Criticisms of Report Denied by AP in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Hugh Johnson rebutting the Darrow review board’s second critique of the Recovery Administration. Johnson calls the board’s reports unfair, untruthful, and worthless, while Richberg and others submit detailed rebuttals. The exchange touches on governance and policy directions under Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hugh Johnson
Darrow Review Board
Recovery Administration
Johnson
Clarence Darrow
Review Board
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
Darrow
Roosevelt
Richberg
William O. Thompson
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences in Scottsboro Case
Montgomery Alabama June 28 The supreme court today upheld the death sentences of Clarence Norris and Heyward Patterson two of the Scottsboro defendants. It set their execution date for Friday August 31 The court also struck from the record the bill of exceptions in Heyward Patterson case ruling it was not filed within 90 days after final judgment. The ruling limits review to the court record and foregoes merits consideration.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court Today
Clarence Norris
Heyward Patterson
Scottsboro
Supreme Court
California Trouble Seen In Communist Movement
Official reports state California is a focal point in a world wide revolutionary movement. Acting Governor Merriam says the state has adequate laws to handle violence and incitement. Recent strikes in Imperial and San Joaquin agricultural regions are linked by Albert Hogardy to a broader effort to overthrow the government.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
California
Merriam
Imperial
San Joaquin
Albert Hogardy
Sacramento
Funeral Services For Brewer Infant Today
Funeral services were held at the Brewer home in Slab Fork for their ten day old daughter who died yesterday afternoon at 2 30. Burial followed in Tams Mountain cemetery with Foster undertakers in charge. Survivors include brothers and sisters Charles Bert Harry James Willie Matt Virginia Mae and Gay Brewer all of Slab Fork.
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Slab Fork
Tams Mountain
Foster Undertakers
Charles
Bert
Harry
James
Willie Matt
Virginia
Mae
Gay Brewer
Smith Seeks Re-Election On Career In Congress
Congressman Joe L. Smith files for a fourth term from West Virginia’s Sixth District, basing his candidacy on six years in Congress. He notes the district’s size, recent boundary changes, and his role as former chairman of the mines and mining committee while backing Norris Anti Injunction, Wagner Labor, Railroad Pension, and New Deal measures.
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Charleston
Joe L. Smith
Congress
West Virginia
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Fayette
Kanawha
Logan
Boone
Raleigh
Smith
Washington
United States
One To Another Poems by Garnet Hambrick on Sale
The Galleon Press of New York announces the sale of a volume titled One To Another by Garnet Hambrick formerly of Winchester Virginia. The book includes poems written during a West Virginia coal field visit and reflects sociological interests. Hambrick, a poet musician and Broadway songwriter, is expected to visit Raleigh county again late in August.
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Galleon Press
New York City
Garnet Hambrick
Winchester
Virginia
Raleigh
B. C. Minter
Resaco
Miss Hambrick
West Virginia
Two Men Confess to Beating Sand Lick Man
Dedham Mass June 28 Norma Millen daughter of a former minister and mate of a machine gunner was convicted today of being an accessory after the fact of robbery and murder. Her trial ended shortly after midnight with conviction on three indictments. Norma's husband Morton Millen leader of the trio his brother Irving and Abraham Faber all were convicted recently of murder. Their conviction arose from the robbery of the Needham Trust company in which two policemen were killed.
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Associated Press
Dedham
Mass
Norma Millen
Norma
Morton Millen
Irving
Abraham Faber
Needham Trust Company
Roosevelt Signs Housing Bill To Boost Home Building
President Roosevelt signed the housing bill to revive industries by increasing home construction and repair. It would make hundreds of millions available for new homes and modernization through government insured loans. He planned immediate machinery to operate the program and expects to aid employment and living conditions. He reviewed other bills and prepared a national radio address.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Children’s Exercises At Christian Church
At First Christian Church next Sunday morning at 10 40 oclock a children’s day program replaces the sermon. Group singing by beginners and primary departments, a dialogue Little Gossips by Mary Anne Putman and Patty Saunders, and a pageant The Living Water with Betty Elkins Dorothy Sheffler Chancie Cavendish John Laren and George Smith taking parts. Public invited to attend.
