Congress Delays Adjournment Over Spending Bill
Last minute disputes over the spending lending bill and emergency appropriation stalled adjournment efforts as Congress fought to end a five and a half month session. A joint committee eyed differences on farm benefits and rural electrification expenses amid a busy noon Senate session on possible election funding probes.
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Washington
Congress
Rural Electrification Administration
House
Senate
Firecrackers Tossed At Oregon Church Bother Minister
In Klamath Falls Oregon on June 16 the Rev C W Frost reports pranksters tossing lighted fire crackers through open church windows during services. He has appealed to the police for help as disturbances continue.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
C. W. Frost
Trent Seeks Session Now In Charleston
Charleston June 16 The head of the state school system pressed for a special legislative session to back county boards of education. Superintendent W W Trent told 55 boards that reallocating total property tax levies could retire debts, create a detour for matching federal funds, and provide additional revenues for next year. He said he asked Governor Holt for an extraordinary session and noted these matters appeal to him.
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Charleston
County Boards of Education
W. W. Trent
Holt
Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad Mission to the Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Archie Bartlett of 917 West Main Street to attend tonight's presentation of Stagecoach at the Strand. Identification may be required for entry.
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The
Grafton, Sentinel
Archie Bartlett
Main Street
Stagecoach
Pigeon Carries Pass To Every Member of Family
Roanoke observer reports a man attached his bus pass to a homing pigeon then sent it back to fetch other family members. Policeman J P Cralle witnessed the bird return to the family dwelling after the initial alightment a bus ride.
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Roanoke
J. P. Cralle
Germany says it will not assume Austrian debts
Bremen June 16 Economics Minister Walter Funk declared Germany not obligated to acknowledge Austrian debts under international law or economic or moral grounds. He said Germany seeks talks with Britain but rejected legal obligation to take over Austrian identity loans. He contrasted Germany with the United States and warned US influence as a source of disturbances in world economics.
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Bremen
Germany
Walter Funk
Austria
Punk
Germany Reich
England
United States
Funk
Britain
France
Bank of International Settlements
Berlin
Schuetting House
Chamber of Commerce
America
Amer
United States Aims at World Disarmament Plan
London June 16 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that the United States government had intimated it was prepared to seek world disarmament. Asked by Labour MP Arthur Henderson if Britain would join with the United States in making definite proposals to halt the arms race, Chamberlain said only that the United States had suggested they would make an attempt and would not elaborate.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Arthur Henderson
Britain
Chamorlain
Capacity of Nitro Plant To Be Doubled Shortly
Charleston June 18 W A B Vivian manager of the Viscoe companys plant at surbur ban Nitro announced the American Viscose company plans to double the capacity of the factory completion of the work scheduled to start either late this month or the first of July would give development to about 200 additional workers no construction cost was announced
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Charleston
W. A. B. Vivian
Viscoe Company
American Viscose Company
Vivian
Mrs Reed Sues Husband For Desertion And Cruelty
Myrtle L Reed files for divorce from Delbert O Reed in Taylor County Circuit Court alleging separation since 1934 and long-term violent temper and abusive language. She cites past incidents including a 1934 attack, head injury with a fist, attempted choking, and vicious kicking, plus ongoing abusive behavior.
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Myrtle L. Reed
Delbert O. Reed
Justice Court
Rescued Youth Gravely Ill After Mountain Coal Hole Ordeal
Seventeen year old Peter Shinswosky Jr. lay seriously ill in a hospital after being trapped 46 hours with his father in a coal hole at Ashland Pennsylvania. Physicians cited shock and exposure as the cause. The rescue team tunneled a new shaft to reach them at the bottom of a 300 foot slope. The elder Shinskowsky said the ordeal would finish him as a miner.
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Ashland
Peter Shinswoksky, Jr
Shinskowsky
Lewis Efforts to Strengthen Walsh-Healey Bill Traced
Labor expert analysis links John L. Lewis use of militant C I O pressure in 1936 37 industrial wars to push amendments strengthening the Walsh-Healey act. He demanded wage standards for firms with government contracts and NLRB decisions binding. House Rules blocked floor action as Speaker Bankhead resisted.
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House
Bankhead
Committee of Rules
C. LO
Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Speaker Bankhead
Searsads
House Rules Committee
Award Given Many Pupils for Perfect Attendance
County Superintendent E G Kuhn announced awards for county school pupils with perfect attendance in 1937 38. Certificates were presented to students from Brown Carder Chapel Hill Corbin Harmony Grove Laurel Run and names include Rosalie Helsley George Vasicek Frances Stevens Thelma Louise Jennie Lee Stevens Kenneth Stevens Edward Bartoug Jack Kirby Marie Brown Norma Jefferis Betty Lewis Helen Lewis Robert Watkins Sterling.
