Witnesses Guarded in Coal Terrorism Probe
In Washington on June 16 AP reports senators called in Gmen to protect two Harlan county Kentucky mountaineers, R C Tackett and Lawrence Howard, who testified to the La Follette committee accusing coal operators of anti union terrorism. Both fear for their lives amid threats and alleged gunman activity tied to coal interests. The FBI is investigating violations of the National Labor Relations Act and witnesses remain under federal subpoena with weekly reporting.
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Washington
Harlan County
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Department of Justice
R. C. Tackett
Lawrence Howard
Harlan
Tackett
Norton
Middlesboro
Coal Operators’ Association
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kentucky
W. L. Ward
Howard
Senate
May Ask Vote for Municipal Water System
The council rejected offers from the water utility to reduce the franchise payment and hydrant charges. An $18,000 annual reduction and dismissal of a PSC petition were demanded, but the city and utility could not reach agreement. A renewed PSC action followed as the council argued the firm’s earnings justified the cut.
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Public Service Commission
Water Fist
Public-Service Commission
Bond
Ford to Close Down For Summer Inventory
DETROIT June 16 AP Harry H. Bennett Ford Motor Company personnel director said production would be suspended during the summer inventory period but employment would stay at about 40 percent of normal. He added the plan was standard and not related to the automobile labor situation.
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Detroit
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Widow Haig refuses unveiling of statue in Whitehall
Lady Haig widow of Earl Haig says she will not attend the nation's memorial unveiling in Whitehall this year. She criticizes the statue as monstrous and says it wrongly depicts her husband with a scroll while he always carried a map. Controversy has raged for years.
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London
Haig
Earl Haig
France
Whitehall
Two Men Survive Seven and 128 Foot Falls in Mayo Clinic Visit
In Rochester Minnesota Arthur McIntosh Gillette Wyoming and Donald Evans Calgary Alberta recount miraculous escapes after seven story and 128 foot drops. Evans fell in 1925 at fourteen while painting an apartment building and landed on his feet after hitting a clothesline. McIntosh fell 128 feet from a derrick in East Texas four years earlier, breaking one vertebra. Both men remain under treatment but grateful to be alive.
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Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Hospital
Arthur McIntosh
Gillette
Wyo
Donald Evans
Calgary
Alberta
Hhat Evans
Ans
Evans
McIntosh
East Texas
Violence resurges as steel strike widens across towns
In Youngstown Ohio 10,000 nonstrikers halt mills after Frank Parnell of Youngstown Sheet and Tube balks at reopening without police protection. In Bay City Michigan 1,000 pickets threaten to eject nonunion workers unless the plant closes. Gov Davey’s peace effort stalls as Tom Girdler cites inability to attend and vows to honor the CIO contract. Inland Steel workers in Chicago threaten suit against John L Lewis CIO over wage losses. Johnstown news reports mayoral claims of kidnapping amid a d day strike, as state police and local volunteers patrol the streets amid rising tension.
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Youngstown
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bay City
Mich
Bay Manufacturing Company
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Gov. Davey
Parnell
Inland Steel Company
Chi
Cage
John L| Lewis
Lewis
C. I.O
Johnstown
Shields
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel
Clinton S. Golden
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Citizens Army
Citizens
Settlement reached in Death Valley Scotty maintenance suit
Long Beach Calif June 16 APSettlement of the 2500 a month separate maintenance suit brought against Walter E Scott Death Valley Scotty by his wife was announced today. Scotty and co defendant Albert M Johnson will pay her monthly installments. The suit sought an accounting of his estate but no process server reached the veteran prospector. Scotty 61 and his wife 60. She left the castle three years ago.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter E. Scott
Death Valley Scotty
Scotty
Albert M. Johnson
California
Scott
Ella Josephine Millius
Cleveland
Buffalo Bill
Death Valley
Tonopah
Soldfield
Birth rate in 1936 falls below 1935 figures
The census bureau reports 1936 birth rate at 16.6 per 1000, three points under 1935 and barely above 1933. Secretary Roper notes higher birth declines in congested urban areas versus rural regions. Meanwhile blast furnaces glow as steel production continues and C I O workers monitor gates along a seven mile front.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Roper
Insurgents Close on Bilbao as City Faces Surrender
Reports say Franco forces encircle Bilbao from three sides and push toward the Nervion river, with Basque defenses collapsing. Refugees flood roads while Aguirre vows to die in the city. An insurgent broadcast claims Las Arenas occupation and a seven and a half mile coastal advance.
