Fall Session Of Congress Opposed By Some Leaders
Washington reports outline an effort by administration allies to deter Roosevelt from calling a fall session. Liberal factions push for a session to pass farm surplus control and wage hour measures, while others warn it could jeopardize key legislation and disrupt pending reforms. Secretary Wallace supports quick action on farm programs and lines up field hearings to shape a potential bill.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
White House
Rayburn
Supreme Court
Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
Mother Urge is Police Clue
Chicago police theorize a childless woman with a strong mother instinct may have abducted three months old Diane Carol Lucas from a grocery carriage. Dorothy Lucas, 23, left the infant outside, then found the carriage empty upon return. Detectives doubt ransom motive, suggesting a disturbed mother may have taken the child.
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Chicago
U.P
Diane Carol Lucas
Dorothy Lucas
Diane
Brothers Held for Assault on Officer in Bellefontaine
Lloyd Pickering 21 and William Pickering 19 were to face assault and battery charges for attacking State Liquor Inspector John L. Conrad in Bellefontaine. Conrad, injured while verifying an illegal liquor purchase at Mrs Rose Pickering's home, was hospitalized with minor injuries.
Checker Tourney Opens Martins Ferry
The national checker championship tournament opened here today with 32 states represented and competition underway.
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Martins Ferry
Theory Family Proves Appetiti? Hereditary Link
Middleport staff special notes supporters of a medical theory that appendicitis is hereditary and that some families are more susceptible. The Hughes family of Maple Street Gravel Hill has five children who all had appendectomies in 15 years. Arnold Hughes, the youngest, is recovering from an operation at McMillan Hospital.
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Middleport
Jacob Hughes
Maple St
Gravel Hill
AFL Spurns Labor Party Coalition in 1930s Row
The AFL declares war on a potential third national party formed by labor groups. President William Green says the Non-Partisan League and CIO influence will be investigated and warns that supporting the Labor Party or NPL would aid the CIO. Delegates encamped in a rain-soaked park plan a White House protest over WPA eligibility and Congress adjournment.
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William Green
Labor
CIO
Atlantic City
N. J
U.R
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Executive Council
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Labor Party
Green
White House
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Schwellenbach-Allen
WPA
March on White House draws jobless protestors to appeal
Jobless marchers from the Workers Alliance gathered in Washington to appeal to President Roosevelt for relief. They demanded action on unemployment and urged swift federal aid. Organizers said the turnout showed broad support and resolve.
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White House
Washington
U.P
Workers Alliance Today
Roose
Chicago Drives to Stop Sex Offenders and Attacks
Chicago moves to curb sex crimes with a push for permanent state hospitalization of incurable degenerates after more than 100 attacks in two years. State's Attorney Courtney calls psychiatrists to draft the law and seeks a special court with Municipal Court Chief Justice Sonsteby. Mayor Kelly posts a $1,000 reward for tips leading to arrests, as 6,000 officers search for a long-armed suspect in a fatal hospital assault on Miss Anna Kuchta.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
John Sonsteby
Municipal Court
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago Hospital
Anna Kuchta
Egypt's Youthful King Engaged to Commoner
Cairo reports 17 year old Farouk z pledges his love to 16 year old Sasi Naz a commoner daughter of Judge Youssef Zulfikar Bey The couple will wed next year when she comes of age and she would succeed Cleopatra on the throne locals call her a modern Cleopatra they have been sweethearts since childhood
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Cairo
Egypt
U.P
Farouk Z
Sasi Naz
Cleopatra
Youssef Zulfikar Bey
Marriage leads to tragedy as groom ends own life
Garland Snyder aged 24 killed himself less than a day after marrying Anna Mecci. Coroner Charles Webster cited family rebuke over the marriage as the motive. Snyder died from a gunshot wound in Conneaut.
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Conneaut
U.P
Garland Snyder
Charles Webster
Snyder
Anna Mecci
UAW Session Proposes Rank and File Elections Peace Breaks
John Brophy proposes officer elections by rank and file to end the UAW factional fight between Homer Martin and Wyndham Mortimer. He warns internal conflict could jeopardize organizing Henry Ford's 140,000 workers and complicate a new GM contract amid over 200 wildcat strikes.
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Milwaukee
U.P
United Automobile Workers of America
John Brophy
Committee For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
Wyndham Mortimer
UAW
Henry Ford
General Motors Corporation
Brophy
General Motors
Teachers Union Weighs CIO Affiliation at Convention
Madison Wisconsin August convention opens with Prof Jerome Davis urging federation to affiliate with John L Lewis CIO after maturing in AFL. CIO affiliation supported by New York and California locals, but opposed by Chicago membership. decision expected August 26.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Jerome Davis
Yale
American Federation of Teachers
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
CIO
New York
California
Chicago
Police Patrol Gates After Workers Riot at Plant
In Pittsburgh police patrolled the gates of the C. W. Heppenstall Company plant after a riot between pickets and non-strikers who tried to enter. Thirteen men were injured, including two policemen, as workers clashed with security.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
C. W. Heppenstall Company
Longest Ohio undersea cable span laid across Meander Reservoir
The 3,500 foot submarine telephone cable span was installed across Meander Reservoir at West Austintown near Youngstown. The project marks the longest such span in Ohio.
