Labor riot at Wheeling plant sparks long strike
In Portsmouth Ohio June 24 no arrestes made as investigation begins into Wheeling Steel riot at New Boston plant. James Sexton held for inquiry after guard George Meyers was killed and four wounded in a gun battle. National Guard observers report quiet while pickets and strike sympathizers pressure the plant. Strike leaders vow to persevere as 5500 workers stay out since May 22 demanding collective bargaining amid union claims and company denial of rights.
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Portsmouth
Ono
Wheeling Steel Corporation
New Boston
Arthur Oakes
James Sexton
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Sexton
George Meyers
Ohio National Guard
Emil F. Marx
Columbus
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers
National Labor Relations Board
J. C. Haris
Kump Starts On Big Task as Pension Plan Becomes Law
Charleston June 24 The Public Assistance Department faces a large job ahead for Governor Kump after he signed the measure creating old age and blind pensions and revamping relief and welfare. No ceremony marked the enactment of the social security program based on the federal plan. The governor received the bulky bill from a house aide and affixed his signature.
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Charleston
Public Assistance Department
Kump
Drive Safely as Children Play Near Roads
A Taylor County Safety Council message warns that children chase games along streets and highways, misjudging traffic. Drivers must stay vigilant as kids dart into paths, sometimes colliding with passing cars due to heat and distraction.
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Taylor County Safety Council
JW Hussion Chosen Ruler of Elks Lodge
Joseph W. Hussion was elected exalted ruler of Grafton lodge No. 308, Elks, to fill the unexpired term of John H. Bradford who resigned due to work hours. Hussion will take office July 1 and serve until April 1 when the lodge year begins. A veteran Baltimore and Ohio railroad worker, he has been a lodge trustee and chaired the house committee in prior years.
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Joseph W. Hussion
Grafton
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John H. Bradford
Hussion
Long Lodge
Baltimore and Ohoi
Elks
Lodge
House
One Killed and Fifteen Injured In Air Line Blast
In Buffalo on June 24 an explosion of a high pressure air line at the Trico Products Corporation plant killed Otto Mueller and injured fifteen workers. The plant makes windshield wipers for automobiles.
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Buffalo
Trico Products Corporation
Otto Mueller
Pittsburgh Plate Glass to Grant Paid Vacations
Ford City, Pa. June 24 Pittsburgh Plate Glass company officials announced all employees with a year or more continuous service will receive seven days of vacation with pay. The rate of pay will be two percent of a worker's earnings in the preceding year.
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Ford City
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
A W Cutten Noted Grain Dealer Dies
Arthur W. Cutten, 66, famed wheat pit king who built a multi million fortune in three decades, died of a heart attack at 1 30 a m in Edgewater Beach hotel Chicago. He had health problems but won a pivotal Supreme Court ruling overturning a grain futures order barring him from pits.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Maude Boomer
J. Philipp Evans
Edgewater Beach
Cutten
Gran Futures Commission
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Big Glass Company Grants Paid Vacations for Workers
The Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass company announced paid vacations for 7,400 hourly workers across six plants in Toledo. Vacations last seven days and pay is 2 percent of total 1935 earnings, shifting from unpaid leave. The projected cost to the firm this year is $175,000.
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Toledo
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Nashville Attorney Is Named as Rotary Chief
Nashville Tenn. attorney Will R Manier Jr was unanimously elected president of Rotary International at its Atlantic City convention. Ten thousand delegates cheered the result as Ed R Johnson of Roanoke Va was not opposed and Rufus F Chapin was re elected treasurer for the 25th term.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Will R. Manier
Nashville
Illinois Man Elected Kiwanis President by Acclamation
A. Copeland Callen of Urbana Illinois was elected president of Kiwanis International by acclamation. James M. Lynch of Florence Kentucky and F. Trafford Taylor of Winnipeg Manitoba were elected vice presidents, with H. G. Hatfield of Oklahoma City chosen as treasurer. Callen heads mining and metallurgical engineering at the University of Illinois. Six trustees were to be selected from nine nominees for two year terms, including Dr. Arthur T. Post of Clarksburg West Virginia.
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Washington
Urbana
Ilinois
Kiwanis International Today
James M. Lynch
Florence
Arthur T. Post
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kenova Voters Approve Dike Bond Issue
Kenova West Virginia voters approved a 29000 dollar bond issue to install flood gates and dikes along the Ohio River seven feet above flood stage. The vote was 602 to 102. Mayor John T. Hereford Jr. said gates will be placed in sewers, pumps bought, and a flood dike built around the manufacturing district. Flood stage is 54.5 feet.
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Kenova
W. Va
Ohio River
John T. Hereford, Jr
Bake shop starts in Blueville on Grafton plan
Work began last Saturday on a newGrafton Baking Company bakery on the S J Walters property east of Brownlow Park. The tile brick steel and concrete fireproof building will cover about 7500 square feet with 43 by 124 feet interior and a 43 by 48 foot rear storage area. Plans by McCormick Company of Pittsburgh and New York compare with world class facilities and include conveyors to minimize human handling. completion aimed in 75 to 90 days.
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Grafton Baking Company
S. J. Walters
Brownlow Park
Grafton
Walters
Main Street
D. I. Bayley
McCormick Company, Inc
Pittsburgh
New York
McCormick Company
Moundsville Doctor Fleeced by Gypsy Woman
Dr. R. A. Ashworth, once president of the State Medical Association, trusted a gypsy woman's free sign of long life and health. After her palm over his heart, $7 vanished from his vest. He reported the incident to the police.
