Five die as bus wreck near Natural Bridge cliff
A Greyhound bus plunged from a road near Natural Bridge during a rainstorm, killing five aboard and injuring 28. Driver J J Olderson lost control on a sharp unbanked curve, swerved into a ditch, and stopped 14 feet from a sign near the 212 foot precipice. Passengers J P Hamilton of Birmingham and Mrs Lucy Thompson of Alexandria are among the dead, with several others identified tentatively. Officers say conditions and road design contributed to the crash.
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United Press
Natural Bridge
Greyhound
J. J. Olderson
J.J. Olderson
J. P. Hamilton
Birmingham
Lucy ‘Thompson
Alexandria
John Keeses
Gratton
Rubber Textile Industry May Be Next Objective
United Press reports federal officials fear widespread labor organizing in steel, rubber, and textile sectors could trigger major conflicts. Dismissals and accusations of Guerilla warfare mark early hostilities as labor leaders press for unions amid stalled restraints and possible nationwide organizing drives. Eden asks League to not recognize Italy's Ethiopia conquest and to reform the covenant. Blum warns Europe faces 1914 echoes yet stresses peace and disarmament.
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C. L. Sulzberger
United Press
Washington
Wiite
Intiateel
Naif
Stern
Committee of Industrial Organization
Department of Labor
Edward
F McGrady
Dally
Labor Department
Ite
Rile Beral
Beselay
Uylventared
Ay United Press
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Assembly of the League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Inay
Eden
League of Natione
Leon Blin
Blum
League
Uhopia
France
Blum's French policies win cabinet confidence in Paris
Paris telegram reports Premier Léon Blum's popular front government, backed by a large demotics vote, aims to dissolve Fascist groups and tackle strikes as it faces European issues and unrest in French North Africa.
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United Press
Paris
Chamber of Demotics
Léon Blum
Popular Front
Lnrest
France
Lightning Claims 20 in Bulgaria Storms Reported
Sofia July 1 Twenty persons were killed by lightning in various parts of Bulgaria over the last 48 hours. In addition to the lightning deaths, sixty others were killed by various causes during the storms.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Road 10 Ruin andquarter earnings hit low mark
Oliver Faem of Equipment So Arst quarter net 401,989. Cal Sivingtt, executive vice president, told stock holders at adjourned annual meeting. Company has not earned an annual profit since 1929. First quarter earnings are 1.47, compared with 272,209 a year earlier.
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Oliver Faem
Cal Sivingtt
Shire
Seven Die Missing in Storm in Texas River Floods
Seven people die and eleven missing in a Texas storm that turned drought springs into floods. Bodies of three unidentified victims were found in Woot Creek near San Marcos after a house carrying Antonio Gonzales, his four children, and Mrs Jesus Gaeas with her three children was washed away. several others were reported missing.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
Tex Ag
Woot Creek
San Marcos
Antonio Gonzales
Mra
Jesus Gaeas
Chilren
Substation to be opened soon for state patrol
Harrisburg dispatch confirms early establishment of a new station to serve the state highway patrol. The plan raises total stations to 74 by adding Corry La Porte Coatesville and McConnellsburg, under Captain Quarles with Kelly approval. Corry station joins Troop F at Franklin, absorbing several sub stations.
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Corry
Franklin
State Highway Patrol
Mare
United Press Dispatch
Harrisburg
Aicut
Highway Patrol
Laporte
Coatesville
McConnellsburg
Revenue
John Kelly
Charles H. Quarles
Kelly
Buller
Beaver Palle
Kitanning
Morganill Removed to Long Island Estate in Ambulance
Is Morganill removed to Long Island estate after neuritis strike during visit to sister’s West Manchester estate. He arrived at Millneck station by private car drawn by a chartered locomotive, wheeled to the ambulance for transfer to his estate. Morgan’s sons boarded the train, and Henry appeared smiling saying he’s feeling excellent and in fine spirits.
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Sy United
Eross Glen Cove
Morgan
West Manchester
Mays
Millneck
Henry
Sef
Child exonerates suspects in Chicago murder case
Seven year old Jimmy Thompson testified in a lineup for the murder of his mother, night club hostess Mrs. Plorence Thompson Castle. He identified no one as the killer, effectively clearing the suspects in the case.
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United Press
Chicago
Jimmy Thompson
Plorence Thompson Castle
Aid
Landon Enjoys Trout Fishing in Colorado
MSTAS PARK Colo July 1 Gov Alf Landon of Kansas fished for trout in a mountain lake before resuming conferences with his presidential campaign aides. He planned a real relayation but cut the trip short to meet with campaign members.
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Mstas Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Abandon Hope of Opening New School in Sept
Fear that remodeling at the Hateh school building will not be finished in time for September opening grows. No word on final approval or WPA OoW project start. hopes for an Industrial school for 1986 37 year fade as state departments await federal WPA approval and allocation.
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Hateh
Sptember
WPA
Oow
Washington
WIPA
Probe Crash Fatality Four Burned In Mount Carmel Area
Shamokin patrol sub station investigated a car crash at Mount Carmel in which three men died and a fourth was seriously injured. Victims Joseph Cooney 29 William Josichuni 30 and Jon Woznicki 31 all of Lost Creek Pa. Woznicki married with two children.
