Coal Control Bill Approved By Committee
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted nine to five to approve an amended Guffey-Vinson coal control bill aimed at stabilizing the soft coal industry through price fixing. The plan enacts an excise tax of one and a half percent plus a 13 percent levy on coal in interstate commerce, with rebates for compliant producers. John L. Lewis urged swift passage to avert wage cuts and a possible industry shutdown.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Supreme Court
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Committee
House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Dionnes expect 12th child not confirmed
Callander Ontario reports a relative says Oliva Dionne is due to give birth around Sept. 1. The Dionnes have not confirmed the claim, with a measles quarantine affecting the family home near the hospital housing the quintuplets. One Dionne child previously died.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Landon Plans Eastern Campaign Tour Ahead of Primary
Gov Alf Landon focused on an eastern campaign strategy in mid June as he prepared for a two week period of activity. The plan remained undeveloped pending today and tomorrow talks, with possible speeches in major eastern cities before a likely western swing.
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Topeka
Eas
Alf M. Landon
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Outlook
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with unsettled coastal areas in North Carolina. Cooler conditions expected in north central and northeast portions. South Carolina remains fair tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy coastal areas.
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North Carolina
North Central
North East
South Carolina
Admit Funeral To Be Held But Who's It For
In Earle Arkansas on June 15 authorities dispute the death of Frank Weems a 40 year old Black member of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union Confusion remains as Sheriff Carlin and local officials state no report confirms Weems death or an attack. the funeral is listed but its subject remains unclear.
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Earle
Ark
Frank Weems
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Weem
H. L. Mitchell
Weems
Howard Carlin
Marion
New City Budget Shaping Rapidly
City Manager E M Knox reports rapid shaping of the new budget with committee hearings ongoing. Budgets for city attorney municipal court and juvenile court have been reviewed while police fire inspection jail health parks and welfare departments are under discussion. other committees will meet before submission.
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E. M. Knox
Welfare
Public Works
Attacks Repulsed By Colony Guards
In Jerusalem on June 15 Jewish settlements were attacked again by Arab terrorists under government emergency rules. Colony guards repulsed all assaults while a bomb at the Jaffa Gate failed to explode.
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Jerusalem
Paleor Agency
Jaffa
Revenge Is Sought By Roehm Followers
Paris dispatch reports a Roehm follower campaign of murder and threats against Nazi officials in Germany. A "Roehm Ranger" group formed to avenge Ernst Roehm and has sent warnings up to Reichsfurer Adolf Hitler.
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Paris
Ernst Roehm
Germany
Berlin
Paris-Soir
Roehm
South Florida towns marooned by record flood waters
High tropical storm rains paralyzed many South Florida cities with rising waters. Fort Myers reported no wind damage though roads south of town flooded. Bonita Springs faced its highest waters in a decade as bridges failed nearby. Moore Haven rain totals led the state, with 9.33 inches in 48 hours and 8.4 inches since Sunday.
