Fletcher of Florida Dies at His Home
Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida dies suddenly at his home in Topeka at age 77. He chaired the banking and currency committee and had served in the Senate since 1909. Fletcher’s death follows Park Trammell’s passing earlier in May, leaving Florida with its second loss in a month.
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Washington
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Senate
Park Trammell
Trammell
Scott
M. Loftin
American Bar Association
Fletcher
Borah
Idaho
Smith
South Carolina
F. A. Swarthout
Nell Smith-Gordon
Georgia Official Firm Opponent of Nepotism
Ellen Parker joined the comptroller general's office in Atlanta on Monday. On Tuesday her father Homer C. Parker was named comptroller and immediately fired her after calling her to his office.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Ellen Parker
Comptroller General
State Capitol
Homer C. Parker
Democratic Parley In Final Prep For Philadelphia Convention
Washington June 17 The Democratic high command entered final preparations for the party’s national convention in Philadelphia next week as Republicans focus on raising funds for the Landon Knox drive. President Roosevelt and National Chairman James A Farley conferred about the Quaker City powwow starting June 13 with Roosevelt planning to travel to Philadelphia to accept renomination in an outdoor fete. Governor Alf M Landon and Col Frank of Chicago met in Kansas with the Landon Knox fundraising team.
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Topeka
Kas
Landon-Knox
Hamilton
John D. M. Hamilton
CB. Goodspeed
Chicago
Joy
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
Don
New York
Washington
Democratic High Command
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Goodspeed
Kansas
Frank
Drive Safely: Tire Pressure Affects Car Control
A safety note from Waylor County Safety Council explains four wheel brakes in perfect adjustment can be thrown out of balance by unequal tire pressure. A few pounds difference in front tires can cause a dangerous swerve at high speed when a top is attempted.
Grafton plans GOP judicial convention on Aug 11
Grafton Republicans gather to nominate a judge for the nineteenth judicial circuit. Taylor and Barbour counties hold magisterial and district meetings to select delegates, with Taylor County about to send 22 delegates and Barbour county contributing based on 1932 governor vote. Candidates from Taylor include W Merle Watkins and Gene W Ford, while Philippi contenders include W Taylor George Harry Mason E Wayne Talbott and Dellett Stemple.
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Taylor and
Barbour Counties
Court House
E. Bailey Wyckoff
Philippi
Wyckoff
Margaret Moran
Taylor County
Frank Kittle
Beatrice Mason
Bar- Cobour County
W. P. Samples
Grafton
Taylor County Court House
Barbour County
Parley
Huntington
Race Grafton
Barbour
Taylor Counties
W. Merle Watkins
No Agreement Reached Between Snare and Union Workers
Negotiations between Frederick Snare Company contractors on the Tygarts dam and the International Union of Operating Engineers stalled after a walkout Monday. Officials indicated a satisfactory agreement was expected soon, with W. W. Taylor stating talks with contractors continued and two disputed issues led to the stoppage.
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Frederick Snare Company
Tygarts Dam
International Union of Operating Engineers
Snare
W. W. Taylor
Taylor
Hes
Charleston strike shuts Kelly Axe plant preservation
Charleston June 17 workers at the Kelly Axe and Tool company plant, subsidiary of American Fork and Hoe, walked out in a general strike. Police reported no disorder as four officers patrolled the scene. the strike's cause was not immediately known.
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Charleston
Kelly Axe and Tool Company
American Fork and Hoe Company
W. A. Tully
Finding of Skull Triggers Highway Inquiry
Lexington Tennessee sheriff seeks clues after a farmer and his son report parts of a man’s skull and toes found beside a highway, wrapped in brown paper. Officials estimate the victim died about ten days ago and are investigating the mutilated remains.
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Lexington
Tenn
J. P. Chalk
Chalk
Bonus Means Relief Slash Bonus Means Relief Slash Charleston
The State Relief administration weighed if veterans who cashed adjusted compensation certificates are destitute and eligible for aid. Harrison county relief head said former soldiers who got $200 to $1,000 will be dropped from rolls. County directors decide. $3,000,000 annual appropriation targets the truly destitute. WPA officials knew of no rule barring veterans from work rolls due to the bonus.
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Charleston
State Relief Administration
Josephine Williams
Harrison County
Clarksburg
WPA
Terrorist attack hits children's home in American colony
In Jerusalem on June 17 terrorists fired on a children s home near the Sharon plain as occupants escaped unharmed. A British police car was ambushed near Jaffa leaving an Arab dead and several wounded. The Palcor Agency reported high tensions ahead of the Arab murderers rioting anniversary with 30 Jews and 54 Arabs slain in eight weeks.
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Jerusalem
Plain of Sharon
Jaffa
Palcor
Palestine
Civil War Looms In France Leftists Warn Of Action
French Leftists warned of a civil war threat as 700000 armed Rightists were said to be marching on Paris to thwart the People's Front. The Fiery Cross leader Col Francois De La Rocque was accused of planning political action to trigger upheaval, drawing sharp reactions from Socialist leaders and Premier Blum in the senate debate.
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Paris
People's Front
Popular Front
Police Cannot Wet Nurse Drunks, Shingleton Says
Clarkstown, June 17. Col. P. D. Shingleton head of the state Department of Public Safety told Kiwanis members that state police cannot wet nurse every drunk on the road. He criticized beer parlors used by roughnecks as saloons and urged the governor to act in this legislative session regarding beer with five percent alcohol.