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First Christian Church
Mary Anne Putman
Patty Saunders
Living Water
Betty Elkins
Dorothy Sheffler
Chancie Cavendish
John Laren
George Smith
Albert Williams Beaten Near Home in Sand Lick Attack
Prosecuting Attorney Clarence Meadows said Gilmer and Orville Athey confessed to beating Albert Williams on the middle fork of Sand Lick in late May. Williams was dragged from his home and struck with clubs, then treated by Dr. G P Daniel. The two suspects, jailed after a morning questioning, face felonious assault charges with a hearing set for today or tomorrow.
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Clarence Meadows
Gilmer
Orville Athey
Albert Williams
Middle Fork
Sand Lick
Meadows
Williams
G. P. Daniel
Glen Daniel
Gilmer Athey
Bluefield
A. Scalise
Jess Thompson
J. W. Williams
W. H. Davis
Ed Anders
Fights erupt as Milwaukee transit strike turns violent
Milwaukee June 28 street fighting flared at the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light barns as strike pickets pulled a motorman from a car and beat him and his guard. Pickets kicked in doors and damaged cars while police failed to intervene. Trolley service was crippled and several bus lines nearly stopped.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Jail breakers hunted near Birch river in Braxton county
Police expect capture of three fugitives who killed Earl S. Bland, Braxton jailer, as a large force including six state troopers, ten Braxton officers, and over 50 citizens closes in near the mouth of Middle Run on Birch river, Sutton area.
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Associated Press
Sutton
Earl S. Bland
Braxton County
Middle Run
Birch River
Locks And Dam No 3 Completed On Kanawha River
Major Fred W. Herman announces completion of locks and dam No 3 on the Kanawha River at London West Virginia. The nine foot project for the upper stream section is completed and the pool level will be raised immediately. Dravo Contracting, builder, is removing its floating equipment from the site.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Fred W. Herman
United States Army
Kanawha River
London
W. Va
Dravo Contracting Company
Mead Coal Loader Has Right Leg Fractured
Curtin Muse a 22 year old coal loader at the Mead mine of the C. H. Mead Coal Company suffered a broken right leg just above the knee when caught in a slate fall about six o clock last night. He was taken to Raleigh General Hospital and by two o clock this afternoon his condition was reported as satisfactory.
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Curtin Muse
Mead
C. H. Mead Coal Company
Raleigh General Hospital
Bombings Roil Austria Including Attack on French Minister
Widespread bombing outrages disrupted Austria with damage to rail lines and property. One blast reportedly targeted Louis Barthou, French foreign minister, though his train to Paris escaped the explosion. trains were delayed for hours amid scattered wreckage.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Louis Barthou
Barthou
Paris
Adamowicz brothers start flight to Warsaw from Brooklyn
The Adamowicz brothers Benjamin and Joseph left Brooklyn at 5 40 am with Holger Hoiriis aboard in a monoplane bound for Warsaw Poland. They planned to refuel at Harbor Grace Newfoundland then cross the Atlantic via a Great Circle route to Dublin Berlin and Warsaw forecasting clear weather for the next 48 hours.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Adamowicz
Benjamin
Joseph
Warsaw
Poland
Harbor Grace
N. F
Atlantic
Holger Hoiriis
Copenhagen
Holt Candidacy Faces Constitutional Hurdle for Senate
Charleston reports Rush D. Holt announced as a Democratic senatorial hopeful. Labor leader Van A. Bittner praises Holt as a candidate for labor and common people, while the Charleston Daily Mail notes Holt cannot meet the constitutional age requirement until June 19, 1935, making qualification unclear. Holt could not be reached for comment.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Rush D. Holt
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Holt
Charleston Daily Mail
West Virginia Blue Book
Dern Blames Probe Group In Defense Procurement
Washington June 28 Secretary Dern told reporters investigators of the war department are impairing national defense. He spoke as a House committee heard testimony denying a GM rep proposed that Chevrolet Chrysler and Ford split the truck business. Dern warned delays hinder the army mechanization program and procurement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dern
War Department
House
General Motors
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Ford
House Committee
Woman Held In Attack On Small Child Fayette Case
Fayette Alabama June 28 Mrs Earl Porter is jailed on a charge of assault with intent to harm after she allegedly beat and maltreated 12 year old Mary Virginia Johnson. The case centers on the alleged attack and existing warrants.
