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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1937
Page
5
Harrisburg reports a vast rock salt deposit beneath Pennsylvania soil could supply the world for many years, according to Thomas A. Logue, secretary of internal affairs.
Berlin reports that Hel mut h Hirsch, 21, an American citizen never residing in the United States, was executed for high treason at Ploetzensee prison at dawn despite United States efforts to obtain a reprieve. He was led to the gallows by the silken gloved headsman as dawn broke over the capital.
The German government announced the execution of Helmuth Hirsch a noncitizen described as a stateless Jew for possessing explosives and planning crimes with a foreign group of traitors. He arrived from Czechoslovakia and was convicted in Stuttgart last December. His case drew American interest through Consul Geist and the state department seeking possible clemency.
The Komintern and the second International agreed on forming a united front against German and Italian intervention in Spain. Dimitroff announced the plan after Almeria bombardment, urging a joint commission with national labor unions to mobilize workers and pressure Britain and France to act. The move aims to force Germany and Italy to withdraw troops and ships from Spain.
Dimitroff telegram to Debruker urges a united front of the communist socialist and labor union parties of Spain to counter German and Italian intervention. He proposes a joint commission of the three internationals for coordinated action and defense of the Spanish people.
The nineteenth annual St Louis Municipal Opera season opens tonight with The Great Waltz. Guy Roberson will sing Johann Strauss Jr in his 1180th performance as inaugural of 12 operettas on the season schedule. City marks fire date at Marshfield jubilee from June 26 to July 1 celebrates progress since the 1887 fire.
The Associated Press reports sit-down strikers expanded actions across the auto industry, idling about 20,000 more workers. Chrysler Detroit closes two plants with 11,000 employees, Packard curtails Detroit stamping amid material shortages, and a Canton Ohio wage clash idles 6,500. A Newberry Michigan fight leaves a death and multiple injuries, while New Jersey’s Little Falls quiets after earlier violence. In Hollywood and New York, film and subway labor disruptions widen as steel strike talks continue in Ohio with Gov. Davey amid 70,000 idle workers.
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