President Roosevelt Not Seeking Third Term Says Mother
Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt told United Press the president does not want to run for a third term. She said after three more years he will have fulfilled his task and be ready to pass leadership to others. She denied talk of a third party and said dictatorship is far from him.
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Dorothy Carew
United Press
Paris
Roosevelt
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
Supreme Court
William C. Bullitt
Russia
Joseph E. Davies
Sarah Delanoy Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Soviet Women Executed For Poisoning Children
Leningrad authorities executed Anna Grigorievskaya and Pauline Ivanova, two women supervisors at a city children's home, for poisoning 12 children aged eight to eleven. A military court found their acts rooted in counter revolu tionary and terrorist motives.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Anna Grigorievskaya
Pauline Ivanova
Auto takes off driver survives with multiple fractures
In San Francisco the car of Alice Olive McDonald sped into the air after hitting a high curb in Golden Gate Park. The vehicle struck tree tops before landing, leaving Mrs. McDonald with fractures to both arms and legs.
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San Francisco
U.P
Alice Olive McDonald
Golden Gate Park
Court Backs Non-Strikers in Industrial Dispute
In Portsmouth Judge William R. White granted a temporary injunction to protect Williams Manufacturing Co non-strikers from interference by United Shoe Workers of America members. The order, issued in an injunction suit for non-strikers to work unmolested, directs the sheriff and police to enforce it. The strike began two weeks ago, led by a union affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization.
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Portsmouth
William R. White
Gallipolis
United Shoe Workers of America
Williams Manufacturing Co
White
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
Japan May Give Up 1940 Olympic Games
Tokyo Japan may not host the 1940 Olympics as war with China looms and foreign complications grow. Premier Fumimaro Konoye and Olympic leader Count Michimura Soejima reportedly agreed the Diet should vote to abandon the games to focus on the Chinese issue.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japan
China
Fumamaro Konoye
Michimura Soejima
Diet
Trains Kills Truck Team In Canton Collision
Clifford Mc Allister twenty eight and Vincent Gilmore thirty were killed when a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train demolished their truck and trailer in Canton today.
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Canton
Clifford McAllister
Vincent Gilmore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wealthy Oil Man Dies Poor in Oklahoma County Farm
John R. Ware 88 former Findlay millionaire oil operator died from hip fracture injuries at the Oklahoma County Poor Farm. He faced a long decline after prior fortunes in Ohio and Oklahoma oil fields including Healdton and Three Sands. Funeral services set for Tuesday.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oklaha
John R. Ware
Findlay
Oklahoma County
Ware
Ohio
Healdton
Three Sands
Explosives Sold To Clear Amherst Township Danger
Amherst Township residents breathed easier as 14 tons of dynamite stored in an abandoned magazine were sold to repay back taxes. County Treasurer Walter J. Wright ordered the sale, with the condition that the dynamite be removed within three days to avert disaster.
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Elyria
U.P
Amherst Township
Walter J. Wright
Ohio Weekend Death Toll Hits Fifteen From Crashes and Fires
A spate of accidents in Ohio over the weekend left fifteen dead. Victims include pilot William Stroup 33 and plane owner Calvin Clark 21 after an open biplane plunged into the Tuscarawas River at New Philadelphia. A Cleveland home fire claimed Lena Schump 65, mother of ten. Drownings in the Ohio River near Cincinnati and a water barrel death in Wauseon involve James Johnson 15 Ernest Castle 23 and Marlene Hausch 18 months. Elma Grosscost 25 of Cleveland died when a motorcycle skidded on Akron streetcar tracks.
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Tuscarawas River
New Philadelphia
William Stroup
Calvin T. Clark
St. Clairsville
Jesse Hanson
Bridgeport
Schoenebrun
Lena Schump
Cleveland
James Johnson
Springfield
Ernest R. Castle
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Marlene Fay Hausch
Wauseon
Elma Grosscost
Akron
VFW Opens National Convention at Buffalo
The 38th national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars opened in Buffalo with a call for mandatory neutrality policies and legislation to keep proists out of war. Thousands of overseas veterans paraded into the flag adorned city led by drum and bugle corps.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wyoming horse sickness cancels races at Sheridan
An outbreak of sleeping sickness among Wyoming horses forces the abandonment of races scheduled at Sheridan on Thursday. The illness prompts officials to cancel events and protect remaining stock in the region.
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Sheridan
Wyo
U.P
Wyoming
Beery Foster Daughter Threatened Over Ransom Demand
Carol Anne Beery, adopted daughter of Wallace Beery, was guarded at her Beverly Hills home after a ransom threat demanding $10,000. Police suspect a crank generated the menacing message involving a “tasty sandwich” as the teaser for the kidnap plan.
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Wallace Beery
Carol Anne Beery
Beverly Hills
Seamen Balk at War Zone Voyages Amid Labor Rift
Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy orders draft legislation to handle maritime strikes amid AFL CIO labor disputes. Union leaders warn of sit downs to block munitions shipments, as CIO seamen seek shipper protections in Spain and the Far East. AFL gains control of International Seamen's Union, reshaping maritime labor dynamics and potential elections.
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Commission
Washington-Au P
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S. Maritime Commission
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ralph Emerson
National Maritime Union
Emerson
Spain
Far East
Kennedy
Atlantic
Labor Department
Chicago
Maritime Industrial Federation
John Brophy
John L. Lewis
AFL
Loyalist Offensive Penetrates Front Near Saragossa
Loyalist troops launched the war’s largest government offensive and broke nationalist lines at Hendaye on the Franco Spanish frontier. They pressed toward Saragossa while Nationalists said the attack had been checked and claimed government losses of 15 000 to 20 000 over five days.
