Political standoff over taxes delays Roosevelts adjournment bid
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt may move to avert a tax stalemate as Congress faced internal senate dissension and a stubborn $2.37 billion relief bill. Leaders said adjournment by Saturday night remained possible if Senate tax fights eased and a revenue plan advanced.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Rooseelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
74Th
Senate
House
Elt
Senate Finance Committee
Ed E Barker Dies of Heart Attack at 71 Near Nickel Plate
Edwin E Barker 71, a county farmer, died at home near Nickel Plate Falls Two at 6 30 this morning of a heart attack after routine chores. Survived by wife Emma. nine children including Elizabeth Wagner Columbus Bernard McClain Carbon Hill and Edwin Barker Logan. sister Clara Wright Columbus. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm with Oak Grove Cemetery burial by Heinlein Bros.
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Edwin E. Barker
Acking County
Nickel Plate School
Falls
Emma Bar
Izabeth Wagner
Columbus
Rnard McClain
Carbon Hill
Cherrington
Roy Beery
Charles
Edwin W. Barker
Logan
Gertrude
Lucy
Clara, Wright
Oak Grove Cemetery
Heinlein Bros
Railroad Engineers Convene in Cleveland for Triennial Meet
The eighth triennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers opened in Cleveland with about 200 delegates. Grand Chief Engineer Alvaniey Johnson said no major issues were on the docket as the gathering was slated to run about a month.
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Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Alvaniey Johnson
Congress Considers 14 Bills on Calendar and Relief Measures
Congress today flags fourteen items on the calendar and refers minor conference reports. Lawmakers debate relief measures and policy steps, advancing or tabling proposals as part of the session agenda.
Twins born to Mrs Bennett awaiting third child
Mrs O M Bennett of Fairbury Nebraska has twins now, both boys and identical. The attending physician believes the forthcoming third child may not be identical. The mother rests at home with the twins as she anticipates the new arrival.
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O. M. Bennett
Fairbury
Two Injured After Foothold Falls at Old Man's Cave
Florence McCormick sixteen year old worker at Reedy's Restaurant Logan was removed from Cherrington hospital to relatives in Logan after a forty foot fall landing on her head in a shallow pool. Mrs George Scott fifty seven Hamden suffered a fractured hip when she slipped on wet rocks in the gorge above the cave. Both were treated at Cherrington hospital with X rays showing no skull fracture for McCormick.
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Old Man's Cave
Florence McCormick
Old Man’s Cave
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Reedy’s
Samuel McCormick
Maxville
McCormick
George Scott
Hamden
Miss McCormick
Eastern roads cut passenger fares to 2 and 3 cents a mile
Eastern railroads cut passenger fares to 2 cents a mile in coaches and 3 cents in pullmans under an interstate commerce commission order. The new rates replace former 3.6 cent rates for both classes and include a minor pullman surcharge.
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Washington
East
Interstate Commerce Commission
Miss Georgia Hansel Improves at Home
Miss Georgia Hansel, bookkeeper for Crystal Rock Gas Company, has been confined to her home with a severe flu for several days and is slowly improving.
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Georgia Hansel
Crystal Rock Gas Company
Peasant Uprising Tests Romania Amid Lupescu Crisis
In Bucharest on June 1 the peasant party mobilized in Romania's largest ever protest against Madame Lupescu and her influence over the throne. Ion Mihalache led calls to banish Mme Lupescu as King Carol faced growing political pressure.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Mme
Magda Dupescu
Carol
Ion Mihalache
Madame Lupescu
Washington Rep Zioncheck Charged as Unsound Mind
Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck of Washington state was ordered committed to Gallinger hospital as unsound mind. District officers arrested him after a day of wandering the capital in search of his missing bride. He left a briefcase of beer bottles and moth balls at the White House offices.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Gallinger Hospital
E. P. Stump
District of Columbia
Zioncheck
White House
Court House
Capitol
Leslie Garnett
City Appeals to Consumers for Water Conservation
City of Logan distributes hand bills urging water customers to curb usage amid a drought. Residents are asked not to waste water by sprinkling or letting faucets drip as cistern levels fall. A new well will be drilled legally soon to add supply, though current rates encourage excessive use.
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Logan
Pilot Averts Plane Tragedy In Chicago Strike Landing
A Transcontinental and Western Air Lines flight from New York diverted toward a forced landing when a gust toppled the tail, crashing into a house and a vacant lot on Chicago's south side. All 15 aboard were bruised. six hospitalized. Pilot W Smith later told investigators the twist caused the altitude loss.
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Chicago
Transcontinental and Western Air Lines
New York
W. Smith
Five Men Shot in Alabama Mine Riot
In Birmingham Alabama three major mines closed due to a strike at the city’s steel plants. Gun fights left five men wounded as about 2000 members of the International Union of Mill Mine and Smelter Workers walk out in protest against a shift to tonnage pay from hourly wages.
