Back-to-work call follows dynamite blasts in Youngstown plant
Explosions at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Campbell plant mark a shift toward reopening strike-locked Mahoning Valley mills. W B Giles, VP of the company, announces a go ahead after talks with civil authorities and National Guard officers to implement Gov. Davey’s milk-protection order. Maintenance crews light fires as mills prepare to restart with federal mediators and the Labor Secretary awaiting further word.
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Youngstown
Campbell
W. B. Giles
Colny
Mahoning Alley
National Guard
N L. Davey
Evert
Veland
Secretary of
Frances Rkins
Washington, D. C
Spanish coast bombarded by unknown warship near Avenys de Mar
Madrid reports a large warship fired on the Catalan coast last night near Avenys de Mar around 11 30 p m. Officials say insurgent activity recurred while the vessel halted for about sixteen minutes and then continued shelling. Three houses were destroyed and two more shattered with no casualties reported.
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Madrid
Ency
Ign
Patral
Thursay
Ny’s de Mar
Canarias
Avenys de Mare
Mill Employee Placed Under Bond After Assault Claim
Lumberton June 25 A B Stephens a Mainefield Cotton Mills worker is held on 50 bond for alleged assault on textile workers organizer Yles Horton who says Stephens struck him during a discussion with a reporter Clifton Laughlin also bonded 60 on aiding in the assault. Stephens had 46 bond awaiting hearing on separate charge.
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Lumberton
A. B. Stephens
Mainefield Cotton Mills
Yles Horton
Textile
Horton
Stephens
Clifton Laughlin
France U. S. Naval Treaty Hopes For Quick Effect
Paris report notes France tied to the 1926 London naval treaty hopes the accord will quickly curb the world arms race as a minimal check. Britain must approve the pact while it limits ship numbers and allows changes in naval program data. The United States, the only adherent, has signed up.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
United States
Leaders Claim Enough Votes To Carry Court Compromise
Administration leaders said they had enough Senate votes to pass a Roosevelt court bill compromise. Opponents warned they would block any compromise from reaching a vote.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Witness Tells Of Kidnap Plot In 1933 Case
Solomon Shepnick testified in a federal trial of Albany defendants charged with kidnapping John J. O Connell Jr in 1933. He said the plot aimed to seize the boy s father and extract seven thousand five hundred dollars with little trouble, with discussions beginning in February 1933.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Albany
John J. O'Connell
de Jr
Solomon Shepnick
New York City
Shepnick
Manning Strew
Percy Geary
Phil Ziegler
al Fisher
Benny Holinsky
Leonard Scarnici
Scarnici
Rensselaer
Sing Sing
FIRM TO MOVE DUE TO STRIKE
Stockholders of the Hope Webbing company authorize liquidation or transfer to another state to save the $3.5 million industry. Directors meet to avert loss. decision expected within a month. The firm refuses to recognize the C I O which called the strike May 6.
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Pawtucket
R. L
Hope Webbing Company
Pawtucket Business Men's Association and Chamber of Commerce
Hope Webbing
Mrs Edna C Hagen Granted Divorce From Walter Hagen
Trenton New Jersey June 26 Mrs Edna C Hagen of Deal New Jersey was granted a final decree of divorce today from Walter Hagen a Detroit golf professional.
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Trenton
N. J
Edna CC. Hagen
Deal, N. J
Walter Hagen
Detroit
Marriage Annulment Sought In Tennessee News
Madisonville Tennessee reports an annulment action against lanky or Peele age 22 and his 12 year old bride Geneva. The case targets their marriage with Homer Peele to appear in court with his wife as Chancellor T L Stewart sets the date. Peele warns he may not promise compliance and vows no further marriage if the law removes her.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Lanky
Peele
Motheer
Homer
Ry Court
Geneva
Epperson
Here
T. L. Stewart
Peel
Heat Wave Death Toll Tops Fourteen Across Midwest
Chicago led a Midwest heat wave with eight deaths as temperatures hit 97 in the city. Concordia Kansas rose to 108, Creston Iowa 106, Shenandoah Iowa 107, and multiple Iowa towns logged 100 plus. About 200000 sought relief at Lake Michigan beaches.
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Chicago
Gulf
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Kas
Shenandoah
Iowa
Creston
Lake Michigan
Seized whiskey sale sought by county official
Shelby June 25 officials examined if confiscated whiskey could be sold to a wet county ABC store through the state liquor commission. Police seized 141 gallons of bonded whiskies this week and a truck driver was fined 250 dollars. The whiskey’s wholesale value was about 500 dollars.