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South Florida
MT. Myers
Fila
Atlantic Ocean
Bob King
Bonita Springs
Here
King
Fort Myers
Fred A. Flanders
Moore Haven
Flanders
Lake Okeechobee
West Palm Beach
Palm
Use Tax On Cars Upheld By Court
North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a use tax on automobiles purchased out of state and used in North Carolina. The court completed 44 cases, including overturning no convictions. Odell Oakley won a new trial for a prejudicial question. Willie Gallman and George Alston were affirmed for murder. John Kinyon’s death sentence for criminal assault was upheld for execution July 3 unless clemency is granted.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Odell Oakley
Rockingham County
John H. Clement
Supreme Court
Willie Lee Gallman
Forsyth County
George Alston
Orange County
John Kinyon
Granville
Engineer Is Found Murdered On Lawn
EAST ORANGE New Jersey June 15 67 year old D McFarland Moore a retired electrical engineer and inventor was found dead on the lawn of his home with a bullet wound in the head homicide squad detectives said the man had been slain
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East Orange
N. J
D. McFarland Moore
Homicide
Pope Raises Two Close Friends to Cardinal Title
Pope Pius XI elevated Monsignors Giovanni Mercati and Eugenio Tisserant to the rank of cardinal in a secret consistory. Both men, long regarded as the pope’s scholarly aides, are described as his “bookworm” friends.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Giovanni Mercati
Eugenio Tisserant
Holy Father
Gunman testifies to blood pact to kill editor in Detroit
Dayton Dean of the Black Legion described at the witness stand a 1933 blood pact with four men to murder Highland Park editor Arthur L. Kingsley who opposed the group. He named Roy Hepner and others as present and tied the plot to Markland's failed 1934 reelection.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
Hepner
Roy Hepner
Dean
Kingsley
Duncan C. McCrea
Albert Schneider
Alvis Clark
Frank Rice
Common Pleas
Charles A. Poole
Legion District Convention Opens With Activities In City
Legion members from the district gather for the first district convention hosted by Andrew Jackson post No. 87. A day of tours, a barbecue at City Lake Jamestown, junior baseball games, drum and bugle drills, and a floor show at Sedgefield Inn follow a breakfast at the Forty and Eight and a noon meeting. The Mandarins perform at Mandarin Inn en route to Virginia Beach. 18 perform in the floor show. Tickets are sold by J. E. Lyon, commander.
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Sedgefield Inn
Sheraton
Legion
American Legion
Greensboro
High Point
Willis Park
Jamestown
Sedgefield
Cincinnati
Virginia Beach
J. E. Lyon
Andrew Jackson Post
Police Seek Trace Poison in Mass Mill Deaths
Springfield authorities probe about 50 suspicious mill town deaths tied to a large insurance racket. State detectives plan arrests in days as inspectors search poison sales and enforce restrictions while DA Moriarty cites poison findings in three bodies and a Boston toxicologist report.
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Springfield
Mass
Richard Cotter
Inqui
Charles W. King
State Board of Registration In Pharmacy
Thomas F. Moriarty
Moriarty
Boston Toxicologist
Warnings of New Strike Amid French Clean-Up
Paris reports a government clean-up of extremists to curb a spreading strike movement. Labor officials warn of possible new walkouts as living costs rise and workers seek higher pay for a 40 hour week, while strikers who paused production hope to regain control of plants.
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Paris
Thoresz
Eastman Reappointed as Transportation Coordinator
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved a one year renewal for Joseph B. Eastman as coordinator of transportation with powers trimmed to studies in transportation and a proposed $2 per mile rail tax. Uncertainty lingered whether Congress would finalize the measure before Eastman’s term expires tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Joseph B. Eastman
Congress
Eastman
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Returns to Capital After Western Tour
President Roosevelt rode the Roosevelt train toward Washington after a cross‑country swing that produced a dozen speeches across six western states. Congress faces tax disputes and a race to adjourn before the Democratic National Convention while drafting his Philadelphia acceptance speech against Republican rival Governor Alf Landon of Kansas.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Philadelphia
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Fractional Gains Lift Early Market Trading
In New York on June 15 the stock market rose as buyers pushed leading shares fractionally higher near mid morning. Wheat rallied on reports of drought in spring crop districts while cotton and carrier bonds advanced. Foreign gold currencies fell against the dollar.
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New York
Washington
Greensboro Man Is Awarded P. O. Job
Treasury awards Post Office contract at Marion North Carolina to L B Gallimore of Greensboro for sixty four thousand nine hundred fifty dollars.
