Republicans hail end of New Deal experiment era
Washington reports a Republican review of the 76th Congress first session adjournment as House Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. declares the era of experimentation ended and vows to oppose New Deal measures while listing 14 "accomplishments" of honest liberalism. Senator Claude Pepper leveled a late attack on the administration during the session's close.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Aay Mib
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Congress
America
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
White House
William B. Bankhead
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
Martin
National Labor Relations Board
Florida Ship Canal
United States
Claude Pepper
Fla
New Dealer
Revision of Security Act Is Approved
The proposed social security reform moves toward approval this week. Changes include freezing the 1 percent payroll tax, capping unemployment tax to the first 3000 of wages, broader benefits for widows and dependents, extended coverage to 1.1 million bank clerks and sailors, and advancing old age payments from 1942 to 1940. The program shifts to family insurance with spousal pensions.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Social Security Board
Jop Minister To Be Ousted In Tokyo Row
Five man inner cabinet set to meet with the army pressing for immediate military alliance with Germany and Italy. Lieut. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki may be forced to resign for a stronger advocate of the pact. US denunciation of the Japanese American trade treaty and firmer British talks over North China influence the crisis, sources say.
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Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Italy
Seishiro Itagaki
United States
China
Dismissal of Ohio WPA Workers Is Resumed
Ohio resumes dismissal of certified WPA project workers on the 18 month rule. Excludes war veterans. Col Harrington directs removals. July discharges reached 20,417. about 25,000 more to go this month and 15,000 in September.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
F. C. Harrington
Federal Works Project
Blast Wrecks Power Supply at U. S. Dam
A mysterious explosion cut power to Green Mountain Dam and nearby areas Sunday. Guardsmen restricted liquor sales in the troubled zone as two power poles were blown five miles north of Dillon, cutting service to Kremmling and a construction project. Repairs were completed by daybreak.
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Green Mountain Day
Colo
Green Mountain Dam
Canon
Dillon
Kremmling
Negro Attacker Captured After Seven Hour Posse Hunt
A 23 year old African American ex convict was captured by an armed posse after a seven hour pursuit in Conneaut. Mrs. Josephine Souri a 63 year old East Conneaut resident identified him as the man who attacked her on a railroad track on Sunday morning while she was walking to church.
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Conneaut
Josephine Souri
East Conneaut
Schine Circuit Faces Antitrust Dissolution Suit
The Department of Justice launches civil antitrust actions to breakup Schine theater chain with theaters in New York Ohio Kentucky Maryland and Delaware. Seven Schine affiliates and eleven production companies are charged with unreasonable restraint of trade in film distribution and alleged monopoly power.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Department of Justice
Schine Theater
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
Athena
Athens
Federal District Court
Department
Schine
Esther Ralston Weds Trade Paper Writer
Esther Ralston, blond film star, married Ted Lloyd, radio trade paper columnist, in Greenwich Connecticut by Justice J. J. O Brien. They head to Gilford for a summer stock run of Susan and Go before returning to Hollywood. Miss Ralston's eight year old daughter Mary attended.
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Greenwich
Conn
Esther Ralston
Ted Lloyd
Justice of the Peace
J. J. O’brien
Gilford
Lloyds
Hollywood
Miss Ralston
Lloyd
Mary
CIO Candidate Beaten in Kentucky Primary Clash
Lieut. Gov Keen Johnson led by nearly 12 000 votes over CIO candidate John Young Brown as ballot tabulation resumed in Kentucky. Brown backed by CIO head John L Lewis faced Johnson who had AFL support and backing from Gov A B Chandler and the state party. Unofficial totals from 1110 of 4320 precincts showed Johnson 81156 to Brown 69667 amid low turnout and a quiet primary scene for seven state offices and legislative seats.
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Louisville
Keen Johnson
American Federation of Labor
John Young Brown
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
CIO
Brown
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
Johnson
AFL
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Democratic
House of Representatives
Senate
Spanish Revolt Plot Foiled by Border Patrols
Paris dispatch reports that Spain interior police run concentration camps in Gerona Figueras and Navarre for suspects linked to a Republican plot uncovered by Barcelona police. Arrests were made as the plan reportedly targeted arms caches in Catalonia for a campaign of destruction modeled on the Irish Republican Army.
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Paris
U.P
Ramon Serrano Suner
Gerona
Figueras
Navarre
Barcelona
Catalonia
France
Irish Republican Army
England
Killer Captured After Escape From London Prison Farm
Louis C. Vandervoort 36, the man who killed a policeman and escaped from the London Prison Farm, has been captured near Springfield. He was found in a farmer’s barn a mile and a half northwest of Tremont City by W. B. Thomas. Suffering tuberculosis and a knee injury from the escape, Vandervoort was in weakened condition and remains in prison garb. He was taken to the hospital and later to solitary confinement.
