Reminiscences of George Newson and civic critique
The piece recalls George Newson’s return to his home county and the long-lost connections tied to his past, including family marriages and a bath house legacy. It also covers Seabury’s Harvard address criticizing municipal corruption in New York City and urging reforms to curb exploitation by political machines.
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Harvard University
Harvard Alumni Association
Seabury
United States
Ourystem
New York
Inferior Courts of Justice
New York City
Seabury Warns Cities Under Rule by Political Groups
Cambridge, June 24. Samuel Seabury, former attorney general, denounces a political despotism run by organizations draining millions from New York residents. He says such control enabled by party machines led to charges against Mayor James J. Walker after he filed with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Cambridge
Mass
Samuel Seabury
New York
Judge Seabury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Miners Strike Sparks Violence in Ohio and West Virginia
The report details a wage dispute among 30 troopers and miners, with jamison mine joining the strike and workers quitting. Pickets clashed near non union operations as tear gas dispersed crowds from an Ohio guard plane. A dynamite blast near Unionvale’s power house caused no damage, while a sniper targeted Blaine mine workers and several beatings and arrests occurred at Powhaten. Parkersburg hosts a non partisan labor meeting announced by United Mine Workers official Van A Bittner.
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Jamison
Rivesville
Consolidation Company
St. Clairsville
Ohio National Guard
Wolf Run
Jefferson County
Ohio and Pennsylvania
Unionvale
Blaine
Brain Coal and Coke Company
Powhaten
Belmont County
Deep Shaft
Fairmont
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Representaives of Labor
Parkersburg
Rotary appoints new chief at Sunday dawn meeting
Labor leaders endorse T. C. Townsend state tax commissioner after his GOP governor nomination victory. Letters announcing the 11 am Sunday meeting were sent to 150 officers of labor unions and farmers organizations.
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T. C. Townsend
Plans For Curtis Defense Include Demand For Charge Details
Norfolk, Va. June 24. Plans for the defense of John Hughes Curtis who recanted his confession that he faked negotiations for the Lindbergh baby return will include a demand for particulars as to the charge that he obstructed justice. The defense also plans to attack the validity of the indictment alleging a crime under New Jersey law. They do not plan to call Curtis to testify in his own defense if the indictment is quashed.
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Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
Flemington
N. J
New Jersey
Curtis
Neely In Senate Party En route to Convention
Washington dispatch notes Democratic senators leaving for the National Convention in Chicago. Included are temporary chairman Barkley of Kentucky and keynoter plus others such as Walsh of Montana, Weely of West Virginia, Harrison of Mississippi, Bulkley of Ohio, Bailey of North Carolina, and Tydings of Maryland. West Virginia delegates Smith of Fairmont and Conaway of Beard Tree also depart for Chicago.
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Washington
Chicago
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
Weely
West Virginia
Harrison
Mississippi
Bulkley
Ohio
Bailey
North Carolina
Tydings
Maryland
C. E. Smith
Fairmont
Edmund M. Conaway
Beard Tree
Petrolle Gets Shot At Title In Madison Square Garden
New York June 24 Duluth veteran Billy Petrolle has a 15 round bout scheduled against Tony Canzoneri at Madison Square Garden's outdoor bowl on August 8. Canzoneri defends the lightweight crown in a high stakes title challenge.
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Billy Petrolle
Duluth
Tony Canzoneri
Madison Square Garden
New Outdoor Bowl
Canzoneri
Hungarian stamp series features Virgin Mary and child Jesus
Budapest June 24 The Hungarian postmaster general announced a new stamp issue depicting the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus alongside a plain background.
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Budapest
Virgin Mary
Jesus
Saturday Specials at Home Dressed Meats Market
Home Owned, the Home of Home Dressed Meats offers bargains on hamburger, beef steak, sausage, pork loin roast, fresh cabbage, smoked hams, veal dishes, and dressed poultry. C.D. Jacobs Meat Market at 19 West Main Street advertises low prices and full service.