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Moundsvile
R. A. Ashworth
The
State Medical Association
Two Airplane Flights Restore Man's Hearing
W H Mathews of Huntington said two airplane flights restored his hearing after an operation over a year ago. He flew with Dr H E Guthrie on June 14 reaching 2500 feet and 5000 feet for later tests. He reported internal ear noises disappeared and his hearing was virtually restored after the second flight.
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Huntington
W. H. Mathews
Mathews
H. E. Guthrie
Attacker of Capone Won't Go On Trial
James C. Lucas, an Alcatraz island convict who stabbed Al Capone, was held in solitary confinement as authorities review the case. U S District Attorney H H McPike said no plans to bring Lucas here for trial. Capone described as superficially wounded. Capone reportedly refused Lucas's requests for financial aid. Continued on Page Five.
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San Francisco
James C. Lucas
Alcatraz
Capone
Pike
Lucas
Barber's Scissors
Jarden Johnson
Dirigible Hindenburg Carries Max to Germany
The Hindenburg, en route from Lakehurst to Frankfurt, heads across the North Atlantic for the third time since starting its Germany United States service. With 57 passengers and 54 crew, Captain Hugo Eckener aims to finish the west to east crossing in about 50 hours, and among the passengers is German heavyweight Max Schmeling who will sleep in a cot due to capacity limits.
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Lakehurst
N. J
North Atlantic
Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
United States
Naval Air Station
Hugo Eckener
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Slayer of Neighbor Is Sentenced To Be Hanged
In Charleston on June 24 William Beckner testified he killed elderly neighbor J. S. Page and was found guilty, sentenced to be hanged. Judge Littlepage set August 6 for execution. Beckner jawed no remark. his mother sobbed outside as police presented a confessed statement claiming he shot Page after ransacking the home seeking money.
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Charleston
William Beckner
J. S. Page
Collett Littlepage
Beckner
Page
Last Rites Held for Victim of Freak Accident
Philippi scene reports funeral held this afternoon for Millard Cunningham 57 of Woodbine farm near Philippi Pocahontas county. He died in a freak accident when a mule team frightened, wagon overturned, pinning him. Survived by widow Mrs Lee Ann Reed and daughter Geraldine. Continues on page seven.
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Philippi
Puneral
Woodbine Farm
Hill Road
Mar
Pocahontas County
Millard Cunningham
Joseph
Bohema Summers
Cunningham
Lee Ann Reed
Ariving
Iran
Geraldine
Toad
Townsend Plan is Set for Platform Fight at Democratic Nominating Convention
Washington state delegates press to add a Townsend old age pension plank and seek production for use endorsement. Resolutions committee member is directed to push the plank to the floor amid a party platform battle. Senator Schwellenbach also urged to back a production for use plank.
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Washington State
Townsend
Sinclair
Philadelphia
Resolutions Committee
Louis B. Schwellenbach
Virginians Rally Against Change in Nomination Rule
Angry Virginia delegates urged northern and western allies to oppose repealing the two thirds nominating rule at the 1936 Democratic convention. The rules committee planned a first showdown with 48 states debating whether a majority should nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates.
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Philadelphia
Virginia
Massachusetts
Simpson Ready to Start Road Construction Work
Charleston reports the road commission prepared to begin using 1 250 000 of a 2 000 000 appropriation to complete highway construction laid out by the legislature. Commissioner Burr H Simpson said 750 000 would be used to seal and resurface primary hard surface routes to better withstand frost action.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Burr H. Simpson
Fire Claims Two Children in Weirton Home Blaze
Weirton fire crews battled a blaze that killed Harry McCavitt 15 and Mike McCavitt 9 while their father Thomas and brother William 13 were critically burned. Mrs McCavitt and two daughters Mary 11 and Dorothy 7 escaped unharmed. Fire origin undetermined. the home two miles from Wetts burned during the winter-like day.
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Weirton
Harry McCavitt
Mike
Thomas McGavitt
William
Ohio Valley Hospital
Wheeling
Harry
Wetts
CCC to Enroll 1100 New Men Next Month
Charleston dispatch reports the Civilian Conservation Corps will accept 1100 new enrollees from West Virginia in early July. Col. Waldron notes 214 will report to Fort Knox Kentucky. Delbarton camp for ex service men becomes a junior camp July 8 with veterans moved to Sharples and Ripley.
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Charleston
Civilian Conservation Corps
West Virginia
W. H. Waldron
Fort Knox
Delbarton
Sharples and
Ripley
Democratic Convention in Philadelphia Faces Platform Tensions
Few attend the third session as constitutional change and Townsend old age pension split the party. Roosevelt leaders oppose proposals while Green proposes a two thirds court veto. Wagner named platform chair as Robinson prepares speech on permanent chair.
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Philadelphia
Platform Committee
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Green
Wagner
New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
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National Guard
Horner
Ivan
Henry Horner
JW. Hussion
Elks Lodge
Plate Glass
A.W. Cutten
U. S
Big Glass Company
Rotary
Illinois
Kiwanis
Blueville
Moundsville
Long
Dirigible
Hindenburg
Max
Farley Opened
James A. Farley
Farley
Fraternal Order Police
Fairmont
CCC
Democrat
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