Barkley Taunts G. O. P. Leadership At Democratic Convention
At Philadelphia June 24 delegates clash over platform as Sen. Barkley taunts Republican leaders and accuses the Supreme Court of distorted constitutional rulings. Observers expect the 1986 platform to avoid a constitutional showdown while Roosevelt era policies are praised for ending the prior decade of GOP rule.
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Edward J. Duffy
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Alben W. Barkley
Amalgamated strike violence prompts firm steel company stance
An auto-toned Portsmouth area riot erupts during the Amalgamated strike at Wheeling Steel Corp in New Boston. A picket, James Sexton, 51, Harrisonville divide hill, faces first degree murder charges after a gun ambush left a guard dead and four wounded. Authorities, with Portsmouth police, pursue further charges as windows are broken and threats reported.
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Portsmouth
Steel Company
Amalgamated Strike Committee
J. P. Harris
Amalgamated Joint Committee
Rock
Ancona
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Portsmouth Works
Wheeling Steel Corp
James Sexton
Harrisonville Divide Hill
Emory F. Smith
Arthur L. Oakes
New Boston
Herbert Caldwell
Clarence Highfield
Department Council
Scioto County
Senator Barkley Promotes New Interstate Commerce View
The speech urged a broad reinterpretation of interstate commerce to extend federal power over products crossing borders. Barkley attacked Landon and Hoover, tied Rothschild era policies to depredations, praised Roosevelt’s 1933 recovery, and noted party delegates celebrating state standards amid parade noise.
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High Court
Barkley
Alf M. Landon
Cice
Herbert Hoover
Virginia Delegates Fight to Keep Old Nomination Rule
Virginia delegates appealed to northern and western friends to oppose repeal of the two thirds nominating rule at future Democratic conventions. The issue moves to the rules committee for its first hearing, with 48 states ready to debate a proposal limiting the nomination to a simple majority.
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Hiladelphu
Ngry
Virginia
Champs Start Eastern Trip to National Marbles Tournament
Portsmouth youths Charles Workman and Walter Howerd, champions from Stockdale and the children's home, travel with Harry Foehr and Mrs. Foehr to Ocean City New Jersey for the national marbles tournament. They will visit Gettysburg Washington and Philadelphia on the way, aiming for top prizes.
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Portsmouth
Ocean City
N. J
United States
Auto
Harry Foehr
Times
Stockdale
Walter Howerd
Charles
Walter
Chuck
Balloon Launch From Memorial Stadium
Professor Jean Piccard's unmanned balloon lifted off from Memorial stadium bound for the stratosphere. The craft aims to reach 10 to 14 miles above the earth on an early day scientific mission.
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Minneapolis
Jean Piccard
Memorial Stadium
Wagner Chosen Chairman As Platform Work Opens
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York was unanimously elected platform committee chairman amid talks of a Townsend pension plank and no public presidential stance yet. The committee with many New Deal supporters began hearings and eyed a liberal interpretation of the charter to govern social and economic issues.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Democratic Platform Committee
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Wagner
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
William S. Boyle
Nevada
Lewis Schwellenbach
Washington
Townsend
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Platform
Resolutions
Cleveland
Barkley
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Thomas
Capone Is Attacked In Alcatraz Cell
Alcatraz inmate James C. Lucas stabbed Al Capone with scissors and was placed in solitary confinement. Capone sustained a superficial back wound and exchanged blows with Lucas before a guard intervened. Capone had refused Lucas’s requests for money amid ongoing inmate tensions.
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San Francisco
James C. Lucas
Alcatraz Island
al Capone
Chicago
United States
H. H. MéPike
James H. Johnson
San Francisco Bay
Texas
Capone
Mr. McPike
Lucas
Johnson
Arthur W. Cutten Dies Once-Rising Grain Trader at 66
Chicago June 24 Arthur W. Cutten a legendary grain trader known as the little giant of the wheat pits died suddenly in his Edgewater Beach hotel suite at 1 30 a m. est His wife Maude Boomers said a doctor was summoned but he died about twenty minutes later Cutten had built a fortune over three decades and fought a long proxy battle in grain futures while in frail health this year.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Maude Boomers
J. Philip Evans
Edgewater Beach
Mr. Cutten
Grain Futures
Japan Rejects Three-Power Naval Pact In Tokyo
Japan's cabinet, echoing the January walkout by the Japanese delegation, refuses to join the London naval treaty inviting nations to sign. The move labels the pact as virtually meaningless and counters Britain’s invitation.
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Tokyo
Japan
Body of Train Victim Identified as Lester Near Portsmouth
Police identified the victim as Thomas Hartzell Lester about 38 years old found along the Norfolk and Western tracks five miles north of Portsmouth at 8 30 this morning. He appeared to leap in front of a westbound train. coroner Dr. Gault noted severe injuries.
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Thomas Hartzell Lester
Norfolk & Western Railway
Portsmouth
Riverview
H. Fichtelman
Earl Brown
Columbus
Ross Moore Gault
Thomas Lester
North End
William Heisel
Lester
Louise Yost Will Receives Ohio Supreme Court Approval
The Ohio Supreme Court approved the will of Louise Yost of Scioto County who died June 17, 1934. It refused to hear an appeal by Eleanor Yost and other nieces and nephews challenging the document. The court also denied Sarah F. Black of Portsmouth attorney fees in her suit against Stockham Co. and declined to review lower court records.
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Louise Yost
Scioto County
Ohio Supreme Court
Eleanor Yost
Robert Yost
Sarah F. Black
Portsmouth
The
Stockham Co
Temperatures Report For Today And Yesterday
Observer Schirrmay reports today at 11 am 75 degrees with a low of 55. Yesterday’s high reached 80 and the low 55. comparisons show a year ago today the high was 81 with a 55 degree low.
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Schirrmay
Hopkins Starts New WPA Plan In Washington
President Roosevelt designates Harry L. Hopkins as WPA administrator and orders a $1.425 billion relief program to follow prior rules with two new policies. Field staff gain powers, relief-roll eligibility remains strict, banned aliens entering the country illegally, and prevailing wages preserved with limited hours.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Congress
Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
WPA
Three Men Arrested in Gallia Street Auto Crash
In front of 2332 Gallia street on Tuesday afternoon three automobiles were damaged and two people were hurt. Jay Headley 40 of 3208 Gallia street New Boston was charged with driving while intoxicated. He allegedly side swiped C D Pitts then hit John Daughtery and Dewey Yeley before crashing into Daughtery’s car. Patrolmen Bailey and Swearingen filed the report.
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Gallia Street
John Daughtery
Charles Street
Dewey Yeley
Johnson Street
Sciotoville
Jay Headley
New Boston
Albert Bailey
John Swearingen
Headley
C. D. Pitts
Cypress Street
Pitts
Daughtery
Yeley
Deputy Issues Proclamation to Scioto County Rioters
Deputy Herbert Caldwell read Sheriff Arthur L. Oakes proclamation to the New Boston area and county on riot laws. The notice cites sections 12 809 and 12 811 of the Ohio General Code, urging dispersal and stating penalties for unlawful assembly and rioting.
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Scioto County
Steel Plant Strike Committee
Herbert Caldwell
Arthur L. Oakes
New Boston
Ohio
State of
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Naary
Landon
Charles Workman
Walter Howard
Champs
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Meyer
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