Safety Bike Parade Draws Kanawha Valley Youths in Charleston
Two hundred or more boys and girls from Kanawha Valley will ride in a safety oriented parade through Charleston today at 2 30 p m The event sponsored by Montgomery Ward and The Gazette will assemble at 1 30 p m and proceed along a downtown route led by the South Charleston high school band Awards include a candid camera tennis racket and other equipment Hot dogs and drinks are provided and after the parade participants will attend a double feature at the Kearse theater The lead organizers include Mayor Dawson Supt C C Tallman Irish Garrity and H L Paxton
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Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Dawson
Supt. C. C. Tallman
State Police
Irish Garrity
H. L. Paxton
Montgomery Ward
The
Gazette
Summers Street
Virginia
Capitol
Lee
Broad
Quarrier
Washington
South Charleston High School
A. E. Raspillaire
Armor and Company
Sterling Lunch
Coca Cola
Kearse Theater
Peter Lorre
Mr. Moto
Buck Jones
Helen Twelvetrees
Attack on Rigid WPA Restrictions Continues
The article reports on ongoing attacks on strict WPA limits, noting a $900,000 provision and opposition to irrigation projects. Harrington criticizes administration difficulty and urges Roosevelt and NYA head Aubrey Williams to push Congress for faster action amid fund exhaustion concerns. Williams seeks NYA budget growth in meetings with lawmakers.
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Harrington
Roosevelt
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Work Hall
Navy Probing Report of Jewish Prejudice
Naval authorities said they opened a full investigation into reports of prejudice at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. The case concerns cadet Jay Einstein who was allegedly advised to change his Jewish surname to avoid harming a navy career. No evidence has yet substantiated the claim, according to aides to Rear Admiral Wilson Brown.
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INS
Naval
Naval Academy
Jay Einstein
Wilson Brown
Academy
Brown
Trial of 3 Musica Brothers Postponed
The three Musica brothers George Arthur and Robert with others face charges over the McKesson Robbins looting. Their federal court trial was postponed to September 20. The case follows the death of their brother Philip Musica also known as F Donald Caster.
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New York
INS
Musica Brothers
George
Arthur
Robert
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Philip Musica
F. Donald Caster
Young G. O. P. League Moves to Wheeling
State headquarters of the West Virginia Young Republican league will relocate from Charleston to Wheeling next Monday. Russell G. Nesbitt, the league president, announced the move after the executive committee approved the plan at a Parkersburg meeting. The group aims to add 100 new clubs and 5,006 members by September 1.
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Wheeling
West Virginia Young Republican League
Charleston
Russell G. Nesbitt
Parkersburg
Nesbitt
Aquacade at World’s Fair Shows Water Ballet Neon
The aquacade blends mermaids and musical comedy at the New York World’s Fair. A naval chorus of 120 Aquabelles swims in rhythm with an orchestra while Johnny Weissmuller and Eleanor Holm show speed strokes. Desjardins and Wayne perform Olympic dives as AAU titleholders join the chorus in otter-like display.
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Naval Chorus
Johnny Weissmuller
Eleanor Holm
Pete Desjardins
Marshall Wayne
Negro House Ignores Veto by Governor
The Negro Boys State house of delegates passed a bill over Gov. Leon Sullivan accused veto to prevent a governor from being elected from the same county in two consecutive years. Garnet high school student spoke to the joint session accusing politicians of tampering with the legislature. Gov. Holt will address about 75 youths at the American Legion school in government tonight at Institute. The citizens will tour the state capitol this morning.
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Leon Sullivan
House of Delegates
Garnet
Holt
American Legion
Institute
80 Cents Per $10,000 Paid on Foreign Debts
Washington reports the semi annual wartime debt payment period closing with 80 cents received for each 190 dollars due. Finland paid in full totaling $160,693 while Hungary paid $9,828 on account. The June 15 total due including back years was $2,269,733,861 with receipts of $176,521.
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Washington
Finland
Hungary
Coast Lobbies Amaze Former Congressman
Former congressman Byron Scott, now secretary of the California highway commission, says Sacramento lobby activity dwarfs Washington. He recalls the assembly clearing the floor of lobbyists to accommodate Melvyn Cronin, and half the members spilling outside to view the lobbyists.
