Japanese Thrust Deepens in China War Crisis
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan pressing South China action with protests from Tatsuo Kawai, Canton consulate general, warning of possible armed intervention. South China forces, including Kwantung and Kwangsi troops, push into Hunan as Chiang Kai-shek consolidates forces in Changsha. Canton awaits response to Tokyo's second protest amid rumors of shifts in provincial loyalties and potential opium province aims.
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Shanghai
Japan
South China
Tatsuo Kawai
Canton
Tokyo
Kwantang
Kwangs
Central China
Nanking
Kwangsi
Hunan
Chiang Tg
Changsha
Kwangtung
Chiang
Siing
Chen Chi-Tang
Kwangsung
Fukien
Nanjing
Kweichow
Yunnan
China
Youngest Senator Skips Democratic Convention in Philadelphia
The youngest senator, Holt, declines to attend the Democratic convention in Philadelphia and contemplates whether to seek another Senate term. He notes he learned more about real government in the last year than in the previous 39, having been elected at age 22 and seated after his thirtieth birthday. He has not introduced bills but has spent time attacking state and national works progress administration while pressing for nationwide reforms.
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Philadelphia
Senate
Yann
Holt
Lewis
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Halt
Fis
Minton
Debris in Bronx Yields 16 Bodies
A Bronx debris disaster resulted in 16 dead and sent the case to the grand jury on Tuesday. Federal investigators pursued a parallel inquiry into possible racketeering links to the fatal cave-in. Separately, Ceara residents faced drought conditions forcing migration within Brazil.
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Bronx
Legislature Adopts Social Assistance Law Ends Session
The West Virginia legislature wraps a historic session with passage of a social assistance measure while debates over gas rate investigations and public service commission oversight played out. Delegates Wallace Shahan Kanawha led criticism, urging roll calls. the resolution was defeated 4 to 18 as senators adjourned sine die after confirming payroll and final messages to the governor.
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Wallace
Cabell
P Tate
Shahan
Wlikly Corporation
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Ullies
Randolpn
Kanawha
Amos
State Senate
House of Delegates
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Inn
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Mason
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Peltier
Price
Pelter
Butcher
Wand
West Virginia
Baldwin Tells Sanctions Stand
Baldwin asserts sanctions remain in place as he warns dictators’ ambitions risk another European war. He stresses pressures on governments and security measures while noting stalled or incomplete projects and economic strains amid tensions.
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Europe
74th Congress Adjourns After Hectic Session
The 74th Congress adjourned after a tense session as the Senate debated the coal bill to replace the Guffey act, with filibusters looming. Sen Holt warned of a long fight while Sen Guffey defended the measure amid opposition from Sen Vandenberg and supporters led by John L. Lewis.
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Board of Tax Appeals
Hill
Senate
Supreme Court
Sen
Holt
D. W. Vad
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United Mine Workers Union
Frazier
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Frazier-Lemke
House
Guffey
Guffey CD
Pat Caeauthor
Sen. Vandenberg
R. Mich
Ie Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mellon
Consolidated Coal Company
Rockefellers
Washington
D. W. Va
DB. Pa
Coal Commission
United Mine Workers
Helt
John
Halt
Aimid Ait
Tourament
Congress
Treasury Post
Office
Byrd Yad
Hoe
Virginian
Gerry JR
Treasery
Hastings RB
Del
Treasury
Senate House
LaFollette P
Wis
Byrdwold
LaFellette
Mrs. Roberts Injured In City Auto Crash
Mrs. Alice Rabe certs 69 was struck by a car late last night at Mary street and Bigley avenue. Police said driver W B Spangler of Ross street remained at the scene. She was reported in very serious condition at St Francis hospital with possible skull fracture and other injuries.
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Alice Rabecerts
Bigley Avenue
Mary Street
St. Francis Hospital
W. B. Spangler
Ross Street
Fred Copenhayer Injured in Fight at City Dump
Fred Copenhayer of Dunbar was stabbed during a fight at the city dump on Patrick Street yesterday. A knife severed an artery near his elbow. He was reported in favorable condition last night at Mountain State hospital after being taken there by Noble Long ambulance. Frydon Anderson faces felonious cutting charges.
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Fred Copenhaver
Dunbar
Patrick Street
Mountain State Hospital
Don Anderson
Lemke and Langer Enter North Dakota Campaign Race
North Dakota figures Lemke and Langer emerge as candidates with Lemke announcing a presidential bid under a new union party. He touts an August Cleveland convention and a plank on economic slavery. He plans talks with National Farmers Union leaders as he braces under heat and constant inquiries.
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Washington
Lemke
R. N. DJ
Union Party
Cleveland
Lincoln
Nelegates
E. H. Everson
St. Charles
National Farmers Union
Fd Kennedy
Kankakee
North Dakkotan
Woman and Two Children Slain in Toft Apartment
Police report a double murder suicide in Toft involving a young mother believed to have killed her two children with a hammer and knife, then killed herself after failing to end her own life. The landlord found the scene as investigators weighed motives and possible grand malady.
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Vave
Toft
Pelite
Hieband
Charles H. Young
Bebb
Janice
Tropical Storm Aims for Texas Coast Watch
A slow moving tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico heads toward the inner Texas coast prompting storm warnings from Corpus Christi to the Mexican border. The center was about 300 miles southeast of Corpus Christi moving northeast at up to 18 miles per hour with winds near 39 to 48 miles per hour. Forecasters expect increasing northerly winds tonight with higher gusts likely tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Corpus Christi
U. S. Weather Bureau
Balefoiea
Obituary notices from Sixth Street St Albans and area
Obituary items list Gellart Grogan last rites at 2:30 pm at residence with Rev J F Myers and Rev W C Harold officiating. Interment at Teays Hall cemetery. pallbearers named. Also infant Louise May Taylor dies at 9 days. services at Welford and burial in family cemetery. Fred C Kinder dies, services at Peytona home. burial in family cemetery. William Thomas Fiswick of Mammoth dies. rites at Mt Lewis Baptist Church. burial at Ward Remitters. William Alfred Burnette of Cannel, killed in mine accident. funeral at Carbondale Church. burial Montgomery Memorial Park. Virginia Gibson dies in Charleston hospital at 2. two-year-old daughter of Winth Gibson. William Bragg of Birchwood dies at Cage lesion hospital. survivors listed.