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E. G. Kuhn
Kuhn
Harmony Grove
Edward Bartoug
Jack Kirby
Marie Brown
Norma Jefferis
Betty Lewis
Helen’ Lewis
Laurel Run
Robert Watkins
Sterling
Flood Ravages Henan as Rain Feeds Yellow River
A heavy rain flooded Henan province as the Yellow River burst its banks creating a 10 to 20 mile wide flood. Japanese and Chinese forces on the Peiping Hankow front flee the torrent which may claim tens of thousands of lives. The disaster affects about 2,000 villages with 600,000 people, sweeping farmland and displacing peasants and soldiers.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
One Meter Rule Violator Is Fined In Mayor Court
James T. Deegan of Main Street pleaded guilty to violation of the parking meter ordinance and paid the customary one dollar fine in Mayor P F Gillispie s court this week.
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James T. Deegan
Main Street
P. F. Gillispie
City Applies for WPA Job in Grafton
The city of Grafton submits a WPA project proposed by the State Road Commission for beautifying major highways entering the city. Signed by Mayor P F Gillispie and City Commissioners Harley C Hal lee and Joseph B Bradford, the plan requests improvements along routes 60 250 119 and Riverside drive, plus five highway triangles near the city, and is forwarded to Fairmont district WPA offices.
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Grafton
State Road Commission
P. F. Gillispie
Harley C. Hallee
Joseph B. Bradford
Fairmont
Trap Springs
Blueville
Riverside Drive
Blueville Triangle
Fettman
Brdvill
Two Gas Station Owners Seek House Of Delegates Seat
Two gasoline retailers vie for the No vember elections with Lawson seeking the Republican nomination and Murphy entering the Democratic race. Lawson previously ran in 1986 as a Republican candidate, while Murphy joined the Democratic primary as the second entrant.
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Damon
Pythias
William C
Chick” Lawson
J. Paul Murphy
Lawson
Murphy
Hotel Commodore Wi Facing Union to Honcapital Plaza
Bath from $2.50. Comfortable.
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Commodore Wi
Union
Honcapital Plaza
Three Youths Steal Yacht Bound for Cocos Island
San Diego coast guard planes search for the $25,000 Ketch Tira as three runaway youths suspected of stealing it from Santa Cruz converge on a rumored route toward Cocos Island. Captain Joe Marina questions the sighting of a white yacht, differing from the black Tira, with 17-year-old Lyle Tara said to lead the escape. The vessel reportedly carries ample food as the hunt continues across the Pacific.
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San Diego
Cal
Coast Guard
Cocos Island
Santa Cruz
Calif
Joe Marina
Tuna Coast Guardsmen
Marina
Monterey
San Geronimo
Lyle Tara
Lew K. Foote
Youth Extortion Attempt Leads to Arrest in Thomas
Thomas mine worker Udovich 21, a boxer from Thomas West Virginia, was arrested after allegedly writing extortion letters demanding 500 dollars from State Senator A L Helmick and merchant Josef Depolo. Coberly said the notes, crudely penciled, instructed placing the money under cemetery steps near Thomas to fund marriage.
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Parsons
Stark Coberly
Federal
Bbonte
Thomas
W. Va
A. L. Helmick
Josef Depolo
Coberly
Udovich
Boxer
Depolo
Cobberly
Helmick
Grappling Hooks Help Locate Bodies Of Two Boys
Washington Pennsylvania June 16 firemen using grappling hooks recovered Paul Simpson 16 and his brother Andrew 10 from Little Ten Mile Creek near here last night The older boy wore clothing suggesting he leaped in to try to save his brother while Andrew wore swimming trunks The parents were visiting neighbors when the incident occurred
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Washington
Paul Simpson
Andrew
Little Ten-Mile Creek
Here
Lone Pine
David Simpson
Judge Dooms Young McCall for Kidnapping in Florida
Miami June 16 Franklin Pierce McCall 21 was sentenced to death in the electric chair for kidnaping Jimmy Cash Jr to obtain ransom. Judge H F Atkinson cited the guilty plea and ordered execution after custody in Balford prison. Defense said no appeal planned. McCall described the abduction and claimed he carried the child away and found him dead.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
H. F. Atkinson
James Batley Cash, Jr
McCall
Balford
Princeton
Jack Kehoe
Skeegie
Loyalists Driven From Pyrenees Frontier Fight
Spanish insurgents lured government troops into a trap in the Pyrenees forcing the last forty third division to flee into France. Across the north rallies spread as General Franco ordered campaigns to end the civil war quickly. A major battle also developed on the Cordoba front as insurgent offensives broadened.
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Hendaye
France
Pyrenees
Acrose
Cordoba
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