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United Iresa
Shamokin
Shamokin Highway Patrol
Mount Carmel
Joseph Cooney
William Josichuni
Jon Woznicki
Lost Creek
Woznicki
Jones Proposes Cuts to Relief Costs in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg July 1 State WPA Chief Edward N Jones endorses the 65 million dollar unemployment relief estimate through January and urges shifts from direct relief to WPA projects to save about 1.1 million monthly. He cites a heart to heart with Jones and notes relief bills could drop to 720 thousand monthly if SIPRA and WPA operate with proper oversight.
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United Press
Harrisburg
WPA
Edward N. Jones
Warlo Administration
John J. McClure
Delaware
Senate
Jones
Ben
George W. Woodward
Whitdelphia
Joe Ziesenheim
Reto
Senate Today
Pennsylvania
SIPRA
Three Hurt In Auto Accident At Center Street
A truck crash on South Center street injured three people, all with non life threatening injuries. Miss Alco Meyéelizer and Miss Mary Sanders sustained head and facial lacerations and bruises, while a young man suffered minor scrapes and bruises. Sanders was treated at Corry hospital and discharged. Kopnicky and Baril's vehicles sustained minor front end damage.
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Alice Messenger
Mary Sanders
South Center Street
Rejligion
South Genter Stawet
Alco Meyéelizer
West Wayne Street
Joseph Komnicky
Columbus
Messenger
McElroy
Nick Baril
Federal groups coordinate for war on drought
Washington July 1 A special committee appointed by press Roosevelt coordinates relief for drought sufferers in the plains and Midwest. The group seeks funds for aid as conditions grow more acute daily with Secretary Wallace and representatives from the WPA Resettlement Administration and the acting budget director discussing the urgent needs.
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Hy Russell Turner
United Press
Washington
Plains States
Henk Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
WPA
Resuttlement Administration
Daniel W. Bell
Schooner Dewaless Missing With Five Aboard
Five sailors disappear after a July voyage from Washington aboard the two masted schooner Dewaless bound for Bermuda. Coast Guard and Cosat Suara headquarters issue alerts and organize search efforts along the coast.
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United Press
Washington
Cosat Suara
Dewaless
Bermuda
Woolen workers demand increase in wartime textile pay
Providence July 1. Normal demands for 2 per cent increases and a five hour work seat for women and worsted workers were addressed to manufacturers today by the general strike committee of the United Textile Workers of America. Although no general strike is contemplated this summer, President Thomas J. McMahon of the LTPWA was en route to Washington to plan possible withdrawals should the policy of "education" of manufacturers and the public fail.
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Py Inues
Providence
United Textile Workers of America
Thomas J. McMahon
LTPWA
Washington
Good Increase in Half Year at Corry Post Office
Postmaster James Sullivan reports a $1876.85 rise in Corry Post Office receipts for the first six months of the year compared with 1935, flagging a potential return to first class status within six months. Total receipts to date reach $20,837.48, against $18,960.68 a year earlier, meeting the larger target near $344,000 required for first class.
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Corry
James Sullivan
Post Office
Liberty League to mount drive against New Deal in 1936 election
July 1 The American Liberty League led by Alfred E. Smith Irenee Du Pont and Jouett Shouse mobilizes to intensify its fight against the New Deal through the approach to the November elections.
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Liberty League
United Press
New York
American Liberty League
Alfred ©. Smith
Irenee du Pont
Jouett Shouse
Third victim of mad slayer's frenzy in Utah
Mrs. Bimma Scott Roger, 82, died at Dee Memorial hospital in Ogden Utah, marking the third fatality in a spree carried out by a mad slayer.
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Roger McIntyre
Union City
Waterford
MY United Press
Ogden
Utah
Bimma Scott Roge
Dee Memorial Hospital
RAL Pension Ruling Upholds Retirement, Tax Law Struck Down
Washington reports a federal ruling upholding railroad retirement pensions for about 1.6 million workers while declaring invalid the accompanying tax law. Justice Bailey ruled the pension provisions constitutional but the 3.5 percent income tax and 2.5 percent excise tax on rail companies were unconstitutional.
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Ey Unites Ree
Washington
Fateral
Tay
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Berkman Dies After Long Illness In France
Alexander Berkman, famed radical deported with Emma Goldman to Russia in 1922, died today in San Tropaz France after a bout of illness and a recent operation in Nice. Emma Goldman had cared for him on the French Riviera. In Washington, drought hit the northwest spring wheat area and the world wheat supply on July 1 was the smallest in nine years.
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United Press
Chicago
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Russia
San Tropaz
France
Ben Beltman
Miss Goldman
Berkman
French Riviera
Nice
Washington
Northwest Spring
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Sidewalk Construction Delayed by Unpaid Material Costs
Scores of property owners facing sidewalk upgrades under the Works Progress Administration program may miss the expected improvements as delays arise from owners failing to settle material costs. City bids favored Hammond Elevator Company at 2.40 per barrel for cement. Construction began on Mill Street with the first pour today and will expand to First Ward once payments are met, with Second and Third Ward projects approved to employ about twenty five WPA workers for several weeks.
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Hammond Elevator Company
Davison Fogie Company
Hammemont Company
Taok
Mill Street
First Ward
Black Legion Cleared Whiteville Case in North Carolina
The Black Legion of the Midwest was absolved of connection with a white sheeted group of women Hopp ers who used lash to enforce all mandates in Chqmbus county over six months.
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Black Legion
Whiteville
N.C
Black Legion of the
Middle West
Qmbus County
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Phyllis
Robert
Fielda
Mrs. McIntyre
Tin Jor City Hospital
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Carty
Sho Vielling
Union
Union City Chair Company
U.K
Morganill
Long Island Estate
Landon
Colorado
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