Kansas Convicts Mutiny Halts Guards At State Prison Mine
About 15 officers were held hostage as more than 30 Kansas state penitentiary convicts mutinied at the prison coal mine. Telephone lines were cut and guards were surrounded with only clubs and knives. Ronald Finney, linked to the 1933 bond scandal, acted as mediator during a prior incident.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
Penitentiary
Ronald Finney
Kansas
Lacey M. Simpson
State estimates 1935 highway revenue totals shown
The Ohio state highway auditing department projected 1935 receipts totaling 11,625,000 from five revenue sources for the bureau of maintenance. About 9,500,000 would fund state highway maintenance and repair after semi fixed charges of 2,079,490 are deducted.
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Columbus
State Highway Auditing Department
Bureau of Maintenance
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Highway Patrol
Division of Investigation
Services
Congress Today Senate Debates Social Security Bill
The Senate debates a social security measure as the House weighs AAA amendments. Yesterday lawmakers debated the social security bill and considered a tax extension package totaling 501 million dollars.
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Senate
House
Police Chief Warns On Firecracker Sales Before June 25
Police Chief Lew Reynolds warned that sale of fireworks is prohibited before June 25 under a city ordinance. Dealers ignoring the ruling will be hauled before Mayor Fitzgerald. Complaints say youths are noise with salutes in several neighborhoods through the night.
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Lew Reynolds
Fitzgerald
Reynolds
Barricade Seals Quetta City of Death After Quake
Quetta Pakistan sealed to prevent epidemic spread after a major earthquake left about 26 000 dead in the city and surrounding area. Refugees in camps outside the barbed wire include 16 000 displaced. salvage work halted due to infection risk as European casualties reach around 190 dead and 240 injured.
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Quetta
India
Cilie
Karachi
England
Mooney Wins Habeas Plea in Long Freedom Fight
San Francisco June 18 AP The California Supreme Court granted a writ of habeas corpus to Tom Mooney challenging his 1916 Preparedness Day bombing conviction. The order shifts the burden to state authorities as Mooney, imprisoned at San Quentin for life, must be shown cause for release by June 27.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
California State Supreme Court
Mooney
George T. Davis
James J. Holohan
San Quentin
Toledo power strike ends as arbitration looms
Toledo Edison workers end a four day strike and return to work while an assistant labor secretary decides on a 5 percent immediate wage hike and a 15 percent ARB for further raises. An office workers group also returns to work under a similar plan as power service remains mostly normal.
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Toledo, O
Electrical Workers
Toledo Edison Company
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
Office Workers’ Union
J. F. O’connor
Government may drop 18 subsistence homestead projects
Washington June 18 AP The Resettlement Administration plans to abandon 18 subsistence homestead projects inherited from the Homestead Corporation upon its death June 16. C B Baldwin says some viable will continue while others not yet begun may be dropped as work accelerates toward July 15.
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Washington
Resettlement Administration
Homestead Corporation
C. B. Baldwin
Rexford G. Tugwell
Resettlement
Tugwell
New Mexico
The
State University
Baldwin
Subsistence Homestead Corporation
Works Allotment Board
Anroustan
Slaying Ends Argument in East Side Rooming House
Neighbors heard a loud dispute between two men over brick laying and politicians. After a crash a man limped away and police found an unidentified body in the house. Coroner A. J. Pearse said the death appeared to be from a blow at the base of the brain.
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Celveland
A. J. Pearse
Cardenas Forms New Cabinet After Victory Over Calles
President Lazaro Cardenas consolidates power by naming a pro labor cabinet following his clash with former president Plutarco Calles. Mexican congress backs Cardenas as he pursues leftist policies and labor support.
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Plutarco Calles
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Calles
Mexican Congress
Omaha Trams Remain Idle as Governor Rejects Arbitration
Omaha under martial law for a third day as Gov. R. L. Cochran labels the street railway company’s counter arbitration plan as unreasonable and orders the 1800 National Guard into siege against tram service. The company refuses terms on closed shop and reinstatement of 68 striking workers, while arbitration on wages is offered only for profit after expenses and taxes. An effigy of Police Commissioner Frank Myers is burned amid rioting that left two dead and 150 injured.