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Birmingham
Ala
International Union of Mill, Mine and Smelter Workers
Hensel’s Assailant Freed From Mansfield Reformatory
Gov. Martin L. Davey commuted Harold Eastman’s sentence, freeing him from the Mansfield Reformatory. Eastman, convicted of assaulting George Hensel during labor trouble at Godman Shoe plants in Vinton County, had faced 3 to 30 years. Clemency had already released six others.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Godman Shoe Company
Harold Eastman
Mansfield Reformatory
George Hensel
Hensel
Ohio Town Send Ites to Name Delegates
Ohio Town send ites approves leader defiance of congressional probe and selects delegates for the Townsend old age revolving pensions national convention in Cleveland on July 15. At the first state Townsendites convention, 600 representatives elected Raymond J. Jeffreys of Cleveland as Ohio's member of the national advisory board.
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Ohio
Columbus
Townsend Club
Old Age Pension Group
Cleveland
Townsendites
Raymond J. Jeffreys
Qohio
Townsend Old Age Revolving Pensions, Limited
Hollywood Premiere Fete At Logan Theatre
Logan and Nelsonville staged a Hollywood style first birthday party with impersonators, gowns, cars, and beauty styling to mimic a city premiere. The event featured a Bob Gage show and the film And So They Were Married with Mary Astor and Melvin Douglas, plus auditions for parts and a suggestion box in the theater lobby.
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Logan
Hollywood
Bob Gage
Mary Astor
Melvin Douglas
Josephine James
Logan Theatre
Ambrose Hotel
Blosser’s
Many Die in Ohio Traffic
At least ten persons died in Ohio during the Memorial Day week end in crashes across the state. Fatalities included Stamatatis Stamatakis and family in Youngstown after a train struck their car, multiple motorcycle deaths near Amsterdam and Iroquois, and auto collisions near Cleveland Cincinnati Akron Bellaire and other locations.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Youngstown
Stamatatis Stamatakis
Athena Stamatakis
Olga
Catherine
Olga Fistouri
Stamatakis
Fistouri
Joseph Finn
Amsterdam
James A. Rice
Pina
Iroq
Edward B. Keating
Springfield
Cleveland
James Klumsky
Cincinnati
Alpert Watelski
Miss Kleinschmidt Resigns for Flagstaff College Post
Miss Marie Kleinschmidt daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Kleinschmidt and former Logan Senior high school faculty member resigns from Ohio University Athens to join the State Teachers College Flagstaff Arizona faculty. She will depart for Arizona on June 3.
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Marie Kleinschmidt
Charles Kleinschmidt
Logan
Ohio University
Athens
State Teachers’ College
Flagstaff
Ariz
Kleinschmidt
Arizona
High Court Strikes Down New York Wage Law in 5–4 Decision
The Supreme Court ruled the 1933 New York law setting minimum wages for women and children unconstitutional by five to four, saying it violated the due process right to contract. Justice Butler authored the majority. Brandeis Stone and Cardozo dissented. The case involved Joseph Tipaldo, Brooklyn laundry manager, who faced forgery charges but was freed via habeas corpus.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Butler
Hughes
Brandeis, Stone
Cardozo
Joseph Tipaldo
Brooklyn
Herbert Lehman
District of Columbia
Four Kentuckians killed in weekend shootings across Clay and Laurel counties
Four east Kentucky residents died and two were seriously wounded in separate gun assaults. Perry Martin, 30, of North Corbin faced a murder warrant for killing former magistrate Reed Taylor and his wife at a store near Heavy. Laurel officials hunted a second suspect. In Clay County, Charlie Benge and Claude Scott were ambushed, Dan Cupp wounded and recovering, while Kash Philpot, 36, survived a party shooting in Manchester.
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London
Clay
Laurel Counties
Perry Martin
North Corbin
Reed Taylor
Heavy
Laurel County
Clay County
Charlie Benge
Claude Scott
Dan Cupp
Benge
Kash Philpot
Manchester
Double slaying in Huntington claims Booths in June tragedy
Huntington police say J. D. Booth 61 and his wife Pertha 57 were slain at their residence. Police Sergeant M W Carpenter reported both bodies found in the back yard amid a string of health concerns surrounding Mrs Booth.
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Miss Hansel
Solon
George Allen
E. W. Brown
Vernon
Logan Water
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
M. Jean Dulac
General von Hindenburg
M. Norel
Alabama
Daily News
High Tribunal
Hughes, Brandeis, Stone and Cardozo
By James W. Douthat
Justices Roberts, van Devanter, Sutherland and McReynolds
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