Roosevelt honors Texas pioneers at San Jacinto battlefield
President Roosevelt paid tribute at San Jacinto to Texas pioneers who fought for liberty and principles. He spoke of Mexico as a neighbor and recalled Houston’s 1836 victory, calling San Jacinto a historic shrine and linking frontier battles to American ideals of peace and democracy.
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Houston
Tex
Roosevelt
Texas
San Jacinto
Sie
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
United States
Mexico
America
Strike Petition Fails To Show Up
Fifteen eastern Arkansas cotton field strikers returned home after failing to deliver a civil liberties petition prepared for President Roosevelt. The delegation of the Southern Ten Ant Farmers Union claimed arrangements to hand the petition to Marvin McIntyre, but he said he saw no member or petition as Roosevelt's train departed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Pell
Roosevelt
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
A. F. of L
H. L. Mitchell
Marvin McIntyre
Dallas
McIntyre
Mitchell
Train Explosion Near Lydda Injures None
A pilot train preceding a transport train carrying engineers to Jerusalem exploded near Lydda in Egypt. Reports from Jerusalem say no injuries occurred.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jerusalem
Lydda
Weather Update for North and South Carolina
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight in western North Carolina and possibly tonight and Friday in eastern areas. Temperatures will be slightly cooler in the west and north central North Carolina Friday. In South Carolina, partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight or Friday, cooler in the northwest Friday.
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North Carolina
West
South Carolina
Northwest
Furniture Makers Convene at Roaring Gap Meeting
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association held its semi annual meeting at Roaring Gap with over 100 industry leaders attending. J B Lynch of Winston Salem and J T Ryan of High Point led reports. Robert Ormsby urged factory safety. Dr James M Matthews of Babson Institute planned a later talk on New Horizons. The Cost Accountants division closed its mid year meeting with a banquet yesterday.
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Roaring Gap
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
J. 8. Lynch
Winston- Salem
J. T. Ryan
High Point
Robert Ormsby
B. F. Huntley Furniture Company
James M. Matthews
Babson Institute
Babson Park
Mass
Cost Accountants’ Division
Association
Meat Shortage Looms in Paris as Butchers Strike
Paris faces a meat shortage as wholesale butchers threaten to halt work following a labor dispute. Retail shops with more than six employees already closed, while strikes disrupt utilities in Dunkirk and Versailles amid rising tensions and recent cafe and restaurant actions.
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Paris
Versailles
Dunkirk
Mungo Fined and Suspended by Dodgers
Van Mungo ace right handed pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers is suspended without pay and fined $200 for quitting the club in Pittsburgh yesterday. Judge Stephen McKeever confirms the suspension until he returns and states Mungo will not be traded under any circumstances.
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New York
van Mungo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Stephen McKeever
Mungo
Dodgers
Brookyn
Dodger
Spanish Leader Antonio Romano Assassinated in Malaga
Antonio Romano, 62, president of the Malaga Provincial parliament and leading socialist figure, was shot dead in Malaga amid street fighting between socialist and syndicalist factions. Government reports say a rightist movement was crushed in seven provinces as a general strike paralyzed Malaga.
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Madrid
Antonio Romano
Malaga
Spain
Romano
Socialist Club
Suit Started in Shelby Over Bicycle Injury Case
Robert Lee Jackson, a minor, filed suit in superior court through Mary Jackson for 10000 dollars alleging permanent injuries from a September 14, 1935 bicycle collision with rider Steve George.
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Shelby
Robert Lee Jackson
Mary Jackson
Steve George
Democratic Convention Set for Raleigh Friday
Raleigh June 11 The state Democratic convention meets at noon amid the gubernatorial primary with the $10,000,000 general sales tax as a focal issue. Leaders Clyde Hoey and Ralph McDonald head a tight race to a July 4 runoff. J Wallace Winborne leads the party, with Lon Folger likely to be elected national committeeman. North Carolina to have 26 national votes.
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Raleigh
Clyde Hoey
Ralph McDonald
J. Wallace Winborne
Maxion
Capital
J. M. Broughton
A. D
Lon) Folger
Surry County
Second Primary In Guilford County Seen Likely
Efforts to force a run off in Guilford County target R T Pickens who came within 25 votes of the top three in Saturday’s Greensboro balloting. The three leaders were John W Caffey T C Hoyle Jr and Joe T Carruthers Jr all of Greensboro. Greensboro leaders urge Pickens to enter a run off to assure High Point representation in the lower house and petition over 100 party leaders plan to present him with the request. Pickens has left for Raleigh to attend the state Democratic convention while Greensboro leaders push to secure his entry.
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Greensboro
R. T. Pickens
Guilford County
John W. Caffey
T. C. Hoyle, Jr
Joe T. Carruthers, Jr
Pickens
High Point
General Assembly
Gate City
Raleigh
Mr. Pickens
Union Leaders Say Strike Is Not Over
Union leaders in the 4000 worker strike at six Remington Rand plants in Ilion Syracuse and Tonawanda disputed a company settlement claim. They said only a few workers had returned to reopened plants and that the fight has only begun.
