Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Raised First Day
The 14th annual Portsmouth Welfare Association appeal opened at the Washington Hotel reporting $5 290 51 raised in the first 24 hours. Industrial division led with $1 470. public services $1 246 68. others listed with individual donations from Dr T C Swope and many more. The campaign highlights the flood relief and continued support for nine social service groups and youth programs.
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Portsmouth Welfare Association
Washington Hotel
Cave
John M. Salladay
Public Services
C.W. Baughn
Karleene Johnson
C. A. Brown
Kiwanis Club
Clyde M. Fitch
Portsmouth
Welfare Association
R. F. Fletcher
Red Cross
Tevet
Bureau of Community Service
Red ink persists as deficits mount in fiscal year
Washington reports the annual deficit nears 2.55 billion dollars with a six month period ending June 30 showing a deficit of 2.275 billion. Receipts total about 4.426 billion for the period as the government tracks debt service and continued red ink through the year.
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Washington
Une
Press- Roosevelt
Jackson Youth Dies Under Truck
Jackson June 2 Special To The Times Woodrow Wilson Arthur 17 son of Mrs Lafayette Arthur Bloomfield township was killed instantly at 9 30 am when he slipped from a running board and was crushed beneath a 6200 pound coal truck driven by Frank Keller 17 of Winchester Coroner Charles Gaskill exonerated Keller The victim is survived by his mother and his father was killed nine years ago The body was taken to Charles L Woods funeral parlor in Jackson.
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Winchester
Dixon Run
Charles Gaskill
Keller
Charles L. Woods
Jackson
Amelia Earhart Lands Plane in Venezuela Town
Amelia Earhart landed at Caripe to Venezuela at 10 18 am after a flight from San Juan Puerto Rico She and navigator Captain Fred J Noonan plan to stay overnight at Standard Oil guest house and depart for Paramaribo Dutch Guiana toward Natal via Pare Brazil on the around the world attempt for pleasure
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Miami
Fia
Pan- American Airways
Amelia Earhart
Caripito
Venezuela
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Fred J. Noonan
Standard Oil Co’s
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Natal
Pare
Brazil
Aviatrix
Dizzy Dean Suspended by National League President
Ford Frick suspended Jerome Dizzy Dean indefinitely for conduct detrimental to baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals star pitcher was not given a duration for the ban and Frick offered no further details. Dean had been the focus of multiple disturbances since spring training began.
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New York
Ford Frick
National League
Jerome
Dizzy) Dean
Frick
St. Louis Cardinals
Dean
Louis Noel Rescues Boy Then Collapses From Exhaustion
Louis Noel a fireman at East End station saved 13 year old Thomas Dunn from drowning in the Scioto River on Sunday but collapsed from exhaustion upon completing the rescue. Dunn remains seriously ill at his home on Scioto river road above Piketon after the near drowning.
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Thomas Dunn
Car] Dunn
Scioto River
Piketon
Scioto
Louis Noel
East End
Local Worker Killed in Beckley Area Car Crash
Portsmouth electrician Guy Taylor age 59 was killed and D B Mitchell 26 injured in a late Sunday crash eight miles west of Beckley West Virginia. The pair had left Portsmouth to visit relatives and the car left the road striking a culvert after Mitchell was blinded by oncoming lights. Both men were taken to a Beckley hospital with Taylor dying shortly after.
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Portsmouth
Beckley
W. Va
Guy Taylor
Eighth Street
D. B. Mitchell
Mitchell
Taylor
West Electric Co
Peckley
Seven Motorists Fined in Municipal Court
Seven drivers were fined after arraignment in municipal court Tuesday. Five were charged with driving while intoxicated. Names listed include Eugene Lutz of New Boston, Herbert Copley of Ray, Ligons of Norwood, Orin Snyder of Portsmouth route, and Orville Caldwell with Bert Haken both of Portsmouth route 1.
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Eugene Lutz
Harrisonville Avenue
New Boston
Herbert Copley
Mabert
Ray Ligons
Norwood
Orin Snyder
Sixth Street
Orville Caldwell
Bert Haken
Portsmouth
Republic Firm in War on CIO Across Seven States
Militant labor forces and steel corporations clash as Republic Steel Corp pushes production despite a week-old strike in seven states. Republic’s high command vows not to send idle workers into danger and mocks reports of tightened picket lines.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Republic Steel Corp
Republics High Command
Plane crashes into boxcars at Republic Steel Warren plant
A delivery plane landing inside the Warren plant enclosure crashed into a line of boxcars at Republic Steel Corp. today. The aircraft, used to bring in food during the strike, was damaged. Planes have been arriving at about two per hour and have faced sniper fire at some autlanding sites.
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Warren
Republic Steel Corp
Steel plant wartime shipment claim cited
The report states that lines will impede shipment of manufactured steel and that arms and munitions are stored in plants to protect property and workers. It notes extraordinary efforts to move food to beleaguered workers by airplane and quotes Do. M. White, Republic vice president, asserting daily steel shipments of 7,000 to 8,000 tons.
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Do. M. White
Republic
Violent storm devastates farms across two counties
A severe storm moved through Waverly Piketon Stockdale and South Webster causing widespread damage to gardens orchards and crops. Lightning struck Stockdale and Jackson Fork areas injuring resident E O Pack. Flooding washed out gardens fields and three bridges while hail up to walnut size shattered roofs and windows. Authorities shut routes as patrols guarded flooded roads and listed farm losses.