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Omaha
R. L. Cochran
Omaha and
Council Bluffs
Frank Myers
Child Auto Victim in Hillsboro Collision
Three year old Wilbur Woodyard, son of Mr and Mrs W J Woodyard near Hillsboro Ohio, died after running in front of a four car. The car was driven by C C Hershman of Henderson Kentucky who was operated.
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Hillsboro, O
Wilbur Woodyard
W. J. Woodyard
Here
C. C. Hershman
Henderson
Hershman Wasxonerated
Budget Bill Gets Daveys Signature
Governor Davey signed the ninety seven million dollar biennium budget, vetoing about nine million in items. He said most increases were scattered through the bill and lamented a “mad scramble” to take more money from the state treasury while noting highway funding was unaffected.
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Columbus
Davey
State Highway Department
Ohio
Richetti Faces Death For Mass Slaying At Union Station
Adam Richetti, Missouri and Oklahoma gangster, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the mass slaying of five men at Union Station in Kansas City two years ago. He faced the death penalty as officials prepared to close the case. The verdict drew his brief remark, This is a hell of a thing to wake a man up for.
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Kansas City
Adam_ Richetti
Sallow
Union Station
Richetti
Missouri
Oklahoma
Jackson Man Named Ohio State Fair Manager Ellenwood
Jackson county resident Willard W. Ellenwood named Ohio State Fair manager by Governor Davey. He succeeds Charles Beer of Ashland. Ellenwood previously led the division of plant industry in the department of agriculture.
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Columbus, O
Willard W. Ellenwood
Jackson County
Davey
Charles Beer
Ashland
Ellenwood
Department of Agriculture
Britain and Germany reach naval pact on 35 percent fleet cap
London reports a final agreement between Germany and Britain fixing the German navy at 35 percent of British strength across categories. Italy, the United States, and Japan raised no objection, while France kept a neutral stance amid ongoing consultations.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Admiralty
United States
Japan
Protests Over Work Relief Spending Limits
Washington reports protests by contractors and road builders against limits of 1100 to 1200 dollars per worker in the Roosevelt administration work relief program. Officials warned such caps could outlaw useful projects while Roosevelt urged placement of the unemployed in private industry and optimism for economic recovery.
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Washington
Aged Man Dies After Automobile Crash in Hamilton
John Fletcher Laird, 83, died from injuries after being struck by a car in Hamilton Ohio. Driver Paul Wasson of Montpelier, 0, was not held by police. The incident occurred June 18 according to AP.
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Hamilton
Security Act Nearing Vote in Senate Amid Welfare Push
Washington June 18 The Roosevelt social security program nears final Senate vote with major provisions intact. Administration taxes for old age pensions and unemployment insurance are set to fund grants for those over 65 or blind, with employer payroll taxes and matching state funds. Amendments to expand or narrow the bill are under consideration as leaders weigh a Clark Mo amendment exempting firms with their own retirement plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt Social Security
Senate
House
Clark
Dem
Circulation Managers Meet in Cincinnati
AP reports the International Association of Circulation Managers holds its 37th annual session in Cincinnati on June 18 with forecasts of about 800 attendees.
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Cincinnati
International Association of Circulation Managers
Senate panel accuses subsidy system of waste and fraud
Investigators say merchant marine and air mail contracts bred a saturnalia of waste and corruption. They urge drastic reforms and endorse government ownership with private operation or tariff adjustments. The report cites Grace, Dollar Line executives, and Glover as examples of inflated compensation.
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Washington
APY
Senate Ocean Mail Committee
Black
Ala
McCarran
Nev
King
Utah
White
R. Me
Austin
R. Vt
J. P. Grace
W. R. Grace and Company
Grace Lines
R. Stanley
Dollar Steamship Line
Admiral Oriental Line
United States
Hall W. Irving Glover
Hoover
Colombian Steamship Co
Suspect Slain in Hamilton Company Office Encounter
Patrolman Joseph McFall fatally shot Ralph Gray, 25, of Hamilton after Gray refused to surrender in a company office. Gray's companion fled as the officer reported the incident occurred today.
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Hamilton
Joseph McFall
Ralph Gray
Gray
McFall
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Wilson Rubber Company
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Britain
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U. S
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Roosevelt
James L. O'Neill
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