Murray Seeks Senate Probe of Steel Strike Actions
Philip Murray, steel workers leader, told a Senate panel that four steel firms facing strikes formed an alliance to evade laws and that armed camps and violence threaten civil liberties. He urged a thorough inquiry into company policies, including interference with the mails, picketing denial, strikebreakers, and the actions of top executives behind the strike.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Steel Workers
Senate
Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Post Office Committee
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Tom Girdler
Harry Dalton
Black Brothers
Eugene Grace
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland ‘Stesl Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Julius Guarnieri
Republic
Waa
Republic Steel
Chicago
Paramount Moving Pictures
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Paramount] Pictures Company
Conflicts Over Steel Strike Lead to Taxing Allegations
Murray accuses Republic Steel and Bethlehem Steel leaders of orchestrating civil unrest to break unions. He claims city police in Chicago and deputies in Youngstown collude with strikebreakers, citing a May 30 clash and mass mobilization from New York and Pennsylvania. He denounces alleged violations of civil liberties and the federal anti strikebreaking act.
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Murray
Massa Wier
Warren
Niles
Ohio
Unonism
Dic
Tom “Dirdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Eugene Grace
Rethiehem Steel Corporation
Chicago
Republic Steel
Youngsons
Elser
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Evans
New York
Pennsylvania
Franco Moves Men Forward Near Bilbao in Spanish Civil War
Insurgent General Francisco Franco's forces push toward Bilbao edging the city and cross the Nervion River both north and south. They plan a new drive on Santander while awaiting nightfall to begin the march, with rumors of Basque destruction if Bilbao falls. Refugees aboard three boats were captured by insurgents as nonintervention talks convene in London.
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Associated Press
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
International
Santander
Franco
Rathes
Hendaye
Nervion
London
European
Sesson
Germany
Italy
Weston
Wilhelmshaven
Meade Curtis
Elkins
Adolph Hitler
German Sailors Honored After Reich Pocket Battleship Sinking
High government officials attended a military funeral for the lone German sailor killed in the Spanish government bombing of the Reichs pocket battleship 1 Deutschland. New German warships were deployed to Spanish waters for neutrality patrols as Franco moves to consolidate power, sentencing Manuel Hedilla and 14 others.
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Spanish
Franco
Manuel Hedilla
Phalanx
Limit on Battleship Guns Sought By U.S
U S officials said they asked major naval powers to agree to limit battleship guns to 14 inches, a move aimed at coaxing Japan into an inter national pact. The bid opening for two new fleet battleships coincided with the inquiry, while President and Navy leaders debated 14 versus 16 inch rifles pending Japan’s stance.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Japan
Navy Department
West
Navy High Commanditpheld
Mrs Wilkinson to Address Rotary on Old Glory
Members of the Grafton Rotary club will hear a patriotic address on Old Glory at the regular dinner meeting tonight. Mrs Florener H Wilkinson of this city will speak as state director of women's WPA projects, and a large attendance is anticipated.
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Grafton Rotary Club
Florener H. Wilkinson
Child Victim of Attacker Found in Theater Passage
In New York on June 17 12 year old Mary Maglione was found in a theater air passageway badly beaten and likely assaulted. Doctor says skull fracture and serious condition. Night watchman Arthur Ostrander reported finding her and described disordered clothing and no shoes. The girl lives with her father John Maglione a railroad flagman and aunt Estelle Maglione in the Bronx.
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New York
Mary Magione
Arthur Watkins Ostrander
Gil
Ostrander
John Maglione
Estelle Maglione
Bronx
Police Maintain Silence On Trooper Deployment Rumors
Charleston reports state troopers are not being sent to the northern panhandle for strike duty. Captain Rexroad declined comment beyond confirming no extra officers were dispatched or requested. Wellsburg remains peaceful though unofficial sources suggest precautionary measures amid steel strikes in neighboring states. A month earlier Weirton Steel employee groups held meetings without disturbance.
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Charleston
Northern
Panhandle
H. N. Rexroad
Rexroad
Wheeling
Wellsburg
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Weirton Steel Company
Hollidays Cove
Arrest Report and Wool Pool Totals in West Virginia
Corporal Gat W. Bush arrested Leslie Loomis in Franklin after Loomis admitted stealing an automobile owned by C. G. Billups in Point Pleasant and passing bad checks in 44 West Virginia and 39 Virginia towns. Harrison County wool pool totals reached 14,865.89 dollars, with prize averaging 47 cents for 6,800 fleeces.
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Franklin
Gat W. Bush
Leslie Loomis
C. G. Billups
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Virginia
Clarksburg
Harrison County
John M. Pierpont
Noted Actor Stockdale Offers Aid in Slayers Probe
Veteran actor Carl Stockdale, longtime friend of Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, has offered to aid in the revived search for the slayer of William Desmond Taylor. He plans to inform authorities what he knew of the principal figure, as a witness never before called in the case.
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Carl Stockdale
Charlotte Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
William Desmond Taylor
Stockdale
Taft Named Chairman In Effort To Resolve Interstate Strike
Charles Taft continued discussions with Governor Martin L. Davey to broker a settlement of the strike. Perkins order empowers the board to investigate disputes and practices burdening interstate commerce, conduct hearings, take sworn testimony, and make recommendations. It may act as voluntary arbitrator if requested by the parties.
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Miss Perkins
Taft
The
United States
Sim
Roosevelt
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Daniel J. Shields
Johnstown
John Owens
Mahoning Valley
Owens
Discu&ag
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Steel and Tube
Charles Taft
Perkins
Foreign Visitors Reach U S For Scout Jamboree
Washington June 17 1935 first foreign visitors to the Boy Scout jamboree reach the United States after an 8000 mile hike from Caracas Venezuela embassies offered a lift but Juan Carmona and Rafael Angel Petit declined saying they would walk all the way to the capital they began their trek January 11 1935 with the jamboree starting June 30 1935.
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Washington
Caracas
Venezuela
Juan Carmona
Rafael Angel
Petit
Cap‘ Ol
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SWOC
Relea
Helen Price
Indiana State Teachers’ College Laboratory
Terre Haute
Latlip
Grafton
Grafton Fire Department
Latlip Sisters
U.S
Mrs. Wilkinson
Central Press
Cleveland
Mahoking Valley
Frances Perkins
Federal Board
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Girdler
Purnell
Sheets and Tube
White House
Battle of Steel
G. I
Grafton Drug & Citeml Oal Company
West Main
Siplentiae
Maderia
Anak
Vanity
Madeirra
Maderia Linen
Materia
Fairmont W. Va
Hartley
A. Sterling
Children’s Dept
Brown
Margaret Foley
Grand Street
Geo
T. Brown
Philippi
Geo, T. Brown
F. M. Glenn
Grafton, W. VA
Windsor Bowen
VTE
Tors
Windsor
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