Japan workers endure industrial disasters in war production
Tokyo reports hundreds of lives lost as Japan speeds up munitions and coal mining to sustain the China war. Investigations cite worn machinery, unsafe acceleration, unskilled labor, rushed factory conversions, and lax discipline as key factors behind 379 accidents in 1938 and 200 in early 1939, with sabotage not confirmed.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Japan
China
Asters
No Job For Deaf At Grand Coulee Work Site
Creston Washington June 17. A WPA crew clearing a bed for the Grand Coulee dam lake rejects applicants who are hard of hearing. Workmen report killing an average of 30 rattlesnakes daily at the site.
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Creston
Wash
WPA
Grand Coulee Dam Lake
Trade Gains Are Reported in Key CitySurvey
Washington reports improved national business with a June survey of 36 cities. Construction payrolls rise, wholesale trade up, retail trade uneven due to rain, and crop prospects dampened. Industrial activity for the first half of June exceeds May, railway freight hits a yearly high, auto labor disputes settled boosting output, and steel ingot production climbs.
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Washington
INS
Commerce Department
Relief bill briefs 2 million WPA jobs and reforms
Washington reports the $1,735,000,000 relief bill would create an average of nearly 2,000,000 WPA jobs for the July to June year, replace the WPA administrator with a bipartisan board, set a monthly wage schedule, require 130 work hours monthly, and end the federal theater project. It also introduces new eligibility, oath requirements, and funding reallocations.
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Washington
WPA
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Nicest Man I Ever Arrested Jests At Traffic Fine
Policeman Walter T. Whiting testified before Municipal Judge Dennis O'Brien that Erin Stielow of Omaha was the nicest man he ever arrested. Stielow, driving 45 mph, exclaimed that he ought to go to jail. The judge suspended a $5 fine and five day license suspension.
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Omaha, Neb
Walter T. Whiting
Dennis O'Brien
Erin Stielow
Omaha
Stielow
O’brien
Crater Results as Youth Blasts His First Stump
In Tillamook Oregon Bruce Kellow plans to blast his first stump using dynamite. He asked his father for 19 sticks but was advised by Bruce senior to use 90 sticks to do a good job. The tale shows a youth attempting a large blasting task and the reaction of his father.
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Crater
Tillamook, Ore
Bruce Kellow
Kellow
Bruce
Broadway Hits Will Play Here in Charleston This Fall
Four Broadway hits will come to Charleston this fall and winter under Community Enterprises Inc. The plays include Golden Boy Hedda Gabler On Borrowed Time and What a Life. They will be staged at the new municipal auditorium with season tickets offered at varying sections and single admissions at a higher price if available.
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Charleston
Community Enterprises, Inc
Entertainment and Cultural Association
Partic
Ular
Harry Silverstein
Charleston Community Music Association
M. E. Grubb
Robert Holton Bull
F. M. Engle
Edward D. Dery
Clifford Odets
New York
Hedda Gabler
Henrick Ibsen
Eva le Galienne
Paul Osborn
Dwight Deer Wiman
Clifford Goldsmith
George Abbott
Municipal Auditorium
After World War I Land Boom Sparks New Housing
The excerpt notes extensive house building with 120 used in a crater as a symbol of scale. It states about one quarter of England’s population has moved to new homes since the war, highlighting a postwar housing surge.
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England
Hickman Reelected Gideons' President
J M Hickman of Charleston was reelected president of the West Virgin ia Gideons session in Clarksburg with 30 present. Vice presidents H A Dunbar E T Edmonds Jr H H McMullin and Mark C Kyle were reelected. J A Greenlee was chosen secretary treasurer and H L Bond was named chaplain. The auxili ary elected Miss L Olive Hamrick as president. Delegates will speak in local churches tomorrow.
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Clarksburg
J. M. Hickman
Charleston
West Virginia Gideons
H. A. Dunbar
E. T. Edmonds, Jr
Huntington
H. H. McMullin
Bluefield
Mark C. Kyle
Lewisburg
J. A. Greenlee
H. L. Bond
Wheeling
L. Olive Hamrick
Free booklet on stomach ulcers and gastric hyperacidity
An advertisement offers a free booklet on stomach ulcers caused by gastric hyper acidity and presents Von s pink tablets as a home treatment with no strict diet. It claims quick relief and endorsement by thousands, inviting readers to request the booklet and information on a guaranteed trial offer from Cleveland Von Co. at 1018 Old Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland von CO
Old Arcade
Cleveland
Ohio
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