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Shelby
Cleveland County
ABC
State Liquor Commission
Main Street Railroad Crossing Reopens After Work
The Main Street crossing reopened this afternoon after closing yesterday and today for temporary track laying. A steel light pole was stripped and will be dismantled by tomorrow, while rails were cut and moved to complete the reopening. Traffic began flowing on the first section at 9 o’clock this morning.
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Main Street
Father Divine May Come To Aid Hunt In Morals Case
Counsel for John Wuest Hunt, a white follower of Father Divine, suggests direct intervention by the Harlem cultist in the Mann act case. Hunt’s Negro attorney Hugh MacBeth says Father Divine might travel to the West Coast to aid, aiming to let the religious movement influence politics.
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Los Angeles
John Wuest Hunt
Father Divine
Hunt
Hugh MacBeth
MacBeth
John the Revelator
Jesus Christ
Brockelhurst Found Guilty Sparks Arkansas Murder Trial
In Lonoke Arkansas on June 25 18 year old Bernice Felton faced trial for the hitchhike killing of Victor A Gates while her 23 year old sweetheart Lester Brockelhurst a former Galesburg Illinois Sunday school teacher was sentenced to death in the electric chair the morning after the jury was seated Brockelhurst agreed to testify as a state witness and speak about the crime.
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Lonoke
Ark
State of Arkansas
Bernice Felton
Victor A. Gates
Lester Brockelhurst
Galesburg, Til
Miss Felton
Joe P. Meliton
Brockelhurst
George F. Hartje
Mr. Gates
Dozen Strikers Hurt in Battle at Theuer Wagon Works
North Bergen New Jersey June 25 A clash between about 100 pickets and police at Theuer Wagon works on Hudson Boulevard left a dozen strikers wounded with one seriously hurt Oswald Johnson 42 was crushed when a car rolled onto him after pickets lifted a vehicle.
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North Bergen
N. J
Theuer Wagon Works
Hudson Boulevard
Po- Hee
John J. Simmen
Oswald Johnson
FDR Seeks Harmony Talks on Jeffereson Island
President Roosevelt and Democratic congressmen gather on Jefferson Island for informal harmony talks that may shape key administration proposals. Guests number about 350 at a pine lodge to discuss court bill adjournment timing and wage hour, reorganization, housing, and farm measures.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Senate
Congress
Chesapeake Bay
Georgia Governor Ill In California
Georgia Governor E D Rivers was admitted to Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Hollywood for observation after an attack of what he described as indigestion. Dr H J Strathern said the illness appeared minor.
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Hollywood
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
H. J. Strathearn
Stock Issues Stage Retreat
The stock market retreated unevenly in New York as steel and copper shares led declines with fractions to over a point. U S Steel Bethlehem Republic fell back despite briefer optimism in steel strike developments.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Police Probe Kidnapping Charge In North Carolina
Police investigated a report by Peyton McMillan aged 46 that he was kidnapped and held for more than a week. He said three men kept him prisoner until Monday and released him between Charlotte and Gastonia.
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Rennert
N. C
Peyton McMillan
McMillan
Charlottes
Gastonia
Pittsburgh Newsboy Strike Ends After Three Days
The 1560 mail room employees ended a citywide strike that halted Pittsburgh's three daily papers for three days. Thousands of residents rushed to buy back issues as publishers threatened to use nonlocal union labor before workers voted to resume at $6.80 daily for day shifts and $7 for night shifts.
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Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Atlanta union leader vows drive against Communist linked C I O in South Carolina
George L. Googe of Atlanta, Southern representative of the American Federation of Labor, announced an intensive campaign to offset CIO activities in South Carolina. Speaking at the opening session of the state federation's twenty third annual convention, Googe said organizers would be sent to all centers to let workers choose between the two labor branches. He urged the work be done by native South Carolinians.
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Charleston
8. C
George L. Googe
Atlanta
American Federation of Labor
South Carolina
Committees For Industrial Organization
Googe
Famous Engineer Dies In New York
Col. Hugh L. Cooper 72, once a common laborer on small bridge jobs, dies in New York. An internationally renowned hydro electric engineer he designed and supervised major projects including the Muscle Shoals Alabama 620000 horsepower plant and the 150000 horsepower Dneiper river waterpower and navigation project in Ukraine.
