New British Help for France Seeks to Ease War Tension
Britain readies a firm move to reduce Europe’s war fever and reaffirm obligations to France. Chamberlain and Halifax push for a new policy statement tied to Czechoslovakia and German threats. The display of German military power at Charlottenburg underscores readiness, while Spain, China, and the Ebro front keep tensions high.
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France
Great Britain
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
London
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Chamberlain
Britain
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Democratic Bloc
Germany
Charlottenburg College
Spain
Ebro
GOP Chair Urges Republicans to Stay Out of Democratic Primaries
Washington (U P) Chairman John D M Hamilton of the Republican National Committee urged Republicans to avoid Democratic primaries. He argued GOP prospects are best when New Deal Democrats are nominated this year, countering President Roosevelt's claim that cross party voting breaches political morality. He denied Republicans had entered Democratic primaries, stating no tests from headquarters or political home influenced them.
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Washington
U.P
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
G.O.P
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Meigs County Railroad Man Dies at Bradbury
Charles Autherson aged 43 life long Bradbury resident and New York Central shop worker at Hobson died after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at an hour to be announced. Survived by wife Isabelle Swisher Auther son a daughter Mrs Charidene Hanning a brother W T Auther son and two sisters Mrs Helen Russell and Mrs Celia Keffer all of Bradbury district.
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Pomeroy
Charles Autherson
Bradbury
New York Central
Hobson
Isabelle Swisher Autherson
Charidene Hanning
W. T. Autherson
Helen Russell
Celia Keffer
Gallia Woman Released on Bond in Shooting Case
Gallia County jury held Mrs. Lloyd Angell 20 as an accessory in Delbert Blazer 17 shooting of her husband. She was freed on a $500 bond signed by parents Cordus and Laura Lambert and returned to Mina Chapel area with her baby placed with her parents.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd Angell
Grand Jury
Delbert Blazer
Gallia County
Carodus
Laura Lambert
Blazer
Two Freighters Collide in Baltimore Harbor
Two freighters collided in Baltimore Harbor with both crews unharmed and the ships able to reach safety. Local coast guard and harbor authorities reported no injuries and ongoing inspection of the vessels.
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Baltimore
American Lutheran Mission Reports Damage in Ichang Raid
A telegram to the Hankow mission from Ichang reports substantial damage from a Japanese air raid. Local evangelical Lutheran officials conveyed the update detailing impact and scope of destruction.
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Hankow
U.P
American Evangelical Lutheran Mission
Ichang
Two English Cyclists Seek Indians Across Ohio
Roy Langford, 34, and Drummond Drury, 26, of London pedaled through Zanesville en route to the West on a transcontinental tour. They marveled at the absence of Indians, noting they have not seen a single one hundreds of miles from New York.
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Zanesville
U.P
Ohio
Roy Langford
Drummong Drury
London
America
New York
Chinese Civil Plane Shot Down by Japanese near Hong Kong
Hong Kong based British gunboat Cicala reported locating a Chinese civil aircraft submerged in 40 feet of water near the warplane attack site. The plane carried an American pilot Hugh L. Woods and several prominent Chinese bankers, with two children missing. Chinese authorities denounced the attack as the aircraft bore clear civil insignia. Japanese censorship at Shanghai was lifted as details emerged.
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Hong Kong
Wap—Hhe
Cicala
Childrn
Hugh L. Woods
Shanghai
United States
Comei
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Parleys To End Radiator Plant Strike
Negotiations to settle the strike at two McCord Radiator plants were held today between United Automobile Workers officials and the company. The dispute began when the UAW accused McCord of sending orders to a London Ohio company, diverting work from Detroit and Wyandotte workers.
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Detroit
U.P
McCord
United Automobile Workers Union
UAW
London, O
Wyandotte
WPA Group Ready To Spend for Campaign
President David Lasser of the Workers Alliance and Senate campaign investigating committee Chair Morris Sheppard discussed WPA workers campaign contributions. Lasser announced the group would raise a $50,000 campaign fund.
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Washington
U.P
David Lasser
The
Workers Alliance Today
Morris Sheppard
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
WPA
Lasser
Communist Leader Backs New Deal For Roosevelt Praise
Earl Browder, Communist candidate for President in 1936, pledged the party’s support for the New Deal and described Franklin D. Roosevelt as our first and greatest Democrat. The Oakland report notes Browder’s ardent backing and his call for continued reform under the New Deal.
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Oakland
Calif
U.P
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Federal move to bring Bird for bank robbery trial
The Federal Government moved today to return Charles Bird, a notorious bank robber now imprisoned in Maryland State Penitentiary, to Cleveland for trial on bank robbery and kidnapping charges.
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Cleveland
Charles Bird
Maryland State Penitentiary
Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run Terror Returns to Cleveland
Cleveland police raided slum districts chasing new clues to a homicidal maniac who in four years has butchered 13 people. Officers targeted the Roaring Third Precinct and hunted a figure known as Gus a gutter scavenger linked to a discarded fish box containing body parts found recently.
