Stop Gap NRA Efforts Face Sharp Rejection
Washington reports indicate President Spootaveit will likely reject all stop gap NRA legislation for now and await the nation's reaction. Opposing forces line up as the president questions government handling of major economic and solar issues, a move seen as possibly reshaping party lines and history. Continued discussion and differing views follow his press conference and related court decisions stirring opposition among critics and some Democrats.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Spootaveit
Democratic Party
Amendment Length Ties to Constitution Change
Washington reports that amending the constitution, a task Roosevelt reportedly envisions, has required from ten months to four years for ratification of amendments. Preston, veteran senate aide, notes over 3,000 amendments proposed since the nation’s founding. ten of the original 12 Bill of Rights amendments still await ratification in the early Congress.
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Roosevelt
Preston
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House of Congress
Bouisson cabinet reshuffle puts Caillaux at finance
Paris reports the Golden Franc cabinet acted today with Joseph Caillaux taking the finance portfolio after Maurice Palmade withdrew. Fernand Bouisson's government also moved Etienne Flandin to agriculture replacing Henri Roy, while Caillaux had been slated as minister without portfolio.
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Fernand Bouisson
Joseph Caillaux
Caillaux
Maurice Palmade
Paul Jacquier
Pierre
Etienne Flandin
Henri Roy
Bouisson
Caillanx
Runaway Mine Train Kills One in Mine Accident
A runaway mine train roared from a siding at Elk horn Piney Coal company mine near Columbia killing one miner and injuring three others. Seven cars broke loose from a safety chain, rolled down a grade, swerved at a switch and entered the mine, loaded with coal.
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Elkhorn-Piney Coal Company
Columbia
Grain Prices Fall to New Year Lows on Rumors
Grain prices dropped sharply in early trading as the market reacted to news of potential severe tumbles in wheat and cotton. Chicago pit observers noted the slide followed a wave of liquidations that unsettled traders and pressured prices, with President Roosevelt's remarks cited as a bearish influence.
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Roosevelt
University Freshman Crowns in Monongahela
In Morgantown on June 1 a West Virginia University freshman from Wheeling, John Moore, died after diving from a canoe into rough waves stirred by a steamer wheel. Doctors said he broke his arm in the fall and could not reach safety.
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John Moore
Wheeling
West Virginia University
Dan May
Estate boss found slain in Virginia mountains
J M Ellison 57, manager of the Brandon estate on the James River, was found dead in a wooded area near the Goochland Louisa line after going missing Sunday. DoJ agents and state police chase a short stocky hitchhiker seen with his car in Radford and near the Radford area, with a missing driver description later.
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Department of Justice
Virginia
J. M. Ellison
Brandon
James River
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Goochland
Louisa County
Arthur L. Willard
Washington
Radford
C. H. Howell
Howell
Filling Station Man Found Nailed to Cross
J R Riggs a middle aged filling station operator was found nailed to a rough board cross beside the highway near his establishment in High Point North Carolina at 3 am. Ten penny nails through each hand and foot held him to the cross. P A Walls who spotted the scene summoned help and Riggs was taken to a hospital with painful but not serious wounds. Police quoted the case as under investigation.
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Priest Denied Use of Soldier Field for Rally
Chicago on June 1. Father Charles E. Coughlin’s request to use Soldier Field for an open air rally on June 19 was refused by the Chicago park board chaired by Robert J. Dunham. The board said park facilities should not be used for propaganda on controversial matters. Coughlin argues the decision echoes historic restrictions on dissent and notes his National Union for Social Justice claims over 200,000 Chicago members. The clash centers on free speech and access to the Lake Michigan waterfront venue.
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Soldier's Field Stadium
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Robert J. Dunham
Chicago Park Board
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James Otis
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England
National Union For Social Justice
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Lake Michigan Shore
Laborers Sent to Dam by N.R. Service
Sixteen laborers were dispatched to the Frederick Snares corporation for the Tydart Valley river flood control dam above Grafton City park. Eight went yesterday and the rest today in the unskilled class, per Charles Englehardt of the National Reemployment service in the courthouse.
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Tydart Valley River
Grafton City Park
Yesteres
Charles Englehardt
Sallitan
National Reemployment Service
Flood and Tornado Ravage Southwest Nebraska
Relief workers estimate death toll could reach 250 in the flood and tornado disaster across Red Willow county. Villages Max and Parks reportedly swept away as a half mile wide tornado ripped through the area. Communications cut, rescue efforts continue as reports filter in from Quinbin, Nebraska.
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Associated Press
McCook
Neb
Nebraska
Max
Parks
Red Willow
Qinebin
Néb
Brinkman’s Store to Close After 73 Years in Grafton
Charles Brinkman, veteran dry goods merchant, will close his store in a few weeks after 73 years in business. The storeroom will be renovated for another tenant. He cites changing buying habits of women toward ready to wear as the reason, saying he hates to see the name go but sees no alternative.
