Striking Red Sailors Retake Ships in France
Mutinous sailors disrupted shipping in Marseilles prompting government probes. Deputy Andre Daher reported strike leaders sent wireless calls to vessels not bound for Marseilles to enter the port. The steamer Andre Lebon altered course under orders from the mutineers and Marseilles sailors paused to discuss a settlement secured by the marine ministry.
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Marseilles
Paris
Andre Lebon
Daher
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Ministry of Marine
Tots Drink Poison Death Shocks Evansville Family
In Evansville Indiana on June 25 five siblings tried a pretend tea party using a bottle of green liquid diluted with water. One seven year old Norma Maxine Sepro died in hospital and four other children aged 13, nine, five, and 20 months were critically ill. Father Emmett Sepro works as a coal miner at Yankeetown. Doctors say the liquid was poison used to color the water. The tragedy leaves the four surviving children gravely ill and uncertain outcomes.
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Emmett Sepro
Yankeetown
Sepro
Dorothy
Stephen
Cora Bell
William
Striker Demands Lead to Flat Rejection in France
Reading of the proposed agreement to the assembled strikers drew a flat rejection. Some ship owners likewise condemned the settlement. Socialist Premier Leon Blum met with presidents of French chambers of commerce, who warned that business was threatened with collapse. About 281,000 workers remained on strike across France as 400 plant workers at a Saint Denis turbine factory walked out, guarded by mobile detachments.
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Leon Blum
French Chambers of Commerce
France
Saint Denis
France Approves Nationalization of War Industries and Public Works
The Blum cabinet in Paris approved a project law nationalizing France’s large war industries and sought parliamentary credits to double military pay and rations. It also authorized a 1,000,000 franc loan to fund the Olympic team for Berlin and 800,000 francs for the Peoples Olympics in Barcelona, while Bank of France data showed gold reserves fell and coverage dropped. The bank cut rediscount rate from five to four percent to lure back fugitively moved capital.
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Blum
Berlin
Barcelona
Bank of France
Ing
Bank of France Today
Democrats End Ancient Rule Ends in Abolishing Two-Thirds Rule
A Democratic convention action replaces the long standing two thirds rule with a new reapportionment plan. Delegates across 36 states and territories supported abolishing the rule, while 12 states including Alabama and Texas voted to retain it. The party leadership pledged study and a phased system before the next convention.
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Georgia
Bowman Strong
Dixie
Sen
Clark
Millard Tydings
Maryland
W. W Hastings
Oklahoma
Howard Bruce
Tydings
Bruce
National Committee
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Calorade
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Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Mexico
South Carolina
Thin
Nessee
Texas
Virginia
New York
J. Herman Bennett
West Virginia
Stands Collapse Injures Crowd at Convention Week Parade
In Philadelphia on June 25 a section of 25th to 24th street stands on the parkway gave way during Mardi Gras parade crowds. Police counted 25 to 50 hurt with two serious. The collapse, amid a mass of about 25,000 spectators, sent panicked attendees toward City Hall to Fairmount Park. First aid stations treated the injured nearby as police cleared the area.
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Philadelphia
Parkway
Ous
City First Add
Riotous Start to Al Smith Rally Sparks Gallery Brawl
Young Al Smith supporters caused an uproar at a convention hall as banners waved and cheers rang out. Spectators and delegates clashed with fists and walking sticks while police cleared the gallery and searched attendees for weapons. One man was knocked unconscious during the melee.
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al Smith
Bowd
Robinson
Sen. Robinson
Disorder at Al Smith rally disrupts convention scene
Spectators clashed as an Al Smith group was escorted from the hall by police. One unconscious person was carried to an ambulance as the disturbance ended in about five minutes. Senator Robinson kept the convention going with a new speaker to calm the 12,000 onlookers.
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al Smith
Robinson
West Virginia Delegates Gather for Governor Kump Convention
Gov Kump and party visitors join a Charleston rally as the convention opens. J Patrick Beacom leads delegates to the hall, Alben Barkley presides, and a gavel loaned from Frank Maloney sparks the ceremony. Huntington figures as proxy for Hogg and Fitzpatrick while C B Haldeman of Concordia promotes a presidential cane candidacy. Revisions note Sweden autos up 9 percent over 1935.
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United States
Scarf's Indian River Tonic Recovers Nervous Mother and Children
Mrs Thurl Morgan of Knoxville Tennessee credits Scarf's Indian River Tonic with curing her nervous breakdown and helping her children recover from whooping cough. She reports rapid sleep improvement and weight gain in her family after starting the tonic. Available for one dollar per bottle at drug stores or from Indian River Medicine Co LaFoliette Tennessee.
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Scalf
Scarf
Bold Action Favored by Writer for Party Unity
A columnist argues that bold action by the Democratic party is needed to counter checks by the supreme court on Congress. He cites labor gains at stake and recalls a baseball anecdote about revenge to illustrate restraint versus dramatic gestures. He predicts the convention should empower real change rather than rhetoric.
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Barkley and Robinson
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Congress
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