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Clarksburg
P. D. Shingleton
State Department of Public Safety
Kiwanis Club
Napoleonic Emeralds Bought by Barbara Hutton Countess
Paris reports a Napoleonic emerald collection worth 1.2 million dollars now owned by Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow. She purchased yesterday from Ganna Walska, the Polish opera singer and former Harold McCormick wife, via Paris-Midi. The jewels include a diamond necklace earrings and bracelets once given to Countess De Castiglione by Napoleon II.
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Paris
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz - Reventlow
Woolworth
Paris-Midi
London
Ganna Walska
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
Countess de Castiglione
Napoleon II
Roosevelt orders probe into two beatings in Arkansas strike
The U S Department of Justice opened an inquiry into alleged flogging of Presbyterian minister Claude Williams and Willie Sue Blagden, amid a sharecropper strike in eastern Arkansas. Williams urged prosecution of six men he says abducted and beat them near Bates, as the strike provoked pleas for action and a statement from Norman Thomas to President Roosevelt.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States Department of Justice
Arkansas
Claude Williams
Little Rock
Ark
Willie Sue Blagden
Bate
Roosevelt
Glayden
Earle
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
New York
Norman Thomas
Marvin H. McIntyre
Five Die in Auto Crash Near Cleveland Bridge Abutment
Five men were killed and a sixth injured when an automobile crashed into a bridge abutment in Maple Heights near Cleveland. The dead are Steve Lysarato 34 Melvin Wysopal 24 James Stolar 26 Frank Tokorsny and William Petrikowski all of Cleveland. Lloyd Orlikowski 25 was hospitalized with severe head injuries.
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Cleveland
Maple Heights
Steve Lysarato
Melvin Wysopal
James Stolar
Frank Tokorsny
William Petrikowski
Lloyd Orlikowski
Doctors Examine Pope Say Condition Is Good
Vatican reports Pope Pius underwent a lengthy medical exam with satisfactory conclusions. Officials said the pope’s condition is relatively good for his age, though he tires easily and walks short distances. Blood pressure, previously higher than usual, has returned to normal.
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Vatican City
Pius
Retiring Farm Chief Questions GOP Farm Plank
Memphis Tennessee June 17 Chester Davis retiring farm administrator attacked two GOP farm plank proposals in a Chamber of Commerce speech. He warned the platform would throttle international trade and depress American farm prices by restricting imports of livestock dairy and agricultural products and derivatives.
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Memphis
Tenn
Chester Davis
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Changes in proposed West Virginia social security bill
In Charleston on June 17 the House debated the bulky social security bill with only one amendment written. The change allows a jury trial if a person is charged with failing to provide for an indigent relative while the Senate readied a Department of Public Assistance. Eight amendments were rejected, three withdrawn. the withdrawn ideas often proposed negro membership on welfare advisory bodies.
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Charleston
Senate
Department of Public Assistance
West Virginia
House
Three Dead Men Found Beside Wrecked Vessel
Nassau reports from Inagua Island in the eastern Bahamas tell of three white men found dead beside a small vessel wrecked on a reef. A brief description suggests the craft might be the Girlpat, an English boat allegedly stolen from Grimsby six weeks ago by men who came seeking buried gold.
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Nassau
Inagua Island
Bahamas
Grimsby
England
Farley In Philadelphia Today Plans for Democratic Convention
Postmaster General James A Farley and Democratic National chairman arrived in Philadelphia to survey convention preparations. The event opens Tuesday with changes to the 400 page official souvenir program and the postponement of President Roosevelt's nomination to Friday night June 26.
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Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Farley
Committee
Roosevelt
Cities Will Press For Relief At This Session
Representatives of the West Virginia League of Municipalities said they would push for relief measures for cities at the special session. Governor Kump noted many meritorious measures were pressed for inclusion, but they must wait for the regular session, which will convene in seven months.
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Charleston
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Kump
Days Against Use of Liquor Store Profits
Charleston June 17 P West Virginia Anti-Saloon League opposes using liquor store profits for relief or any purpose to influence state groups. Reverend B E Ewing says the best way to relieve poverty is to outlaw the thing causing it. The committee warns liquor profits would gain support for relief beneficiaries. It cites about 25 million spent on liquor and betting, roughly 10 million more than the social security request. Governor Kump proposes 2.5 million of liquor profits to fund the state share of Social Security pensions.
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Charleston
West Virginia Anti-Saloon League
B. E. Ewing
League
Kump
Yale Awards Honors To Writer Sinclair Lewis
Yale conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters on Sinclair Lewis at the 235th commencement, as eleven individuals received honorary degrees. William McFee of Westport also received an honorary Master of Arts, while the university awarded 1,198 degrees in other courses.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Sinclair Lewis
Eares
William McFee
Westport
Two Naval Airmen Die After Plane Crash Near Norfolk
NORFOLK Va June 17 two naval airmen Lieutenant Charles E Mallory 27 of Bethesda Md and Radioman W C Gray of Wharton Tex were killed when their plane crashed from about 100 feet shortly after takeoff from the naval air station. The crash left the crew burned to death in the wreckage.
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Norfolk, Va
Charles E. Mallory
Bethesda
W. C. Gray
Wharton
Tex
Tax measure still in dispute in senate house talks
Washington June 17 Despite long labor in conference the new tax legislation remains bogged in senate house talks. Some conferees see potential agreement tonight while house Democrats push for special treatment for small corporations earning 10 000 or less. A compromise plan proposes a flat 15 percent corporate tax and a 5 to 30 percent surtax on undistributed earnings with a $2 000 exemption for all corporations.
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Washington
Senate-House
House
Senate
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