Merchant Ship Plan Mapped by U S Maritime Commission
Washington June 19 The U S Maritime Commission outlined plans for a bold ten year program to build 500 modern merchant vessels costing about 1 25 billion funded by a liberalized ship subsidy law awaiting President Roosevelts signature The plan aims to attract private capital and includes reducing down payments and converting ships to naval use if needed The commission expects 300 ships as a minimum and already has 33 contracts including 12 tankers with more to come The effort also plans to convert three Panama Pacific Line liners into luxury services beginning Sept 1 to support a larger American flagged fleet to boost commerce and reduce reliance on foreign ships
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Washington
INS
U. S. Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
WIM
Come Mission
H. A. Wiley
International News Service
Admiral Wey
Commission
Virginia
Pennsylvania
California
Congress
May Lagoch Camps
Emory 5
Land. Commission
John and Anne Seek Privacy on Island
John and Anne arrived by boat seeking privacy on their island retreat. They appeared fatigued from the drive and offered few details about future plans as they spoke briefly and declined further comment.
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John
Anne
Presidents House
Ground Based Anti Aircraft Guns Dominate Air Defense
Modern anti aircraft guns batter bombers as range finders directors and centralized control improve accuracy. Eyewitness notes from Salamanca Singapore and Panama show gaps in equipment with Britain and America lacking high range systems. Ground based defenses defend civilians and deter air raids despite concealment and modest crews.
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America
England
London Daily Express
Franco
Baracolonia
Salamanca
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
Hona- Julu
Panama Canal
Spending Aims Outlined By Five U S Agents
Brig. Gen. Jet J. Kingman acting chief of army engineers described projects intended to aid transportation of commodities benefiting agriculture and industry. He noted that about 75 percent of expenditures would go directly or indirectly into payrolls, aiding labor.
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Jet J. Kingman
Army Engineers
Obituary notices from a West Virginia paper
Obituaries list Carroll B McClung 48 of Rupert and Hartford relatives. two other deaths include Ethel M Hoskins 53 and Virginia Mullins 2. services set at Reager Huntington Bartlett St Albans and local chapels. multiple survivors and funeral homes named. entries note veterans, workers, and family ties across Rupert.
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Carroll
McClung
Armor Park
South Charleston
Clarksburg
Wiliams Distributing Company
Rupert
Ruth Urwin McClung
L. E. McClung
Keith McClung
Hart~ford
Ethel M. Hoskins
Reager
Huntington
Teays Hill
St. Albans
Josephine Dartidy
Josephine Daniels
Waller Morrison
D. C. Shawver
Dixix
Angela Shott
Dunbar
Flora Daniels
Charleston
Evan Danels
McKee
President Guards Take Unusual Precautions in New York
The president was escorted by automobile to Hyde Park with strict security on bridges. Police opened packages for pedestrians and set special details on all major bridges. Coast guard and police vessels patrolled waters while a yacht near Manhattan was tracked by authorities amid wedding coverage of John and Anne Lindsay Clark in Nahant.
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Hyde Park
Hell Gate
Triborough
Queensboro
Williamsburgh
Manhattan
Brooklyn
George Washington
Col. Starling
U. S. Secret Service
City Island
Execution Light
Manhattan Island
Coast Guard
Jobn
Anne Lindsay Clark
Nahant
Mass
Potomac
Buzzards Bay
60 Feared Dead in Wreck of Crack Passenger Train
The Milwaukee road train from Chicago to Spokane plunged into Custer Creek near Saugus after a center span failed. Victims included crew member Frank Merrifield and engineer H. E. McCoy, with passengers like Mrs. Josephine French and Juanita Bailey among the injured or dead. Rescue crews freed survivors as officials marshalled aid at Miles City.
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Frank Merrifield
Miles City
H. E. McCoy
Joseph Morberg
Aberdeen
S. D
Charles James
Josephine French
Lennon
LeRoy Bailey
Billings
Mont
Juanita Bailey
Milton Leer
Hellinger
Saugus
Ger
Custer
Nect Bridge
Chicago
Spokane
Tacoma
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ellis Lunz
Dawson
Minn
Bridenstein
Br. Bridenstein
Custer Creek
Sifzly
Holy Rosary Hospital
Milwaukee Road
One of Worst In Rail History
Chicago dispatch recalls Vodas wreck of the Olympian near Miles City and Mott as among the worst American rail disasters. The survey lists incidents from 1906 to 1928, including Woodville Indiana 1906 and Nashville Tenn. 1921, with multiple railroads and places cited in a bleak roll of fatal crashes.
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Chicago
INS— Vodas
Custer Creek
Miles City
Mott
Woodville
Ind
Dawson
Rock Island
Halland
Kan
Marquette
Salem
Mich
Kansas “City
Tipton Ford
New York
Nashville
Chatisnoora
St. Louis
Tenn
Michigan Central
Poreter
Sulephur Springs
Lockett
Mackella- Wye
Lan Town
Ozanie Blasts United Miners Over West Virginia Labor Fight
Ozanie, addressing a West Virginia audience from an improvised platform, denounces the United Mine Workers and blames them for suppressing miners' rights. He attacks John J. Lewis and Blizzard, questions leadership legitimacy, and calls for a public debate on the West Virginia union split amid AFL international ties.