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Ilion
N. Y
Remington Rand, Inc
Syracuse
Tonawanda
Early cotton bloom reported in Raeford
McLean Campbell reports a cotton blossom in a one acre Raeford field on June 6, the earliest bloom ever recorded in the area.
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Raeford
McLean Campbell
Badoglio Toured To Head Italy Defense Forces
Rome reports predicted appointment of Marshal Pietro Badoglio to command all Italian defense forces as Mussolini reappoints him chief of staff of the army. Badoglio, conqueror of Ethiopia, returned from viceroy duties to resume army leadership before the East African campaign.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Mussolini
Badoglio
Ethiopia
Yaqui River Dam Work Begins in Sonora
Work starts on the Yaqui river dam in Sonora to impound 1,640,000 cable yards of water for irrigation of more than 700,000 acres. The project aims to provide extensive agricultural development across the region.
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Mexico City
Yaqui River
Sonora
Nomination of Landon Seems Conceded at Convention
At Cleveland on June 11, reports say Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas is poised to secure the Republican nomination for president. The convention wrestled late into the night over platform items and a ticket, with Col. Frank Knox and Senator Arthur Vandenberg as likely vice presidential picks though Vandenberg declines.
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Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Knox
William E. Borah
Minister Shot With His Own Gun in Westchester
The Rev. Paris B. Stauffeur, 69, a retired minister, was shot in the abdomen with his own rifle by a young thief at his cabin in Dorlans. He walked a quarter mile for help as Chester County authorities hunted the assailant, who warned “This is a holdup” and was mistaken for a prank.
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Westchester
Paris B. Stauffeur
Stauffeur
New President of Panama Elected
Dr. Juan Demostenes Arosemena won Panama’s presidential race with a majority of 2009 votes over Domingo Diaz, according to official government figures announced by Hector Valdes, secretary of the government.
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Panama City
Panama
Juan Demostenes Arosemena
National Revolutionary Coalition Party
Hector Valdes
Arosemena
Domingo Diaz
Liberal Party
Collapse of Jail Termed Accident
A coroner's jury ruled the collapse of the old Cumberland county jail on June 2 an unavoidable accident. William Baxter and Melvin Wilson WPA workers died in the ruins as the building was razed to make way for an agricultural building.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland County
William Baxter
Melvin Wilson
WPA
Gas ton County Bar Rejects Recorder's Court Proposal
Gas ton County Bar association votes 12 to 6 to disapprove a proposal to establish a recorder's court for the county, ending consideration of the plan.
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Gastonia
Gaston County Bar Association
Recorder’s Court
Vice President Expected Running Mate for Landon
Col Frank Knox of Chicago, a publisher, is viewed as the likely selection for governor Alf Landon’s Republican ticket running mate. Knox’s nomination would position him as a prominent vice presidential candidate for the GOP.
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Frank Knox
Chicago
Alf Landon
Ucket
Meekins Dropped From Republican Nomination List
Federal Judge I M Meekins of Elizabeth City is removed from the list of favorite son candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. Thomas Dixon says he will not nominate Meekins on the first ballot as Gov. Alf Landon is poised for acclamation. Eight delegates had pledged a first ballot vote for Meekins but were told to release them if Landon’s nomination nears.
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Cleveland
I. M. Meekins
Elizabeth City
Thomas Dixon
North Carolina
Meekins
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Dixon
Light Trading On Wall Street Favors Few Leaders
Trading was light on the New York Stock Exchange with limited gains. Farm implement stocks led gains as J. I. Case rose while Deere and International Harvester edged higher. Major rail, steel, and utility issues were mostly unchanged with alcohol stocks lower.
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New York
J. J. Case
Deere
International Harvester
General Motors
Auburn
Ligget & Myers
National Biscuit
Union Carbide
American Telephone
U. S
Schenley
National Distillers
Trail Of Black Legion Leads To Three Automotive Plants
Detroit warfgs report ties Black Legion to arson at three major plants. Frank Rice Packard investigator and four others in custody labeled Black Legion officers. Witnesses and officials name associations with unions and anti communist groups in the case. A sixth man remains sought.
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Trail of Black Legion
Detroit
Frank Rice
Packard Motor Car Co
Black Legion
Matthew Smith
Mechanics Educational Society
Tool and Die Makers
Rice
Smith
M. EB. 8
American Federation of Labor
Communist Party
Republican platform echoes in subcommittee draft
June 11 Cleveland notes a subcommittee draft of the Republican platform calling for sound currency and state wage hour standards without a constitutional amendment. It backs relief grants to states, old age security changes, labor rights, and anti monopoly enforcement while opposing entangling alliances and the League of Nations. It also favors a national land use program and limits on agricultural imports and subsidies.
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Cleveland
Carter Glass
League of Nations
World Court
Conferees Begin Second Round on Tax Bill Developments
Washington June 11 conferees moved into a second round of talks on the tax bill amid forecasts of decisive action not to be sought until after the Republican national convention. House Chairman Doughton indicated major points might be postponed and focus would be on minor differences while delaying disputed sections. The first meeting produced limited progress with agreement to table major controversial items until the convention. The main remaining issue concerns taxing undistributed corporate profits.
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Conference Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Doughton
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