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Jose Luis Diez
Durango
Las Arenas
Nervion
Bilbao
Santander
Jose Antonio Aguirre
Francisco Franco
Nergion
Edward J. Neil
Galdatano
Miguel Uriguen
Fidel Davila
Democratic Leaders Seek to End Party Rift at Chesapeake Club
Democratic leaders plan a week at a Chesapeake Bay island club in Annapolis with Roosevelt and Ty dings figures linked to a party unity effort. The island lodge, 20 acres, $500 initiation, $100 annual dues, hunting and golf plans foreshadowed amid disputes over a Supreme Court reorganization bill deepening intra party tensions.
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Ing
Robinson
D., Ark
Chesapeake Bay Island
Annapolis, Md
Roosevelt
Senator Tydings
D., Md
Coretess
Supreme Court
Jong
DuPont Daughter Engagement To Howard Perkins Announced
The engagement of Miss Alexanderine M. DuPont daughter of Lammot DuPont president of E I Du Pont De Nemours was announced at a dinner held at the DuPont home in Wilmington Delaware. The groom to be is Howard Alfred Perkins.
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DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Alexanderine M. DuPont
Lammot DuPont
E. J. DuPont de Nemours & Co
Howard Alfred Perkins
Girl film star Patricia Douglas alleges assault at party
A Los Angeles grand jury began probing a convention party of movie salesmen after Patricia Douglas, a young actress, testified she was attacked by a guest. David Ross, identified by Douglas in a photo as her assailant, denied the charge and arrived with his attorney to face DA Baron Fitts.
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Los Angeles
Grand
Patricia Douglas
Miss Douglas
Ross
Grand Jury
Douglas
MacDonald and Raymond Wedding Details Spark Secretive Lavish Affair
Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond wed in a lavish ceremony that ran out of order and required police reserves at the scene. The couple, both single before this, had been close for over a year, with plans kept quiet due to MacDonald’s superstition.
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Erry Hills
Miss MacDonald
Raymond
Soviet Leader Ends Life and Purge Expands in East
Reports say hundreds held in a purge in the east, with 94 executed for treason or wrecking in recent weeks and more arrested as enemies of the people. Foreign authorities guess at high level arrests in Moscow while common people feel little impact. The arrests target the Communist party, with claims of spies and saboteurs in major ministries, factories, and enterprises.
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East
Moscow
Communist Party
Non Strikers Demand to Go Back to Work
In Youngstown 9 000 non striking steel workers press for return to work as 9iron resort looms after May 26 strike at Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Ray L Thomas leads delegation seeking protection from civil authorities amid calls for lawful conduct. Purnell says he seeks safety and steps toward resolution while CIO leaders accuse Wagner law violations and warn of mounting pressure on executives Girdler and Purnell amid hopes of resumes.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Ray L. Thomas
Independent Society of Workers of Sheet and Tube
Sheet and Tube Mills
Sheets and Tube
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Frank Parnell
Sheet
Carl Olson
Thomas
Purnell
John Owens
District C. I. O
Democratic Women to Take Woes to President
Congresswoman Caroline O Day predicts feminine members of the house senate and cabinet will press their concerns with President Roosevelt after a June gathering with Democratic men at the Jefferson Island Club. She notes six women barred by stag rules would have been fortunate to attend and believes the president will offer the women a chance to participate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Cabinet
Roosevelt
Caroline O'Day
Jefferson Island Club
Washington and Lee University Founded in 1749
A fragment notes Washington and Lee University origins dating to 1749 and hints at a private meeting context. The text implies a private discussion with a person, possibly about an internal matter, but details are unclear.
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Washington and Lee Univers
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