Rayburn Garner Endorsement Triggers House Showdown Talk
Washington reports that House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn backing Vice President John Garner for the 1940 Democratic nomination could spark a clash between conservative and New Deal factions in Congress. Observers note a House leadership challenge would be unprecedented and hinge on Texas political factors and anti Roosevelt sentiment.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
John N. Garner
Congress
Rayburn
Garner
Roosevelt
Chamber
Texas
FDR Cheers Sub Raisers Aboard Squalus Recovery
President Roosevelt commended the naval effort to raise the sunken submarine Squalus and its 26 crewmen. Divers aimed to lift the vessel from a mud bank with two more lifts before towing to a dry dock near Portsmouth for body recovery.
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Mary Chilton
Portsmouth
N. H
Roosevelt
Isles of Shoals
Rye
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Snake Cuddler Bitten Proving Faith in Virginia
In Pucketts Creek Virginia Simp Burgan was bitten while cuddling a copperhead to prove his faith. His arm swelled but he refused medical aid saying God would heal him. The event involved six participants and a woman at the invitation of sect leader John Hensley who survived a similar bite years ago.
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Pucketts Creek
U.P
Simp Burgan
Simp
Burgan
John Hensley
Racketeer Nabbed by Police at Huron
John DeMarco age 36 was captured in a lakefront cottage at Huron Ohio. He was among 23 indicted for policy racket charges and was alleged to be an auditor for the mob. His wife and relatives were present as officers closed in.
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Cleveland
Ou.p
John DeMarco
Huron
Demarco
Texas Oil Wells Ordered Shut in 15 Day Protest
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered about 87,000 oil wells to shut down for fifteen days in protest of crude price cuts by major oil firms led by Sinclair-Prairie. The move targets reducing state tax revenue and harming workers in the midcontinent oil region.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair-Prairie Oil Marketing Company
Dixie Clipper Searches for Fliers in Vain
The Dixie Clipper spent three hours in a vain search for Alex Loeb and Dick Decker missing on a St. Peters N S Ireland flight. The crew surveyed a 100 mile wide area off the regular course while receiving word the Loeb Decker plane was missing. Weather was perfect and a 70 mile tail wind aided the transatlantic crossing.
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Alex Loeb
Dick Decker
Atlantic Ocean
St. Peters
N. S
Ireland
Southampton
England
Pan-American Airways
Dixie
Safe Crackers Break Into Cleveland Church
In Cleveland, two burglars used an acetylene torch to cut into the First Church of Christ Scientist basement vault and stole 419.99 dollars in cash and 121 dollars in checks before fleeing.
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Cleveland
U.P
Church of Christ Scientist
Journalist Ekins expelled from Italy by Mussolini
United Press correspondent H. R. Ekins was ordered out of Italy by Premier Mussolini. No official reason was given but the expulsion was linked to a London dispatch quoting private sources alleging Mussolini had a heart attack. Ekins later reported Mussolini appeared in good health.
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United Press i
H. R. Ekins
Italy
Mussolini
London Dispatch
United Press
England
Ekins
Il Duce
Irish State Arrests Rebel Party Leaders
The Eire government raided 20 houses under the public safety law and arrested several IRA leaders. Three deported from Britain are among those detained after a wave of bombings and terrorism. George Plunkett’s house was raided in his absence.
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Dublin
Eire
Irish Republican Army
Britain
George Plunkett
Plunkett
One Killed Two Hurt In Ohio Plane Wreck
A plane crash near Hillsboro leaves Fred Stevens 20 of Harriet dead from skull fracture while Marvil Wilkin 20 sustains head and leg injuries and Carshel Turner, the pilot, has a broken nose. The craft fell 300 feet into a corn field after the motor failure. Civil Aeronautics Board investigators from Chicago arrived to inspect the wreck.
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Hillsboro
U.P
E. H. Jose
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Board and Air Safety Board
Fred Stevens
Harriett
Marvil Wilkin
Harriet
Carshel Turner
Officials probe Coney Island elevated train wreck
Police and Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp officials launched two investigations into the Coney Island elevated train wreck. Twenty one people were injured when a defective switch diverted the front car onto an adjoining track while the rear cars stayed on the original line as Sunday pleasure seekers returned from the resort.
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New York
U.P
Coney Island
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation
Nazis Hint At Possible Peace Plan From Berchtesgaden Talks
London reports say the Berchtesgaden meeting between Hitler and Ribbentrop and Ciano produced talk of a possible peace plan for Europe. Italy reportedly submitted a far reaching plan including plebiscites and colonial questions. Poland remains firm against a one sided German solution.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Danzig
Fuehrer
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Europe
Hitler
London Daily Mail
Benito Mussolini
Berchtesgaden
Daily Mail
The
Times
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Anti British Delegates Parade in Japanese Tientsin
In Tientsin the Japanese controlled city area, delegates to a two day anti British congress met and resolved to coordinate anti British societies and suppress British interests. An armored car unit from British concession volunteers mobilized to guard barricades as paraders gathered. A message was sent to the Japanese dominated regime in Peiping seeking to drive British influence from the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Tientsin
Concession
Peiping
Far East
Actors Make Strike Threat
Hollywood actors demand action from the American Federation of Labor after night club performers join the jurisdiction dispute. They warn they may quit work if the stage hands win control, with AFL expected to decide today in the heated labor clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Federation Executive Council
Two Burned as Truck Overturns and Catches Fire
Gallipolis reports Nelson Frances age 28 and George Adderston age 32 of Columbus were taken to Holzer Hospital with first degree burns after a truck they rode in overturned and burned near Thurman.
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Gallipolis
Nelson Frances
George Adderston
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Thurman
Outside Heart Baby Loses Life Battle
Maria Corazon Rafael, born last Monday with her heart outside her body, died early today in Manila. Philippine surgeons said cyanosis caused the death after a week of intensive care using all available medical resources and never before used procedures.
