Chicago riot victims shot in the back amid Memorial Day unrest
A coroner's report released in Washington states seven of ten killed in the Chicago steel strike riot were shot in the back. Chicago Police Commissioner Allman testified that shots may have come from both sides and that some police actions could be justified. The testimony occurred as a congressional committee discussed tax avoidance and a $1.5 billion relief bill was signed by President Roosevelt.
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Chicago
Washington
Senate
James Allman
Allman
Stir
Joint Congressional Committee
Myron C. Taylor
United & Steel Corporation
Taylor
Alfred du Pont
Arthur H. Kent
Treasury
Alfred P. Soan
General Motors Corporation
Emily R. Calder
Fort Washington
Presh Roosevelt
Machin
Army
Roosevelt
George H. Bark
Pennsylvania
Velt
Britain Protests Portugal Action Over Non Intervention
Britain protests Portugal for suspending aid facilities amid non intervention efforts in the Spanish civil war. Foreign Secretary Ed announces observers remain and Portugal may resume duties if generalist principles support maritime control. Cabinet debates possible abandonment of the Franco-British patrol plan as Italy and Germany oppose new life for the patrol.
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London
Great Britain
Portugal
Anthony Ed
House of Commons
Neville Chamberin
Wning Stret
Chamberlain
Italy
Germany
Parkers Given Prison Terms
Newark news reports Eilis Parker Sr. chief of Burlington County detectives receiving six years and his son Ellis Jr. three years for conspiring to kidnap and force a false confession from Paul H. Wendel regarding the Lindbergh baby case. Judge Clark cited jury leniency and bail was set at 20000 each pending appeal to the Circuit Court.
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Newark
N.ess
Eilis Parker
Burlington
Bruno Richard Haupt- Mann
William Clark
J. Mercer Davis
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Clark
Young Parker
Parker Jr
Estranged Wife Slain by Husband in DeKalb
Sheriff said Jack Barefield 24 shot and killed his wife and her mother Mrs Lucinda Taylor 62 near DeKalb Mississippi and then killed himself after a posse closed in. Mrs Barefield had filed for divorce and lived with her mother with her three children.
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Dekalb, Miss
R. BE. Key
Jack Barefield
Lucinda Taylor
AFL and CIO clash at Cleveland garment plant
In Cleveland, an AFL faction forced through CIO pickets at Stone Knitting Mills Co. causing injuries to several, including two men and a woman. Police arrested a man praised as a CIO organizer for throwing bolts and nuts as hundreds of officers dispersed the largely female crowds.
Fired Pastor Plans Action After Discharge
The Rev. W. H. Carter said he would likely take definite action after conferring with an attorney regarding his discharge from the Cape Fear conference of the Free Will Baptist church. He would not comment on the trial committee’s decision to revoke his preaching credentials. Carter pastored multiple churches and his followers met at Fort Run church amid talk of a possible division in the congregation.
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Selma
Free Will Baptist
Fort Run
Greene County
Colliers Chapel
Linden
Fort Run Church
Driver Dies in Curve Crash at Night
Charlotte report states Arthur E. Deskau lost control of his car on a curve last night and was killed. Police said the accident occurred near a curve in the city limits.
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Charlotte
Arthur E. Deskau
Restraining Order Refused in Lumberton Case
Judge Sinclair refused to issue a restraining order against Mansfield 1 management and Textile Workers Organizing committee. He scheduled a hearing for 10 o'clock Saturday morning in Fayetteville after noting the earlier report was in error. The workers had sought to restrain lines of officers used to manage employee access to the plant.
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Charlotte
Associated Press
N. A. Sitelair
Lumberton
Mansfield 1
Textile Workers Organis
Ing
Sinclair
Fayetteville
Treasury reports record debt as deficits shrink
Washington reports the year ends with the smallest deficit in six years and a debt near 36.4 billion dollars, plus a cash balance of 1 billion. Roosevelt cites revised revenue up to 60 million above estimates while ordinary spending exceeds forecasts by 75 million including a 40 million social security reserve deposit.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Expenditures Revised for North Carolina Social Security Program
Raleigh June 30 AP Mrs W T Bost state welfare commissioner raised the first year cost to 5.4 million dollars from 400 thousand. She said 47 874 people would be eligible: 24 587 aged 21 837 dependent children and 1 450 blind. Monthly grants: aged 12.20 children 5.65 blind 15 to 20.
