American Commander Describes First Flame On Hindenburg
Commander Charles E. Rosendahl testified at the commerce board investigation that a small burst of flame appeared on the after part of the ship signaling doom. He noted the stern caught fire first and spread forward, with only mild explosions from hydrogen burning and passengers escaping unscathed despite intense heat.
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Associated Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy
Department of Commerce
America
Shenandoah
Rosendahl
United States Naval Air Station
William Lilly Dies After Four Year Illness at 71
William Moody Lilly 71 died at 10:30 p m at his sister Miss Malinda J Chamblain's East Beckley home after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p m tomorrow at Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church with Rev C W Sexton. interment at Flat Top. Survived by sisters Mrs. Chamblain Mrs. Crews and Mrs. Lilly. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
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William Moody Lilly
Malinda J. Chamblain
East Beckley
Missnoary Baptist Church
Flat Top
C. W. Sexton
Concord College
Athens
Raleigh
Mercer Counties
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Chamblain
William T. Crews
Camp Creek
R. F. Lilly
Lerena
W. O. Lilly
Welch
C. W. Crews
Middleton
C. D. Lilly
Virgil Harvey
Woman Pays Fine for Driving While Drunk
Helen McIntyre of Beckley paid a $25 fine and costs after appearing before Magistrate Frank Lemon on a drunk driving charge. Her car was impounded after state police arrested her on North Kanawha Street following a collision with an automobile owned by F. L. Shannon.
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Helen McIntyre
Beckley
Frank Lemon
Kanawha Street
F. L. Shannon
Pontiac dealer scam warned by county officers
County officers warned automobile dealers to watch for a man calling himself Walter Rogers posing as a Pontiac service department factory representative. He has been driving a seen 1937 Pontiac coupe through the East persuading dealers to cash worthless checks.
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Walter Rogers
Service Department
Pontiac Company
Producers and Actors Guild Reach Working Agreement
The Associated Press reports a tentative settlement ending a looming film actors strike. Six major studios including RKO Paramount MGM Universal Columbia and Fox agreed to guild demands for a shop system improved working conditions and higher pay for extras. The federation’s strike vote remains in reserve and the crafts union continues a broader picket action. Prominent actors spoke at the meeting as studio heads pledged to bring remaining studios into line.
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Associated Press
Tollywood
Screen Actors’ Guild
RKO
Paramount
MGM
Universal
Columbia
Twentieth Century Fox
Robert Montgomery
Guild
Frank Morgan
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Frederic March
Montgomery
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Charles Lessing
Lessing
Bankers Meet At The White Bankers Association Session
Bankers from Virginia and West Virginia plan a three day joint convention at White Sulphur Springs June 24 to 26. Friday focuses on public relations in banking with leaders from Virginia Ohio and New York discussing customer relations in loan and investment fields. Governors will open the meeting and Philip A Benson will deliver the principal address.
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Associated Press
Bankers of Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia Bankers Association
West Virginia Bankers Association
C. W. Beerbower
Virginia Association
J. Harvie Wilkinson
State Planters Bank and Trust Company
Richmond
Philip A. Benson
American Bankers Association
Street clash injures a dozen in Budapest
Police said members of the Arrow and Cross Nazi group attacked a strolling group of opponents in Budapest, injuring about 12 people including several women during a street fight.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Arrow and Cross” Nazi Association
River Blast Injures One on Ohio River Towboat
A boiler blast on the towboat Sam P. Suit on the Ohio River burned one man likely fatally and injured another. Fireman Morris Liles, 22, Cincinnati, was blown 40 feet into the river and is in critical condition. Captain Clyde Morrow suffered minor cuts. The vessel, owned by Island Creek Coal Co., carried 21 crew and two women, four barges with 4,000 tons of coal, and drifted to Dayton after the blast. Second Officer Charles Flyn said there were no immediate fatalities in memory of veteran steamboat men.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Sam P. Suit
Morris Liles
Clyde Morrow
Huntington
Island Creek Coal Co
J. E. Eddington
Moscow
Clermont County
Dayton
Liles
Charles Flyn
Portsmouth
Harry New Dies At Age Of 79 In Baltimore
Harry Stewart New former Hoosier newspaper man and Harding cabinet member who helped start airmail has died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at age 97 funeral services in Indianapolis are planned for Wednesday in Indiana
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Harry Stewart New
Hoosier
Indiana
Harding
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Indianapolis
Lincoln made Phi Delt head in West Virginia
J. J. Lincoln of Elkhorn succeeds W. G. Thompson of Montgomery as president of Phi Delta Theta across West Virginia. Other officers elected at the convention include A. M. Foose Huntington vice president Langdon Morris Charleston secretary Fred Hill Charleston treasurer and W. J. Williams Charleston state alumni commissioner.
