Strike Threat Looms Over Five Steel Firms
Pittsburgh May 15 AP The threat of a strike over wages and contracts looms over five major independent steel operators Bethlehem Republic Youngstown Sheet and Tube Inland and Crucible Steel, employing 192000 of the nations 570000 steel workers. Union leaders declared a majority vote in a government supervised election at Jones and Laughlin and others could force a nationwide strike within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem
Republic
Youngstown Sher
Tube, Inland
Crucible Steel
John L. Lewis
Follip Murray
Tgishman
Scotland
United States Steel Corporatsn
Jones and Laughlin
Uator
Ono
Milla
Independenta
Youngstown Sheet — and Tube
Murray
Crucible Steel Company of America
Disease Feared In Flood Region in Fairbanks Alaska
In Fairbanks Alaska May 16 doctors prepare for general inoculation against typhoid for about 2100 residents as flood damage climbs and refugees watch subsiding rivers. Many homes and businesses remain waterlogged with several days needed before return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Chena
Tanaka
Fairbanke
Pope Near Relapse After Exhausting Duties
Pope Pius XI, 62, exhausted by demanding schedule at his summer villa, nears collapse. Dr. Amant Milani, the pontiff’s physician, administers restoratives and orders a restricted timetable to prevent another nervous breakdown following last winter’s episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Cartel
Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XI
Amant Milani
Milani
Six-year-old girl slain near Brookhaven New York
A six-year-old girl was murdered in a wooded area near Brookhaven Long Island while her four-year-old brother was seriously wounded. The boy described the attacker as a man named Jae or a woman and mentioned his mother attacking him with a baseball bat. Authorities sought a woman with two children seen nearby the day before. A bloodstained butcher knife was found near the girl. Police pursued leads, with the boy providing possible names Kiernan Keane or Keenan and noting "Mommy hit me" statements. The case remains under investigation with updates on Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
N. Y
Long Island
Patehogue Hospital
Jimmy
Kiernan
Keane
Keenan
Helen
James Padula
Suffolk County
May Savage
Warren Brady
East Pulchogue
Man Killed When Auto Plunged Into Creek
Cecil Alvin Lucas aged 21 of Livingston died about 4 oclock yesterday morning when an automobile driven by Bolles plunged over an embankment on Cabin Creek road half a mile below Decota. The car turned over in the creek. It was Kanawha counties seventeenth automobile fatality since January 1. Burial in Green Castle cemetery. Survived by widow Mrs. Lucas. Funeral set for 2 pm tomorrow at residence. Body taken to G White and Company mortuary Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Alvin Lucas
Livingston
Bolles
Cabin Creek
Decota
Kanawha
of. G. White and Company
Montgomery
Green Castle Cemedy
Security Act Ruling Hints At Broad Welfare Reach
Government lawyers expect the Supreme Court to rule on the social security act's constitutionality tomorrow. The case challenges old age pensions and unemployment insurance and tests state unemployment laws against federal programs. Attitudes during hearings argued the act funds general welfare, while the welfare clause remains undefined by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
George P. Davis
Waltham, Mass
Charles C. Steward Maschine Company
Body of Gerald Snavely Found in Kanawha River
Gerald Snavely, 26, principal of Kimberly school near Montgomery, found dead in the Kanawha River above the London dam. Decomposition noted. identified by clothing and pockets. Coroner says probable self-inflicted drowning beyond Fayette county line. Funeral arrangements set for Grays, Kentucky. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Mol Snavely of Ingrams Branch and nephew of E. M. Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Snavely
Kimberly
Montgomery
Kanawha River
London Dam
Earl Huddleston
London
Rilver
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
J Handley
B.c.hooper
Grays
J. FE. Roberts
Snavely
Kanawha
Fayette County
E. M. Farley
Kappera Cant F Company
Mol. Snavely
Ingrams Branch
Travel Advisers Invited On Tour of West Virginia
West Virginia officials plan a seven day tour for 25 travel representatives from autos clubs and guides to see state attractions. The trip starts June 6 from Wheeling and visits Parkersburg Huntington Charleston Bluefield Clarksburg and White Sulphur Springs. Northern state guests from Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and Kentucky are invited to learn WV tourism assets for guiding southern travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
A.J. Andrews
State Chamber of Commerce
Hers Coopersbee
Andrews
Chamber of Commerce
State Hole Association
State Automobile Association
State Conservation Commission
Wheeling
Oho River
Parkersburg
Huntington
Charleston
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Panhandle
White Sulphur Springs
Chambers of Commerce and Elybe
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Here I am Warden Says Escaped Man Returns
Yael Toney, a life prisoner, walked back into the West Virginia state penitentiary after three weeks on the loose. Warden C G McClintham quoted Toney saying he returned of his own will, mentioning a brother in law and a visit to his mother in Charleston. He will not be disciplined for the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
Yael Toney
West Virginia State Penitentiary
C. G. McClintham Toney
Charleston
Albania Scene Of Revolution
In Tirana on May 16 a coup seized Azyrokastro, killing a police officer and severing telephone lines as rebels challenge King Zog. The king mobilized troops and air forces to crush the revolt with Albanian army contingents marching from Tirana. The uprising was led by a former cabinet minister and others opposing Zog’s modernization and foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tirana
Albania
Zog
Azyrokastro
Pone
iKing Zog
Mussolini
Great Britain
Mbania
Jan
Rolion
Cheaplie
Adriatic Sea
Jugoslavia
Doling
Musiem
US Vice Squad Raids Baltimore In White Slavery Crackdown