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Cleveland
U.P
Roaring Third
Kingsbury Run
Gus
Central Market
Blast in Cab Fatal to Two
An engineer and fireman on a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train were killed at Selma nine miles northeast of Xenia today when an explosion occurred in the cab of the locomotive. The dead were J. L. Breen engineer Columbus and R. H. Mitchell fireman Columbus. Breen and Mitchell were blown from the cab but other trainmen and passengers learned of the accident only after the train halted about four miles from the blast site. Neither the locomotive nor any cars derailed.
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Xenia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Selma
Here
J. L. Breen
Columbus
R. H. Mitchell
Breen
Mitchell
Trace Another Death To Convicted Officer
In Auburn Maine Sheriff Rex V Bridges said he has a sworn statement from the brother of a former state official that could link former Deputy Sheriff Francis Carroll to the May 18 killing of a filling station proprietor in Auburn Carroll is already serving a life sentence after being convicted August 12 of killing Dr James G Littlefield.
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Auburn
Rex V. Bridges
Androscoggin County
Francis Carroll
Carroll
State Prison
James G. Littlefield
WPA Sit Down Strike By Akron Workers Over Tools
Fifty WPA project workers in Akron staged a sit down to protest the number of tools each man must carry. The action halted work as employees voiced complaints against tool load and working conditions.
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Akron
Ohioan to Cease Columbus Up Abandonment of Democratic Paper
Ohioan to cease publication in Columbus as the official Democratic Party organ under Governor Martin L. Devers terms appears certain. The announcement signals the end of the party’s official newspaper in the capital city amid shifting political tides.
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Ohioan
Columbus
Democratic Party
Martin L. Devers
Four Held for Jail Tortures
Philadelphia officials clash with prosecutors over a prison torture case at Philadelphia County Prison where Charles M. Hersch testified to warrants against two more men linked to the roasting of 26 convicts. Guards face homicide charges as four inmates died in punishment cells.
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Charles M. Hersch
May
Philadelphia
Hersch
John A. Boyle
Parishioners pledge to keep vigil for Rev. Simon Borkowski
Prisoners or parishioners rally daily at St Barbara rectory in Vulcan Michigan to prevent the priest from leaving after orders transfer. A spokesman says he belongs to these people and they want him, indicating strong local support for Rev. Simon Borkowski amid the tense transfer.
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Simon Borkowski
St. Barbara
Vulcan
Mich
Taft Urges Republicans to Define Issues for Fall Victory
Robert A Taft urged Athens County Republicans to persuade independents and Democrats that the New Deal plan threatens democracy and limits liberty. He warned of spending, court packing, and regulatory overreach, urging precinct organizing and direct conversations on issues to win in November.
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Taft
Athens County
GOP
Trio Pleads Not Guilty To O'Brien Killing
Three defendants in the O'Brien murder case appeared in Atheny County Common Pleas Court and pleaded not guilty. John Faught, John Helwig, and Gilbert Helwig were assigned attorneys. others indicted, including Steve Michela, faced arraignment with some entering guilty pleas. All defendants were remanded without bond as judges weighed defense access and trial dates.
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Trio
O’brien
Atheny County Common Pleas Court
O. F. Rowland
John Faught
John
Gilbert Helwig
John O'Brien
New Lexington
Gilbert
Steve Michela
Faught
Carl
Rowland
Gordon
State Witness In Hines Trial State Charge
Lloyd Paul Stryker accused George Weinberg, a prosecution witness, of seizing about 300000 dollars from the Dutch Schultz policy racket in 1933 34. Weinberg, denied, testified Schultz had identified Hines as political fixer for the gang and that profits from the racket included a large sum alleged to have passed through Schultz.
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NEW York
U.P
Lloyd Paul Stryker
James J. Hines
George Weinberg
Dutch Schultz
Styker
Hines
Weinberg
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Schultz
Paw
Stryker
Ferdinand Pecora
Aides of King Compile Own Data on Probe
Senator William H. King of Utah disclosed that aides have been gathering data on monopolies independent of the committee he sits on. He fears the probe could become a New Deal attack on business and plans to present the material if the investigation lacks impartiality. King has opposed New Deal policies and questions current monopoly laws.
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Taft
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
King
Washington
U.P
William H. King
Utah
Congressional-Executive Department
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Holt's Brother Faces WPA Bad Check Charge
West Virginia senator Rush Holt claims two federal indictments against his brother Mathew S. Holt Jr. for forging endorsements on government checks were an effort to silence him in the WPA expose. The indictments were disclosed by the U.S. district court clerk when Holt inquired about charges.
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Weston
W. Va
Rush
Holt
D. W. Va
Mathew S. Holt, Jr
WPA
Parkersburg
Works Progress Administration
U. S. District Court Clerk
Mathew Holt
Michigan Bugle Corps Wins National Title
In Columbus Ohio a Battle of Music ended with six championships awarded to Veterans of Foreign Wars units from the East and Midwest. The Royal Oak Michigan bugle corps captured the national title and a $1000 prize over Detroit Wayne County Council, a longtime winner previously.