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Los Angeles
INS
Washington, D. C
Byron Scott
California
Sacramento
Long Beach
Assembly
Melvyn Cronin
San Francisco
Scott
California Highway Commission
Soviet Is Cool To British Plan
Soviet Foreign Office circles described as not wholly favorable the results of a two hour conference where British and French envoys outlined new plans for a mutual assistance pact. Tass quoted Moscow officials saying the Anglo French formulations were not wholly favorable. No details were released on Paris London proposals brought by Strang to Molotov.
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Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Paul Emil Naggiar
William Leeds
William Strang
Eeting Tass
Peoples’ Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Paris
London
Strang
11 700 Miners Idle Across Three-State Region
John L. Lewis announced that 11 700 United Mine Workers members in Kentucky West Virginia and Alabama remain idle awaiting settlement of union demands for a union shop contract. The UMWA executive board received reports detailing areas where bituminous producers have not yet agreed to contract terms.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Kentucky
West Virginia
Alabama
Lewis
Labor Act Changes Out This Session
Washington June 15 The House Labor Committee chair Mary Norton of New Jersey said efforts to revise the national labor relations act this session were abandoned. Hearings will continue with aim for action next January while revision advocates press for a congressional investigation into the labor board. Four gold snuff boxes presented to John Foster, early Irish speaker, sold in London for 2380 dollars.
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Washington
INS
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
House
Senate Labor Committees
John Foster
House of Commons
London
Japs Club American Doctor and Two Britons in Tientsin
In Tientsin Japanese sentries beat American surgeon Dr Roy Hech and two Britons Ivor House and Thomas Cameron. Hech was struck for refusing to move to the end of a queue at the French concession. House protested the mistreatment of British women and was beaten. Cameron was slapped when seeking entry to the British concession.
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London
Tientsin
North China City
London Daily Express
Roy Hech
Ivor House
Thomas Cameron
Russian Composer Sam Pokrass Dies at 45 in Roosevelt Hospital
Russian composer Sam Pokrass, who wrote music for films including My Lucky Star and Rose of Washington Square, died after a heart attack suffered at Lake Mohegan. He was taken Wednesday to Roosevelt Hospital. He was 45. His popular works included My Best Wishes and A Gypsy Told Me.
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New York
Sam Pokrass
Washington Square
Roosevelt Hospital
Lake Mohegan
Only One Alaskan Volcano Still Erupting
JUNEAU Alaska June 15 The motorship Fern reported Mount Veniamin still erupting with ashes falling on its deck 35 miles offshore The sky darkened by ashes and visibility was about one mile The volcano has been erupting since May 25.
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Juneau
Alaska
INS
Fern
Nazi Photographers Granted Review by U S Court
The Fifth U S Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to review Hans Schackow aged 26 and Ernest Kuhrig aged 29, convicted in January of photographing fortified Panama canal areas and sentenced to two years hard labor. The court said the Panama canal zone is not bound by regular U S criminal appeals rules, warranting review.
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New Orleans
INS
Fifth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hans Schackow
Ernest Kuhrig
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone
U. S
Pineville votes three year debt levy approval
Pineville residents approved a three year special levy by 198 to 33 to fund a $6,000 street improvement debt. In the sole other issue the town voted to exclude a half mile of the Wyoming Pineville road from municipal limits.
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Pineville
Wyoming-Pineville
Bulgaria Bans Schoolgirls From Contests and Social Events
A decree by Bulgaria's Minister of Education Progf Bogdan Philoff forbids all secondary school girls from entering beauty contests or attending private social gatherings or tea dances. The policy targets youth conduct and social participation under state oversight.
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Bulgaria
Progf. Bogdan Philoff
Lions Convene for West Virginia Lions District Meeting
BECKLEY June 15 Three hundred Lions and their ladies gathered for the two day district convention with golf and a dinner headlined by former Judge G K Kump. District Gov Kennedy will present the annual report and Helen Keller will speak on Lions work for the blind. Carbis Walker of Winston-Salem will speak at the governor's banquet and officers are to be elected Saturday.
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Miss Keller
Lions Clubs
Carbis A. Walker
Winston-Salem
Lions Board of District Governors
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