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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1937
Page
1
Bilbao reports a new push by insurgents near Begona and Galdacano as Franco’s forces renew long siege efforts surrounding the Basque capital. Residents vow to resist to the bitter end while TV and AP sources note continued fighting and strategic importance of the two outer posts.
A landing party from a British warship evacuated British consul R. C. Stevenson from Bilbao as gunfire roared around them. The rescue occurred near the besieged Basque capital and brought the official to Saint Jean de Luz in France.
Insurgents with fast tanks heavy artillery and bombing planes push on Bilbao as Basque forces retreat to rear guards. Aguirre vows defense saying the city will not fall and urges civilians to evacuate while suburbs Zamudio Derio fall and line fortifications are breached.
The navy says the American Kang arrived yesterday at St Jean de Luz near Bilbao as a routine operation. The cruiser Raleigh and the Hatfield Kane are near the troubled area for protection of Americans. St Jean de Luz hosts diplomatic corps and is a base for naval vessels in the region.
Congressman Connery of Massachusetts fell ill with food poisoning today. He was hospitalized with the physician noting the condition as serious after returning from Massachusetts last night.
County commissioners on Monday reviewed coroner bills totaling 528 for 18 autopsies from April 19 to May 22. They may reject autopsy fees when death cause is apparent, citing the White family murders and a murder suicide. If approved, coroner funds drop to 142 for the rest of the year, risking courthouse closure amid financial pressures.
Paris June 15 The People’s Front government led by Socialist Premier Leon Blum asks parliament to grant it full authority to fend off speculative raids and restore national finances. A measure would empower the cabinet by decree through July 31 to take necessary steps to reconstruct public finances protect savings money and public credit.
New Orleans June 15 Mrs Champ Clark widow of the late Democratic speaker of the national house of representatives died today at the home of her daughter Mrs James M Thomson after a long illness.
The Ross County Citizenship League filed petitions in common pleas court seeking the ouster of Mayor James E. Ford on grounds of gross neglect and misconduct in office. Attorney Phil D. Butler said the move rests on Ford's alleged failure to enforce laws against slot machines.
In Cincinnati court approval clears the plan for Irving Drew Corp. to take over the old Irving Drew Co. The 8 a.m. opening begins in the cutting room with further departments to follow. Daily output starts around 700 pairs, with a 1200 pair capacity to grow as demand warrants.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky June 15 M B Ludlow 55 of Louisville was shot to death today while operating a Southern Railway freight train near Avonstoke Kentucky Fireman W E Korris saw the engineer fall from his seat at the cab window and took the throttle to drive to Waddy Kentucky to report the shooting
After three alienists deemed John Waszak fully sane the defendant changed his plea to guilty to the dynamite deaths of his wife and eight children in Waukesha Wisconsin.
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 a m the high 78 and low 65. Yesterday’s high reached 92. One year ago today the maximum was 93 and the minimum 61.
Portsmouth faced one of its strongest storms in months as 1.51 inches of rain fell in under 30 minutes starting at 5. Water flooded streets and cellars, sewers overflowed, and water covered sidewalks. Lightning, hail, and electrical flashes were reported as temperatures fell from 92 to 65.
In Dublin the Irish Free State parliament approved de Valera's constitution 62 to 48, severing ties to the British empire. President de Valera dissolved Dail Eireann and set elections for July 1. the new Dail will meet July 21. The charter excludes King George VI from internal affairs and aims to establish a largely independent republic.
Two garbage collectors testified they were barred from the Parsons Long Island home on the day Mrs. Alice Parsons vanished. They described a tied package and a car in the garage, while investigators expanded the wooded estate search with about 150 people.
County finances forced a return to scrip due to funds shortage. All appointive employees received two weeks pay in scrip with checks marked payable in scrip. Scrip first appeared in 1933 and was used for several months before cash resumed.
Beginning today Dorothy Thompson, noted lecturer and author and wife of Sinclair Lewis, will appear three times weekly on The Times Editorial Page. She rose as a foreign correspondent, proving a man’s insight in many roles, and her column will offer sharp analysis not limited to women readers.
In Ambridge Pennsylvania, rival CIO and AFL factions clashed at the National Electric Products Co. main gates. About 500 pickets battled 50 IBW members, tear gas shells fired by police scattered female protesters, and the 1,900 workers strike entered its 10th day amid Wagner Act complaints.
Strikes trigger clashes at Bethlehem Steel in Johnstown with seven injured two critically as police move to restore order. CIO AFL unions clash in Ambridge over work returns while Columbus negotiates an Ohio steel strike ending for 45,000 workers. Detroit reports new wage and 35 hour week demands by UAW CIO. Grand Rapids sees 1000 workers return as CIO is accepted as sole bargaining agent. Mayor Monroe flags possible resumption of Republic Steel picketing if peace guarantees emerge. Pittsburgh unions quiet on plans to widen Bethlehem strike.
Huge sections of marble pillars in St. Peter's Basilica collapsed today. Vatican officials led safety inspections and ordered removal of unsafe facing as engineers cited temperature changes loosening the blocks. No visitors were harmed. Cardinal Pacelli and Monsignor Pellizzo oversaw the response.
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals grants Edith Maxwell, twice convicted of killing her father Trigg Maxwell in a 1935 family quarrel, the right to argue her appeal from a second conviction that carries a 20 year prison term. The writ of error and supersedeas lifts await the appellate argument in Wytheville.
President Roosevelt signed yesterday a bill extending for two years the Connally hot oil act. The act bans shipments in interstate commerce of oil produced in excess of quotas fixed by state law.
Governor Martin L. Davey outlined a settlement approach for the Ohio phase of the Great Lakes steel strike. He urged immediate executive-level agreements between company and union leaders, with the National Labor Relations Board to decide if a contract is mandatory. The current officer agreement would stand until a board or court ruling. J A Voss of Republic Steel commented on arrival at the governor’s mansion.
June 15 in Youngstown Common Pleas Judge George Gessner approved a CIO request for a search warrant at Republic Steel Corp plant and office seeking machine guns and auto and semi automatic weapons. Sheriff Ralph Elser ordered to locate any guns and determine if held illegally.
Amelia Earhart arrives in Karachi India at 7 05 p m local time after a long interrupted hop from Massawa Eritrea on her just for fun aerial around the world.
In Johnstown and Ambridge Pennsylvania violence flared as CIO pickets clashed with A F L members while Governor Davey sought peace talks in Columbus Ohio. Across seven Great Lakes states 80 000 idle workers faced growing tensions with potential swift escalation and warnings of broader action by the John L Ells movement and United Automobile Workers in Detroit and Bethlehem.
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports 80 feet of the Ashtabula branch dynamited at Niles after 33 cars of steel were removed from Republic Steel Corp's Warren plant amid a strike. Freight trains delayed as repairs begin. Judge Lynn B. Griffith orders no movement of cars at Republic Steel plants and imposes picket restrictions on railroad property.
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