Merida Riot Kills 13 Bus Drivers During Strike
Federal troops seized Merida after police at Governor Lopez Cardena s palace fired on bus drivers and taxi workers, killing 13 and wounding 51. Lopez Cardena resigned. Florencio Paloma Valencia named acting chief executive as Mexico ordered an official inquiry into the killings.
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Merida
Yucatan
Fernando Lopez Carde
Nas
Lopez Cardenas
Florencio Paloma Paloma
Valencia
Vicente Lugo
Ignation
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico City
Agustin Arroyo
Interior
Buchheit to Speak at Democratic Meet in Indiana
John F. Buchheit of St. Paul Minnesota will be the principal speaker at the Democrat Club Indiana meeting this evening at 7 30. A brother of Ed Buchheit and Harry Buchheit owner of Buchheit Bros furniture, he was a national delegate to the Philadelphia convention. He will discuss the convention and other facts from his western state residence. Public invited. Received new white hats for the holiday Ash Hat Co 264x.
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John F. Buchheit
St. Paul
McClure Proposes $41 Million Relief Allocation
Senator John J McClure Republican lead Appropriations Committee propose about 41 million dollars for relief for the rest of the year. The amount about 15 million less than New Deal administration estimate. Democrats unsure acceptance and anticipate ongoing relief financing debate as session continues. Governors Bigge relief request was 70 million, later reduced to around 60 million.
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Harrisburg
John J McClure
Appropriations Committee
McClure
New Deal Administration
Senate
Erie Coal Loadings Pass 1935 Mark
The Ore and Coal Exchange reports Lake Erie dock loadings of bituminous coal have surpassed last year’s totals. For June 28, loadings reached 13,659,597 tons versus 13,459,603 tons in the same period in 1938. Weekly totals exceed last year, though navigation delays kept the cumulative figure below 1938 until late June.
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Cleveland
The
Ore and Coal Exchange
Lake Erie
Bonus money goes for delinquent tax protest and parade planned
A letter to County Treasurer John M. Thompson shows part of veteran bonus funds used to pay 1932 to 1936 taxes including school and county taxes. The note asks if penalties apply and mentions a 158 acre farm. Tonight at 7 30 visiting fire companies parade for the Homer City Firemen's Carnival. A 1936 Chevrolet sedan will be given away on July 4, bought from Johnston's Garage Homer City 264%
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Thompson
Homer City
Johnston
Netherlands seeks U S adherence to League reforms
The Netherlands foreign minister urged the League of Nations Assembly to admit the United States and other absent powers and to remove sanctions, proposing a purely consultative covenant while warning that automatic expulsion should remain the only effective sanction. The assembly stirred as delegates debated the proposal and its impact on global security. A rummage sale is announced for Friday July 3 by the Standard Bearers at Gazette Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Werner
Associated Press
Geneva
Netherlands
A. C. D. de Graff
League of Nations Assembly
United States
League
Stanley M. Bruce
Australia
Assembly
World Censorship of Movies Ordered By Pope's Encyclical
Pope Pius ordered a world censorship of films via an encyclical to American bishops. He directed bishops to run film review offices, obtain annual pledges from the faithful to avoid bad films, and create national reviewing offices linked to Catholic Action. He urged cooperation across countries to standardize judgments and praised the Legion of Decency for its results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Vatican City
Pius (Oday
United States
Catholice Action Organization
Legion of Decency
Rescue Miner Freed After 22 Hours in Coal Hale
Rescue crews hoisted Enoch Kuklinskie Jr. from a 30 foot coal shaft after nearly 22 hours entombed in darkness and damp. The 35 year old miner, strapped to a plank, gasped for air and appeared unharmed beyond hunger and thirst, with a bruised leg noted by doctors. His 60 year old father, who avoided entrapment, was moved to hospital as crowds cheered the successful effort. Continued on page two.
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Shamokin
Enoch Kuktinskie, Jr
Kuktlinskie
Kukdlinskie
Kuklinskie
Flowers testifies in own defense in fatal crash trial
William J. Flowers, a Butler real estate man, testified in his own defense in a criminal count charging involuntary manslaughter in the death of Esther Von Krogh, a prominent Butler musician. Flowers said he was on his own side at about 45 mph when the collision occurred on the Pittsburgh Butler Highway seven miles south of Butler.
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William J. Flowers
Butler
Esther von Krogh
Flowers
Miss von Krogh
Pitsburgh- Butler Highway
Creps
Butler County
Reports Show Gap in Unions Narrowing Amid Steel Labor Clash
Pittsburgh July 2 Reports indicate a narrowing gap between industrial and craft unionists within the American Federation of Labor as John L Lewis' committee for industrial organization of labor discusses an AFL order to appear and explain defiance. News notes steel firms advertising to oppose the drive and CIO backed union efforts face resistance. clashes include Weirton anti union activity and a massillon safety director forced from a hotel room amid violence.
