planned
Attorney General Frank Murphy plans a committee of penologists criminologists and prison administrators to study closing Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay and relocating inmates to a new site. The move aims to end the “rock” prison, potentially within a year after a favorable report.
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Murphy
Washington
INS
Devil’s Island
Frank Murphy
Alcatraz Federal
San Francisco Bay
Rock
Alcatraz
Roadside Advertising Ban Praised at West Virginia Garden Club Meet
Mrs John Dice of Lewisburg praised a legislative act restricting roadside advertising outside municipalities as a top beautification achievement. The WV Garden Club annual convention heard remarks and noted roadside beautification efforts, with about 150 registered and an honorary life membership awarded to Mrs Kemble White of Clarksburg. The convention closes tomorrow after officer elections.
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Parkersburg
John Dice
Lewisburg
West Virginia Garden Club
Dice
Kemble White
Clarksburgh
Washington Day in Brief From The AP
The house affairs committee approved the administrations neutrality bill removing the arms embargo. A tax bill outline would swap the undistributed profits levy for an 18 percent tax on large corporations. Bankers urged insurance of loans to aid small business, Roosevelt delays West Coast trip decision, Harrington calls WPA a success, John L. Lewis warns of black reaction and fascism, and the Senate Banking Committee cautions against abandoning emergency monetary powers.
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House Affairs Committee
House Tax Committee
Senate Banking Subcommittee
FDR May Name Ickes to Lead Public Works and Loans
President Roosevelt weighs appointing Interior Secretary Ickes as works administrator and loans chief. Ickes could forego his $12 000 works salary but not his cabinet pay, while remaining eligible for multiple roles. If chosen, he would oversee Public Works, U S Housing Authority, WPA, and RFC related agencies, with Col Harrington as rival candidate for the works post.
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Miss Roche
Jesse Jones
Barkis
Ickes
Works Administration
U. S. Housing Authority
Works Progress Administration
Treasury
WPA
Col
F. C. Harrington
TVA Faces House Clampdown on Future Operations
In Washington on June 13 the House approved a measure imposing drastic limits on TVA operations. Supporters warn the plan jeopardizes a $78 million deal to buy Tennessee Electric Power properties, as the bond issue to finance the purchase is cut from $100 million to $65 million.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
TVA
Tennessee Electric Power Company
E. B. Agee Heads Guyan Mining Institute
Logan report says E. B. Agee general manager of Youngstown Mines in Dehue was elected president of the newly formed Guyan Valley Mining Institute. Other officers include W. W. Beddow Harry Freeman and Andy Whitt as vice presidents, with H. P. Farley as district mine inspector secretary treasurer J. W. Colley recording secretary of the Logan Coal Operators' association.
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Logan
E. B. Agee
Youngstown Mines Corporation
Dehue
Guyan Valley Mining Institute
Logan County
W. W. Beddow
Logan County Coal Corporation
Harry Freeman
Georges Creek Coal Company
Andy Whitt
West Virginia Coal and Coke Corporation
H. P. Farley
J. W. Colley
Logan Coal Operators’ Association
College President Sparks Debate Over Women in Business
Chicago reports Dr. Samuel N. Stevens of Northwestern University argues no future for the average girl in business and criticizes women in politics. Respondents including Mrs. Jean Stokes and Golda Luster counter that women are a permanent, advancing force in business and can reach high roles.
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Chicago
INS
Samuel N. Stevens
University College of Northwestern University
Fair Sex
Jean Stokes
White Stokes Supply Company
Golda Luster
Illinois Central Railroad
Adam
Violence Flare Returns as Two Are Seriously Hurt at GM Plants
In Flint Michigan on June 13 violence erupted again at General Motors plants during strikes led by Homer Martins AFL United Auto Workers. Police said two men were seriously injured while GM reported operations were nearly normal. Martin met with Gov Loren Dickinson to discuss the dispute.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors Corporation
Homer Martin
AFL
United Automobile Workers Union
Corporation
Martin
Loren D. Dickinson
Murphy Family Homecoming scheduled on Elk River road
The Murphy family hosts its annual homecoming at the old Murphy home on Elk River road below Glendon on Sunday. B. F. Murphy of Clay said representatives are expected from several West Virginia counties and other states.
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Murphy Family
Murphy
Elk River Road
Glendon
B. F. Murphy
Clay
West Virginia
Chinese War Ministry Estimates 864,500 Japanese Casualties
Shanghai reports the Chinese war ministry estimates 864,500 Japanese casualties since July 7, 1937 in the ongoing Sino Japanese conflict. Earlier Tokyo HQ put Chinese casualties at 2,300,000 with Japanese deaths of 59,988 through April 1939.
