War Scare Grows as Ships Race to Spain
London Telegraph reports President Roosevelt advised Dodd to aid Britain and France in averting hasty German Italian action. Britain and France rush warships to Spain’s east coast to detain any Italo German blockade. Anglo French patrols and naval maneuvers escalate as crisis deepens with German Italian naval posturing.
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Wiliam Hillman
Universal Service London
Europe
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William E. Dodd
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Italy
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Berlin
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Renee
Mussolini
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Cher
Bold Naval Move Against Soviet Talked
Berlin reports Hitler and Mussolini authorized a bold naval plan to halt arma shipments from Soviet Russia to the Spanish government. The dictators, facing British and French ire, consider an early meeting to map concerted action. Hitler left Berlin for a secret destination amid rumors of a Berchtesgaden conference that could decide Europe’s fate.
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Hitler
Mussollel
Arma
Soviet
Russia
Reichnfuehrer
Mk Duce
Europe
Berchtesgaden
Burton Crew Reelected Recorder in Ripley Among Five Councilmen
In Ripley on June 4, Burton Crew, Citizens party nominee, was reelected recorder amid a party that has held power since 1922. Economy party mayoralty nominee Dr. C Royal Revel was unopposed for reelection. Five councilmen were reelected: B. H. Armsstrong, Ti. H. Castruh, 2. B. Hyre, E. J. Hitaats, and Oshel C. Staats.
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Canzette
Sipley
Burton Crew
Citizens Party Nominer
Dr. C. Royal Revel
Economy Party
Ti. H. Castruh
B. Hyre
E. J. Hitaats
Oshel C. ‘Staats
Millionaires named by Treasury as using holding companies
Washington June 24 Sixty millionaires were named by the treasury as using personal holding companies to dodge federal taxes. Names of over 100 PHCs were listed to the joint house senate committees. Among the prominent names cited were the Du Ponts Mellons Fishers Lamonts Scripps Rupbert and others. The practice is legal, according to Commissioner Helvering.
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Mellons
U. S. Treasury
Compuries
Washington
The
Treasury
House-Senate
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Helvering
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Fishers
Lamonts
Scrippay
Beckner Faces Gallows After Appeals Fail
Willie Beckner, 23, of Frog Creek, is to die for the ambush slaying of Cy Page, a Sissonville farmer. Relatives will view him before his transfer to the gallows at Moundsville as Gov. Holt and the Supreme Court rejected appeals and mental exams found no psychosis. His brother Richard and sister Mia, both of Charleston, will accompany the family to the penitentiary and mortuary arrangements follow at Johnson-Cunningham in Moundsville.
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Moundsville
Frog Creek Farm
Cy Page
Sissonville
Supreme Court
Ti Thalty
Holt
Richard Beckner
Mia
Archie Casto
Charleston
sMoundsville
C. Fy McClintle
Beckner
Johnson-Cunningham
S. Callett Lidepage
Kanawha Intermediate Court
Hoy
Poca
Kump
Gov. Holt
Trusty Tallman Named State Police Superintendent
Gov Holt named Charles Cameron Trusty Tallman head of the state police. The West Virginia University football coach, 37, will take office next week, succeeding Col. P. F. D. Shingleton who left in March to direct personnel and safety for Atlantic Greyhound Lines.
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Holt
Charles Cameron
Trusty
West Virginia University
Bouss
University
Appelp
Tallman
PF. D. Shingleton
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
H. N. Rex
Crime Tour Killer Sentenced to Die
Lester Brockelhurst a 23 year old former Sunday school teacher who conducted a crime tour in 16 states was found guilty and sentenced to death by electric chair for the murder of Victor A Gaten of Little Rock Ark He collapsed from the chair when the jury announced a verdict after 22 minutes of deliberation Bernice Felton of Rockford Illinois identified as the companion during the crime tour was present as Circuit Court Judge William Waggoner pronounced the sentence
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Lonoke
Ark
Lester Brockelhurst
Victor A. Gaten
Little Rock
Brockethurst
Bernice Felton
Rockford
Galesburg
William VW. Waggoner
Public Service Commission Third Term For Nethken
C EO Nethken of Mineral county is reappointed to the state public service commission for a third consecutive term ending May 5. Announcement by Gov. Holt is pending. Nethken, senior member since first appointment in 1925, was prepared to begin a new term on June 7.