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Bush Market
West Main Street
Senate Passes $2.3 Billion Relief Bill in House Conference Push
Washington reports the Senate approved a $2.3 billion unemployment relief measure amid Hoover opposition and a pending veto, attaching a $300 million emergency relief item and seeking a conference with the House to shape a compromise. The plan blends public works funding with Reconstruction Corporation lending power and a large bond program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Garner
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Prrogram
Thej Reconstruction Corporation
Oodstruction Corporation
Logan
Moses
N. H
Market Nears Cyclical Low Amid Fading Demand
New York spots a near cyclic trough as scarce supply drags prices lower. Santa Fe falls to the lowest since 1900, Allied Chemical to a fresh low since 1921, American Can and American Telephone slide as weak demand tightens the market. Major names including Union Pacific Consolidated Gas National Biscuit American Tobacco Liggett Myers Dupont Drug Continental Can suffer losses as several issues retreat.
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New York
Santa Fe
Allied Chemical
American
Telephone
Union Pacific
Consolidated Gas
National Biscuit
American Tobacco
Liggett & Yers
Dupont, Drug
Continental Can
First Accident Among West Virginia Air Tour Flyers
Huntington June 24 The first minor mishap of the West Virginia air tour occurred when W H Long of Beckley forced landed in a meadow east of Huntington en route from Pt Pleasant The landing was caused by a clogged oil line and Long continued Fred Soule of Williamson in an autogiro won first in a bomb dropping contest at Manyevers L V West of Huntington was first in a race of light planes The fliers were guests of a banquet presided over by Dr I I Hirschman president of the chamber of commerce The tour will divide today with planes to Beckley and Williamson
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Huntington
West Virginia
Chicago Readies World Fair Bathing Beach Features
Chicago announces plan to convert 1400 feet of lakefront beach opposite downtown into a World Fair front yard. Construction starts on 700 bathing cubicles in modern Berlin style. An Olympic pool with salt water capability, grandstands on three sides, Swedish gymnasium green, a casino and restaurant, plus indoor ice and outdoor roller rinks are planned.
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Chicago
Berlin
Gymnatists
Hausner seeks funds for new ocean hop to Poland
Miami, June 24. Polish American flyer Stanley Felix Hausner, recuperating here, seeks money to publish his diary from days adrift in the Atlantic after being forced down 600 miles off Portugal. He hopes to sell his story and memoir of the voyage.
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Miami
Fla
Stanley Felix Hausner
United States
Poland
Atlantic
Portugal
Circe Shell
Hausner
Congress acts on routine calendar items and nominations
The Senate acts on routine calendar bills and continues consideration of the economy bill. The banking committee takes up Gardner Cowles Sr of Iowa for director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The House sends the Democratic relief bill to conference and considers miscellaneous bills.
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Banking Committee
Gardner Cowles, Sr
Iowa
Reconstruction Corporation
House
Socialists threaten power as riots cost lives in Germany
Berlin reports Nazi leaders threaten to seize police power unless von Papen government ends rioting that killed ten this week. Goebbels denounces government at a mass meeting, Edmund Heines warns police will be driven to the devil if not supportive, martial law demanded nationwide.
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Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
von Papen
Germany
Hamburg
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Edmund Heines
Reichstag
Breslau
Munich
Bavaria
Adolph Hitler
Communist Party
Prussia
Boy killed in slide on Pigeon Creek mountain bank
Williamson June 24 A fatal slide on a mountainside coal bank at Pigeon Creek yesterday claimed the life of 12 year old Billie Balsden. His 22 year old brother Russell and a road work man were injured in two later slides as rescuers tried to reach the boy.
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Williamson
Pigeon Creek
Billie Balsden
Russell
Airmens Plan World Flight Halted By Valve Trouble
James M. Mattern of Fort Worth Texas and Bennett Griffin of Oklahoma City started toward Washington for a world flight but were forced to land at Roosevelt Field due to valve trouble. They intended to meet Soviet information bureau officials in Washington to discuss landing at Yakutsk Siberia and refueling stops.
