Yankees To Leave China Danger Zone
United States authorities rushed emergency plans to evacuate Americans from coastal towns and concentrate residents in foreign concessions under protection as the risk of a Chinese Japanese war escalates. Soviet and Japanese actions escalate tensions with protests and battlefield raids as China prepares a broad defense and seeks to avert broad war.
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Shanghai
WUP
United States
China
Japan
Tientsin
Nanking
Moscow
Tokyo
Russia
Musician's Wife Duchin Dies After Birth
New York report states Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin age 29 died today less than a week after giving birth to a son. She had been dropped from the social register for marrying Eddie Duchin, the orchestra leader, and had dismissed the expunging as a private matter.
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New York
U.P
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
Social Register
Eddie Duchin
Duchin
Eddie
Phooey
Nationalists Advance In Loyalists District
Franco forces in the Teruel sector push toward Cuenca in Eastern Spain as weather worsens. Nationalist commanders claim Loyalists suffer 200 to 300 casualties daily while Nationalists raise flags on five more mountain peaks.
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Interuel
Madrid
WU P
Francisco Franco
Cuenca
Spain
Cuencea
Emilie Dionne Ill From Heat in Ontario Quints
Emilie Dionne one of the quints is mildly ill from the heat Dr Allan Roy Dafoe said she will likely miss daily showings with her sisters for the rest of the week. In Millersburg a 79 year old man James L Yates seeks divorce from his wife Effie 17 alleging gross cruelty and neglect.
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Callander
Emilie Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Millersburg
U.P
James L. Yates
Effie
Kid McCoy Marries For Ninth Time At Rushville
In Rushville Indiana Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy 63 marries Sue Cowley 44 of Detroit at Rushville Christian Church This ninth marriage follows eight prior unions and McCoy's past including a stint in San Quentin The couple plan a quick honeymoon before he returns to Detroit for work at Ford Motor Company
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Rushville
Ind
U.P
Kid McCoy
McCoy
Norman Selby
Sue Cowley
Detroit
Irvin S. Cobb
Rushville Christian Church
Selby
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Sue Cobb Cowley
Pickets Fired Upon by Grain Company Head
Springfield Missouri March 4 193? Grain company president Caleb Lipscomb 79 fired a shotgun at strikers outside his mill wounding 23 year old Mark Hunt not seriously hurt Lipscomb said workers rights but not roughness He is a prominent Southwestern Missouri grain merchant and former gubernatorial candidate
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Springfield
Caleb Lipscomb
Grain Company
Mark Hunt
Hunt
Lipscomb
Missouri
WPA Workers Confer With Murphy on Strike
Leaders of about 100 WPA workers who staged a sit in at Governor Murphy's Lansing office met with him after a sit down strike. Governor Murphy ordered six delegation leaders brought by state police for a conference on relief appropriations.
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Detroit
U.P
WPA
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Myneey
Jenkins declares WPA hurts apple growers in Ohio
Representative Thomas A. Jenkins protests to WPA Administrator Harry L Hopkins that apple pickers and packers cannot be hired in sufficient numbers in Southern Ohio. Jenkins cites labor scarcity and growers complaints. Hopkins promises investigation.
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Washington
U.P
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Ohio
Jenkins
Hopkins
River Level Rises Eight Feet After Eureka Dam Install
GALLIPOLIS Staff Special with the placing of the last huge roller at the Eureka Dam the pool stage in the Ohio River has been increased eight feet. A similar rise may come in two weeks and by October 12 a further eight feet will be added on completion. The river now resembles a lake with minimal current as water covers river banks from Eureka to Letart Falls and up the Great Kanawha to Winfield.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Ohio River
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Ohio
Great Kanawha
Winfield
Son of Publisher Is Sought Missing Week
Police in seven states searched for Alfred A Knopf Jr 19 son of the book publisher. He disappeared a week earlier after boarding a Boston bound train at Norwood Massachusetts. A Phillips Exeter Academy student and Plympton Press apprentice he left to "make his own way."