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London
Louis C. Vandervoort
Springfield
Vandervoort
W. B. Thomas
Tremont City
Midget racer dies from skull fracture in Lima crash
Ernest Berringer 32 of Connersville Indiana died today from a skull fracture after his midget automobile overturned during a race in Lima on Sunday.
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Lima
U.P
Ernest Berringer
Connersville
Ind
Record peace time spending nears ten billion in current year
Washington reports a record peace time federal outlay near 10 billion dollars for the present fiscal year with total appropriations by Congress surpassing 13 billion. Expenditures last year reached 9.27 billion and exceeded income by about 3.6 billion, against President Roosevelt's January forecast of 9 billion. Budget Director Smith notes total authorizations likely exceed the January figure.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Harold D. Smith
Seek Gypsies In Kidnaping
Police across eight states issued alerts for two men who allegedly abducted 12 year old Dorothy Stevens a gypsy on upper Fifth Avenue The girl is described 5 feet 4 inches tall 120 pounds with brown hair and eyes wearing a colorful gypsy costume and bandana The father Joseph Stevens 42 reported a demand for gold and money to secure her return.
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New York
Dorothy Stevens
Upper Fifth Ave
Joseph Stevens
Guernsey County Slayer to Stand Trial for Sheriff’s Slaying
Louis W. Pope 19 of Cincinnati, named as the trigger man in the holdup slaying of R. E. Willis former Guernsey County sheriff, faces a first degree murder trial in Cambridge starting Tuesday Willis was shot May 30 at a gas station during the holdup attempt.
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Cambridge
U.P
Louis W. Pope
Cincinati
R. E. Willis
Guernsey
Willis
Gapsline
New Victims Sought In Poison Syndicate
Philadelphia detectives checked a newly named list of 25 possible victims in the citys vast insurance murder ring. The list includes persons accused of receiving a potent draught said to end all troubles in witchcraft terms.
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Philadelphia
Girl Dies After Ferris Wheel Fall at Hermosa Beach
In Hermosa Beach California Marie Louise Borel 22 died from injuries after being thrown 20 feet onto a ticket booth roof when a safety bar allegedly broke. Her escort Jack Breunig 24 survived with minor injuries.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Marie Louise Borel
Jack ,Breunig
U S Protest Over Japanese Attacks on Mission Hospital in China
U S consular authorities in Hankow protested Japan after reports of July 26 bombing of an American Lutheran mission hospital at Kioshan with six direct hits. The hospital, on a hill with 11 large U S flags, was warned but reportedly struck again. Authorities seek details on American missing and missionaries amid wider tensions along the Yangtze.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Kioshan
United States
Holland
Peiping
Shichuachwang
Peiping-Hankow
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
New York
Japan
Father Henry Kroes
American Catholic University
Father Kroes
Father John Fu
Father Fu
Ichang
Yangtze River
Danzig Rejects Polish Demand Over Customs Guards
The Danzig government rejected Poland’s Saturday note demanding an end to interference by Polish customs guards on the East Prussia border. Danzig called the Polish note provocative and false, and said it never intended to interfere with customs men. Poland claimed an ultimatum was issued and later withdrawn.
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Danzig
Poland
East Prussia
Ohio Pension Measure Fails In Final Spurt
The Jenkins bill to pay Ohio 1 338 000 in disputed old age pension funds failed of passage in the Senate during a late Saturday session. Lawmakers blocked final action, leaving the measure on the calendar for January. Sponsored by Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, the bill sought the federal contribution withheld last October after the Social Security Board found mismanagement in Ohio under former Governor Davey.
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Washington
Senate
Jenkins
Ohio
House
Congress
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Social Security Board
Martin L. Davey
Baby Thought Dead Revived By Passerby In Cincinnati
An infant named David Catron two and a half was reported apparently dead after a Big Four train struck a car at Elmwood Place. A woman passerby, Mrs. Louise Kramer, revived him at her home with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cold compresses. The baby's father Esco Catron was seriously injured and the mother suffered cuts and bruises.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Elmwood Place
David Catron
Louise Kramer
Esco Catron
Ohioan Sets World Record With 16 Parachute Jumps
Leonard J. Moore of Norwood Ohio claimed a new world record by completing 16 consecutive parachute jumps in two hours at Blue Ash airport. The prior mark of 15 jumps was set June 14 1935 at the same airport by Shirley Whitey Rauner of Hamilton Ohio.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Leonard J. Moore
Norwood
Moore
Blue Ash
Shirley (Whitey) Rauner
Hamilton
Mahoning Steel Mill Output To Be Raised
Steel operations in the Mahoning Valley will rise this week with blast furnace activity possible to increase employment. Youngstown Sheet and Tube will keep eight open hearths running at Campbell rather than suspend one. Republic Steel plans to add one unit at its plant.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Campbell
Republic Steel Corp
Zanesville Motorists Killed in Train Crash
Four Zanesville residents died in a Sunday automobile train collision at Edison two miles west of here. Victims were Floyd E. Sciance 44 Lena Sciance 41 Curtis Gardner 62 and Erma May Taylor 51.