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New York
Hugh L. Cooper
Col. Cooper
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Dneiper River
Ukraine
Russia
Colin Clive Near Death From Pulmonary and Intestinal Illness
English actor Colin Clive was gravely ill in Hollywood, with attendants reporting his condition worsening after a pulmonary and intestinal ailment. The status was described as near death as of June 25.
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Hollywood
Colin Clive
Britain and France plan naval patrols to seal Spain gap
The Associated Press reports Great Britain and France will replace Germany and Italy in the hands-off Spain sea patrol by dispatching their own warships to fill the gap left by those powers.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Spain
Germany
Italy
Stabilization Fund Increase Being Sought
London June 25 Sir John Simon proposes raising the exchange equalization fund by 200 million pounds to 550 million to support Britain’s monetary accord with the United States and France. He cites unsettled international money matters and says France and the United States will be explained later amid debates in parliament.
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London
Sir John Simon
Exchequer
House of Commons
Britain
United States
France
Simon
Commons
John
United
G Men Stymied In Kidnap Case
Stony Brook New York June 25 federal bureau of investigation appears stalled in the search for clues about the disappearance of Mrs. Alice McDonnell Parsons Long Island society matron. Circulars mailed describe the missing heiress with five photographs and warn of a ransom note demanding 25000 dollars found hours after she vanished from her home on June 9.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alice McDonnell Parsons
Long Island Society
Two Charged With Mail Interference
U S attorney Emerich B Freed announced Sam Caputo was arrested in Youngstown charged with interfering with the mails near steel plants. Chester Rochette alias Clyde Rocchat was arrested in Youngstown on a similar charge, linked to the Garrettsville mail robbery case and to Alvin Karpis’s stay at Rochette’s home.
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Cleveland
Emerich B. Freed
U. S
Sam Caputo
Youngstown
United States
Freed
Caputo
Liberty
Chester Rochette
Clyde Rochat
Alvin Karpis
Garrettsville, C
Textile Union Granted Charter in East Lumberton
The Gold Star Textile Organization of East Lumberton received a charter from Secretary of State Thad Eure. It will establish a bargaining agency for workers at Mansfield Mills, Inc. as a non stock corporation organized by Carlos Fields J. J. McMurray and Waylon Roberts of East Lumberton.
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Raleigh
Gold Star Textile Organization
East Lumberton
Mansfield Mills, Inc
Thad Eure
Carlos Fields
J. J. McMurray
Waylon Roberts
Unemployment Drags at Youth Across Southern Colleges
Sir Basil Matthews of Low author and lecturer told student leaders at Southern universities that unemployment is the greatest problem facing today’s youth. He warned the world wide issue demands a new social economic order to provide work for all workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge
Basil Matthews
Southern Universities
Negro Farmer Faints After Rattlesnake Encounter
Kinston June 25 Frank Casey a Black farmer fainted from shock after waking to feel a crawling sensation on his stomach. He saw a four foot rattlesnake coil and slowly move across his body before losing consciousness. A passerby killed the snake.
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Kinston
Frank Casey
Casey
Social Security Board Approves Florida Unemployment Law
The Social Security board today approved Florida's unemployment compensation law, confirming state provisions for jobless benefits. The decision reinforces the program's framework and sets the stage for future implementation across Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Social Security Board
Florida
Spaniards Free Two Americans Detained in Espionage Roundup
Valencia Spain June 25 two Americans detained for questioning in a Catalonia espionage roundup were released today four others remained in custody. The released are Villar J Findley of Washington and Mrs Jose Escuder wife of a Spanish citizen who wanted for American newspapers. The four still held are Mr Mrs Charles Orr Edward Hugo Oebler and Wolf Kupincky. No evidence linking them to espionage activities was announced.
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Valencia
Spain
Catalonia
Villar J. Findley
Washington
Jose W. Escuder
Escuder
Husband
Charles Orr
North Branwich
Edward Hugo Oebler
Wolf Kupincky
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Steel Company
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Catalan
B. Stevens
U. KS
Ation
P Artillery
Rome
John J. O'Connell, Jr
West
Slayer
Sweetheart
North Bergen, N. J
FDR
Sclons
California
LABOR
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AFL
Ital
John Simon
House of
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Eden
Chamberlain
Europe
Bilbao
FBI
Textile Union
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