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Waverly
Piketon
Stockdale
South Webster
E. O. Pack
Stockdale School
Seatbone
Jackson Fork
Hales Creek
Ports mouth records heat as temperatures hover high
The region saw 95 degrees the previous day then held near that level on Tuesday in Portsmouth. After a storm south of Piketon the night cooled, with rain dropping the afternoon temperature to a welcome breeze. At 11 a.m. today the mercury was 87, down from 89 at the same hour yesterday.
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Portsmouth
Piketon
Small Town Vicar Volunteers To Wed Duke and Mrs Warfield
In Monts France a labor preacher Rev R Anderson Jardine plans to wed the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield. He will perform the religious blessing after a civil ceremony in the Chateau de Cande music room. Jardine travels to Monts to fulfill the vow despite church opposition.
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Duke
Mrs. Warfield
Jardine
Tours
Cande
Italian Warships Set Up Blockade To Stop Soviet Shipments To Spaniards
County weighs primary vote on fund levy as county finances deteriorate. Commissioners warn the general fund will exhaust in weeks and may force layoffs. In a Tuesday report every courthouse office except the sheriff overdrawn, totaling 1700 dollars, prompting transfers from the dog and kennel fund and a cut in supplies.
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Spaniards
General Fund
House Relief Bill Passed After Prolonged Hurdles
Washington June 2 The administration's 1.5 billion relief bill cleared the house after a tense session and heads to the senate amid plans to cut funds. The compromise open topics include flood control, revocation of a labor order, and funds for roads, dams, and dust bowl relief.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Public Works Administration
Dust Bowl
Cartwright
Oklahoma
House Roads Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Ohio
Aleshire
Bigelow
Claypool
Crosser
Dixon
Fleger
Fletcher
Harter
Hunter
Kirwan
Kniffin
Mec- Sweeney
Mosier
Polk
Thom
Jenkins
Raed
Lamneck
Ashbrook
Harlan
Kloeb
Sweeney
Secrest
Five Escape Death When Train Strikes Car in Fullerton
At Harrison street crossing near the C and O station in Fullerton a car driven by Charles Wolff and carrying his wife, a son, a daughter, and a grandchild was hit by eastbound train 1227. The car stalled on the track, all five occupants escaped with bruises and shock, while Mrs. Wolff fell and was injured. The same crew had previously struck and killed Raymond Wolff at the same crossing on May 10, 1935, while he gathered coal on the right of way.
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Charles Wolff
Fullerton
Robert
Daisy
Grand Wolff
Chesa & Ohio Railway
Harrison Street
Wolff
Edsel Ford Subpoenaed in Detroit Labor Probe
A subpoena was issued for Edsel Ford in Detroit as a one man grand jury opened an inquiry into last week’s clash between Ford Motor Co. employees and union members. In Washington Homer Martin accused Ford of unfair labor practices to the National Labor Relations Board. Six witnesses testified before Judge Ralph W. Liddy, including Dearborn officials, about the incident in which leaflets were distributed.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Co
United Automobile Workers of America
Washington
Homer Martin
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Company
Duncan C. McCrea
Wayne County
Mich
Harry H. Bennett
Common Pleas
Ralph W. Liddy
McCrea
John L. Carey
Carl A. Brooks
Dearborn
Martin
Somerville
Mass
Labor Board
Temperatures Report For Today And Yesterday
Observer Schirrman reports today's high at 95 and current low at 67 with a 11 a.m. reading. The day follows a warm yesterday and notes a year ago maximum.
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Schirrman
Lutz Keeps Sheriff Office in Ohio Supreme Court Ruling
Hamilton county Sheriff George A. Lutz Jr. retained his post after the Ohio supreme court refused an ouster writ sought by Democrat John H. Gahl who had challenged the election won by Lutz’s father.
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Columbus
George A. Lutz Jr
Hamilton County
Ohio Supreme Court
John H. Gahl
Mr. Lutz
Italian warships blockade eastern Spain to stop Soviet shipping
Italian war ships establish a blockade off eastern Spain to cut Soviet vessels carrying war materials to the Madrid Valencia government. A German battle fleet cooperates, and diplomats in Rome express grave concern over Mussolini's action and the breach of international law as experts call the move a serious wartime incident.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Spain
Madrid- Valencia
Mussolini
German U boats sail to Spanish waters after attack on Deutschland
Four German submarines departed for Spanish waters following Saturday’s raid by Spanish warplanes on the pocket battleship Deutschland. The move aligns with Berlin’s plan to shift its fleet amid the hostilities with Spain.
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Berlin
Spanish
Deutschland
Italy Tightens Blockade Tactics Aiding Franco
In wartime Italy clamps the Mediterranean blockade to curb war supplies to Franco forces. Rome signals potential notification to the Soviet government despite withdrawal from the nonintervention committee. naval patrols at Valencia and Barcelona may use force to stop contraband.
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Rome
Neutrality Committee
Italy
Russia
Aid
Franco
Spain Calls Envoy Home for Parley
Spain’s loyalist government recalls Ambassador Fernando de Los Rios to Valencia for consultations on the European situation. Envoy will sail from New York aboard the Queen Mary on June 9. d affaires Enrique Carlos de La Casa says duration of the talks is unknown and other Spanish ambassadors have been summoned to Valencia for high level conferences.
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Washington
Fernando de Los Rios
Valencia
Europe
Enrique Carlos de la Casa
New York
Spain
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Campaign Army
T. C. Swope
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Annabell Head
James Manning
Millaré Stewart
L. C. Chapman
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Roy B. Leichner
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Keynote
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CIO
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Rhoden Hollow
William Keaton
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Clim Stidham
A. C. Clark
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Jack Rhoden
Joseph Childers
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