Bitter House clash over utility holding company ban
The House adjourned a bitter session as Democrats split over an amendment to outlaw utility holding companies within ten years. President Roosevelt pushes for the provision, while administration leaders threaten to kill the bill if not adopted. A tellers vote on the amendment was scheduled with a potential early showdown after the Fourth of July recess.
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Blecher
Interstate Commerce Committee
White House
House
Roosevelt presses to rush wealth tax bills through
Direct pressure from President Roosevelt and key lawmakers to accelerate passage of wealth tax legislation before adjournment, with Len Harrison and Senator Pittman urging speed. Talks in Washington center on pushing through the administration’s tax program as Congress nears its halfway point.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Len Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Lve
Pittman
Nevada
Atte
Sre
Harrison
Lucasville Storm Destroys Crops and Floods Streams
Lucasville and surrounding areas were hit by a wind and rainstorm that caused extensive damage to truck gardens and flooded small streams. The downpour toppled trees and damaged crops including corn while McDermott and Minford reported only light moisture as the storm moved through. More thundershowers were forecast for the Ohio valley with little temperature change expected.
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Portsmouth
Lucasville
Ohio Valley
Showers Forecast For Chicago and Great Lakes Region
Weather outlook shows showers in Chicago and the Great Lakes region from Monday through midweek with warm temperatures. Expect drier and cooler conditions later in the week and generally near normal temperatures overall.
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Chicago
O Valley
Great Lakes
Valley Township Storm Marked By Short Rain and Winds
Light rain fell at McDermott for about 10 minutes with strong winds. Minford had a five minute sprinkle, Otway reported wind and thunder with no rain. The storm extended several miles north of Lucasville and covered the area northward.
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Valley Township
McDermott
Minford
Otway
Lucasville
Production At Steel Plant Increased This Week
Portsmouth works Wheeling Steel Corp will increase output this week. Five galvanizing pots will run instead of four while blast furnace four open hearth furnaces and 22 sheet mills stay in operation. Other facilities include three-high jobbing mill, blooming and bar mills, range boiler, barrel and wire and rod units.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corp
Nazis Celebrate Purge Anniversary in Berlin Streets
Storm troops marched through flag decorated Berlin on the eve of the June 36 purge anniversary. Goebbels addressed crowds at Tempelhof and Sportpalast denying he urged a march to forestall revolt, claiming that Germany will not change government amid crisis.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Tempelhof
Germany
Chief Warns On Fireworks Sales In City
Police chief Harry Sheets issued a Saturday warning that fireworks may not be sold or discharged within the city. Patrols were instructed to arrest violators as complaints of fireworks use mounted.
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Harry 8. Sheets
About face in weather drought and floods across states
Nine teen thirty five's weather reports an unusual reversal from 1984 drought to 1985 wet conditions. The Weather Bureau notes widespread moisture surplus in many areas while regions like New England and the midwest show still variable conditions, with drought lingering in some zones.
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Weather Bureau
Nebraska
California
United States
New England
New Jersey
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Midwest
Japanese Move to Dominate North China Warns of War
Foreign observers in Tientsin say Japan aims for war with Soviet Russia by tightening control of Hopei and northern transport routes. They note demilitarization of Hopei, Japanese school talks, halted military training, and the removal of Chinese officials as parts of establishing a protectorate and preventing interference as Tokyo pressures Mongolia and Chahar.
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Tientsin
China
Japan
Soviet Russia
Hopei
Mongolia
Hope
Chahar Provinces
Peiping
Kuomintang
National Government Party
North
Hot Weather Menu Contest Seeks Portsmouth Entrants
The Times and local merchants sponsor a third annual hot weather menu contest offering 15 cash prizes totaling 50 dollars for the best menus. Women in Portsmouth and tri state area may enter with a signed one page entry including recipe and directions, by July 10.
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Portsmouth
the Times
Tri-State
Scioto county relief sums rise for July under WPA plan
Scioto county received 837,760 in direct relief plus 846,000 for works division and the overall July relief increase is set under the new works progress administration. Transfers between funds may occur and all employable relief workers over 16 must register at the federal reemployment service. The WPA pay scale will start at 48 dollars for unskilled, 55 for intermediate, 70 for skilled, and 77 for professional and technical staff.
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Scioto County
Stiflman
Ohio
Charles W. Gravenkemper
Federal Reemployment Service Office
Gravenkemper
New Works Progress Administration
Foreman Admits Guilt In One FERA Charge
Ross of Nauvoo former foreman of the FERA sanitation program was arrested Saturday on a payroll overpayment and embezzlement case. He pleaded guilty to the embezzlement charge while denying the payroll charge. Judge Horace Small set bond at $300 and continued the case to next Saturday.