A nationwide drive to dismantle white slave rings centers in Baltimore with about 30 arrests across more than 10 establishments. Edgar Hoover leads 38 agents as U S Attorney Bernard Flynn and T Barton Marrington promise ongoing action to clean up Baltimore. Some raids may yield releases after questioning. investigators probe possible tips on darkened shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Leaders Look To Roosevelt In Court Fight
Washington reports that Administration leaders expect President Roosevelt to back the fight for court reorganization. They vow an aggressive return to the battle, aiming to push the bill through amid broader economy debates over relief and interior funding. The Senate agenda is light while the White House advocates a public push and multiple conferences with lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
IAP
Roosevelt
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congressional
House
Interior Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Supreme Court
Parachute Pioneer Shot by Guard at Soviet Airfield
Soviet army commander B V Pavloff Silvansky, famed parachute innovator, was shot and killed by a civilian sentry at a suburban Opanvia airfield. An 18 year old guard was arrested after the fatal incident. an officer was wounded. Several Osovinkhim ttl class members were detained for allowing the guard to act on orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
B. V. Pavloff-Silvansky
Taviolf-Silvansky
Air Ved
Van Youth Sentenced To Death For Ambush Slaying
Madison May 18 Judge C M Ward sentenced Woodrow Benson Bradley 22 year old Van Youth to be hanged Aug 1 after he pleaded guilty to the ambush slaying of Clifford Sutphin 23 of Clothier Sheriff Dell White said Bradley is the first to receive the death sentence in Boone county White added Bradley waited for Sutphin on a lonely mountain trail near Fond Fork March 22 and shot him and then robbed him of five dollars Two children found the body next day Officials moved Bradley from the Boone county jail after his arrest A crowd gathered around the prison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Bouge County
Caballero Fails in Efforts To Organize New Cabinet
Spain's cabinet crisis deepened as Francisco Largo Caballero, seeking centralized control of all armies and purge of anarchists, failed to form a new government. President Azana urged one more attempt, warning he would resign if not successful, with critics split among anarcho-syndicalists and right-wing socialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caballero
U. S
Valencia
Spain
Francisco Largo Caballero
Manuel Azana
Azana
Cala Lero
Catalonia
Basque Republic
Cabalero
Supreme Command
Insurgenta
Socaliata
Federaton
Cabellero
Impt
Arena
Indalecio Prieto
Juin Negrin
Evacuation of 4000 Civilians From Bilbao Under Fire
A ship load of 4,000 civilians including children, women, and elders left Bilbao for safety in France as insurgent forces closed in on the Basque capital. The Habana led the second evacuation, protected by government destroyers, with French patrols at the three mile limit. The operation risks being the last large sea evacuation unless Francoist forces are checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Service
Bilbao
France
Uied
Habana
Mola
Francisco Franco
Yitat Nervian
Mount Data
Film Strikers Reject Offer
HOLLYWOOD May 160 Striking federation motion picture crafts leaders planned intensified pickets at studio gates after rejecting a second formal proposal from producers. Workers would return tomorrow under a truce. union demands include 101 percent union shop recognition and a written guarantee. Negotiations may open by May 24 for wages hours and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Pat Casey
Henlyng
Casey
Atrike
WIM
Tod Casey
Wnlt
F. M. 7M Co
Charles Lessing
Epi
Ean
Josep M. Schenck
Producers’ Special
Screen Actors’ Guild
Kall
Heart Attack May Cheat Law in U. S. Murder Tour
Poughkeepsie N Y May 18 Lester Brockelhurst 23 a former Sunday school teacher confessed as a tourist murderer would try to die of a heart attack to cheat executioners in three states He was treated after hours of screaming and fainting as police questioned him about a fourth murder Bernice Felton 18 his sweetheart accompanied him on a bloody tour of crimes She said Dont worry mummy Your little girl is all right Custody fights over Brockelhurst and Miss Felton continued as Dutchess County officials withheld them from return until proper custody orders are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Lester Brockelhurnt
George"blane
Brockelhurst
Bernice Felton
United States
Miss Felton
Rockford
Boy Escapes in Crash Then Dies of Burns
RAINELLE May 16 An 18 year old Wright of Russellville Fayette county survived an auto crash today but died from burns after his gasoline soaked clothing caught fire when he attempted to light a cigarette. Wright and four others suffered minor injuries in an accident near Lookout. Gasoline sprayed from the shattered tank ignited his clothing. he died shortly after at a Rainelle hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainelle
Harold Wright
Russelville
Fayette County
Wright
Lookout
Ralhelle
Circus Arrives in Charleston for Two Shows Today
Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, led by 23 elephants, sets up tents at Valley Bell park for 2:15 matinee and tonight's 8 o'clock performance. Ground crowds, 79 Davis Child Shelter guests ride buses at 1 PM, as Howard Bary describes fresh acts and a new circus year blending modern and classic acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Charleston
Valley Bell Park
Tate
Davis Child Shelter
The
Gazette
Atlantic Greyhound
Putney Wife Arrested After Husband Shot At Clubhouse
C W Tawney of Putney was shot in the back at the Putney clubhouse around 2 am. State police arrested his wife Etna Tawney and jailed her. Tawney, wounded, was taken to McMillan hospital. His condition was reported as serious. Mrs Tawney said he came home drunk and abused her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Tawney
Putney
Etna Tawney
Tawney
McMillan Hospital
Owen McMillan
Oems Ad Corp
H. L. Stillman
The
A Police
Mra Tawney
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Howard ¥. Bary
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
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