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Youngstown
U.P
Ohio
West Austintown
Strikers Endure 134 Day Sit Down at New York Factory
Ernest Eckes, owner of a New York cigar factory, laments 134 day sit down by about 130 workers. Magistrate Bromberg rules Eckes allowed occupation so court cannot evict for unlawful possession. Eckes says the stay must end before Christmas.
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Eckes
Phantom killer murders nurse in Chicago hospital room
Anna Kuchta a student nurse in Chicago was found dead in her hospital room after a beating with a brick. She was napping on a cot near a window when the attack occurred and the assailant believed to be a phantom killer remains at large.
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Anna Kuchta
Chicago
Miss Kuchta
America Appeals to China And Japan To End Warfare
Secretary of State Cordell Hull urges China and Japan to honor treaty pledges and avoid general war. He links Pacific issues to broader non aggression principles with backing from 50 governments. Senator Pittman warns Roosevelt to weigh neutrality act cautious response. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek accuses Japan of ruthless continental ambitions in Shanghai.
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America
China
Japan
Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Hull
Pacific
United States
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
C.T. Wang
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hydroelectric Plant Planned for Eureka Ohio
Credence reports American Gas and Electric and Appalachian Power secure rights of way for a mammoth hydroelectric plant at Eureka on the Ohio end of the dam. Estimated cost two million dollars with a two year build time. High tension lines extend from Philo into Southern Ohio and West Virginia. Local observers expect economic benefits for Gallipolis and Gallia County as new power attracts manufacturers.
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American Gas
Eureka
Gallipolis
American Gas and Electric Co
Appalachian Power Co
Ohio
Philo
West Virginia
Kenova
Portsmouth
Charleston
Rutland
Hobson
Eureka Dam
Gallia County
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
John McNealey
Five UMW Members Held in Threat Case at Verda
Five United Mine Workers members John Gross Lester Mitchell Henry Gross Pearl Pace and George Saylor were arraigned in Harlan County KY on charges of threatening to place cow bells on fellow miners and drive them from Verda mining camp. They posted $1000 bonds each for an examining trial next Saturday after Judge Morris Saylor ordered search warrants yielding four cow bells with chains and locks found in the union hall.
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Harlan, Ky
United Mine Workers of America
Verda
John Gross
UMW
Lester Mitchell
Henry Gross
Pearl Pace
George Saylor
Morris Saylor
Saylor
Union Hall
Bank Night Insurance Declared Illegal in Cleveland
The court ruled a theater bank night Insurance plan illegal. Under the 15 cent policy a patron could insure himself and receive full payment if absent when his name is called, protecting theatergoers from loss.
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Cleveland
Theater Bank
David C. Meek, Jr
Ohio May Regulate Labeling of Brews
The Ohio State Board of Liquor Control plans to regulate labeling of canned and bottled beer to prevent misbranding. Chairman George Eppley cited widespread misbranding in northern Ohio as motivation for the proposed measures.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio State Board of Liquor Control
Ohio
George Eppley
The
Liquor Board
Plane crash near San Diego Bay claims six lives
SAN DIEGO Calif UP a two motor Navy flying boat crashed while landing and lay submerged 100 yards off shore. Six crew members are dead and two are seriously injured. The deceased are Lieut W C Dey Jr F L Wallace Lieut second grade W M Freshour Lieut junior grade R Fall R M Purdy H K Bryan. Wallace and Freshour were Ohio natives and Naval Academy graduates.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
New Air Fleet
San Diego Bay
W.C. Dey, Jr
F. L. Wallace
W. M. Freshour
R. Fall
R. M. Purdy
H. K. Bryan
Wallace
Freshour
Ohio
Naval Academy
Civil War Veteran Dies in Nelsonville
Eber Green Jones aged 93, Civil War veteran, died at the home of his grandson Virgil Young in Nelsonville. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 PM at the Christian Church, with interment in New Marshfield Cemetery. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family, leaving two grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Nelsonville
Eber Green Jones
Virgil Young
The
Christian Church
New Marshfield Cemetery
Jones
Mr. Young
Flossie Ransdall
Kenton
Parkersburg Teacher Dies After Auto Crash
Beatrice Rogers a 29 year old Parkersburg school teacher died in a Charleston hospital from injuries after an automobile accident. David Miller 25 of Parkersburg and Elliot Gibson 29 received minor injuries when the car rolled over a 300 foot embankment nearby.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.R
Beatrice Rogers
Parkersburg
David Miller
Elliot Gibson
Honeymoon in Hospital After Wedding Car Crash
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pardee spent their honeymoon in a hospital today after their automobile collided with another as they began their wedding trip. The couple and their companions were en route when the crash occurred, sending them to medical care.