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Pittsburgh
Steel
Federation of Labor
Washington
John L
Lewis
Industrial Organization of Labor
A. F. of L
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Steubenville
Weirton
Claude’ R. Kramer
Service and Safety
Massillon
Ohio
Heart Attack Fatal To Shelocta Woman Annie Sell
Annie Caroline Sell of Shelocta collapsed from an acute heart attack while playing with children. She died instantly after medical review. Funeral arrangements and family details follow. she was born July 12, 1908 and had lived with the Dot Edwards family since childhood.
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Annie Caroline Sell
Shelocta
Edwards Home
Robinson Funeral Home
Annie Sell
Aw, E
Elizabeth (Edwards) Sell
Miss Sell
Dot Edwards
Late News Flashes Oil Death and Wimbledon Finals
LATE NEWS FLASHES OIL: James McDonald, heir to oil fortune with Rockefeller ties, found dead in his car from carbon monoxide poisoning. WIMBLEDON: Helen Jacobs reaches finals after beating Jadwiga Jedrzejowska 6 4 6 2 at All England. Other items note milk price protest, a fatal Ashland wreck, rain in drought area, and a spy trial in Los Angeles.
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Boise
Waho
James McDonald, ML
John D. Rockefeller
H. N. Chaloupka Sall
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
Calif
Jadwiga Jedrzejowska
Poland
Farley Called By President Roosevelt Discusses Role
President Roosevelt summoned National Chairman James A. Farley to the White House for an important conference. The meeting was viewed as a signal on Farley’s possible departure from the postmaster general role to focus on Democratic leadership duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
White House
Farley
New Deal
Flood Devastation Hits Texas as Waters Recede
A Texas flood from torrential rains left at least 21 dead and 14 missing with property damage estimated at 1 million dollars. The disaster impacted farm communities from San Antonio to Gonzales, with Plum Creek and the Guadalupe rising and submerging miles of rich farmland while rescuers expected more bodies to be found along creeks and in floodwrecked areas.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Chicago
ST. Paul
Wallace
Minnesota
Washington
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Austin
Missouri-Pacific
Trail
Kyle
A.m
Cattl
Willis W. Gonzales
Guadalupe
Colorado
San Marcos
Comal
Gonzales
San Gabriel
Conference on Elementary Education at State Teachers College
A July 10 conference on Elementary Education at State Teachers College Indiana opens at 9:30 with music. Dr. Marion Monroe of Pittsburgh delivers a 9:45 address on reading, followed by Dr. Florence Bamberger of Johns Hopkins at 10:15 and 1:45. A reading panel meets 10:45 to 12:00, with a 2:30 joint session and 3:00 to 4:00 tea on the East Porch. Exhibits of reading materials will be on display. all interested are invited.
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State Teachers College
Indiana
Marion Monroe
Pittsburgh
Monroe
Florence Bamberger
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Maryland
Bamberger
Second alumnus honored as Penn Bar president
MEADVILLE July 2 Allegheny College alumnus Sterling McNees Harrisburg attorney was the second alumnus to be elected president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in three terms in 1934 he was the first.
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Meadville
Sterling McNees
Harrisburg
Allegheny College
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Laurel Crown Given To Punxs Girl At Forest Festival
Earle crowns pretty Ethel Ellenberger of Punx-Butawney as Queen Laurel I in an outdoor ceremony in Cook's Forest. Governor George H. Earle, Attorney General Margi gh i, and Mayor William N. McNair of Pittsburgh attend. Maids of Honor Hare Hazel Poff, Louise Oselien, Mary Ann Humphreys, Kathryn Travis, Kathryn Marshall, Geraldine Brigham, and Betty King. The festival dates July 2 to 4 celebrate the state flower with roads, trails, and mountain scenery drawing outdoor enthusiasts. The Governor praises new roads and vacation land development in the region.
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Brookville
Laurel
Woodlands
Pennsylvania
Ethel Ellenberger
Commonwealth
George H. Earle
Cook's Forest
Vienna
Charles J. Margighi
Hazal Poff
Clarion
Louise Oselien
Mary Ann Humphreys
Brockway
Kathryn Travis
DuBois
Kathryn Marshall
Summerville
Geraldine Brigham
Sykesville
Betty King
Reynoldsville
William Penn
William N. McNair
Pittssburgh
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Carle
Milk Control Board
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Joseph Kerlisky
Carmel
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Centralig
John Wosnicki
Raymond Cooney
Los Creek
William Baskings
Liam Fenn
Weather Bureau
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Los Angeles
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Japan
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Chich
Ford
Prince
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