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Greensboro
P. O. Job
Washington
The
Treasury
Marion
N. C
L. B. Gallimore
Special Session of Court Convened in Guilford County
A special session of Guilford county superior court opened in Greensboro to clear a crowded docket of criminal cases Judge Julius A. Rousseau of North Wilkesboro presiding this morning.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Superior Court
Julius A. Rousseau
North Wilkesboro
Solons Working On Tax Measure
Washington brief reports Congress resumes after a layoff as Republicans and Democrats debate key points of the tax bill and deficiency appropriation. House conferees push toward passage this week while Senate talks on relief funds and Florida canal remain unsettled amid looming adjournment and Democratic convention uncertainty.
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Congress
Cleveland
Doughton
Adams
D-Cole
Senate
House
Senate Pla
Florida Ship Canal
Ator Robinson
Dem
Portera
Today Payday For Uncle Sam
Washington reports payday for Uncle Sam and a bonus day for World War II veterans. Taxpayers have until midnight to mail or pay the second 1035 income tax installment. Foreign war debtors, except Finland, have notified of default on today’s payments.
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Washington
Sam
Internal Revenue
Finland
Veterans 10 Be Back in Raleigh
Many veterans of the 1935 and other legislative sessions have won Democratic nominations to the 1937 general assembly. Four veteran house members prominent in speakership talk are renomination targets F E Thomas Anson R Gregg Cherry Gaston Victor Bryant Durham and Jack Morphew Graham Mra. E S R McKee of Jackson the only woman to serve in the state senate will return.
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Raleigh
News and Observer
House
F. E. Thomas
Anson
R. Gregg Cherry
Gaston
Victor Bryant
Durham
Jack Morphew
Graham Mra
Greensboro Lawyers Awarded Huge Fees
In Forsyth court Judge Clayton Moore granted Brooks Parker and Holderness with Brooks McLen don and Holderness of Greensboro a total of five hundred thousand dollars in attorney fees for representing Anne Cannon Reynolds Li in Reynolds fund litigation since 1933. Guardian Anne L Cannon Concord petitioned for the award. Cabarrus Hank and Trust Co filed for notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Winston-Salem
Brooks, Parker and Holderness
Brooks, McLendon and Holderness
Greensboro
Anne Cannon Reynolds Li
Smith Reynolds
Clayton Moore
Forsyth Court
Anne L. Cannon
Concord
Cabarrus Hank and Trust Co
Supreme Court
Swedish Socialist Government Resigns After Pension Bill Rejection
Stockholm June 15 The Swedish Socialist government led by Premier Per Albin Hansson resigns after Parliament rejects a bill to raise old age pensions to match higher living costs. The move follows the pension increase setback and signals a shift in domestic policy.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Per-Albin Hansson
Riksdag
World War II veterans receive adjusted compensation bonds today
Veterans of the World War are getting their bonus as baby bonds totaling nearly 1.65 billion dollars are distributed from 12 federal reserve cities. By week’s end 8 billion in bonds are expected to be mailed or exchanged for government checks at post offices nationwide.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Swan Must Enter Prison Tonight
RALEIGH June 15. W I Swan of Bayboro must start a four year term in prison for bank law violations at night after a constrained reprieve two years earlier. The supreme court declined comment on a petition for a rehearing as effort to obtain newer grounds failed.
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Raleigh
Ed W. J. Swan
Bayboro
Ebringhaus
Supreme Court
Swan
Carolinas Aero Club Sets Fayetteville Meeting Date
The Carolinas Aero Club schedules the next gathering in Fayetteville North Carolina on July 12. Officers were elected at the previous monthly session held yesterday.
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Rock Hill
N. C
Carolinas Aero Club
Fayetteville
Ing
Italy Eyes Time To Work In Her Favor Amid Sanctions Debate
Rome reports that discussions in high political circles suggest time will favor Italy as wartime penalties loom. Mussolini’s regime faces the League of Nations condemned actions in East Africa and debates over sanctions may ease or crumble as Geneva actions approach. Diplomatic sources cite seven developments tied to sanctions and Rome’s commerce plans.
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Mussolini
League of Natie
East Africa
Action League Council
Assembly
Geneva
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