Bethlehem workers join other strikers in impasse
In Columbus and Bethlehem a heated stalemate persisted as steel unions and major producers failed to agree on Gov. Davey of Ohio's seven point plan. The stoppage at Bethlehem Cambria plant in Johnstown Pa raised total idle workers to about 83,000, with 12,000 to 15,000 at the plant sent home as pickets cheered the night shift. The Ohio peace conference adjourned after nearly 11 hours and recessed until Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Agressive Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Republic Steel Corporation, Sheet & Tube Co
Inland Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Cambria
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Republic, Sheet & Tube
John A. Lewis’ Steel Union
Davey
Bethlehem Steel Strike Widens At Cambria Plant
Bethlehem Steel faces a major walkout at the Cambria works as 73 000 idle on seven state strike fronts. Sheriff Boyle seeks state police aid from Governor Earle to maintain order while Bethlehem declines to confirm exact layoffs. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee says 10 000 idle with others inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Michael J. Boyle
Camrin County
George H. Earle
Bethlehem
Cambrian
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
David Watkins
Drive Safely Walk Eye Health Message From Council
The Taylor County Safety Council urges awareness of vision impairment and the dangers of unseen hazards. It stresses that many people live with impaired vision without realizing it and asks readers to consider their own eye health to prevent accidents and potential loss of life.
Judge Robinson To Deliver Elks Flag Day Oration Here
Judge Ira B Robinson of Adaland Barbour county a former West Virginia Supreme Court justice and ex FCC chairman will deliver the Flag Day address at public exercises Monday evening at Baltimore and Ohio Station Square. Grafton lodge 308 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks plans a 6 30 p m start with music by the Grafton High School band and the Veterans of Foreign Wars drum corps. The program includes The Spirit of the VFW The Star Spangled Banner a history of the flag and the floral liberty bell ceremony followed by the principal address by Judge Robinson and a Sons of the American Legion drum and bugle corps performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira B.robinson
Adaland
Barbour County
Ira E. Robinson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
Baltimore and Ohe Station
Grafton Lodge No. 308, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Fikes
James 2. Holt
Grafton High Schol Band
John T. Evans
Champion Veerans of
Foreign Wars
George H. Hushion
Boy Scouts
V. F P. W. Drums Corps
Esquire
Leland Price
Rovinson
Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Murphy Calls Peace Parley in Detroit
Gov Frank Murphy summoned union leaders and Monroe officials for a peace conference to plan security for a three state Committee for Industrial Organization mass meeting Sunday. Monroe remained quiet yet tense after a clash between police and a picket line at Newton Steel. 1487 special officers were on duty and 400 non striking workers returned to the mill as patrols continued near Lakeside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Frank Murphy
Monroe
Committee For Industrial Organization
Murphy
Newton Steel Company
Lakeside
Wyoming Raleigh Plan To Separate Councils
John S. Lambert of the Wyoming County Public Assistance Council said members voted unanimously to break the joint arrangement with Raleigh County and to establish an office in Pineville on July 1. The move, he noted, followed a suggestion from the state Department of Public Assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
John S. Lambert
Wyoming County Public Assistance Council
Wyoming
Raleigh
Edgar Worrell, Jr
Beckley
Lambert
State Department of Public Assistance
Ex-Prosecutor Engaged To Represent Accused
June 12 report states Bill Johnson, charged with the slaying of Ransom Dent, will be represented by former prosecutor J. Walter Copley. The case stems from shootings that produced a death in each family. More than 50 witnesses have been subpoenaed as Ming o county faces its longest docket in years.
Car Crashes On Curve Posts Knocked Down
N J Stein of 1319 West Main street lost control of his Ford V-8 on the West Main street curve near the Methodist Episcopal church in the First Ward. The wreck occurred at 11 55 o clock last night as the car struck a fence tore out several posts and stopped against a light pole. Police Chief A E Lockard investigated and ordered Stein for questioning at 3 pm today.
Two Known Dead and Missing After Deban Mine Flood
Two survivors, Louis Pognello and John Senini, were rescued in Nanaimo after 40,000 gallons flooded Deban coal mine. Rescuers reported two men dead, Joe Shepherd missing, and Joe Carr and Nelson Shepherd confirmed dead as search efforts continued for the missing victim. Both survivors described the inrush of water and the fate of their companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanaimo
B. C
Vancouver Island
Deban
Louis Pognello
John Senini
Nelson Shepherd
Joe Carr
Joe Shepherd
Pognello
Senini
Rulc
Delegates Named for Relief Convention in Cincinnati
Seven Bathmore and Ohio Morgans division workers have been named as delegates to the annual relief department convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 24 and 25. Elected were Miss Katie Tucker Miss Ada Poling G Ed Powell and Miss Leota Griffith of Grafton offices Harry Furlow of Fairmont Albert Stansbury of Grafton machinist in Fairmont shops and Kay McCue motor car repairman at Gassaway William J Hushion of the general relief committee expects to attend and serves on the convention arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathmore
Ohio
Kay McCue
Gassaway
William J. Hushion
General Relief Committee
Department
Outer Bilbao defense line weakens amid fierce assault
Reports from Hendaye say Bilbao waterfront houses burned as Insurgent forces press a break in the outer line of the Basque capital's defenses. Aerial and artillery bombardment targeted the water front, militia barracks, and reservoirs while bombers swarmed Amurrio and Galdacano. Insurgent pilots claimed to have breached the Maginot-like ring, though Basque authorities denied a break. A German pilot's identity was confirmed from recovered documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Bilbao
Francisco Franco
Nervian
Amurrio
Galdacano
Fidelio Davila
Lemona
Clear
Indictment of 102 Huntington Merchants for Gambling