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C. EO Nethken
Mineral County
State Public Service Commission
Holt
Nethken
Pew Commission
Public Service Commission
Gov. Gore
Gov. Conley
Attack Denied By Magdalene figure on trial
Delight Jewett claimed she was chosen as the mother of a new redeemer. Mrs. Agnew Gardner, the aging “Mary Magdalene” of Father Divine, and Jatin Wuest Hunt, with two other followers, face federal charges over allegedly transporting a 12 year old girl from Denver to Heverly Hills for immoral purposes. Jowett testified that Hunt, a self-styled Revelator, claimed a vision of a modern Virgin Mary and the birth of a new redeemer and that he was intimate with her on several occasions.
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Los Angeles
Delight Jewett
Agnew Gardner
Mary Magdalene
Father Divine
West Coast
Flaming Grasshopper Wreaks Vengeance Two Boys Hospitalized
In Council Bluffs Iowa a flaming grasshopper caused injuries to two boys, Walter Rude nine and Clifford Snipes eight. They tried to ignite the grasshopper with gasoline causing burns that sent Walter to a hospital while Clifford returned home. authorities described the incident as accidental and the grasshopper alight due to the boys striking it with a match.
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Council-Bluffs
Ita
Walter Rude
Clifford Snipes
Waller
Clifford
Walter
Augustine Grant
Girdler Demands Law Backing for CIO Contract Stand
Senate testimony by Tom Girdler of Republic Steel rejects any CIO contract unless law and Supreme Court approval compel. he brands the CIO as irresponsible and racketeering, while media and lawmakers press for written terms amid midwest steel strike tensions.
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Dans
Tom Girdler
Senate
Supreme Court
Republic Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
Sen. Guffey
PD. Fa
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Girdler
Murray
Ben
Guffey
Steel Executives Walk Out Of Final Conference With U S Mediator
Steel executives quit the final conference with President Roosevelt s federal mediation board in Cleveland as CIO leaders signaled willingness for the president to arbitrate the seven state steel strike. Gov Davey ordered measures to protect returning workers and keep peace amid tension in Johnstown and Warren before 7 p m reopening plans.
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Columbus
Martin IL. Davey
Emil Marz
Federal Mediation Board
Associated Press
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Roosevelt
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George H. Earle
al Law
Morrow
Johnstown Mills
Secretary of
Frances Perkins
James Mark
CIO
Bethlehem Steel
Big Cambria
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
Mahonging
Warren
John L. Lewis
Repub
Bethlehem, Inland, Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Great Lakes
Little Steel
C.iq
US Heat Wave Swelters Across Regions
Chicago and national weather reports describe an extensive heat wave moving east from the western prairies with many locations hitting or surpassing 100 F. Oklahoma sees 105 F and 104 F in Lawson, while Illinois cites 98 F in Davenport and Ottawa. Lake Michigan warms to 63 F as deaths rise to seven in Oklahoma. Forecasters expect a notable temperature drop tomorrow.
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Attison
Texas
Oklahoma
Holltz
Lawson
Fonca City
el Reno
Springfield
Kewanee
Milt
Davenport
Iowa
Ottawa
St. Louis
Centralia
Lake Michigan
Conservatism Praised at FDIC Convention Meeting
At the West Virginia Bankers Association and Virginia group joint session in Sulphur Springs on June 24, officials praised the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for prudent chartering restraint. Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank President Philip A Benson warned against excessive bank creation and urged careful adherence to sound chartering practices. Ernest G Oley of Bluefield delivered the annual message, urging restraint and caution in banking expansions.
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White
Sulphur Springs
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
West Virginia Bankers Association
Virginia Group
Philip A. Benson
Brooklyn
N. C
Dime Savings Bank
FDIC
Ernest G. Oley
Bluefield
Bia
West Virginia Association
Highway Force to Feel Effects of Paring Knife
The revised road law will remove county road supervisors on July 1 and likely trim district engineers. Some transfers and office changes may occur in Wilson street and the capitol, with political factors delaying full implementation. Rozd Commissioner Burry Simpson pursues changes as committees push for political and professional balance.
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State Road Commission
Wilson Street
Gineering
Capitol
Rozd
Burry H. Simpson
Cod
Simpson
Mountain Woman Held in Slaying Case in Paintsville
Paintsville Kentucky June 4 Mr Wilson Jennings and Mrs Jennings a Naspatack West Virginia resident face indictments for the 1932 Paintsville National Bank clerk Robert Meade murder during a December robbery. Meade was found shot to death in his automobile. Jennings deny involvement and voiced uncertainty about the long-ago case.
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Wilson Jennings
West Virginia
Paints ‘Mra
Jennings
Naspatack
W. Va
Robert’ Meade
Paintsville National Bank
Meade
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