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Associated Press
Fayette
Ala
Earl Porter
Mary Virginia Johnson
Ashworth Weighs Run for Sixth District Congress
Ashworth, local attorney, says he is still considering a bid for the Republican nomination for congressman in the Sixth District. Rumors from Charleston that he would announce next week circulate in political circles. He plans a Charleston trip Monday but has not made a definite decision.
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Charleston
Frm
D. D. Ashworth
Ashworth
United States
Tugwell Advocates Social Management in Des Moines Address
Rexford G. Tugwell, under-secretary of agriculture, outlined a social management program to 1,800 Iowa bankers and guests in Des Moines, proposing a government business partnership and later planning to carry the message westward. He described the program as an American mixture emphasizing mass production, scientific management, initiative, and decentralized administration, while attacking big packers and distributors over AAA licensing powers.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Rexford G. Tugwell
Middlewest
Iowa
Brookings
S. C
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Dillinger Is Claimed Dead in Minneapolis Report
St Paul June 28 John Dillinger, longtime hunted outlaw, is dead new claim. Albert Pat Reilly, held on harboring charges, told federal investigators that Tommy Carroll heard a Minneapolis conversation before Carroll was slain June 7. Reilly said the fugitive was dead. Chicago detectives heard Dillinger attended a baseball game two days ago.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
John Dillinger
Albert
Pat” Reilly
Reilly
Tommy Carroll
Minneapolis
Carroll
Trial Opens In Glen White Killing Case
James White, 30, stands trial before Judge Harley M. Kilgore for the March 25 fatal shooting of Elmer Cannady in Glen White. Prosecutor W. H. McGinnis says Cannady was frisked inside White's home and fled to Ezra O Neals car before White fired, wounding Cannady and causing his death.
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James White
Glen White
Harley M. Kilgore
Elmer Cannady
W. H. McGinnis
D. D. Ashworth
Cannady
White
Ezra O'Neal
O'Neal
Jim
McGinnis
Fourth of July Celebration in Sophia
The United Mine Workers and Sophia merchants plan a traditional July Fourth program in Sophia with pie and cracker contests and a greasy pig race. Judge Hugh A Dunn will give the patriotic address. Events start at 10 30 with unions from New River and Winding Gulf fields joining in contests, flag raising by Troop 75 Boy Scouts, and an address of welcome by Mayor O M Snyder.
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United Mine Workers
Sophia Merchants
Sophia
Hugh A. Dunn
Beckley
New River
Winding Gulf Fields
Sophia Troop No. 75
Boy Scouts of America
O. M. Snyder
Marie Dressler in Critical Health Battle
Santa Barbara June 28 The 60 year old actress Marie Dressler remains gravely ill with kidney and heart complications. A nurse stays beside her as doctors describe the prognosis as uncertain, though not indicating an immediate death.
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Associated Prose
Santa Barbara
Cal
Marie Dressler
Weather Forecast: Generally Fair and Warm Nights
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions with continued warmth tonight and Friday. Expect mild evenings and comfortable daytime temperatures with no significant precipitation indicated. Highs and lows remain in the warm range for the region.
Stocks Hold Narrow Gains in Early Trading
In Wall Street action dated June 28 prices showed slim changes overall while mining shares, sugars and packing firms advanced. Volume declined from prior sessions as U S Steel preferred fell about one point.
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Wall Street
U. S. Steel
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