Huntington June 12 The Cabell county grand jury indicted 102 merchants on charges of operating gambling devices but recommended leniency in a letter to Judge H Clay Worth. Foreman J M Beale said the panel believed the merchants were innocent victims. The panel re indicted Orvis Burdette hotel clerk who was once convicted for slaying Paul Dufour hotel janitor. Worth set aside verdict after supreme court said indictments not signed by the prosecutor were defective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Cabell County
H. Clay Worth
J. M. Beale
Orvis Burdette
Paul’. Dufour
Worth
Supreme Court
Burdette
Abducted Socialite Reported From Long Island Home
State and federal authorities conduct a wide search for Mrs. Alice Jarsons a 38 year old social registeri te wife of a stock farm owner seized from her North Shore Long Island home a ransom note demanding 25000 dollars was found under the driver seat of the Parsons automobile parked on the Long Meadows Farm grounds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jarsons
Social
North
Franco Plans Closer Drive On Bilbao
In Burgos Franco, amid a renewed push on Bilbao, signals willingness to withdraw foreign troops from his legions if Madrid Valencia government does likewise. He calls any peace by agreement treason and states victory as the path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
Madrid-Valencia
Associated Press
Franco
Basque Republic
Madrid
Valencia
Former K. T. Commander Wade Dies at 80
BLUEFIELD June 12 Funeral services are set for Sunday for William Hamilton Wade 80 a former commander of the grand commandery of West Virginia Knights Templar He was among the first Morse telegraph operators for Norfolk and Western Railway later became a wholesaler and retired ten years ago Burial will be in Christiansburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
William Hamilton Wade
Grand Commandery of
West Virginia
Knights Templar
Wade
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Christianburg
Soviet Military Leaders Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad
Moscow reports that eight of the USSR's top military chiefs including Marshal Michail N. Tukhachevsky were condemned to death for treasonous activity in the Red Army. The military tribunal of the supreme court announced the sentences at 6 p.m. EST with no possibility of appeal, and the executions are to be carried out immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Army
Supreme Court
Michail N. Tukhachevsky
Fairmont Coal Office To Be Opened Within Week
The first district statistical office of the Bituminous Coal Commission, one of 23 planned for coal regions, was to open within a week in Fairmont. Thomas R. Easterling, assistant director of the commission's fiscal division, and two assistants opened bids for offices to house 30 to 35 staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Thomas R. Easterling
Bituminous Coal Commission
Government Hopes End Borrowing During Next Year
Government officials forecast that after six years of heavy borrowing the United States may avoid new cash borrowing in the next fiscal year. With 80 million dollars from June borrowing and social security taxes plus baby bond sales, the Treasury could fund operations by refinancing due after July 1. Payroll tax receipts and social security collections are expected to sustain a steady cash inflow, enabling the government to borrow effectively about 700 million dollars if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Term in County Jail Faces Wince Newman
In Philippi a Barbour circuit jury found Vince Newman guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the Thanksgiving Day 1935 slaying of Willis Johnson after a dog dispute at their Chestnut Ridge home. Newman, 40, faces up to one year in jail and a possible fine. sentencing by Judge Herbert W. Dent will occur after the current term. Sam Norris, 26, was tried yesterday on chicken stealing charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert W. Dent
Grafton
Sam Norris
State police radio survey to cover state in minutes
Charleston June 12 State police radio experts began a survey to design a system that would reach the entire state in six minutes. Sergeant K C McGregor said the plan could place 112 patrol cars 62 detachments and 55 sheriffs on the network within minutes of receiving a message. Five transmitting stations are planned with test signals from various locations and receiving cars recording coverage. Continued on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
K. C. McGregor
State Institute of School Journalism held at Morgantown
More than 40 students and instructors supervised and edited the state's high school publications at the sixth annual West Virginia State Institute of School Journalism in Morgantown. Delegates joined round table discussions on photography format and other subjects for school magazines and papers and heard a debate on abolishing high school annuals. Sponsored by West Virginia University School of Journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia State Institute of School Journalism
West Virginia University School of Journalism
Mother of Local Man Dies At Mt. Clemens
Mrs Ida Snay mother of Earl J. Snay of Leonard street died suddenly yesterday afternoon at her Mt. Clemens Michigan residence. Mr Snay notified by telegram and left by train for Michigan. no cause of death details were provided in the brief message received in Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Snay
Earl J. Snay
Leonard Street
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Snay
Grafton
Mystery Woman's Disappearance Baffles U S Probers
In Stony Brook Long Island officials report genuine fear for 98 year old Mrs. Alice McDowell, who vanished from her Long Meadows farm three days ago. A ransom note demanding 25000 dollars was found hours after her disappearance, with no contact established. Federal and state agents pursue leads while preserving family wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Brook
Suffolk County
Longland
Alice McDowell
Long Meadows
Lindsay R. Henry
Parsons
Hulse
William G. Parsons
Jay
U.S
Patanai
Legal quirk halts 4700 grant for Grafton water line
War department funding for a gravity feed to Grafton’s filtration plant is stalled by a legal technicality. Sen. M M Neely and Mayor E Otto Waugh discussed the issue after Washington talks with War Dept officials and Rep. Ramsay. A rivers and harbors measure could include the appropriation, otherwise objections persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Grafton
Senate
M. M. Neely
E. Otto Waugh
Washington
Neely
Robert L. Ramsay
Waugh
Senate Appliations Committee
Ramsay
House
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Cambria Mill
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Judge Robinson
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Long Island
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Wince Newman
Story
U.S. Probers
Commodore
Washington, D. C
Union Station
Capitol Plaza
William Knox
Andrews Church
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