Insurgents Drive Against Basque Defenders West of Bilbao
Insurgent columns pushed toward the Santander road to encircle Basque forces in the hills west of Bilbao. Begons suburb northeast of Bilbao reported entry as heavy street fighting continued. Refugees fled toward Santander while British sailors rescued the British consul as Madrid endured renewed bombardment.
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Associated Press
Bilbao
Santander
Begons
Bilbia
Jean Casteran
France
Madrid
French Cabinet Faces Crisis Over Dictatorial Powers
Paris reports the Socialist premier Leon Blum seeks dictatorial powers to save the franc from devaluation and avert a financial crisis. He appeals to Communist allies in the Popular Front as debate in the chamber stalls and factions weigh support or overthrow. The finance committee backs plans to reform finances and raise taxes.
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Blum
Foneyright
U. S. Paris
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Popular Front
Chamber
Finance Commission
Willie Willis by Robart Quillen
A quoted fragment shows Willie Willis speaking to Robart Quillen about a perceived insult. The speaker recounts a belief that Pug claimed Josh Weg is always bluffing, suggesting a dispute rooted in rumor or misperception. The text hints at tension and a narrative voice from an informal source.
Roosevelt Pushes Early Senate Vote On Court Bill
President Roosevelt urged an early vote on his supreme court enlargement bill and warned against filibusters. Senate leaders postponed a major floor clash, planning to act when expedient and aiming to finish before June 30 with relief measures and agency funding. Senator Minton pledged readiness to stay near the chamber to thwart a filibuster if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Robinson
Congress
Interior Department
War Department
Minton
Indiana
Water Plant Deal To Be Scrutinized
The West Virginia Water Service Company and Kentucky West Virginia Utilities petitioned the Public Service Commission for approval to buy the St. Albans water plant for 200000 and pledge substantially reduced rates. A June 2 hearing was set to consider the joint purchase and rate details, with plans to apply the Dunbar and Spring Hill rate schedule to St. Albans, including a 10 percent late payment penalty.
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St. Albans
West Virginia Water Service Company
Public Service Commission
Commission
Kentucky-West Virginia Utilities Company
Dunbar End Spring Hil
West Virginia
Walter Service Company
Rep Connery Dies Suddenly During Trip to Massachusetts
U S Representative William P Connery a Massachusetts Democrat and former stage actor who led a liberal labor crusade died suddenly during a weekend trip to Massachusetts He chaired the House Labor Committee and co authored the Wagner Act of 1934 and the Black Connery wages and hours bill allies say his goal to secure federal minimum wages and maximum hours laws may have spurred his final effort Turn to Page 2 Col 3
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Washington
William P. Connery
Massachusetts
Congress
House Labor Committee
House of Core
House
Senate
Mosso+ vhusetts
Connery
Amelia Earhart Eyes Next Leg After India Stop in World Flight
Amelia Earhart lands in Karachi at 1 05 p m after a 1400 mile leg from Assab Eritrea on her light hearted round the world flight. She plans to resume Thursday weather permitting with stops at Darwin Australia and then across the Pacific via the Pan American route. Earhart was unreported for over 40 hours after departing Maxsawa Eritrea due to lack of communications.
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Karachi
India
Amelia Earhart
Assab
Eritrea
Red Seal
Arabian Desert
Arabian Sea
Miss Earhart
Darwin
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Pan-American Airways
Maxsawa
Miami
Fla
Star Frantic As Public Sees Wedding Of MacDonald
Hollywood reports Jeanette MacDonald plans a formal church wedding to Gene Raymond tomorrow night. She asked MGM not to publicize the event, fearing publicity harms her privacy but acknowledges the public handles stars as property. She appeals for privacy amid inevitable gate crashers newsreels and press attention.
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Hollywood
Thatheart
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
M-G-M
Aid to Low Income Groups Is FDR Goal
President Roosevelt stated the basic problem is to raise living standards for one third of Americans in poverty. He said the New Deal aims to boost purchasing power of the underprivileged, with further actions possible to continue and perhaps amend current programs. He signaled a fireside chat to explain objectives and urged passage of wages laws, child labor abolition, and expanded social security as needed. The discussion occurred at a conference on human resources with Merriam, Morgenthau, Wallace, Perkins, Bell, and others.
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Pensignati
Charles Merriam
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Agriculture
Wallace
Perkins
Bell
Senate Wages Relief Battle in Senate Fight
Washington June 15 The Senate’s economy bloc won a skirmish by amending the $1.4 billion relief bill to bar spending relief funds except for shelter or work relief for those in need and to limit administrative costs to five percent. It later rejected a proposal to return unspent relief funds to the treasury. Senator Adams said committee balance estimates ranged from 23 million to 223 million. The Senate postponed further action until tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Rcanto
Treasury
Sen
Adams
Cola
Tee
Boy halts freight train to rescue cows in Wisconsin
Wayne Lerner, four, stood on a railroad right of way in Browntown Wisconsin and stopped a thunderous freight train by waving his arms. The engineer asked what was wrong and the boy explained that his father's Jersey cows were on the track. He then called his father to help move the cows off the rails.
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Browntown
Wis
Wayne Lerner
Wayne
High Geared Evidence Chicago Speeding Case
Dorothy Bradshaw testified her car would not go 25 miles per hour and offered it to anyone who could drive it. Police officer Harry Witt drove it at 43 miles an hour, while Motorcycle Officer Wesley Brow clocked 48 miles per hour. Brow made the first bid to buy Witt’s new automobile when the owner fulfills her promise.
