War Looms in Siberia as Soviets and Japs Clash Again
Reports from Moscow and Tokyo describe renewed clashes on the Siberian frontier and in Korea with air and ground fighting. Russian planes bombed Kojo, and Changkufeng saw infantry and tank actions as both sides claim heavy casualties. Japanese and Russian officials warn of grave consequences while massed troops along the frontier signal high tension amid broader Asia conflicts.
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Siberia
Russia
Japan
Siberian
Tokyo
Kojo
Changkufeng
Times
Moscow
China
Yangtse
Hankow
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Chungking
Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Harlan Plot Trial
John Hibbard, 59, the eldest juror, said the panel was 11 to 1 for conviction until two weeks ago when four jurors shifted to acquittal. The mistrial halts the government’s first use of the National Labor Relations Act criminally. Sixteen coal companies, 18 officials, and 21 deputy sheriffs faced charges of conspiring to bar unionization through intimidation in Harlan County.
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London
U.P
John Hibbard
Harlan County
Probers Study Land Purchase in TVA Inquiry
Congressional investigators in Knoxville plan to question Dr Harry Urtiss TVA chief chemical internal on the purchase of phosphate lands by the New Deal agency. They examine why the sale fetched 500 percent profit to the seller International Agricultural Corp of New York and how this fit amid TVA director feuds and Morgan’s ouster.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
Tennessee Valley Authority
Harry Urtiss
TVA
Chemical
New Deal Pney
Arthur Morgan
International Agricultural Corp. of
New York
Middle Tennessee
Congress
Morgan
Rubs Baby With Iodine By Mistake
Two months old Alfred Borzes died after his mother rubbed him with iodine thinking it was olive oil. Mrs. Catherine Borzes said she became excited after an emma with water that was too hot and grabbed the iodine bottle by mistake.
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Cleveland
U.P
Alfred Borzes
Catherine Borzes
Emma
York salesman pleads guilty on old charge in Xenia
Thomas C. Long of York Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to a seven year old element charge during arraignment before Municipal Judge F L Johnson in Xenia and was bound over to the grand jury.
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Xenia
U.P
Thomas C. Long
York, Pa
F. L. Johnson
Osaka floods lash Osaka Koban area amid heavy rains
Heavy rains in Osaka sweep through the Osaka Kobs region causing rivers to overflow and widespread damage across communities. Local authorities report flooding across multiple rivers and streams with property and infrastructure impact. Residents urged to stay alert as rescue operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
Osaka- Kobs
Toledo News-Bee Suspended After Final Edition
The Toledo News-Bee will suspend publication after today's last edition. A Scripps-Howard paper said it had run at a loss for years and could not profitably publish two afternoon papers in Toledo, deeming retirement best for sound business and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo News-Bee
Toledo
U.P
News-Bee
Scripps-Howard
Westchester County Sees Light Earth Tremors Today
Slight shocks were felt today in several communities of Westchester County adjoining New York City. Authorities noted no injuries or major damage and urged residents to stay calm as tremors subsided.
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New York
U.P
Westchester County
New York City
Electors of Four States Vote Today
Four states Kansas Missouri Virginia and West Virginia held primaries. Kansas focused on Rev. Gerald B Winrod seeking the Republican senatorial nomination amid GOP rebuke for alleged religious and racial bigotry. Missouri pitted supporters of Pendergast against Gov Lloyd C Stark for a vacancy on the State Supreme Court. Virginia saw Rep Howard W Smith challenge 100 percent New Dealer William E Dodd Jr with Smith accusing New Deal officials of aiding Dodd. West Virginia campaign lacked national issues. Two more primaries follow this week with Kentucky and Tennessee races shaping the Democratic map.
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United Press
Kansas
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Gerald B. Winrod
Pendergast
Lloyd C. Stark
State Supreme Court
Howard W. Smith
House
William E. Dodd, Jr
Smith
Dodd
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Roosevelt
Barkley
Tennessee
Crump
Memphis
Gov. Browning
Industrial Commission Weighs Appeal to Supreme Court
The Ohio State Industrial Commission discussed an appeal to the State Supreme Court challenging an appellate court ruling that found unconstitutional its regional board plan for hearing compensation claims. The decision blocked delegation of duties to four regional boards statewide.
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Columbus
U.P
State Industrial Commission
State Supreme Court
Regional Board
Truck Hits Outstretched Arm of Newark Driver
Newark reports a truck collision left Leonard Stiff a 28 year old Hanover grocer with his left arm amputated. He was driving with the arm outside the car window when struck. Police and medical authorities treated the incident as a severe traffic accident.
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Newark
U.P
Leonard Stiff
Hanover Grocer
Stiff
State official orders cemetery salesmen to obtain licenses
Columbus report states that State Commerce Director Alfred A. Benesh notified all salesmen for non profit cemeteries that they must secure real estate licenses.
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Columbus
U.P
Alfred A. Benesh
Rival Committees Battle Over Corrigan Parades
NEW YORK A rival reception effort over Doug Corrigan's return from Ireland split the city as two committees claimed plans to meet the flyer at the Manhattan liner and parade him ashore. One group pushed a Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue procession, the other a Manhattan ticker tape welcome at City Hall with Mayor LaGuardia. Corrigan gave mixed signals about his preference, while Brooklyn and Manhattan factions pressed ahead with their schedules.