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Ross
Nauvoo
FERA
Charles W. Gravenkemper
J.C. Zuercher
Fera Works
Gravenkemper
Noble Saddler
Saddler
Warnie Hopkins
Hopkins
Horace Small
County Extends June Tax Deadline to July 20
County commissioners, at the request of County Treasurer Wesley Shela, extended the June tax deadline to July 20. The treasurer’s office closed the December books and will accept June payments. Norfolk and Western Railway Co paid 104,994.65, with taxes due across districts including Portsmouth 47,161 and Wheelersburg school district 7,120.
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Wesley Shela
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Railway
Portsmouth
New Boston
Green Township
Wheelersburg
Clay Township
Valley Township
Washington Township
Rush Township
Union Township
Otway
Brush Creek
Rarden
Rarden Township
Pavilion Falls Injury Toll After Croop’s Clew Collapse
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on June 29 a dance pavilion at Croops Clew on Hunlock Creek collapsed during a baby contest witnessed by about 400 spectators. About 100 people were injured some possibly fatally as the structure plunged into the shallow creek. Authorities reported no immediate deaths or drownings, but the survival of some injured remained in doubt.
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Wilkes-Barre
Croop’s Clew
Hunlock Creek
Balance of 1935 shows easy money trend ahead
As the halfway mark of 1935 passes, observers deem the year turbulent yet successful. They point to obstacles from the gold clause to NRA rulings and silver price swings, yet see a lasting shift toward easier money and fewer financial jams since Kennedy’s SEC forecast.
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New York
Associated Press
Supreme Court
NRA
France
Joseph I. Kennedy
SEC
Six Month Review of Markets and Rates Highlights
The six month dispatch notes easing refunding，总 with near billion-dollar issues, lower interest rates, and a collapse of call money to near 1 percent. Highest grade bonds rise while bank reserves exceed 5 billion, aided by excess over legal requirements. Stock averages recover after March lows, aided by dividend paying issues and pension law invalidation in April. Auto and retail strength buoy markets, while heavy industries lag with steel output below 144.
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Federal Reserve System
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Industry Sees 1935 Half Year Of Relative Prosperity
Washington reports a relatively prosperous first half of 1935 as industry and labor head into the second half amid ongoing friction. Strikes are few and less severe than last year, despite controversy. The NRA codes collapse after the Supreme Court’s invalidation reshapes industrial law and futures.
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Washington
NRA
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Halts Soft Coal Strike After Prodding
John L. Lewis said the United Mine Workers would postpone the strike for 30 days at President Roosevelt's request. Appalchian producer spokesman Duncan Kennedy said operators would likely accept, with ongoing wages and hours and a 35 hour week offer.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Duncan Kennedy
Charleston
Kennedy
Messrs. Lewis and
Miss Perkins
Packers Sue On Corn Hog Taxes
June 20 Chicago report says about two dozen smaller packing concerns join textile manufacturers and millers in opposing AAA processing taxes. Federal hearing dates set on injunctions to bar tax payments as farmers receive corn keg and cotton benefits. government says substantial tax revenue has been collected. Armour Wilson Cudahy and Swift firms, major payers to AAA, took no action to withhold funds. Swift & Co. indicated it will...
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Chicago
AAA
Washington
Farm Administration
Armour, Wilson, Cudahy and
Swift
Swift & Co
Boy Confesses Slaying Girl in Greene County
District Attorney John Welch said Alfred Volckmann a Greenville butcher boy 19 a former military school student admitted a full and detailed confession to the thrill slaying of Helen Glenn age unknown. He said Volckmann attacked the girl carried her to a swamp and threw her body into a small stream where it was found yesterday afternoon.
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Greenville
N. Y
John ©. Welch
Greene County
Alfred Volckmann
Helen Glenn
Welch
Volckmann
Storms Strike Japan and Europe Causing Global Destruction
The piece describes deadly storms across the globe on a Saturday including west Japan where a major industrial region around Kyoto Osaka and Kobe suffered severe wind and flood damage. Europe faced heat waves tornadoes and thunderstorms while other regions such as Mexico Hawaii and Portugal Italy France and Germany reported loss and destruction. Estimated damage exceeds 11 million dollars.
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Japan
Europ
Mexico
Hawaiian Islands
Anders
Loa
Hawaiian
Kyoto
Osaka
Kobe
Portugal
Italy
France
Germany
Tragedy near Charleston Drowns Couple in River
Mr and Mrs W E Benham of Charleston and their co driver Frank Littleton were drowned tonight when their car left the road and plunged into the Elk River about a mile from Charleston.
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Charleston
Trig
W. Va
W. DE. Benham
Frank Littleton
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