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Manila
P. I
U.P
Maria Corazon Rafael
Kerrs Run Man Dies in State Route 7 Truck Crash
Theral Reibel aged 24 of Kerrs Run died in a truck crash on State Route 7 near the Meigs Athens County line. He died about 6 a.m. Sunday in Parkersburg West Virginia. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Chester Church with burial in Chester Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, one child, and other relatives.
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Pomeroy
Reibel
Chester
Fire Damage Fueled by Robbers at Wholesale Grocery
Portsmouth police think safe-crackers started a Sunday fire causing 50000 dollars damage to the C. D. Kenny Company wholesale grocery building and three other structures. Police chief Harry Sheets said burglars robbed the safe but mostly failed to reach the money and likely started the blaze by accident.
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Portsmouth
C. D. Kenny Company
Harry Sheets
Heart on Right Side and Self Inflicted Wound
George Nichols, 20, of New Plymouth, fired a .22 caliber pistol at his chest at his brother in laws home in Vinton County. The bullet pierced the left chest and lodged near the ninth rib, with X rays showing the heart on the right side. Medical staff say the wound could affect the left lung and Nichols cited heartbreak over a Hamden girl as motive. He previously lost his right eye in a cap pistol accident.
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Logan
George Nichols
New Plymouth
Cherrington Hospital
Nichols
Merl Rizer
Vinton County
Hamden
Flaming Pan Am Flying Boat Crash Kills 14 in Harbor
A Pan American Airways flying boat crashes into Rio de Janeiro harbor killing 14, including Yale economist Prof. James Harvey Rogers. Four crew members perish, two pilots among them, leaving two survivors in shock as wreckage burns and investigators seek clues. The plane had been en route from Miami to Buenos Aires and disappeared behind a marine arsenal before plunging into the water.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Pan-American Airways
James Harvey Rogers
Yale
Miami
Fla
Buenos Aires
Marine Arsenal
Arsenal
Relief Boosts In South May Cause Trouble
Washington WPA chief F C Harrington plans a new schedule changing relief wages across 11 southern states while lowering some northern and western workers pay. The act aims to satisfy Congress and could trigger protests similar to the 130 hour month strike with 100000 participants. Professional and skilled workers in the North and West may bear the brunt.
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Washington
U.P
Works Projects
F. C. Harrington
Congress
WPA
North
West
Six Guardsmen Die In Dud Shell Incident At Fort Knox
six Indiana National Guard members of Battery D 139th Field Artillery Princeton Indiana were killed last night after handling a 4x2 smoke shell found on an artillery range the shell exploded as they carried it into their tent three other guardsmen were lightly injured Maj Gen Robert H Tyndall reported the tragedy and noted the soldiers had disobeyed an order banning handling fired shells for souvenirs.
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Fort Knox
U.P
Robert H. Tyndall
National
Two More Indicted In Louisiana Probe
Federal grand jury in New Orleans indicted George Caldwell on mail fraud and Eugene Barksdale on diverting WPA labor and materials. Caldwell faces two mail fraud indictments totaling three hundred pounds. Barksdale previously led LSU construction and appears in a seven count indictment. Two others named but not charged. The action stems from WPA investigations filed earlier by Paul Hansen.
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New Orleans
U.P
Federal Grand Jury
George Caldwell
Eugene Barksdale
Caldwell
Louisiana State University
WPA
Barksdale
Paul Hansen
Farm-Hand Murderer To Get Life Sentence
Hillsboro Utah based report states Frank Case, a farm hand, was convicted of murder of his father in law Daniel E Letty of Sinking Springs by a jury. The jury recommended mercy and Judge George W McDowell would sentence him to life imprisonment today or tomorrow.
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Hillsboro
U.P
Frank Case
George W. McDowell
Case
Daniel E. Letty
Sinking Springs
Mother Pleads Insanity In Slaying of 11 Week Old Son
In Fremont, Velma Baker Fink, 23, charged with first degree murder for the June 13 death of her 11 week old son, arraigned and announces a temporary insanity defense. She appeared unemotional in court and was escorted by Mrs. H L Myers, wife of the Sandusky County sheriff.
Angry Dubber Kills Caddy With Golf Club
Willow Grove Pa socialite golfer James B. MacFarland III 27 held on $2000 bail on manslaughter after allegedly striking caddy John Klemming 35 with a golf club following a failed approach shot. The caddy died from the injury.
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Willow Grove
U.P
James B. MacFarland
MacFarland
John Klemming
Painting Returned to Louvre by Protest Thief
A young artist surrendered the Watteau painting L Indifferent valued at 100000 dollars to Paris authorities. He said he took the work as a protest against Louvre repair work he believed vandalized the piece.
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Louvre
Paris
Sabotage Blamed for City of San Francisco Derailment
A two million dollar City of San Francisco derailment killed 20 and injured 111. Officials say sabotage enabled by a skilled saboteur with a missing ears disfigured head, hunted across Nevada from Palisade Canyon to Fernley. Corridors show rails pried up and replaced, with a green tumbleweed hidden in the gap to mask the act.
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Carlin
Nev
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Nevada
Chicago
Ben
Humboldt River
R. S. Harris
Harris
Humboldt Bridge
Ex-Boxer Faces Murder Charge Over Neighbor Slaying
Dayton report says Richard Wells fifty a former welterweight boxer and World War veteran will be arraigned Thursday on murder charges for the shotgun slaying of Harry Dalton fifty five during a dispute in which Dalton allegedly called him a government pauper. Wells is a pensioner crippled by a war injury.
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Dayton
U.R
Richard Wells
Harry Dalton
Wells
Dalton
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