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New York
U.P
Douglas Corrigan
Manhattan
Brooklyn Borough
Flatbush Avenue
Broadway
City Hall
F. H. LaGuardia
Corrigan
Ireland
California
Stanley Howe
James A. Keily
Brooklyn
Man Killed in Quarrel Over West Virginia Vote
In Charleston West Virginia election officials noted light early voting in the off year primary. State police recorded one case of election related violence. Bill Perry of Shamrock Logan County was killed in a beer parlor shooting in Cora after an election argument. Police sought Kelly Perry for questioning based on witness information.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia
Bill Perry
Shamrock
Logan County
Cora
Kelly Perry
Missing Golf Pro Sought by Ohio Police
Lima authorities aided by state police and private detectives search for Stanley Fisher a 22 year old golf professional at Springbrook Country Club missing since Monday night. He was last seen posting books in the caddy house between 9 and 11 PM and evidence of a struggle plus an empty pocketbook were found outside suggesting possible kidnapping by robbers.
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Lima
O.P
Stanley Fisher
Springbrook Country Club
Fisher
WPA Employs 267,224 on 840 Ohio Projects
Columbus reports 267,224 persons were employed on 840 WPA projects in Ohio on July 27. State WPA officials announced today, up from 266,467 workers on 831 projects the week prior.
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WPA
Ohio
Columbus
UPI
Deficit climbs as July records big government spending
The Treasury reported a July deficit of 451.5 million dollars, signaling higher recovery and ordinary government spending. Revenue totaled 311.1 million while outlays reached 762.5 million, with all major tax categories declining versus the previous year.
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Washington
U.R
Treasury
Educator Vanishes At Sea After Family Dispute
New York reports say Professor Robert Moore Duncan of Colgate University, 35, quarreled with his wife aboard the Normandie before suffering a beating and choking incident then disappearing overboard 500 miles at sea. The FBI handles the case. Duncan previously taught at Texas Christian University and Yen Ching University in China, with a Rockefeller Foundation linked wife. They sailed June 25 on the Paris for Europe, visiting Azores France and more before boarding the Normandie at Southampton for home.
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New York
Robert Moore Duncan
Colgate University
Normandie
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Duncan
Princeton
Texas Christian University
Yen Ching University
China
Colgate
Rockefeller Foundation
S. S. Paris
Europe
Azores
France
Ireland
Scotland
Scandinavian Countries
Southampton
Two Men Slug Rob Log an Insurance Agent
Logan staff special reports Don ald Yates an insurance agent from New Straitsville was slugged and robbed of his day’s receipts. At 10 15 last night two men hid in his garage struck him on the head and neck, rendering him unconscious. Mrs Yates found him fifteen minutes later. Yates is a former Logan resident working from a Logan office.
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LOGAN
Donald Yates
New Straitsville
Yates
Liquor Ring Breaks Under Federal Probe in New York
Federal authorities aided by city detectives continue the probe into a vast illegal liquor ring that has led to 103 indictments, including police officers. The scheme allegedly defrauded the federal government of about 1.8 million dollars in alcohol taxes, marking one of the nation’s largest such cases.
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NEW York
U.P
Ruble Theater in Logan Sold to Weirton Man
Frank Mancron of Weirton West Virginia has purchased the Ruble Theater from Theodore Chifoon who retires due to ill health after five years in charge. The theater will close for remodeling for 10 days starting tonight.
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Logan
Frank Mancron
Weirton
W. Va
Theodore Chifoon
Chifoon
Mancron
Michigan women reach Colorado River expedition end
Five scientists, including two University of Michigan women faculty, completed a 41 day river descent from Green River Utah to Boulder City Nevada. The arduous journey along the Colorado River tested endurance and skill for the研究 team and marks a notable feat in exploration.
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Boulder City
Nev
U.P
University of Michigan
Colorado River
Green River
Utah
Davey Undaunted by Akron Crowd’s Boos
Gov. Martin L. Davey faced relentless boos at an Akron rally during his final push in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. He decried hecklers as driving jobs away and accused opponent Charles Sawyer of being Lewis’s candidate, while Sawyer decried graft investigations in Cleveland.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Akron
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Charles Sawyer
Lewis
Ohio
Cleveland
Sawyer
Davey
Campaign group warns candidates on questionable Senate tactics
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee warned that it would pursue criminal prosecutions of candidates using questionable campaign methods for nomination or election. Chairman Morris Sheppard said findings would be reported to the Department of Justice and potentially to the Senate to question seating in any race.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Morris Sheppard
Tex
Department of Justice
Senate
Governor Offers Test Of State Rights In Maytag Strike
Iowa Governor Kraschel proposes a test of state rights by declaring martial law to close a National Labor Relations Board hearing on the Maytag Washing Machine strike at Newton. The NLRB had been hearing charges that the Maytag Co faced unfair labor practices with its union employees after a strike begun May 9.