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Raleigh
W. T. Bost
North Carolina
Mre. Best
Norwegian Tanker Aground Aids Freighter Off Grindstone Island
The Canadian Press reports the Norwegian freighter Aranda is aground off Grindstone Island in the Magdalen group of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The oil tanker Candolite moved to assist and expected to reach the Aranda around noon EST.
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Halifax
Grindstone Island
Magdalen Group
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Farm Prices Slipping After Supply Rise
Government survey shows farm prices fell in recent weeks yet remain higher than a year ago. Economists say the drop reflects a natural adjustment ahead of a new crop marketing period with larger supplies anticipated.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Court clerks convene 20th session in Winston-Salem
The North Carolina Association of Superior Court Clerks gathers in Winston-Salem for its 20th convention. Attendees will hear speeches review 1937 legislature laws and enjoy recreational activities through Saturday.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Association of Superior Court Clerks
Five Non-Strikers Injured By Rock-Throwing Pickets
In Inglewood California police report five non-strikers injured by rock throwing by steel pickets as investigators chase a suspect dubbed Eddie the sailor in the case of the three slain Inglewood girls. Rewards total 3500 dollars fueling the hunt.
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Eddie the Sailor
Inglewood
Calif
van Ebsnee
Five Hurt Entering Canton Republic Steel Plant in Back-To-Work Push
In Canton Ohio five non-strikers were injured by rocks as they entered Republic Steel mills in a back-to-work move. Guards and two low flying planes regulated crowds while operations resumed in three Canton mills under National Guard protection. The strike against Republic Inland Steel Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube continues with sporadic violence and mass evacuations underway.
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Canton
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Ohio National Guard
Water Main
SWOC
Inland Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Youngstown Steel Mill
Holton Again Elected As Head Of Merchants Group
A H Holton was re elected president of the High Point Merchants Association for another year. Directors met for the annual officers election after the membership meeting. Officers elected today include F E Harllee as vice president succeeding O V Kester A Coke Cecil as treasurer and Miss Grace C Baker as secretary. Members approved a by law change raising board size to 21 from 16. Ten directors were chosen at the meeting to fill terms and the five additional seats. No other business was transacted.
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A. H. Holton
High Point Merchants Association
F. E. Harllee
O. V. Kester
A. Coke Cecil
Grace C. Baker
North Carolina Supreme Court Clears Rural Electric Case
The court affirmed a lower ruling that Johnston County Electrical Membership Corp does not need a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Utilities Commission before building rural electric lines. In the final session six cases were decided with five justices present. Associate Justice George W. Connor authored the Johnston County electrification opinion and also found no error in the Forsyth county Flowers conviction.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Johnston County Electrical
State Utilities Commission
M. W. Barnhill
Rocky Mount
J. Wallace Winborne
Marion
George W. Connor
Johnston County
Connor
Forsyth County
Ralph C. Flowers
Urge Change in Federal Setup
Washington June 30 The president's committee on administrative management urged a thorough overhaul of federal fiscal machinery. It would reorganize the budget bureau and treasury, curtail the comptroller general's powers, and phase out highly detailed appropriations to larger lump sums.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Committee On
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt signs two year extension of nuisance taxes
President Roosevelt signed today legislation extending for two years the nuisance taxes aimed at raising about 6.256 billion dollars in annual revenue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Irwin Trial Delayed Likely Until Sept
New York June 30. The trial of Robert Irwin linked to the Beekman Hill artist model slayings faces a summer delay. After surrenders and confessions and a grand jury indictment on three first degree charges, District Attorney William C. Dodge warned an early trial may not occur before September due to limited July and August court activity.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Beekman Hill
William C. Dodge
Dodge
Irwin
North Carolina Counties Vote Against Liquor Stores
In the wake of the 1937 local option act counties vote on liquor sales. Person county won yesterday's referendum by 22 votes with 476 to 441 in Jones county. Results were complete but unofficial.
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Raleigh
Person
Jones
North Carolina
Jones County
Vets
Japs Sink Soviet Gunboat Near Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Manchukuoan forces report sinking one Soviet gunboat and badly damaging another after repelling a third at Blagoveshchensk on the Amur river. They accuse Soviet boats of firing on guards and note a follow up naval action. The Manchukuoan government protests Moscow over the alleged invasion.
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Hsinking
Manchuquo
Russia
Blagoveshechensk
Amur
Kanchattu Island
Blagoveshchensk
Moscow
Amur River
French Senate Grants Chautemps Sweeping Money Powers
Paris June 30 the French senate approved Ca mille Chautemps government sweeping monetary powers to save the nations money structure. The vote stood 167 to 82 after the Chamber of Deputies had already approved the measure.