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Columbus
U.P
East
Mid-West
Royal Oak
Mich
West Point
Wayne County Council of
Detroit
Discovery of a Murdered Youth in Cleveland Lane
A well dressed youth was found murdered in a wooded lane near an exclusive pedestrian area. Police describe a fatal beating and are investigating possible motives and suspects in this city crime case.
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Cleveland
Limbach Named Head of Ohio Democratic Party
Arthur N. Limbach, a New Philadelphia lawyer, was elected chairman of Ohio’s Democratic executive committee by unanimous vote. He succeeds Francis W. Poulson, with Charles Sawyer urging party unity. Earl H. Hanefeld won re election as state central chairman and Miss Marie Dickson was re elected secretary. A party convention date was set for late September following the upcoming Republican meeting.
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Columbus
AU P
Democratic Party
Ohio
Arthur N. Limbach
Philadelphia
Limbach
Charles Sawyer
Francis W. Poulson
Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Poulson
Sawyer
United Party
Earl H. Hanefeld
Ottawa
Marie Dickson
Steubenville
Hanefeld
Davey
Limach
Arthur L. Limbach
Ohio Democratic State Committee
Loses $14 in City Hold Up
Robert Cramer of 6 W Washington St was robbed of $14 by three armed men in front of his home after midnight. One man covered him with a pistol while others rifled his clothes and then returned his keys and billfold. He gave police a description including a Black suspect. Cramer, employed by The McBee Co, lives at 65 W Washington St with Mr. William Smith. Police and the State Highway Patrol were notified.
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Robert Cramer
Washington St
Cramer
Athens City
State Highway Patrol
William Smith
The
McBee Co
Tenth Chicago Hoodlum Slain
Paul Battaglia, 44, a prohibition era gangster, was found slain in a West Side alley. He is the tenth Chicago victim of gang vengeance in two months and the third Battaglia to die by gangland guns since 1931. He was found on trash, shot behind the right ear, likely killed and dumped from a car after a one way ride. Police tie the death to a West Side gambling dispute and recent holdups of hand books.
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Chicago
U.P
Paul Battaglia
West Side
Battaglia
Missouri Rabbits To Be Bought for Ohio
The Ohio Conservation Council authorized Commissioner Lawrence Wooddell to buy 25,000 Missouri-bred rabbits for release across Ohio after January 1. Primary distribution will target southern and eastern Ohio counties.
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Columbus
Ohio Conservation Council
Lawrence Wooddell
Ohio
Pension checks to 112000 aged in mail drive
Columbus dispatch reports the Division of Aid for the Aged will mail 112000 pension checks this month. The program aims to deliver 85000 checks to elderly recipients, signaling a broad mailing effort coordinated locally.
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Columbus
U.P
Division of Aid For the
US Chamber Urges Wagner Act Revisions
Washington UP President George H Davis of the U S Chamber of Commerce proposes broad changes to the Wagner La bor Relations Act to curb power of unions, illegalize the closed shop ban sympathetic strikes bar strikes violating contracts and laws protect workers from union interference end exclusive bargaining rights for majority unions. Roosevelt Green Lewis align on clarifying the statute while CIO antagonizes any modification.
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Washington
George H. Davis
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Congress
Chamber
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
Spinster Persuaded to Invest in Pyramid Scheme
The morals court heard that 75 year old Miss Sarah B. Adams of Wheeling was persuaded by ex chauffeur Andrew C. McNickle to give $75,000 for a Wall Street pyramid plan. McNickle, 37, formerly of Wheeling, was turned over to Atlantic City authorities after embezzlement charges were first filed there.
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Pittsburgh
4UP
Wheeling
W. Va
Wall Street
Andrew C. McNickle
Atlantic City
N. J
Sarah B. Adams
Man Drowns Jumping From Bridge Beside Train
PARKERSBURG W Va 40 P C L Wigal 42 is drowned after leaping from a railroad bridge into the Little Kanawha River as an approaching passenger train nears the depot Wigal apparently confused by the train jumped just before the bridge WADE
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Parkersburg
W. Va
C. L. Wigal
Kanawha River
Wigal
Wade
Carroll hard hit by business area blaze
A midnight fire in Carroll Fairfield County destroyed two stores and damaged Farmers and Merchants Bank. Estimated damage between 20000 and 35000 dollars. Cause not yet determined.
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Carroll
Fairfield County
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Tokyo crash toll climbs as air trainer collides with liner
The death toll from a collision between a training aircraft and a passenger airliner over Omori in Tokyo's suburbs rose to 86 with hundreds injured. Authorities and rescue teams continue search and aid operations amid a major disaster scene and ongoing investigations.
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Tokyo
Omori
Dies to answer critics on radio in national address
Chairman Martin Dies of the House committee probing un American activities announced he would reply to critics in a nationwide radio address today. The Texas Democrat said the committee would continue its investigations as it seeks to expose subversive influence.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Tex
House Committee
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W. F. Smiley
Robert A. Taft
Hotel Berry
John J. Woolley
J. W. “Dyke” Wilson
Michigan Bugle Corps
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US Chamber
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