Roosevelt asks delay in soft coal strike to July 1
President Roosevelt asked for a postponement of the planned soft coal strike set for next Monday to allow time for Congress to pass the Guffey coal stabilization bill creating a small NRA for the industry. John L. Lewis predicted the request would be granted and the wage and hour agreements extended to July 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Duncan Kennedy
Guffey
NRA
Roosevelt asks postponement of bituminous strike until July first
President Roosevelt urged a delay of the threatened bituminous coal strike to July 1. John L. Lewis announced that union and operators leaders would recommend the postponement at tomorrow’s labor conferences. The move follows talks in the White House with lawmakers pushing the Guffey bill to regulate the industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Weather outlook for states in the Southeast
The report notes unsettled periods with partly cloudy skies across South Carolina Georgia and Alabama. Local showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight and Saturday in northwest portions while central and northern areas prepare for thundershowers.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Severe quake felt in Indian area devastates Quetta region
A second major earth shock struck the Quetta region, where two weeks earlier a deadly quake wrought devastation. Government figures put the death toll in the wider area from the original shocks at about 50,000.
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Indian Area
Regently
Karachi
India
Quetta
Braddock to Meet Max Schmeling in 1936 Title Bout
New York reports Jimmy Braddock, newly crowned heavyweight champion, will defend his title at Madison Square Garden against Max Schmeling in summer 1936. Garden official James J. Johnson said Max Baer would be offered a September bout with Schmeling for a possible return with Braddock, while Joe Louis and Primo Carnera are excluded from Garden plans.
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New York
Jimmy Braddock
Madison Square Garden
Max Schmeling
James J. Johnson
the Garden
Max Baer
Schmeling
Braddock
Joe Louis
Detroit
Garden
Champa Gn
Art Lasky
Carnera
Johnson
Bankhead predicts 13 cent cotton in this year's crop
Washington reports Senator Bankhead warns the 1935 world cotton crop will be short enough to lift prices. He says American cotton cannot move under 12.75 cents unless farmers organize to hold for 18 cents, with domestic mill stocks low and foreign crop prospects poor. Exports from Brazil are seen at about 350,000 bales and of low quality.
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Washington
Senator Bankhead
D.-Ala
Commodity Credit Corporation
San Paulo
Ten Day Truce Takes Effect in Chaco
Buenos Aires reports a ten day truce began at noon in Chaco as Bolivian and Paraguayan staffs issued cease firing orders. About 100000 soldiers died in the three year war. Mediators from six neutral American nations oversee demobilization efforts and a neutral military commission monitors the halt.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Frederick Sharp
United States
Old law cited in Tacoma kidnap case to aid Mrs Waley
Tacoma attorneys argue an old English principle that a wife is her husband s chattel may shield Mrs Harmon Waley from a life sentence for kidnapping George Wayerhaeuser. Federal agents pursue William Mahan as a third suspect while searches extend to a Montana cabin connected to the case.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harmon M. Waley
George Wayerhaeuser
Butte
Mont
Mahan
Margaret Trulin Waley
George
Idaho
Margaret Waley
Spokane
Harmon
Waley
Waleys
San Francisco
J. Charles Dennis
U. S
Prospect for School Relief in Georgia Seems Very Slim
Washington reports slim chances for more rural school relief in Georgia as Harry Hopkins says further aid is off the table. Tarver of Georgia urges a unified delegation to seek White House action, while Hopkins pins responsibility on Governor Talmadge. Georgia had relief funds approved for current expenses starting April 19 and a retroactive request to February 1 to cover unpaid teachers’ salaries was filed.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Representative Tarver
Georgia
White House
Hopkins
Talmadge
Legality Question Raised Over Wine Sale in Georgia
Hartwell Georgia June 14 A state senator J H Skelton asks if sale of any wine in Georgia is legal arguing the caption of a bill legalizing wine manufacture lacks sale provisions and violates the state supreme court rule that a bill body cannot exceed its caption. The attorney general declined comment.
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Hartwell
Georgia
J. H. Skelton
M. Y. Yeomans
State Supreme Court
Atlanta
Attorney General
Judge directs acquittal for Insulls in bankruptcy case
Federal Judge John C. Knox ordered the jury to acquit Samuel Insull Sr Samuel Insull Jr and Harold L Stuart on bankruptcy law violation charges. He said the defendants hypothesis of innocence matched the government’s evidence and the defendants reacted with relief and a brief comment from Insull Sr.