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Paris
Senate
Camille Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
Chautemps Government Wins Senate Finance Backing
Paris June 30 The Senate Finance committee approved by 20 to 3 the government's bill granting a free hand in fiscal crisis. Premier Camille Chautemps and Finance Minister Georges Bonnet defended the measure in a closed session, seen as parliamentary approval of sweeping decree powers amid the crisis.
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Paris
Chautemps
Senate Finance Committee
Camille Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
Leon Blam
Vanderlip Dies at 72 A Noted Banker in New York
Frank A. Vanderlip, former head of National City Bank and a leading financier, died in New York hospital aged 72 after a recent illness and a minor operation. The obituary follows a string of major financial figure deaths including John D. Rockefeller and George F. Baker.
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New York
World of Finance
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Statesman
Vanderlip
New York Hospital
California
Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
George F. Baker
Slight Advance Made On Market
New York traders edged share prices higher by fractions to two or more points in quiet dealings. Brokers cited a 4 percent payment on U. S. steel preferred as an incentive to buyers. Industrial news carried a bright tone.
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New York
U. S. Steel
House committee approves tax avoid and evasion bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill allocating 50,000 for expenses of the House Senate tax avoidance and evasion committee and 350 100.9 for the Civilian Soncer.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Houseenate
Scout Meeting Underway At National Jamboree
Washington June 30. A cannon at the base of the Washington monument opened the Boy Scout jamboree as upwards of 25 000 Scouts in khaki lined 350 green acres for the ceremonies. Eleven minutes later a second blast signaled the unfurling of 52 foreign standards along Arlington slopes. Four minutes after that a final cannon boom marked the display of 1643 other flags across the camp city.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Capitol Hill
Arlington
Rail Retirement Measure Signed
President Roosevelt signed a tax bill to finance the new railroad retirement plan. The levy on railroad payrolls will be shared by employers and employees, starting at 5 12 percent for three years and rising to 7 12 percent in twelve years. The Wagner Crosser Railroad retirement law supersedes the 1935 act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Large Estate Is Left By Mrs. Duke
Mrs. Sarah P. Duke widow of Benjamin N. Duke shows a gross estate of 12,713,802 and a net estate of 11,830,767 in estate tax appraisal filed. She died September 2, 1936. Durham’s Kerry university receives 420,062 and thirteen North Carolina institutions share the remainder.
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New York
Sarah P. Duke
Benjamin N. Duke
North Carolina
Horton Fined and Sentenced in Lumberton Trial
Myles Horton and two union colleagues were convicted in Lumberton for assault and aiding and abetting in an attack at Mansfield cotton mill. They received 30 days in jail, suspended for one year on good behavior, plus $15 fines each. appeals filed.
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Lumberton
Myles Horton
Textiles Organizing Committee
Henry Wiley
Mansfield Cotton Mill
Leslie J. Hes
W. R. Lamb James Chandler
Sault and Horton
Convic
Condit
Huntley
Horton
Loughby
Attag
Ton
Calcut Case Prompts Appeal Request in Fayetteville
Fayetteville court saw counsel for Joe Calcut say they have not decided whether to appeal Judge WN A8’s ruling on a petition seeking injunction to enforce the state slot machine law. The petition asked restraining officers from seizing machines until a final determination. Judge set 30 days to place his machines under state control.
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Fayetteville
Joe Calcut
WN. A
Deans Named for Murfreesboro Schools
Earl Andrews named superintendent of Chowan College at Murfreesboro with Aula high school noted. June announcements confirm appointment and leadership changes affecting local education authorities.
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Murfreesboro
P-L. Earl Andrews
Aula
Chowan College
Amelia Earhart Prepares Hazardous Pacific Flight
Amelia Earhart plans a 2570 mile ocean hop from Lae New Guinea to Howland Island as part of her around the world journey. She will depart Lae at 1 30 p m Thursday Lae time and aim to land between 10 a m and noon Howland time.
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Howland Island
Amelia Earhart
Lae
New Guineas
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Frontier
Iime
Parkers
Paul H. Wendel
Sion
Gus Hall
CIO
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AFL
Cleveland Knitting Mill
W. H. Carter
Cape Fear
Lillian
Melba
Jean
Ette
Madeline
Republic Steel
Holton
Merchants Group
Board of Directors
Supreme Court
Johnson County Electric Membership Corp
Ape Senate
Ghannen
Parlier Reports
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Eying
Broadway
Peeeneey
Henrietta Koccanat
Cleveland
Duke
Union of and Other Union Members
Appeal Judge's
Calcutt
Amelia
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