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Grafton
Charles Brinkman
Brinkman
Youth Ends His Life After Repeated Threats
Glenville West Virginia June 1 An 18 year old boy is dead after telling his mother I ll just take this gun and kill myself Mrs Gay Pringle told Prosecutor H H Boggs she thought her son George Alp end merely frightened her He was found yesterday by neighbors about a hundred yards from his home on a farm The dusk camp A message scratched on a rock read I m going on another scratched on the shotgun stock to his brother in law Stanley you take the Boys said an inquest will not be necessary
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W. Va
Gay Pringle
H. H. Boggs
George
Stanley
Leadership Training School To Be Held Next Week
The fifth annual cooperative Leadership Training School for Christian workers is sponsored by the Taylor County Council of Religious Education and the County Ministerial Association. It begins tomorrow at 2:30 PM in the West school building and runs throughout the week. Enrollment costs 0 cents. text purchase is the only other expense. The program is open to all Christians.
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County Ministerial Association
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Chris Gan Ea
Pare i Urch
Graduating Class Hears Inspirational Address at Grafton High
Cameron Ralston of Washington and Jefferson College delivered the annual commencement to 123 graduating seniors in the Grafton High School auditorium last night. He urged work and character over wealth, urged a new vision and the rehabilitation of righteousness, and criticized the crime wave and lax enforcement of law.
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Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pa
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Miners Ordered to Strike by Officials in June
Washington June 1 Official instructions reach about 450000 soft coal miners to strike June 16 unless new wage contracts are signed. John L Lewis says producers will retain some miners in mines if strike occurs while talks continue on revised Guffey stabilization bill to avert walkout and restore NRA framework.
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United Mine Workers
John. L. Lewis
Guffey
NRA
Weston man charged in manslaughter over fatal crash
Clarksburg June 1 Cecil Wooddell 34 of Weston is charged with manslaughter in the death of Joseph McComas 48 of Huntington killed in an automobile accident. State Trooper L W Emerick obtained a warrant for Wooddell yesterday amid the investigation.
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Cecil ‘Wooddell
Weston
Joseph McComas
Huntington
L. W. Emerick
Wooddell
One Question Limits Holt Senate Eligibility
Washington June 1 The senate elections committee limited its inquiry on the seating of 19 year old Senator elect Rush Holt West Virginia to a single constitutional question. The panel asked whether eligibility must exist at the start of the term or could occur upon taking the oath. Three attorneys appeared before the committee as debate focused on this sole issue.
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Senate Elections Committee
Rush Holt
W. Va
Senate
Holt
Logan
Beer Given Baby Causes Court Row in Silent Court
Chicago report says Fran cis Smith asked for temporary alimony with her husband in court over custody of Ronald one year old. The attorney claimed the father gave the baby beer when in his care, while the other side disputed any harm. Judge Finkegan ordered $6 weekly support but made no ruling on the custody dispute.
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Francis Smith
Smith
Francis
Finkegan
Ronald
Two New Bridges For Shenandoah Proposed
Charles Town June 1 The county court proposed constructing two bridges crossing the Shenandoah river at Keys Ferry and Rocks Ferry. Funding will come from public works fund allotments to West Virginia. Approval followed a petition with 1,500 signatures urging the spans. Keys Ferry bridge would lie in Harpers Ferry district on the Leesburg Virginia road and Rocks Ferry bridge near Rasdibtown district close to the Clarke county Virginia line.
Rider Funeral Sunday Afternoon in Sutton
In Parkersburg on June 1 two men, George Mills 40 of Browns ville and Edger Williams 39 of Rider, were reported killed in a fight at a transient home. City police said Mills died in hospital from deep knife wounds to the neck while Williams died yesterday at age 66. Funeral arrangements were listed for Rider as Sunday afternoon in Sutton.
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George Mills
Brownsville
Parvis
Hils
Sutton
Edger
Charles Williams
Rider
Ransom Padd Free as Kidnappers Paid Large Sum
George Weyerhaeuser, a year-old boy, is returned home unharmed after eight days in captivity. Kidnappers, likely the Alvin Karpis gang, received about 400000 dollars, a ransom paid in a case rivaling the Bremer and Urschel abductions. The boy, found near Issaquah, reached a farm as dawn broke.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Fais Kidnepers
Alvin Arpis
Edward G. Bre~mer
F. Urschel
Issaquah
Here
Bomb wrecks prexy's home in Heidelberg strike
Early today a dynamite bomb exploded at the home of Charles Miller president of Heidelberg. Mr and Mrs Miller and their daughter Gretchen were asleep and escaped injury. All windows in the house and nearby were shattered. A burned fuse lay beneath the front porch as investigators, led by Chief Mutchler, searched for motives. No clear suspect or motive yet established.
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Charles Mb Miller
Heidelberg
Mra. Miller
Gretchen
College
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Mutchley Police
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