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New York
U.P
Alfred A. Knopf, Jr
Knopf
Norwood
Mass
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Exeter
N. H
Plympton Press
Second Brother Dies Of Accident Injuries
Darrell L. Evans age 60 of Jackson dies in Holzer Hospital after an automobile crash Saturday night. His brother Newton Evans was killed in the same accident in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Darrell L. Evans
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Newton Evans
Amelia Earhart Memorial Service Held in Her Hometown
Atchison Kansas hosted a memorial service for Amelia Earhart with hundreds in attendance. The service featured speeches by Rev. Tillotson and Dr. Burris Jenkins, a reading of Earhart's poem, and music by the town band. Otis, Earhart’s uncle, sat near the platform as hope persisted despite her disappearance.
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Atchison, Kan
U.P
Amelia Earhart
Filer
Pacific Ocean
Theodore H. Otis
Miss Earhart
America
E. E. Tillotson
First Methodist Church
B. H. Smith
Trinity Episcopal Church
Burris Jenkins
Kansas City
Dr. Jenkins
Youths Confession in Murder Case Reported by Officers
In Lodi a youth confessed to murdering a local farmer, as officers reported. The case prompted questions about evidence and possible charges, with details continuing to unfold as investigations proceed.
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Lodi
Dems at Odds Over Naming New Justice
The Roosevelt administration faces a split among Democrats over timing for a Supreme Court appointment to replace Willis Van Devanter. Attorney General Cummings favors a recess appointment, while others push for postponement until Senate action. Senate Judiciary Chair Henry F. Ashhurst warned a recess nominee should not take a seat before confirmation.
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Dems
New Justice
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
Willis van Devanter
Homer S. Cummings
New Deal
Justice van DeVanter
Henry F. Ashhurst
Senate Judiciary Committee
State May Buy Dakota Wheat to Stabilize Market
Gov. William Langer ordered the state mill to buy all North Dakota wheat to defeat grain gamblers and pay higher prices than leading markets. He warned he would purchase every bushel raised in the state, paying farmers cash if markets fail to reflect the wheat’s value. The spring crop is estimated at about 100 million bushels, backed by the Bank of North Dakota with over 300 million dollars in assets.
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Bismarck
N. D
U.P
William Langer
North Dakota
Langer
Bank of North Dakota
Mother of Four Held For Threatening Star
Mrs. June Bates, 38, a mother of four from Oakland, was sentenced to five years for writing a letter that threatened to implicate movie star John Bates in a dope ring unless paid $500. She contended she would have asked for $1,000 if she intended to extort.
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Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
June Bates
John Bates
State seeks Supreme Court review in Merz workmen compensation case
The State Industrial Commission asked the Ohio Supreme Court to review Athens County judgments awarding workmen's compensation to Elizabeth Merz widow of Peter J. Merz, president of Lick Run Coal and Clay Co., who was killed August 4, 1927 amid local labor disputes.
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Columbus
A.P
State Industrial Commission
Supreme Court
Athens County
Elizabeth Merz
Peter J. Merz
Lick Run Coal and Clay Co
Nelsonville
Merz
Deem Named Police Chief of Parkersburg
Former deputy James M. Deem was appointed police chief of Parkersburg West Virginia. He succeeds CC H. Watson who resigned. Deem previously served as a deputy sheriff at Clarksburg West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
U.P
James M. Deem
CC. H. Watson
Deem
Clarksburg
W, Va
Officials Quiet In Williamson Attack Probe
In Pomeroy the Williamson death probe advances as Prosecuting Attorney Manning D. Webster reviews witness testimony and declines comment. Judge C. E. Peoples and officers caution against discussing the case while Ed Sullivan, a private detective, conducts his own inquiry amid growing media interest.
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Pomeroy
Lafe Williamson
Manning D. Webster
Webster
C. E. Peoples
Ed Sullivan
Planes Lock Wings in Fatal Midair Collision
Two planes collided while circling to land near Dycer Airport at dusk, locking wings at about 300 feet. Pilot Chester Power aged 24 and passenger Harry Wigley aged 18 died. Student Joe Vierling 36 and instructor Frank Jameston 31 were injured as Jameston’s bi plane landed atop Power’s fighter before tumbling into a backyard.
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Los Angeles
Dycer
Chester Power
Harry A. Wigley
Joe Vierling
Frank Jameston
Jameson
Vierling
Power
Former Janitor Named To Wilberforce Faculty
Edward Lee Harris, a Negro janitor at the University of Pittsburgh, will become head of the chemistry department at Wilberforce University next month. He earned a PhD after six years of janitorial work and studying advanced chemistry.
