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Newspaper
Zanesville Signal
Location
Zanesville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1937
Page
1
A presidential press conference touches on court reform and a possible compromise to the DART bill. The president mentions the Supreme Court, potential forest metaphor, and amendments to be offered on the floor.
A chaotic collage traces royal travels of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor through Venice and Paris amid a plan for a private Austrian honeymoon. Simultaneously Gen Emilio Mola is killed in a Biscayan crash. Gen Fidel Davila takes command of northern insurgent forces as Franco's regime reshapes its leadership and fronts near Bilbao Madrid and Aragon with the loss of two pilots and staff officers.
The Komintern ends its quarrel with the Socialist International and calls for a united workers front against Germany and Italy in Spain. George Dimitroff announced a plan to form a joint commission with the International and the Labor Unions to back Spanish workers after Almería bombardment.
Detectives recalled school day games to trap youths involved in a hardware store theft. In a staged mumble-peg game, a youth produced a knife from his pocket and admitted the robbers had taken a bag of tools. He implicated his brother and two other boys.
Augustus Dwight Beard, aged 77 and once a collegiate football player, was executed in the electric chair after being twice sentenced to death for murders in North Osroliye and Texas. The case involved the shooting of Jones Roberta, a former Deltas detective, and tied to a 1832 murder in Waldeas, N C.
Thirteen year old Mary Blanken ship drowned while tending his trot line in the Onlo river near Glen word yesterday. His ten year old brother Roy attempted to help and jumped into the water as the line slipped from his grasp. The pair were in a boat when the accident occurred and the younger sibling swam to shore.
Building permit activity shows mixed signals as invoices exceed a hundred thousand dollars while a fatal bus crash near Shiloh Springs claims nine lives. Ford Frick lifts the Dean suspension, with ongoing appeals and league friction dominating New York headlines.
In the Mahoning valley a Republic Steel strike action blocked a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near the plant gates. About 100 workers remained inside the plant while railroad police watched as ties were piled on the tracks. A shove sent the train off the rails, with no injuries reported. Federal court action and injunctions were sought to prevent interference with shipments.
Murray convenes his first peace talk as union forces press to lock in a steel contract amid a widespread ore supply blockade. He vows not to settle until key agreements are signed, while miners and oil-field workers expand the strike across Minnesota and Michigan as Republic Steel and Inland Steel resist.
Berlin reports that Helmuth Wirach a 21 year old Jewish American citizen executed at dawn by guillotine for alleged treason under the explosives law. Authorities say charges linked to plans against Hitler, though some claim they involved other figures and motives. The United States embassy reported no anticipated action.
Coroner Roy B Duggina reported discovering remains of all aboard a bus that wrecked. Al Wilson of Redding drove the vehicle among the victims. Passengers included men women and a child. identities remained unknown as the company did not release names.
In a June 4 decision by Superior Court Judge Goodwin J. Knight, Mrs. Merian Brown Board was awarded custody of her child Nadeen Gloria after a contract allegedly arranged by the child's mother Lee Angelie to sell the baby to her sister-in-law for hospital bills around 2200. The court ruled the mother had no legal right to sell or attempt to purchase the child and stated California has some control over its children.
In Pontiac Michigan a landlord won an eviction order against a tenant who refused to pay 1250 in arrears at 81 weekly for fourragn apartments. The case highlights a strained eviction dispute over rental arrears and lease terms in a regional court.
The Jefferson and Kercheval plants shut down after a citywide sit-down strike in the deferens Avenue plant affected about 11 000 workers. The halt began on the motor line at Jefferson when two non union men refused to work. Altadown spread to other departments and both plants closed due to lack of workers. No conferences with the union had been scheduled.
An evening graduation event at Middletown High School ended in tragedy as Battle Reed, 17, died and three companions were injured when Mise Reed, driving the car carrying four youths, lost control on route 68 after a wire blew out seven miles east of Middletown. Batty Bolton, 17, who had marched in the graduation, and other girls, Gerald Davis 81 of Middletown and Garland Mune of Marten, sustained cuts.
Ontario California WPA worker Bill Whittington nets about 9000.50 in profit from pants bought secondhand. A 1866 coin bearing an Indian rights claim was found in the pocket. A service station attendant offered 4100, but Whittington declined and accepted 60 percent of any extra from a collectors auction.
Reported in Newberry Minnesota a deadly clash at the Newberry Lumber and Chemical plant left one man dead and several injured when ratters clubbed and brickbatted workers who had marched from Mounting. Unclear if death came from assault or heart attack amid riot conditions as strikers were repulsed and warned of a return. The union seeks a 55 cent wage and recognition. wage scale currently 27 cents per hour, with broader demands noted.
In Canton the Timken Roller Bearing plant saw a walkout after workers voted to strike amid demands for higher and more uniform minimum wages. President William Umatatid traveled from Detroit upon learning of the dispute as union leaders pressed for a settlement.
A man identified as HL Bure, 38, of Waltham Massachusetts, died after falling 20 feet into an empty hold of the steamer J. A. Macoubray at the northwestern coal dock in Ashtabula, Ohio. Gennis T. Sullivan of marina inspection services will conduct an investigation alongside ship master George W. Cole. Separately, Ohio health officials warned rivers remain polluted, urging use of pools for safe swimming and citing bans on the Maumee near Toledo while noting broader river contamination risks statewide.
In Rangas City on June 4, the school board refused a request for a day’s pay following a teacher’s absence for the birth of his son. A board member suggested a harsher lesson for those who penalize staff during family events.
In Carlavas New Mexico residents prepare for possible release of 180000 acre feet from McMillan reservoir as the dam strains under a rising flood. Officials organize orderly evacuation plans while 900 workers reinforce the dam and await the crest from Neswell and Alamogordo river flows.
News despatch reports thirty nine drowned when the ship Rosario foundered near Daluptt Fe land in the Debyuan group off Luzon. The captain confirms twelve crew, twenty seven passengers lost while the vessel sailed May 22 under the Debyuan patrol.
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