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Ashtabula
U.P
Mrs
Howard
Pardee
British protest over aerial attack on merchant ship Noemijulia
Britain protested to Spanish Nationalist authorities after an air attack on the British merchant vessel Noemijulia. Two airplanes bombed the ship yesterday.
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London
Great Britain
Acclaim 2 Men Dog as Heroes In Forest Fire
Two men and a dog saved 25 CCC workers during the Shoshone National Forest blaze, as casualties rose to 14 dead with Ambrocio Garza counted as the 14th victim. Rex Hale and James Sabin, both CCC supervisors, were named for possible posthumous Congressional Medals of Honor. Shep the camp dog guided victims to safety, while 24 injured were treated in Cody area hospitals.
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Cody
Wyo
U.P
Rex Hale
Afton
James Sabin
Hyattville
CCC
Shep
Tensleep
Ambrocio Garza
Corpus Christi
Tex
Steer Prices Hit Nine Year High at Chicago Stockyards
Steer prices rose to a new nine year peak at the Chicago stockyards with choice weights selling at 18.15 per hundredweight. The 1928 peak was 18.50, noted in the report.
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Chicago
U.P
Child Killed by Truck in Columbus Driveway Incident
Four year old John Lee Fraley, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fraley, was killed when he stumbled in a Columbus driveway and was struck by a truck driven by a family friend. The tragedy occurred last night as the vehicle moved in the vicinity of the Fraley home.
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Columbus
U.P
John Lee Fraley
E. E. Fraley
Miss Ozimok In Serious Condition After Takeoff Mishap
Miss Mary Ozimok, 22, was in serious condition in a Youngstown hospital after her light monoplane stalled on takeoff and wrecked. Local reports say the accident occurred here and she was seriously injured.
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Youngstown
Mary Ozimok
Rifle matches begin at Camp Perry with 166 entrants
The junior rifle corps small bore shooting event opens at Camp Perry today featuring 166 entrants from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
War Veterans Resolution May Attack Perkins
The United Spanish War Veterans at its national convention in Columbus plans resolutions on immigration policies national defense and Red propaganda. One resolution criticizes Frances Perkins immigration policy claiming it worsened unemployment and Red activity. The program also proposes tax exemptions for veterans and pensions for widows married to veterans before death.
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Columbus
U.R
United Spanish War Veterans
Frances Perkins
Rice W. Means
Denver
Colo
Cleveland Skyscraper College Planned in Town Building
Negotiations disclosed a 22 story National Town and Country Club Building project in Cleveland. The $2,000,000 structure would be built by Fenn College, a city institution formerly affiliated with the YMCA, now independent.
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Cleveland
Fenn College
National Town and Country Club
Employment Totals in Executive Branch Rise to 841,664
The Civil Service Commission reported that executive branch government employment on June 30 totalled 841,664, the highest since November 11, 1918. The June payroll amounted to 127,506,469 dollars, with June employment up by 1,105 from May 31.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission Today
Executive Branch
West Virginia AFL Rebuffs William Green Request
The West Virginia Federation of Labor rejects a request by William Green to dismiss unions affiliated with the CIO. The convention in Parkersburg, West Virginia, announced the decision.
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Green
Parkersburg
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia Federation of Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Government to Finance Cancer Campaign as U S Targets Killer
Washington officials announce a government driven cancer campaign backed by a $400 000 appropriation in the third deficiency bill and an expected $750 000 annual NIH funding to back a broad wartime style effort to find the cause and cure of cancer led by the Public Health Service and NIH.
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Washington
U.P
National Institute of Health Today
America
Roosevelt
WU. S. Public Health Service
al Institute of Health
Congress
National Institute of Health
Chinese Air Forces Bombard Shanghai Amid Rebel Siege
Shanghai endures a night air raid as Chinese bombers strike the Nanking Road area and enemy warships maneuver away from searchlights. Reports claim 30 Japanese planes shot down earlier, with fighting spreading toward Tientsin and Peiping as Americans consider evacuation from the International Settlement.
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Shanghai -U
Imperial Third Battle Fleet
Woosung
Tsungming Island
Yangtse River
Japan
Iwane Matesui
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Chinese War Office
Tehchow
Hopei
Tientsin
Great Wall
Great Wall of China
Nankow Pass
Peiping
Charar
Mongolia
American Emergency Committee
Parrott
President Pierce
Manila
Great Powers Hunt Pirates in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean tension rises after another freighter attack the 14th in three weeks. Spain protests to the League of Nations over Italy's navy against Loyalist ships. Britain halts the third destroyer flotilla sailing to the Far East while planning Mediterranean patrols against pirates.
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Geneva
U.P
Mediterranean
Spain
League of Nations
Italy
Great Britain
Far East
Britain
France
Daring Flier Out After Pullman Car Fall
Major Al Williams famed for the Outside Loop and Falling Leaf crashed from a lower berth in a Pullman car, injuring a kneecap and other injuries. He is recovering in New York.
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Pullman
New York
al Williams
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