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Gellart Gropan
Sixth Street
St. Albans
J. F Myers
Ils
Albans
W. C. Harold Af Spencer
Bey Ty Teays Hall Cemetery
Hemer Hoke
Morris Hoke
William Wand
Webb Woodard
Baseitt
Vivialh McCnemick
Bey ‘Henry Ray
Homer Hawley
Leason Taylor
Davis
Recald Davis
William Woodard
Harold Hawley
Fred C. Kinder
Peytona
John Kinder
Mary Kinder
Wanda Kinder
Couche
Perry Kinder
Garrison
Wadley Pauonslure Funeral Home
Wlatesville
William T. Elswick
Walliam Thomas
Fiswick
Mammoth
Mt Lewis Baptist Curch
Snodgrass
Miswick
William A. Burnette
William Alfred Burnette
Cannel
Uwo
Carbondale Church
Lelane Smith
Mark Farren
Montgomery Memorial Park
Burnette
Cannelton
Kansas Editors Hear London On Roosevelt Policy Shift
Governor Landon and adviser Taft criticized Roosevelt administration deficits and fiscal policy in a public briefing. Taft warned the new third party could siphon votes from the New Dealers, while Landon planned a vigorous election campaign. Landon kept church plans private, citing personal religious matters.
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New Deal
Roosevelt
Washington
Ralph W. Rose
G Landon
iCharles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Hobey
Robey
Columbia
London
Community Drowning Tragedy Sparks Local Memorials
In West Lubec Maine on June 20 a lake disaster claimed twelve of twenty two children during a school outing at Lake Gardner East Machias. Funeral services and a village wide service are planned with Skipper William Lundin exonerated.
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Arrow
Lake Gardner
East Machias
Baptis
Daniel McCardy
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Tlue
William Lundin
Convention Strategies and Party Tensions Surface
Strategists mapped plans for the historic convention and presidential nomination. Farley conferred on threats to the third party ticket led by Rep William Lemke with Rev. Fr. Coughlin. Morgan said a campaign fund near 3 million dollars would back the Roosevelt Landon contest. Farley predicted Roosevelt Garner would be renominated. The Democratic committee readied for its first meeting to address contested Minnesota and Puerto Rico delegations. Former Gov Ely and others planned to abstain from the convention. A tentative platform was nearly completed for submission to the resolutions committee. Farley and Wagner predicted broad support despite the two thirds rule. Farley said every state is pivotal. Roosevelt’s name would be the only one presented, Garner’s too. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson received a public Democratic reception. Rotary hoes for rock work and Australian innovations cited. Scotland’s movement spreads.
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William Lemke
North Dakota
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Taft
London-Knox
Ohia
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Hamilton County
Fr. Coughlin
Cincinnati
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Landon
Executive Mansion
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Farley
Third
W. Forbes Morgan
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Garner
Minnesota
Puerto Rico
Joseph, B. Ely
Massachusetts
Ake &Walk
Alfred E. Smith
Eugene Talmadge
Grorgia
Henry Breckinridge
Rnosevelt
Charles West
Lisson Pide
White House
Congress
Sen. Wagner
New York
Resolutions Committee
Farlex
West
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Rawley
Talmadge
Woodrow Wilson
City Cops Play Fight Suspended by Chief
Patrolmen Fred Withrow and B J Camer engaged in a drunken streetcar altercation on Sum Street yesterday. Both were bruised with uniforms stained by blood. Patrolman B Little aided Comer off the car. The two officers were suspended by Chief W A Tully pending investigation until tomorrow morning.
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Fred Withrow
B. J. Camer
Sumstreet
B. Little
Comer
Little
Withrow
W. A. Tully
Charleston Policemen Attend State Police Convention
City officers J. E. Craign and V. Brown will travel to Fairmont today for a three day state convention of the Fraternal Order of Police. J. Edgar Hoover head of the bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice will speak to sheriffs at the concurrent West Virginia Sheriffs Association session.
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BE. Craign
A V. Brown
Fairmont
Fraternal Order of Police
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
West Virginia Sheriffs Association
Armored trucks smuggling art shocks Franco Belgian frontier
Paris reports smugglers use armored six ton trucks with solid tires and cowcatchers to break customs barriers on the Franco Belgian frontier. A truck reached Hondschoote at about 10 mph, tore through barriers, and outran frontier guards. Bullets failed to pierce tires. smugglers sprayed nails to hinder pursuers. Officials consider tank guns to counter this invention. The article also touches on court rulings in several counties about damages, royalties, and traffic injuries.
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Paris
Hondschoote
Frontier Guards
Riots on Paris Champs Elysees Amid Left Right Tensions
Paris on June 20 saw clashes on the Champs Elysees as 34 Croix de Feu members confronted Communist and Leftist sympathizers. Police dispersed the rioters while Croix de Feu leaders urged calm after the government ordered dissolution of the rightist group. Leftists accuse the movement of plotting a coup as Premier Leon Blum’s cabinet acts to curb extremism.
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Chams Elysees
Yernment
Croix de Feu
Com+munista
Leon Blum
Francois de la Roque
League
de la Roque
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