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Chicago
Dorothy Bradshaw
Harry Witt
Mins Bradahosy
Our
Wesley Brow
Fragmented OCR headline to Page 16 item
Readable text fragment references page 16 and a city item. No clear names, dates, places, or events are legible. Summary preserves uncertainty while noting page reference and cataloging as a damaged local snippet.
West Virginia PWA Aid Totals 48.3 Million Over Four Years
The Public Works Administration reports 48.3 million dollars in aid to West Virginia over four years, funds split between non federal and federal projects totaling about 20.7 million and 27.6 million respectively. Communities built sanitary sewers, hospitals, and a tubercular sanitarium, with Charlestown Morgantown Williamson incinerator financing and Parkersburg’s Camden-Clark Memorial hospital completed. Wetzel County opened a hospital at New Martinsville and a tubercular sanitarium at Roney's Point. The state board of control also erected a 205,000 dollar building at Hoapemont sanitarium.
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Public Works Administration
West Virginia
O'Neale
PWA
Theo
Charleston
Morgantown
Williamson
Inga
Wetzel County
New Martinsville
Parkersburg
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
Roney’s Point
Steel Refusal to Sign Draws Roosevelt Criticism in WV
Coal shipments from West Virginia faced close scrutiny as United Mine Workers warned against sending coal to the three independent strike bound mills Republic, Bethlehem, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Vice President Buzzard said the union will trace every coal car and call out workers if shipments continue. Operators in Kanawha argued the wage pact does not govern coal marketing, while miners face a $2.2 daily fine for illegal strikes. Four WV mines owned by Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube were idle, involving about 2,800 workers, after a Sunday strike call by UMWA president John L. Lewis.
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers
William Blizzard
Mine Workers’ District No. 17
Republic
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Buzzard
Kennedy
Duncan C. Kennedy
Kanawha Operators’ Association
Washington
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
John L. Lewis
UMWA
CIO
Blizzard
Drowned Youth Identified After Kanawha River Fatality
The body of 18 year old Richard Sage of Fort HHL was found after drowning in the Kanawha River near Splesh Beach. Police identified him using a blue shirt with the initials R I 31 and a laundry mark. family details and location suggest he lived nearby. further confirmation to be made.
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Kanawha River
Richard Sage
Fort Hhl
Abot
Kanawha
Splesh Beach
Sagelet
Mie
Robert Sage
Standard Statistics, Inc
Walter Martens
Steel Officials Cool Toward FDR Views
Johnstown, Pa. June 15. Republic Steel officials reacted coolly to President Roosevelt's call for a verbal collective bargaining contract to be written. They questioned aligning with a leader who they say clubs neighbors and breaks contracts. The company spokesman, after Roosevelt's intervention, declined further comment.
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Johnstown
Roosevelt
America
Republic
Thomas Girdler
Republic Steel
Wreck on Pennsylvanian railroad after strike action
A railroad track section near Warren Ohio and Niles was bombed after a freight car shift into the Republic Steel plant. Police armed guards blocked further damage as a temporary injunction barred strike pickets from the railroad rights of way. A search warrant in Youngstown sought machine guns at Republic plants. none were found.
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Warden
Mariie
Pennsylvania
Republic Steel
Warren
Niles
Repulite
Planta
John Lewis
Ponietlice
Youngstown
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Republic
Ralph Elser
Common Pleas
Lynn B. Griffith
Nis
Disguised Officers Launch Traffic Violation Drive
Chief W A Tully announced an intensive traffic enforcement push using plain clothes officers. Yesterday, unlabeled cars and civilian attire helped officers nab at least twelve motorists running red lights at multiple intersections. The plan aims to continue until red light running stops.
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W. A. Tully
Agiad
Tully
Mass fainting of 70 girl workers mystifies doctors
In Lille France seventy young female workers at a sugar refinery fainted in a second mass swoon within five days. Doctors attributed the episodes to auto-suggestion amid heat and fatigue, while gas fears persisted from earlier incidents. The plant remained in operation as authorities and medical staff investigated.
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Lille
France
le Clerc
Mmedical
FDR Backed by Trade Demands in Steel Dispute
Washington June 16 President Roosevelt urged independent steel firms to sign wage and hour contracts with striking workers while signaling hope for a peaceful settlement. He aligned with John L Lewis on written agreements, noted no wage/hour dispute, and discussed the CIO stance. Republic Steel sued Postmaster General Farley over mail handling for strike plants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organizaon
Lewh
CIO Fa
Republic Steel Coreporation
Federal
Farley
Pbatithe
Ohio
Steel Company
Ruston
Republica Steel Atrike
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Post Office Department
Republic Steel
de Pariment
Republicaust
Carl Crowley
Hottman CA
Michigan
Lewis
Labor Relations Board
Sen. Wagner
New York
Land clash pits CIO followers against AFL in Ambridge
In Ambridge Pennsylvania on June 15 more than 500 men and women clashed in a hand to hand fight as CIO followers of John L. Lewis faced AFL adherents attempting to reopen a strike closed plant. Tear gas shells dispersed the crowd after 20 people were beaten and one stabbed. Fifty marchers withdrew to work as Burgess Caul threatened riot charges against out of town participants. Police chief ONeill and three patrolmen resigned.
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Ambridge
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Burgess P. J. Caul
Lecizia Protects
Burgess
Richard O'Neill
United Electrical and Radio Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Interna~tione
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