Mutiny of 229 Convicts Ends at Kansas Mine
At the Kansas State Penitentiary a four hour mutiny by 229 convicts in a coal mine ended with surrender. Warden M F Amrine refused concessions while guards used tear gas and machine guns to restore order. prisoners who would not work were called to the surface. The issue centered on silk underwear and bedtime snacks in the commissary.
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Lansing
Kansas State Penitentiary
M. F. Amrine
Robert Murray
Gprvids
Amrine
Murray
Mother dies saving her child from car in Fitzgerald
Mrs. Frank Williams mother of five died after trying to snatch her three year old from an oncoming auto on the Fitzgerald-Broxton road. A twelve year old daughter witnessed the crash as the child ran into the road. the mother rushed to shield him, breaking the child’s leg but the boy was reported out of danger.
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Fitzgerald
Frank Williams
Fitzgerald-Broxton
Weather forecast for South and Southeast states
South Carolina shows showers tonight and Wednesday while Georgia expects occasional rain turning heavy over the south and west central areas. Florida sees showers tonight and Wednesday with heavy rains in the extreme northwest. Pista is mostly cloudy with local showers and rain, easterly to northerly winds on the coast, and extreme Northwest Florida reports rain and strong easterly winds with squalls Wednesday.
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Whather
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Pista
Possibilities of midsummer extra session seize Georgia lawmakers
Atlanta June 13. Possibilities of a midsummer extra session to consider revenue measures and an autumn meeting for general statutory revision drew attention. Governor Rivers hinted at a July revenue session and October recall to address economy and emergencies.
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Atlanta
Georgia
General Assembly
E. D. Rivers
Newark
Rivers
House
Senate
Zach Arnold
Assembly
Forrest Turner to be moved to convict quarry
Atlanta reports Georgia penal authorities will transfer Forrest Turner a thrice escaped long term convict to the Dallas Georgia quarry camp known as little Alcatraz. Officials say facilities and guards will be available soon and Turner will be kept under armed guard for work in a rock pit while seeking more yard time for fresh air.
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Atlanta
Forrest Turner
Tattnall
Georgia
Turner
Little Alcatraz
Dallas
Ptnal
Phil Anderson
Reidsville
T. Turner
Rubenstein
Governor Rivers
Mark Sims
Sims
Lewis attacks congress record on unemployment crisis
Washington reports CIO president John T. Lewis bluntly criticizes Congress for a failure to aid the jobless, warning of danger from despair and fascism. He accuses AFL and big business of conspiring against the Wagner Act while signaling a new CIO organizing drive to unify all workers.
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Washington
John T. Lewis
CIO
Congress
Lewis
Bnefits
American Federation of Labor
United States
AFL
New York
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Mine Workers Union
Pittsburgh
WPA Workers Seen as Easy Prey for Reds
WPA Administrator Harrington testified before a House committee that some WPA workers may align with communists due to hardship. He described an unemployed alliance recruiting and the need for administrative changes and reorganization of the federal relief program. The panel planned to hear more, with a full committee session and a relief bill debate set for tomorrow.
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WPA
Harrington
Workers Alliance
House
Tarhuglon
Ubia
WRA
Ita Mienibera
Ufe
Fle
Woodrum
D. Va
House Appropriations Committee
First 1939 Cotton Bale Sells at Local Auction
A 1939 cotton bale sold at the local exchange with a price of six cents a pound. The buyer, on a 60 acre tract near LaGwalla in the Grand valley, claimed the year’s first bale of cotton from Starr county.
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Cheedie
Pex
Jane Rhobsteisco
Lesame
Starr County
Aoreward
Ubera Fion
Cottom
LaGwalla
Mite Grand Valley
Tentative Tax Revision Bill Outline Reported
Washington reports the house tax committee completed a tentative outline of tax revisions in preparation for action next week. The draft substitutes the undistributed profits tax with an 18 percent levy on corporations earning more than $25 000 annually.
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Washington
House Tax Committee
House
Yufvisions
Roosevelt Seen Possible Buckingham Palace Visit After London Trip
Washington awoke to debate whether President Roosevelt and the First Lady will be guests at Buckingham Palace. An informal invitation may have been extended by the king, though official word awaits protocol. The British note expressed gratitude for hospitality and hinted at a return visit might occur after Roosevelt’s term ends.
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Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Hyde Park
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United States
Roosevelt
Canada
Halifax
London
Eliabeth
England
Washington
New York
Doyal
Dune
Wingy George
Buckingham Palace
Roquevelt
Messae
Roosevelts
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Czech Legions Forming Across the Frontier Across Europe
Prague reports that Votja Benes, brother of Eduard Benes, slipped into Poland and that General Vladislav Prehala has gathered about 123 100 able bodied men for a Czech legion. Dozens of Prague youths vanish amid rumors of joiners. Britain eyes Moscow Berlin for responses to European settlement efforts as Strang travels to Moscow to push talks. Pravda signals continued demand for three power Baltic guarantees. Nazi paper hints at colonies before lasting peace, while Italy presses Spain for a military alliance with Franco potentially agreeing in principle.
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Prague
Votja Benes
Eduard Benes
Poland
Bohemia
Vladislav Prehala
Carpatho-Ukraine
Bruena
Protectorate of
Bohemia-Moravia
Prehala
Germany
Britain
Moscow
Berlin
Europe
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Russia
Soviet Union
France
William Strang
Strang
Communist Party
Pravda
Estonia
Latvia
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Rome
Italy
Spain
Generalissimo Franco
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Food Dealers’ Association
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