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Des Moines
U.P
Nelson G. Kraschel
Maytag
Newton
National Labor Relations Board
82 Year Old Man Becomes Father for 26th Time
Washington report states George Boarman age 82 welcomed an eight-pound son today from his 21-year-old third wife making this his 26th birth.
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Washington
George Boarman
Baby's Heart Stopped, Doctor Revives Him
Three month old Robert Didier suffered a 45 minute heart stoppage after a car accident on a Diamond Lake trip. His father Charles Didier rushed him to a Wheeling area hospital where Dr Edward J Larson gave adrenalin directly into the heart. The baby recovered and returned home with his parents a few hours later.
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Chicago
U.P
Robert Didier
Charles N. Didier
Diamond Lake
Ill
Didier
Wheeling
Edward JL. Larson
Mrs Lightfoot Receives Note in Nelsonville Case
Officers probing the disappearance of John A Lightfoot report his clothing except underwear found in his car near Little Hocking about 500 feet from the Hocking River. The car contains his pocket book hat shoes and a death by own action note. A similar note was received for his wife here by mail Monday morning.
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Nelsonville
John A. Lightfoot
Little Hocking
Hocking River
District Court Refuses To Review Coal Order
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals refused to review the National Bituminous Coal Commission order requiring coal companies to file production and income reports for 1936. Private operators had protested the proviso allowing publication of the statistics as private information not fit for public record.
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Washington
U.P
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Lightning Sets Off Powder Blast at Moosic Plant
Six men and a woman were treated for minor injuries after a lightning strike ignited black blasting powder at the FB I DuPont de Nemours explosives plant in Moosic Pennsylvania. The incident occurred today as storm activity swept through the area and prompted emergency responses from local responders. Authorities investigated the cause and ensured all personnel were accounted for and safe.
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Moosic
Fb.i. DuPont de Nemours
Annual Salvation Army Picnic Set for Thursday
The Salvation Army plans its annual picnic for needy children from Athens and nearby areas, starting at noon Thursday at the Athens County Fairgrounds. Tickets may be obtained at the Salvation Army office on W Union Street today or tomorrow between 3 and 5 pm. The event will rely on donations of baked beans and pop, ice cream, bread, candy bars, and meat, with about 500 children expected. Local churches and merchants donate supplies and volunteers prepare food, with Mrs. Will Clark and Mrs. E F Sells re heating beans to home-cooked flavor and the Ladies Home League handling sandwiches.
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Athens
Salvation Army
Athens County Fairgrounds
W. Union St
Methodist Church
Will Clark
E. F. Sells
Ladies Home League of the
FE. F. Sells
H. T. Phillips
Irvin D. Quick
Cliff
Trio nabbed after long pursuit near Hebron
Three suspects in the murder of John O'Brien Sunrise Filling Station owner were captured near Hebron after an all night chase. Suspects are Carl Helwig 23 Gilbert Helwig 28 and John Faught 21 all of New Lexington. They were on a freight train halted at the platform. No charges filed yet. Authorities said they believe they have the men. A large posse searched trains and highways in Perry County.
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John O'Brien
Sunrise
Athens
Athens County
Hebron
Licking County
Carl Helwig
Gilbert
John Faught
New Lexington
Charles Bayless
Joseph Grogan
Corning
Columbus
Bayless
Charles Evans
B. C. Day
James Adrien
Perry County
Grogan
J. C. McGuire
Cambridge
Newark
John Dressler
Helwigs
Faught
Joe Farbearn
Logan
State Patrol
R. L. Greider
R. H. Shaneyfelt
Mansfield
Perry County Common Pleas Court
Middleport Visitor Hurt When Gun Discharges
Billy Hamm 14 of Lexington Kentucky was wounded in the mouth when a rifle he was examining discharged. The bullet passed through his tongue and lodged in the roof of his mouth. Hamm, staying with his grandfather William Michael on the L H Pratt farm at Langsville, was with companions overnight. His mother Mrs Clarence Hamm is in Middleport. He was taken to Holzer Hospital.
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Middleport
Billy Hamm
Lexington
Young Hamm
William Michael
L. H. Pratt
Langsville
Clarence Hamm
Holzer Hospital
Former Gallipolis Man Succumbs in Cleveland
William Wayne Shaw 42, son of Mrs. Helen Shaw of Gallipolis, was found dead at his Cleveland home Monday night. Officials believe he died from a heart attack, likely since Friday, while his wife and son were in New Mexico on vacation. The funeral will be held here with details pending.
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Gallipolis
William Wayne Shaw
Helen Shaw
Cleveland
Shaw
New Mexico
Roush Trial Opens Marion Up
The first degree murder trial of Harvey L. Roush, 48, began with testimony today. He is accused of killing Mr. and Mrs. Homer T. Myers at their farm home on April 30.
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Roush
Marion
Harvey L. Roush
Homer T. Myers
Major General Cole Relinquishes Command of Fifth Corps Area
After more than 44 years of active service Major General William E Cole today relinquished command of the Fifth Corps Area of the U S Army. The ceremony marked the end of his long tenure and the transition to a new leader at the military post in Columbus.
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Columbus
William E. Cole
Fifth Corps
U. & Army
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