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No. 17
West Virginia
American Federation of Labor International
United Mine Workers
Keystone
John J. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
Bligrar
Eskdale
Lewis
Teror
St Virginia
Blizzard
Calloe
Nulter
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers Provisionals
Irne
Ler
Buggard
Bittner
Bailaril
jCharleston
UM. W
Ozank
Washington
William Greel
American Federation of Labor
Chinese Air and River Events In Second Sino Japanese War
Chinese aviators sink four Japanese vessels and force retreat as floods along the Yangtze hinder both sides. Chinese forces under Gen Liu Ju Min hold Tsienshan while refugees flood across the watershed north of Hankow. Soviet envoy Orelsky leaves Hankow for Moscow amid war coverage.
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Chengchow
Lunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Liu Ju-Min
Chowkinkew
Yellow River
Peiping-Hankew
Kailu
Nanking
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Hankow
Tsienshan
Tapieshan
Yangtze River
Wuhu
Ivan Lougonets Orelsky
Moscow
Chinas
Chiang
Henan
U.S. Studies Possible Deflation of Dollar
U.S. Treasury weighs a 13 percent dollar devaluation via a tripartite deal with Britain and France to inflate the dollar against their currencies by five percent. The plan aims to boost international trade and U.S. purchasing power, with coordination among Allied powers and approval sought from Britain and France. A separate note mentions a rally of three wheel automobiles in Johannesburg.
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Roosevelt
France
Britain
America
U. S
Johannesburg
South Africa
Upturn seen in steel industry as demand rises
Cleveland June 19. The steel magazine Steel reports signs of a fall upturn in the steel industry. A slight rise in operating rate, firmer scrap prices, and low inventories suggest immediate consumption. Buying for 1939 auto models may start soon as national capacity usage climbs. Regional gains and few declines are listed across major markets.
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Cleveland
Steel Sald
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Detroit
Youngstown
Wheeling
Chicago
Birmingham
New England
St Louis
Editors of 40 States Assemble at Resort
The gathering opens with Gov Holt set to welcome delegates at the first business session. W Guy Tellick and W R Keyser prepare welcome addresses while Edwin Abels will respond. Round table talks will discuss streamlining newspaper makeup and advertising. editors plan to attend Greenbrier county’s 160th anniversary celebration in Lewisburg tomorrow evening.
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Beth Baldridge
Iowa
George Dolliver
Michigan
Pritchard
Holt
W. Guy Tellick
Clarksburg
West Virginia Publishers Association
W. R. Keyser
Welch
State Newspaper Council
Edwin Abels
Lawrence
Ken
Directo
Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
First public mine demo for editors in Pocahontas Va
Bluefield June 1 report on the world’s first public demonstration coal mine opened near Pocahontas Virginia for the National Editorial Association. Visitors will ride a waterbound road through a 400foot segment of a working seam showing cutting blasting loading and modern mining practices with rooms simulating operations.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas
White Sulphur Springs
German Jew Baiters Rest Over Sunday
A mob painted a large red six pointed star and daubed Jude on storefront windows. About 20 pedestrians watched in silence as Aryan symbols appeared on a drugstore display. Shouts and questions marked a tense march along a famous avenue with varied languages heard from onlookers.
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Salar
Aryatr
Tallsman
Possersbuy
Passengers See Wreck at Dawn
Dan Kelly of Butte, vice president of Anaconda Copper, called the Olympian wreck “tragic” as dawn revealed the flood wreckage on Custer Creek. Dr. Thorsdale of Seattle and Misses Drew and Soldenski described the scene of death, with many bodies still at windows as the cresting water swept the cars and passengers to tragedy.
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Miles City
Mont
Dan Kelly
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Kelly
Custer Creek
Chicago
Seattle
R.als Thorsdale
Wash
Atetle Drew
Esther Soldenski
Detroit
Alaska
Miss Drew
Beckley Centenary Services and Parade Highlight City History
Beckley prepares for a centenary celebration with a mass vesper at the athletic field possibly postponed, and a parade and pageant recounting Beckley’s 1938 founding by General Alfred Beckley. Miss Betty Morgan, descendant of the Confederate general, will crown the queen with Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows presiding. The coronation ball follows, and the pageant repeats Tuesday with Gov. Hall as guest and speaker as visitors from the National Editorial Association tour Beckley.
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Arede
Mountain City
Alfred Beckley
Betty Morgan
Virginia Miliia
Clarence W. Meadows
National Editorial Association
Bluet~field
Beckley
Queen Y
State Druggists Meeting Here Today
State Druggists meet locally with Arch Krieg former association president and Lewisburg president elect J Lester Kayman Morgantown secretary. Delegates include Frank B Kirkby Abbot Laboratories Chicago O J McClure Chicago Fred McBarlin Clarksburg H A Goody Soouts Bluefield. Wives receive special entertainment including a luncheon and tea. Income tax collectors of England are to be paid for working spare time.
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Gram
Arch Krieg
Association
1W. S
England
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