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Chicago
John C. Knox
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull, Jr
Harold L. Stuart
Knox
Insull
Georgia Troops to Camp by Motor Trucks
About 3,700 officers and men of the Georgia National Guard will be moved to summer encampments by truck in a historic first. Gen. Lindley W. Camp says 140 new War Department trucks will cover some 350000 truck miles to train at camps in Columbia South Carolina Jacksonville Florida Fort Oglethorpe Georgia Fort McClellan Alabama and Pensacola Florida along with transport of the 18th cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe to New Orleans.
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Atlanta
National Guard
Georgia
Lindley W. Camp
United States War Department
18Th Cavalry
Louisiana National Guard
Fort Oglethorpe
New Orleans
Macon
Monroe
Barnesville
Jackson
Dublin
Hawkinsville
Waycross
Brunswick
Cordele
Albany
Thomasville
108Th Cavalry
Savannah
Hinesville
Ft. McClellan
Ala
122Nd
Marietta
Calhoun
Cedartown
Elberton
Forsyth
Camp Jackson
Columbia
8. C
118Th Field Artillery
Fort Barrancas
Pensacola
Fla
264Th Coast Artillery Batallion
Statesboro
Washington
Rioters Injure Eleven in South Omaha Riot
In Omaha on June 14 rioters injured eleven people, looted a grocery, damaged streetcars and police cars as crowds of about two thousand clashed during the street car strike. Police used tear gas and riot guns to restore order amid calls to mobilize the National Guard.
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Omaha
South
Roy N. Towl
38Th
1St Street
24Th
Stanley
Reinsdorf Explosion Death Toll Ranges Widely
Nazi ruled Reinsdorf Germany faces a blast at a munitions plant with death estimates from 52 up to 1000. Survivors evacuated under censorship as flames and dust spread across 675 square miles. Officials say sabotage ruled out and rescue efforts continue with 26 bodies recovered by noon. Herr Hitler contributed 100000 marks to relief.
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Reinsdorf
Germany
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Sommer
Dr. Sommer
Berlin
Hitler
Long Plans to Sharpen Social Security Fight in Senate
Washington June 14 Senator Long of Louisiana vows to strengthen the social security bill after his anti NRA filibuster. He aims to shift taxes from labor to wealth, raise pension amounts, and push for broader unemployment and aid provisions. Fellow freshmen senators vow to curb his tactics as debate proceeds.
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Washington
Senator Long
Roosevelt
NRA
Social Security
Senate
Long
Senate Chamber
Schwellenbach
Wash
America
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Augusta Seeks PWA Funds for City Auditorium
Augusta Georgia filed with the Public Works Administration for funds to build a $238 000 city auditorium. The plan calls for the city to pay 55 percent of the cost while the PWA would cover 45 percent.
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Augusta
PWA
the Public Works, Administration
Two Convicted Men Die in Chair at Georgia State Pen
Milledgeville Ga June 14 Two convicted murderers were electrocuted at the state prison. Robert Mullinax 34 and Charlie Beasley 45 went to the chair within minutes of each other after admitting guilt earlier. Mullinax said I hope to meet you people in a better world Beasley asked Please send my body back home. Both had admitted the killings but gave no further details. Mullinax had been denied clemency by the prison commission and Governor Eugene Talmadge. Mullinax was convicted last July of slaying Navin Hancock who was shot down while plowing a field.
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Milledgeville
Robert Mullinax
Cave Spring
Rome
Navin Hancock
Charlie Beasley
Lawrence
Beasley
Plesae
Hancock
NRA Resolution Sent to Roosevelt for Signature
The House voted 336 to 31 to extend the NRA to next April 1 and sent the measure to President Roosevelt. Debate lasted about 40 minutes with Republicans criticizing the extension as a half dead form and arguing that the anti trust provisions could be improved. Democrats defended the move saying the extension allows more study of the program.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Michener
R. Mich
Jenkins
Ohio
West Point graduate indicted for threat to bomb White House
Ira Bashein, a 1933 West Point graduate, was indicted by a District of Columbia grand jury for threatening to bomb the White House. He is serving time for disorderly conduct and has been declared insane by alienists. The case follows a May 30 letter to President Roosevelt and centers on commitment to St Elizabeths hospital. Bashein was born August 30, 1907 in New York and served in the Army before West Point.
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Washington
Ira Bashein
West Point
District of Columbia
White House
Army
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Secret Service
United States
Bashein
Roosevelt
West Point Grad
P. S
New York
Air Corps
Georgia Job Shift: 18 559 Leave Relief Rolls So Far
Atlanta report shows 18 559 Georgians left federal relief rolls since January to take private sector jobs. Many others who found work didn’t report when closing cases. HOLC notes sharp drop in mortgage loan applications. only 258 received though new applications expected.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Geora Relief Headquarters
Tony
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Fran A. Holden
Lttte
HOLC
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