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Associated Press
Charleston
J. J. Lincoln
Elkhorn
W. G. Thompson
Montgomery
West Virginia
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
A. M. Foose
Huntington
Langdon Morris
Fred Hill
W. J. Williams
Merrell Succeeds In London Flight
American trans Atlantic fliers Dick Merrell and Jack Lambie landed at North Weald Royal airdrome at 6 10 p m and immediately flew to Croydon after fixing radio trouble The hop from New York took 20 hours 34 minutes as the pair resumed their journey from North Weald near Epping Haven about 16 miles from Lea.
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Associated Press
London
Dick Merrell
Jack Lambie
North Weald Royal Airdrome
Croydon Airdrome
North Weald
Eppin
Actress Claims Marriage Secure Dietrich Says Leiber Union Strong
HOLLYWOOD The long distance marriage of Marlene Dietrich and Rudolph Leiber remains strong despite Paris Hollywood separations. Dietrich said rumors of a divorce are mild and praised Leiber as perfect husband and father while noting his Paramount post in Paris. She denied romance rumors with Josef Von Sternberg and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The couple has a daughter Maria, 12.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Marlene Dietrich
Rudolph Seiber
Miss Dietrich
Leiber
Paris
London
Mr. Seiber
Paramount
Josef von Sternberg
von Sternberg
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Laughing Negro Caught by Cop Near Lillybrook
Leroy Lains, a Baltimore negro, laughed when officers found him on a rail 12 miles above Lillybrook with clothing stolen from a boarding house. Officers valued the goods at 130 dollars, including three suits and other wear. Magistrate J. K. Cole ordered held to the grand jury. Lains jailed in default of bond.
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Leroy Lains
Baltimore
Lillybrook
Fred Cole
Lains
Cole
Beckley
J. K. Cole
Fugitive Back To Serve Terms
Clarence Garner a 30 year old prisoner who fled a Beckley guard four months ago was returned to jail to serve a six month term for driving drunk and a term for petit larceny while awaiting trial on a charge of breaking a guard. Sheriff H G Farmer and Deputy Tom Lewis recovered Garner after a 1040 mile trip to Oneonta Alabama where he had been jailed on petit larceny.
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Beckley
Clarence Garner
H. G. Farmer
Farmer
Tom Lewis
Oneonta
Alabama
Garner
Bryan's Brother Leaves Politics
Lincoln Neb mayor Charles W Bryan, last of the Bryan political dynasty, announces his retirement as ex ecutive Oren Copeland takes office. Bryan recalls a long career from 1915 mayor to governor, vice presidential candidate in 1924, multiple governor runs, U S senator bid, and mayor again in 1935. He plans farming and calls government a hobby.
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Associated Press
Lincoln, Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Bryan
Oren §. Copeland
Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
U. S
Auto Men Study Diesel Engines at SAE Conference
At a week long Society of Automotive Engineers meeting European designers led by H R Ricardo and J H Pritchard discussed streamlined diesel engines. J F Jumper of Union Pacific described diesel powered streamliner trains and safety gadgets. Warner said attendees show automotive engineering will advance rapidly.
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Associated Press
Society of Automotive Engineers
H. R Ricardo
J. H. Pritchard
Ricardo and Company
J. F. Jumper
Union Pacific Railroad
Pritchard
Europe
Jumper
John A.C. Warner
Union Leaders Alarmed As Steel Strike Looms
Union leaders warn a threatened strike of 25,000 workers looms over the steel industry as two Jones Laughlin mills vote to walk out unless a contract with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee is signed. Murray to meet with Jones Laughlin chairman to press for bargaining rights and grievance panels.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Jones Laughlin Steel Corporation
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Phillip Murray
H. E. Lewis
Steel Corporation
Murray
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem
Pat Casey
Producers’ Group
Lessing
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Corporation
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
St. Louis
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco
Kansas City
Republic Steel Corporation
Cleveland
Smoker-Drinker Awes Gourmets at New York Dinner
The Gourmet Society faced shock at a New York dinner when speaker Dr A S W Rosenbach, famed bibliophile, began with Scotch and a cigar. He asserted that smoking aids digestion and that Scotch is Scotland's gift to mankind, provoking gasps as the smoke-free meal continued.
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Associated Press
New York
A. S. W. Rosenbach
Scotland
Steel Leads Way In Market Drop
New York stocks slipped with steel leading losses as the market drifted downward alongside several other issues.
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Associated Press
New York
Weather Outlook for Tuesday Cool and Clear Night
Fair and cooler with light frost likely in northern and central portions. Increasing clouds Tuesday bring warmer temperatures and a chance of showers Tuesday night.
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