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New York
James M. Mattern
Fort Worth
Texas
Bennett Griffin
Oklahoma City
Washington
Roosevelt Field
Soviet Information Bureau
Yakutsk
Siberia
Ubicity stunt fails to aid jobless men
New York June 24 – Joseph Peller sought publicity by climbing a tower of the Brooklyn Bridge to escape unemployment. Police pleaded with him not to jump. After a crowd gathered he descended a cable hand over hand, but the crowd dispersed and officers sent him away.
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New York
Joseph Peller
Brooklyn Bridge
Jeweler Admits Hoax In Extortion Story
Lancaster, June 24. Malcolm R. Reiser, a jeweler, confessed to inventing extortionists threat to kidnap his son Malcolm Jr. The hoax led police to guard his home for two weeks and he faces charges of false pretense and sending threatening letters. Authorities puzzled by motive and the confession.
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Lancaster
Malcolm R. Reiser
Malcolm
Reiser
Yale and Harvard Split in 70th Regatta
Pittsburgh reports a double disaster as an explosion wrecked two dwellings under Rankin-Whitaker bridge. Three people were injured, one missing, and several others cut or bruised. The bridge remained on fire and traffic delayed over an hour. Police note one destroyed house had hosted three prior blasts in the last year.
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Pittsburgh
Italian Navy Stores Oil for Emergency
Rome reports the Italian navy is storing fuel for an emergency. Senator De Caretto said 150000 tons are on hand and by 1940 the stock would rise to 750000 tons, about half of what would be needed in war.
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Rome
de Caretto
Heavy Snow Fells in Florence Hills Remarkable View
Florence reports a heavy fall of snow during the night in the surrounding hills. Residents say such a phenomenon has not been seen in this region for centuries, marking an extraordinary winter event in the area.
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Florence
Here
Yale and Harvard Split Two Races at Thames Regatta
In New London Connecticut on June 24 Yale won the freshman race by three lengths while Harvard captured the junior varsity by a length at the 70th regatta between Yale and Harvard on the Thames.
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Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Grasshoppers Delay Train in Manitoba
Grasshoppers halted a freight train near Deloraine Manitoba forcing the crew to crawl to pass twenty miles. The swarm covered miles of track in inches of depth stopping speed and delaying the travel schedule on the western rails.
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Winnipeg
Man
Deloraine
Manitoba
1933 Open Golf Meet Chosen for Illinois Venue
Flushing N Y June 24 The executive committee of the United States Golf Association announced that the North Shore Golf Club Glenview Illinois course has been selected for the 1933 open championship. The date will be announced later.
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Flushing
United States Golf Association
North Shore Golf Club
Glenview
Til
Sorority to Honor Dr Florence Sabin at Convention
White Sulphur Springs June 24 Dr Florence Sabin anat omist will receive the Chi Omega national achievement award during the sorority convention here June 27 announced by Dr Mary Collins president of Chi Omega The award is the first national recognition of a woman by the organization.
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White Sulphur Springs
Florence Sabin
Chi Omega
Mary Collins
Amelia Earhart gifts toys to Gallaghers in Ireland
In Londonderry on June 24 the famed aviator Amelia Earhart donated toys to the Gallagher children, farmers' kids who sheltered her during her transatlantic landing in a field. The small boy received a model aircraft as a memento.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Little Gallaghers
Amelia Earhart
Earned Boxer Guards President of France in Paris
Paul Morsard, political officer tasked with President Albert Lebrun's safety, is a doctor of laws and noted boxer. During boxing's peak in France, Morard was the heavyweight champion and rose to prominence as a security figure in Paris.
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Paris
Paul Morsard
Albert Lebrun
Imn
France
Morard
Harbin Census Estimate By Police In June
In Harbin Manchuria officers estimate the city’s population at about 1 170 000 as no act rate census is held. They report roughly 40 000 white Russians 90 000 Soviet citizens and nearly all the remainder Chinese.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Soviet Union
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