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Hendaye
U.P
Saragossa
Adopted Daughter of Actor Beery Targeted by Extortionist
Federal agents hunted an extortionist who threatened to kidnap Wallace Beerys six year old adopted daughter unless 10000 dollars were paid. Private guards patrolled the Beery home as Beery stayed away over the weekend at Kanab Utah where he is making a picture.
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Hollywood
Wallace Beery
Beery
Kanab
Utah
Release clears torso suspect in Cleveland murders
Police released without charges a 45 year old former hospital lab employee who had been questioned since last Thursday over the 10 torso murders in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
U.P
UAW Drafts New Program Amid Factional Strife
The United Automobile Workers executive board meeting in Milwaukee to draft the 1937 38 program amid factional tension led by Homer Martin. John L Lewis and the CIO sought a compromise slate as delegates gathered under guards due to intense discord and protests.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
United Automobile Workers of America
International
Homer Martin
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Farr Has Weight Edge In Tithe Bout Tonight
In New York Tommy Farr weighed 204 1 2 pounds while champion Joe Louis stood at 197 as they faced off for the postponed heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium. Farr held the slight weight advantage ahead of the ring clash.
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Farr
New York
U.P
Tommy Farr
Wales
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Louis
Legless Swimmer Completes Six Day Albany Swim
Charles Zimmy a 46 year old legless swimmer finished a six day endurance swim from Albany to Harlem Hospital where he rested after arriving under the George Washington Bridge Sunday night He had announced the goal when he jumped off a dock in Albany last Monday.
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New York
U.P
Charles Zimmy
Harlem
Albany
Zimmy
George Washington Bridge
Mother Kills Six Children and Self in Gas Tragedy
Ila Kenwood report: Mrs Elsie Nollen, 30, a farm wife, left a death by action note explaining she siphoned auto exhaust into a bedroom and killed herself and her six children. Neighboring husband returned after a quarrel and spree to find the scene and a letter accusing him of heavy drinking and beating. The six children ranged from 2 to 17 years old.
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Kenwood
Ila
Elsie Nollen
Nollen
Leona
Storm Nears Florida Coast Brings Strong Winds to Atlantic Shore
A tropical storm moves toward Florida from the Atlantic with increasing speed and gales expected along the coast to Savannah. Daytona Beach reports winds near 40 mph, while the storm, not yet hurricane strength, may bring up to 50 mph winds.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Atlantic
Savannah
Daytona Beach
Patrolman Henery Injured at Ohio State Fair
State Highway Patrolman R. D. Henery formerly of Athens suffered a severe head cut when a telephone pole crossbeam became loose after a car struck a pole at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. He was directing traffic at an entrance and was knocked unconscious.
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Columbus
R. D. Henery
Athens
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Henery
Dr Charles Thwing Dies at 83 A Pioneer in Education
Dr Charles Franklin Thwing 83 longtime president and emeritus of Western Reserve University died Sunday after months of illness He was nationally recognized for his leadership in higher education and public service in Cleveland and beyond.
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Cleveland
U.P
Charles Franklin Thwing
Western Reserve University
Mistaken Liner Attack Leaves Crew Injured in Shanghai Flight
In Shanghai a bombed American liner, President Hoover, was hit by four Chinese planes. Seven crew members were injured and three passengers stunned as three bombs struck the ship. American and British warships moved to assist as tension escalated.
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President Hoover
Manila
Shanghai
Japan
Clarence E. Gauss
United Press
Hoover
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
New York
South Station
Chinese Artillery Pounds Jap Lines in East End of Shanghai
Chinese batteries bombarded Japanese lines in the Hongkew district as the President Hoover bomber and escort faced anti-aircraft fire near Shanghai. Chinese officials said 300 civilians were killed and nearly 700 wounded at the North Railroad Station area amid mounting international pressure over Japan’s actions.
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East End
Shanghai
Hoover
Hongkew
International Settlement
China
Russia
Great Britain
Japan
North Railroad Station
Stalin's blood purge described in uncensored Soviet report
United Press war correspondent Webb Miller reports from Moscow on Stalin's intensified purge across the Soviet Union. Officials handling foreigners and long‑absent staff face mass arrests and executions as hundreds are removed from government and industry roles.
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United Press
Webb Miller
Soviet Union
Russia
Miller
London
Communist Party
Stalin
Stal
Berlin
Hitler
Paralysis Heaviest in Midwest States This Year
United Press survey shows infantile paralysis more prevalent than in 1936 with 4,444 cases in the first 33 weeks and nearly 200 deaths. Major danger points include New York Chicago Philadelphia Milwaukee St Louis Pittsburgh Houston San Antonio and others. Dr Morris Fishbein notes zinc sulphate nasal injections show promise but require thousands more experiments for proof.
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Chicago
West South Central States
Middlewest
United Press
U. S. Public Health Service
New York
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Houston
San Antonio
Washington
D. C
Memphis
Eac
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association Journal
State Fair Opens in Columbus After Junior Fair
The 87th Ohio State Fair opened for a second day in Columbus following two days of Junior Fair events and a Sunday experiment. About 45,000 attended the first Sunday fair, and most exhibits were ready for early attendees as grand circuit harness racing also began.
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Columbus
U.P
New York Ring Hopeful Suffered Severe Window Injury
Thomas L. Ryan an aspiring young boxer is in serious condition after punching a plate glass window in Denver Colorado and losing significant blood injuries described as grave by doctors.
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Denver
Colo. —O.R
Thomas L. Ryan
Hold Suspect in Stabbing Springfield Incident
Police questioned 39 year old Arthur Coe in connection with a fatal stabbing that killed 25 year old William Shepherd in Wattrloo. Shepherd died here Sunday after the incident.
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Springfield
Arthur Coe
William Shepherd
Wattrloo
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