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MT. Gilead
Morrow County
Zanesville
Edison
Here
Floyd E. Sciance
Lena
Curtis Gardner
Erma May Taylor
Indiet Leche and Three Others Indicted in Louisiana Case
Former Louisiana governor Richard W. Leche and three political figures were indicted on conspiracy to violate the Connally Hot Oil Act and to defraud the United States. The charges involve a $148 000 commission deal in late 1936 with Seymour Weiss Freeman W Burford and the East Texas Refining Company. Weiss and Leche are said to have received $67 000 each. Weiss faces additional income tax evasion charges for 1936 funds.
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New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
United States
Leche
Huey Long
Jughead
Seymour Weiss
Long Organization
Freeman W. Burford
East Texas Refining Company
Dallas
Texas
Refining Company
Weiss
Two Youths Die In Coshocton Area Crash
James R. Baumgardener aged 20 of near Fresno Ohio and Edward Guthrie 17 of Coshocton were killed last midnight when an automobile skidded and overturned four miles west of Coshocton. Baumgardener was driving and both youths were thrown from the car dying of fractured skulls and broken necks.
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Coshocton
U.P
James R. Baumgardener
Fresno
Edward Guthrie
Here
Baumegardener
Young Boy Hurt in Cat and Dog Fight
Six year old Eugene Roff of Cleveland was hospitalized with a possible fractured skull after a cat tried to escape a dog and knocked him down. The incident occurred when the cat sought refuge behind the boy's legs and the dog lunged.
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Cleveland
U.P
Eugene Roff
Two Convicts Taken in Camp at MOMENCE Illinois
Village constable William Burkowski captured two escaped federal convicts at a tourist camp after noting their car was on the stolen list. Gerald Montague, 21, of Kankakee Illinois, and Walter Smith, 22, of Cincinnati Ohio, admitted they fled guards on a prison train from Atlanta to Lewisburg Pennsylvania on July 26.
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Momence
U.P
William Burkowski
Gerald Montague
Kankakee
Ill
Walter Smith
Cincinnati
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Lewisburg
Member of Old Family Buried in Gallia County
Nancy Matthews age 94 daughter of Judge Moses R and Mary Smith Matthews part of a pioneer Ohio family died in Delaware Her grandfather Phineas Matthews served as Marietta tax collector and land agent and Judge Matthews was probate judge of Vinton County Funeral and burial were held at Vinton Gallia County today at 2 pm
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Delaware
Nancy Matthews
Moses R
Mary Smith Matthews
Ohio
Phineas Matthews
Marietta
Matthews
Vinton County
Vinton
Gallia County
Bricker to Speak at Beta Theta Pi Centennial Opening
Governor John W. Bricker will be principal guest speaker tonight at the opening event of Beta Theta Pi’s centennial program, marking the national collegiate fraternity’s anniversary.
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Oxford
U.P
John W. Bricker
Beta Theta Pi
Ohio Saves 4 000 000 on Relocation of Roads
Ohio will gain more than 4 million dollars in savings from federal assumption of highway relocation costs within the Muskingum Conservancy District. State Highway Director Beightler notes past 4 million spent by the state and outlines plans to work with U S Army engineers to coordinate funding and construction with federal reimbursement expected.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Muskingum Conservancy
State of Ohio
Robert .S. Beightler
Conservancy District
Beight
Ler
Beightler
J. D. Arthur
U. S. Army
State Department
One Dead One Injured In Trailer Truck Crash
Tyrone Pennsylvania report says Wilmer Cramer 22 near Penn Run died from a crushed skull when a trailer truck driven by Charles Peters 21 from Fostoria Ohio lost control hit a guard rail and overturned. Peters was severely cut and bruised and held on $1500 bail pending inquest.
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Tyrone
U.P
Wilmer C. Cramer
Penn Run
Charles H. Peters
Fostoria
Peters
Cramer
Steamer Beaverhill Strikes Iceberg Off Newfoundland
The steamer Beaverhill reported hitting an iceberg 100 miles off the northern coast of Newfoundland in dense fog. The vessel was moving slowly and sent a message via the Coast Guard Cutter Champlain stating no immediate danger.
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Boston
U.P
Beaverhill
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Champlain
California Clipper Returns To Guam After Magneto Trouble
The California Clipper diverted to Guam half an hour after departure from the Orient to California due to magneto trouble. The plane returned to its base at Guam and will resume flights after repairs tomorrow.
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Guam
Orient
California
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L. W. Holland
American Methodist Episcopal Church
Baby
Mahoning
Louisiana
Karel Langer
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