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Pittsburgh -U.P
Edward Lee Harris
University of Pittsburgh
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce, C
Harris
Poll Shows Railway Workers Favor Strike
A strike poll of members from 14 non operating railway labor unions found 88 percent voting to strike if wages remain unsettled with operators. The result was announced today in Washington.
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Washington
Lehoe Confession Said Accomplices In Murder Plan
Fred Lehoe 21 confessed to Sheriff Bayless and Chief Bateman that he helped plan the Franklin Bodi murder during a robbery at his cabin, took $73, and that an accomplice tightened the belt around Bodi's neck. Officials doubt the claim of accomplices after lie detector tests.
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Nelsonville
Frank Bodi
Lodi
Charles Bayless
George Bateman
Fred Lehoe
Lehoe
Bodi
London
Hebbardsville
Willow Creek
Athens
Long Run
Frank Bodie
Bateman
Sermon Topic Brings Home Warning to Negro Pastor
Harris Wilson, a Negro minister in Pittsburgh, preached on "the right man through the right brick" last Sunday. Today he was struck on the head by a brick and robbed of $32 on his way to work. In Washington, the Democratic National Committee offered bound volumes of the 1936 Philadelphia convention proceedings for $5 to help cover a June 1 deficit of $216,000.
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Pittsburgh
Iu.p
Harris Wilson
Wilson
Washington
U.P
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
DROWNS IN LAKE ERIE NEAR CLEVELAND
Theodore Lyons of London Ontario fell from the steamer Goodtime ten miles off Cleveland Harbor and drowned.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland -U.P
Theodore Lyons
London
Ont
Goodtime
Cleveland Harbor
Ex War Nurse McGinty Seeks Disabled Veterans Post
Julia H. McGinty of Hawley Pennsylvania a totally disabled war nurse and mother of three leads candidates for national commander of the 45000 member Disabled American Veterans of the World War at their Columbus convention. Backed by Commander Dr William J. Jackson and publicity director Michael J. Fox she aims to break precedent and win the top post next Friday.
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Columbus
Julia H. McGinty
Hawley
William J. Jackson
Liberty
Pittsburgh
Michael J. Fox
Meshoppen
Department of Pennsylvania
Drivers Strike Threatens Philadelphia Food Supply
In Philadelphia a 5000 strong AFL truck drivers and helpers strike over alleged thug tactics used against a strike against transport firms under contract to the A and P Company. Mayor Wilson mobilized 2200 police and deputies to maintain order as mediation failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Davis Wilson
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Edward Crumbock
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
A. & P. Company
Judge Turnbaugh Dies After Stroke While Camping Near Beverly
Common Pleas Judge C. S. Turnbaugh, 70, Cambridge, died after a heart attack judged to be the cause while he was camping near Beverly. The incident occurred today and is under investigation to confirm the stroke-related death of the judge.
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Marietta
U.rp
Common Pleas
Turnbaugh
Cambridge
Beverly
Missing Pan American plane found near Cristobal
Fragment of the Sikorsky 8 43 missing on a Santiago to Cristobal run located about 30 miles northeast of Cristobal. Navy says 11 passengers and 3 crew unaccounted for. search continues with Teal and three submarines aiding. Passengers include Rex Martin and C Q Caldwell among others.
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Washington
U.P
Santiago
Chile
Cristobal
Navy
Canal Zone
Naval
Navy Department
Fleet Airbase
Colon
Coco Solo
Army
G. Q. Caldwell
Commerce Department
Miami
South America
Rex Martin
Air Commerce Bureau
Latin America
Pan-American Aireways
Balboa
Pacific
Pan American Airways
Pan American Grace Line
Pan-American Airways
Stephen E. Dunn
Pan-American Grace
Oscar Miller
Ford Motors Export Co
Guyaquil
Sam Oliver
Guayaquil
Two Small Girls Die After Roof Shaft Fall
Marilyn Murphy age nine and Lorraine Chinchar age ten died after plunging five floors through a wire mesh shaft between tenement roofs in New York's East River district. Rescue efforts drew thousands as police firemen and an intern attempted to reach Marilyn pinned near an eight inch breach. both girls succumbed within hours.
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NEW York
U.P
Marilyn Murphy
Lorraine Chinchar
Marilyn
Lorraine
East River
William Gossman
Gossman
Phillip Zoller
Zoller
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Mary T. Norton
Ance
William Green
Green
White House
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Wilberforce
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