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Shanghai
Chinese War Ministry
Imperial Japanese
Excess Road Cost Cited in Luzerne County Case
Pennsylvania highway engineer testifies in the Roy E. Brownmiller malfeasance trial that Luzerne county road work incurred an excess of 600000 dollars last year. Prosecutor claims funds were misused for political purposes with payroll padding.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Roy E. Brownmiller
Brownmiller
Armand E. Keeley
Luzerne County
Earl V. Compton
Keeley
Compton
Luzerne
Rabbi Carrick urges continued congress inquiry into subversive movements
Rabbi Max C. Carrick of Erie Pennsylvania president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis called on Congress to pursue its investigation of subversive movements in the United States without fear or favor.
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Washington
INS
Max C. Carrick
Erie
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Congress
Three Escaped Prisoners Recaptured After Brooklyn Waterfront Sighting
A patrolman spotted a bare foot behind a barrel in a Brooklyn shack ending the swim escape of three inmates from Governors Island. Raymond H. Jackson Robert M. Flint and Edward R. Knox were recaptured after overpowered sentry and a chase along Buttermilk Channel.
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Brooklyn
Island
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Governor's Island
Buttermilk Channel
Raymond H. Jackson
Wichita Falls
Tex
Fort Bliss
Robert M. Flint
Cliff Top
W. Va
Edward R. Knox
Jester
Okla
Coast Guard
George Hubner
Closing of flag week observed by Charleston officials
South Charleston officials and residents will observe the closing of national flag week at 7 p m with an American Legion post program at the new municipal building corner of Fourth avenue and D street. Lions club held a special program during its weekly dinner at the Presbyterian church with civic groups represented. Mrs Mollie Gunnee and Mrs Fondie White elected as delegates to the department encampment June 23 24 and 25 at Bluefield. Alternates are Mrs Pearl Kidd and Mrs Addie Griffith. District President Mrs Louise
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South Charleston
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Municipal
Fourth Avenue
D” Street
Lions Club of
Presbyterian Church
Mollie Gunnee
Fondie White
Bluefield
Lane S. Anderson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Armor Park School
Pearl Kidd
Addie Griffith
Louise
Rattlesnake Charmer Dies After Exhibition
Logan June 13. Lee Mooney a 77 year old mountaineer known for strolling with rattlesnakes in his shirt bosom died from a rattler bite after an exhibition before the Logan County Sportsmen's club. He had relied on home remedies and quipped about the mix before entering hospital.
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Logan
Lee Mooney
Cora
Logan County Sportsmen’s Club
Mooney
Greene of Charleston Visits and Degree of Honor Meeting
Greene of Charleston made an official visit. Mr and Mrs Joseph Perraut hosted a gathering at their Fourth avenue home with many spouses in attendance. The Degree of Honor Protective association executive board and blanket club met at H. Clay Wick’s Glendale drive home. Addie Carper urged officers to convene at Ellen Morgan’s 134 Tenth avenue for year book planning. Ellen Morgan won the blanket. Attendees included J M Pennell, Laura Hammond, Frank Spencer, J P Corliss and W R Branscome.
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Degree of Honor Protective Association
H. Clay Wick
Glendale Drive
Addie Carper
Ellen Morgan
Tenth Avenue
Morgan
Mesdames
J. M. Pennell
Laura Hammond
Frank Spencer
New Baseball Stamps Placed on Sale at Charleston Post Office
Post office sold commemorative baseball centennial stamps yesterday. The three cent stamps feature boys playing baseball and match the size of recent issues. The game originated at Cooperstown on Otsego Lake, New York in 1939.
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Charleston
Cooperstown
Otsego Lake
N. Y
Degrees Aren’t Guarantees Warned By Hutchins To 799 Grads
Chicago June 13 In a stark address Robert M Hutchins president of the University of Chicago told 799 graduates that their degrees offer no guaranteed wealth social advancement or job security He said education’s true value lies in character disciplined thinking and the ability to read and evaluate what is worth reading or thinking about
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Chicago
INS
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
America
Five Hundred Jewish Refugees Stranded in Romania
Five hundred Jewish refugees from former Austria and Czecho Slovakia are stranded in Balcik Romania after a month of failed efforts to charter ships to continue eastward. Police describe their plight as desperate as they fled to Constanta on the Black Sea hidden in Danube boats.
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Balcik
Rumania
Austria
Czecho- Slovakia
Constanza
Black Sea
Danube
Kanawha Players Plan Building Drive
The Kanawha Players meet to raise funds for a new play house. A building committee will be appointed by President Dewey E. S. Kuhns who was reelected. Other officers elected include Joseph W. Savage Okey Summers Ruth Downs and Harvey Davis. Members paying subscriptions before July 1 receive seven stub tickets.
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Kanawha
Dewey E. S. Kuhns
Kuhns
Joseph W. Savage
Okey Summers
Ruth Downs
Harvey Davis
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Piles Relief
Millions with piles found relief from itching and burning using Peterson's Ointment with a cooling soothing astringent formula. A pleased user says the itching stopped and sleep returned. 35c a box 60c in tube with applicator. Money back if not delighted.
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